What sort of laws would college freshmen develop?

[Fenris]

That's a rhetorical question, by the way, as I found out exactly what kind of laws college freshmen (political science majors/minors no less) would develop this afternoon.

The setup: the professor divides the class into two political parties (boy or girl being the deciding factor), has each party pick a leader and vice leader, and then has the entire assembly vote on a speaker. Then the "legislature" is divided up into committees, which are tasked to come up with 5 resolutions relevant to their committee's area (foreign policy; defense and security; civil rights and justice; and domestic policy). The two other committees, appropriations and ways and means, had to come up with 5 areas that required the most spending and 5 ways to raise money, respectively.

I was smart - I took appropriations, which is where people who couldn't care less about the experiment went.

Anyway, here are some of the more insightful (inciteful?) resolutions the committees came up with (I mean, this is Texas).

1. Pull out of Iraq. This one was surprising, not only because it was developed, but because it passed the full vote.

2. Legalize marijuana. Unsurprisingly, this measure passed with flying colors.

3. Lower the drinking age to 18. Notice I said this was a class of college freshmen. Measure passed.

4. Immigrants can come to this country IF and only IF they go into the military for 4 years and pass an English proficiency test. The motion thankfully failed.

5. Veterans should never have to pay taxes again. Despite eliciting guffaws by some (including myself), this measure passed. When someone brought up that some people oppose war altogether, and that this seemed unfair, one enlightened female said that "they are all Democrats anyway and they love taxes."

6. Legalization of gay marriage. Didn't even make it out of committee! I actually listened in on the debate over this and laughed out loud when I heard one hayseed say "The Bible says it's bad!"

7. No more immigrants from communist or non-capitalist countries. Yeah, go ahead and read that statement again. The "author" of this motion argued that America was no longer a melting pot and that people from communist nations bring their anti-American ideas over and threaten our way of life. I was too busy laughing to point out that immigrants from communist countries generally come here to escape communism, not import it. This measure passed!

8. No more trade relations with communist nations. I think the foreign policy committee was made up of some sort of anti-comintern pact. This one didn't pass. Apparently, we hate communists, but we love their low, low prices.

:crazy:

[crispini]

1. LOL. China, you're off the list.

:rofl: THAT would have been a funny one. Guess what, 95% of what you USE is MADE IN CHINA!

[Zuni]

2. that is hilarious!

I cannot believe some of those suggestions.

Yesterday, I was driving home from the beach. To get to Ocean City, MD you have to drive through the Eastern Shore, by far the most "southern" and rural part of the majority blue state state. the eastern shore, unlike the Baltimore, DC and Annapolis areas, is very conservative.
There was a church, with 748 white crosses infront of it with a large banner that said "every hour 748 innocent babies are put to death by 'choice'". They even had pictures of babies in utero and a pic of an aborted baby at the door to the church. I was shocked. I am so used to the western shore, the city of annapolis, the Baltimore-Washington metro area where this stuff is rarely encountered, except at protest rallies outside the statehouse in Annapolis

[Fenris]

5. I see that a lot here.

No surprise, right?

[flamingyouth]

3. Funny

I'm a little surprised that in San Marcos they didn't advocate lowering the drinking age to 16. "And free Natural Light for all!" :rofl:

[Fenris]

4. You can get a CASE of Natch Light at the HEB for $9

That's a little over $.35 a can. It's nearly free as it is.

[flamingyouth]

7. It's still a rip-off

:puke:

[xmas74]

6. The legalize marijuana would have been the first one

I would have supported at 18.