system is a little closer proportional representation here in the united states it is pure first past the post winner take all this is the problem the james madison confronted when he first wrote the constitution and you know he in seven hundred eighty seven and he was out selling it and seven hundred eighty eight and he suddenly realized as he was writing federalist number ten. oh my god of political parties form and we have these first past the post winner take all elections in other words fifty one percent of the people can win the election so if you have two political parties you can have one party got fifty one percent of the vote cool as democratic but what happens if you have three parties and you can have thirty four percent of the vote you know running the country if you have four parties twenty six percent of the vote and he freaked out to know what to do his solution in federalist number ten you can read it was to say please don't form political parties which is particularly ironic because this is the guy who with his mentor thomas jefferson just five years later formed the democrat

green it's not a member got anywhere that's because the united states we use what's called first past the post winner take all election systems. but that wouldn't have been the case if we had instant runoff voting also known as ira v or proportional representation in ited states is one of only a handful of developed countries in the world that doesn't have proportional representation and if those few nations that don't have proportional representation two of them australia and new zealand have instituted instant runoff voting. we don't have it because we're one of the world's oldest democracies and our constitution was written back in seventeen eighty seven james madison seven hundred eighty eight when he was trying to sell it had this horrible realisation madison realized that we were the first real democracy of major significance since rome and that our democracy was in reality an experiment you also realize that we've first past the post winner take all actions you could have a democracy if there were only two parties so fifty one percent of the vote could win that's a democratic majority b

third party candidates get into these debates that are run by corporations because we have first past the post winner take all actions that we should write and it is so we should of course we should talk about things like in support of voting in proportional representation absolutely that's a whole other topic right and so we'll save that for the next guy thank you so peterson. will be right. just. the. good the bad in the very very cavalier honestly ugly god and when parents far right loves to tell us of homosexuality is a deviation from the natural order of the world but. three danish penguins are proving them wrong as i speak her the right word is the officials one pair of male emperor penguins have tried for years to raise their own little penguin one point practicing their parenting skills on a dead fish or a particularly troublesome female penguin abandon one of her eggs zoo biologist decided it was time to let their famous same sex penguin couple try their chick reason skills their first child hatch late last year it's been smooth sailing so far somewhere rick santorum has exploded and

james, i want to go you first on this, given your storied past. a column in the "washington postaid clinton's announ announcements moves the ball significantly in confirming that no democratic presidential candidate will ever be viable, she's sending a strong member to the court is that americans are ready to embrace it. >> i think it's not unexpected. to say the least. and i do think it does send a signal, no one is going to run for the democratic nomination that doesn't embrace marriage equality. i would just point out that republicans do have some experience talking to empty chairs. so -- >> that is bad i totally missed the joke. >> all the republicans that signed the supreme court brief, do a little exercise and see how many of them will have to face republican primary voters. my guess is very, very few. >> jacob, josh barrow was writing in bloomberg that while republicans may grouse about d.o.m.a. and prop 8, the best thing that could happen if the supreme court strikes down both, he writes a supreme court decision imposing gay marriage nationwide will give republicans a use

the past to give you an idea of the train. the first place that anybody dropped off was this powerhouse defended by engine 52. this is a post-fire photograph. at the time, this move was not complete. and there was a good safe distance from the house. and you will see that. a lot has been done. there is a cleared area here. you have a nice large driveway. it is not a black place. these are the engine 52 people. as you can see them standing in front of the fire, creating a moat around the engine. this is the fire as it passes by. guys will be guys. now, to me, that is a lot of fire. but that is what it is like when you are fighting fire in southern california. normally you would not need to be there. but structure protection is part of the game. by the time this happened, it is certain that the firefighters who had gone down had saved one life. they probably had saved for last. the first place if they got too was an aluminum trailer occupied by a 70 sixer woman who did not want to leave. she had a car in the middle of the dinner. she didn't want to leave the parent. and she didn't want to go. other people showed up and tried