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AstroPax wrote:
However, I can think of only two presidents that have ever been impeached, both just happen to have been democrats. Nixon got away. Only one who deserved to get impeached. That ******* Nixon should not have been allowed to resign - there's nothing in the Constitution about resigning when you get in trouble. I always had a bad feeling about Nixon resigning; it set the table for a certain class of people to believe he had been forced out of office when in fact he deserved to be impeached and sent to jail for a long term. In a democracy there's nothing worse than the high and powerful tampering with voting. Ask Jed and George the Doofus. ObSki: Forecast calls for snow tomrrow. I still need to change the oil and filters on the plow truck and get a new battery. I am so behind. At least I know where my boots and skis are. |
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lal_truckee wrote:
At least I know where my boots and skis are. Right by the front door, right? -klaus |
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On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 22:48:26 GMT, Sven Golly
wrote: Side note - You do know that the Red Cross has now publicly said that they were prevented from bringing in relief supplies to the Superdome and Convention Center by LOUISIANA STATE officials?? Last week, the Red Cross, which by law works under FEMA during national states of emergency, agreed that officials on the ground in New Orleans were taking the correct course of action in requesting or demanding that relief workers not enter the city before and after the storm. In a September 2 interview, Evans explained to CNN host Larry King that the Red Cross was not in New Orleans because "it was not safe to be in the city, and it's not been safe to go back into the city ... We were asked -- directed -- by the National Guard and the city and the state emergency management not to go into New Orleans because it was not safe." |
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On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 22:12:20 -0600, AstroPax
wrote: As if previous administrations, republican and democrat alike didn't do the same thing ??? The term "two wrongs don't make a right" ring a bell? I really don't care what other administrations did wrong. They're no longer in power and I wouldn't have supported incompetence from them either. However, I can think of only two presidents that have ever been impeached, both just happen to have been democrats. Nixon got away. So your response to everything that is currently a problem is to point to previous problems? New Orleans isn't a problem because Pompeii killed people? |
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"lal_truckee" wrote in message m... AstroPax wrote: However, I can think of only two presidents that have ever been impeached, both just happen to have been democrats. Nixon got away. Only one who deserved to get impeached. That ******* Nixon should not have been allowed to resign - there's nothing in the Constitution about resigning when you get in trouble. I always had a bad feeling about Nixon resigning; it set the table for a certain class of people to believe he had been forced out of office when in fact he deserved to be impeached and sent to jail for a long term. In a democracy there's nothing worse than the high and powerful tampering with voting. Ask Jed and George the Doofus. Impeachment and resignation have the same effect - out of office. Ford's pardon-before-the-fact is why he was not arrested, tried and sent to jail. |
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"lal_truckee" wrote in message m... AstroPax wrote: However, I can think of only two presidents that have ever been impeached, both just happen to have been democrats. Nixon got away. Only one who deserved to get impeached. That ******* Nixon should not have been allowed to resign - there's nothing in the Constitution about resigning when you get in trouble. I always had a bad feeling about Nixon resigning; it set the table for a certain class of people to believe he had been forced out of office when in fact he deserved to be impeached and sent to jail for a long term. In a democracy there's nothing worse than the high and powerful tampering with voting. Ask Jed and George the Doofus. Every reputable source polled after the election confirms that GWB would have won any recounts or challenges. |
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"AstroPax" wrote in message ... On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:05:29 GMT, lal_truckee wrote: That ******* Nixon should not have been allowed to resign - there's nothing in the Constitution about resigning when you get in trouble. Likewise, nothing in the Constitution says a president (or anyone else for that matter) *can't* resign, should they choose to do so, for whatever reason. As a matter of fact, succession of the President due to his "resignation" is specifically addressed in Article II Section I, and also in Amendment XXV. Besides, FYI, slavery was abolished by Amendment XIII. OH! Those god damn facts again! |
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Richard Henry wrote:
Impeachment and resignation have the same effect - out of office. So getting back to that.. out of office thing.... is incompetence actionable? I have no idea. -klaus |
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AstroPax wrote:
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:22:25 -0400, Rich Heimlich wrote: New Orleans isn't a problem because Pompeii killed people? And Bush isn't a problem because Katrina killed people either. No, it appears as if the *main* cause of the New Orleans disaster is as follows: A) Hurricane B) Flood C) Mayor (unprepared) D) Governor (unprepared) E) Residents (unprepared) And that "F)" thing once he's not "sitting", I would hope. You can just tap your left foot twice. We'll understand. -klaus |
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AstroPax wrote:
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:54:56 -0600, klaus wrote: AstroPax wrote: On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:22:25 -0400, Rich Heimlich wrote: New Orleans isn't a problem because Pompeii killed people? And Bush isn't a problem because Katrina killed people either. No, it appears as if the *main* cause of the New Orleans disaster is as follows: A) Hurricane B) Flood C) Mayor (unprepared) D) Governor (unprepared) E) Residents (unprepared) And that "F)" thing once he's not "sitting", I would hope. You can just tap your left foot twice. We'll understand. "major", "chief", "key", "most important", "foremost", "core", "focal", "central", "highest", and "primary". Just seemed like an odd list. That's all. I mean you already admitted you were biased. Straight up. Right? You won't talk about gw. That would be bias. Period. So I was just filling out your list for you. Since you can't. And all that. But I'm not surprised you didn't catch that qualifier, after all, you didn't even know what a gaper was until Walt actually spelled it out for you. hey.. it's a second language. I'm trying. Maybe I have more important things to worry about than pop culture language or "Ebonics". I just don't end up typing "gaper" that often. Sorry you have to. If you look, there are better words and they're free. Really. Free. But you're right.. you showed me.. grrrrrr you knew what a gaper was.. I am sooo ashamed and embarrassed. What are you gonna teach me next? -klaus |
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