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Comment on What an Obama Presidency Means by Danno

Danno — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:33:41 +0000

I’ve already started growing my dashiki.

Comment on What an Obama Presidency Means by Meredith

Meredith — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:44:26 +0000

Ha!

Comment on The Aftermath of Prop 8 Passing by Mark

Mark — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:51:58 +0000

Hey Mike,

I would except that I don’t really write much about accounting. I don’t think there is a whole lot of overlap between my random collection of thoughts and accounting. Perhaps if my blog were to become so incredibly popular that the ad revenue would require me to hire an accountant to keep track of the millions of dollars that my ideas are obviously worth.

Comment on The Aftermath of Prop 8 Passing by Meredith

Meredith — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:16:16 +0000

That’s a clever idea.

Comment on The Aftermath of Prop 8 Passing by Mike Harmon

Mike Harmon — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:15:59 +0000

Hi. I read a few of your other posts and wanted to know if you would be interested in exchanging blogroll links?

Comment on Post Election by Mark

Mark — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:00:38 +0000

Wow. That blog is awesome. I’m going to have to use that in a post.

Comment on Treesit 1 Year Anniversary by el samayo grande

el samayo grande — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:49:55 +0000

I think if you haven’t gotten what you want after a year, you’ve made your point and should maybe try something different. The real tree-sitters in the Humboldt redwoods not only sat up there, but launched lawsuits and had outreach campaigns to the loggers to try and solve the problem.

Comment on Post Election by Danno

Danno — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:39:17 +0000

Apparently the Mormons donated $20MM or so to the Yes on 8 campaign. They also read a statement in all California churches encouraging members to vote a certain way. There’s a blog that’s started to get their non-profit status revoked for taking taking a political stance. They even tell you how to file a formal complaint with the IRS:

http://lds501c3.wordpress.com/

If nothing else, and interesting read on the machinations of 501(c)(3) law. Also interesting that a group that started out as polygamists would be pushing for “one man, one woman.” Irony is funny that way…

Comment on Post Election by Mark

Mark — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:23:12 +0000

The reason I opposed prop 11 was that it set up seats for 5 democrats and 5 republicans even if these numbers do not reflect the demographics of the state. I think the solution should not be giving equal say to two partisan groups but to attempt a non-partisan solution. Since prop 11 passed I guess I’ll see how this system works.

I also think that deciding district boundaries might be better solved at the federal level because then you won’t have some states with gerrymandered districts and others with an over-empowered minority. If republicans can get the blue states to give them an equal say in states where they are the minority and keep the red states a gerrymandered mess, it would favor their party. Of course if you implement a federal redistricting law then people will scream bloody murder about states rights. If you try to institute a federal district line drawing scheme, both parties would have to agree to a fair solution because an unfair solution might help them in some states but hurt them in others.

I’m not convinced that the prop 11 solution will result in a fair distribution on counties. I was willing to send law writers back to the drawing board to figure out a better system. I guess we’ll see how well prop 11 works instead.

Comment on Post Election by Ben

Ben — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:21:22 +0000

… so you weren’t real specific. Arguments I’ve heard are that it give a disproportionate influence to republicans and that is ignores the role that other political parties have to play. I’d like it best if the districts had to be made without demographic/polling data available. I agree in general that 11 is not a perfect solution, but I think it’s better than what we’ve got.