Senäts votes for Nov 08

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

The Senator from the most glorious province rises to cast the first vote of the term for this body.

As to 39RZ1, the Military Reserve Reformation Act, I vote për. It fills an important gap in the legislation that governs our military and will suitably reform the reserve system in just the way the nation needs.

As to 39RZ2, the Minimum Drinking Age Act, I vote contrâ. The bill's own logic makes it faulty, as it implies that the voting age makes one an adult and that an adult should be able to drink alcohol, but then proceeds to set a drinking age two years above that voting age. Further, it is in conflict with the RUMP policy of not playing pretend - regardless of the passage of this bill, no one is going to (nor should they) encourage sixteen-year-olds to drink alcohol within the boundaries of Talossa. And even further, the only conceivable result of such would be extremely negative press attention.

As to 39RZ3, the Title Protection Act, I abstain from voting. I would prefer to pass into law a bill that addresses fraud of false credentials such as "Dr" and "esquire" instead. And while it would not be a bad thing if this bill was passed, and so while I cannot vote against it, at the same time I see the opportunity for a superior bill and will not vote for this one.

As to 39RZ4, the BOHICA Act, I vote për. This bill will help fill another important gap in our military law by addressing the issue of discharges.

As to 39RZ5, the Right to Equal Education Amendment, I vote contrâ. This change to the OrgLaw could be read as to imply that the nation is obligated to supply the education, or further that schools are obligated to accept all applicants. These problems were pointed out, but the bill was clarked anyway.

[Sir X. Pol Briga]

May the body please pardon my tardiness. I am currently ensconced in Oslo, Norge and sipping on an aquavit. I shall return home on Saturday and can more carefully consider these issues.

XPB

[Brad Holmes]

The frustratingly sober Senator from Atatürk, who is imprisoned on a naval vessel of a neighboring nation’s Navy, whose internet connection has been haphazard at best, uses the Force to cast his votes. Or just spent way too much time hitting refresh on the page in the middle of the night so the damned page would load properly and completely.

39RZ1: PËR A good call to close a loophole.

39RZ2: CONTRÂ A extraordinarily terrible idea. While I don’t personally agree with our neighbor’s age limit of 21 years old, arbitrarily changing it by 5 years is silly. And Senator Davis makes another excellent point, this is a make-believe law. And the clause “This freedom shall not be abridged” is absurd. Shop owners should be able to reserve the right to refuse service, especially when a drug, albeit legal, is involved.

39RZ3: CONTRÂ I understand and like this law; it’s attempting to prevent wacky and silly abuse of titles. However, why did it stop where it stopped? Besides educational titles, what about trademarks, incorporated things, captaincies on sports teams/clubs? Instead of trying to think of every contingency for use and recognition of foreign titles, how about a clause that details the process for a case by case approval/rejection of those proposed titles not listed above? I think that would be a much shorter list than trying to list all of the titles protected from prosecution. Any subsequent use of rejected titles would then be eligible for prosecution.

39RZ4: PËR Piece by piece the picture comes together.

39RZ5: CONTRÂ This undermines any sort of minimum performance standards or admission requirements, which would lead to a continuously falling caliber of education.

The Senator swears at the computer as it attempts to prevent his civic duty. As he finally triumphs, he takes a shower, studies for tomorrow’s mock HAC board, and goes to bed. Tomorrow brings the close of one more country on this retarded mission/cruise, and brings him one scheduled country away from returning home.

[Sir X. Pol Briga]

The senator from Cézembre stumbles into the chamber, a bottle of aquavit in one hand, a bottle of tequila in the other. He slumps into his chair, adjusts his microphone to pick up his gravelly voice, and begins to speak.

May it please the body, after due consideration I enter my votes as follows:

Regarding 39RZ1, I vote PëR (the sentator takes a swig of aquavit for emphasis of an affirmative vote) although I do note that this type of action should be within the realm of actions that the minister of Defense could enact through executive order, it is also fine to codify the material.

Regarding 39RZ2, I vote PëR as this act would serve to demystify the use of this controlled substance, much in the way it is treated in european nations, where it is fine for a family to enjoy wine at dinner. The act would need to clean up some of the spelling such as borders rather than "boarders". However it would be up to the volition of the proprietors of the various public establishments to determine if they would want to participate, as even if they were to be issued a Talossan liquor license they would also have to maintain a Wisconsin license for service to Cestours which will likely constitute a larger part of their business. (the sentator takes another swig of aquavit for emphasis)

Regarding 39RZ3, I vote CONTRA as this act would tend to have a chilling effect on creativity, based upon the introduction of felony counts. I suppose if there were only misdemeanors listed it might be useful, and I do appreciate the intoduction of HUMOR into these proceedings with the explanation about pet names. (the sentator takes his first swig of tequila for emphasis)

Regarding 39RZ4, I vote PëR (the sentator takes a swig of aquavit for emphasis) although I do note again that this type of action should be within the realm of actions that the minister of Defense could enact through executive order, it is also fine to codify the material.

Regarding 39RZ5, I vote CONTRA as it is my understanding that the only institution within the operations of the realm is l’Üniversità Talossan and that the primary education within the the bounds of the realm is provided by schools which already have this provision. (the sentator takes a last swig of tequila for emphasis, and promptly falls asleep)

[Ieremiac'h Ventrutx]

From the vaguely nacho chip shaped provincuns of Florencia, I Ieremiac'h Ventrutx, Senator do hereby cast my votes as follows.

For 39RZ1, the Military Reserve Reformation Act, I vote për.
For 39RZ2, the Minimum Drinking Age Act, I vote abstain.
For 39RZ3, the Title Protection Act, I abstain.
For 39RZ4, the BOHICA Act, I vote për.
And for 39RZ5, the Right to Equal Education Amendment, I regretfully abstain.

Logic behind my votes have been well represented in public and private and I feel no need of further clarification.

[Trotxâ]

39RZ1: Për. Much needed.
39RZ2: Contrâ. A waste of legislative time.
39RZ3: Për. Hangin's to good fer 'em. (BTW: the Knights Templar were suppressed in 1312)
39RZ4: Për. Hooyah.
39RZ5: Contrâ. See comments on 39RZ2

[Nic Casálmac'h]

The Senator for Benito rises from a different country than usual to vote upon the issues at hand, in a land of ice and snow and hockey and maple leaves, here having seen demonstrated the age-old truths: "Quality not quantity" and "Smaller is better".

On 39RZ1, the Military Reserve Reformation Act, I vote PËR.

On 39RZ2, the Minimum Drinking Age Act, I vote CONTRÂ , for its use of "Tolossan" if for no other reason. And are "boarders" the same as borders? Not to pick at matters of spelling (though I didn't mention neccessary being spelled that way, though now I have), but merely to point them out. I do vote against this for real reasons, though: mainly I do not see this either as a necessary or effective piece of legislation.

On 39RZ3, the Title Protection Act, I ABSTAIN. At this point it does not seem to be necessary. As I continously remark, I think our energies should be directed towards ends that will contribute to Talossa, especially culturally, rather than at creating laws that just might happen to apply at some future point if we ever get enough active citizens.

On 39RZ4, the BOHICA Act, I vote PËR.

On 39RZ5, the Right to Equal Education Amendment, I vote CONTRÂ . I fully agree with the content of this amendment, but as I stated previously (in the Hopper) I do not think it necessary to enact such into law; on the contrary, such "rights" are more likely to be used as the basis for abridging rights rather than to uphold them.