Just Plain Stupid
05.01.2025
Today the “House Committee On Emergency Management, General Government and Veterans” held a public hearing on SB 947A. This 34 page absurdity is the fever dream of the dumbest and most openly racist member of the Oregon Senate, James Manning.
We told you about this bill here.
The purpose of the bill is to remove from Oregon statute any mention of the “unorganized militia.”
“Why?” you might ask. Well don’t ask Manning unless you are prepared for an utterly incoherent, rambling, and nonsensical response.
While Manning insists his bill is about granting the proper respect to the National Guard (we are unaware of any systemic disrespect they are facing) what it actually is, is a very expensive and time wasting manifestation of Manning’s weird delusion that hordes of white “militiamen” are roaming the state attacking black people.
This would be humorous if it were happening in some tiny Caribbean dictatorship. But it’s happening here and it’s costing Oregon taxpayers a pant load in lawyer’s, legislator’s, and staff time. And of course that’s your money going straight down the crapper.
When the bill passed on the Senate floor Manning’s explanations for its purpose bordered on the surreal. The man is incapable of forming complete sentences. Today’s hearing was no different. (Oddly Manning said the bill passed the Senate and was “bi-partisan”. Apparently Manning is unfamiliar with the word. There was not a single Republican vote for this bill.)
We defy anyone to listen to Manning and leave saying, “Sure. I understand that.”
While he continues to slip up and reveal his real intentions, Manning insists this is only about respect for our men and women in uniform. So it’s interesting to note that not a single member of the military or any agency representing any branch of the military has submitted a single word in support of Manning’s buffoonery. In fact, no one has offered a word of support.
Manning has managed to draft a bill that has exactly NO support from anyone except imbecile Democrat legislators. 100% of submitted testimony is in opposition to this nonsense. That’s quite an accomplishment.
Manning is an idiot. That is beyond dispute. However there is a real lesson here.
The Oregon Republicans have been repeatedly reminding us that we “need to make our voices heard” and we need to “flood the Democrat’s inboxes with email.”
Of course, politicians on both sides of the aisle commonly set up filters so your emails are never seen, let alone read. But the point is, here we have a bill that is epically moronic and has received no shortage of responses from the public, all opposed. Yet the Oregon Republican Senators allowed it to pass the Senate and now it is being considered in the House.
Maybe the Republicans should stop shifting the blame to the voters and step up for a change.
The bill has not yet been scheduled for a “work session” but we assume that anything this stupid will move ahead. No point wasting time on the real issues Oregon faces.
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