@tgraf66 Thanks for the clarification. At this point I just sort of want to crawl in a hole. I'm a history guy and have now started questioning everything I ever knew :P.
I believe that Love,Good,Faith,Hope are all with us as we begin this run down the home stretch.
Amen. Let us pray, meditate, wish, and have faith for the result to be for the highest good of all.
Strength to all of you. I cannot imagine the utter fear and desperation some of you might be feeling, but stay strong. The first step has been taken. It isn't over yet, and won't be for some time (not in Europe either), but we have defeated Nationalism before. We can do it again as long as we stay true and in the light.
Good vibes too all ❤️
Thank you. Many Americans are indeed afraid. As for me, the whole situation gets me frustrated and disgusted but never really afraid. I do not think fear is productive; I believe it feeds the dark.
When I consider the nature of fear, a quote from Frank Herbert's "Dune" often runs through my mind:
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
I need to break out my copy of the constitution and read it. Havent done that in years and never paid that much attention to the election laws within, assuming they would never be relevant in my lifetime. Oops.
Also regretting not organizing my book for easy reference when we moved. 11 bookcases full of books in the library and none are organized. Ugh.
@mas1581 That's not actually in the Big C. It's the Electoral Count Act of 1887, linked here:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/15
@ana Last night my Dad wanted some beer, so i put on my haz-mat suit, and went to the store. The friendly lady who worked in the beer dept. had words tattooed on her arms, so i asked her if i could read them. It said:
@ana
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
I had never heard that quote or read that book. So surprised to see that you posted it here this morning!
@ana Last night my Dad wanted some beer, so i put on my haz-mat suit, and went to the store. The friendly lady who worked in the beer dept. had words tattooed on her arms, so i asked her if i could read them. It said:
@ana
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
I had never heard that quote or read that book. So surprised to see that you posted it here this morning!
Aha. Synchronicity. There’s a loud, clear voice talking!
I now see where the public confusion came from. In the event of disagreement, the law states that the votes certified by the executive of the state(Governor) will be counted. Some took that as reverting to the Governor for re-certification and others took it as those previously certified by the Governor.
I read it as those already certified by the Governor, but either way it is taken, there won't be any issue as 3 states need to be overturned or thrown out and that won't happen under any circumstance with a blue house.
On a side note, this is hilarious to me because those fighting the election are also the ones most intent on immigrants passing intensive civics tests. They are the ones who have the least comprehension of how the government and laws actually work and a large majority couldnt pass a basic civics test themselves.