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RE: U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause
February 5, 2016 at 9:26 pm
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That be nice to see those two repealed , although the gun nuts would go ape-shit if you take away there guns it might spark a other civil war if it passed. But, if pot became legal it may calm them down and they would have a shocking moment of clarity and see that all there lives could of been so much better with a blunt, a large pizza, and a movie.
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RE: U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause
February 5, 2016 at 9:30 pm
I know.
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RE: U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause
February 5, 2016 at 9:37 pm
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Or we'd get hella high and shoot the shit out of your retirement communities trying to "bend bullets' like we saw Angelina do.....in gun nutese..we call that a series of coordinated "accidents".
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RE: U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause
February 5, 2016 at 10:47 pm
Since Minimalist brought up repealing the second amendment, that be great to have a gun free country.
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RE: U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause
February 5, 2016 at 11:02 pm
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I disagree, but I think it'd be great to have a country free of gun nuts all the same. I've learned, since joining the boards, that gun nuts are crazy. I thought I was one of them...turns out I'm not.
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RE: U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause
February 5, 2016 at 11:23 pm
(February 5, 2016 at 9:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You don't need constitutional amendments to do what you want. Plain old laws will work fine.
While we are amending the constitution though we could repeal the 2d and 3d amendments to the Bill of Rights.
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RE: U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause
February 5, 2016 at 11:55 pm
There should be law that if you got here before your fifth birthday, you should be eligible for the Presidential race, end of story. That way most of the adoptees are covered, and I highly doubt your country of origin could have much affect on very young children.
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RE: U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause
February 6, 2016 at 12:01 am
(February 5, 2016 at 8:36 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Um, no.
How about:
1. Dump the electoral college.
2. End the nonsense of having tiny shit states having the same number of senators as states like California.
3. Requiring Congress to declare war before troops can be committed to foreign locations.
Well if I recall the electoral is an add-on to the system. Totally fucking useless in my opinion.
However the reason small states have the same number of senators as larger ones is to prevent tyranny of the majority, which would be a major issue. The us has most of its population clustered into a couple of states, so if you didn't have equal senators then the whole country would basically be run by new England and California. That fucks the south west, northwest and mid west. It would destroy American Conservatives, which while they have their place, they need a good wrecking right now.
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RE: U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause
February 6, 2016 at 12:09 am
(February 5, 2016 at 11:23 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: (February 5, 2016 at 9:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You don't need constitutional amendments to do what you want. Plain old laws will work fine.
While we are amending the constitution though we could repeal the 2d and 3d amendments to the Bill of Rights.
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It was a problem in 1770 in Boston. Now? Not so much.
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RE: U.S. Presidents & The Natural-born-citizen Clause
February 6, 2016 at 12:29 am
(February 5, 2016 at 5:36 pm)God of Mr. Hanky Wrote: (February 4, 2016 at 11:48 pm)Cato Wrote: The name that popped into my mind while reading the OP was Kissinger.
I'm far less concerned about place of birth, and would have no problem with the recommended 20 year idea, than I am with idiots being given a vote simply because they're 18.
I'd favor raising the voting age, the drinking age, and the enlisting age to 25.
Voting, agreed. Drinking, maybe. Enlisting? WTF. If we don't let the stupid "look at me, I'm fucking immortal" set enlist, where are we gonna get fodder for the war machine?!? (we really need a tongue-in-cheek smiley).
Seriously though. I'd be down with those. Voting age probably would be the easiest. Most kids look forward more to being able to buy their own booze than getting to help choose the next old rich guy in Washington. Getting the enlistment age raised would be fought tooth and nail by people who are looking to join up for the college money, and there are a lot of those.
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