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Re: Trump is Not Well
An story arc on Madam Secretary featured the President being temporarily removed from power while he was insane due to a medical issue. Could this actually happen? The danger involved is that if you're wrong, that COULD be classified as treason....
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Isn't that the same thing we heard for eight years with Obama? Didn't happen then and won't happen if a Democrat wins the next election. The checks and balances come from the electorate.CAA Flagship wrote:What checks and balances are there for a move to healthcare for all or free college or universal income for all? If the left is in power, there is no constitutional verse that can prevent it. Trump can only get away with things that laws allow or don't prevent.UNI88 wrote:
I think Kalm is saying that the right's fears about socialism will turn out to be groundless in much the same manner that the left's fears about Trump have turned out to be groundless because the checks and balances in the system will prevent them from from making significant changes.
Yes there would be executive orders and the priorities of federal agencies would change under President Biden/Warren/Harris/Sanders but will the changes be significant and will they be long lasting? Probably not. We get all bent out of shape thinking the end is nigh when we probably don't need to.
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He could croak at any time. I'm old enough to know many healthy people younger than that who just tipped over one day out of the blue. I hoping he'll be on TV when he does, that would be the coolest avater everUNI88 wrote:He looks pretty stable. I don't think he's going to tip over any time soon. His last opponent on the other hand did tip over so is it safe to say that she is/was unstable?kalm wrote:
Do you honestly think he’s stable?
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The Constitution of the (formerly) Great State of North Carolina provides that:CAA Flagship wrote:What checks and balances are there for a move to healthcare for all or free college or universal income for all? If the left is in power, there is no constitutional verse that can prevent it. Trump can only get away with things that laws allow or don't prevent.UNI88 wrote:
I think Kalm is saying that the right's fears about socialism will turn out to be groundless in much the same manner that the left's fears about Trump have turned out to be groundless because the checks and balances in the system will prevent them from from making significant changes.
Yes there would be executive orders and the priorities of federal agencies would change under President Biden/Warren/Harris/Sanders but will the changes be significant and will they be long lasting? Probably not. We get all bent out of shape thinking the end is nigh when we probably don't need to.
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What is it with Southerners using the phrase if "practicable". Isn't that what Lee told Ewell to do at the end of the first day of Gettysburg regarding Cemetery Hill? Does this mean they won't make it free after all?Aho Old Guy wrote:The Constitution of the (formerly) Great State of North Carolina provides that:CAA Flagship wrote: What checks and balances are there for a move to healthcare for all or free college or universal income for all? If the left is in power, there is no constitutional verse that can prevent it. Trump can only get away with things that laws allow or don't prevent.
"The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of The University of North Carolina and other public institutions of higher education, as far as practicable, be extended to the people of the State free of expense"
The Generous Assembly has lost their freakin' minds around here ...
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It only gives you an excuse to not do somethingGannonFan wrote:What is it with Southerners using the phrase if "practicable". Isn't that what Lee told Ewell to do at the end of the first day of Gettysburg regarding Cemetery Hill? Does this mean they won't make it free after all?Aho Old Guy wrote:
The Constitution of the (formerly) Great State of North Carolina provides that:
"The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of The University of North Carolina and other public institutions of higher education, as far as practicable, be extended to the people of the State free of expense"
The Generous Assembly has lost their freakin' minds around here ...
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Was "practicable" in the 14th and 15th amendments then and I just missed it?Ibanez wrote:It only gives you an excuse to not do somethingGannonFan wrote:
What is it with Southerners using the phrase if "practicable". Isn't that what Lee told Ewell to do at the end of the first day of Gettysburg regarding Cemetery Hill? Does this mean they won't make it free after all?
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The solution is simple: Just don't vote for the guy next time. At this point I think we have a good chance of getting by with having a mentally ill person as President for four years (even though we are starting to see some disconcerting things happening with respect to Iran). But let's not extend the risk period.
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GannonFan wrote:Was "practicable" in the 14th and 15th amendments then and I just missed it?Ibanez wrote: It only gives you an excuse to not do something
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Trump is as mature and sane as any 12 year old male going thru puberty.
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That’s very JSO of you, Gil.Gil Dobie wrote:Trump is as mature and sane as any 12 year old male going thru puberty.
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This could be true of any politician. They are all out there like fricken Pluto.Ivytalk wrote:That’s very JSO of you, Gil.Gil Dobie wrote:Trump is as mature and sane as any 12 year old male going thru puberty.
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With apologies to 12 year old males going through puberty.Ivytalk wrote:That’s very JSO of you, Gil.Gil Dobie wrote:Trump is as mature and sane as any 12 year old male going thru puberty.
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If there's a viable Republican challenger I'll vote for them
Or independent.
Or Democrat.
Or independent.
Or Democrat.
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While I do not think we will get full blown socialism in America, what we will get is a shitty hybrid system that is almost as bad.kalm wrote:I think and hope you’re right. He’s shown the strength of the system.Pwns wrote:If the worst case scenarios haven't happened yet, they won't happen at all.
He'll be gone when his first term is done and we'll all laugh about it.
But he’s still batshit crazy and so are his supporters. TDS is real but it’s similar on the other side and the mostly unfounded fears of socialism taking over America.
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Early on during his Presidential run I said he acts like a middle school kid. However, I am now thinking it's more something like a second grader. That thing with the hurricane maps and trying to insist that he didn't get it wrong to the point of crudely marking that map with a sharpie was really childish.Gil Dobie wrote:Trump is as mature and sane as any 12 year old male going thru puberty.
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Arizona's Constitution was written in 1912, and basically says the same thing. Of course the State GOP feels free to ignore it.Aho Old Guy wrote:The Constitution of the (formerly) Great State of North Carolina provides that:CAA Flagship wrote: What checks and balances are there for a move to healthcare for all or free college or universal income for all? If the left is in power, there is no constitutional verse that can prevent it. Trump can only get away with things that laws allow or don't prevent.
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Winterborn wrote:While I do not think we will get full blown socialism in America, what we will get is a shitty hybrid system that is almost as bad.kalm wrote:
I think and hope you’re right. He’s shown the strength of the system.
But he’s still batshit crazy and so are his supporters. TDS is real but it’s similar on the other side and the mostly unfounded fears of socialism taking over America.
You mean like paying farmers not to grow crops, paying them if they can't sell their crops, subsidizing their roads, and pretty much everything else in the most heavily subsidized state, per capita?
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Maybe it's not practicable.dbackjon wrote:Arizona's Constitution was written in 1912, and basically says the same thing. Of course the State GOP feels free to ignore it.Aho Old Guy wrote:
The Constitution of the (formerly) Great State of North Carolina provides that:
"The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of The University of North Carolina and other public institutions of higher education, as far as practicable, be extended to the people of the State free of expense"
The Generous Assembly has lost their freakin' minds around here ...
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What do you know, a small poor state outwitted the larger states...dbackjon wrote:Winterborn wrote:
While I do not think we will get full blown socialism in America, what we will get is a shitty hybrid system that is almost as bad.
You mean like paying farmers not to grow crops, paying them if they can't sell their crops, subsidizing their roads, and pretty much everything else in the most heavily subsidized state, per capita?
One would of thought with a larger population they would have had a higher pool of smart people to pull from.
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