Comments on: The Foley Effect http://johnrlong.com/2006/10/16/the-foley-effect/ I just blather on and on about stuff that interests me, mostly politics and sex and sometimes movies and art. Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:42:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: John X http://johnrlong.com/2006/10/16/the-foley-effect/#comment-162 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:25:04 +0000 http://www.johnrlong.com/2006/10/16/the-foley-effect/#comment-162 I’d like some sort of viable alternative to these two loser policital parties, the Repugnants and the Dems. Both suck.

How about:

1) proportional representation, with only 5% of votes needed to place representatives in Congress (or Parliment, if that’s what it comes to be known as?) Thereby ensuring a 5 or 6 party system, instead of this horrible bullshit we have now?

2) How about campaign finance reform, REAL reform? No monetary contributions of over $1000 from any individual, company, group, or other entity?

3) How about NO reporting on projected election outcomes until ALL polls have closed EVERYWHERE? (meaning, when Hawaii’s polls close.)

While I’m on that subject, one of my pet peeves is this endless wanking and speculation on the part of the news media about “projected winners.” Hey, motherfuckers—the assholes who get elected will be in office a minimum of FOUR YEARS. Get it? FOUR YEARS. You can’t wait until the results are in and official to report the outcome? I mean, shit, usually that’s THE NEXT DAY. You have to GUESS? You have to SPECULATE?

The US is circling the drain, in part because of the insistence of its “people” and its “leaders” in maintaining an antiquated and by now completely corrupt election system. Doesn’t much matter if a Dem or a Rep “wins;” because WE LOSE.

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