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[inahandbasket]

In a survey of adult American internet users...
"More than two-thirds of people surveyed also said they believed online travel sites are required by law to offer the lowest airline prices possible." (link)

Wow people in this country are stupid.

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[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

The fourteen senators refers to the seven Republicans and seven Democrats who issued their agreement between themselves putting the kibosh on the neuclear option and rescinding a number of filibusters. The seven Republicans who refused to vote for the neuclear option took away the Republican simple majority. The seven Democrats who issued the agreement take away the filibustering option, unless it is decided amongst the fourteen (or, more accurately, the seven Democrats) that it is extraordinary circumstances. The agreement between them isn't law and only has weight amongst the fourteen of them, but effectively set policy in the Senate for the remainder of the session of congress.

As for Kerry, he came a lot closer than I expected, but, yes, there were many better choices.

-Dan

[axessdenyd.livejournal.com]

I'm not really lear on why they call it the nuclear option.

I mean, a filibuster is the thing that shuts down the entire government.

Maybe we can elect people who aren't a bunch of idiotic children?

[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

The term stems from the 1980's when there was a Democratically controlled congress, created by a Repiblican (Thurmond, IIRC). Of course, now that the Repiblicans pull it out, they want to reframe it.

I think that it alludes to neuclear arms in the case of Dulles-style Brinkmanship. As in, it's pulled out as a possibility to force comprimise. Never used, always threatened.

As for electing non-children, I think the problem lies less in our elected representatives and more in the unelected party leadership. Let's have the representatives return to representing their constituency, not their party.

Wishful thinking, I know.

-Dan

[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

wow, I'm impressed that I was able to misspell Republican the same way twice in two consecutive sentences!