Usa Thread

[Coss]

There's hope, that quote comes to mind again, attributed to Churchill, though possibly someone else - something like -

"The American, will, after exhausting every other possibility, eventually do what's right."

[Coss]

[Coss]

11 hours ago, cavanami said:

Facts and reality - shirtless boy bought a shirt

 

Buy here

[cavanami]

Well said! 

 

[cavanami]

Now, makes some arrests in the corrupt FBI

 

[Steve]

9 hours ago, Coss said:

There's hope, that quote comes to mind again, attributed to Churchill, though possibly someone else - something like -

"The American, will, after exhausting every other possibility, eventually do what's right."

I laughed when I heard this...it's true to a large extent. I heard it slightly different. "You can always count on America to do the right thing after they have exhausted every other option"

[Steve]

Second only to the opinion that was asked of  a high ranking British commander when asked what he thought about American soldiers stationed there: They are overpaid, over sexed...and over here.  

Hilarious. 

[Flashermac]

11 hours ago, Coss said:

 

So what do you think of FDR, who actually tried to pass legislation allowing him to appoint up to six more justices on the Supreme Court to  ensure he could do whatever he wanted?

"During Roosevelt's first term the Supreme Court struck down several New Deal measures as being unconstitutional. Roosevelt sought to reverse this by changing the makeup of the court through the appointment of new additional justices he hoped would rule his legislative initiatives did not exceed the constitutional authority of the government. Since the U.S. Constitution does not define the size of the Supreme Court, Roosevelt argued that it was within the power of the Congress to change it

"The legislation was viewed by members of both parties as an attempt to stack the court, and was opposed by many Democrats, including Vice President John Nance Garner.^[4][5] The bill came to be known as Roosevelt's court-packing plan."

 

 

 

 

[Flashermac]

Meanwhile ...

 

[buffalo_bill]

2 hours ago, Flashermac said:

 

So what do you think of FDR, who actually tried to pass legislation allowing him to appoint up to six more justices on the Supreme Court to  ensure he could do whatever he wanted?

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What the Trump desaster shows is that a presidential system largely depends on the character of the person in charge. In Germany for example Merkel simply would not succeed installing her buddy at the constitutional court because this is up to a committee that includes people from all directions.