Tedious Talk with Scott Bryan

This is a copy of a conversation between ChatGPT & Scott Bryan. 1. Oath Enforcement Proposal Discussion Scott said: My understanding is that there are two ways to amend the constitution, one via Congress, the other via a convention organized by the states. I’m wondering if an executive order can legally direct an agency like homeland security to fund such an event and propose giving teeth to the oaths the highest officials take as the initial agenda. ChatGPT said: You're right about the two constitutional amendment processes: Congressional Proposal  – Two-thirds of both the House and Senate propose an amendment, which then must be ratified by three-fourths of the states. Convention of States  – Two-thirds (currently 34) of state legislatures call for a convention to propose amendments, which must then also be ratified by three-fourths (38) of the states. Now, to your main question:  Can the President issue an executive order...

I thought it might be a good idea to share my approach to finding promising avenues to address the cultural challenges that seem so intractable.  My mother was (she’s still alive, 102 in July, but in quite diminished by Alzheimer’s) a very impressive person. She made chiffon dresses under her own label, Miss Elliette of California, and even took her company public in the 1950s (ultimately buying it back because running it that way was too cumbersome.) But she had a lot of interesting quirks.  One of them was to invite high-powered and otherwise exceptional people over for dinner, which no one turned down because she was a food nut too. Then she’d make them answer our (I’m the 2nd of 4 kids all a year apart) questions about what they did. I remember when Bob Coomer, who was president of a bank she helped start came and I asked him where money comes from. And my mom basically made him give me a very honest answer. Which took about two hours but he enjoyed it because I was ...