Anti gerrymandering petition @ whitehouse.gov

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Monday November 17, 2014 · 7:08 PM PST

2014/11/17 · 19:08

Nothing too fancy. I am having another try at taking a bite or two out of gerrymandering. I have just posted a petition (link here) at whitehouse.gov. Please sign it and support it by spreading the word.
The twin evils of gerrymandering and nearly unlimited money have ruined our electoral system and our democracy. Time to push back.
Thank you,
Mike

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Wednesday November 07, 2012 · 4:33 PM PST

2012/11/07 · 16:33

Look at just about any state's congressional districts and you can tell which party is in control of the state house by the predominant color of the districts. There are a negligible amount of competitive House seats in the whole country. The source of the political divide and resulting gridlock is in the rigging of the congressional districts to favor one party over the other.

Now most of you are thinking, oh no, we can't give that up, cuz we progressives might lose out nationally. But consider that Dems gained seats in the Senate in a year when Rep's were initially confident of retaking that chamber. Senate seats cannot be gerrymandered; Dems prevailed and tend to prevail when the game is not rigged. We have the better ideas. We respond better to the needs of the many. If the game can be unrigged and our elections become more about ideas and principles, then progressives will have little trouble doing well at every level of politics.

So here's what you can do. Go to Signon.org by following this link to an antigerrymandering petition and sign it. Then forward the link to as many people as you can. You might even challenge conservative friends by saying that if their ideas are really so great why be afraid of a fair contest.

FISA Amendments Act be Damned!!

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Tuesday October 23, 2007 · 6:18 PM PDT

2007/10/23 · 18:18

The fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America reads as follows:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

More below the fold ...

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Sunday October 21, 2007 · 10:37 AM PDT

2007/10/21 · 10:37

The first diary, Beautiful Minds needed to reach across the Divide can be found here

If interested, please read that diary to provide context for the following. It seemed that my previous diary touched a few nerves and exposed some commenters here at kos as extremely bitter, angry and unable to look past their particular causus belli.

An example from gaming theory just in case the example from the movie (don't go for the blonde beauty) isn't precise enough:

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Wednesday October 03, 2007 · 4:38 PM PDT

2007/10/03 · 16:38

Perhaps you were a fan of the movie A Beautiful Mind which was a biographical look at the troubled life of mathematician John Nash. You might be a mathematician yourself, versed in the details of gaming theory, or you might well be sick and tired of so little getting accomplished by the political leaders of this country as they spend more time looking to beat 'the other guys' than they do practicing thoughtful governance.
My guess is that most of you fall into the third catagory. If so, or out of general curiousity, please continue reading below the fold to see what may be done, both theoretically and practically, to get our leaders to lead and so lend hope to our now uncertain future.

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Monday August 20, 2007 · 1:57 PM PDT

2007/08/20 · 13:57

"Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job!!" is one of the saddest catch phrases to come out of the Bush administration. You know why. "Brownie" was sacked and dismissed from government work, but his chief of staff, Patrick Rhode had a different fate. Rhode was the guy who, while New Orleans was drowning, emailed his boss, "Brownie", to say that he was having his hair moussed for a tv appearance rather than coordinating relief for the victims of Katrina. Needless to say he was canned along with his boss and dismissed from government work, right, .... right...???

More below ....

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Wednesday July 25, 2007 · 6:14 PM PDT

2007/07/25 · 18:14

Presidential candidates from both main parties are singing the praises of ethanol, particularly the E-85 variant. Iowa, home of the first presidential caucus in the country, just happens to be a corn state. Coincidence? Ummm - of course not.

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Anti gerrymandering petition @ whitehouse.gov

So, are you sick of gerrymandering yet?

FISA Amendments Act be Damned!!

Beautiful Minds still needed ( a short sequel)

Beautiful Minds Needed to Reach Across the Divide

Where are they now ... (aka the Peter Principle lives)

Ethanol doesn't deliver