why that was nice

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Unless you are claiming that the roughly 11 years we operated under the articles constitutes "a long time".

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

i am using an Incase

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

i really dont care who wins the election next year.

this country cant be driven that much farther into the ground.

and even if it can be, at least it wont be a Texan doing it.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

this country cant be driven that much farther into the ground.

If you really think that, you should probably kill yourself before you breed.

 

[gettheledout 10+ year member]

Colbert! http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9798943-36.html

 

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

You have a poor grasp of our nation's founding.

Ammendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Article II, Section 2

The President shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States, and the militia of the several States when called into the actual service of the United States...he shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two -thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judge of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the united States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.

The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session.

Section 3

He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as be shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States.

"For almost the first 150 years of the U.S. Constitution - until the New Deal of the 1930's - something like dual federalism prevailed in American government. The powers of the federal government were construed narrowly, and Congress did not legislate in may domestic policy areas that we now take for granted. In domestic policy, state and local governments raised more revenues, spent more money, and provided more services than the federal government."

Miroff, Bruce, Raymond Seidelman, and Todd Swanstrom. The Democratic Debate. 4th ed. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007. 451.

reaffirming my original point- the federal government used to have less power then it does now.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Your Forgiven.

You're forgiven for using terrible grammar.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

You have only proven my point further. Thanks.

 

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

You have only proven my point further. Thanks.

why the **** do i even try.

You are such a dick it's not even fun to argue against you.

I also like how almost none your arguments give no examples to backup your thoughts. But thats OK you are faulkton.

 

[gettheledout 10+ year member]

articles of confederation didn't work lol

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

If you really think that, you should probably kill yourself before you breed.

i was being somewhat sarcastic //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

i know it could get ALOT worse, but im just saying........

ya dig?

 

[benzmansl65amg 10+ year member]

libertarian more than anything gona vote for Ron Paul

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

why the **** do i even try.
You are such a dick it's not even fun to argue against you.

I also like how almost none your arguments give no examples to backup your thoughts. But thats OK you are faulkton.

Nice double negative and don't be so mad that you helped make my point.

The federal government hasn't gained much power, just grown and taken the powers that were inherent in the Connecticut compromise.

I would also like to note that you are essentially arguing that the new deal was a bad thing when in reality is brought us out of the biggest economic crisis the nation faced and into the most prosperous period in American history.

Personally I'm against glad we came out of the great depression and became a world super power.

articles of confederation didn't work lol

My point exactly.

i was being somewhat sarcastic //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif
i know it could get ALOT worse, but im just saying........

ya dig?

Good, just making sure.

 

[wu36ca 10+ year member]

I am a registered Democrat, but I have no problem voting for a Republican. I only vote party lines if neither side provides a candidate I care for. Chances are this election I will vote Republican.

I think the term "independent" is very watered down. Most play the term off as having no allegiance to any party. In listening to all of the political pundits on TV and radio most call themselves independent. It usually means that they are so extreme that they could really vote for only one party, but usually that party does not produce a candidate extreme enough for them. So they criticise what their respective party would be and that criticism automatically makes them objective to party.

 

[elementxero 10+ year member]

You of all people should know i'm always looking for th ebest in humanity and i believe the lounge represents the cream of the crop. That is why i choose to post here.

I lol'd.