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dtotire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:06 PM Original message |
Krugman's Last Column Worries Me |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. The rules are not the problem. Lame political leaders are the problem |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. I vote both. Not either. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. fair enough |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Is it possible that the two are not mutually exclusive? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. sure, but don't you think that there ought to be checks and balances? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The mere existence of the Senate itself was the check on majority rule. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. who would have more spine than Reid? |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Feingold |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Franken |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Leahy |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. those are the 2 names that came to mind for me, too |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. While the Senate's current 150-votes-to-pass-anything rules are annoying.. |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Perhaps not |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. China, Saudi Arabia and India are just *buying* off parts the nation, piecemeal, instead. (nt) |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I want VT to become its own country, and President Sanders to take over...etc. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. "The Nine Nations of North America"; still valid after all those years. (NT) |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. But what about Cuba carving off Florida? What about Bermuda taking Delaware? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Someone sell this idea to Hollywood! |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Sounds Like Economic 'Red Dawn' |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Green Dawn? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I would guess you should pray to the patron saint of lost causes. Is there a |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. The rules of the Senate have worked for over 200 years |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Are you sure about the 200 years? |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. They do change from time to time |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sounds like my neighborhood. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. There have been comparisons to the Polish Republic for about 10 years |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I think it might be better to break into smaller entities |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Fantasy |
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Alias Dictus Tyrant (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. A very weak analogy |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Thanks for writing this |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. Priceless metaphor... |
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C_Lawyer09 (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. What worries me is the constant adherence to Krugman |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. Once again he hits the nail on the head. |
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