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   From: bax02_spamblock@baxcode.com   
      
   "max headroom"  wrote in   
   news:108im7r$3mg3h$4@dont-email.me:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Both houses of American Congress wield power.   
      
   >   
   >> ... but since the Lords have no power, the House of Commons is   
   >> basically Parliament.   
   >   
   > Wrong.   
      
   You're in denial   
   >   
   >>>> ...  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.   
   >   
   State power, but not Senate.   
      
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