Voter ID
My only problem with this is the U.S. Constitution, which clearly lays out the laws by which our elections will be conducted, i.e., it’s up to each of the 50 states to make and implement their own procedures.
Obviously, conspiracy theorists, at the direction of Newsmax and their peers, are convinced that there is a significant amount of voter fraud, but the fact is that there have been only a few dozen incidents of proven fraud out of the last one billion votes cast.
Yes, we could have an amendment proposed and passed into law that changes all of this, but until then, I’m going to support the U.S. Constitution, which has done right by the American people since its passage in 1789.
Yes, our atmosphere and our waterways will soon be seeing increasing concentrations of mercury, lead, cadmium, selenium, and arsenic, not to mention other neurotoxins like a wide array of radioactive isotopes, so that the Trump administration can placate billionaire donors.
You may be asking yourself why Missouri Republicans did this.
To be successful, would-be fascists need as much ignorance in the population as possible.
I don’t want to see the Supreme Court author legislation (as this is what congress does), and I certainly don’t want to see the Supreme Court author legislation that violates the U.S. Constitution.
One of the most pathetic themes in modern-day American life is the way we get so upset about things that have essentially zero bearing on the quality of our lives.
Having a sociopathic criminal rewriting the Constitution sounds like a good idea to tens of millions of semiliterate Americans.
Or make it pay-per-view, at $100, all of which goes into — you name it — feeding hungry children, paying down the national debt, decarbonizing our transportation and energy sectors — whatever you want.
Thought I’d repost this.
H. L. Mencken said: no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. And that was 100 years ago, so now this is true in spades.
