Is it April Fool's Day?

by: Mike Emm

Fri Feb 04, 2011 at 17:57:32 PM EST

In case anyone is in any doubt that our state is officially to be known from now on as 'North Mississippi', here are some of the bills the third largest legislative body in the English-speaking world will be pondering in the next few weeks. Read 'em and weep, as an old friend used to say.

HCR11, urging Congress to withdraw the United States from the United Nations so that the United States may retain its sovereignty and control over its own funds and military forces.
Here's my personal favorite line from this bill:

Whereas, many of the member nations of the United Nations are not friendly to the United States and support many things that are detrimental to this country and against its interests, yet expect the United States to provide the finances and manpower to solve all of the world's problems, even putting the lives of this nation's military forces in danger...

HCR13, urging Congress to pass legislation against losses in value due to money supply by the federal reserve; restoring gold and silver money; and phasing out the federal reserve system That's right, it's back to ancient times for our monetary system. Two lectures in a middling quality state university would tell you why this bill is stunningly bad, but that's two more lectures than the sponsors bothered to sit through.

HCR19 affirming States' powers based on the Constitution for the United States and the Constitution of New Hampshire. More Tenther madness from the self-proclaimed constitutional scholar, Rep. Itse. This sentence is a beaut- 325 words without benefit of a single period.

That the State of New Hampshire urges its co-States to charge to one if its committees with the duty communicating the preceedings of its Legislature in regard to the government of the United States of America to the corresponding committees of Legislatures of the several States; to assure them that this State continues in the same esteem of their friendship and union which it has manifested from that moment at which a common danger first suggested a common union: that it considers union, for specified national purposes, and particularly to those specified in their federal compact, to be friendly to the peace, happiness, and prosperity of all the States: that faithful to that compact, according to the plain intent and meaning in which it was understood and acceded to by the several parties, it is sincerely anxious for its preservation: that it does also believe, that to take from the States all the powers of self-government and transfer them to a general and consolidated government, without regard to the special delegations and reservations solemnly agreed to in that compact, is not for the peace, happiness, or prosperity of these States; and that therefore this State is determined, as it doubts not its co-States are, to submit to undelegated, and consequently unlimited powers in no man, or body of men on earth: that in cases of an abuse of the delegated powers, the members of the General Government, being chosen by the people, a change by the people would be the constitutional remedy; but, where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy: that every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact, (casus non foederis), to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits: that without this right, they would be under the dominion, absolute and unlimited, of whosoever might exercise this right of judgment for them

HCR25, urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns. Why should churched be allowed to engage in political campaigns, you ask? Because

certain factions in the United States have targeted churches and houses of worship with hostile and egregious lawsuits depriving them of their first amendment right to freedom of speech to participate in America's political life.

And two more anti-tax bills, not so much funny as preposterous, HB645 and HB646 HB 645 rolls back 'various' taxes and fees.  There are 85 sections of rolls back, meaning the sponsors want to cut at least 85 fees and taxes in the face of our enormous budget gap. That is so irresponsible it is funny But HB645 is nothing compared to HB646, which has 111 sections of cuts! That's 26 more cuts!