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Bill: That which is expedient is necessary.
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2064
Description[?]:
| That which is expedient is necessary. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The national motto.
Old value:: No Motto Yet
Current: Strength through Freedom
Proposed: That which is expedient is necessary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:27:02, June 06, 2005 CET | From | Neo-Marxist revolutionary Party | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | Could be better...just don't ask me what it should be. |
| Date | 18:57:58, June 06, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | C'mon, thats machiavelli I'm paraphrasing! |
| Date | 23:37:57, June 06, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | Aren't you an authourity on Adam Smith? One of his sayings mgiht be kinna nice...... |
| Date | 01:57:31, June 07, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | Not a bad idea! |
| Date | 02:03:59, June 07, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard of their own interest. We address ourselves not to their humanity, but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities, but of their advantage. - Adam Smith |
| Date | 02:04:45, June 07, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | Its just not catchy, and doesn't sum up the Peoples values in a properly jingoistic manner |
| Date | 12:19:50, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Communist Party | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | The motto should be apolitical. |
| Date | 16:32:57, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | How about this for apolitical - Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri? - Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face? |
| Date | 16:33:54, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | Apudne te vel me? - Your place or mine? |
| Date | 16:34:32, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | How cool would this be - Arcana imperii - Secrets of the empire |
| Date | 16:41:33, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | Ascendo tuum - Up yours |
| Date | 16:43:44, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | Braccae tuae aperiuntur - Your fly is open Brevior saltare cum deformibus mulieribus est vita - Life is too short to dance with ugly women |
| Date | 16:44:02, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | I like that last one |
| Date | 16:45:01, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | Here' one just for the PPP - Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris - If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar |
| Date | 16:46:59, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | Certamen bikini-suicidus-disci mox coepit? - Does the Bikini-Suicide-Frisbee match start soon? Not only should that be our motto it could also make quite a nifty national sport. |
| Date | 16:49:04, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | Cancel that. This one is perfect and it's got a ring to it - Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis - I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream I'd vote for that any day in fact I think I'll make a new bill. |
| Date | 16:52:59, June 07, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the That which is expedient is necessary. |
| Message | Please vote for the above one when it goes to the vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 80 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 171 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 49 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not implement nation renaming requests where the proposed name does not comply with the requirements set out in the Nation Renaming Guide: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6364 |
| Random quote: "It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion." - Joseph Goebbels |