New Mexico to decide if "idiots" can vote.

Yahoo (Reuters) ^ | November 1, 2002 | Zelie Pollon

[sweetliberty]

"WTH do guns have to do with this?"

Hey, now; let's not be too hasty to judge. MS. Lamb might have just put us onto something. Since guns are capable of independently going out and shooting people, then it only stands to reason that they should be capable of voting as well. All that is lacking is for us to give them names. *Evil grin*

[Rome2000]

Its already been decided.

50 million of them voted for algore 2 years ago.

[sweetliberty]

That is one of my personal favorites.

[Ohioan]

The pathetic thing is that New Mexican Conservatives were not sufficiently organized to take this as an opportunity to counter-attack, with their own Amendment, to take away the vote from Morons and illiterates--and, of course, keep the ban on idiots and the insane.

Certainly these terms are definable. There is procedure in every jurisdiction to determine if people have become mentally incompetent--if you don't like the term "insane," use "mentally incompetent," and devise a simple test to determine people whose incompetence results from mental weakness rather than perceptual or conceptual aberrations. But it is unthinkable to just blithely agree to let people who do not understand the nature of our institutions and the actual functions of the offices that they are voting to fill, continue to vote for those office holders.

We also need to do something about conflicts of interest. If you receive unearned payments from any branch or division of Government, you should not be voting for those who could increase or continue those payments. That is only elemental fairness to others.

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[RoseofTexas]

Bill Richardson, bubba's A**kisser will MOST like beat Sanchez in the Gov. race! Sanchez is not HISPANIC enough I guess! Sanchez so far has run a very good campaign! But not enough to beat Richardson! BUMMER :(

[RoseofTexas]

Ooops...like=likely

[wku man]

And if Richardson wins, the idiots will have voted.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[MickMan51]

Thanks for the ping.

This part really kills me:

The state's nonpartisan research group, Legislative Council Services . . .

First off, this bunch is appointed by and works for the Democratic legislature.

[breakem]

I waive my punch line opportunity..........too easy

[Bonaparte]

Let me see if I've got this one right. The mentally retarded are generally held blameless for the commission of serious crime because they are deemed incompetent to form judgments of right and wrong. They are also excluded from military service for similar reasons.

But they are nonetheless considered competent to make the most important judgment of all, namely, who will be entrusted with the power to lead our country to prosperity or ruin.

Did I get that right?

[Bob Mc]

"I'm more worried about unstable people with guns than I am about unstable people voting," Lamb said."

I have never been accosted by anyone with a gun. However, I am daily reminded of the government theft and looting brought about by idiots who voted in so many socialist wealth re-distribution schemes.

I fear the latter.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

The pathetic thing is that New Mexican Conservatives were not sufficiently organized to take this as an opportunity to counter-attack, with their own Amendment, to take away the vote from Morons and illiterates--and, of course, keep the ban on idiots and the insane. Certainly these terms are definable.

Per'Zackly.

• An IDIOT is a person without understanding or ordinary mental capacity, one who does not advance beyond the mental age of three years; distinguished from an imbecile, who is capable of some mental and physical education.
• An IMBECILE is one who is congenitally weak-minded yet not incapable of education; a mental defective not advancing beyond the mental age of seven years.
• A MORON is a feeble-minded person of higher grade than am imbecile, one who does not advance beyond the mental age of 12 years.

  ~~J. Chris Kerr, M.D.
  Cumberland, WI

[Quix]

I voted agains that one!

AND!!! YEA!!! DAD just told me he decided he'd just not vote.

He was resistent to voting for Sanchez against Richardson. Said essentially that both sides were equal crooks. He had, thankfully decided not to help Alzheimer's mother vote. So, it looks like two potential Richardson votes will not be.

Let it multiply, Lord! May Democruds all across the land become disillusionsed, disspirited, demoralized and just sit catatonic in a dark corner on election day until all hope of voting by any means is well past. Amen.

[FreeLibertarian]

In my opinion the minimum IQ to qualify to vote should be 170. Anyone below that number should never be allowed anywhere near a ballot. </sarcasm>

[FreeLibertarian]

You seem to view everything according to race.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the amount of direct aid, since the camp David Accords has amounted to approximately a quarter trillion. Personally, I'm an individualist. However, I never cease to be amazed at the degree to which white/Gentile Americans are ignorant about the group-think of other races/cultures, and the natural consequences of being a scattered group of race-unconscious individuals in a very race-conscious world.

Assuming $3 billion annual for Israel and $2 billion annual for Egypt, the cost of Camp David is around $115 billion (5 bil/yr * 23 yrs). I guess if you used inflation-adjusted dollars it would probably add up to the equivalent of a quarter-trillion in "2002 money", but not in actual dollars.

Realistically, this represents the cost of maintaining an Anti-Israeli foreign policy.

"Anti-Israeli", you say? "How can that be.... I thought we were going to blame the Joooooz for the Cost of Camp David!!"

Yes, Anti-Israeli.

• Camp David forced the Israelis to sacrifice the Sinai Peninsula, and with it her strategic defense-in-depth capability versus Egypt. True, Israel has received a subsidy of $3 billion per year for this sacrifice -- but she had to abandon the riches of the Sinai Oilfields in order to get the subsidy. Half a dozen of one, six of the other.
• Meanwhile, Egypt has gotten the Sinai Peninsula, the Sinai Oilfields, and $2 billion per year in US taxpayer subsidies.

Israel "gave up" more than she "gained" in the Camp David accords, all for a "peace treaty" scrap of paper which everyone knows will be immediately torn up and repudiated by Egypt if Islamic Fundamentalists ever come to power therein. Meanwhile, Egypt got the Land, the Oil, and US taxpayer subsidies.

In short, Egypt made out like a bandit.

Meanwhile, the US taxpayer gets shafted both ways -- they get to reimburse Israel for her losses, as well as pay Egypt for her gains.

The sensible thing would've been to adopt a Neutralist foreign policy, paying neither side one red cent of US Taxpayer money and leaving Israel as the dominant Military Power in the Middle East. Instead, we adopted an Anti-Israel foreign policy, and we have paid through the nose.

[HighWheeler]

This explains the original forefathers thoughts, that only a person who owns land in this country be allowed to vote, since they would have their own best interests at heart. Back then, owning land meant you were one of the 98% population who farmed.