Senate Office of NC Yankee (Statement on Constitution)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

What is your position on regional reform?
I want to save Atlasia. I will do what is necessary to best effect that end in my judgement and it is my guiding purpose regarding my approach to the efforts to reform the regions.

How would you feel if we had four regions?
Possible, depends on how you shift the boundaries.

Three?
Begins to get dicey, even more so if done in the way that some are trying to at present.

What if we abolished all regions?
I would rather lose both of my kidneys.
 
Do you enjoy pumpkin pie?
Once in a while, but most of the time it is yucky.

What is your favorite thing about fall?
I have had a devil in my signature since last October and this office was located in a tomb (perhaps why no one posts in it . Should be obvious that it is Haloween.

Do you enjoy movies?
Depends on the movie.

How about Sharknado?
Not familiar with it.

If you couldn't be a Federalist, what party would you join?
The party that for while I was a member, I never thought I would ever have to worry about selecting a new party for myself.

If you couldn't be a Republican, what party would you join?
Probably be an independent.

Do you call carbonated beverages soda, coke, or pop?
I have not drank any such beverages since May 19, 2012, therefore I will refain from the debate since it no longer applies to me. Prior to that period the first one was the dominate reference to such drinks and is still used by those in my house who have yet to see the light regarding them.

Do you put mayonnaise on your meat and cheese sandwiches?
Only a select few I would say. I used to hate it, but then I started to get a taste for it every once in a while.

Do you think you cook well?
No, but I can prepare some rather good stuff with pre-cooked leftovers and such.

What is your opinion on the state of Rhode Island? Utah? Minnesota? Georgia?
They are all nice places I would imagine.
 
Do you like barbeque?
Depends on the location, since such varies based on where you are. For us barbecue was just throwing meat on the grill, since we were from up north originally. I would say yes to that version since it is what I am most familiar with.

Are you a vegetarian?
No, though sometimes I wish I was.

Do you have any pets?
Yes, two dogs.

Do you have allergies?
Yes

Do you like the state of North Carolina?
Sometimes I do, Sometimes not so much.

What is your opinion of coal mining in Appalachia?
I hate the health and environmental effect, but it provided a living for a large number of hard working people and we must be mindful of that.

Do you enjoy pulled pork sandwiches?
Every now and again, but I put too much hot sauce on them usually so not frequently. I have had a taste for one lately though.

What kind of orange do you like?
No real preference, I eat at least one a day and usually don't pay much mind to what kind they are.

Do you like Tangelos?
I suppose.

What is your favorite kind of fish?
In terms of fish to eat, then it used to be salmon but I lost my taste for them. In terms of fish in general I have too many to count.

Do you like fishing?
I have only been once and Bill Clinton was still President at the time, so I really cannot say based off that one experience.

Do you like your neighbors (South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and the Atlantic Ocean)?
I don't have any reason to dislike them.

Do you like your neighbors at your house?
Never really interacted with them directly, but we did have issues with one of them concerning their overgrown foilage interfering with the power lines.

What is your opinion on the color purple?
As a litteral subject, I guess positive.

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Can you feel the beckon of October? It sloucheth toward the with the intent of tearing assunder ye souls.

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What happens to people who don't read my office thread.

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The building in the background is this office, by the way.

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Elminated items:
Merging of Amendments - never seen in used in like four years
Vote extensions on Amendments - never seen it used either.

The rest of it is basically the same. Meaning in three small paragraphs we can do the work of three sections. I wanted to tackle Section 1 of Article 4 as well, but that will be big on its own so perhaps seperate is better. Also, I didn't have time to compose that one yet.

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Coming Soon....


The Return of Mental Health Reform


Prepare for the Apocalypse!!!

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five through seven need to be condensed more. I might just remove five altogether.

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I contacted some, but the rest will just have to wait apprehensively until later. I am tired.

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Also, if I determine you have hindered this process at some point, involvement may or may not be optional.

Uh-oh...

If nothing else you will serve the critical function as successor to Oakvale in the critical role he played in the last one, that of the poor victim I lampoon constantly. Whether or not it ascends from such pathetic levels is entirely up to you, man.

And since you will be reading every post word for word, you have every incentive to be productive don't you?

It is a shame he is a justice now. Perhaps you should have appointed yourself.

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Slot Reform
   - Removing the Amendment exclusion from Slots 4 and 5
   -  Slot five will be freed of "in-order" requirements and transfered over to the VP's administration (only the first half requires OSPR change).
   - Loosening the Anti-Clogging Rule for the VP's slots, but keeping it overall.

Also I am considering making either slot 4 or 6 another PPT slot and also reordering the slots somewhat so the VP's and PPT's are grouped together. This will leave 5-5 with three three of the first five retaining the "In order of introduction" requirement (instead of five).

Anyway amendment coming soon...

