On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:32 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 20:30, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:08 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> What I mean is that nobody in charge of this government is actually >>>> accountable for the failures of this government. There is no reward >>>> for doing well and no punishment for doing bad, so the default >>>> position is for politicians to make themselves look busy whilst doing >>>> nothing. >>> >>> The President of the United States does not have the power to suspend the >>> salaries of members of Congress, or force them to resign. Nor does he have >>> the power to pass legislation. >> >> And what is sad is that we all blindly accept that. The President of >> the United States can send thousands of troops to die in Iraq and >> Afghanistan, but he is powerless to act against an opposition party. >> Really... because the House of Representatives is more threatening >> than Al Queda and the Taliban? > > Quote to me where in the Constitution or the United States Code he has > that authority.
Quote to me how we have used the lack of a Constitutional basis to deny any of the previous four presidents the right to invade foreign soil. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
