Quote (Plaguefear @ 28 Oct 2020 11:46)

We use imperial for a few things still, fishing related math is mostly in lbs for example.
A 40 pounder sounds better than 20 kg.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 28 2020 07:39am)

Yeah that perspective doesn't make sense to me. A city that has a massive amount of lobbyists, lawyers, judges, consultants, advisors, appointed officials, nsa/cia/fill in theblank agents and so on is by no means disenfranchised.

This is the equivalent of asking why the kings court doesn't get additional power, like lol, because they already have so much of it in there.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 29 2020 08:24am)

I still haven't seen a compelling reason why people in DC can't attach their votes to Maryland. Saying 'neither side wants it' is weak. Like why don't they want it? Who exactly is giving these 'reasons'. For all you know it's basically Democratic leadership that sees there's zero to gain from it so instead they're pushing for an option that has max benefit. Maryland is a perpetually blue state, so adding an additional 400-500k of more blue votes is meaningless, obviously blue run Maryland & DC are not going to want it.

Choosing the option that has most political impact and saying it's the only way is also just as political as republicans not wanting to confirm it as it's own entity.

Quote (Skinned @ Oct 29 2020 08:33am)

You would have argued to stay in England apparently. You're like "taxation without representation is cool, any boots to lick, master?" lol.



"Neither side wanting it is weak" -- spoken like a true white man lol. "I don't care what people involved what, just what I want".

We had a revolution because we couldn't stand taxation without representation. A cure for this would be to eliminate the federal income tax for individuals living in DC and see what kinds of problems that causes, what bottomfeeders it causes to relocate their business office to DC lol.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 29 2020 08:40am)

Democrat run state and city want the option that will benefit their party politics, that's just objective reality. That's not how democracy works. People who are life long bureaucrats are naturally going to prefer the party that always wants a bigger government.

Sorry, I just don't think it's best to create our own version of the house of lords with a medium sized city being so special to have 2 senators.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 29 2020 07:40am)

Democrat run state and city want the option that will benefit their party politics, that's just objective reality. That's not how democracy works. People who are life long bureaucrats are naturally going to prefer the party that always wants a bigger government.

Sorry, I just don't think it's best to create our own version of the house of lords with a medium sized city being so special to have 2 senators.

Quote (sir_lance_bb @ Oct 29 2020 11:16am)

I know someone personally more qualified than this chick. I mean I understand she was chosen because of appearances and her beliefs but you'd think at least you'd choose someone who has good amount of experience being within the judicial process/system before they become a judge that is the highest authority there is within that branch of government.

Quote (Thor123422 @ Oct 29 2020 11:48am)

What percent of the residents of DC are people with political influence?

Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 29 2020 11:41am)

Give me a few minutes to consult my crystal ball on that one.

That's like asking how many good people live in my city.

Quote (Thor123422 @ Oct 29 2020 12:44pm)

It's vitally important to your argument. If it's 1% then you're depriving roughly 693K people of representation for the sake of not giving representation to 7k, which is a non-starter.