I see I angered someone. Yes it's true. Most Americans do not understand that the president has very little power. Congress actually makes the laws. Yet you hear people go on and on and on about the president. Sadly most Americans don't vote unless it's a Presidential election. They do not realize that Congress is mostly responsible.
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the top 5 of the oil industry make about 120+ billion $ in profits per year while receiving up to 52 billion $ in subsidies annually
makes you wonder who the real leeches are
(disclaimer: i also don't condone people playing the system for their benefit without making an effort)Comment
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separa...s_and_balances
Legislative
Writes and enacts laws
Enacts taxes, authorizes borrowing, and sets the budget
Has sole power to declare war
May start investigations, especially against the executive branch
he Senate considers presidential appointments of judges and executive department heads
The Senate ratifies treaties
The House of Representatives may impeach, and the Senate may remove, executive and judicial officers
Sets up federal courts except the Supreme Court, and sets the number of justices on the Supreme Court
May override presidential vetoesExecutive
May veto laws
Wages war at the direction of Congress (Congress makes the rules for the military)
Makes decrees or declarations (for example, declaring a state of emergency) and promulgates lawful regulations and executive orders
Influences other branches of its agenda with the State of the Union address.
Appoints judges and executive department heads
Has power to grant pardons to convicted persons, except in cases of impeachmentLast edited by signupdamnit; 04-21-2014, 08:58 AM.
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In my experience the country runs best with a republican house a near split senate and a democratic president.
the conflict keeps spending a little lower (admittedly not enough) and the democratic president seems less interested in what i do in the privacy of my own home.Mike South
It's No wonder I took up drugs and alcohol, it's the only way I could dumb myself down enough to cope with the morons in this biz.Comment
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You also have to love that a big deal is made about a rancher whom supposedly owed 1 million to the BLM to let 500 to 1k cows graze. Yet that very same BLM just leased land to 6 oil & gas companies in the same state to drill gas & oil and all 6 together only paid 1.2 million for their lease..
I understand the outrage in a sense over the rancher, yet why does no one care that these big oil companies are making ridiculous profits while paying peanuts for land leases on federally owned land. That is money that US and even state tax payers are being cheated out of while big oil & gas reap the profits and then price gouge us at the pumps.Last edited by crockett; 04-21-2014, 09:16 AM.In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator.Comment
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You just proved my point that you are speaking to things which you do not understand because a link to a short list of some of the responsibilities of the congress in no way supports your claims that
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You might have posted the line from the 250 year old constitution-
*all legislative powers shall be vested in the Congress*
But the fact is that in the ~240 years since the interpretation of it's guidelines has changed.
So that also negates your claim that most Americans don't know that the president is a figurehead with little power, that's just simply not true at all.Despite the Constitutional provision that "all legislative powers" shall be vested in the Congress, the president, as the chief formulator of public policy, has a major legislative role. The president can veto any bill passed by Congress and, unless two-thirds in each house vote to override the veto, the bill does not become law. Much of the legislation dealt with by Congress is drafted at the initiative of the executive branch. In an annual and special messages to Congress, the president may propose legislation he or she believes is necessary. If Congress should adjourn without acting on those proposals, the president has the power to call it into special session. But, beyond all this, the president, as head of a political party and as principal executive officer of the U.S. government, is in a position to influence public opinion and thereby to influence the course of legislation in Congress. To improve their working relationships with Congress, presidents in recent years have set up a Congressional Liaison Office in the White House. Presidential aides keep abreast of all important legislative activities and try to persuade senators and representatives of both parties to support administration policies.Comment
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Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
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Moreover, the President has had immense power re: legislation for a long time, the textbook example of this is from 50 years ago but more examples go back further.
In an 11 June 1963 speech broadcast live on national television and radio, President John F. Kennedy unveiled plans to pursue a comprehensive civil rights bill in Congress, stating, ‘‘this nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free’’ (‘‘President Kennedy’s Radio-TV Address,’’ 970). King congratulated Kennedy on his speech, calling it ‘‘one of the most eloquent, profound and unequivocal pleas for justice and the freedom of all men ever made by any president’’ (King, 12 June 1963).
The earlier Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first law addressing the legal rights of African Americans passed by Congress since Reconstruction, had established the Civil Rights division of the Justice Department and the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to investigate claims of racial discrimination. Before the 1957 bill was passed Congress had, however, removed a provision that would have empowered the Justice Department to enforce the Brown v. Board of Education decision. A. Philip Randolph and other civil rights leaders continued to press the major political parties and presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy to enact such legislation and to outlaw segregation.
The civil rights legislation that Kennedy introduced to Congress on 19 June 1963 addressed these issues, and King advocated for its passage.Comment
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Subsidies?
The government subsidizes the energy industry and gasoline here is $0.93 /liter today here how much is gasoline there? (That price includes all taxes). So, my price is less that yours in the EU ...
So the cost of these subsidies are just a talking point .
The cost of imported oil is about the same or less in the EU than in the USA. So, why are your prices so high. What do all the added taxes subsidise there?
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Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
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Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
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Want to know why the pipeline hasn't happened yet, here's the reason, it's money and only money
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101598459?__s...eystone%20oppoCarbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
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