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Statement on the Past Four Days -

I included a warning to both the President and the Vice President last Friday that there was the possibility that I would lose my internet access for a three to five day period between Monday and Friday. I had planned on posting a Leave of Absence and a second pm to Matt detailing various actions to take to keep things going; however, those efficient bastard suits pre-empted me and thus I was not able to get back on a second time Monday morning, before our phone service was terminated.

As many of you know, I have a dial-up internet connection and thus without a landline phone service, the internet is innaccessible. This situation was a lingering result of what happened back in September, in that with the seperation that occured, the bills were no longer being sent here anymore and the first one we received was in the form of an e-mail attachment on the sixth, warning of a ninth termination date. The resources were not present to pay such a large bill until the today and this also meant that transporation was not available to go to friend's house and use their internet either.

Frankly my preference would have been to tell them to take their poor service and stick it sideways, considering the difficulties they are giving us. However that could have taken until next week to get back online and that would have been too long. We got important business to attend to andn ot just Atlasian stuff.  

On a side note, I am glad Mechaman's absence was short and that he is back. I do know  from experience what it is like to be accidentally "elminated" by a moderator on this forum.

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Statement on the Senate Elections and Some Other Stuff -

I wish to congratulate Senator Tmthforu94, Mideast Assemblyman shua and X, and NE Legislators Goldwater and Talleyrand on their elections to the Senate this past weekend. I look forward to working with each and everyone of you on the important issues facing the country, in the next Senate. I also want to congratulate Flo and Al on running two incredible campaigns for the Senate.

I have already sent my first message to all of the incoming Senators containing a link to my Senate Administration Guidebook, which contains links in turn to the OSPR and Constitution and summarises the processes of the Senate. I also included the date and time that the new Senate starts on and when they should be available to post their oaths in the swearing-in thread.

In this Senate and the previous we have been plagued and slowed down by inactive At-Large Senators. We have been hampered by an inability to remove them under the rules as they stand. We appreciate that one Senator has resigned, but it is most displeasing that it was done in such a way as to prevent a replacement. Now finally, it has been made possible to move to expell another Senator, but we have been met with considerable disregard for the institution and the people who elected the Senator to represent them back in August. I hear often from certain folks that this is a game and that it shouldn't be taken seriously. Yes, this is a game and just because you have been playing it forever, doesn't give you the right to ruin the game for everyone.

I was new to this place once too and nothing angered me more then old legends who got a free pass by virtue of their past glory to run wild and treat it as a place to dive into for a temporary thrill at the expense of those trying to have fun by actually playing it. If you feeled called to destroy it, then I think I have an idea just who is taking this place too seriously and who isn't.

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Some Important Matters
At this time we are waiting on the administration to get the confirmation hearings going on the appointment the said administration has just made, as well as to wrap up the PPT election.

Once that is done, I will resume manipulating the anti-clogging rule so as to keep four TNF bills on the floor at all times and fill all the slots that have been emptied since the the new Senate began. Any non-TNF bill sponsor sponsor should be prepared for the bills to hit the floor at any point courtesy of the aforementioned clogging rule and now the more numerous then before specialty slots.

I look forward to working with the administration to help with coordinating an ensuring the efficient use of their own slots to get the bills on the floor that they desire. Of course it would be helpful if one could come on here and not face the latest scandal around something that isn't even going to occur until the end of next month practically. You would think it was tomorrow or something. Just so you know the first person who asks me anything about whether or not I am running for anything prior to the last week of this month, will go to that dungeon that X thinks I have, but I really don't even though I actually do.

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Time to condense this down and shorten final vote times.

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About time we recognized this. And once final votes are over, redrafts and veto overrides shouldn't occupy slots for subsequent bills. WE have been proceeding as if this was the case anyone for a long time under many PPTs so we might as well revise the adherence of slots to end with the Final Votes.

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Leaving this alone save for number change.

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Considering that by the time we do finish the healthcare debate, we will probably all be driven insane, I am going to start again the Mental Health Reform effort. Since we never did get that CSS thing worked out, I am probably going to skip whaT I planned to be part two and instead dive right to number three which deals with changes in the field, research, education of the practicing doctors and care givers, dispersal of said research to said doctors, educating the public and of course encouraging new people to enter the profession.

Also will include new procedures for veterans, homeless, children and so forth though some of this was already addressed in the first part a few months ago. My main effort would be to amend that to incporate changes made with the Feburary Healthcare modernization thing since it was passed subsequently.

Lastly, providing care in the provider "desserts" as they are called. I watched a political program and heard something about Teletherapy, using technology to put a profession in touch with a patient, even at great distance. This needs to be looked at as an option.

Also, if you any questions about this or other things, I will do my best to answer them in a timely manner (by which I mean August ).

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I'll start from here.

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https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=181417.0


https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=185030.msg4057935#msg4057935

Gonna need these two.