Comments on: White House Advisers Searching for Ways to ‘Bypass Congress Altogether’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:58:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Digital Photo Printing Solution http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-5/#comment-4323362 Digital Photo Printing Solution Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:27:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-4323362 <strong>Digital Photo Storage: Built-in vs. Removable Storage</strong> Most older digital cameras come equipped with fixed storage which limits the number of pictures you can take before you have to download to make room for more. If that sound like your camera, then it's time to upgrade. Digital Photo Storage: Built-in vs. Removable Storage

Most older digital cameras come equipped with fixed storage which limits the number of pictures you can take before you have to download to make room for more. If that sound like your camera, then it’s time to upgrade.

]]> By: Raymond Funamoto http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1832528 Raymond Funamoto Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:36:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1832528 WELL! It seems that CHIMPya DOES HAVE A DEATH-WISH, TO BE THE THIRD PRESIDENT IMPEACHED IN HISTORY and the FIRST ONE TO BE CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HIGH CRIMES AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD!!!!! IF CHIMPya DOES BYPASS CONGRESS, HE WILL HAVE SEALED HIS FATE AND HIS DOOM, AND HE CAN KISS HIS ASS GOOD-BYE!!!!! WELL! It seems that CHIMPya DOES HAVE A DEATH-WISH, TO BE THE THIRD PRESIDENT IMPEACHED IN HISTORY and the FIRST ONE TO BE CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HIGH CRIMES AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD!!!!! IF CHIMPya DOES BYPASS CONGRESS, HE WILL HAVE SEALED HIS FATE AND HIS DOOM, AND HE CAN KISS HIS ASS GOOD-BYE!!!!!

]]> By: Rihc Edom http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1828368 Rihc Edom Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:59:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1828368 And a Toaist? And a Toaist?

]]> By: Rihc Edom http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1828347 Rihc Edom Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:57:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1828347 Stop being so personal. In 23 months when the “power” is in the hands of a Democrat, how will you feel? Comment by DM — February 18, 2007 ------------------ I don't want that imbalance of power in the hands of ANY one branch of OUR government, regardless of partisanship...This is EXACTLY the reason that our forefathers instituted the concept of "checks and balances" into the Constitution of the United States of America in the first place-they understood that too much control in any one branch, be it exectutive, legislative or judicial, would be detrimental to the system as a whole. Or were you sleeping during Civics class in school? Did you even have a civics class in school, because apparently either many schools do not offer this VERY important class anymore, or the subject is not being taught as thoroughly as it should be taught...extreme cutbacks in educational funding at work, no doubt! It is a shame that we even have to discuss this subject at all...but, I'm glad that at the very least we have a forum such as this one to do so. Lastly, while I want to see King Georgie go away ASAP, I don't care for the next in line too much, either...His whole administration needs to be vanquished! Besides all that, can you not tell that I'm Libertarian??? Stop being so personal. In 23 months when the “power” is in the hands of a Democrat, how will you feel?

Comment by DM — February 18, 2007

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I don’t want that imbalance of power in the hands of ANY one branch of OUR government, regardless of partisanship…This is EXACTLY the reason that our forefathers instituted the concept of “checks and balances” into the Constitution of the United States of America in the first place-they understood that too much control in any one branch, be it exectutive, legislative or judicial, would be detrimental to the system as a whole.

Or were you sleeping during Civics class in school?

Did you even have a civics class in school, because apparently either many schools do not offer this VERY important class anymore, or the subject is not being taught as thoroughly as it should be taught…extreme cutbacks in educational funding at work, no doubt!

It is a shame that we even have to discuss this subject at all…but, I’m glad that at the very least we have a forum such as this one to do so.

Lastly, while I want to see King Georgie go away ASAP, I don’t care for the next in line too much, either…His whole administration needs to be vanquished!

Besides all that, can you not tell that I’m Libertarian???

]]> By: Vic Anderson http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1827652 Vic Anderson Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:49:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1827652 IMPEACHMENT, NOW? IMPEACHMENT, NOW?

