AMERICA IS Under Siege

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Denninger: So You Want That Bakken Oil Eh?

by Karl Denninger
2018-05-09 07:00

Here it comes.....

Connecticut is poised to commit its electoral votes to whichever U.S. presidential candidate wins the nation's popular vote — regardless of who wins the state.

By embracing the plan, Connecticut's General Assembly gave new momentum to a push to change the way Americans elect their president.

Ten states and the District of Columbia are already in a compact to pool their electoral votes and pledge them to the popular-vote winner. With Connecticut added, the compact's voting power would rise to 172 — fewer than 100 electoral votes away from the 270-vote majority that decides the presidential contest.  https://tinyurl.com/ybtearv9 ;

This is probably Constitutional, since there's no legal requirement that electors vote for whoever selected them wanted them to vote for.

Of course Congress could refuse to certify such an "en-banc" voting block.  Who knows how that would turn out.

But then there's a bigger problem -- the Electoral College was designed for the specific purpose of guaranteeing minority rights when it came to Presidential elections.  Be very careful what you wish for libtards, because those flyover parts of the nation produce things you need and can't get elsewhere.

Like food and oil, to name two.

What are you going to do if instead of screaming, waving fists and launching investigations those who you disenfranchise tell you to **** off and mean it?

Are you going to try and force someone to plant corn -- or sell it to you?  How about oil?

Gonna use all those guns, right?  Oh wait.... you don't think anyone should have any military-class weapons!  So guess who has them all -- those people in flyover country and no, they're not going to give them up either.

Well, ok, they might -- hot, dirty and empty.

Think long and hard before doing things like this folks.  Just because you can doesn't mean you should, and the lessons can come fast and hard if the people who you screw with have something you need and refuse to go along.

https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=233450 ;