I'd bet he ran on a God and Guns and Libertaaaay! platform, which has historically produced this sort of asinine legislation.
Because you know what will make better students and citizens? Jesus! Judah On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Jeff Garza <[email protected]> wrote: > > Next time I run for the legislature I will. Until then I'll vote for those > candidates that most closely match my worldview. I'm pretty sure this guy > didn't run on this as a platform. That's what you get when you have > representative government ya know... > > Jeff > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > From: "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 3:53 PM > > To: "cf-community" <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: another wacky law conservatives want to pass > > > > Then maybe you should work on improving the curriculum instead of > > legislating stupid bullshit like this.... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff Garza [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 4:31 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: another wacky law conservatives want to pass > > > > > > 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:360459 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
