The American political system is far from perfect and needs fixing. However a big reason we have lasted 240 years is that it is almost unchangeable. I have big ideas about what to change (start: eliminate electoral college), but I fear more the totalitarian ideas the Right would want to introduce.
Your point of view is the conventional one but it is not correct. I have decided. Our system has not lasted 240 years. It broke half in 1860. I think if our system had been more flexible and changeable, it would not have broken. The slavery issue was essentially impossible to deal with politically, because of the way our constitution was written. So the system broke. With a more flexible political system, the slavery issue would’ve been resolved politically one way or another.
Thank you for the tip on how to eat sardines Alex. Yesterday, I bought a pound bag of shiners at the Stuyvesant Town farmers' market where I was visiting my parents, brother, and nephew. These are the tiny little fish that travel in schools. My understanding, and I plan to make them tonight, is that all I have to do is coat them with flour or breadcrumbs and then fry them up and perhaps season with salt, pepper, and some lemon juice. I will let you know how it comes out.
I do not know shiners Adam, but there are several small fish they eat in a similar manner here. Guts and all. No cleaning. That freaks me out a little bit when I think about it, but I have done it and they taste fine.
The American political system is far from perfect and needs fixing. However a big reason we have lasted 240 years is that it is almost unchangeable. I have big ideas about what to change (start: eliminate electoral college), but I fear more the totalitarian ideas the Right would want to introduce.
Your point of view is the conventional one but it is not correct. I have decided. Our system has not lasted 240 years. It broke half in 1860. I think if our system had been more flexible and changeable, it would not have broken. The slavery issue was essentially impossible to deal with politically, because of the way our constitution was written. So the system broke. With a more flexible political system, the slavery issue would’ve been resolved politically one way or another.
Thank you for the tip on how to eat sardines Alex. Yesterday, I bought a pound bag of shiners at the Stuyvesant Town farmers' market where I was visiting my parents, brother, and nephew. These are the tiny little fish that travel in schools. My understanding, and I plan to make them tonight, is that all I have to do is coat them with flour or breadcrumbs and then fry them up and perhaps season with salt, pepper, and some lemon juice. I will let you know how it comes out.
I do not know shiners Adam, but there are several small fish they eat in a similar manner here. Guts and all. No cleaning. That freaks me out a little bit when I think about it, but I have done it and they taste fine.