[Ham] I would like to see the voting privilege limited to educated English-speaking people of eligible age with at least one year of U.S. citizenship, who know our national history, who are not criminals or mentally incapacitated, and who can show evidence of monetary credit.
[Case] You see us in disintegration and decline I see us facing up to our own ideals: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ALL men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. - Declaration of Independence 1776 WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. - US Constitution 1789 "Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name, Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I LIFT MY LAMP BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR!" - Placed at the base of the Statue of Liberty 1903 In Ham's America All that shines is polished All that's dull gets chamoised 'Till it's not If your passions lead to tarnish If your pride resists the varnish If you are damaged by fate Or suffer an Act of God You lack character and credential. We are thistles floating to fire Those that rise in the heat. By their virtue, prosper And below them are scattered The ashes of the undeserving The winners at life's table Jingle the keys of the city But if you roll them boxcars...well...tough tittie. - Case 2009 Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
