NADman Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 "I don't care about that, my mother's sisters were all dual citizens having been born in North Dakota. If they were still alive and running for office, I would vote for either of them" So would I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 6 minutes ago, NADman said: "I don't care about that, my mother's sisters were all dual citizens having been born in North Dakota. If they were still alive and running for office, I would vote for either of them" So would I. You probably hate being bribed with your own money too? I really don't want my great-great-great grandchildren paying for my generation's fiscal and environmental stupidity. Wb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NADman Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 My great granddaughter is now over 2 yrs old. I shudder to think that I was (and am) partially responsible for what she and her generation will be facing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Wolfbane said: It is now. We now have open external interference in our current federal election (money and public endorsements). And not just by China and Russia. 😣 Can we impeach someone for this? Wb Join the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Wolfbane said: Can we impeach someone for this? That depends upon your constitution. I hope you have one, since the English never bothered to have their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 56 minutes ago, oldtimer said: That depends upon your constitution. I hope you have one, since the English never bothered to have their own. Actually the US Constitution was based on the original UK Constitution which dates back to 1215 AD (i.e. The Magna Carta; imposed on King John). I suspect that this is not well understood or taught in primary school in the USA. Probably should be taught in University level European History classes though or if you take a US Constitutional Law Course where it should be mandatory. Perhaps ex-President Obama taught this at Harvard? The English added further civil rights after the English Civil War (won by Parliament and Oliver Cromwell who subsequently executed King Charles I after he defeated the royalist army at Naseby in 1645, it was another twenty years before the monarchy was restored). Richard Harris played the role of Cromwell in the movie made about this war. It is an interesting movie for history buffs.The UK relies on the above and established case law for Constitutional type issues as you are correct the is no single codified document other than the Magna Carta in the UK. We have a piss poor Constitution here in Canada with does not include property rights like all proper Constitutions should. I'd like to see that change in my lifetime, but the last attempt to re-cast our Constitution failed when Quebec did not sign on to it and some of our indigenous poeples opposed it. Wb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 The UK or more properly England does not have a written constitution. The consequences are manifest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 22 minutes ago, oldtimer said: The UK or more properly England does not have a written constitution. The consequences are manifest. Things have improved since they closed the debtor's prisons. That said, I would not want to be an inmate in any UK prison today either. Wb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 9 hours ago, Wolfbane said: I suspect that this is not well understood or taught in primary school in the USA. It used to be taught in high school, but then again, my father taught civics. Probably not gone into in great detail, and we weren't distracted by cell phone and social media. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 16 hours ago, Wolfbane said: Can we impeach someone for this? Wb Well...it's certainly something that can be attempted. The problem is if it's persued by criminals it makes them look like fools. Also...you have to work very hard to get to the truth in these matters as FAKE NEWS from dishonest MEDIA could misinform the people on purpose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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