Amendment (...) Regarding the Role of Parties... (Failed)

[minionofmidas]

I decided to improve my social station
Joined a fraternity organisation
Tucked in my shirt, signed on the line
Right away they said about to improve my mind
The car I drove, the books I read
The food I ate, the booze I drank
The girls I took out
My breath

Said kid, we don't much like the way you walk
And you gonna have to change the way you talk;
They said your dress is kind of sludgy
And your attitude is mighty grudgy;
Said you got to learn to bubble;
you got to bubble with enthusiasm; so I bubbled

said the most important thing you can't forget
Is learning the entire greek alphabet;
I never did really understand
How that's gonna make me anymore a man
But I learned it
I can whip through that son-of-a-beta backwards in five seconds

Then they hit me with some pretty bad news
Concerning the payment of monthly dues
I never did know where that money went
And I never was sure it was real well spent
But I paid it
I'm no troublecauser and besides I figured that's life
If you want good friends they're gonna cost you

Well, it finally got to be party time
I got a great big old jug of wine
I went back to the house in about an hour
where the boys were drinking whiskey sours
Brandy alexanders
Frozen daiquiris
Reciting the greek alphabet to one another

I could see I was gonna have to do my very best
To get myself out of that fraternity mess
I stood right there outside the door
And I chugged that wine like never before
Walked inside and bubbled
All over a couple of their dates

So now everything's back to normal again
But there's still lots of room for improvement my friend
'cause that fraternity stuff is too much for me
Next time I'm gonna join a sorority
That'll really give me something to bubble about

[Bacon King]

I decided to improve my social station
Joined a fraternity organisation
Tucked in my shirt, signed on the line
Right away they said about to improve my mind
The car I drove, the books I read
The food I ate, the booze I drank
The girls I took out
My breath

Said kid, we don't much like the way you walk
And you gonna have to change the way you talk;
They said your dress is kind of sludgy
And your attitude is mighty grudgy;
Said you got to learn to bubble;
you got to bubble with enthusiasm; so I bubbled

said the most important thing you can't forget
Is learning the entire greek alphabet;
I never did really understand
How that's gonna make me anymore a man
But I learned it
I can whip through that son-of-a-beta backwards in five seconds

Then they hit me with some pretty bad news
Concerning the payment of monthly dues
I never did know where that money went
And I never was sure it was real well spent
But I paid it
I'm no troublecauser and besides I figured that's life
If you want good friends they're gonna cost you

Well, it finally got to be party time
I got a great big old jug of wine
I went back to the house in about an hour
where the boys were drinking whiskey sours
Brandy alexanders
Frozen daiquiris
Reciting the greek alphabet to one another

I could see I was gonna have to do my very best
To get myself out of that fraternity mess
I stood right there outside the door
And I chugged that wine like never before
Walked inside and bubbled
All over a couple of their dates

So now everything's back to normal again
But there's still lots of room for improvement my friend
'cause that fraternity stuff is too much for me
Next time I'm gonna join a sorority
That'll really give me something to bubble about

What is this song?

[minionofmidas]

Fraternity Blues, by TVZ.

[minionofmidas]

Torie, please get to your proposals, or tell us to scrap it. I'm not going to post anymore unrelated tidbits.

[Torie]

I have been under the weather. I will attend to it in the next day or so.

[Torie]

Here is a revised text amending the bill I introduced that I think deletes the provision stripping the right of anyone otherwise eligible to vote:

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[minionofmidas]

People have 24 hours to object to that self-amendment being accepted as friendly.

[minionofmidas]

Meh. Shoulda done this earlier.


We're moving to a final vote.
Please vote aye, nay or abstain.

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Nay.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Nay

[DownWithTheLeft]

Aye

[Torie]

Aye

[CultureKing]

nay

[Sensei]

nay

[Јas]

Nay, this is quite inappropriate for insertion into the Constitution - and should be dealt with statutorily, if at all. I may actually vote in favour of something akin to this in statute form (though I'd not be in favour of imposing candidate selection methods on parties).

[minionofmidas]

Vote count:

Aye 2 (Torie, Dwtl)
Nay 5 (Lewis, Al, Culture, Sensei, Jas)
abstain (voted) 0
abstain (yet to vote) 3 (Verily, Bacon, Meeker)

This Constitutional Amendment has enough votes to fail. Senators have 24 hours to change their votes.

[Meeker]

Aye

[Bacon King]

nay

[minionofmidas]

Final Vote count:

Aye 3 (Torie, Dwtl, Meeker)
Nay 6 (Lewis, Al, Culture, Sensei, Jas, Bacon)
abstain (voted) 0
abstain (did not vote) 1 (Verily)

This Constitutional Amendment has failed.