Good day today.

[silveradept]

Sorry, sharpsight, that I didn't talk to you today - my idle-to-away message didn't kick in properly, I guess. I was out doing referee work when you rang.

Knowledge was accumulated at an impressive speed, although there's not necessarily any application for it. But the knowledge itself is valuable. I feel like I'm learning about lots of things only peripherally related to the things that are being talked about. But they're important, too. (Sorry for the vaguery, but it's hard to pinpoint all the stuff that I'm picking up on that isn't said.)

This cheerleader gets my respect, because she does what marching band people are trained to do - finish the routine, even when injured. After that, you can get help. But you finish the show first if you can.

One my more standard offerings, Vermont towns took a vote of their citizens and they voted to impeach the President. Now THAT's having tanuki-sized testicles.

In Washington, curiously enough, G.W. took a page out of Clinton's handbook and asked for the power to line-item veto. What's going on here? Does it have anything to do with the cutting of funding to help disabled children? (Probably not.)

If the premise behind the following article is true, we're all beyond screwed so long as things continue the way they are. The premise: corporations cannot be anything but evil. This doesn't equate them with being Satan, however much we might like to think Wal-Mart is such.

Gwah. Bed. Must do actual work tomorrow. No exceptions.

Comments

[greenhornline.livejournal.com]

The item line veto thing is so that Buch can shoot down the part of this new bill thing that gives lots of money for hurricane relief but forbids the Ports deal. Or at least that's the part that I read about...


And man you put cheerleaders and Band people into the same catagory... ... what kind of bando are you? lol

[silveradept]

Ah, I see. Picking and choosing, in muhc the same way the legislature does when they construct bills.

I'm a fossil. I'm allowed to be old, cranky, and see beyond the dividers. Of course, I could when I was in band, but it's often more fun to play them up humorously.

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

M) *nods* Perfectly understandable, and thank you for the apology.

N) *somewhat disturbedly wonders how large tanukis' testicles are* (Somewhat amusing, taking one line to the extreme... ah, disagreeing with the president not grounds for impeachment? Even if every single person in the U.S. violently disagreed with the president and felt that he wasn't representing them, that still wouldn't be grounds for impeachment...? Hmm.)

Do documented cases of marching band members exhibiting similar behavior exist?

[silveradept]

The only persons able to levy articles of impeachment on the President are the legislative body in the House of Representatives, I believe. When one's own party controls such a place, the plebians can protest all they like and nothing will happen. Which is what has happened.

Documented cases? Maybe. Anecdotally, I know of several sprains, missed throws, bad pass-throughs, and the like that produce those sorts of problems. In my own experience, when I broke the fingers that I had, I still (out of necessity, really - the band director would have sacked me if he could have) marched and played the show as best I could. I then did the final audition with a cast on my hand - enough there to be able to play, though.

[urbankotq.livejournal.com]

At last, a cheerleader I can truly respect. Not that she'd ever want to date me were we in the same high school, but still. :)

I think the line-item veto is a good idea...I mean, why not give the President the ability to treat bills the way we all treat our email inboxes?

*6 AM--The President checks his email, mouse in hand*

"Blast it, 5000 messages again. Spam...*DELETE*...spam...*DELETE*...spam...*DELETE*..."

8 AM--The President looks at the latest budget proposal, veto stamp in hand*

"Blast it, 5000 pages again. Pork...*STAMP*...pork...*STAMP*...pork...*STAMP*..."

[silveradept]

It's the definition of what constitutes pork that is difficult, I believe. Depending on the political orientation of the President and/or the legislatures, the veto may be mroe used to fund one's own prok and crush the other's necessary material. Much like budget and things work now.