look at 'em.--
new hampshire, rhode island, new jersey, delaware, connecticut and massachusetts, ..., the peoples republic of drunkards and rapist kennedys, the "great" state of massachusetts. six (6) "states," that between them they do not encompass enough territory to make a good sized couple of counties out west, ...., west virginia appears bigger, at a cursory glance.
were it not for massachusetts and new jersey, they wouldn't have enough population to make a good brawl. [in short, what they do, is maintain the democratic party as a viable entity in u.s. politics, as their influence exceeds their importance by an enormous amount.]
what they have are the estates and bedrooms of the affluent, the elite, the leftist intelligentsia of american politics .... basically, they are spill over from boston and new york city. i expect if you were a brain surgeon you could starve in most of them, having so little brain to work on.
these little piss ant geopolitical entities have 12 seats in the united states senate, comprising just 25% of the democratic party's membership in that body, with a piddling amount of the geography, commerce, and in intellectual power of the united states, in comparison.
and, except for new york and illinois, they are the just about the entirety of the "brains" of the democratic party. and, american socialism.
without them, the democrats would be almost nothing this evening. and, with them, why the rest of us, are increased very little if anything at all in our power and breadth.
these little tin pot chickenshit states wield enormous power and influence, and give back almost nothing at all to the common weal of the country. they should be dissolved, and absorbed into penn and maine and new york. no one would miss them. add connecticut into the mix, where no senate elections were held, and you have an even worse situation. in short, what these little states do is maintain & perpetuate & grossly exaggerate the democratic party as a viable & influential entity in u.s. politics. their influence exceeds their importance by an enormous amount. and, they give the entire leftist movement in this country a clout that it has only by historical accident.
yale and harvard. the bastions of the elitist radical liberal/socialist/marxist left, in these little insignificant chicken shit states. these states, except for their political exports of thought, dogma and leftist orthodoxy, are almost entirely worthless in any other meaningful sense. (the price of cod being what it is.)
yet, the control the united states senate. this is not healthy for the republic.
so, i say, get rid of new hampshire, rhode island, new jersey, massachusetts, delaware and connecticut. absorb them into the administrative function of their neighboring straights. it will restore equilibrium and equity to the rest of the country. they can retain what political influence they deserve by their population, via the house of representatives, where their influence will be directly proportional to their population.
and, they will have removed from them their death grip upon the affairs of the united states senate, where they enjoy power and influence far beyond their importance to the republic. and, where they perpetuate the influence on the pernicious presence of liberal, leftist and radical socialist orthodoxy.
they are a pox upon our house.
john jay 11.05.2014
Good Morning.
I sympathize with you and I LIVE in CT. There are a large number of god fearing conservatives here but the cities swamp the rural areas and the demo-o-rat machine controls the ballot process. How else could a fool like Malloy get re-elected? The man promised no taxes and then promptly screwed everyone in the state.
Posted by: Gary Donovan | November 06, 2014 at 03:12 AM
mr. donovan:
politicians are politicians.
it is just very unfortunate that the american left has seen fit to buy their way into power by using public funds to "pay off" the poor for their votes.
having these little northeastern states with u.s. senate seats to bargain with does the country no good. it just spreads the practice of entrenching the left by the use of public funds to buy the votes of "the uninformed."
get rid of these little entities as full blown states. make them counties in adjoining states. curb the extent of their unfair influence, and let them exist as county governments.
john jay
p.s. i live in umatilla county, in n.e. oregon. it is of a far greater geographic area all by its "lonesome," as several of these states put together.
we get along just fine, being part of oregon. well, i would like to dump the "wet side:" you wanna buy portland?
Posted by: john jay | November 06, 2014 at 10:43 AM
dear gentle readers:
a friend took umbrage at my desire to eliminate these little liberal strong holds in the u.s. senate, citing the fact that the north estate remains an economic power in the united states.
indeed it does. new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, etc., are huge powers.
not the states i picked out.
witness --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP .
ranking/list of gross domestic products, by state:
50. vermont $25.5 thousand millions
44. rhode island $48 thousand millions
41. new hampshire $59 thousand millions
40. delaware $60 thousand millions
[43. maine] (only so many lobsters in the world) __________________
$192 thousand millions (that totals roughly the domestic product of oregon, or alabama, but less than louisiana. combined, they are hardly an economic colossus.
23. connecticut $227.5 thousand millions
8. new jersey (o.k., i will give you new jersey. satisfied?) $483 thousand millions
13. massachusetts $365 thousand millions
let's just all lump the n.e. ones into massachusetts, leave new jersey alone, and call it a day.
my home state, oregon, ranks 26th, with a gross domestic product of $165.6 thousand millions.
no way, all these little teenie tiny little tin pot states, to include maine, deserve 10 or 12 seats in the united states senate. that is power all out of proportion to their geographic size, their population, and their wealth.
get rid of 'em.
john jay
Posted by: john jay | November 06, 2014 at 11:55 AM
I'ma native RI'er and hate the Libtards that have been ruining this state for decades....it's the urban assholes that keep voting them in...out in the woods, they're called fairgame....here's a bit of our twisted history:
http://www.city-journal.org/2014/24_2_rhode-island.html
Posted by: Steve Cournoyer | November 06, 2014 at 01:32 PM
It's not the states themselves.
It's the urban populace.
Posted by: rightwingterrorist | November 06, 2014 at 05:10 PM
right wing:
i don't mind that they propagate, and congregate.
what i mind is that they have all those senators "representing" them, and they have no economic or population base to deserve it. massachusetts and new jersey probably deserve to be states, but, the rest of them .... nah, they have no resources, they have no economies, and they certainly have no great port cities, ... , such as would confer genuine geopolitical power.
get rid of em.
steve cournoyer:
i will read you link, and be back in a little bit.
john jay
Posted by: john jay | November 07, 2014 at 07:52 PM
p.s. right wing:
in short, they serve no purpose whatsoever, except to perpetuate left wing influence over our body politic.
without this little block of senators, the left would have the nutballs in new york state, and the nutballs in california to carry the load.
the 10 or 12 extra nutball senators these states contribute to the u.s. senate make life very difficult, for all of us.
john jay
Posted by: john jay | November 07, 2014 at 07:54 PM
Perhaps...
Do away with gerrymandering and once again have true State representation in the Senate.
i.e., State legislators elect their Senators.
Posted by: rightwingterrorist | November 15, 2014 at 02:45 PM