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2005-06-05 Europe

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Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-05 14:44|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 No guaranteed 20-hr work week?
Merde!

Posted by Booger Spooger1429 2005-06-05 18:07|| 2005-06-05 18:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm with you booger..money for nutin' and chicks for free! Little EU girls rock baby

Posted by Domenica de Villepenis 2005-06-05 19:01|| 2005-06-05 19:01|| Front Page Top

#3 If they really meant it they'd say "In the year of our Lord 2005."

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-06-05 19:17|| 2005-06-05 19:17|| Front Page Top

#4 I'll take what I can get, Mrs. Davis.

At least this looks like an actual Constitution - not the Code of Federal Regulations.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-05 20:40|| http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2005-06-05 20:40|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd give it an A-. It's stilted in Article III due to a logic flaw.

The enumeration of powers is from the POV of the Commonwealth, not the member countries. Bzzzzzt! The member countries are granting the powers to the Commonwealth, not the reverse. Thus, it should enumerate the few powers being granted the Commonwealth - and state unequivocally that all unenumerated powers remain with the member countries.

This is a fundamental logic flaw which GreasyBoy could never grasp, either. Sadly, though this version is, otherwise, obviously superior - the flaw remains - it must be an Old World cognition defect.

But, all things considered, it is a vast improvement -- far more worthy of public debate and discourse (that thought alone would, indeed, make heads explode in Brussels, lol!) -- than the phone book currently going down in flames.

Posted by .com 2005-06-05 20:50|| 2005-06-05 20:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Double-plus ungood. Wrong bordering on crimethink. Writer to be sent to Room 101.

.com:
Article III looks to be a "we really mean it" backup to Article II. Our Bill of Rights should theoretically be unnecessary given the Enumerated Powers, but the theory didn't work. Heck, the BoR has been ignored, too.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-06-05 21:36|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-06-05 21:36|| Front Page Top

the phone book currently going down in flames

Perfect description, .com! ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-05 21:43|| http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2005-06-05 21:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Jackal - I don't understand your first 3 sentences. At all.

Regards the enumerated powers and Bill of Rights. Two separate issues. The powers refers to the relationship between member states and the federal authority. The Bill of rights is between individuals and all govt authorities, as I see it, since it trumps either state or federal infringement.

Sure, they could certainly use a BoR - absolutely.

Now about those first 3 sentences - care to elaborate?

Posted by .com 2005-06-05 23:19|| 2005-06-05 23:19|| Front Page Top

#9 I think the first 3 sentences are a reference to Orwell's "1984".

Posted by docob 2005-06-05 23:44|| 2005-06-05 23:44|| Front Page Top

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