Gee, a democrat involved with wasteful spending.

Who'd have thunk it?

"This is a gift to Norway," Gandrud said. "It's not a gift to a bunch of good old boys in Seattle or a gift to Torske Klubben," a Norwegian-American luncheon club.

The first rule of Torske Klubben is you don't talk about Torske Klubben!

From the desk of the editor: It's "million," not "Million."

Bad submitter! Bad, bad submitter!

(You aren't the only one -- there's been an outbreak of "Million" and "Billion" lately. This madness must stop.)

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What if, hypothetical Candidate A ran for congress on the premise that he would poll his electorate any time he was to cast a vote in congress, and whatever the electorate voted was the way he or she would vote in congress?

Would this work? If not, why not?


This is the same problem that exists with this budget (1632 pages)for our representatives and senators. The sheer size and complexity of the problems addressed makes it tough for the electorate to be well informed enough to make an informed decision. This can be expanded to many things. The type of government you are talking about exists or did until recently in the Northeast. It's a townhall type of governing in which everyone who shows up to the meeting gets to discuss the issue and vote on it. Unfortunately this true democracy had to go as soon as the population made it prohibitive to get everyone into a space and have thier say.