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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostThen 41shouldn't Matter. The purpose wasn't to correct inaction but to h,ghlight a political proint which is not the statute's purpose.
I think this is making the same assumption that Cath was making, where Obama's motives are seen as zero-sum and exclusively one thing. I see no reason that the intention "to correct inaction" couldn't or wasn't decided on a while ago and simply implemented to coincide with Obama's trip. Even if not, there's absolutely no rule against doing things for a dual purpose. There's no Congressional jurisdiction and so no misuse of a statute."I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"
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Hmm... It seems that mountain got the name McKinley in opposition to William Jennings Bryan and his free-silver movement in favor of the then Presidential Candidate William McKinley's defending the gold standard, http://time.com/4016954/mount-mckinley-denali-obama/. . . the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; . . . -- Romans 1:16 KJV
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So Obama ought to only use his Presidential powers to do unpopular things?
Originally posted by Sparko View PostCan we just blow up the mountain and put in an Interstate highway? That would solve all the problems.Last edited by Starlight; 09-02-2015, 07:59 AM."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostSo Obama ought to only use his Presidential powers to do unpopular things?
Level the highest mountain in North America, then build a highway between Canada and Russia? That sounds about 50% more plausible than most of your proposals.
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostSo Obama ought to only use his Presidential powers to do unpopular things?
Level the highest mountain in North America, then build a highway between Canada and Russia? That sounds about 50% more plausible than most of your proposals.
Originally posted by Pinoy View Postbend the rules for unpopular ones.http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...nt-on-tyranny/
A good opinion about changing the name.
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I am the first to get upset at the ever-increasing scope of presidential power-creep. However, changing the official name of a mountain that has been on the to-do list for about 40 years, isn't a sweeping increase in presidential power that is in any way scary.
A little more outrage at some of the actually serious things that Presidents of the present and recent past have been ordering... like drone strikes on American citizens, and torturing innocent prisoners to death... would be much more relevant. But the Republicans don't like to talk about those sorts of actually-serious things, because the greatest offender in recent history at increasing presidential power in serious ways that mattered was Bush W..."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostI am the first to get upset at the ever-increasing scope of presidential power-creep. However, changing the official name of a mountain that has been on the to-do list for about 40 years, isn't a sweeping increase in presidential power that is in any way scary.global warmingclimate change agenda. There are other pressing issues in the States, but he is an ideologue to the extreme.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostI got the idea from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Bring your towel.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by robrecht View PostYou say 'tomato', I say 'tomahto', let's call the whole thing off. Ketchup still isn't a vegetable; it's a fruit juice.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostThis thread is the greatest.
The conservatives' irrational hatred of Obama is hilarious.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostI am the first to get upset at the ever-increasing scope of presidential power-creep. However, changing the official name of a mountain that has been on the to-do list for about 40 years, isn't a sweeping increase in presidential power that is in any way scary.
A little more outrage at some of the actually serious things that Presidents of the present and recent past have been ordering... like drone strikes on American citizens, and torturing innocent prisoners to death... would be much more relevant. But the Republicans don't like to talk about those sorts of actually-serious things, because the greatest offender in recent history at increasing presidential power in serious ways that mattered was Bush W...Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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