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I'll leave it at that before I get really worked up about a certain
representative from another part
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Dan Minette wrote:
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I'll leave it at that before I get really worked up
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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Dan Minette wrote:
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL
Dan Minette wrote:
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: Brin: Re: Misc stuff
I'll leave it at that before I get really worked up about a certain
representative
Julia Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Dan Minette wrote:
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: Brin: Re: Misc stuff
I'll leave it at that before I get
I encourage anyone who is interested in this subject of the future of the
Democratic Party, to read Peter Beinart's very thought-provoking article on
The New Republic website (free registration required)
http://tinyurl.com/5z4d6
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi%3D20041213%26s%3Dbeinart121
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A more serious response here to one of Dr. Brin's proposals. Dr. Brin
suggests cross-party registrations in gerrymandered areas as a way to bring
more diversity to the process.
There are a number of problems with this idea in terms of tackling the
perceived problem:
1) In this case,
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, JDG wrote:
4) Ultimately, this would constitute a massive coordination problem. I
think that a much more effective solution would be to get national
impetus behind requiring each State to institute an Iowa-style
nonpartisan commission for the drawing of Congressional
First off, this is to announce my third and final (I hope) big
political salvo. That is, till the scandals start hitting that make
Watergate look like a playground spat.
FOlks are welcome to drop in at: http://www.davidbrin.com/realculturewar1.html
comments suggestions welcome. (Still some
