lol let me guess, plan a governrment overthrow? suicide?

I told you, because I don't trust the people who would be empowered to change the constitution. Fix that problem, and you don't need to change it.

ok, you are really good at looking at problems, let's see if you're any good at finding solutions.

I suspect there are other options besides "constitutional convention" and "Amish subsistence farming," but if you happen to know otherwise, I'd be happy if you'd enlighten me.

Of course not, they also need skills. Which apparently you don't have.

Yeah, so now you're left with nothing but excuses.

I suggest not doing it. I don't trust state legislatures.

For that matter, I also don't trust the voters.

Sounds like what really happened here is your parents had poor money management skills, and you learned from them. Sorry about that.

No one ever has enough money when they have poor money management skills, even if they make millions.

Are you upset about the fact they use color or something? Yours is the most idiotic and wrong comment I've read all week on Slashdot, just so you know.

Yes. "States are free to develop their own selection process for choosing their delegates—properly called 'commissioners.' Historically, the most common method used was an election by a joint session of both houses of the state legislature."

Oh yes, I'm sure the CoS people have read them, but it will be state representatives who go to the constitutional convention. Do you trust your state government, and the rest of the state governments, enough that they will end up with something better? I sure don't.

That's not what I said. I am happy to do devops as long as it doesn't take more than like 40% of my time.

Yours is the best comment in the story.

The thing is, the NYT has a lot of high quality articles still, even if their newsroom is all liberal. They go deeply into subjects and do good research. You shouldn't believe everything they say, and if it's important, you should verify; but they give you good overview of the world.

Another high quality newspaper is the Wall Street Journal. If you're looking for print, it can't be beat, for similar reasons. The main difference is the WSJ focuses more on economic issues, and the NYT focuses more on social issues.

The editorial staff of both newspapers is mediocre, but the quality of the guest editorials can't be beaten, in both papers. You have ex presidents, or the commanding officer of the armed forces of Lebanon. Maybe you don't agree with the guest editorials, but they are often worth reading, more than the average blogger.

Homicides are different than mass killings. Check out the number of mass killings since 1906 for something comparable. I'm sure you're smart enough to realize the difference, so I don't even know what you are trying to accomplish by bringing up the wrong data there.