tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post3609626643691859907..comments2023-10-31T11:27:58.514-05:00Comments on THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST: Time for REAL Representation! (Part VI)Jack Jodellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-90824657940818842922009-06-01T17:03:34.454-05:002009-06-01T17:03:34.454-05:00Thanks, SJ, and I'll continue swinging for the fen...Thanks, SJ, and I'll continue swinging for the fences for the little guy, as you put it. The big guys already have it made in the shade, and they need no further help at all from our government.Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-79815329397346586982009-06-01T14:03:40.510-05:002009-06-01T14:03:40.510-05:00@Jack,
This has been an excellent series. It's mar...@Jack,<br />This has been an excellent series. It's marked in my favorites and I'll forward the links along. You continue to post required reading in this Democracy of ours, as always Jack. <br />Keep swinging for the fences.<br /><br />@Vigilante,<br />you make a good point about term limits, in any case there isn't any possible safeguard to protect our government from being populated with "representatives" enabled by our stupidity or laziness, too bad for all of us.<br />-And Your idea for Congressional re-districting reform is right on the money.<br /><br />-SJSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181694732531476160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-28885673023909141932009-05-31T00:11:51.017-05:002009-05-31T00:11:51.017-05:00Thanks for your kind words, Vigilante, and you rai...Thanks for your kind words, Vigilante, and you raise some very thought-provoking and, I believe, very valid points here. Our electoral system has been rigged to favor the current Tweedledee, Tweedledum two-party system. This makes it incredibly and nearly always insurmountably expensive for an opposing party to even field a candidate, let alone win an election. And that, of course, makes it easy for corporate America to corrupt and dominate both major parties. This system is clearly broken badly. Thanks for offering some wonderfuWe truly have to stop voting for parties and start voting for candidates and ideas. Thank you for this really constructive food for thought, and keep on shouting! (By the way, Nancy Hanks over at The Hankster would love your point number 2)!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-15352188575949926002009-05-30T23:13:49.939-05:002009-05-30T23:13:49.939-05:00I have high esteem for Jack 'the Ripper' Jodell an...I have high esteem for Jack 'the Ripper' Jodell and this here site. That said, I want to reiterate what I have said before:<br /><br />1. Forget term limits as a solution to making our legislatures more representative; that's just a way of making them more amateristic, vis-a-vis their more professional lobbyist adversaries.<br /><br />2. The key to making Legislatures more representative and responsive to the people is to do away with 'safe districts'; a non-partisan (as possible!) governmental body should be established to re-draw Congressional districts to reflect geographical communities. <br /><br />That way, elections will reflect the changes in popular values and the public interest.Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.com