On 8/25/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But he does not have the power to declare war nor the power of the > purse. The President is not a king - he cannot take the country to > battle without prior congressional approval nor can he fund it.
Right - but "the president isn't king" wasn't the argument being made. The argument being made was that the President controls the military, which he does, per the constitution. > Again, you miss the point about removing an essential check. If the > President and Congress collude with judges, either formally or > informally, to support a specific ideology, then the judicial check > has effectively been removed. There are three branches. If a single party gains control of two, the pendulum of control swings that direction. Same thing has happened throughout history. > The great illusion of some Americans seems to be that if there's been > elections then that must mean nothing bad can happen. No, bad things can happen. Bad things do happen. Humans are not perfect. However, elections give us the power to FIX those bad things. > It's a slow gradual thing usually based on, "if only I had more power > then I could really protect you ..." > > And that's George Bush's motto these days. Ok. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214208 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
