[Vision2020] "School the House Rock" by Roy Zimmerman

[Gary Crabtree]

Without a moments thought General Electric, Apple, Starbucks, Google, MSN,
Home Depot, and McDonald's leap immediately to mind.

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On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Nicholas Gier <ngier006 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since when are businesses, large or small, Demo friendly?  They are
> starting to be more friendly now that the GOP has gone crazy.
>
> Nick
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Gary Crabtree <moscowlocksmith at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> "But once it's been decided it's a law
>>
>> Yes, it's the law of the land, and all the negotiations and
>> compromises have happened already."
>>
>> If your Tom Lehrer never be pal had this right in this particular
>> case, why was the law changed 19 times since being signed and passing
>> a supreme court challenge with zero GOP input and with a goodly number
>> of the changes being exemptions for Obama and dem friendlies?
>>
>> I'm thinking that if this is to be  the new standard practice then
>> once there is a Republican president in the whitehouse ( and there
>> eventually will be, of course) using this new normal order optional
>> process ought to be a hoot.
>>
>> g
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 6:33 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mE0hUh0sE
>> >
>> > SCHOOL THE HOUSE ROCK
>> >
>> > (Sing along . . . )
>> >
>> > "Hey, Tea Party House members: This one's for you!
>> >
>> > You dress up like a Founding Father
>> > So you might think you'd bother
>> > To read the Constitution in your pocket
>> > But you need some schooling, so let's rock it!
>> >
>> > There are three branches
>> > Three branches of government
>> > Three branches of government
>> > Like the three corners of your hat
>> >
>> > That should make it easier for you to remember.
>> >
>> > There's the legislative branch - that would be you
>> > The Executive Branch - that's ... You-Know-Who
>> > And then there's the branch that you call the Ju...
>> > Diciary
>> > And that's necessary for the
>> >
>> > Checks and balances
>> > Checks and balances among the three branches
>> > Three branches of government
>> > Like the three corners of your hat
>> >
>> > With me so far?
>> >
>> > Now, you can pass a bill, and when you do
>> > It's signed into law by you-know-who
>> > Or vetoed, and then it comes back to you
>> > And you might override it,
>> > But once it's been decided it's a law
>> >
>> > Yes, it's the law of the land, and all the negotiations and compromises
>> have
>> > happened already.
>> >
>> > Now you may say the law's "Unconstitutional"
>> > Then the Constitution tells us the solution'll be
>> > To take the question of its constitutionality
>> > To the Supreme Court to decide it's ultimate legality
>> >
>> > Now you can repeal a law, unless you try 42 times and you don't have the
>> > votes. But you can't find a law unconstitutional; that power belongs to
>> the
>> > Judicial Branch. And withholding funding from a law you don't like is,
>> in
>> > effect, vetoing that law. And funding only certain parts of the law is
>> an
>> > attempt to exercise a line-item veto. You don't have the power to veto;
>> that
>> > power belongs to the Executive Branch. So, if the Legislative Branch -
>> > that's you - usurps the power to determine constitutionality and the
>> veto
>> > power, what's really being vetoed is the Rule of Law. And what's really
>> > being compromised is the Constitution.Still with me?
>> >
>> > So you can pass a bill, and when you do
>> > If you cry "Boo hoo, it's unconstitu...
>> > tional," then try to veto it, well here's a clue:
>> > Your hat only has one point
>> >
>> > That's the School the House Rock
>> > That's the School the House Rock
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Seeya at the Wingding on June 6th, Moscow, because . . .
>> >
>> > "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
>> > http://www.MoscowCares.com
>> >
>> > Tom Hansen
>> > Moscow, Idaho
>> >
>> > "There's room at the top they are telling you still
>> > But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
>> > If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>> >
>> > - John Lennon
>> >
>> >
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