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1822913 big papa Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:15:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1822913 <em>Of course, in 2008 all those bypasses will be in the hands of Democrats.</em> Comment by Marna Terry #208 <strong>...and the Patriot Act as well...</strong> Of course, in 2008 all those bypasses will be in the hands of Democrats.
Comment by Marna Terry #208

…and the Patriot Act as well…

]]> By: born free http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1814389 born free Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:59:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1814389 * glad to see so much intelligent comments. there is still hope for this country! * #167 re corporations. > corporations have a legal, fiduciary duty to their owners (i.e. shareholders) to maintain and increase the value of their shares. > until about 1885, corporations were governed by state law as creatures of the state. they had only those rights and responsibilities as state law allowed them. if it wasn't in the law, then the corporation didn't have it. > about 1885 the supreme court decided a case [santa clara v. union pacific railroad, i believe] that was brought on the laws from the previous paragraph. although the court's decision did NOT directly address the issue of corporate 'personhood', it did agree that santa clara (in california), did have the right to regulate the corporation. > however, the clerk of the court was an ex-railroad executive and one of the duties of the clerk was to write the headnotes, an introduction to the decision that summarizes its key points. this person wrote in the head notes that the court had decided a corporation was a person under the 14th amendment. that was a lie and not in the court's decision nor any reasonable deduction from it. we have lived with the results of that decision since then as corporations continually used that headnote to expand their 'rights'. * i agree that if corporations and their executive officers were held to account for the crimes committed by 'the corporation' and punished accordingly, then i'm sure they would act more responsibly. while a person can be put in jail for the rest of their lives for some crimes, what do you do with the legal fiction called a 'corporation'? the equivalent would be placing the corporation into receivership with all its actions and decisions decided by a court appointed receiver and periodic, public review to confirm it is no longer committing those crimes for which it was convicted. the corporate equivalent to the death penalty would be revocation of its charter and subsequent dissolution and sell-off of its various parts. * yes i know: i am dreaming, but i also believe that until corporations are returned to the creatures of the states that were for the several centuries before 1885, we will continue to experience their unchecked greed and lust for power. "those that would give up a little liberty for a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security." -- b. franklin [1759] \\ born free * glad to see so much intelligent comments. there is still hope for this country!
* #167 re corporations.
> corporations have a legal, fiduciary duty to their owners (i.e. shareholders) to maintain and increase the value of their shares.
> until about 1885, corporations were governed by state law as creatures of the state. they had only those rights and responsibilities as state law allowed them. if it wasn’t in the law, then the corporation didn’t have it.
> about 1885 the supreme court decided a case [santa clara v. union pacific railroad, i believe] that was brought on the laws from the previous paragraph. although the court’s decision did NOT directly address the issue of corporate ‘personhood’, it did agree that santa clara (in california), did have the right to regulate the corporation.
> however, the clerk of the court was an ex-railroad executive and one of the duties of the clerk was to write the headnotes, an introduction to the decision that summarizes its key points. this person wrote in the head notes that the court had decided a corporation was a person under the 14th amendment. that was a lie and not in the court’s decision nor any reasonable deduction from it. we have lived with the results of that decision since then as corporations continually used that headnote to expand their ‘rights’.
* i agree that if corporations and their executive officers were held to account for the crimes committed by ‘the corporation’ and punished accordingly, then i’m sure they would act more responsibly. while a person can be put in jail for the rest of their lives for some crimes, what do you do with the legal fiction called a ‘corporation’? the equivalent would be placing the corporation into receivership with all its actions and decisions decided by a court appointed receiver and periodic, public review to confirm it is no longer committing those crimes for which it was convicted. the corporate equivalent to the death penalty would be revocation of its charter and subsequent dissolution and sell-off of its various parts.
* yes i know: i am dreaming, but i also believe that until corporations are returned to the creatures of the states that were for the several centuries before 1885, we will continue to experience their unchecked greed and lust for power.

“those that would give up a little liberty for a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security.” — b. franklin [1759] \\ born free

]]> By: Marna Terry http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1812118 Marna Terry Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:46:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1812118 Of course, in 2008 all those bypasses will be in the hands of Democrats. Of course, in 2008 all those bypasses will be in the hands of Democrats.

]]> By: Ed Hill http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1808204 Ed Hill Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:42:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1808204 Hey, been reading your stuff. speaking as an old 'nam war protester...I LOVE YOU FOLKS!!! gives me hope to see folks actually thinking. the trolls are predictably chicken-snits. studies actually show that the scared kids grow up to be conservatives. anyways...i made something for the thoughtful among you. hit http://www.CBRproject-podcast.org it's an mp3 of the Bill of Rights, Amendments and Constitution read by Don Westcot (voice of PBS NOVA) few have time for the study needed to study these. i started this to ease becoming really familiar with these "rules of play". happy listening. Ed Hey,
been reading your stuff.
speaking as an old ‘nam war protester…I LOVE YOU FOLKS!!!
gives me hope to see folks actually thinking. the trolls are predictably chicken-snits. studies actually show that the scared kids grow up to be conservatives.

anyways…i made something for the thoughtful among you. hit http://www.CBRproject-podcast.org
it’s an mp3 of the Bill of Rights, Amendments and Constitution read by Don Westcot (voice of PBS NOVA)

few have time for the study needed to study these. i started this to ease becoming really familiar with these “rules of play”.

happy listening.
Ed

]]> By: Gen Ike E http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1807243 Gen Ike E Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:22:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1807243 It appears Sgt Stryker is no other than the famous White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon's sleeping partner. So what do you expect! It appears Sgt Stryker is no other than the famous White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon’s sleeping partner. So what do you expect!

