Governor-Elect of MA is Furious
In case you missed it, the governor-elect of MA is furious. Why? Well, according to reports, he's mad that discrimination might be inserted into the constitution. He spend time meeting with the leaders of the MA House and Senate, urging them to not vote on the issue. But they voted anyone, and the governor-elect is mad.
What's the issue? Well, being MA, it's either taxes or gays. This time it's gays. You see, the vote was basically ordered by the MA Supreme Court. The Court pretty much told the legislature that they had to vote. I'm rather surprised this time that the Court didn't also tell them the way to vote, since the MA Supreme Court apparently has to power to make laws, enforce laws, and interpret laws (well, they do, whether they have the power to or not). In this case over 170,000 people in thethe new Legislature ... must consider whether this is an appropriate issue to put to the voters
In other words, the people are too stupid to govern themselves. That's a really horrible stance to take in a state that was once a bastion of freedom (well, over 200 years ago). The Boston Globe has now openly declared that a representative republic is bad and they only support total socialism. Oh, how I yearn for freedom! ** Update2: Mass Backwards adds more and more.
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It's really sad that the peasants of the People's Republic of MA don't know they have rights...and would just as soon give them up then become more involved. I wonder how many of them gave up, yrs ago= and don't bother.
Keep tabs on this story. It isn't over yet. Far from it.
For a government to say it knows whats best for the people it represents, in spite of what the people have spoken up for, is criminal.
Keep tabs on this story. It isn't over yet. Far from it.
For a government to say it knows whats best for the people it represents, in spite of what the people have spoken up for, is criminal.
Posted by: Raven at January 03, 2007 04:55 PM (s6SBy)
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It's criminal in a free society -- it's normal in a socialist government.
Posted by: Ogre at January 03, 2007 05:05 PM (EsWss)
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Stupid peasants...they know no other way. Darn it's frustrating to watch a state government control it's people so much!
Posted by: Raven at January 03, 2007 05:20 PM (s6SBy)
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Unfortunately, if the government has obtained this much control, it's doubtful the peasants even have a chance any more, to take it back without extreme violence. And it's even more unlikely that the current nanny-state peasants have the guts to use violence to obtain their rights. They're just happy to pay their oppressive taxes knowing they'll be taken care of. And heck, the rest of the country is sending piles of cash there, so they can continue being socialist.
Posted by: Ogre at January 03, 2007 05:22 PM (EsWss)
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I got an email from a liberal freak friend who lives in MA...she said this:
"It's not fair for the people- the majority- to be able to petition the state to change a law that protects the rights of the minority."
!!!!
"It's not fair for the people- the majority- to be able to petition the state to change a law that protects the rights of the minority."
!!!!
Posted by: Raven at January 04, 2007 03:51 AM (m337k)
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Raven, sadly your friend is really stuppppppiiiid.
Posted by: Scrapiron at January 04, 2007 05:51 AM (YadGF)
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It's not fair that stupid people are allowed to breed, either, but you don't see me complaining, do you?
Posted by: Ogre at January 04, 2007 02:21 PM (EsWss)
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Well, the vote was taken, and the petition was advanced over the objections of Gov. Patrick - BTW, did you know the person who filed the case in front of the Supreme Judicial Court to make them say if a vote had to be taken was Gov. (now Presidential Candidate) Mitt Romney?
Anyway - the way the petition process works is that it must get 50 votes (out of 200) in two successive sessions to go to the voters. THEN we can vote like 34 other states! Wheee!
What really put it over the top was a threat by the Msss. Bar Assn. to disbar legislators who are lawyers if they defied the SJC, and a FEDERAL suit claiming that the Legislature was violating the 14th amendment right to vote. They were named as INDIVIDUALS, so the Atty. General couldn't defend them, and they'd have to pay for their own counsel.
I've blogged about this quite a bit, and you can always check in on my blog as this saga continues - it's in the FIFTH year now, as the legislators try to decide if the people who put THEM in office are bright enough to be trusted to vote on this issue!
Anyway - the way the petition process works is that it must get 50 votes (out of 200) in two successive sessions to go to the voters. THEN we can vote like 34 other states! Wheee!
What really put it over the top was a threat by the Msss. Bar Assn. to disbar legislators who are lawyers if they defied the SJC, and a FEDERAL suit claiming that the Legislature was violating the 14th amendment right to vote. They were named as INDIVIDUALS, so the Atty. General couldn't defend them, and they'd have to pay for their own counsel.
I've blogged about this quite a bit, and you can always check in on my blog as this saga continues - it's in the FIFTH year now, as the legislators try to decide if the people who put THEM in office are bright enough to be trusted to vote on this issue!
Posted by: Peter Porcupine at January 06, 2007 05:46 AM (EHfCS)
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Thanks for the updates, Peter!
I've been watching this one over the years, but I've not seen anyone SO angry over actually allowing people of the state to vote on their own laws. I mean sure, the vast majority of politicians absolutely HATE when people have their say, but usually they're not so blatant about their hatred and utter contempt for voters.
What scares me most is that this moron elitist just won a statewide election. But I'm guessing that's mostly just because he had a letter "D" after his name...
I've been watching this one over the years, but I've not seen anyone SO angry over actually allowing people of the state to vote on their own laws. I mean sure, the vast majority of politicians absolutely HATE when people have their say, but usually they're not so blatant about their hatred and utter contempt for voters.
What scares me most is that this moron elitist just won a statewide election. But I'm guessing that's mostly just because he had a letter "D" after his name...
Posted by: Ogre at January 06, 2007 01:29 PM (EsWss)
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We had a sixteen year run - a GOP governor since 1990. In fact, our LAST Democrat governor was Mike Dukakis! NOW - no Governor, and 170 of 200 legislators are Democrats.
It's a scary place right now - my only hope is that Deval Patrick, formerly of Bill Clinton's Justice Dept., will drive the state off a cliff as fast as I thing he will.
It's a scary place right now - my only hope is that Deval Patrick, formerly of Bill Clinton's Justice Dept., will drive the state off a cliff as fast as I thing he will.
Posted by: Peter Porcupine at January 07, 2007 01:11 AM (/+yrJ)
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I'm hoping they'll just try and actually implement the Democrat platform. Then the state will simply collapse in on itself. Sorry, Peter.
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