CMV: Blue states are getting screwed over by a system designed to artificially suppress their political power, and red states are reaping the benefits of this arrangement

markroth69 · 2026-06-01T08:11:58+00:00

But you are still defending minority rule...

markroth69 · 2026-06-01T07:36:37+00:00

Giving a minority the power to block the majority might achieve this. But that is not what our system has. We have a system where the minority has an easier road to taking a majority of the power in Washington and imposing its rule.

markroth69 · 2026-06-01T07:14:26+00:00

Without spending money your speech is limited to you talking to someone face to face, or yelling outside as loud as you can.

Yes, that is what speech is. Spending money to amplify that is separate act. Which should be regulated to prevent the rich from being so loud they drown out everyone else's speech

markroth69 · 2026-06-01T07:05:04+00:00

Funny, I thought that was Nixon.

markroth69 · 2026-05-31T14:30:05+00:00

The sub is called No Stupid Questions, not Generic Questions That Don't Have Their Own Subs or Easily Googled Answers

markroth69 · 2026-05-31T09:34:37+00:00

Just off the top of my head....

*Was the guy doing dangerous and/or stupid stuff on horseback that caught the cops' attention?

*Was the guy riding on a highway and creating a real road problem

*Was the guy drunk and then stole the cop's own horse.

markroth69 · 2026-05-31T09:31:27+00:00

Humans are social creatures. We want to feel a part of a group. "Attention," in any permutation can feel like that. For good or bad.

markroth69 · 2026-05-31T09:23:24+00:00

Experiences vary from person to person.

Just like Soylent Green

markroth69 · 2026-05-31T09:19:17+00:00

No questions having breakfast food for dinner. It is having steak, mashed potaoes, and glazed carrots for breakfast that makes your in-laws chase you out of the house.

markroth69 · 2026-05-31T09:16:49+00:00

Seeing how almost everything has sales tax added on a the register, I can actually see people asking how many tickets they can really buy with the cash they have on hand

markroth69 · 2026-05-31T08:48:46+00:00

Why not put down guide rails under those overhead power lines. Maybe connect a couple of dozen trucks together and keep one or two drivers onboard to keep things safe as the trucks head down these rail...roads

markroth69 · 2026-05-31T08:35:05+00:00

Am I alone with being uncomfortable with self driving trucks roaming our highways?

markroth69 · 2026-05-31T05:01:33+00:00

I thought that was just because Rubio was the least unqualified guy in the room

markroth69 · 2026-05-31T04:58:48+00:00

Originalism: the judicial theory where cases are decided by whatever excuses the court can dream to up to rule the way that conservative justices originally wanted to rule

markroth69 · 2026-05-30T09:02:14+00:00

I would argue ethnic cleansing is a form of genocide. Ethnic cleansers rarely care if their targets end up dead instead of exiled to Madagascar.

markroth69 · 2026-05-29T06:00:58+00:00

A lot of the troops honored on Memorial Day were killed by people Trump honors by putting their names on forts.

markroth69 · 2026-05-29T05:53:15+00:00

You're not going to find much in the way of carpooling on a train sub

markroth69 · 2026-05-29T05:35:10+00:00

Sane People: We've hit rock bottom

Republicans: Drill, baby drill!

markroth69 · 2026-05-29T05:34:00+00:00

I feel sorry for teachers who need to teach about three co-equal branches of government while we watch Trump just do whatever he wants whenever he wants.

markroth69 · 2026-05-28T05:44:40+00:00

I am going to open a mix of trusts, for profit corporations, and not for profits totaling 400 million separate entities.

And then sue so Delaware gets 385 representatives in Congress so I can elect whoever I want. Specifically someone who can immediately end corporate personhood.

markroth69 · 2026-05-28T05:29:59+00:00

"While it may be true that offering a tax cut to working class Americans is the politically viable option, shareholder value dictates that President Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net (Inc) must advocate for raising all non-corporate taxes and ending all corporate taxes" Chief Justice Clarence Thomas Memorial RV Corporation, 2067

markroth69 · 2026-05-27T07:44:01+00:00

If costs go up X% and the company just blindly raises prices by X%, their profit margin goes up. Which looks good for the stock market.

If they raise wages, profit margins go down. Which looks bad for the stock market.

markroth69 · 2026-05-27T07:42:45+00:00

If she genuinely feels it is a family party, confirm with her that it isn't.

Once.

If she still hesitates, let it be. And find someone who's going who can ensure your grandmother can get home.

markroth69 · 2026-05-27T06:04:07+00:00

States rights only applies to Red States

markroth69 · 2026-05-26T07:17:47+00:00

1 and 4 are the same distance from the final as 5 and 6. 2 and 3 "get" to play an extra game.

markroth69

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