Constitutional Amendment - CW required.

[k0cmh]

If CW is so good at making a good Ham, why would it not be equally good for anything else.

I propose a constitutional amendment that all persons running for an elected office must pass CW proficiency testing before they can be on the ballot.

Local officials = 5 wpm

State officials = 15 wpm

Federal officials = 20 wpm

Since the CW is sooooooooooo good, would this not solve all our problems in government? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[KI4BNC]

shouldn't this be filed under ragchew politicks and jokes?

[N8MME]

It would certainly prove that the person is capable of learning something.

[KB3LIX]

Stir that pot !!!!

We have a winner in the weekly WASTE of Bandwidth award !

[KC2PBJ]

I'd rather see an obligatory IQ test.

>70 for local officials
>75 for county officials
>80 for state officials
>90 for Senate and Congressional officials

Mandatory criminal and mental illness screening for all of them.

[N0NB]

Sadly, this demonstrates all too well the lack of understanding of what the constitutional amendment process is all about. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[K7KBN]

No "CW" proficiency test required. However, I might go along with a test on the International Morse Code.

CW ≠ Morse Code

[ky5u]

Quote[/b] (KC2PBJ @ Jan. 24 2008,11:00)]I'd rather see an obligatory IQ test.

>70 for local officials
>75 for county officials
>80 for state officials
>90 for Senate and Congressional officials

Mandatory criminal and mental illness screening for all of them.
60 for Races people?

[WA9SVD]

Quote[/b] (ky5u @ Jan. 24 2008,12:19)]Quote[/b] (KC2PBJ @ Jan. 24 2008,11:00)]I'd rather see an obligatory IQ test.

>70 for local officials
>75 for county officials
>80 for state officials
>90 for Senate and Congressional officials

Mandatory criminal and mental illness screening for all of them.
60 for Races people?
Charlie, THAT was a "RACES-ist" statement and has no place here on the 'ZED. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[KD6NIG]

Quote[/b] (k7kbn @ Jan. 24 2008,12:10)]No "CW" proficiency test required. However, I might go along with a test on the International Morse Code.

CW ≠ Morse Code
I started picturing all these guys in cowboy hats and started thinking......BUSH CLONES!

Thats the LAST thing we need is CW...err, more C&W requirements, eh?

[kj3n]

<---- Please, God, make it stop.

[al7n]

Well....Morse code IS a reasonably simple and pretty universally useable "language".....Has only about 50 "words" to learn.

And you can use it to signal and communicate with other persons who also know it by means of literally ANYTHING you can turn on and off....not necessarily a radio signal....car horns, steam whistles, finger pressure, lights, flags, and such as that.

The heck with making it part of a radio license exam...

I think some degree of proficiency in International Morse Code should be a prerequisite for graduating from High School, whether later use of it is intended or not.....
Sort of like "reading, "Writing", "arithmetic"...and other Stuff that people aren't learning in high school now.

It would be good if many people knew how to communicate with it as a comfortable communications tool, instead of only a few.

[K8YZK]

"I'd rather see an obligatory IQ test.

>70 for local officials
>75 for county officials
>80 for state officials
>90 for Senate and Congressional officials

Mandatory criminal and mental illness screening for all of them. "


hey you forgot the President, he should be brain dead.

[kj3n]

Quote[/b] (K8YZK @ Jan. 24 2008,16:45)]hey you forgot the President, he should be brain dead.
He already is. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[wa9cwx]

The mental picture of Hillary sending CW made me sick. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[ky5u]

Hillary is a FOX! Thinking about making PRRRRRRT noises on those cottage cheese legs of hers. Slapping that fine chubby patoot of hers and saying "who's your daddy?"

[KC0OFZ]

Quote[/b] (ky5u @ Jan. 24 2008,14:53)]Hillary is a FOX! #Thinking about making PRRRRRRT noises on those cottage cheese legs of hers. #Slapping that fine chubby patoot of hers and saying "who's your daddy?"
DA** you are a sick guy at times!!! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Actually I would like to see a member of congress/president that just had a brain. So far none of the goons I see there look like they could get around a race track with a map!

[KC2PBJ]

Quote[/b] (ky5u @ Jan. 24 2008,14:19)]Quote[/b] (KC2PBJ @ Jan. 24 2008,11:00)]I'd rather see an obligatory IQ test.

