The Energon Pub

[Professor Smooth]

http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=eG6X-xtVask

They take a vote and the lawmakers run around to empty desks to cast their votes for lawmakers who aren't there. Every single one of these people should have been out of a job by the time that clip finished airing.

Please, somebody, try to defend this.

[The Happy Locust]

KEE-RIPES MAN!

[MamaKitty]

Well...at least it wasnt dead peoples votes?

[skippytron]

WOW!!

I didn't realize that was how they actually did it. Isnt pressing a brass button in an old oak desk a bit 19th Century?

Don't they have a roll call??

[Bumblebee-otch]

W.T.F.

[Marcus Rush]

Ya know, I'd actually cry IF I were suprised, but considering the bulk of these folks are placed in office illegally, it really doesn't shock me at all.

[Jar Axel]

If you ask me all of those legeslators in the video need to be brought up on charges of fraud and whatever else can be leveled at them

[GrimSqueaker]

I supose if they all cast 3 and 4 votes each it balances out in the end really doesnt it?

[Autobot032]

This is nothing surprising.

Politicians were born with the ability to lie.

They're snake oil salesmen and the smoothest of operators (until they finally, long long long down the road, get caught.)

How can anyone even defend such an action? They can't.
Problem is...no one will do anything about it. No one.

[homelessjunkeon]

I could accept it if they were voting on behalf of someone who couldn't be there, for whatever reason, and whom had given them power of attorney, or such like, that they could cast the vote in their absence, but it's pretty obvious that those present were simply lunging towards any and all unnoccupied desks in the hope of landing more votes.

This is absolutely repulsive. In any western democracy this should earn them jail time.

[Dead Metal]

Em now that's just disgusting!
They shuold all be charged and throne out!

And those buttons should be switched of wen there users aren't there!

[Ramrider]

Didn't the clip say they had to show their driver's licence as ID when they entered? In which case there should be a log of which reps are present, and the board has the names of everyone who voted. It doesn't take a genius to see the numbers don't tally, even without the aid of external observers. That, and the cameras easily capture who's multi-voting.

Looks like there's quite a few people there who should be removed from office sharpish. It'd be interesting to find out what follows...

[Dragonslayer]

I'm not that suprised, really. My state's legislature is just full of a bunch of ass-covering, crooked, evil bastards.



Sometimes I'm ashamed to call myself a Texan

[Dr. Caelus]

Apparently if a legislator reviews the record and finds that someone else voted for him, he can pretty easily get a revote.

So, it probably only occurs when the missing legislator's likely vote is known, or the vote is on something absolutely inane that they just need to get it over with.

Still, I'm glad Missouri still uses old-style roll-call.

Not sure about Colorado though.

[Air Commander Starscream]

Ahhhh Texas Politics!

[Duo Prime]

this just illustrates further why our country is going further south (excuse the pun). We have two of these corrupt tw*ts in our White House. Fook'in Revolting ( i guess you could take that as a pun too ).

[Autobot032]

Texas frightens me.

1.) This. If this isn't a making up the rules kinda thing, I don't know what is.

2.) 400 people have died through execution in Texas. (400!)

3.) I have friends in Texas and they told me that what I had heard "Don't do nothin' wrong in Texas, you'll get the book thrown at ya. Mercy ain't in their vocabulary." and they made sure I got that through my head, if I ever came to visit.

And I'm sure there are things I don't even know about. No thanks.

There are plenty (plenty!) of good people that hail from Texas, so the state's not a waste on that alone. But it's like the American version of Botany Bay. (Yes, the Penal Colony that formed Australia. No, not the Star Trek ship.)

Oh and they have really, really, really big BUGS. I'm sure a good portion of you have seen the picture of the wall clock with a spider hiding behind it, but he's so big...his leg tips actually reach out beyond the clock...the clock's like a 9 inch pie crust. Them's a big spider. No spank you Helpy Helperton.

*shudders*

[Malikon]

I was actually gonna post a bit of a rant on how corrupt this whole thing is, but Now I just really want to see the picture of the giant spider behind the clock!!

<----digs the big spiders.

[Autobot032]

I was actually gonna post a bit of a rant on how corrupt this whole thing is, but Now I just really want to see the picture of the giant spider behind the clock!!

<----digs the big spiders.

http://www.fazed.org/blog/view/1/clock-spider/

[Malikon]

man, thanks for that, he's awesome looking. He's hungry too, look how small his abdomen is compared to his middle. Maybe he just molted though.

That's so badass, if I came home and saw that I think I'd shoot it!!

[Professor Smooth]

I'm still pissed off about corruption, but DAMN is that one big spider!

[Malikon]

makes you wonder how they can all just get away with it. If there's 60 people in the room and 115 votes come in wouldn't it seem obvious? They're playing musical chairs for voting buttons.

[Me, Grimlock!]

I know this thread was for deeper conversation, but a bigger bug I've seen only on Starship Troopers. DAGNABBIT!

[Malikon]

I'm sorry, didn't mean for the thread to get hijacked. Perhaps the spider is freaky enough to warrant it's own thread, since this is General discussion.

And get back to the topic of F'ed up Texas lawmakers.

[Rijie]

Sigh...it's enough to make a person ill.