tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230347.post6993575067378227394..comments2023-11-02T11:15:25.522-04:00Comments on Linux & Things: Unintended Consequencesrcjhawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05775355479914145966noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230347.post-89865163204618227802010-11-20T18:45:33.404-05:002010-11-20T18:45:33.404-05:00Quidam: I'd never known about the sad, sorry ...Quidam: I'd never known about the sad, sorry history of Amendment the First until I read your site, and I thank you for enlightening me. But my point still stands: the will of the founders was 30,000 people/congressman. Your site also makes my other point: this <em>will of the founders</em> was violated almost from day one, buy the founders, or at least their children. Look at <a href="rcjhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05775355479914145966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230347.post-14276513649913557872010-11-18T16:58:04.868-05:002010-11-18T16:58:04.868-05:00Section 3 of “Taking Back Our Republic” explains t...Section 3 of “<a href="http://www.thirty-thousand.org/pages/TBOR.htm" rel="nofollow">Taking Back Our Republic</a>” explains that “Article the first” (as worded) is defective, which is why the amendment was never ratified. It was made defective in the waning hours of the first Congress. In addition to obviating the entire purpose of the amendment, the defect produces, over a certain population J. E. Quidamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155086596915065556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230347.post-46268135802431090642010-11-12T12:35:35.288-05:002010-11-12T12:35:35.288-05:00The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the...The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).<br /><br />Candidates would need to care about voters across the nation, not just undecided voters in a handful of swing states.<br /><br />Now 2/3rds of the states and voters are ignored, including big states like California, Georgia, New York, and Texas. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230347.post-6793284784972506782010-11-12T12:30:31.188-05:002010-11-12T12:30:31.188-05:00Now with state-by-state winner-take-all laws pre...Now with state-by-state winner-take-all laws presidential elections ignore 12 of the 13 smallest states (3-4 electoral votes), that are almost invariably non-competitive, and ignored, in presidential elections. Six regularly vote Republican (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota), and six regularly vote Democratic (Rhode Island, Delaware, Hawaii, Vermont, Maine, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com