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Postby Your Own Private FlorIDAHO » Wed May 26, 2021 9:34 am

Christian Confederation wrote:There is a simple solution.
1. Oregon Counties Vote to Join Idaho.
2. Oregon Ignores the vote of the people.
3. Idaho Governor calls an emergency session of the state legislature.
4. Legislature votes to accept the new counties.
5. Governor calls up the Idaho National Gaurd to secure there new territory on the border.
6. Paratroopers are sent to sequre the outlier countries.
7. Idaho-Orogon War

Piffle.

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Postby The Dodo Republic » Wed May 26, 2021 9:42 am

This blew up :( :blink:
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Postby The Black Forrest » Wed May 26, 2021 9:47 am

Atheris wrote:
San Lumen wrote:
The electoral college is not relevant here.

It's part of the corrupt American political system.


You think the EC is what keeps third parties out? :D

Don’t know where you live; get rid of the EC and you will have the national elections guided by California, New York and Texas.
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Postby The Black Forrest » Wed May 26, 2021 9:52 am

The Dodo Republic wrote:This blew up :( :blink:


Anything involving government usually does. Anarchists and other types angry at their views not being acceptable to the majority. It quickly turns into well state vs anarchy arguments.
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Postby The Black Forrest » Wed May 26, 2021 9:54 am

Dresderstan wrote:
Atheris wrote:I dunno what LI is, but yes to statehood for DC.

No, join Maryland.


Hmm? So there are requirements for self-determination? If the people of the district of Columbia want to be a state, they can’t?
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* I felt like Ayn Rand cornered me at a party, and three minutes in I found my first objection to what she was saying, but she kept talking without interruption for ten more days. - Max Barry talking about Atlas Shrugged

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Postby Your Own Private FlorIDAHO » Wed May 26, 2021 10:28 am

The Dodo Republic wrote:This blew up :( :blink:

It blew up because it was an unstable idea from the beginning. The numbers just don't support the outcome. These counties average less than 2 persons per square mile. The land belongs to "greater" Oregon, not this pittance of the population of these several counties.

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Postby Thermodolia » Wed May 26, 2021 10:49 am

San Lumen wrote:
Atheris wrote:Get rid of the electoral college and FTFP, for one.


The electoral college is not relevant here.

Actually it is as it’s one of the many things holding the US back. So get rid of the EC, change the amendment system to a national referendum, and smash FPTP
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Postby Thermodolia » Wed May 26, 2021 10:51 am

Your Own Private FlorIDAHO wrote:
Dresderstan wrote:No, join Maryland.


Maryland has already declined the invitation as has Virginia.

Besides DC and PR being admitted and NY splitting off LI into statehood how about North and South California along with East and West Massachusetts. If these states would agree to be split then it only takes a simple majority in the House and Senate plus Presidential approval to make it reality. A 55 star flag might look nice. :lol:

Sure why not. Let’s also throw in Jefferson, the Navajo nation, the Cherokee nation, Guam, and American Samoa. A nice 60 states
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Postby Thermodolia » Wed May 26, 2021 10:57 am

The Black Forrest wrote:
Atheris wrote:It's part of the corrupt American political system.


You think the EC is what keeps third parties out? :D

Don’t know where you live; get rid of the EC and you will have the national elections guided by California, New York and Texas.

Not really no.

And still because the EC is based on population those states have a massive influence on the system due to the winner take all system of the EC.

Instead of just having the population centers voting, not all of NY or CA or TX would vote for the same dude, you have the EC which effectively negates that due to the winner take all.

Theoretically you could win with 48.9% in just 14 states and you’d be president. You didn’t even win the majority in any state but due to FPTP and the EC you are president
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Postby San Lumen » Wed May 26, 2021 10:57 am

Thermodolia wrote:
San Lumen wrote:
The electoral college is not relevant here.

Actually it is as it’s one of the many things holding the US back. So get rid of the EC, change the amendment system to a national referendum, and smash FPTP

None of those things is likely to happen.

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Postby Thermodolia » Wed May 26, 2021 10:59 am

San Lumen wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:Actually it is as it’s one of the many things holding the US back. So get rid of the EC, change the amendment system to a national referendum, and smash FPTP

None of those things is likely to happen.

Thank you Debbie Downer for your delightful insight
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Postby Heaven Hieghts » Wed May 26, 2021 11:10 am

Heloin wrote:
New haven america wrote:Were you expecting something else?

Maybe some folks thought that Idaho is a cooler name?

Idaho? You da ho.
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Postby Your Own Private FlorIDAHO » Wed May 26, 2021 11:41 am

Heaven Hieghts wrote:
Heloin wrote:Maybe some folks thought that Idaho is a cooler name?

Idaho? You da ho.

George M. Willing was the "ho". He fabricated the story of Idaho being an Indian word meaning "Gem of the Mountains."

The name Idaho is actually taken from a steamship which patrolled the Columbia River around 1860. Good thing it wasn't named Boaty McBoatface. :lol:

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Postby Your Own Private FlorIDAHO » Wed May 26, 2021 11:44 am

Thermodolia wrote:
Your Own Private FlorIDAHO wrote:
Maryland has already declined the invitation as has Virginia.

