Give Foreign-Born Citizens A Chance To Run For President
When Barry Goldwater ran for president in 1964, the fact that he was not born in the United States was largely ignored. He was born, of course, in the Arizona territory, but at the time of his birth in 1909, Arizona was still three years from statehood.
We point this out because there are bills in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate that would change the constitution to allow foreign-born citizens to become president. The bills received little press until Arnold Schwarzenegger assumed the governorship of Calfornia and proved to be a popular Republican politician.
So Congress is now taking a closer look at how a naturalized American could attain the highest office in the land.
“It is time for us – the elected representatives of this nation of immigrants – to begin the process that can result in removing this artificial, outdated, unnecessary and unfair barrier,” Sen. Orrin Hatch, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said during a hearing in October.
I do not think Article II Section 1 needs to be altered in any manner. Yes, I know some will argue that it was first written to keep those who were not loyal to America from being elected to the highest office of the United States and they believe that threat no longer eixsts – - but no good can come from changing the Constitution in this way.
Peejz—
As to the best of my knowledge, the INTERSTATE highways are funded federally.
Hence the fact that it took nearly 15 years to get a stretch of the highway down just outside of Lansing:roll:
Sorry to say but for some reason, the conditions of our highways,freeways,ect. seem to be last on the govts list of priorities!
Yes, the fed is responsible for the interstates, but (and M-DOT could explain it better and more accurately) the state decides what is going to be fixed or built. I think M-DOT is directly responsible for M and US routes. Take that with a grain of salt though.
Navy sis- I think the problem is that the workers are shoddy at best and the materials are substandard!
53: Think BIG DIG. After billions over budget and years behind schedule…it leaks.
That thing will never be complete! But fat Teddy is gettin the job done:roll:
Hey did you check out the newest posts at dogsnot? They had me in tears!
Whatever the reason it suck! For lack of a better term. The freeways here in Ca. need to be overhauled!
Sasha, you are the GReat and POWERful OZ, aren’t you?
Ouch. The thought of just one highway down out there is enough to wish for more snow. But over the last 25 years, we have seen an increase in cars and a decrease in a quality product. John Kerry would have built us new roads:wink:
Peejz–
You can thank your laborers unions for that one. Run by liberals aren’t they?
You forgot sheltered all the homeless, fed all the hungry,single handedly overhauled our public school system and patched the ozone.:lol:
62—
Don’t forget about making the cripples walk again…..oh did I say cripples? How totally un PC of me:twisted:
politician by day, SUPERdem by night..restoring our nation faster than a speeding bullet!
Oh yeah I saw it. This is the image that comes to mind when you go to Dog Snot looking to start some trouble.
59: (blush) You are such a sweetie, navy sis.:smile:
55: A couple of years ago they rebuilt a good long stretch of US-23. A long hot summer of multimile, single lane back-ups, trying to look past the road worker with the mullet, no front teeth wearing the “No Fat Chicks” t-shirt that didn’t quite cover his own gut…
Less than two years later, the whole thing fell apart because they used a sand that was too alkaline in the concrete and made the road bittle.
Sasha- That is happening all over the state. And do the taxpayers pay twice?
Sasha, I just call’em like I see’em1
Nay sis, Kerry was the man with the plan. the problem was he wouldn’t share it.
70-He could reveal his secret identity! sheesh!:lol:
71-*couldn’t
Ya know, peejz, I already have to roll drunks to support my lifestyle. No I believe they went after the construction company and insurance. It was supposed to last 20-30 years, mind you.
Sasha—
You’re a bouncer huh? You one of those guys that watches Road House on your day off, fondling yourself?:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
I’m just messin with ya. This room gets too tense sometimes. Gotta lighten it up every now and then.
I was never a bouncer, per say, but I worked in many clubs before and ended up havind to roll quite a few drunks myself. It was fun, but every now and then, I would run into that Big bad ass red neck that would take like six guys and four cans of mace, and a stun gun to bring down.
Now,now you are both 2 intelligent GROWN men, let’s not resort to belittling each other!
Uh, no. I beat up drunks steal their money as they exit bars to help make ends meet.
oh, okay……
I’ll just uh….give this rum and coke to some body else…….yeah
(Looking around)
Me…ME..Me!
Snatch started it!!:razz:
Right on…Romper room! I see Sasha and Snatch and Shiloh!!!!:lol:
Hey, come on, I’m just a little guy. I’d bet Sasha would beat my ass all up and down the yellow brick road.
I’m a munchikin.
75: I have a 6 D-cell mag lite with the jaw breaker handle and a 3-foot length of heavy chain. Just in case some attitudes need to be adjusted.
RE: #46
“…how much butt-kissing, bowing, scraping, knob-polishing and genuflecting does someone, not on a certain committee, have to do to get something out of committee and onto the floor for a vote? I bet a lot of good legislation (and if it’s good it doesn’t matter from which side it originates) never see the light of day because of the games that go on.”
A lot of legislation dies because of politics, but there would be no way every member of congress (435 Congressmen; 100 Senators) could read and hear witnesses to every bill that is introduced. It is impossible. All bills are entitled to a public hearing. The committee system is the only way to give as many bills as possible the opportunity of a hearing.
You have the right to testify before congress about any legislation you wish. Do you have time to babysit every bill you want passed? Of course not. That’s why we hire lobbyists.
Lobbyists are hired by whatever special interest to babysit legislation through both houses of congress. The more money you spend, the more bills you can push (or kill) with your hired team of lobbyists.
Lobbyist can take legislators on trips or to dinners or whatever to encourage passage or defeat of a particluar bill.
Unions, Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood the ACLU, all have lobbyists. But they have less money than big corporations, so guess who has more lobbyists in Washington? And guess who has more money to spend on lavish gifts and entertainment? What isn’t covered by the state, is written off by the lobbying firm as a business expense.
My view has always been that whoever has the most money can most influence government. Big corporations have the most money and they support Republicans over Democrats 17 to 1. They have more money, which allows them to hire more lobbyists to pass more laws that WE have to live by.
Consider this; the pharmeceutical companies have 623 lobbyists for 535 members of congress. It’s no wonder drug costs are so high. It’s the same with oil companies, bankers, utility companies, etc.
Just follow the money.
Nice Sh*t stick. I know a few libs around here who need an attitude adjustment:twisted:
I’m taller than Mike Kilo, but I’m wiry.
(I said it was rhetorical, dg. Now you’re making do more typing.)
Yeah, I know; and we’ve gone all through that a few times. I’m not naive about the political process, trust me. I just don’t like it. I’ve worked in several regulated industries, and I know we need more statesmen and fewer politicians.
27: No, Sandy, that’s not what I’m talking about. What happens if or when the people who feed the machine decide to no longer feed it? What if all the people who could afford to do so disengaged, for a year or two, from any and all endeavors for which they could be taxed?
When/where did I call you extremist?
Mike Kilo’s pretty stout. Almost as much as me.
I go close to 6’6″
Dang and I thought my husband was tall!