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melm00se

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94. it might be

Reply to ChairmanAgnostic (Reply #82)

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 03:02 PM

Sep 2014

best if we could somehow peg the number of representatives to the guidelines set in Article I, section 2.

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2/3 of Americans can't name the three branches of government. 1/3 can't name one. [View all] cali Sep 2014 OP

It's ironic the survey results are in thirds... Agschmid Sep 2014 #1

There's a good argument that our current form of government no longer works. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2014 #82

it might be melm00se Sep 2014 #94

It is a beautiful document, isn't it? ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2014 #100

I'd like a weighted voting system in the House. rickford66 Sep 2014 #106

Why should they yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #2

You are going to blame tv for education's failure? former9thward Sep 2014 #61

That's right, blame teachers. femmocrat Sep 2014 #70

Are you saying it is not the job of teachers former9thward Sep 2014 #71

No. femmocrat Sep 2014 #80

You seem to think teachers have no role in any of those problems. former9thward Sep 2014 #85

Every History teacher teaches this...and then students leave and become part of a work force that... Tikki Sep 2014 #81

Did you forget basic math when you graduated? former9thward Sep 2014 #86

No because I used it daily....and no one was telling me over and over again that 1 + 1=3 Tikki Sep 2014 #88

They teach it and it is drowned out by rich people telling you to buy stuff Taitertots Sep 2014 #93

But ask those same people who won American Idol in 2004 Orrex Sep 2014 #3

Is that correlated with voting registration and intention, though? Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #4

By design. corkhead Sep 2014 #5

This ^^^ n/t MANative Sep 2014 #7

Seems like Official Policy since Nov. 22, 1963 Octafish Sep 2014 #9

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What do you know about it? Octafish Sep 2014 #37

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There's nothing funny about the assassination of President Kennedy. Octafish Sep 2014 #40

The funny bits are the wacked out conspiracy theories that came out of one lone nut... MohRokTah Sep 2014 #43

Like how the CIA's man on the Warren Commission failed to mention CIA-Mafia assassination program? Octafish Sep 2014 #47

I don't buy into CT nonsense. This thread is derailed enough with the BS. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #49

I do. Here's why. Octafish Sep 2014 #52

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What JFK said, I hope for all, even you, MohRokTah. Octafish Sep 2014 #59

the funny thing is... grasswire Sep 2014 #62

The point of the thread is ignorance. Octafish Sep 2014 #69

Please don't engage Octafish on JFK. nt Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #78

I have to agree, it's a pointless exercise. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #83

As is expecting character from those who rationalizing a lack of tipping... LanternWaste Sep 2014 #96

Apparently I've picked up a stalker. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #99

Afraid someone will learn something? Octafish Sep 2014 #84

No, I'm afraid that the internet will slow down for all the links attached. Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #91

I'd say 1/20/81. hifiguy Sep 2014 #33

Agree about the importance of the Pruneface installation. Octafish Sep 2014 #39

+1 ...American Idol, Idiot, Star, Dancing, Food, latest Hollywood poop cam ...more important. L0oniX Sep 2014 #17

You forgot football... n/t ReRe Sep 2014 #56

I wish I could. L0oniX Sep 2014 #92

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Executive, Legislative, and the NFL FSogol Sep 2014 #6

Precisely Sherman A1 Sep 2014 #8

Dang, you are right hfojvt Sep 2014 #10

More like Executive, Legislative, and the One Percent. Brigid Sep 2014 #12

+1 L0oniX Sep 2014 #18

Billionaires, Oligarchs and the media KurtNYC Sep 2014 #77

jpmorganchase, the kochs, and the lobbyists? unblock Sep 2014 #11

Judicial, Legislative, and "Administrative" --GWB Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2014 #13

I'm going to have to bookmark this. Savannahmann Sep 2014 #14

People always seem surprised about this, and I can't understand why. MineralMan Sep 2014 #15

I don't know that people are surprised by this, but it's worth reporting on cali Sep 2014 #30

The education I'm talking about is for adults, not kids. MineralMan Sep 2014 #63

Sure, that's also a good idea, but much, much harder to accomplish cali Sep 2014 #72

A decade or two is forever in political terms. MineralMan Sep 2014 #75

at age 14 handmade34 Sep 2014 #67

Yes I agree, seems like some think Obama can do anything he wants, don't think he is limited Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #57

I am always surprised people actually believe whistler162 Sep 2014 #104

Freedom! Constitution! joeybee12 Sep 2014 #16

Freedumb! FSogol Sep 2014 #20

So much stupid there for so few people... joeybee12 Sep 2014 #24

Stupidity can and often does exist in very small yet very dense concentrations. hifiguy Sep 2014 #34

True.. joeybee12 Sep 2014 #35

If the concentration of stupidity becomes dense enough The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #41

Einstein was right! hifiguy Sep 2014 #50

They must be from the Rick Perry school of morons.. Historic NY Sep 2014 #19

SMH Mr Dixon Sep 2014 #21

MiSSION ACCOMPLISHED n/t librechik Sep 2014 #22

Noam Chomsky on Democracy and Education in the 21st Century woo me with science Sep 2014 #23

This will only get worse as those of us who actually had a Civics course in high school start... MohRokTah Sep 2014 #26

I think I was introduced to this stuff in about 7th or 8th grade. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #44

We also had School House Rock when we were younger than that! MohRokTah Sep 2014 #45

That Schoolhouse Rock thing needs updating to include lobbyists tclambert Sep 2014 #64

Do you mean this one?... adirondacker Sep 2014 #95

That is an excellent update. tclambert Sep 2014 #105

They are. Puglover Sep 2014 #27

Boehner, Scalia, and the black guy who gets blamed for the other two. Glassunion Sep 2014 #28

I can, to wit: Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #29

And people wonder why some people keep voting against their own best interests Botany Sep 2014 #31

And the PTB are gleeful over this. nt valerief Sep 2014 #32

Because they engineered it. hifiguy Sep 2014 #36

I can name all three. Dr. Strange Sep 2014 #42

Boeing, WalMart, Microsoft. Duh! n/t leftstreet Sep 2014 #46

Hate to say it, but it's not just teahadists Proud Public Servant Sep 2014 #48

Well schools are concerned with tee shorts and other so called important things yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #51

"Rarely is the question asked: 'Is our children learning?'" KamaAina Sep 2014 #53

Guess who can? Naturalized citizens. KamaAina Sep 2014 #54

100 percent correct. RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #73

Guaranteed they know who won the LibDemAlways Sep 2014 #58

...hence why they blame Obama for ALL of it! Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2014 #60

I think that when you take Civics lessons out of the school glowing Sep 2014 #65

Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches... Bryce Butler Sep 2014 #66

Back in high school, when dinosaurs still walked Earth's cooling crust ... ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #68

I'd like to know what the question was and what the acceptable answers were. pnwmom Sep 2014 #74

"A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #76

I'm haunted by the NSA's repeated denial of the existence of "probable cause" in the 4th Amendment RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #79

The C branch, the I branch and A branch. JEB Sep 2014 #87

We have the government we deserve GitRDun Sep 2014 #89

On a local level, I was told that the sheriff makes the laws. I informed that person Cleita Sep 2014 #90

The Executive, the Judicial and the Santa Maria, right? LanternWaste Sep 2014 #97

Many Americans are dumber than a box of rocks. nt Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #98

I think those are the ones who think the President "runs the country" treestar Sep 2014 #101

civics isn't taught in school anymore as far as I can tell notadmblnd Sep 2014 #102

I prolly have more friends Go Vols Sep 2014 #103