Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-09 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Is this an argument for arranged marriages and harsh penalties for infidelity? Reproductive Strategies Maru It's a much better argument for mandatory retroactive abortion of politicians . . . It's an argument for the Chinese-Empire model: politicians should be

Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
For those who think _on-line_ p*litical discussions may get a little too heated . . . From CNN (and the headline and a picture were placed so they were the first thing I saw when I picked up the rolled-up local paper from the driveway this morning): Tempers flare, fist flies on floor of

Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Ronn! Blankenship quoted: Tempers flare, fist flies on floor of Alabama Senate There is a _Senate_ for Alabama? Two legislative bodies for each state? Alberto Monteiro (I hope br politicians never hear about this...) ___

Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:42 AM Friday 6/8/2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Ronn! Blankenship quoted: Tempers flare, fist flies on floor of Alabama Senate There is a _Senate_ for Alabama? Two legislative bodies for each state? Alberto Monteiro (I hope br politicians never hear about this...) Every state in

Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: There is a _Senate_ for Alabama? Two legislative bodies for each state? (I hope br politicians never hear about this...) Every state in the USA except iirc Nebraska has a bicameral legislature modeled upon the national one. Again iirc Nebraska calls its

Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 06:42 AM Friday 6/8/2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Ronn! Blankenship quoted: Tempers flare, fist flies on floor of Alabama Senate There is a _Senate_ for Alabama? Two legislative bodies for each state? Alberto Monteiro (I hope br politicians never hear about

Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Mauro Diotallevi wrote: cynical Currently, being a senator is still more prestigious than being a representative, but both senators and representatives typically cater to the needs of the wealthy and just ignore the common man. /cynical even more cynical How lucky you are. Here in Brazil,

Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On 6/8/07, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the logic behind that? Here in Brazil, the logic for the existence of the Senate is that Senators represent the state, while the Deputies represent the electors. I can't see why this would apply to a state. Does every county elect

Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
On 6/8/2007 8:44:20 AM, Alberto Monteiro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Ronn! Blankenship wrote: There is a _Senate_ for Alabama? Two legislative bodies for each state? (I hope br politicians never hear about this...) Every state in the USA except iirc Nebraska has a bicameral

Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:56 AM Friday 6/8/2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Mauro Diotallevi wrote: cynical Currently, being a senator is still more prestigious than being a representative, but both senators and representatives typically cater to the needs of the wealthy and just ignore the common man.

Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: even more cynical How lucky you are. Here in Brazil, politicians don't cater to the needs neither of the poor not the wealthy, they only cater to the needs of themselves :-/ /even more cynical And from which of those two economic groups do the politicians come?

Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread William T Goodall
On 9 Jun 2007, at 00:48, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: Ronn! Blankenship wrote: even more cynical How lucky you are. Here in Brazil, politicians don't cater to the needs neither of the poor not the wealthy, they only cater to the needs of themselves :-/ /even more cynical And

Re: Legislative floor fight . . .

2007-06-08 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:08 PM Friday 6/8/2007, William T Goodall wrote: On 9 Jun 2007, at 00:48, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: Ronn! Blankenship wrote: even more cynical How lucky you are. Here in Brazil, politicians don't cater to the needs neither of the poor not the wealthy, they only cater