It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. Six Different Ways carries the story: Now that the Congressional Republicans have lost the battle to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, they want to selectively ban the Constitution. That's right. H.R. 3313 is a tiny bill that states, "Neither the Supreme Court nor any court created by Act of Congress shall have any appellate jurisdiction to hear or determine any question pertaining to the interpretation of section 7 of title 1." In other words, the bill forbids the Supreme Court from ruling on cases regarding same-sex marriage. Any idiot who took high school Government class knows that the Congress can't tell the Supreme Court what laws it can and cannot consider. "Separation of Powers." It's a Constitutional thing. I guess the Republicans just wouldn't understand. ![]() Comments:
Y'know after reading about this bill, it occurs to me Hitler didn't rise to power overnight, heres to hoping that people with power get good sense and people with Good sense get power. We ARE becoming the exact Monster we fear most with Good Old Georgie boy leadin the charge. ![]() ![]() ![]() |