Signs of an Earthquake in Oregon

As a proud Oregonian, I am ashamed of being “represented” by this
helmet-haired nobody, Gordon Smith.
My real anger goes towards “democrats” who, stupidly and traitorously, vote for pampered jackasses like Smith.
So, hopefully, Oregonians won’t be as stupid this time around, which brings up a broader point:
The American constitution is not the word of god.  It is a pre-modern document that, aside from the Bill of Rights, needs to be re-written.
The “founding fathers” were anti-democratic; they wanted wealthy white landowners to own the country, while paying lip-service to “all men [being] created equal.”
Because of this, americans are forced to vote for the lesser of two evils,
with no minority representation in sight.
We need proportional representation in a House of Commons where
Green Party-leaning people like me have a meaningful voice.
That means that one votes for a party, and if 8 percent of national votes go to the Greens, then 8 percent of the House is staffed by Green representatives.  Also, all voting for individuals would be done by instant-runoff voting, meaning that your list your selections by order of preference, where only a candidate with over 50 percent of the votes, wins.
This would be real democracy.  Not the Oligarchic bullshit that flies now.

Posted by rain~box on Oct 17, 2008 at 7:31 PM