INTL 3:770/1 3:770/3   
   REPLYADDR tim@streater.me.uk   
   REPLYTO 3:770/3.0 UUCP   
   MSGID:  3c1d4501   
   REPLY: <20240206181442.35b778efed41fa3ad6242815@eircom.net> 1ad19e94   
   PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
   On 06 Feb 2024 at 18:14:42 GMT, "Ahem A Rivet's Shot"    
   wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:45:37 +0000 (GMT)   
   > Bob Latham  wrote:   
   >   
   >> done against Trump is seen as moral and good by the Democrats.   
   >   
   >     It is a sad commentary on the United States that out of over 340   
   > million people Biden and Trump are their options for leaders, are they   
   > *really* the best the country has to offer ?   
      
   Well they are good at cutting off their noses to spite their face:   
      
   1) Not controlling guns severely   
      
   2) Believing *rigidly* in the Constitution, instead of being more flexible   
   about it   
      
   3) Allowing any tuppenny-ha'penny jurisdiction to "incorporate" (whatever that   
   means) and thus have its own police department and mayor - with the chief of   
   the former being elected like the latter. A good recipe for corruption and   
   incompetence. The US has over 15,000 police departments for 350 million   
   people, we have 45 for 60 million.   
      
   4) Having judges be elected, and having them be allowed to decide policy   
   matters such as abortion based on some spurious interpretation of the   
   Constitution, instead of such questions being decided by the legislatures,   
   where they belong.   
      
   5) Allowing political advertising on TV and radio.   
      
      
   I expect there are others.   
      
   --   
   Tim   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)   
   SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 15/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 128/260 129/305 135/225   
   SEEN-BY: 153/757 7715 218/0 1 601 700 840 870 930 220/70 221/1 6 226/17   
   SEEN-BY: 226/30 100 227/114 229/110 112 113 200 206 307 317 400 426   
   SEEN-BY: 229/428 470 550 616 664 700 240/1120 266/512 267/800 282/1038   
   SEEN-BY: 291/111 292/854 301/1 113 812 310/31 320/219 322/757 335/364   
   SEEN-BY: 341/66 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 770/1 3 100   
   SEEN-BY: 770/330 340 772/210 220 230 5020/400 1042 5058/104 5075/35   
   PATH: 770/3 1 218/840 221/6 301/1 218/700 229/426