tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168972883066529593.post8628358935914548747..comments2023-02-10T06:07:00.197-05:00Comments on Barley Literate: Are we forgetting "majority rule"?Rick Subberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10117679082089176132noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168972883066529593.post-84882530434725210622013-04-08T10:40:29.380-04:002013-04-08T10:40:29.380-04:00If Edmund Burke were alive today, he would be gnas...If Edmund Burke were alive today, he would be gnashing his teeth at the manifest failures of representative government....Rick Subberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10117679082089176132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168972883066529593.post-25628098723339844542013-04-08T10:31:18.300-04:002013-04-08T10:31:18.300-04:00And a classic case is the PA congress, in which no...And a classic case is the PA congress, in which not one Democrat voted for the bill to privatize liquor sales. Not one - despite overwhelming public support. They used the easy excuse that the bill was not strong enough, though they know anything stronger would have no hope of passage. Not one Democrat voted for it. Ridiculous.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00382793599457078120noreply@blogger.com