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Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes
Green Arrow (10-18-2017),Tahuyaman (10-18-2017)
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"Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most — that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least."
- Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926), five-time Socialist Party candidate for U.S. President
It is pointless legislation that should be struck down swiftly.
But what needs to happen is criminal penalties attached to those lawmakers - felonies specifically, for passing laws that are directly violating our God given rights.
Don't know if something violates the law? Get a panel of judges to ratify it first. Sort of like a pre-case law kind of thing.
I know this is murky water, because judges aren't supposed to write laws. But they seem to strike them down a lot. Maybe consulting them is wise when making them.
Sent from my evil cell phone.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Ephesians 6:12
Green Arrow (10-18-2017)
This.
Exactly this. I don't like Nazis, or Democrats, Republicans either. But they should all be allowed to speak, so that the public might be able to discern insanity from coherent thought... And then vote libertarian...or green...or not at all if that suits their fancy.
Sent from my evil cell phone.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Ephesians 6:12
DGUtley (10-19-2017)
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“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
That strikes me as being a bad idea for a number of reasons. I think a better one would be to simply make it widely known and very clear that these "public servants" had knowingly and on the taxpayer's dime made a law that they knew had no chance of standing...and that they did so solely to pander and show off to a segment of their constituency. Then offer the voters an alternative at election time, with a pledge not to engage in that sort of populist nonsense.
I'd be opposed to having that be a formal or dictated process, as a violation of the separation of powers, but it is certainly a good idea for a legislator - particularly one who has little or no training in the law - to get some legal opinions on a measure before wasting the taxpayer's money in attempting to make it a law. Unfortunately, many simply don't care.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry