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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Of course they are. Sore losers, the lot of 'em.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Actually... that makes a lot of sense. And, technically speaking, it IS the congressmen who vote for President. The whole point was that the trusted, elected official would have a better idea of who is best for President than the general populous. I'm fairly sure some states do split their votes and congress(wo)men originally voted however they wanted.
Besides, how is it fair that the densely populated cities tens of miles away end up deciding that my vote counts for someone I don't support? (or the other way around with the rural/country areas deciding how the cities vote)
Not a perfect description/example of what happens, but you get the idea.
Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!@Native Jovian, Fighteer: I'm not sure about item #1. Does it require due process and a judge's decision to be put on a terrorist watch list?
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."Congressional Republicans are making noises about releasing the debt ceiling hostage. Washington Post article
, and Krugman's take on it
.
The GOP has figured out that their primary policy goal of cutting entitlement programs is deeply unpopular, so they have resorted to extortion (the threat of default) and underhanded tactics (sneaking entitlement cuts into other bills), and are seemingly failing at both.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"No. In most cases you don't even know it happened until you get no-fly'd or angry FBI show up at your door. In some cases having a similar name to a known suspect is sufficient, and in at least one case a guy in the US got hounded for years and repeatedly arrested based on a faulty fingerprint ID from Spain that even the Spanish authorities told them to disregard, and kept being arrested long after Spain found the real culprit via other means and told the FBI to clear the poor guy's name. Nor have rather obvious clerical errors
prevented people from getting on it.
No they can't. Not even being conclusively proven innocent after the fact has been enough to get people off the watchlist because they have an explicit clause to keep them on it.
edited 18th Jan '13 2:01:16 PM by Pykrete
So Bachmann is still refusing to pay her staff.
Contracts such as ND As cannot be used to conceal illegal activity, and the discovery of crime would be grounds to void an NDA. (As such, people under an NDA can seek whistleblower protection if they discover criminal activity, etc. etc.)
Not paying someone because they didn't sign a contract before they were employed is a particularly dodgy practice, in my opinion.
I'm guessing that the staff is now reporting the possible criminal activity and the appropriate agencies are now beginning an inquiry/investigation. It will probably take a little more time for Bachmann to actually get in trouble, if there's enough evidence still around to do so.
Glove and Boots is good for Blog!Poll: 75% of Americans support a constitutional amendment to allow for term limits to Congress.
Biden reaches out to "Diamond" Biden.
Reid: No immigration bill without any path to citizenship updates.
There is nothing that term limits achieve that ditching congresspeople after x terms through elections doesn't except to prevent competent people from keeping office. And if people keep being relected, then the electoral system needs fixing and not the terms.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanTerm limits would probably not be a good idea.
The whole primary problem with the republican party? It would become double?
Also what would we do with so many ex-congressman? It would foster corruption since they woul need to make a living after their term was up so they would have to sell themselves ever more that they already do, while at office, to ensure that they can have a lucrative afterwards. .
Same with judges.
Also congress would never vote for it. I can imagine the senate vote, 70 yea, 37 abstentions, and 3 nay from the honorable gentleman that are about to retire anyways.
edited 18th Jan '13 3:16:04 PM by Baff
I will always cherish the chance of a new beggining.Term limits would also foster this problem
Ain't no difference between term limits for presidents and congressmen.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Republican-controlled state legislatures whose state's electoral votes went to Obama, are pushing bills to change the way electoral votes are distributed from a winner-take-all to proportional by congressinal district.
And from what the article mentioned, the only state who is lukewarm to the idea is Wisconsin. Walker has said he is not going to prioritize it, nor has he decided whether he supports it or not.
edited 18th Jan '13 7:00:20 AM by tclittle
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."