>70 for local officials
>75 for county officials
>80 for state officials
>90 for Senate and Congressional officials

Mandatory criminal and mental illness screening for all of them.
60 for Races people?
Yup and an average of 40 for the armchair curmudgeon experts who do nothing but bitch on Zed and haven't done anything helpful for others for decades.

[KB3LIX]

Quote[/b] (wa9cwx @ Jan. 24 2008,17:50)]The mental picture of Hillary sending CW made me sick. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
ANY thought of Billary makes me sick !

Both those carpetbaggers, Bill and Billary, should go back to Arkansas where they belong !

[W4INF]

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[KD4IFB]

Quote[/b] (kj3n @ Jan. 24 2008,14:46)]Quote[/b] (K8YZK @ Jan. 24 2008,16:45)]hey you forgot the President, he should be brain dead.
He already is. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Yea this is a fact!

[K7JEM]

Quote[/b] (al7n @ Jan. 24 2008,14:42)]I think some degree of proficiency in International Morse Code should be a prerequisite for graduating from High School, whether later use of it is intended or not.....
Sort of like "reading, "Writing", "arithmetic"...and other Stuff that people aren't learning in high school now.

It would be good if many people knew how to communicate with it as a comfortable communications tool, instead of only a few.
Latin or Greek would be more useful.

Just because code fascinates you does not mean that 99.9% of the world's population cares one iota about it.

Joe

[WA9SVD]

Quote[/b] (K8YZK @ Jan. 24 2008,14:45)]"I'd rather see an obligatory IQ test.

>70 for local officials
>75 for county officials
>80 for state officials
>90 for Senate and Congressional officials

Mandatory criminal and mental illness screening for all of them. "


hey you forgot the President, he should be brain dead.
Got the perfect...

Better not comment further. Term limits, derogatorry statements about current politicians, National Security, all that...

But if actual Morse proficiency WERE required, political offices in Washington, D.C. would be lonely, indeed. (That is, if any of them even knew what Morse Code IS, much less how to use it.)

[W1GUH]

If it were required, there'd be a lot of hams in government. Is the world read for that?

[WA9SVD]

Quote[/b] (KC2PBJ @ Jan. 24 2008,11:00)]I'd rather see an obligatory IQ test.

>70 for local officials
>75 for county officials
>80 for state officials
>90 for Senate and Congressional officials

Mandatory criminal and mental illness screening for all of them.
Well then, I know a few (sadly, very few) politicians that would have to do something crazy and patently illegal to qualify...

[K3STX]

I think that's a great idea. If nothing else, it would show that they at least have some dedication to accomplish a simple task and the minimal intelligence necessary to memorize about 40 sounds.

NO WAIT, DID YOU SAY POLITICIANS???!!!


paul http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[ai4ep]

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif I think this is a great idea.....especially for those who can not send their OWN call sign correctly 2 times in a row.

So when will it be done ?? :rock:

[KI4PRK]

Ah yes, a good old fashioned 'zedders joke thread http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[AC0H]

Quote[/b] (ky5u @ Jan. 24 2008,16:53)]Hillary is a FOX! #Thinking about making PRRRRRRT noises on those cottage cheese legs of hers. #Slapping that fine chubby patoot of hers and saying "who's your daddy?"
You owe me a monitor! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[kj3n]

Quote[/b] (W1GUH @ Jan. 24 2008,19:05)]If it were required, there'd be a lot of hams in government. Is the world read for that?
I'm certainly not. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[N8CPA]

Maybe not. I would be happy if they would take the discipline required to learn Morse and apply it fiscally.

[K1CJS]

Quote[/b] (K8YZK @ Jan. 24 2008,16:45)]"I'd rather see an obligatory IQ test.

>70 for local officials
>75 for county officials
>80 for state officials
>90 for Senate and Congressional officials

Mandatory criminal and mental illness screening for all of them. "


hey you forgot the President, he should be brain dead.
At least the one we got is........ http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[ky5u]

Quote[/b] (KC2PBJ @ Jan. 24 2008,15:38)]Yup and an average of 40 for the armchair curmudgeon experts who do nothing but bitch on Zed and haven't done anything helpful for others for decades.
Phew! I thought for a second you were talking about me. But since I elmered no code upgrades and new hams in real life last year then I'm cool. Big difference from the super-wackers in your circles, huh?

[WA9SVD]

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"Troll Post?"

Isn't that where you tie up your troll before you saunter into the saloon for a sasparilly or two and a friendly (or not so friendly) game of poker?:D

[k0dxc]

This is a dumb thread, I see the humor that you tried at, but not funny

Don't make fun of a great mode