The Electoral College
The ultra-right-wing Hillsdale College is known for its “surveys” that are essentially propaganda and fund-raising not-so-cleverly disguised as market research. Here’s a question from their survey on the Electoral College, which they favor, as it’s the only way that extreme conservatives have a chance of winning the presidency:
The Electoral College was put in place to strengthen voters in southern states, because slaves didn’t count as human beings, and only white male landowners could participate in elections.
The only thing the Electoral College does now is to enable people in states with small populations to have their votes count more than more populous states.
California has 40 million people and 55 electoral votes, one vote for every 727,000 people. Wyoming has 581,000 people and 3 electoral votes, one vote for every 194,000 people. Their votes count 3.7 times more than mine.
If the Hillsdale people can explain how that’s fair, I’m all ears.
Here’s RMI’s 
In a recent post 
I know I’ve commented on this before, but I thought this defense attorney made a point worth repeating:
Outside of the wealthy owners of our nation’s great thoroughbred farms, the people of Kentucky tend to be poor, sick, and under-educated, but they don’t aspire to anything different. They continue to elect representatives who do absolutely nothing to improve the lives of the common citizen, but that doesn’t rankle them in the least.
Now, I have to say, that’s funny.
From the: 
Question: Who first discovered that the flow of electricity induces a current in a nearby circuit?
Although I’m not a religious person, I regard statements like this with interest. It does indeed seem that a loving God would want to see all His people taken care of. 
In the 1960s, it was common for heavy-duty patriots to fly the American flag 365 days a year.
