@#3

We became a banana republic because we were so confident of our checks and balances that we didn't write to our reps as much as we should've.

-SH.

@RevRaven post #6

The whole electoral college benefit to smaller populations is a myth, if anything it makes presidential politics easier on the canidate by saying "So... let's not go to Indiana" since the electorates vote republican despite the fact my hometown of Indianapolis(and all of Marion county) voted for Kerry by 59%.

If we went by popular vote politicians would have to reach out to more people in the 'red states' who actually don't want a president to piss on the bill of rights, instead of assuming we're all the so called values voters or that we all drive SUVs and put magnets on said SUVs declaring France, the Democratic Congress, or Atheists(like me) below a common turd.

-SH.

There's no way that's real,they got too many technical data wrong, like calling a stock sock a muffler.

-SH.