]]> By: USpace http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1799370 USpace Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:55:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1799370 Comment by Kaptain Kaligula Thanks for visiting, I'm glad my " PAPA GATT coulter style rhetoric" got your blood boiling. I must be doing something right. Keep trying to think straight. You might succeed. absurd thought - God of the Universe says never debate moonbat thoughts truth eventually wins one on one they will fold . Comment by Kaptain Kaligula

Thanks for visiting, I’m glad my ” PAPA GATT coulter style rhetoric” got your blood boiling. I must be doing something right. Keep trying to think straight. You might succeed.

absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
never debate moonbat thoughts

truth eventually wins
one on one they will fold
.

]]> By: dixie blood http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1798968 dixie blood Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:05:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1798968 <em>Then we can force you athiest heathen to worship our God. Praise the Lord! Comment by Christian Taliban — February 18, 2007 @ 1:18 pm</em> And what will you do with the Jews, Mormans, Hindus, etc?... Then we can force you athiest heathen to worship our God. Praise the Lord!

Comment by Christian Taliban — February 18, 2007 @ 1:18 pm

And what will you do with the Jews, Mormans, Hindus, etc?…

]]> By: tom baker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1798832 tom baker Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:48:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1798832 sweet! - let's "bypass" congress and lock the arrogant little cocksmoker up today! sweet! – let’s “bypass” congress and lock the arrogant little cocksmoker up today!

]]> By: angryspittle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1798271 angryspittle Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:07:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1798271 The chickenshits in Congress don't have tha cajones to impeach these criminals. The chickenshits in Congress don’t have tha cajones to impeach these criminals.

]]> By: Christian Taliban http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1796280 Christian Taliban Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:18:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1796280 This is excellent news! It's about time Bush takes his leadership to a new level. We need to dump the Constitution anyways and install the ten commandments. Then we can force you athiest heathen to worship our God. Praise the Lord! This is excellent news! It’s about time Bush takes his leadership to a new level. We need to dump the Constitution anyways and install the ten commandments. Then we can force you athiest heathen to worship our God. Praise the Lord!

]]> By: Jason Baddo http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1794426 Jason Baddo Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:48:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1794426 our democracy has given birth to a dictatorship....conceived thriugh the apathy and ignorance of the people our democracy has given birth to a dictatorship….conceived thriugh the apathy and ignorance of the people

]]> By: SadSackSuperman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1794265 SadSackSuperman Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:33:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1794265 I just got through catching up on my <em>Onion Homeland Insecurity</em> Page-a-Day Calendar--I've not torn off a page since early January--and when I finished, and turned to read some real news, I thought the folks at the Onion had hijacked the ThinkProgress site. Would that this were merely a joke. Would that it were funny at all. Somebody needs to make this guy just go away. I just got through catching up on my Onion Homeland Insecurity Page-a-Day Calendar–I’ve not torn off a page since early January–and when I finished, and turned to read some real news, I thought the folks at the Onion had hijacked the ThinkProgress site. Would that this were merely a joke. Would that it were funny at all.

Somebody needs to make this guy just go away.

]]> By: troll alert http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1794093 troll alert Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:17:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1794093 FALSE troll alert ALERT!!!!! # 187 @ 3:01 am. FALSE troll alert ALERT!!!!!

# 187 @ 3:01 am.

]]> By: EasyRider http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1793757 EasyRider Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:39:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1793757 That is his definition of bi-partianship. That is his definition of bi-partianship.

]]> By: unbelievable http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/comment-page-4/#comment-1793640 unbelievable Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:24:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/17/bush-bypass-congress/#comment-1793640 <em>Jarvis uses one word to describe the whole incident: “ridiculous.” Comment by Redneck Country! Watch Out! in NC — February 18, 2007 @ 6:55 am</em> I'd use another, but the spam filter would eat it... Fear is the only tactic these goons know. What the hell has happened to this country? Sheesh... Jarvis uses one word to describe the whole incident: “ridiculous.”
Comment by Redneck Country! Watch Out! in NC — February 18, 2007 @ 6:55 am

I’d use another, but the spam filter would eat it…

Fear is the only tactic these goons know.

What the hell has happened to this country? Sheesh…

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