I worried too much that the vote would split

This is the fear they use to corral us, one by one. “Bernie is unelectable!”

You love to see it. I’d vote for him if I could.

I used to enjoy singing (not that anyone else did.) I used to have a range of almost three octaves. I lost that in the past ten years, down to about 1.5 octaves.

I’ve never had a whistling range of more than one octave, but I can whistle higher than I can sing. So, I’ll sing the lower notes and whistle the higher notes.

Also, fear, and money, and power. It’s all tied together.

So, successful business owners, almost always--they’re the ones who cry about taxes. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-wealth-reduces-compassion/

Naturally fearful people are good targets for the propaganda and Fox News. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201612/fear-and-anxiety-drive-conservatives-political-attitudes

The uneducated are easily convinced that other people are responsible for their woes.

Bigotry, wherever it comes from.

The 30%. So, either the neighbor to your left, or the neighbor to your right.

Nextdoor in my neighborhood is full of people crying. This is New Mexico, did they really think we’d vote for an R for Governor this year? They screamed about it for a year, and the state went ahead and quietly voted D. I used to tell them to move back to Texas, but, OOPS! LOL.

Just fucking die already.

No. Because, although I don’t have an account there anymore, but I still read there using Redlib.

Some do.

Once, when I was flying on stand-by, I missed a flight because it was full, and had to spend ~14 hours in the Honolulu airport, because I couldn’t afford to get a motel room, or anything else. All I had in my pocket was the return ticket. All I had was the water from the water fountain. The next flight I got the very last seat, and it was in the smoking section. Ugh. But, I took it. Fortunately, I was so exhausted from getting almost no sleep the previous day, I slept through the entire flight. It took hours to clear that shit out of my lungs.

This was 40 years ago.

I mean, maybe? Big corpo business certainly has the ear of our government agencies. I wouldn’t be surprised if the request was made, and granted for an extra, generally unnecessary hour added to the recommendation.

Better to go after her nose, it’s a clear issue for her, considering her nose job. She had it cut down, now it’s growing bigger every time she opens her mouth. Maybe she’ll go full Michael Jackson with it.

No one should hold back with these assholes, they don’t deserve kid gloves. She chases the spotlight, so say whatever you want. Bully these cunts at will, it’s akin to punching fascists.

Generally, the longer they’ve been in office, the more likely they’re corrupt. And, as a side effect, they’re older.

Age correlates with corruption, but does not cause it. Money is power and power corrupts.

Term limits would help mitigate corruption. It’s why we have term limits for the President, and we should have the same for Congress.

Your students can say it. Have them say it in chorus whenever it comes up. “Gulf of…” “Mexico!”

Between colleagues? Fuck that law.

In writing, I suppose you’re stuck with it.

I don’t want Newsom appointing judges. I don’t want him in office anywhere.

If term limits are good for the President, why not Congress. Or, should we eliminate term limits for the President?

I disagree. Newly elected folks who aren’t career politicians are far less corrupt than those who’ve been in office for decades and who have established relationships with the filthy rich.

Power doesn’t initially exclusively attract people who want to abuse it, the corruption comes over time. Power corrupts, but not immediately.

Age isn’t the problem, corruption is. Politicians who have been in office longer are more corrupt, age is just a by product.

True of literally everything in life. It’s just our turn to hold matter in this form and experience consciousness. Our planet is a virtually closed system wherein everything is recycled.

(Yes, I know we get water from comets, and perhaps even biological material from asteroids, etc., but in the relatively short term, all of that has been incorporated and we’re living in a virtually closed system.)

Okay.

As with all claims of this sort, I’ll wait to see it.

The closet is where Narnia is.

Dem Pols: “Nah, We already have a system that works, we just need to make it work in our favor.”

None of them care about “equitable representation” for us, they care about winning, and retaining power.