What amendments would you make to the American constitution?

Started by jimmy olsen, December 03, 2014, 10:13:44 PM

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Eddie Teach

QuoteThe executive branch regulates.

Pretty sure that's Nate Dogg and Warren G's job.
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MadImmortalMan

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Syt

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 04, 2014, 03:55:36 PM
I regret that I cannot unsee that.

You want something Japanese you'd wish you could unsee, try Dir En Grey's Obscure :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH2ejVLuJG4

WARNING: nudity, gore/innards, cannibalism, body horror, eating of baby heads and implied fucking to death with demon penis. Very NSFW.
Or, as they call it in Japan: Tuesday. :P
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Josquius

Quote from: Jacob on December 04, 2014, 02:10:47 PM
Quote from: Siege on December 04, 2014, 04:32:40 AM
Is there any K-Pop girl band that is kind of metallish?

There's a Japanese one Babymetal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSMqTjhIBhQ
I know them...
I can just imagine the focus group behind them
"So...looking at this list we've made of things that nerds like....the two musical styles are metal and idol pop....Could we....?"
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jimmy olsen

Quote from: Razgovory on December 04, 2014, 11:05:31 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 04, 2014, 03:11:43 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 04, 2014, 03:05:14 AM
So did we just decide to put all the bad ideas into one thread?

Which of my ideas do you think are bad?

1 and 2 are already laws.  5 and 7 are bad.
Gerrymanding is legal and the House certainly does not use that method of appropriating seats.

They are  bad because?
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jimmy olsen

Minsky takes the time to shoot down Siege's amendments, obviously that indicates approval of mine! :w00t:
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Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Jacob

Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 04, 2014, 06:50:26 PM
Minsky takes the time to shoot down Siege's amendments, obviously that indicates approval of mine! :w00t:

Alternately, he rates Siegy's ideas as not being so ludicrous as to bear no mention.

jimmy olsen

Quote from: Jacob on December 04, 2014, 06:52:48 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 04, 2014, 06:50:26 PM
Minsky takes the time to shoot down Siege's amendments, obviously that indicates approval of mine! :w00t:

Alternately, he rates Siegy's ideas as not being so ludicrous as to bear no mention.

I don't think a reasonable person could possibly argue that Siege's are better. The government would at least continue to function if all my amendments passed, while it would collapse if Siege's did.

It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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The Minsky Moment

Some of Timmy's are OK.
But they fail to include the most obvious - getting rid of the "natural born" requirement for President.
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MadImmortalMan

I do like Siege's Senate thing. In general I think screwing the state governments out of their representation with the 17th amendment was a bad idea.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Razgovory

Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 04, 2014, 06:48:26 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 04, 2014, 11:05:31 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 04, 2014, 03:11:43 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 04, 2014, 03:05:14 AM
So did we just decide to put all the bad ideas into one thread?

Which of my ideas do you think are bad?

1 and 2 are already laws.  5 and 7 are bad.
Gerrymanding is legal and the House certainly does not use that method of appropriating seats.

They are  bad because?

No, Gerrymandering is illegal, but because the terms are vague it's hard to stamp out.  5 and 7 are bad because they restrict people's right to vote.
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Eddie Teach

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on December 04, 2014, 07:00:00 PM
Some of Timmy's are OK.
But they fail to include the most obvious - getting rid of the "natural born" requirement for President.

We can revisit that one when Ahnold is pushing up daisies.
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