Wow.

[learnteach]

Two women came by with 14 referendums that they wanted signatures for. I've never seen a larger load of crap, much of it wanted by the Governer, in my life. "Act to Protect Children": Increase teacher probation period from 2 years to 5 years. "Fiscal responsibility act": If the budget is not passed, the governor can just cut spending as he wishes. "Union Watchdog Law" Unions have to have inform all members of exact spending and seek their approval for every political ad. "Redistricting": Have the gerrymandering done by retired judges appointed by the governor.

The women obviously didn't know the referendums and had no emotional commitment to any of them; I think they were collecting for money.

BE CAREFUL and read these things. Oh, there was a great Lemon Law in there as part of the lead off--but why do we need more laws about cars? And I'm sure that the four pages of small print had a few surprises in them.

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[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

I'll remember to keep the garden hose ready for when the petitioners come by.

Unfortunately, the Governor's minions are also sending petitions by mail.

Why don't they just have a referendum to turn the US into a dictatorship? It'd just save time.

[kawgirl.livejournal.com]

Hm. The garden hose is a good idea. In the past, I have found that petitioners and mormons tend to go away if a) they hear my dogs trying to get to the front door to see who is there (they make quite a commotion), b)I rant at them more than they rant at me, or c) I show up to the door dressed only in a towel. Oddly, c gets the quickest response, I think due to discomfort with nudity and/or fear of getting yelled at. Option b takes the most effort, but can be amusing. It can also backfire. Option a is the most amusing because you can see the folks on the doorstep fighting their fear to stay and talk to you. Sometimes fun is how fast they turn and run if the dogs manage to emerge like a waterfall from the kitchen. But the garden hose. This I have not yet tried.

If we had a referendum to just turn the US into a dictatorship, it'd happen all at once and "we" wouldn't be able to fool "ourselves" that "we" were trying to do the "right thing."

*grumble*