House Dems move to amend the constitution and abolish the electoral college. Goodbye America — NOS4A2
So the true purpose/meaning of America is to have an electoral college? I'm curious as to how you would rationalize that America evaporates with the electoral college...
Do you mean to say that since the Democrats would foreseeably win the next few election cycles, the sky would fall? Are you just making a partisan quip with no supporting argument or premise?
Like that the American economy nosedives and everything will be far worse?After all, what can possibly go wrong? — Bitter Crank
I am persuaded that he will both lead and manage, mainly by choosing good and effective people. — tim wood
I commend you, as a self-admitted dinosaur, of being so positive about it where I really see no reason to believe this will be good people. Effective, sure. In protecting special interests and the status quo. — Benkei
BSA President Kristen Clarke '97 wasn't here for the Jeffries lecture. But in a letter to the editors of The Crimson, Clarke made a series of assertions cerily reminiscent of the CUNY professor's racist theories. Among them, was the following: "Melanin endows Blacks with greater mental, physical and spiritual abilities--something which cannot be measured based on Eurocentric standards."
What? You believe that pseudoscience? Figures. — NOS4A2
It was/is their business and purpose, though, to keep bad people from being elected and in that they failed. And if it be argued they could not have in any case prevented Trump's taking office, then their future is properly questioned.The Electoral College is a pivotal part of the Madisonian model, which shouldn’t be altered on some whim, apparently.... I prefer the electoral college simply because no one region contains the absolute majority of electoral votes required to elect a president. — NOS4A2
"Please use the following theories and observations to assist you in your search for truth regarding the genetic differences between Blacks and whites [sic]," Clarke wrote. "One: Dr Richard King reveals that the core of the human brain is the 'locus coeruleus,' which is a structure that is Black, because it contains large amounts of neuro-melanin, which is essential for its operation.
"Two: Black infants sit, crawl and walk sooner than whites [sic]. Three: Carol Barnes notes that human mental processes are controlled by melanin -- that same chemical which gives Blacks their superior physical and mental abilities.
"Four: Some scientists have revealed that most whites [sic] are unable to produce melanin because their pineal glands are often calcified or non-functioning. Pineal calcification rates with Africans are five to 15 percent [sic], Asians 15 to 25 percent [sic] and Europeans 60 to 80 percent [sic]. This is the chemical basis for the cultural differences between blacks and whites [sic].
"Five: Melanin endows Blacks with greater mental, physical and spiritual abilities -- something which cannot be measured based on Eurocentric standards."
That’s all she is to you, eh? “some black people”? — NOS4A2
She’s the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights division. — NOS4A2
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