From: mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz)
Subject: The Democratic Fascist Party (tm)
Organization: Portal Communications Company
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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 13:02:58 GMT

Clinoccio is not even in office yet, but the Fascists have struck again.
You see, the new congress has begun its first sessions.  Among their duties
so far has been to Rubber Stamp clinoccio's mayhem doers.  But there is
really BIG news on the Fascist front...

Pardon me, while I wipe the spit off the constitution.  Much better.  

The very first act by the House of Representatives was to unconstitutionally
give themselves an additional 5 Fascist votes.  You see, a "terrible"
unjustice has been done: the people voted in 10 more new Republican
votes.  Something had to be done!

You see, the US has 5 territories that are not states, including D.C.,
Guam, and Puerto Rico.  These territories are represented in congress
by official who are constitutionally allowed to attend congressional
meetings of all kinds, and even to vote in comittees (the congress has the
power to run itself anyway it chooses).  However, in spite of absolutely
every single Republican in the house voting Nay, as well as 27 honest
democrats, the Fascists had enough votes (simple majority) to complete their
power grab.

Allow me to read through the spittle stains on the constitution and quote:

Article I, section 2.  The House of Representatives

a.	Election and term of members.  The House of Representatives shall
	be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the 
	several STATES, and the electors in each state shall have the
	qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of 
	the state legislature.

(none of these TERRITORIES are states)

b.	Qualification of members.  No person shall be a representative who
	shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been
	seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not,
	when elected, be an inhabitant of that STATE in which he shall
	be chosen.

(all you anti-term limit people should take note that the age limit of
25 years restricts your choices of people to vote for).


Article I, section 5.  Rules of Procedure.

b.	Rules of proceedings.  Each house may determine the rules of its
	proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with
	the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.

Ironic, isn't it, how on the very day these members were sworn in, to protect
and defend the constitution, that they choose to do their treasonous act.

And now we know how Jesse Jackson's silence during the campaign was paid
for.  His silence delivered almost exactly the margin of plurality for
MY new president.

For those of us that CARE about the constitution, a group of Republicans
quickly brought suit in District court seeking immediate injunctive relief
and a ruling that these rules are indeed unconstitutional.  Expect it to
be a slam-dunk case.

Obviously, the Fascists believe there is constitutional grounds, found in
section 5 above, to permit their action.  In a purely technical sense,
the rule states that the entire house will be treated as one big committee
for voting purposes.  But if you believe this to be valid, then by a simple
majority vote, the Fascists can allow unelected men to be brought in off
the street by the thousands to negate the votes of elected representatives
who oppose the FASCIST agenda.  In fact, they could even allow Saddam Hussein
to vote.

On the other hand, allowing these representatives of the territories to vote
in full-house sessions reduces all of our representation.  Guam, which has
a population of 141,000 citizens negates the representation of the 600,000+
citizens of Rhode Island.  Citizens of these territories are not subject
to taxation (IRS) nor are subject to the military draft.

The Republicans who brought suit against the Fascists do not do so to prohibit
the Fascists from gaining these new votes or representation in congress for
the citizens of the territories.  Quite the opposite, in fact.  All
indicated that they favor statehood for Puerto Rico.  All indicated that
Guam could become part of the state of Hawaii.  All indicated that they
would favor permitting D.C. to become part of the state of Maryland.  And
all indicated that if D.C. was to be given the rights of a STATE, that the
proper procedure would be a constitutional amendment.

Fortunately, the 1994 elections are less than 2 years away.  In all 14
states that had term limits on the ballot, term limits won.  In 1994,
we can hope that all the remaining states with the ballot initiative
do likewise.  And we MUST exercise our right to vote out the Fascists before
there is no constitution left.  Clean the house!


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