Governor Rick Scott of Florida
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Further to my previous posts about Gerrymandering and Re-districting, one correspondent asked me the not terribly stupid question of “If people don’t like the districts being drawn this way why don’t they just vote against it?”
Well, as the old saw says “If voting changed anything they would ban it”. But to expand on that a bit, let us look at what is going on down in Florida – even as I write.
There, Governor Rick Scott (Republican) is doing his absolute damnest to stymie the expressed will of the people who did just that! Way back in November the good voters of Florida turned out and voted for Amendments 5 and 6 which would bring the dark arts of drawing the districts to keep oneself in office to a close – at least in Florida.
The problem is that Rick Scott, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Lord Voldemort, is in no rush whatsoever to enact the expressed will of the people. He thinks he needs more information and wants to hold out until statistical information from the recent Census is to hand.
So now we see just how absolutely essential this dirty little administrative trick is to him or any other entrenched politician. Remember it’s not just the Republicans!
But Rick is being somewhat less subtle than most!
Copyright David Macadam 2011
Forgive me for being off topic – but I’ve mulled a question for some time, and as I’m reading about the Ford years, there is an extensive swipe into Nelson Rockefeller and his siblings..
So my question is this;
who would you rate as the most powerful families in US history, and which families are dominating today? Buiness, politics or other things. It’s such a huge topic, and I’m looking for some starting points.
I dont mind at all! Its a big question though and, if you forgive me, might take a couple of days to mull over to try and get an objective line on it! And then I will get back to you. Promise!
Thanks! I’m looking forward to it. One could easily fill a thesis on the subject, so a little starter would be fun
Kennedys, Rockefellers, Kochs, Bushes, Roosevelts, Adams’s.. there’s a lot of romance sorrounding these names as well!
Hi! I’ve popped on a new post which I hope goes some way to explain my thoughts about America’s principle political families. Hope you enjoy it. D
Wow. This was excellent – and far more then I’ve had anticipated! And it all makes perfect sense, to develop a more integrated thinking about ancestry and lineage within larger collections of families. It is, perhaps, some general forces of class and social coherence at play here as well. The ruling families are alike and enjoy each other’s company, throughout the centuries.
I’ll have to study the maps a bit closer, and then dig more into Stuyvesant and the early roots of the 17th century. But thank you so much for a great introduction – it makes further studies so much easier!
Hi Dave…..
The new crop of GOP Governors are a dozzy, eh?
Question….What about the Oligarch aspects of the KGB/FSB in Russia?
Its not quite the same I think. People seem to call the business people in Russia “Oligarchs” when they more rightly fit what in America used to be called “Robber Barons” you know the Carnegies of life. Rather than an interlocking series of families or a group who hold control. Tell me Putin is in thrall to any businessman?
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It’s my firm beleif that if we don’t scrap the present primary system and take re-districting out of the hands of ‘the elected’, we’ll remain largely disfunctional.
By the way, Scott is down to 34% approval as of yesterday. We Floridians are PISSED. Lots of talk of recalls, though that’s not likely to go anywhere.