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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2018, 09:35:05 AM »
He is supposedly taking a "mental health day" today.

I don't see it helping him much at all, but it will surely benefit the country IF he doesn't use the day to tweet.

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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #16 on: December 13, 2018, 11:15:27 AM »
He's taking WHAT?
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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #17 on: December 13, 2018, 12:03:44 PM »
He's taking WHAT?

Basically a tantrum.

He's been rage tweeting since I posted that.

Latest was "WITCH HUNT" in all caps. Wondering where his handlers are?

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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #18 on: December 13, 2018, 12:27:01 PM »
You would think that Canada would learn from watching the  :poo: south of us and then Ontario goes and elects his mini me Doug Ford as Premier. He's the brother to the crack smoking mayor that used to run Toronto.
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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #19 on: December 13, 2018, 01:44:43 PM »
He's taking WHAT?

Basically a tantrum.

He's been rage tweeting since I posted that.

Latest was "WITCH HUNT" in all caps. Wondering where his handlers are?

He's fired them all.
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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #20 on: December 13, 2018, 04:15:19 PM »
You would think that Canada would learn from watching the  :poo: south of us and then Ontario goes and elects his mini me Doug Ford as Premier. He's the brother to the crack smoking mayor that used to run Toronto.

OMG - I was not aware of this.

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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #21 on: December 13, 2018, 05:21:26 PM »
MOST of O'Bombem's pardons were a partial attempt to correct a problem Congress just dealt with.
What's that problem? Most appeared to be drug related.

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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #22 on: December 13, 2018, 05:41:58 PM »
You would think that Canada would learn from watching the  :poo: south of us and then Ontario goes and elects his mini me Doug Ford as Premier. He's the brother to the crack smoking mayor that used to run Toronto.

OMG - I was not aware of this.
He's such an ass. He's cutting vital programs constantly (mostly aimed at people with disabilities) but he's super proud of his buck a beer program he started and the massive signs to put along the Ontario borders saying "open for business" meanwhile he can't hold on to companies like GM who are closing up their plants entirely and leaving. It's infuriating. And he's changing the list of qualifications for high level positions so he can hire personal family friends.  ::)
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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #23 on: December 13, 2018, 08:55:17 PM »
Yes.

We need to restructure. Every community of 300 people max needs a community council. That council ought to send 2 folks to represent the interests of the neighborhood to their city council. The city council ought to send 2 folks to represent the interests of the city to the county. The county ought to send 2 to represent the county to the voting district. The voting district council then ought to vet the nominations for mayor and state congress members.

Then everyone ought to have their vote counted, and majority rule.

We shouldn't have a power-head. No president. Simply a congress. And there can be a cabinet that could represent the executive branch, but no singular head.

Nothing is cohesive in this country. With all our diversity, we need a better system. It wasn't designed for cohesion or for diverse interests- it was designed for competing factions to be sustained, and avoid tyranny of a "majority" among the interests of a far more homogeneous group of citizens.

At least, this is roughly what I imagine would work. Of course- I'm no expert, and I have not studied this very in depth. Its just my opinion/hypothesis.
« Last Edit: December 13, 2018, 08:57:21 PM by sg1008 »
Can't you guys even just imagine it?

Forget practicality, or your experience....can you just....imagine?

It's there. It always was.

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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #24 on: December 14, 2018, 01:13:50 AM »
MOST of O'Bombem's pardons were a partial attempt to correct a problem Congress just dealt with.
What's that problem? Most appeared to be drug related.

Yeah. Mandatory minimums on non-violent drug offenders.

Basically, the shit that Clinton caused.

Unlike most pardons, these were designed to address (slightly) a general problem,
rather than help out donors.

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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #25 on: December 14, 2018, 01:15:52 AM »
And he's changing the list of qualifications for high level positions so he can hire personal family friends.  ::)

Aw...too bad it's too late for Rob.

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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #26 on: December 14, 2018, 06:49:23 AM »
I think they should be forced to submit to a mental evaluation before running. They do a physical and results are made public, mental is just as important if not more so...it's a high stress position, the public should know if they might not be up to the task or lack basic self control before they hand them the nuke codes.
I can't imagine a way to implement that that wouldn't not only be corruptible, but be literally immediately corrupted or at least subject to question.
it is well known that PMS Elle is evil.
I think you'd fit in a 12" or at least a 16" firework mortar
You win this thread because that's most unsettling to even think about.

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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #27 on: December 14, 2018, 07:30:15 AM »
And he's changing the list of qualifications for high level positions so he can hire personal family friends.  ::)

Aw...too bad it's too late for Rob.
Apparently Rob left Doug in charge of his estate and guess whose widow isn't getting the money she's owed. It's a frickin circus. Everything in that family is drama and backdoor deals. The OPP have released a statement saying that due to Doug's hiring practices, the independence of the OPP from his office is now in question and he's putting pressure on them for favours.
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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #28 on: December 14, 2018, 08:55:48 AM »
I thought Canadians were nice.  Just goes to show you can't trust a stereotyped idea.
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Re: Does the president have too much power?
« Reply #29 on: December 14, 2018, 09:13:57 AM »
We can be just as messed up as anyone else. But there definitely is overall a sense of kindness that a lot of Canadians have.
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