Section 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Plato Quote
This quote was brought to my attention by my mother-in-law.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Plato
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Plato
U.S. Constitution - Eighth Installment
Section 10. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Public Schools; a waste of money AND bad for kids
These are the kind of stats that make me angry.
We're constantly told that the solution to [insert problem here] is for government to take more money from the productive by force and give to the unproductive (read: union members) and at the same time limit the liberty and choices of the people.
We're constantly told that the solution to [insert problem here] is for government to take more money from the productive by force and give to the unproductive (read: union members) and at the same time limit the liberty and choices of the people.
Perspective on the oil spill
While clearly I'm not saying there's anything even remotely good about the oil spill in the Gulf, I am tired of people in media constantly beating the "Worst ecological disaster EVER!" drum.
Stumbled across this chart (put together by Climatologist and former NASA scientist Dr. Roy Spencer).
While this is still not good, even if its twice as bad as Dr Spencer assumes, its still no where near as bad as the IXTOC-1 oil spill in the Gulf in 1979, so its not even the worst in the Gulf (let alone EVER!).
Stumbled across this chart (put together by Climatologist and former NASA scientist Dr. Roy Spencer).
While this is still not good, even if its twice as bad as Dr Spencer assumes, its still no where near as bad as the IXTOC-1 oil spill in the Gulf in 1979, so its not even the worst in the Gulf (let alone EVER!).
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