Biohazard President blocks Wildfire Relief

[Captain Crimson]

Really good example of why the electoral college was a huge fucking mistake.

That's a bold claim. In today's era, it's antiquated and archaic. But at the time, can you posit any evidence as to how it was a mistake, in ways that do not include possessing the benefit of hindsight?

The fact that it inherently promotes regionalism was evident by the Civil War.

And without it we would end up in a bipolar system where LA and NY make all our decisions. Kinda like the EU with France and Germany.

I would rather the Entire Mid West not end up with the same fate as upstate New York or Kern County

Just so ya know, I live in Florida.

[Draco Dracul]

Really good example of why the electoral college was a huge fucking mistake.

That's a bold claim. In today's era, it's antiquated and archaic. But at the time, can you posit any evidence as to how it was a mistake, in ways that do not include possessing the benefit of hindsight?

The fact that it inherently promotes regionalism was evident by the Civil War.

And without it we would end up in a bipolar system where LA and NY make all our decisions. Kinda like the EU with France and Germany.

I would rather the Entire Mid West not end up with the same fate as upstate New York or Kern County

A) LA and New York combined make up less than 5 percent of the population. They can only dominate politics if most of the rest of the country already agrees with them.

B) Yeah if we have a popular vote for the president the mid west might see its industry abandon it and be left a hallowed out husk of its former self, just like upstate New York. Oh wait that already.

[Makeshift Python]

What is it with Trump supporters? Unless you're rich and benefiting off of tax breaks that allow you to buy more yachts for douchebag parties, I'm not seeing the upside.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

Hatred and cruelty. As long as he is "owning the libs" and hurting people they see as their enemies, they consider themselves to be "winning", no matter how much suffering for themselves it involves.

[Antiboyscout]

Hatred and cruelty. As long as he is "owning the libs" and hurting people they see as their enemies, they consider themselves to be "winning", no matter how much suffering for themselves it involves.

the entire premise of this thread, your first post, is wrong.

Trump has given more disaster relief money to CA than TX.

when you're done in La La Land and come back to reality, let me know

[Antiboyscout]

Really good example of why the electoral college was a huge fucking mistake.

That's a bold claim. In today's era, it's antiquated and archaic. But at the time, can you posit any evidence as to how it was a mistake, in ways that do not include possessing the benefit of hindsight?

The fact that it inherently promotes regionalism was evident by the Civil War.

And without it we would end up in a bipolar system where LA and NY make all our decisions. Kinda like the EU with France and Germany.

I would rather the Entire Mid West not end up with the same fate as upstate New York or Kern County

A) LA and New York combined make up less than 5 percent of the population. They can only dominate politics if most of the rest of the country already agrees with them.

B) Yeah if we have a popular vote for the president the mid west might see its industry abandon it and be left a hallowed out husk of its former self, just like upstate New York. Oh wait that already.

why do you assume it wouldn't get significantly worse?

[ProfessorDetective]

Really good example of why the electoral college was a huge fucking mistake.

That's a bold claim. In today's era, it's antiquated and archaic. But at the time, can you posit any evidence as to how it was a mistake, in ways that do not include possessing the benefit of hindsight?

The fact that it inherently promotes regionalism was evident by the Civil War.

And without it we would end up in a bipolar system where LA and NY make all our decisions. Kinda like the EU with France and Germany.

I would rather the Entire Mid West not end up with the same fate as upstate New York or Kern County

A) LA and New York combined make up less than 5 percent of the population. They can only dominate politics if most of the rest of the country already agrees with them.

B) Yeah if we have a popular vote for the president the mid west might see its industry abandon it and be left a hallowed out husk of its former self, just like upstate New York. Oh wait that already.

Okay, but what if we counted the pops of ALL the major coastal cities (Orleans, Miami, Seatle, San Fran, LA, NYC, Boston, etc.)? That has to be AT LEAST 1/4th of the nation, right?

[TGLS]

Define city. The top hundred incorporated cities amount to 60 million people. The top 25 Core Based Statistical Areas cover 130 million.

[ProfessorDetective]

Define city. The top hundred incorporated cities amount to 60 million people. The top 25 Core Based Statistical Areas cover 130 million.

'Core-Areas' on the coast, going by the definition of the term: https://www.census.gov/topics/housing/housing-patterns/about/core-based-statistical-areas.html

Oh hey, a THIRD of the pop. I was close.