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Interesting question - hope it makes for an interesting discussion.
My two cents: A person's perception of The power of the president seems to be directly related to how much you like the president.
If you LIKE the president, then it's those bastards at SCOTUS or Congress who are screwing things up so bad and your president doesn't seem to have enough power to counteract them.
If you HATE the president, HE's the one screwing everything up.
Just MHO
Haven't liked or disliked a President of my own lifetime (43 years.) But then, I don'tbelieve President are kings with the power we say they have. No President can wake up on the wrong side of the bed and go to war willy-nilly or launch an ICBM because he feels like it. In addition to the many people around him who'd advise against it, there are people with guns who'd shoot him if he tried. At least in my idealistic version of reality that's what'd happen. I'd rather be shot in response than let a President launch nukes somewhere just for the hell of it.
Consequently, every President is bound both by the law, and reality. And consequently aren't responsible for every little thing. If they were then everyone would have to applaud President Obama since the DOW's never been higher. And gas is now cheaper than ever (adjusted for inflation.) So if Presidents are really so powerful, everyone should be on their knees and in line to suck off the current President. But some still say how they hate him. Apparently then they believe Presidents are omnipotent, or they're just stupid and ignorant.
That is just simply nonsensical and juvenile.
The POTUS can launch a Nuclear Strike any time he's in the mood.
He can order a sub-launch. He can order an Aircraft Carrier launch. He could probably order a Medium Range Nuclear Launch -- All without Congressional approval.
The president controls the Military, he controls EVERY SINGLE BRANCH of the US Government. Every one of them.
EVERY FUCKING ONE!!
Am I getting through to you?
The ONLY thing that stands in the way of a criminal President is his honor and commitment to the Constitution and The People it is supposed to protect.
So far, the Lying Cocksucker in Chief has shown limited respect for any of those -- At best.
You people just have no clue what you're talking about.
Seriously
'Does It Really Matter' is the greatest voter suppression tool ever devised for use against Republicans and other Patriots.
Of course it matters. It matters a lot. Really a lot if we have an intelligent Republican or a Cargo Cult bunch of monkeys leading the Republic.
Look at what's happened in Greece? socialist scum DESTROYED that Country....
Socialist Destruction Unleashed in Greece FrontPage Magazine
5 Ways Socialism Destroys Societies - John Hawkins - Page full
The Political Dynasties That Destroyed Greece And The Real Reason The Country Is Such A Mess - Business Insider
They have massive unemployment and the people are so incredible stupid (like ALL socialists) that they're about to turn back toward socialism. It might be their only hope..... Commence the starvation, the intellectual flight, the 'brain drain' from what used to be the cradel of Western Civilization.
Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Italy are doing better, by varying degrees, because they've realized that socialism isn't for civilized humans, it's for scumbags.
So yeah, it matters.
BTW, Conservatives don't like goobermint.
And we don't like Politicians, not even our own.
So if you want to convince a Patriot to stay home, make him or her think "They're all the same"
Whatever lie works for dimocrap scum is all that counts, right?
So you need retrained?Yes, we need to bring back accountability & promote the ideas of hard work & determination.
8 years of the free loading attitude desperately need to be countered.
But at least my dog is getting aplenty of cheese in his diet...God damn you get all the nutso crazy ass weirdos on here, so ignorant of facts and history, that's why it repeats
absolutely not .. The U.S. is ran by banks & military complex ..
In a way, think we would be better off if we'd lost WWII. Look at our enemies back then, all powerhouse economies now and not going around the world dropping bombs on anyone that disagrees with them. Whereas the victors of WWII are doing exactly what we opposed the AXIS countries for 70 years ago.
Gotta bail on this one.
Germany and Japan benefited tremendously under the Marshal Plan in which we helped them rebuild their industrial base. So they turned out to be more modern and more competitive than we were. (trend continuing .... ?????)
We kicked their ass because we were attack and because they were committing atrocities throughout China and Europe. Thank goodness there was a nation (or nations) strong enough and willing to stand up to them.
If you know anything about where these two societies were trying to take the world - you wouldn't have to question who "the good guys" were.
Just MHO
Historically speaking, at least in the Pacific theatre, we started that fight. Pearl Harbor wasn't the first military operation. We supported China military against Japan, and strictly speaking fired first at Pearl Harbor sinking a midget submarine hours before the naval planes arrived. To say nothing of the oil embargo on Japan even today considered an act of war. Pearl Harbor was in response to this and other US acts against Japan leaving a military solution the only option (as they saw it.)
Interesting question - hope it makes for an interesting discussion.
My two cents: A person's perception of The power of the president seems to be directly related to how much you like the president.
