Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 27, 2023

Give a big “donation” to your Congressman.

People are ALWAYS gonna have “other” priorities because we’re ALL different from each other, but that should NEVER be considered a “bad” thing, ok? Dan aka….ps ‘cause that’s why the first amendment was invented for, eh? (God, I hate talking like a pretentious Canadian jerk!)

Imagine that

that is more of a state’s rights issue Rat…

If you don’t want people talking to you before your first cup, don’t go to a coffee shop.

How about banning rats from from the coffee shop?

There’s just too many things I’d like to see changed, but will never happen in my lifetime nor my children’s children’s children.

Hummmmm … Change …. MORE CROCS !

Prioritize PIES.

Rat can resolve the problem on his own; he merely said to ban speaking, so all he has to do is remain quiet.

He did not say “ban speaking TO ME before I have had my first cup.”

Be specific.

IF you do the crime, you must do the time. No ones going to turn themselves in. Black, white, yellow, red. So if we have to hunt you down- armed or not- doesen’t matter, we’ll do it.

Bla Bla Bla. Am Charlie browns teacher.

I want one that states we can be left alone!!!!!!!!

Rat, don’t forger sticking a lead pipe into Jeff the Cyclist’s spokes as he takes up a whole lane of traffic.

Avoiding speaking to Rat at all doesn’t take a Constitutional Amendment.

First coffee is good Rat!

Let’s make it illegal to overwork and underpay animation workers.

Curiously, if I were listing the top ten potential amendments to the Constitution that I consider most important none of the things in the comic or on the discussion page so far would even make the cut.

How about no inside trading for members of congress and relatives? https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nancy-pelosis-husband-exercises-2-235828529.html

The method to amend the Constitution is by state vote-requires 2/3 of the states to approve.Each state California or Wyoming each get one vote. So, since republicans dominate the numerous low population states any Amendments are likely to be bad.

or tell everyone to do what the police say and quit saying i’m not resisting WHEN YOU ARE!!!

And outlaw astro-turf and the designated hitter.

People wouldn’t try to buy influence from politicians — through conspicuous channels and covert ones — if politicians didn’t have so much power.

Which they wouldn’t have if the Constitution were followed.

So, amending the Constitution will accomplish what, exactly, as it isn’t followed?

It’s not like amending the Constitution is easy. Often, you need the approval of the people who are benefiting from the flaws.

An article 5 Convention opens the entire document to revision. Those wanting one thing may get what they would never have wanted.

Term limits for the electoral college…LOL!

You’ll never get 2/3 of the states to ratify it

A constitutional amendment requiring all television advertising to be in good taste. So long, charmin and butt deodorant lady.

Congress has rat’s priorities.

And I thought all the comments would be about the Electoral College and the genius that created it and how we must defend it against Dem Socialists.

Certainly. Now, have that coffee…

They ALL went to Electoral College, but stopped just a credit or two shy of a degree…

Rat, you’re the one with other priorities if they only benefit for yourself.

The electoral college? Oh heck no. The Founders were wise to put that in.

You are mistaken, the police ARE equal opportunity, NON-discriminatory MURDERERS. END “QUALIFIED IMMUNITY”, END CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE. END the farce of one department ‘investigating’ another department. END the closed to the public, super-secret “internal investigations”.Hold the INDIVIDUAL accountable for his/her criminal and UNCONSTITUTIONAL acts against citizens of ANY color, race, or creed.Law enforcement IS the single greatest threat to the Constitution, and the RIGHTS we once thought were inviolate.

In my office, it had to be my 3rd.

I would like to see an amendment to Section II of the US Constitution stating something like, “No person may hold the office of President unless he or she has previously served a minimum of two years in an elected position as a Federal, State, or Municipal Government official.”

There definitely should be term limits in CONgress in both sides of the isle. And the electoral college should be abolished. Voting in the U.S. should be determined by popular vote from here on out. And universal healthcare. No one should have to pay for their own health. It would also be nice to have the child tax credit reinstated

How about banning politically divisive cartoons?

Sometime I get the impression that Rat thinks the whole world revolves around him. Well, actually I always get that impression.

There have been well over 11,000 amendments proposed for the US Constitution. Congresspersons propose 150 per year on average. Since we still (last time i looked) have only 27, one can see it’s difficult to get a supermajority of Americans to agree on one. (and thank thor it takes a supermajority, and not just a plurality like our elections)

I like that guy.

I’m with Rat. Coffee and more coffee.

How about just having some of the congressmen fixed? A good vet can solve a lot of problems.

If you’re getting that coffee at Starbucks you might not even be T HAT lucky.

There are a number of dangerous politicians that actually want to eliminate birthright citizenship protection provided by the 14th amendment

CoffEeee!

I second that… And I mean that should be after my SECOND cup of coffee

Why the did the Framers make the Constitution hard to amend? People like Rat, for one of many reasons.

Other than term limits, no other amendments are needed.

Listen and learn, Grasshopper Rat. (Although I see some merit in your proposal, I don’t think it’s a constitutional issue….)

You could have just left it at speaking. If candidates need to get a message or that badly they should just blog it.