I assume HR 4079 was soundly trounced. HR 1 passed with 70% approval by the voters (not by Congress) according to polls. Bribery?
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Mar 7, 2021, 4:11 PM Prof David West <[email protected]> wrote: > Generally, I have very little interest in government legislation and > certainly do not invest much time or effort in reading or remembering > individual legislative acts. > > Until today, I had exactly one paper copy of a house bill — H.R. 4079, > short title: National Drug and Crime Emergency Act — in my files. > > That bill would have declared a five year emergency during which: > > - "concentration camps, ala the internment camps for citizens of Japanese > ancestry, including tents, for the expected surge in inmates and including > use of surplus military bases for such camps. > > - prohibition of courts hearing any cruel and unusual cases based on > overcrowding > > - five year mandatory, no release, sentences for any drug crime > including possession, increasing for more severe offenses > > - mandatory work by all federal prisoners along with seizure of any > federal benefits/moneys ordinarily due to the prisoner > > - all evidence in drug cases could not be withheld on 4th amendment > grounds > > - suspension of Habeus Corpus (compliments of Strom Thurman for which > the section is named) > > - payment of financial incentives to citizens reporting suspected drug > activity with higher incentives if convictions result > > - and FEMA was going to be the administering agency for the "emergency" > > This year, I am printing and filing HR 1 to my folder of "remarkable" > proposed legislation; for what I perceive to be equally absurd and > illegal/unconstitutional provisions — all for an "emergency" that has no > basis in reality (again in my opinion). > > davew > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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