so these gop legislatures are all for killing the ruling elite who ignore the plight of the masses?
I am all for this.

/no, I have no idea what is actually in the Magna Carta

Ok, I like a good "LOL! REPUBLICAN FAIL!" thread as much as the next guy, but you really need to understand the NH political system. There are 400 State Representatives for a population of 1.3 million people, and they get paid $200 a year.

Really.


http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/abouthouse/housefacts.htm
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There is ALWAYS some good derp to come out of the New Hampshire State Legislature, because it takes NOTHING to become a member of the Government.

I am SERIOUSLY considering making my dad run in 2012. He hates people, taxes, foreigners, the Yankees and those goddamn squirrels that keep chasing the birds away, and disaproves of Tom Brady because he thinks he's too good at things.

He's 70 years old, and he does not know how to work computer.

He would be perfect.

"One of the bill's sponsors admitted that he wasn't terribly familiar with the actual text, and mainly saw the measure as an homage. "

Seriously, we have TIME for homages? What a crock of shiat. Seriously, they want to hold up legislation because it doesn't offer an "homage" to an old document? What it REALLY is is a way for them to(try) and get around that whole silly Constitution thing. man, it's like they let a bunch of 4th graders get elected. Republicans? Barry Goldwater is spinning in his grave so fast that he has traveled back in time, maybe at this point he's gone far enough back to draft a line into the Magna Carta himself: 'Hesover who hath the gall to identify himself as a Republican and use stupid tactics to get around the laws of the United States shall be staked out on yonder anthill and covered with honey for a period of not less than 17 days in July/"

That might do it...

what_now: Ok, I like a good "LOL! REPUBLICAN FAIL!" thread as much as the next guy, but you really need to understand the NH political system. There are 400 State Representatives for a population of 1.3 million people, and they get paid $200 a year.

Really.


http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/abouthouse/housefacts.htm
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There is ALWAYS some good derp to come out of the New Hampshire State Legislature, because it takes NOTHING to become a member of the Government.

That got it the 'Smart' tag...

what_now: and those goddamn squirrels that keep chasing the birds away

THAT got it the 'Funny' tag... Nice job with the 2 for 1...

what_now: 400 State Representatives

What does it look like when they meet? Is Idiocracy a documentary or not is what I'm asking

what_now: I am SERIOUSLY considering making my dad run in 2012. He hates people, taxes, foreigners, the Yankees and those goddamn squirrels that keep chasing the birds away, and disaproves of Tom Brady because he thinks he's too good at things.

You should do it. Getting on a city board isn't really that hard either if you case the joint long enough to see which committee is having quorum problems.

New Hampshire, if it weren't for your policies on fireworks and tax free booze, you'd be considered part of Maine as far as I'm concerned.

HellRaisingHoosier: So for $80,000 you have a large portion of the populous who are taking an active roll in their local government? Where the heck does Indiana sign up?!

Yes. New Hampshire has very high voter turnout and a very active government. New Hampshire was the first state to have a female House member. There is a very very large percentage of retired people, young people, and people who have full time real jobs. It is *NOT* a stepping stone for federal power, for the most part, because there is a state rep for every 3000 people. Really.

The ONLY downside to this (and really, it's not so much as a down side as it is hilarious) is stuff like this makes the news and we need to explain to people that no, the guy who said "We should ship the mentally ill to Siberia" does not represent MOST people in the state.

One of the bill's sponsors admitted that he wasn't terribly familiar with the actual text, and mainly saw the measure as an homage.

This person should be removed from the adult table. Give him some mashed beets and a juice box while he sits at the kiddie table.

Holy f*ck. No wonder these idiots have no idea the damage they cause.

Remember a year or so ago, when the GOP in various states were busy writing laws about how no laws or court decisions can consider International laws or international court decisions or treaties?

timswar: ...

Did nobody have a handy copy of the Code of Hammurabi?

I used to keep a copy in my pocket, but the weight of the tablets kept making my pants fall down.

I HATE LIBS: Good. Our country is being invaded by 14 million illegal immigrants. If ye old times they didn't tolarate that shiat and neither should we.



Actually, the number is closer to 300 million.