<Diapadion> this really is the kind of constitutional bullshit I hate the most, and I guess its not the constitution’s fault, so I shouldn’t exclusively blame it but come ON<Legion> wow<zack> Texas is going to get hilarious<harveyj> if by hilarious you mean gutting health and education spending, yes.<harveyj> <zack> no, I think it’s still going [...]
< Zack> as a general question, unrelated to China policy at the moment since the question seems quite a bit bigger than that, should we be trying to engineer our economy to support more domestic manufacturing?
< Diapadion> I’m gonna go with no
<Zack> you know, we usually try to explain our opinions in this channel<Zack> Conventional [...]
<harveyj> gerrymandering, marginalization of third parties<Aerion> would it really solve the third-party problem?<harveyj> not in small states<Aerion> so in CA, TX, and NY you might get a seat or two<harveyj> yeah<Aerion> and vermont >_><harveyj> ha<harveyj> personally i’m not that sure third parties are actually that marginalized<harveyj> i do think it would help with regards to [...]
<Zack> we also need to talk about this government shutdown business
<Zack> looking at how republican obsturctionism has been viewed by the
public over the past two years I see it going extremely badly for
[...]
<harveyj> Someone ask Sarah Palin if we should ban the NRA from Oklahoma City
<harveyj> * Aerion makes a cheap shot about John Boehner rooting for the Dutch team
<Aerion> I want a tracking poll question like, “Do you agree, disagree, strongly agree, or strongly disagree with the following statement: Barack Obama gets shit done.”
<harveyj> Every time you hear ‘eye of the tiger’ over a golf montage in the next fortnight, drink!
<Aerion> I admire the irony of small-state senators complaining about anything being “undemocratic”.