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Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sparky1 - Mar 21, 2011 3:51:53 am PDT #29385 of 30001
Librarian Warlord

I need K's help to do my taxes, obviously.

Get in line.


§ ita § - Mar 21, 2011 3:55:21 am PDT #29386 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I gave up and didn't go back to sleep. But at least I'm not at work. Yet.


Cashmere - Mar 21, 2011 4:23:28 am PDT #29387 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

NPR makes a brilliant use of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Watcher Rupert Giles in their segment On the Media.

Too bad Buffy can't slay the Media Demon that is James O'Keefe.


msbelle - Mar 21, 2011 4:34:04 am PDT #29388 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am so fed up with my state gov't. So first they pass the "any woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy must have a sonogram and hear the heartbeat" bill, which I loathe, clearly, and is in no way "small gov't" or "gov't staying out of our lives" which is what so many of them claim to be their political stance. NOW, they are on the verge of passing a law requiring residents to have a state or fed gov't issued photo ID in order to VOTE! THE FUCK?!?! Also they are looking to cut property taxes, WHILE WE ARE FACING A BUDGET DEFICIT AND WILL BE LAYING OFF TEACHERS?!?!?!?


§ ita § - Mar 21, 2011 4:51:24 am PDT #29389 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

"any woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy must have a sonogram and hear the heartbeat" bill

What's that actually pan out to? I mean, if you're deaf?

they are on the verge of passing a law requiring residents to have a state or fed gov't issued photo ID in order to VOTE! THE FUCK?!?!

How do they currently ID people? (I've never voted, anywhere, so I have no idea how these things work)


Tom Scola - Mar 21, 2011 4:53:38 am PDT #29390 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

How do they currently ID people?

Signature.


Jesse - Mar 21, 2011 4:54:14 am PDT #29391 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I can't remember if it's how they do it here, but in NY, you sign the register against the signature you registered to vote with.


§ ita § - Mar 21, 2011 4:57:33 am PDT #29392 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Talk me through this slowly, because I am a newb to your ways of democracy and hope...but what's big difference between simply registering to vote and getting a state ID? What do you need for the latter that you don't need for the former?


§ ita § - Mar 21, 2011 4:58:49 am PDT #29393 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, and this (SFW, but a little WTF?) doesn't belong anywhere near my Democracy 101 questions.


msbelle - Mar 21, 2011 5:11:37 am PDT #29394 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

State ID costs money. registering to vote does not. To get my Driver's License in TX with a current NY one, I needed my original Birth Certificate, documentation of local address (possibly the mortgage or deed), and something else. It is a deterrent to vote and there is no proof that voter fraud is currently an issue.