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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Why would I give credit for stupid reasoning? They're ignoring how the collateral damage of testing a weather weapon on the U.S. would affect the Treasury, since these places get designated federal emergencies and therefore are covered by federal funds. These are the same people (or a subset of them) who were horrifically concerned with the debt and the deficit months ago.
The problem with that vein of conspiratorial thinking is it requires them to not only believe that their leaders are evil but stupidly evil.
I wrote about a fish turning into the moon.Anyway, about that proposed amendment Taoist posted...sounds like a wonderful idea to me. Yeah, they'll try to find ways around it, but it's another obstacle in their way. Anybody got a petition to sign?
Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.@deathpigeon: Two-thirds of the state legislatures need to vote to have a constitutional convention to pass the amendment.
Obviously, this would actually work by the states either holding initiatives, referenda or legislatural votes on the amendment itself, and the convention's work would be strictly pro forma. Then, three-quarters of the states need to ratify the amendment.
No, no, there are two paths, right? *Checks The Other Wiki.* Yep.
That's how the 21st Amendment got ratified (of course).
I picture Fan Convention bypassing Congress...
edited 27th May '13 9:22:13 PM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Well, we can bypass Congress for proposing as well
, but I was proposing we do that for ratifying.
rollin' on dubs
Wanna fix Congress?
How about an anti-revolving door tax: No person employed by the federal government shall work for an industry that their department regulated until they wait five years. No more Feds, Senators or Representatives leaping into the very industries they oversaw. No more 4 Star Generals getting fat consulting gigs selling crap to the DOD.
Term limits is another good start, and letting state legislatures elect senators again. State Democrat and Republican parties, YMMV, but they tend to have cooler heads. After all, they live next door to the people they represent.
BTW: John McCain went to Syria
...
I don't see anything wrong with voter ID laws. I don't think I know anybody who doesn't have some form of photo ID, and it's pretty much necessary to get just about anything done involving the government around here.
Now there are definitely some other issues where people are messing with voters in ways they shouldn't, but I think being able to show that you are in fact a US Citizen isn't that big of a deal. I remember seeing several videos around election time of people with hidden cameras voting as dead people or the elderly(both dem and repub) to demonstrate how easy it is to perpetuate voter fraud. A guy walked in and said he was effectively an 80 year old woman and was allowed to vote. There is absolutely no accountability involved, at least from what I saw.

Never mind that HAARP has been funded by Republican-stolen dollars since it was started.
It ain't in Alaska just because of our climate.