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- From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
- Subject: Re: PC, Redneck President, and other bad news. (was Re: Amiga 1200)
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- References: <1992Nov6.231433.26938@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <BxDu40.GHv@news.iastate.edu> <1992Nov9.162346.14874@cs.mcgill.ca>
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:30:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.162346.14874@cs.mcgill.ca> jerry@cs.mcgill.ca (Gerald (Jerry) KUCH) writes:
- >In article <BxDu40.GHv@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov6.231433.26938@zip.eecs.umich.edu> gilgalad@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) writes:
- >>>It is pure arrogance on a presidents part to blame Congress for
- >>>nothing being accomplished. The idea is that the President is supposed to work
- >>>with the Congress, not against it. Bush and Reagan consistenly put
- >>>forth proposals which they knew Congress would never deal with.
- >>>Congress did exactly the same. Bush even put forth 7 proposals, which
- >>>Congress went with which Bush then vetoed 6 of them.
- >>
- >> Can you say "rider amendments"? I knew you could! Whenever President
- >>Bush would sent a proposal to Congress, the Congresscum would attach things
- >>like abortion legalization measures or tax increases to it. It would be nice
- >>if the President could get the Congress to write the bills exactly as the
- >>President wants them and then vote on them that way, but he cannot do that.
- >>By the same token, you cannot blame the President for vetoing a bill that
- >>he proposed because in most cases it is NOT what he proposed. Hopefully,
- >>President Clinton will use the fact that his party controls all of Congress
- >>to get line-item veto power for the President for good.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- >Terrific. Why don't we abandon Congress entirely?
-
- GREAT IDEA!!!
-
- Besides, why do we need Congress as a legislative branch when we have
- the Supreme Court?
-
- > Jerry Kuch (jerry@cs.mcgill.ca) | Author of "Death By Boredom" Vols I - IX
- > "I was wrong to play God. Life is precious, not a thing to be toyed with.
- > Now take out that brain and flush it down the toilet."
- > --- M. Burns "Treehouse of Horror II"
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- | Marc Barrett -MB- | email: barrett@iastate.edu
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