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Re: Retire Rucks

Ruck.us — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:13:30 -0000

Glad it now works.

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Nathan Daschle
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Re: Retire Rucks

GraceAdams830 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:55:27 -0000

Yes, I created an account some time again. I am physically clumsy and the buttons for register and sign in are right next to each other.

Re: Retire Rucks

GraceAdams830 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:54:24 -0000

I got into register by mistake. Now I can't get out of register into sign in which is where I need to go.

Re: Retire Rucks

Ruck.us — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:58:10 -0000

Hi Grace - Sorry for your problems. So can you tell me more about where you are right now? Have you already created an account?

Re: Retire Rucks

GraceAdams830 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:07:09 -0000

I messed up and got into register when I should have gotten into sign in, and now I have trouble getting into read more and the the rucks.

Re: Product Update on Rucks

Creartrixsblood — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:06:16 -0000

"a place where you can product updates" what now?

Re: News: Blog Change

noahchestnut — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:37:47 -0000

Looking forward to the new features.

Re: Why Paul Ryan Matters.

Armand Sardinas — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:45:50 -0000

It is really scary because a VP can become our President on the blink of an eye should something happens to the Commander in Chief. Where is the experience in global matters?

Re: Tea Party II

demz taters — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 22:59:09 -0000

Why would you look at the Tea Party's national popularity when analyzing the outcome of a primary election in a conservative district of a conservative state?

Re: Tea Party II

noahchestnut — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:16:51 -0000

Looking more long-term, many Tea Party candidates become "wait and see/rejectionist" when holding office. This progression from "parties are failing us/congress is failing us" to "I'm going to vote down everything to shrink government" probably won't address the central issues that led to their electoral victory in the first place. It will be interesting to see where this sentiment is at in 2014, 2016 and 2018 and if this will change how legislation is proposed and voted on.

Re: The Internet Defense League

noahchestnut — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:24:45 -0000

Looking forward to seeing the "IDL" signal light shining into the DC sky around U St.

Re: Klein: Why our System is so Broken

Peter — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:26:31 -0000

Looking forward to reading it--and seeing what can be done to break through the "motivated reasoning."

Re: Klein: Why our System is so Broken

Wetzelld — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:48:03 -0000

If you move the system to a winner-doesn't-take-all system then the groups won't be as threatened by each other and there'd be room for dissent from the party orthodoxies on both sides and the party orthodoxies themselves would become more dynamic as a result!

Re: WI: A Different Read

Richter10.2 Media — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:36:25 -0000

100% agree. Well said.

Re: WI: A Different Read

Ruck.us — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:13:35 -0000

Thanks!

Re: WI: A Different Read

Ivorb — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:56:59 -0000

Nathan, really balanced and solid assessment! The partisanship from the Union side supporters went so far beyond mere aggressive campaigning. I think the State Senators who fled rather than take a fair loss set a new and very unfortunate low for legislators. That act of denying a quorum was profoundly undemocratic and unpatriotic. I suspect that many WI voters came to realize that their own legislators had a far greater loyalty to the unions than they did to their own constituents.

Re: Americans Elect- The Day After

Donlloyd — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:30:04 -0000

If you had supported NIFTYTAX.com .... a concept for tax and entitlement reform .... the results would have been different!

Re: Americans Elect- The Day After

David Wetzell — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:45:05 -0000

Why not try to fix it?

http://anewkindofparty.blog...

The kicker is that your system wasn't well designed to get a final winner.

So find a transparent reliable way to get the most centristic solution from among your 7 top contenders...
dlw

Re: Americans Elect- The Day After

WilliamCerf — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:40:43 -0000

I hope that Americans Elect continues to exist and that it shifts its focus to the 2013, 2014 and 2016 election cycles. Much was accomplished including developing relationships with elections officials in all 50 States.

Re: Could Obama Have Foregone a Democratic Convention?

SgtCedar — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:29:47 -0000

The only advantage to holding a convention is it gets a lot of free TV time and is a good public kick off to the campaign. However, I doubt that many people really watch the conventions any more. Most of us who would watch are already committed to the candidate. All the disadvantages to holding a convention in a state that is so anti-union, anti-choice, anti-everything probably outweigh any advantage.

Re: Ruck.us in Mashable

Dsmith — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:35:09 -0000

I came here from Mashable. Ironically, the only way to use your service is to have either a Facebook or Twitter account or both, of which I purposefully have neither. So you have to binarily sign-up with these other two "parties", FB or Twitter, in order to NOT choose between the two political parties at your service. Unless, I'm missing something...

Re: Could Obama Have Foregone a Democratic Convention?

Graceadams830 — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:15:00 -0000

Yes, at $40 million, a primary with no competing candidates would be only a pep rally and a big waste of money. The pep rally part he should be able to manage to substitute a public speech for.

Re: Could Obama Have Foregone a Democratic Convention?

arthur_caya — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:35:45 -0000

I agree, Nathan. In fact there are many instances where it would be preferable for President Obama to cut ties with old politics. We are at a place in the political dynamic that begs for a new direction, and the additional payoff would be how it would completely disorient the Repubs. Pointing out what a waste of money it would be definitely grabs the indies, and a lot of party faithfuls would probably go for it too.

Re: Ruck in Action: NORML

nogeeksadmin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:53:42 -0000

Vote anti-reform politicians out on their spineless asses!

Re: Ruck in Action: NORML

Joe Mc Clellan — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:24:59 -0000

Gotta crawl before you walk..Maybe Reform would be better accepted in dialog with the Lawmakers