Besides DC and PR being admitted and NY splitting off LI into statehood how about North and South California along with East and West Massachusetts. If these states would agree to be split then it only takes a simple majority in the House and Senate plus Presidential approval to make it reality. A 55 star flag might look nice. :lol:

Sure why not. Let’s also throw in Jefferson, the Navajo nation, the Cherokee nation, Guam, and American Samoa. A nice 60 states


Sequoyah would be the Native American State and each of it's counties would be named for a tribe.
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Postby The Black Forrest » Wed May 26, 2021 11:46 am

Heaven Hieghts wrote:
Heloin wrote:Maybe some folks thought that Idaho is a cooler name?

Idaho? You da ho.


Idaho? You jealous.
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* There is actually a War on Christmas. But Christmas started it, with it's unparalleled aggression against the Thanksgiving Holiday, and now Christmas has seized much Lebensraum in November, and are pushing into October. The rest of us seek to repel these invaders, and push them back to the status quo ante bellum Black Friday border. -Trotskylvania
* Silence Is Golden But Duct Tape Is Silver.
* I felt like Ayn Rand cornered me at a party, and three minutes in I found my first objection to what she was saying, but she kept talking without interruption for ten more days. - Max Barry talking about Atlas Shrugged

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Postby Heaven Hieghts » Wed May 26, 2021 11:47 am

Your Own Private FlorIDAHO wrote:
Heaven Hieghts wrote:Idaho? You da ho.

George M. Willing was the "ho". He fabricated the story of Idaho being an Indian word meaning "Gem of the Mountains."

The name Idaho is actually taken from a steamship which patrolled the Columbia River around 1860. Good thing it wasn't named Boaty McBoatface. :lol:

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Postby Dresderstan » Wed May 26, 2021 12:53 pm

San Lumen wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:Actually it is as it’s one of the many things holding the US back. So get rid of the EC, change the amendment system to a national referendum, and smash FPTP

None of those things is likely to happen.

They can when those in power are held with a gun to their head by the people demanding change.
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Postby The Black Forrest » Wed May 26, 2021 1:42 pm

Thermodolia wrote:
San Lumen wrote:
The electoral college is not relevant here.

Actually it is as it’s one of the many things holding the US back. So get rid of the EC, change the amendment system to a national referendum, and smash FPTP


Holding it back from what exactly?
*I am a master proofreader after I click Submit.
* There is actually a War on Christmas. But Christmas started it, with it's unparalleled aggression against the Thanksgiving Holiday, and now Christmas has seized much Lebensraum in November, and are pushing into October. The rest of us seek to repel these invaders, and push them back to the status quo ante bellum Black Friday border. -Trotskylvania
* Silence Is Golden But Duct Tape Is Silver.
* I felt like Ayn Rand cornered me at a party, and three minutes in I found my first objection to what she was saying, but she kept talking without interruption for ten more days. - Max Barry talking about Atlas Shrugged

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Postby San Lumen » Wed May 26, 2021 1:42 pm

Dresderstan wrote:
San Lumen wrote:None of those things is likely to happen.

They can when those in power are held with a gun to their head by the people demanding change.

Your obsession with threats of violence is very disturbing.

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Postby Thermodolia » Wed May 26, 2021 2:03 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:Actually it is as it’s one of the many things holding the US back. So get rid of the EC, change the amendment system to a national referendum, and smash FPTP


Holding it back from what exactly?

From any sort of progress. If it was not for the EC W never would have been president and neither would trump
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>Xovland: I keep getting ads for printer ink. Sometimes, when you get that feeling down there, you have to look at some steamy printer pictures.
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Postby Your Own Private FlorIDAHO » Wed May 26, 2021 2:41 pm

Dresderstan wrote:
San Lumen wrote:None of those things is likely to happen.

They can when those in power are held with a gun to their head by the people demanding change.

Sounds like you are advocating violence. See site rules, please. :eyebrow:

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Postby Washington Resistance Army » Wed May 26, 2021 2:42 pm

San Lumen wrote:
Dresderstan wrote:They can when those in power are held with a gun to their head by the people demanding change.

Your obsession with threats of violence is very disturbing.


It's really based actually. This country would be in a lot better shape if we were more willing to use violence to enforce change.
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Postby Albrenia » Wed May 26, 2021 2:43 pm

Washington Resistance Army wrote:
San Lumen wrote:Your obsession with threats of violence is very disturbing.


It's really based actually. This country would be in a lot better shape if we were more willing to use violence to enforce change.


No, no it would not. It would be a even bigger wreck than it is now.

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Postby San Lumen » Wed May 26, 2021 2:44 pm

Washington Resistance Army wrote:
San Lumen wrote:Your obsession with threats of violence is very disturbing.


It's really based actually. This country would be in a lot better shape if we were more willing to use violence to enforce change.

No it wouldn’t. Why don’t more people go to city hall or state capitols and do this if it’s so effective?

Violence is never the answer. It’s not going to rally people to your cause.

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Postby Washington Resistance Army » Wed May 26, 2021 2:46 pm

San Lumen wrote:
Washington Resistance Army wrote:
It's really based actually. This country would be in a lot better shape if we were more willing to use violence to enforce change.

No it wouldn’t. Why don’t more people go to city hall or state capitols and do this if it’s so effective?

Violence is never the answer. It’s not going to rally people to your cause.


"Violence is never the answer" he says, in a nation formed because people were violent.
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