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Dance Safe(dancesafe.org)
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by slicktux 10y ago
Not to fear my fellow Americans! The U.S.A is a Republic not a Democracy. . . Although, many view it as a democracy. . .even president's do the same. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13019834
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Milankovitch Cycles(en.wikipedia.org)
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Nullification (U.S. Constitution)(en.wikipedia.org)
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Yes, and it all makes sense in this state of current affairs, but unfortunately (in my opinion) it is not that easy; by sticking to that mindset we once again get into the problems we have today; say we do it as you propose, and we have a g
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by slicktux 10y ago
Well, we are on a realm of speculation and subjectivity; but I beg to differ; the majority of people (at least the ones that I talk to) do not even acknowledge that their vote does not count and instead believe that it is a democracy; that
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Also, I do know that "a president elected with a national popular vote would still very much be a democratic republic" because that is how our system is set up, at it's core; but then it becomes paradoxical because the nation
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Okay, what then is the purpose, or benefits, of our vote counting for president elections and when does it stop being a democratic republic and instead a democracy?
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Why America Is a Republic, Not a Democracy(youtube.com)
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If people are this paranoid now, while this country is a democratic republic, then just imagine how bad it will get when they have it their way and all of the U.S becomes a Democracy. . . http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
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by slicktux 10y ago
I may not be speaking for every individual whom considers themselves libertarian when I say this; Libertarian-ism is synonymous to Constitutionalist, here in the USA, so with that in mind I reference you to the U.S Constitution. Specificall
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Just being critical here: This still seems like a valid statement: "Their opposition was based on a “lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim.”" It seems like the new judge ruled for it because, “[their] a
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by slicktux 10y ago
It is important to note that RIGHTS differ from POWER; I as an individual whom has a libertarian philosophy say "limit the federal government, not the people" and I know what that implies; A federal government of which its power i
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Of course, it is the basis of evolutionary theory. . .
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That is an interesting projection of your attitude. I hate to attribute a negative disposition to your comment, but you sound like an environmental extremist. Environmental extremist whom if given the opportunity would indirectly blow the w
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If I were a country and another country imposed sanctions on me for not following their exceptional laws, I would take that as a sign of aggression; that is essentially what it is; Instrumental Aggression; Countries rely on different export
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Look we can go back and forward and at the end we are both right. . .example, I can say that we doing something about our environment does not make a difference because of countries like China and India's pollution make it over the pac
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by slicktux 10y ago
Well, that is not to say that states cannot implement their own environmental laws, take for example California. . .the fact that Trump 'will' lift "$50 trillion dollars’ worth of job-producing American energy reserves, inclu
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Washington's Farewell Address 1796(avalon.law.yale.edu)
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12526559
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I checked out brain.fm and it is really good; I enjoyed it while studying but I will not pay for it. I listen to somafm.com drone zone station and defcon station for studying they also have a variety of stations for other occasions and it i
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by slicktux 10y ago
I figured I'd post this because it is nice to see individuals from all sides of the political spectrum 'gather' together and speak about political issues of substance. . .at the end of they day, though, we may all agree upon
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Nomi Prins: The Left/Progressive Case Against the Fed(mises.org)
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http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/critical-opalescence/is-...
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Interestingly my account is not part of the compromise and my friends are; I can confirm this because they received a message about the compromise and I did not. . .I asked them how long they've had their accounts and they said for abo
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Cloud seeding(en.wikipedia.org)
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Is Dark Matter a Glimpse of a Deeper Level of Reality? (2012)(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
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Venezuela's failure is up for debate; my point was that they are now thriving of the black market which is essentially a free market because people are providing goods (food) for the people for a higher price than that set by the gover
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With all do respect, you should go read the definition of what a free market is; supply and demand is free from government intervention and also free from price fixing, just look at Venezeula's socialist market. . .it is failing and th
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North Korea conducts 'biggest atomic test yet'(telegraph.co.uk)
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