tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post114902010926253960..comments2023-10-31T02:02:10.136-07:00Comments on Immodest Proposals: A Modest Proposal on Making Representative Democracy Far More RepresentativeXWLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post-1149129820610087882006-05-31T19:43:00.000-07:002006-05-31T19:43:00.000-07:00X,Another entirely sensible and modest proposal. T...X,<BR/><BR/>Another entirely sensible and modest proposal. <BR/><BR/>The first suggestion is an excellent addition - except that it doesn't go far enough. Here we have an opportunity to combine several of your best ideas. <BR/><BR/>To wit: rather than measly electric charges, each Congressman will have implanted in his or her neck a small explosive device (a la Snake Plissken in <I>Escape From New York</I>). When the negatives reach a certain point...<BR/><BR/>"Snake Clinton! I heard you were dead."<BR/><BR/><BR/>(Man, it's time to watch Kurt Russell and Isaac Hayes battle it out again.)P_Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130988618277500381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post-1149108147164663452006-05-31T13:42:00.000-07:002006-05-31T13:42:00.000-07:00It's always about the Stephenson with some folks.H...It's always about the Stephenson with some folks.<BR/><BR/>How dare he steal an idea I had before I even thought of it, the bastard!XWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post-1149077965094173662006-05-31T05:19:00.000-07:002006-05-31T05:19:00.000-07:00Read InterfaceRead <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553383434/104-2263177-7035940?v=glance&n=283155" REL="nofollow">Interface</A>billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116980864333670109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post-1149050563457476882006-05-30T21:42:00.000-07:002006-05-30T21:42:00.000-07:00I guess 10 volts per point difference wouldn't be ...I guess 10 volts per point difference wouldn't be bad.<BR/><BR/>Excellent suggestion.<BR/><BR/>A more responsive and responsible Legislative and Executive Branch should be a goal all can agree on regardless of politics.XWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post-1149049045836407042006-05-30T21:17:00.000-07:002006-05-30T21:17:00.000-07:00Couldn't you make it a little more Pavlovian?Inste...Couldn't you make it a little more Pavlovian?<BR/><BR/>Instead of giving them a +/- "score", couldn't they be hooked up to a little electric charge and then when they didn't vote the way their constituents wanted..<BR/><BR/>Well,I think you get the idea.<BR/><BR/>Before long they would figure out that they had better vote the way they should have been doing all along!flicka47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00166088475816625100noreply@blogger.com