We all studied how the heck the Electoral College could turn a 2.8 million vote majority into a loss. Very good, you learned a lot about the history, the clashes, and the compromises that formed this part of the Constitution.
The next unit will be on Impeachment and removal of the President. Study the Constitution: Article Two, Section Four. Quiz on Friday.
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Sunday, December 18, 2016
A crazy religious idea
Islam, Judiasm, and Christianity all have the same God. They all have Abraham as their founding father. Jesus is Jewish, Christians believe he is the Son of God, Muslims believe he is a great Prophet. We all share important aspects of our common religion.
Our God has many names, Jehovah, YHWH (Yah-whey), God, Allah.
Let's call God by one, universal name. But which one?
Allah. I'm a Christian and think of God but why not use God's newest name? Jews and Christians will have some reluctance and some learning to do. Me too! That learning about our Islamic kin is a good thing. Let us use our commonality to unite us rather than divide us. It is another way to start important conversations.
I also think a common name for our God, Allah, will make hating others tougher.
What do you think? Dig deep into your prejudices and I will dig into mine too.
Our God has many names, Jehovah, YHWH (Yah-whey), God, Allah.
Let's call God by one, universal name. But which one?
Allah. I'm a Christian and think of God but why not use God's newest name? Jews and Christians will have some reluctance and some learning to do. Me too! That learning about our Islamic kin is a good thing. Let us use our commonality to unite us rather than divide us. It is another way to start important conversations.
I also think a common name for our God, Allah, will make hating others tougher.
What do you think? Dig deep into your prejudices and I will dig into mine too.
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Prediction
December 17, 2016
President Trump will not last two years.
He might be impeached for either treason or his business dealings.
He might resign if he gets bored or scared.
President Trump will not last two years.
He might be impeached for either treason or his business dealings.
He might resign if he gets bored or scared.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
How Paul Ryan Saves the United States by becoming President:
Step 1: convince at least 21 Republican Electors to vote for Paul Ryan - look, not every Republican Elector likes the current situation.
That way Trump gets less than 270 votes (he is at 290 now). This HUGE step means President-elect Trump does not have an Absolute Majority in the Electoral College
That event means the House of Representatives must decide the election. The Constitution states the House chooses from the top 5 candidates. With Trump: 269 or fewer, Hilary: 228, Ryan: 21+ these are real possibilities. This has happened before, look it up.:Wikipedia, etc.
Step 2: convince the House to elect President Ryan
At this point it makes as much sense to elect Paul as another option. Trump is a disaster, the House won't vote for Hilary, Paul Ryan is already third in line (and a previous Vice Presidential candidate - which would be Second) so Paul Ryan seems the best choice!
That is it!
p.s. Would you believe I am a Progressive Democrat from Washington State? Yes I am.
Rachel Maddow Blog vs. Privacy Badger
Wow. I recently installed privacy badger from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (https://www.eff.org/privacybadger)
It tells you about trackers that are on web pages. Trackers send information to other websites that allow them to track your web browsing history.
I installed it as an experiment to watch what places had trackers. Privacy Badger doesn't catch all of them but I thought it would be intersting to see what sites I visit have trackers, and I could see which trackers they were.
After less than a week, The Maddow Blog has been the winner with 13. Ouch. I thought they'd be around zero.
Ouch.
It tells you about trackers that are on web pages. Trackers send information to other websites that allow them to track your web browsing history.
I installed it as an experiment to watch what places had trackers. Privacy Badger doesn't catch all of them but I thought it would be intersting to see what sites I visit have trackers, and I could see which trackers they were.
After less than a week, The Maddow Blog has been the winner with 13. Ouch. I thought they'd be around zero.
Ouch.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
· How Paul Ryan Saves the United States
by becoming President:
Step 1: convince at least 21 Republican Electors to vote for Paul Ryan
- look, not every Republican Elector likes the current situation.
That way Trump gets less than 270 votes (he is at 290 now). This HUGE step means President-elect Trump does not have an Absolute Majority in the Electoral College
- look, not every Republican Elector likes the current situation.
That way Trump gets less than 270 votes (he is at 290 now). This HUGE step means President-elect Trump does not have an Absolute Majority in the Electoral College
That event
means the House of Representatives must decide the election. The
Constitution states the House chooses from the top 5 candidates. With
Trump: 269 or fewer, Hilary: 228, Ryan: 21+ these are real
possibilities. This has happened before, look it up.:Wikipedia, etc.
Step 2: convince the House to elect President Ryan
At this point it makes as much sense to elect Paul as another option. Trump is a disaster, the House won't vote for Hilary, Paul Ryan is already third in line (and a previous Vice Presidential candidate - which would be Second) so Paul Ryan seems the best choice!
That is it!
p.s. Would you believe I am a Progressive Democrat from Washington State? Yes I am.
Step 2: convince the House to elect President Ryan
At this point it makes as much sense to elect Paul as another option. Trump is a disaster, the House won't vote for Hilary, Paul Ryan is already third in line (and a previous Vice Presidential candidate - which would be Second) so Paul Ryan seems the best choice!
That is it!
p.s. Would you believe I am a Progressive Democrat from Washington State? Yes I am.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
One Fish, Two Fish, Red State, Blue State
Time to remove the Electoral College
I live in a blue state and regardless of how I vote in the presidential election, my vote did not count. That's right, whether I voted for Trump or Hilary my vote made absolutely NO difference. The same thing goes for a lot of other states. A few voters in a few states decided this election.They decided it against the majority vote. does that seem fair? No, it seems antiquated and unfair.
The Electoral College is like the human appendix; it exists but we only notice it when it becomes inflamed.
Look, this was a power issue between states and the federal government 200 some years ago when the Constitution was created. If you haven't noticed, the world has changed. Now we have a global economy and the 'states' that count now are entire nations.
That means our piddly little issues between states should be seen as football rivalries rather than the world changing stuff we might like to think they are.
So we need to eliminate the electoral college with an Amendment. Wording is pretty simple, just state that the President and Vice President will be elected by the majority of votes. Done.
I live in a blue state and regardless of how I vote in the presidential election, my vote did not count. That's right, whether I voted for Trump or Hilary my vote made absolutely NO difference. The same thing goes for a lot of other states. A few voters in a few states decided this election.They decided it against the majority vote. does that seem fair? No, it seems antiquated and unfair.
The Electoral College is like the human appendix; it exists but we only notice it when it becomes inflamed.
Look, this was a power issue between states and the federal government 200 some years ago when the Constitution was created. If you haven't noticed, the world has changed. Now we have a global economy and the 'states' that count now are entire nations.
That means our piddly little issues between states should be seen as football rivalries rather than the world changing stuff we might like to think they are.
So we need to eliminate the electoral college with an Amendment. Wording is pretty simple, just state that the President and Vice President will be elected by the majority of votes. Done.
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