It occurs to me that the five Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee who shot down the so-called “public option” amendments in the health care reform bill hail from North Dakota, Arkansas, Delaware, Montana and Florida. Leaving aside Florida (pop. 18,300,000), the entire combined population of the states represented by these self-important power brokers is just 5,337,500.
By way of comparison, the population of the city of New York is 8,364,000 (and there are 19,750,000 in metropolitan New York). Metropolitan Los Angeles is home to 15,250,000 people. There are close to 37 million people living in the state of California, and 6.6 million of them are uninsured; that’s more than the entire combined populations of the states represented by 4 of the 5 red-necked Democrat assholes who actively blocked reform.
This is Exhibit A as to what’s wrong with the antiquated power-structure in the United States Senate. Kent Conrad, the thick-headed boob who fails to understand even the most rudimentary aspects of the health care reform issue, represents 641,481 people in North Dakotucky. My congresswoman, Lois Capps, represents about 700,000. Barbara Boxer, senator from California, represents 36,700,000. Thirty-six million seven hundred thousand vs. six hundred forty one thousand. Boxer’s constituency is 57 times larger than Conrad’s. Think about that for a minute.
Something ain’t right in this here representative democracy.
By way of comparison, the population of the city of New York is 8,364,000 (and there are 19,750,000 in metropolitan New York). Metropolitan Los Angeles is home to 15,250,000 people. There are close to 37 million people living in the state of California, and 6.6 million of them are uninsured; that’s more than the entire combined populations of the states represented by 4 of the 5 red-necked Democrat assholes who actively blocked reform.
This is Exhibit A as to what’s wrong with the antiquated power-structure in the United States Senate. Kent Conrad, the thick-headed boob who fails to understand even the most rudimentary aspects of the health care reform issue, represents 641,481 people in North Dakotucky. My congresswoman, Lois Capps, represents about 700,000. Barbara Boxer, senator from California, represents 36,700,000. Thirty-six million seven hundred thousand vs. six hundred forty one thousand. Boxer’s constituency is 57 times larger than Conrad’s. Think about that for a minute.
Something ain’t right in this here representative democracy.
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