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   From: maximusheadroom@gmx.com   
      
   In news:108fshq$30rjf$18@dont-email.me, Baxter    
   typed:   
      
   > "max headroom"  wrote in   
   > news:108fqs1$311te$4@dont-email.me:   
   >> In news:107tlrg$2kqj7$4@dont-email.me, Baxter   
   >>  typed:   
      
   >>> ...  I would note, that the American system was modeled after the   
   >>> English system: our House = Parlement, Senate = House of Lords,   
   >>> President = King....   
      
   >> Where is the House of Commons in there?   
      
   > Parliament you dolt.  Yes, I know that "Parliament" includes the House of   
   > Lords,...   
      
   Sure you did, yet you wrote, "our House = Parlement[sic]." You probably refer   
   to   
   our House of Representatives and Congress interchangeably, too.   
      
   > ... but since the Lords have no power, the House of Commons is basically   
   > Parliament.   
      
   Wrong.   
      
   >>> ...  Back then, the House of Lords had power, now it has been   
   >>> neutered - we might think about that.   
      
   >> 17th amendment.   
      
   > 17th amendment only applies to how they are elected - says nothing about   
   > their power.   
      
   Vis a vis the states, they have been neutered.   
      
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