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LOL, that is just too much. At least she answered the third time :)

I fully understand that. Maybe I wasn't clear, but I meant that it's not THAT hard to avoid a filibuster if you only need to convince 2 Republicans. Believe it or not, there are some centrist Republicans out there :P. Or, for the cynics, it's not that hard to add enough pork to the bill to...

That's a pretty weak excuse Bud. Having 58 out of the needed 60 in the Senate is hardly something to cry about. Dems: "Oh No! We might have to be only slightly bipartisan (convince 2 R's) instead of getting everything we want."

That is my point. Nothing would get done by referendum unless a vast majority approve of it (things would still proceed as normal in legislature). We wouldn't only listen to the minority. Tyranny of the minority is an oligarchy, or worse yet a dictatorship. Obviously, the majority still...

It's surprisingly quite good. Had some at the Minnesota State fair :D

In general, I would say "no," referendums should not be used. The idea that it is a full-fledged example of democracy makes it sound good to Americans (many of whom still labor under the delusion that we are a democracy), but democracy is really just a nice term for "tyranny of the majority"...

That is awesome!

The best of the comments on the Times website... Is this kosher? Eldras Ellis, london, uk :)

The world has to come down to reality at some point. American purchasing philosophy in the past few years has been focused on instant gratification and spending what they don't have. Now with times getting worse (as is the cyclic nature of the market) people are finally realizing that money...

Meh, I personally hate GTA (as in, I don't enjoy the game), but the shear volume of people who play this and don't kill people in real life should at least mean something. This guy was already messed up in the head to begin with.

Paying for the lawyers on both sides == :thdown:

Intense. This will either make a very badass story for him... or he will never speak of it again :P

Good grief... the headline is a bit misleading to say the least. This has nothing to do with Obama. The Russians just timed this during the election so that it wouldn't make a media splash.

I only wish this were a joke. And, unfortunately, it's not all right just because a liberal administration is coming to the plate. If the "solutions" proposed by the ruling left are more bailouts (remember Obama's role in this last bailout?), then we will just drive our country into the...

Even for conservatives like myself, I pretty sure this will turn out alright. I may not agree with Obama on much, but he is at least intelligent, which goes a long way. Hopefully, the Republicans have learned a lesson here: REAL conservatives (and moderates for that matter) don't want more...

America and the constitution are not based on a democracy, though. A democracy basically is equivalent to "tyranny of the majority," which is what we have seen in this case. The American ideal is the representative government which, in theory, protects the interests of the minority. In other...

LOL. The only reasons I can think that they would actually name the candy lady are 1) they are sadistic and like to make her life hell, or 2) this is completely made up. I'm leaning towards the second, given the suspiciously placed life-size cardboard Obama.

Yeah, instead of killing animals, we can grow them in test tubes and harvest them for clothing... No thanks.

If he's worried about one person giving negative feedback, then chances are this guy has a pretty shaky business model to begin with. But now that he is suing, lots of people will know that this guy is wack. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

Say hello to the future of brainwashing.