[TheForge] Oh, Jeeze...California Considers Table Saw Law

[Bruce .]

The US Government can't award titles of nobility, but that doesn't
mean US citizens can't do so!

I like your idea for donations for fund raisers.  OTOH, I've seen
artists' works go for a LOT more at charity auctions than the artists
themselves would have charged for them.  And it can provide publicity
for the artist.

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Mike Spencer <mspencer at tallships.ca> wrote:
>
> Bruce wrote:
>
>> BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY:  Start selling titles in the US!
>
> Ah, well, but then there's this:
>
>    No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no
>    Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall,
>    without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present,
>    Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King,
>    Prince or foreign State.  -- US Constitution, Art. 1, Sec. 9
>
>
> OTOH, there's also this from the same article & section:
>
>    The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended,
>    unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety
>    may require it.
>
> and that's been tossed into the memory hole so maybe y'all can do the
> same with the "Title of Nobility" clause, too.
>
> In YADATROT [1] I'm reminded of the occasions when some hospital
> support group decides to have an art auction and solicits donations of
> original works from artists.  The proceeds from the auction are to go
> to buy a new MRI scanner, digital proctoscope or the like.
>
> They laughed at me when when I said, "Doctors have six-figure incomes,
> you folks in the Ladies' Aid Society are married to lawyers, business
> owners and executives with even higher incomes. This is all bass
> ackwards. How about you get the physicians, surgeons and hospitals to
> donate nose jobs, breast enhancements, chits good for private hospital
> rooms with room service or life-long homecare that can be redeemed as
> needed.  Auction them off and donate the proceeds to starving artists
> who dress in rags, live in hovels and eat canned beans so that they
> can buy high-quality paints, Beverly shears, propane for their glass
> furnaces or the like."
>
> Oh, well.  It was an idea.
>
> - Mike
>
>
> [1] Yet Another Desperate Attempt To Remain On Topic

-- 
Bruce
NJ