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No lawyers in Washington? Sounds good to me. It apparently sounded good to
the early Senate and House of Representatives.
"If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain
any title of nobility or honour, or shall without the consent of Congress,
accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind
whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person
shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of
holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them."
This is the text of what is known today as "The Original Thirteenth
Amendment". It was passed by Congress around 1810 because of fears of
developing tensions with England. It was ratified by enough states to make
it Law shortly after that. The original goal was to prevent the King of
England from granting titles to people in the states, get them elected to
office and have them betray the country. From writing of the time, many of
the Founders considered the title "Esquire" to be a title of Honour so today
it would have the side effect of tossing most of the 535 members of Congress
out on their ass. At the very least, it would be nice to keep ex-government
officials from setting up offices on K Street and lobbying for foreign
governments. And in the case of Bill Richardson, Klinton Energy Secretary
and former lobbyist for China, it would have required a substantial penalty
for selling classified nuclear information to his former employer.
Unfortunately, this Amendment was silently dropped (not repealed) from the
Constitution shortly after it was ratified. Everyone completely forgot
about it when the Amendment we know today as the Thirteenth Amendment became
Law in 1865 at the end of the Civil War.
Kent
----- Original Message -----
From: "BobsKC" <bobskc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 11:12 AM
Subject: RE: [RT] One dummy down, more to go....
Some speakers use monitors mounted at an angle so they appear to be looking
at the camera while others read from notes as their eyesight is not
conducive to the monitor. I don't think Harvey ever understood what the
job consisted of and I still think we need a ruling against any lawyers in
Washington. Out of congress, out of the cabinet, out of appointments.
Bob
At 09:46 AM 11/8/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Harvey Pitt's outgoing speech totally confirms my assertion that Harvey was
>not the "sharpest tool in the shed"...
>Why ? He had to READ every word of his speech.
>
>In contrast to another speaker I witnessed: Scott McNealy of Sun Micro
>talked for 2 hours - no notes, no reading, much more complex subject as
>well.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: M. Simms [mailto:prosys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 7:51 PM
> > To: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [RT] One dummy down, more to go....
> >
> >
> > It was a great tactic to leave on election nite.......very smart.
> > Boy, do we have some stupid people in government right now
> > ....just when we need the "best", we have the "worst".
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jim Johnson [mailto:jejohn@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 7:14 PM
> > > To: M. Simms
> > > Cc: RealtradersList
> > > Subject: Re: [RT] One dummy down, more to go....
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello M.,
> > >
> > > What I can't understand is why W didn't zap Harvey a few days before
> > > the election--it surely would have been to his advantage. Did alright
> > > without that tactic however.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Jim Johnson mailto:jejohn@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > --
> > > Wednesday, November 6, 2002, 7:09:07 PM, you wrote:
> > >
> > > MS> Bye, bye Harvey.....good riddance......
> > > MS> Lindsay's on the ropes.....
> > > MS> who's next ?
> > >
> > >
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