dick, Hmmmm, don't let anyone with a degree in law be invilved in writing ANY bill. Make it law that bills must be written using language an average citizen with a public High School education can understand.
I want that as well. But good luck getting those Republican AND Democratic assholes to take any sort of responsibility for their actions. Cinyers is right in his statement. Could YOU read and understand a 1,000 page bill in 48 hours? I couldn't it. Bills are all about keeping people from knowing what you're REALLY doing, the REAL effect it will have on your life. You just give them noble-sounding titles so people will be afraid to go on record as having voted against them. On Aug 3, 8:49 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > What good would that do. All they would talk about was the high points > that San Fran Nan and Waxman wanted - and even then it is the wording of > the bill that causes the problems. You need to actually see how it is > worded so you can tell what the real significance of the various parts > of the bill are - and also whether you have one part canceling another. > Why put it on PBS. I can just see the commentary from PBS on that one. > Daniel Schorr telling yu what he wants you to hear. No, I want the > congressman to actually read and understand what he is voting for. > Another point is what good would the questioning be at the testimony. > It would be like the priests in the Middle Ages reading to the peasants > what the Bible said and they interpreted it in the way to make the most > money for the Church. The questioning could only be based on what they > were told and not on the tricky parts of the bill. > > > > Hollywood wrote: > > dick, > > > How about this? Someone wrote that bill, or it would not exist. Have > > those people testify in public in front of an appropiate Congressional > > committee as to what is in that bill. The key it that the testimony > > must be given UNDER OATH and put that testimoney on the internet and > > on PBS. And then prosecute to the fullest any lies caught with no > > statute of limitations. > > > On Aug 2, 8:48 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Too Big to Pass > >> <http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/08/024175.php> > > >> <http://twitter.com/home?status=Reading:%20Too%20Big%20to%20Pass%20at%...> > >> Share Post <http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/08/024175.php#> > >> Print > >> <http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/08/024175.php?format=print> > >> August 1, 2009 Posted by John at 6:44 PM > > >> One of the most notorious news stories of the past week was Democratic > >> Congressman John Conyers' ridiculing > >> <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535244,00.html> of the idea that he > >> and his fellow legislators should actually read bills--here, the health > >> care "reform" act--before voting on them: > > >> I love these members that get up and say, Read the bill! Well, what > >> good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have > >> two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you've read > >> the bill? > > >> The version of the health care bill that passed the House's Energy and > >> Commerce Committee on a 31-28 vote is here > >> <http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090714/aahca.pdf>. I've > >> spent some time looking at it and, unlike most people, I am > >> professionally qualified, in theory, to understand it. But, at over > >> 1,000 pages, it's a pretty hopeless task. > > >> So I would propose a simple, bright-line rule. In recent months many > >> observers have said that if a company is too big to fail (i.e., in a > >> pinch the government will bail it out), then it is too big to exist. I > >> think there is a lot of merit to that idea. Here is my corollary: if a > >> bill is too vast for a Congressman to read and understand, it is too big > >> to pass. If a Congressman can't read the bill, he shouldn't vote for it. > >> The appropriate response to any such legislation is: just vote "No." > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/08/024175.php- > >> Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
