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Wow, we are way off topic now.
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*imagining reporter at news conference* ..and with that presidential decree, president cheney has abolished the energy department and replaced it with the board of directors from Halliburton who have stated their first plan of action is to rename Iraq "Halliburton East" and deploy 30 million troops to guard the planned "Bagdad to Broadway Pipeline".
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Whoo-hoo! THIS thread has really got people goin today! Posts flyin' in like mad!
*DUCK - here comes another!!!* Nice to kick up the dust around here now and then, I suppose! |
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The United States is stong because of the states - the federal government however is beaurocratic mess. It has overall - grown too large. You are aware that Texas has in their agreement with the United States that they can leave the Union whenever they choose I know. Not that I think we would ever allow them to - at least not without payment for all the past benefits. Texas is one fo the BIGGEST supporters of state rights. texas even calls itself the Lone Star State. Congress is made up of representatives of the states. I don't expect MY congressmen to be supporting Texas - I expect them to be supporting me and NJ.
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11-19-2003, 07:06 PM | #68 | |
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Did anyone see/read the speech Bush gave today? I thought it was good.
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There are times when I wish Bush wouldn't swagger and stuff - but I see he does it when he is trying to make a point and get under someone's skin. He doesn't always swagger - as in today's speeches. Many in the media like to portray his swaggering a lot and it may grate on European nerves - but a lot of what their leaders do gets on my nerves.
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Germany didn't like the speech - although France seemed to - according the representatives they interviewed on CNN.
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Has JD draged that bloody consitution into another thread? lol how does he do it
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Please keep your inflammatory comments and flames to yourself or this thread will have to suffer the same fate as so many other political threads... Be civil, people. *spends the next half hour deleting flames*
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Oh no, I'm still doing plenty of slacking. Especially on the weekends.
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Many countries separate government this way. It's supposed to give a figure who is above politics and can represent the entire nation, rather than just one faction. If it's a Constitutional monarchy the monarch represents the country (Britain, Canada, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, etc.) ; in a republic it is the president. Sometimes the President is basically a figurehead (India, Germany, Italy) with a few emergency powers; sometimes (France, Taiwan) power is divided. In the US and other countries with similar congressional systems the President is head of state AND head of government (Phillipines, Indonesia, most of Latin America). AFAIK in diplomatic protocol all heads of state are considered equal, and so do not bow to each other.
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I hear Dubya might come up to Sedgefield. Would be good if he saw some of the UK other than that cruddy conurb London!
Not sure how they'll deal with security though - maybe an extra bouncer on the door of the Working Men's Club?
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