Supreme Court appointment or election? In the grand scheme of things, it really doesn't matter. Either way it was a huge mistake.
Well, philettophish would be interesting as a running mate*avoiding the garden snips*
Fuck! Why didn't we think of this sooner:
MADAME ZORA
FOR PRESIDENT
IN 2008!
We could launch an LPSG campaign with her as our candidate!
Her campaign slogan: "She'll whip this country into shape, ya fucktards!"
Who can we nominate as a running mate for Vice President? Please submit nominations in this thread.
*as her male bitch, he drops his pants and begins "campaign managing" MZ*
SMU just turned down having Bush Presidential LIbrary and Institute. (more power to 'um) His ghost will wander.
Well, well, at least the bush administration finally backed down on the NSA surveillance thing... but the problem with that is the solution. It goes back to the FISA secret court to issue warrants for wiretaps. Except we don't know HOW those warrants are issued, whether they are issued for individuals or groups, and what criteria are used. The proceedings of the secret court are (big surprise) secret, as are the "rules" that they follow.
From my viewpoint, not much difference in the FISA court and the NSA, just the name.
W. must have been drunk, drugged, or awol during civics class.
I was taught by my HS civics teacher that the previous times that the popular vote and electoral college vote had been different had been during a time of extreme corruption, that it could never happen again, that the people would not stand for it. That the electoral college was a fiction, an irrelevancy, it didn't really exist, and that it would be immediatly abolished if this even threatened to happen.
MPB: thank you for your suggestions as to how I should spend my time and effort.
Perhaps you might like to join with the group Alaskans for Peace and Justice (of which I am a participant) in their weekly (ongoing for several years now) silent protest of W's war fridays at noon at the Anchorage Federal Building.
Although I spend much of the winter traveling, I am in Anchorage at present and I'll try to be there tomorrow. Thanks for the invitation.
Regarding the process for amending the U.S. Constitution, you may want to read the information available at the following link.
http://www.usconstitution.net/constam.html
Unless I am mistaken (which is always possible) or have forgotten (another distinct possibilty) there is no provision in the Constitution providing for a direct popular vote of the people to enact amendments.
Part of the genius of our republic is that there are substantial hurdles in the way of constitutional changes. This is intended, in part, to ensure that the rights of minorities are protected from whims of the majority that may be popular at any given time. Things like a constitutional ban on gay unions, for instance. It is inefficent by design.
Nope, Kali, it is the legislatures of the states that must approve the proposed amendments.
http://www.usconstitution.net/constam.html
Interesting, but I thought we supposedly hired a president to represent the will of the people. Not so in this regime. THIS "president" is a monarch, so I guess he really doesn't HAVE to give a flying fuck how we feel.
In all honestly, I see very little difference between him and Saddam Hussein. Regardless of what transpires, I believe they deserve the same end.
Bush's Iraq plan to go ahead despite public opposition. 15/01/2007. ABC News Online
In the United States, the Bush administration says it is untroubled by public opposition to the plan to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq.
Opinion polls show the majority of Americans oppose President George W Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq.