<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>So, when bills are passed (and, thus, become the law of the land) at the time that the majority party of both the House and Senate is the same party as the President, what would you suggest, Mr. Crabtree? </div><div><br></div><div>Temporarily suspending the Constitution?</div><div><br></div><div>(Anxiously awaiting your response)</div><div><br><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Oct 6, 2013, at 2:09 PM, Gary Crabtree <<a href="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com">moscowlocksmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>"But once it's been decided it's a law</span><br><span></span><br><span>Yes, it's the law of the land, and all the negotiations and</span><br><span>compromises have happened already."</span><br><span></span><br><span>If your Tom Lehrer never be pal had this right in this particular</span><br><span>case, why was the law changed 19 times since being signed and passing</span><br><span>a supreme court challenge with zero GOP input and with a goodly number</span><br><span>of the changes being exemptions for Obama and dem friendlies?</span><br><span></span><br><span>I'm thinking that if this is to be the new standard practice then</span><br><span>once there is a Republican president in the whitehouse ( and there</span><br><span>eventually will be, of course) using this new normal order optional</span><br><span>process ought to be a hoot.</span><br><span></span><br><span>g</span><br><span></span><br><span>On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 6:33 AM, Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mE0hUh0sE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mE0hUh0sE</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>SCHOOL THE HOUSE ROCK</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>(Sing along . . . )</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Hey, Tea Party House members: This one's for you!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>You dress up like a Founding Father</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>So you might think you'd bother</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To read the Constitution in your pocket</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>But you need some schooling, so let's rock it!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>There are three branches</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Three branches of government</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Three branches of government</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Like the three corners of your hat</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>That should make it easier for you to remember.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>There's the legislative branch - that would be you</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Executive Branch - that's ... You-Know-Who</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>And then there's the branch that you call the Ju...</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Diciary</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>And that's necessary for the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Checks and balances</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Checks and balances among the three branches</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Three branches of government</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Like the three corners of your hat</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>With me so far?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Now, you can pass a bill, and when you do</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>It's signed into law by you-know-who</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Or vetoed, and then it comes back to you</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>And you might override it,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>But once it's been decided it's a law</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Yes, it's the law of the land, and all the negotiations and compromises have</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>happened already.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Now you may say the law's "Unconstitutional"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Then the Constitution tells us the solution'll be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To take the question of its constitutionality</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To the Supreme Court to decide it's ultimate legality</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Now you can repeal a law, unless you try 42 times and you don't have the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>votes. But you can't find a law unconstitutional; that power belongs to the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Judicial Branch. And withholding funding from a law you don't like is, in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>effect, vetoing that law. And funding only certain parts of the law is an</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>attempt to exercise a line-item veto. You don't have the power to veto; that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>power belongs to the Executive Branch. So, if the Legislative Branch -</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that's you - usurps the power to determine constitutionality and the veto</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>power, what's really being vetoed is the Rule of Law. And what's really</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>being compromised is the Constitution.Still with me?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>So you can pass a bill, and when you do</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If you cry "Boo hoo, it's unconstitu...</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>tional," then try to veto it, well here's a clue:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Your hat only has one point</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>That's the School the House Rock</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>That's the School the House Rock</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>------------------------------------</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Seeya at the Wingding on June 6th, Moscow, because . . .</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tom Hansen</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>But first you must learn how to smile as you kill</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>- John Lennon</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>=======================================================</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> List services made available by First Step Internet,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>=======================================================</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>=======================================================</span><br><span> List services made available by First Step Internet,</span><br><span> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.</span><br><span> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a></span><br><span> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></span><br><span>=======================================================</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>