Amid ballooning classroom sizes, cuts to social services...cutting everything but Sheriff Joe.
Now, if only the job of the state was to make money instead of take care of citizens, you'd be doing alright. Good job on having a surplus while fucking over the people of the state. I'm sure that's going to work *fantastically* long term. Judah On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Jeff Garza <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ummmm... Arizona has an 800 million dollar budget surplus. We're in the > black when most of the country is in the red. And we're quite busy trying > to woo gun manufacturers from the east coast out to Arizona. No sense them > staying in a state that doesn't want their products (unless they are for > the good of government of course...) > > As for the legislation, our students come out of our high schools with > less knowledge about the constitution and the government of the United > States than I care to talk about. I don't necessarily support the oath as > it stands, but I wouldn't mind it if they removed the god part. > > And I don't find it any wackier than the Missouri democrat legislator that > thought it would be a good idea to make it mandatory for parents to have to > notify the school if they own a gun. None of their damn business... > > Jeff > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > From: "Judah McAuley" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 3:00 PM > > To: "cf-community" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: another wacky law conservatives want to pass > > > > You know, the only oath of office that is actually specified in the > > Constitution is the office of the Presidency. And it does not, in fact, > > contain the words "so help me God". > > > > Article 2, Section 1, Clause 8: > > > > I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the > Office > > of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, > > preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. > > > > Imagine the shit storm in store for the first modern President who takes > > the real oath, not the made up one currently used. > > > > As for the proposed legislation for students...I'm sure that will fix the > > economy. > > > > Judah > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> > > > Date: Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:39 PM > > > Subject: > > > To: cf-community <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Bills like this are the reason I'm leary of Republican lawmakers who > > > propose legislation and then say, "Oh, you're just reading it wrong" > > > > > > http://legiscan.com/AZ/text/HB2467 > > > > > > In order to graduate, they want you to swear an oath to god to defend > the > > > constitution. WTF? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360455 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
