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Unclaimed Mysteries
the_letter_k_and_the_numeral_4_doh@unclaimedmyste ries.net wrote:

:Scott Hedrick wrote in part:
:
: What is the Constitutional basis for providing additional office help and
: pay to party leaders and whips in Congress?

Because the Constitution basically says that each house in the
legislature controls its own rules and budget. The rules assign
office staff to those positions, so they get paid for out of the
operating budget.

: Why are the taxpayers providing
: support to private political clubs?

Because, as usual, we're being taken for a ride, of course.

:Now you're talking! I'll pile on here with this question: Why do most
:states subsidize party primary elections?

Another great question. Even more importantly, why only for SOME of
them?

--
"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
-- Charles Pinckney

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:22:08 -0500, "Scott Hedrick"
wrote:

What if there's a natural disaster so bad that no-one with the power to make such
a request (e.g. on behalf of a city) can be found alive?

Folks are screwed, of course,

....Not so. According to what we were told back when I took my course
on the "Sociology of Nuclear Warfare" under Dr. Les Kurtz, during the
development of the Cold War Civil Defense plans, certain contingencies
were added to the general plans to allow for sending unrequested aid
to a disaster area should the local government be totally
incapacitated, rendered incommunicado, or outright sent to join the
Choir Invisible en masse. This would require the order of either the
CD commander, the President, and/or an surviving non-local official in
a higher level of government whose responsibility set includes the
affected area, but help *would* be sent. Granted, there would be a
delay, but nothing along the lines of what we saw following Katrina.

And yes, those same CD contingencies were also adapted in the early
60's to deal with Cat-5 hurricanes and earthquakes on the urging of
LBJ following some of the strong ones that hit the Texas coast...

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"Neil Gerace" wrote:

:"Scott Hedrick" wrote in message
...
: For example, Federal law does not allow aid to be used until a formal
: request for help is made ...
:
:Meaning no disrespect to the USA, that sounds like a dumb law. What if
:there's a natural disaster so bad that no-one with the power to make such a
:request (e.g. on behalf of a city) can be found alive?

The cutoff is at the State level. A disaster big enough to
incapacitate an entire US State government is pretty unlikely.
Something that big you're probably going to get nationwide martial law
anyway.

--
"Rule Number One for Slayers - Don't die."
-- Buffy, the Vampire Slayer

Scott Hedrick wrote:



Another was Linda Tripp,and we all remember how well that decision worked.



She Tripped him up pretty good- of course, he did make it easy.




Still, you probably wouldn't want her as a friend. Especialy a friend
you make phone calls to.
All in all, I wish Bush did more screwing in the Oval Office, and less
with the Bill Of Rights.

Pat

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:23:14 -0600, in a place far, far away, Pat
Flannery made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

Another was Linda Tripp,and we all remember how well that decision worked.



She Tripped him up pretty good- of course, he did make it easy.




Still, you probably wouldn't want her as a friend. Especialy a friend
you make phone calls to.

No, not if I was going to suborn perjury from her. But then, if I did
that, *I* wouldn't be much of a friend.

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
...
Still, you probably wouldn't want her as a friend.

She made a pretty good *fair weather* friend.

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:15:20 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Scott
Hedrick" made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
...
Still, you probably wouldn't want her as a friend.

She made a pretty good *fair weather* friend.

How good a "friend" was Monica? What loyalty did Linda have to her
that justified committing a felony, as she was being asked by Monica
to do?