Fucking strawman from hell, there. Stop being obtuse, having a government != dictatorship.
What choice does Obama have?
and thus a dictatorship is born, it always starts with things that "need to be done".
None for me, here in the US a dictator would be assassinated within a week, so the issue would take care of itself.
I wonder how many more times we'll see the almighty race trump card thrown in the next 2 1/2 years
If you truly really believe that then whats the point of getting upset?
A Strawman? Hardly. Dictatorship is a form of Government, do you disagree?
A black, Kenyan, Muslim, communist, is in the White House!
When there are things that need to be done and those who are supposed to do it refuse, someone needs to step up to the plate.
You are right, we need more corporate welfare and welfare for the rich. It's very important Obama make these exceptions for the Affordable Care Act for the richest Americans to maintain their wealth.
Because of how much damage that would be done before he or she is removed. Remember what I said about consequences?
Yes, it is, but agreeing that government is needed doesn't mean a person would support a dictatorship, that's absurd.
It's not absurd at all. If it was, there would never be Dictatorships.
Some kind of government falls naturally out of human interactions but it never needs to be a dictatorship. You say things need to get done. That's irrelevant. Things get done and are getting done. The interplay between parties is getting done. The people and parties in Congress are doing just what we hired them to do. They are operating within the bounds of the Constitution. That they aren't doing what you want in the way you think they should is also irrelevant. The majority party invites the minority party to do what it tells them however ill thought out that is and the republicans are cantankerous and inept. It sounds like a group which represents America as it is today. If you don't like it, how about a slave owning theocracy? That would surely be as wonderful as a dictatorship.
Governments happen as soon as social interaction requiring action happens. It may not have that name but it's so anyway. Offering a dictatorship as a requirement is nonsense. You are getting into the splitting hare mode.
This is true. While some conservatives are motivated by an irrational hatred of race, most are simply driven by an irrational hatred of the opposing political 'tribe'. This isn't limited to conservatives, but much of the Obama hate specifically comes from that.
There's some pretty interesting/depressing research on this subject.
Yep..every president in my lifetime has used executive orders. Nothing new here. Hell the last guy of a different political tribe used them, and guess what, the next guy who gets in office will probably do the same. Rage on tribal wingnuts
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3. Congressional testimony tends to be self-serving in the interest of the party in charge of the chamber. It is not surprising that the professor who testified had the same opinions as the Republicans in the House. Otherwise he would not have been asked to testify.
liberal constitutional professor Jonathan Turley
Turley noted that while he agrees with the president on most of his policies,
It's not absurd at all. If it was, there would never be Dictatorships.
Not true.
Dictatorships appear when a cult of personality becomes too powerful and there's a political power vacuum on the side of the citizenry. Since the USA has an armed citizenry, if he were to try someone in this country would (rightfully) kill him. However, before any of that could even occur, most of the states would activate their own emergency powers and nullify federal authority until such time as there's an opportunity for another constitutional convention.
It is moot what the States do. The Government as you know it can fail and be replaced by all manner of non-Constitutional forms of government.
It's moot what the feds do ultimately, because the states still have the means to govern and defend themselves. Many of which have quite a few ICBMs to use in bartering.
Pretty sure the States don't have the launch codes.
Pretty sure it doesn't matter, as most are 2 key systems that don't require codes to launch missiles.
1. He's correct. Executive power has been accelerating for some time and it's gotten worse after 9/11. Leeway granted to the Executive is hardly ever given back. Extra power that Reagan got was inherited by Bush and then Clinton. Extra power that Clinton got was inherited by Bush. Extra power that Bush got was inherited by Obama.
tl;dr Executive power has grown for years, not just under Obama. Pointing it out in a House committee is restating the obvious for political reasons.