Read along with Congress, 1/6

[Phox]

BWAHAHAHA! Nice. 

[Aucoq]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/01/06/house-gop-won-t-read-entire-constitution.aspx

Instead of reading the Constitution in its entirety, House members will read an "amended version" that only includes the sections and amendments that were not changed at a later date. The decision in part will allow members to avoid reading less pleasant sections, like the clause in Article 1, Section 2, which counted black slaves as three-fifths of a person.

"We're reading the amended version with all amendments that are currently part of the Constitution," said Kathryn Rexrode, a spokesman for Virginia Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte, who spearheaded the reading. "It will not include any amendments that were in the original but later amended."

Oh boy. 

[the last yatto]

Might be fun to prevent to be a tea bagger who didn't get the memo and dress up in a powdered wig and read the entire thing in a public space

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/05/republicans-change-the-house-rules/

Apparently not content with letting the Supreme Court do it's job, House Republicans have instituted a new rule requiring any bill brought to the floor to carry an explanation of it's Constitutionality.

OH BOY HERE WE GO 

[AFK]

Fucking cowards!

[Suu]

We are about to experience the most hysterical 2 years of our lives.

[Suu]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/05/republicans-change-the-house-rules/

Apparently not content with letting the Supreme Court do it's job, House Republicans have instituted a new rule requiring any bill brought to the floor to carry an explanation of it's Constitutionality.

OH BOY HERE WE GO 

But wait...isn't violating checks and balances also unconstitutional?

is the House being unconstitutional to attempt to be constitutional?!!!

[AFK]

Call today to get your squeaky clean Constitution!!!!  That's right, no more embarrasing passages about black people being 3/5 of a real person.  Frame it, mount it on your wall, your friends will enjoy your new found Patriotism!!!! 

Call in the next 30 minutes and we'll throw in a fresh and friendly version of Huck Finn!  Just pay separate processing and handling. 

[Epimetheus]

The bridge between Bureaucracy and Aftermath cometh. 

[Suu]

Call today to get your squeaky clean Constitution!!!!  That's right, no more embarrasing passages about black people being 3/5 of a real person.  Frame it, mount it on your wall, your friends will enjoy your new found Patriotism!!!! 

Call in the next 30 minutes and we'll throw in a fresh and friendly version of Huck Finn!  Just pay separate processing and handling. 

But wait, THERE'S MORE!

Add a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin to your order and we'll throw in To Kill a Mockingbird, ABSOLUTELY FREE!

[Epimetheus]

Call today to get your squeaky clean Constitution!!!!  That's right, no more embarrasing passages about black people being 3/5 of a real person.  Frame it, mount it on your wall, your friends will enjoy your new found Patriotism!!!! 

Call in the next 30 minutes and we'll throw in a fresh and friendly version of Huck Finn!  Just pay separate processing and handling. 

But wait, THERE'S MORE!

Add a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin to your order and we'll throw in To Kill a Mockingbird, ABSOLUTELY FREE OF NASTY THINGS LIKE RACISM AND BAD WORDS!

fixt

[Phox]

Guys, I've found a rough draft of a "cleaned up" summary of  Uncle Tom's Cabin:

There once was a kindly Afro-American gentleman by the name of Uncle Tom. He was owned employed by a struggling farmer in Kentucky, until one day, when Mr Shelby couldn't afford to pay off his debts he was forced to sell lay off Tom. Tom was sold got a job down the River. His new owner employer, St. Clare, was kindly man who promised to free him.... let him live on welfare (Ed. Note: Think of something less offensive). However, St. Clare is killed, causing Tom to be sold at auction recommended for employment by St. Clare's wife to a man named Simon Legree. Legree is not a kind master boss, and due to his harsh treatment of his slaves employees, Tom is killed by order of Legree in a tragic work related accident.

Evidently, Eliza's story has been completely removed for teaching the wrong values.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Christ motherfucking shitfuckdamn.

[LMNO]

Ok, here's a more complete analysis of what was left out, and the problems with doing that.
http://www.slate.com/id/2280249/

Rep. Bob GoodlatteThe House's public reading of the Constitution today opened with a brief but meaningful hiccup. When it became clear that the Constitution would be read in its "most modern, amended form", several House Democrats raised objections to what was—quite literally—a constitutional whitewash.

Serwer noted that reading a sanitized Constitution does violence to the very idea of an imperfect document drafted by imperfect men: "The reason to include the superseded text is to remind us that the Constitution, while a remarkable document, was not carved out of stone tablets by a finger of light at the summit of Mount Sinai. It was written by men, and despite its promise, it possessed flaws at the moment of its creation that still reverberate today."

As CBS News Capitol Hill Correspondent Bob Fuss pointed out, the "redacted" version as read this morning had no coherent logic. They skipped over the three-fifths compromise but included the constitutional clause referring to the preservation of voting rights only for males over the age of 21—a provision superseded by the 26th Amendment. They skipped the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) then read the 21st (repealing Prohibition).

Andrea Stone at AOL News picked up on the fact that they "read 14 words from Article I, Section 9 about taxation. Under a strict reading of the ground rules, though, it likely should have been excised because of the later passage of the 16th Amendment that legalized the federal income tax."

In other words, in addition to taking it upon themselves to whitewash past constitutional errors, House Republicans today compounded the sin by inventing a choose-your-own-ending document they tried to pass off as official.

[Phox]

Ok, here's a more complete analysis of what was left out, and the problems with doing that.
http://www.slate.com/id/2280249/

Rep. Bob GoodlatteThe House's public reading of the Constitution today opened with a brief but meaningful hiccup. When it became clear that the Constitution would be read in its "most modern, amended form", several House Democrats raised objections to what was—quite literally—a constitutional whitewash.

Serwer noted that reading a sanitized Constitution does violence to the very idea of an imperfect document drafted by imperfect men: "The reason to include the superseded text is to remind us that the Constitution, while a remarkable document, was not carved out of stone tablets by a finger of light at the summit of Mount Sinai. It was written by men, and despite its promise, it possessed flaws at the moment of its creation that still reverberate today."

As CBS News Capitol Hill Correspondent Bob Fuss pointed out, the "redacted" version as read this morning had no coherent logic. They skipped over the three-fifths compromise but included the constitutional clause referring to the preservation of voting rights only for males over the age of 21—a provision superseded by the 26th Amendment. They skipped the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) then read the 21st (repealing Prohibition).

Andrea Stone at AOL News picked up on the fact that they "read 14 words from Article I, Section 9 about taxation. Under a strict reading of the ground rules, though, it likely should have been excised because of the later passage of the 16th Amendment that legalized the federal income tax."

In other words, in addition to taking it upon themselves to whitewash past constitutional errors, House Republicans today compounded the sin by inventing a choose-your-own-ending document they tried to pass off as official.

Saw it coming.