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Bill To Lower Voting Age To 14 Passes Senate Committee
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| 2:02 am PT, Friday, May 7, 2004
| Bay City News Service
Posted on 05/08/2004 11:09:08 PM PDT by musical_airman
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To: mtbopfuyn
They don't have political opinions and do not deserve political representation. Well, most either don't care of have half-assed feeling based opinions (see: liberal) that make no sense when applied in reality. As far as the representation, you don't necessarily need a vote to have your voice heard by someone. By age 14, I was going to Republican fundraisers and having lunch with my congresswoman. But only the smart ones would even try to get in on the process.
Even though I would lose the right to vote for 3 years, I'm beginning to think I wouldn't mind having the voting age go back up to 21. There is a definite lack of maturity needed to make big electoral decisions amongst my age group and it's almost universal amongst people as young as 14. I see it every day. Some can't even pretend to be mature, let alone act that way.
The other day I asked my 7 and 8th grade students if they thought the bill was a good idea and of course they were all for it.
Of course they did. It's called the "Sounds Good Even Though It Makes No Logical Sense" principle. Happens when people don't step back and connect the dots...
...Which is most of the time in this country.
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posted on
05/09/2004 8:07:19 AM PDT
by
GiveEmDubya
(Liberalism is the absence of thought.)
To: musical_airman
Really, you must be joking. This is so amazingly stupid I just thought I had to post it. Laugh it up. Or, be mad. Or, both. Maybe Kalifornia will fall off one day......
Man, this thing actually passed committee?! You know what, I admit this is my dark side talking but maybe we do need a "10.5" out there, trouble is the good people out there would be affected as well. Better yet, if the Mecha/Aztlan people want it, they can have it! B-P
All I can add is that it is time for the "Glenn Beck Duct Tape" to "wrap my head so when it explodes, I still have all the pieces."
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posted on
05/09/2004 8:15:54 AM PDT
by
Nowhere Man
("Laws are the spider webs through which the big bugs fly past and the little ones get caught.")
To: South40
35% of California voters are registered Republicans. That probably puts the number well above the population of the entire state of Georgia. So save your condemnations for the leftists who deserve it
I think they forgot Republicans and Christians have more children!!!!
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posted on
05/09/2004 8:24:45 AM PDT
by
LynnHam
To: musical_airman
Does this mean that 14-year-olds will be able to buy 3-oz beers? Then when they turn 16, they can move up to the 6-ounce ones. This could be a real boon for the beer industry. Smaller bottles, bigger profit margins.
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posted on
05/09/2004 8:28:55 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(I don't own this gas-guzzling SUV - my wife does!)
To: Dan from Michigan
I guess that's why your average teenager hangs out in packs around the H&R Block office each April, right?
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posted on
05/09/2004 8:52:35 AM PDT
by
Wombat101
(Sanitized for YOUR protection....)
To: South40
Heh.. Now that I go back and look at the point I made, it looks like I said the founder of this forum was Ronald Reagan rather than Jim Robinson. I intended to make that "...the founder of this forum (Jim Robinson) AND the greatest President ever (Ronald Reagan)..."
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posted on
05/09/2004 9:02:11 AM PDT
by
bluefish
(Disclaimer for Pukin: I do not believe Freepers should die for arguing with me.)
To: musical_airman; Torie
The proposed constitutional amendment would give 14- and 15-year-olds 1/4 of a full vote, while 16- and 17-year-olds would get 1/2 a full vote.LOL, is it the air or the water?
To: musical_airman
If this new voting "right" passes, these "youths" will sue big-time for reparations because they were only considered "1/4 th of a person."
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posted on
05/09/2004 9:07:31 AM PDT
by
Libertina
(Happy Mother's Day - and thanks to all the Dads as well ;))
To: DoctorMichael
That's not a terrible idea, kindo of like Starship Troopers (and I don't mean that ridiculous movie). But you still have to be really careful with things like that. On the plus side, however, it would remove a significant portion of the collegiate nut-job vote and about all of those who don't pay any taxes.
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posted on
05/09/2004 9:14:20 AM PDT
by
musical_airman
(Hey DUmmies!! We'll Win the war for you- now shut up and color!)
Comment #110 Removed by Moderator
To: Major_Risktaker
How in the hell does one get the title "the Johnny Appleseed of self esteem"?!?!?
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posted on
05/09/2004 9:20:26 AM PDT
by
musical_airman
(Hey DUmmies!! We'll Win the war for you- now shut up and color!)
To: ModelBreaker
Uh . . . that would probably include the party that has a lot of evangelical Christians.I'm unfamiliar with California demographics but I always thought an evangelical was a term generally applied to certain Protestant groups. I also understood that most large Protestant groups do not forbid contraception wheras Catholics do. As a result, Protestants will tend to have lower birth rates than their Catholic counterparts.
I also understand Mormons do not allow contraception either. Therefore Mormons like Catholics would tend to benefit.
Ultimately, the party with higher birthrates will benefit the most.
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posted on
05/09/2004 9:34:41 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: musical_airman
How in the hell does one get the title "the Johnny Appleseed of self esteem"?!?!? I guess "Johnny V." is helping all of those poor kids with single parents and no self esteem gang bangers by placing the power of "THE VOTE" in their heads.
Johnny V. is the "Johnny Appleseed of PANDERING"!
This bill will never pass.
To: musical_airman
I just feel that those who SHOULD have some 'say' in the laws that are passed by a government are those that have SHOULD some stake in that government and country in which they live. Property ownership is one criteria, the risking of one's life for that society/country/government is another that comes to mind.
I am reminded of the phrase............'Democratic governments exist only until their people learn that they can vote themselves money' [/mangled paraphrase]. The welfare classes and parasites of all types would be excluded from voting, and therefore their parasitism.
Just an idea that makes one helluva more sense than the nonsensical crap in the article. As I said, I'm trying to be rational {LOL}.
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posted on
05/09/2004 9:49:15 AM PDT
by
DoctorMichael
(The Fourth Estate is a Fifth Column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: musical_airman
The Onion can sure come up with some funny stuff! I am laughing my a** off!
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posted on
05/09/2004 9:50:11 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: musical_airman
NAMBLA Alert
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posted on
05/09/2004 10:48:50 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON)
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
Sure it's asinine. If the stakes weren't so high, it would be fun to watch the democreeps desparate attempts to grab and retain power.
Comment #118 Removed by Moderator
To: null and void
Great, so now your kids can vote you off the island. Must be something in the air...or water. The left coast liberals are a special breed of lunatics.
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posted on
05/09/2004 11:53:28 AM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: musical_airman
This is so amazingly stupidPsssst......It is California!!
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posted on
05/09/2004 12:00:36 PM PDT
by
PISANO
(Our troops...... will NOT tire...will NOT falter.....and WILL NOT FAIL!!!)
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