Senate Protest and Analysis Thread

[Fritz]

Agreed, sixty days is too long.  I will accept an amendment shortening the period of time as friendly, when this gets to the floor.

[Fritz]

Ditto what Yankee said.  This is too subjective to be legislated.

[Fritz]

We need a PPT election now.

No, we don't.  We just need Bacon King to step in and take over.  He did such a great job before.

If the rest of the Senate will agree, I would be okay with just letting BK preside over the remainder of the 33rd Senate.

[Fritz]

Actually, I kind of think the Senate rules should be amended so that we don't even have a PPT- just make it the Vice-President's job.  Give the VP something to do, and it would make the elections for VP a little more meaningful.

[Fritz]

Teenage Liberation Act

All laws containing an age requirement or limit between the ages of 15 and 21 shall have that requirement or limit changed to the age of 14.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. 

[Fritz]

It's pretty simple- anyone over 14 is now an adult.  Yes, firearms are included, as well as drinking, smoking, driving, being in porn, sexual consent, having a job, leaving home and supporting yourself (your parents could kick you out too, if they wanted to), joining the military or being drafted, suing or being sued, etc. etc. etc.  I contend that if 14 year olds are mature enough to look at porn unrestrained, they have the maturity for all of these other things as well.

[Fritz]

President of the Senate Bill

1. The office of President Pro Tempore of the Senate is hereby abolished.  The Vice-President, as President of the Senate, will perform the duties previously performed by the President Pro Tempore.

2. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Vice-President, the Dean of the Senate shall serve as President of the Senate.

The PPT office is a constitutional office - there will need to be an amendment.

Thank you for clarifying that for me, Peter, I was unsure.  I have edited my post to indicate that it is an Amendment, not a bill.

[Fritz]

Okay, I changed everything.  Rather than abolishing the PPT, my bill puts the offices back in their proper and constitutional order.  The Vice-President truly is President of the Senate, and the PPT only presides if the VP is absent, or if the VP says so.

[Fritz]

I think the Senate might want to consider an expulsion motion against Mint, if he doesn't start doing some Senator-ing.  I mean, we can give him a little more time, but so far this has been his one and only contribution to the Senate:

Nay.

[Fritz]

Well, it appears I got your attention.    There are a few more bills being voted on......

[Fritz]

Repeal the Sixteenth Amendment

If some Senator could take up this cause for me, I would appreciate it. 

The 16th amendment dictates that registered voters be removed after failing to vote for 8 months (4 elections).  This amends the original rule of removal after not voting for 4 months (2 elections).  I have no idea why this amendment was added.  As the RG, it is my feeling that this lengthy requirement unnecessarily clutters the voting rolls with registrants who have clearly left, and are not coming back.  Besides, if someone is removed by a shorter time frame who did not wish to be, that person can easily fix the problem by simply registering again.

Thank you,
Fritz

[Fritz]

Thanks Inks!!!

I did some digging into the history behind this, here is the original debate.  Peter, Ernest, and Jas all participated in it.  Perhaps they could speak up in the current amendment's debate as well.

[Fritz]

Not sure where else to post this, but I beg leave of the Senate to encourage them to introduce an act to allow political parties to de-register themselves and dissolve.

Great idea!!!

[Fritz]

For the record, it has been my practice to include an aka name when a person REGISTERS TO VOTE with a name other than the official user name.  I also update aka names based on more recent registrations.

[Fritz]

I mention this because of Kalwejt's proposed amendment, which makes reference to how names are listed by the Census Bureau.  Voter registrations contain three pieces of information- name, party, and state.  All of these are recorded in the Voter List, and can be changed by re-registering (iwth some restrictions regarding state changes, of course).

[Fritz]

I would appreciate a Senator introducing this for me.

Pre-Registration Act

A poster on the Atlas Forum may register to vote prior to meeting the constitutional requirements for age of account and number of posts.  Such registration will be deemed valid once these requirements are met.

[Fritz]

I'm just saying...

STOCK MARKET FALLS SHARPLY

(AMPG) After gradually dropping most of the previous two weeks, the ANSE Index declined heavily on Friday to 742.30. This is a drop of almost 90 points, or more than 10% of the Index's value, in just under two weeks. 37.23 points were lost on the Index on Friday alone before the closing bell ended what traders were calling "Black Friday". When pointed out that Black Friday already referred to the start of the 1929 Stock Market Crash, traders amended their description of the event to "a really sh$%ty day".

Comments from market leaders were unavailable, as the persons contacted by the AMPG were either crying to hard to understand, incomprehensibly drunk, or were reported by secretaries to have thrown themselves from their office windows.

BREAKING NEWS: STOCK MARKET IN FREEFALL MONDAY.

(AMPG) Stocks suffered an historic single day declines as the ANSE Index dropped 53.12 points Monday before closing at 689.18. The loss of over 7% comes on the heels of a decline of more than 37 points on Friday, resulting in a two day cumulative loss of over 11.5% of the market's value.

Initial reports do not indicate any specific transaction or weak sector of the market, as losses were largely uniform. Nervous investors are awaiting the ANSE opening on Wednesday.

The federal government hasn't even acknowledged this issue. Sure, there has been gradual discussion of a possible new stimulus, but those discussions started before the latest weakness and have gone not far not fast.

So...Bueller?...Bueller?...

Former President Purple State is right.  This national crisis demands our IMMEDIATE and UNDIVIDED attention.

I direct the Senate to produce economic stimulus legislation, and to have it on my desk before the 41st Senate takes office.  Hold emergency sessions if needed.

The Department of Internal Affairs is directed to advise the Senate regarding what this legislation should contain.

The GM's office is directed to provide as much information as is possible regarding the causes of this catastrophe.

All right folks, lets get to work!

[Fritz]

Is the Senate going to address the secessionist movements currently running rampant?

[Fritz]

Forgive me if this issue has already been addressed...in response to recent events in the state of Connecticut, I strongly feel that it behooves the Senate to introduce appropriate gun control legislation.  Thank you gentlemen for your attention.

[Fritz]

I have ruled on this.