If you LIKE the president, then it's those bastards at SCOTUS or Congress who are screwing things up so bad and your president doesn't seem to have enough power to counteract them.
If you HATE the president, HE's the one screwing everything up.
Just MHO
Haven't liked or disliked a President of my own lifetime (43 years.) But then, I don'tbelieve President are kings with the power we say they have. No President can wake up on the wrong side of the bed and go to war willy-nilly or launch an ICBM because he feels like it. In addition to the many people around him who'd advise against it, there are people with guns who'd shoot him if he tried. At least in my idealistic version of reality that's what'd happen. I'd rather be shot in response than let a President launch nukes somewhere just for the hell of it.
Consequently, every President is bound both by the law, and reality. And consequently aren't responsible for every little thing. If they were then everyone would have to applaud President Obama since the DOW's never been higher. And gas is now cheaper than ever (adjusted for inflation.) So if Presidents are really so powerful, everyone should be on their knees and in line to suck off the current President. But some still say how they hate him. Apparently then they believe Presidents are omnipotent, or they're just stupid and ignorant.
That is just simply nonsensical and juvenile.
The POTUS can launch a Nuclear Strike any time he's in the mood.
He can order a sub-launch. He can order an Aircraft Carrier launch. He could probably order a Medium Range Nuclear Launch -- All without Congressional approval.
The president controls the Military, he controls EVERY SINGLE BRANCH of the US Government. Every one of them.
EVERY FUCKING ONE!!
Am I getting through to you?
The ONLY thing that stands in the way of a criminal President is his honor and commitment to the Constitution and The People it is supposed to protect.
So far, the Lying Cocksucker in Chief has shown limited respect for any of those -- At best.
You people just have no clue what you're talking about.
Seriously
President can TRY and launch a nuke willy-nilly. I have faith there's at least one sensible Secret Service agent who'll prevent it.
Presidents don't decide to go to war. Corporations do. They're the Man Behind The Curtain and who's really in charge of things. It was think tanks who told President Bush junior to invade Iraq. 'W' couldn't decide to bend over and tie his shoes without someone telling him to.
Interesting question - hope it makes for an interesting discussion.
My two cents: A person's perception of The power of the president seems to be directly related to how much you like the president.
If you LIKE the president, then it's those bastards at SCOTUS or Congress who are screwing things up so bad and your president doesn't seem to have enough power to counteract them.
If you HATE the president, HE's the one screwing everything up.
Just MHO
Haven't liked or disliked a President of my own lifetime (43 years.) But then, I don'tbelieve President are kings with the power we say they have. No President can wake up on the wrong side of the bed and go to war willy-nilly or launch an ICBM because he feels like it. In addition to the many people around him who'd advise against it, there are people with guns who'd shoot him if he tried. At least in my idealistic version of reality that's what'd happen. I'd rather be shot in response than let a President launch nukes somewhere just for the hell of it.
Consequently, every President is bound both by the law, and reality. And consequently aren't responsible for every little thing. If they were then everyone would have to applaud President Obama since the DOW's never been higher. And gas is now cheaper than ever (adjusted for inflation.) So if Presidents are really so powerful, everyone should be on their knees and in line to suck off the current President. But some still say how they hate him. Apparently then they believe Presidents are omnipotent, or they're just stupid and ignorant.
That is just simply nonsensical and juvenile.
The POTUS can launch a Nuclear Strike any time he's in the mood.
He can order a sub-launch. He can order an Aircraft Carrier launch. He could probably order a Medium Range Nuclear Launch -- All without Congressional approval.
The president controls the Military, he controls EVERY SINGLE BRANCH of the US Government. Every one of them.
EVERY FUCKING ONE!!
Am I getting through to you?
The ONLY thing that stands in the way of a criminal President is his honor and commitment to the Constitution and The People it is supposed to protect.
So far, the Lying Cocksucker in Chief has shown limited respect for any of those -- At best.
You people just have no clue what you're talking about.
Seriously
President can TRY and launch a nuke willy-nilly. I have faith there's at least one sensible Secret Service agent who'll prevent it.
Presidents don't decide to go to war. Corporations do. They're the Man Behind The Curtain and who's really in charge of things. It was think tanks who told President Bush junior to invade Iraq. 'W' couldn't decide to bend over and tie his shoes without someone telling him to.
WTF?absolutely not .. The U.S. is ran by banks & military complex ..
In a way, think we would be better off if we'd lost WWII. Look at our enemies back then, all powerhouse economies now and not going around the world dropping bombs on anyone that disagrees with them. Whereas the victors of WWII are doing exactly what we opposed the AXIS countries for 70 years ago.
