On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:39 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:30 PM, 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? > > Kevin, while I understand the frustration with the current state of affairs, > your specific comments here are, with all due respect, rather silly. I don't > think any American really wants the President (regardless of party > affiliation) to be able to "act against" an opposition party. > > I also disagree with the universal dismissal of the Republican Party. While > I agree with almost every distinctive position of the Republican Party, in > general they are a responsible Party, and people of good will can engage in > passionate debate. The blame here really is on the Republicans in the House, > and them only.
Sorry to all involved. I stated previously that I just need to disengage from all politics; I failed to do that and I'm ending my part in this now because otherwise it won't end for a while. It is a pointless debate anyway. Everyone else is right. Obama is right. The Republicans are right. The world is fine. The state of the union is sound. Forget I mentioned anything. As you were. -- 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
