Al Franken Lost

Al Franken is not a legitimate Senator, therefore any votes he cast as Senator are not legitimate. Any law that would not have passed without his vote is, therefore, not a legitimate law.

That's the finding of an 18-month study conducted by Minnesota Majority, a conservative watchdog group, which found that at least 341 convicted felons in largely Democratic Minneapolis-St. Paul voted illegally in the 2008 Senate race between Franken, a Democrat, and his Republican opponent, then-incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman.

The final recount vote in the race, determined six months after Election Day, showed Franken beat Coleman by 312 votes -- fewer votes than the number of felons whose illegal ballots were counted, according to Minnesota Majority's newly released study, which matched publicly available conviction lists with voting records.

Will Al Franken be relieved of his duties since his election has been revealed to be fraudulent? Not likely. This government is lawless. Repeal the 17th Amendment and get all these fraudulent politicians out of the Senate.

Senators Threaten Facebook

Four Senators took time out from their busy schedules to deal with a serious issue: Facebook

We hope that Facebook will stand by its goal of creating open and transparent communities by working to ensure that its policies protect the sensitive personal biographical data of its users and provide them with full control over their personal information. We look forward to the FTC examining this issue, but in the meantime we believe Facebook can take swift and productive steps to alleviate the concerns of its users. Providing opt-in mechanisms for information sharing instead of expecting users to go through long and complicated opt-out processes is a critical step towards maintaining clarity and transparency.

Sincerely,

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO)

U.S. Senator Mark Begich (D-AK)

U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN)

At times like this, it's easy to blame politicians for such ridiculous pandering, but the blame truly belongs with the voters for approving of stuff like this. Repealing the Seventeenth Amendment would remove this kind of idiocy because state legislatures would appoint Senators based on results, not demagoguery.

Frankenweenie

(Bonus points for recognizing the movie reference)

Dan Mitchell on CNBC:



Al Franken: one of a hundred reasons to repeal the 17th Amendment.