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| mb2612 |
Posted on 24-07-2013 00:43
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Levi4life wrote:
That's probably not a very good equivalent. Being nominated for a major party in the US means you have a pretty decent shot at getting into the whitehouse. Being head of state inthia country comes with significantly more power than in the UK.
Sure, I was being sarcastic.
But technically our head of State has more power than yours, they've just agreed not to use it.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 24-07-2013 01:06
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NTTHRASH wrote:
Levi4life wrote:
That's probably not a very good equivalent. Being nominated for a major party in the US means you have a pretty decent shot at getting into the whitehouse. Being head of state inthia country comes with significantly more power than in the UK.
What power? The military? There isn't much else, Congress controls everything and doesn't want to hurt anyone, so jackshit gets done.
The military is just one thing that the president controls. The President also controls the bureaucratic apparatus(i.e. making appointments to head pretty much everything), which is where 99% of lawmaking is done in this country. When congress passes a law, they usually leave a tremendous amount of work to be done before the law can be implemented. This is because congress is really bad at doing things that require an experts knowledge. They leave it to bureaucratic agencies to flesh out legislation. The executive branch is huge, and the reason it is huge is because when there are power vacuums the branch best positioned to take that power is the executive. It's referred to as the "Imperial Presidency." The President can make decisions faster than congress, and has first mover advantage. Plus the president has plenty of surrogates in Congress. And he is the leader of his party.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 24-07-2013 02:17
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mb2612 wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
It isn't important at all.
Not for you, for people in the UK it is a little important.
Let's say it's the equivalent of having someone win the democrat party nomination for president.
Then put it on TV in the UK, not here! I remember when everybody was frothing over having a royal wedding. And I kept reminding people it wasn't our royalty.
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| jseadog1 |
Posted on 24-07-2013 02:19
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baseballlover312 wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
It isn't important at all.
Not for you, for people in the UK it is a little important.
Let's say it's the equivalent of having someone win the democrat party nomination for president.
Then put it on TV in the UK, not here! I remember when everybody was frothing over having a royal wedding. And I kept reminding people it wasn't our royalty.
They must think we are nosey people 
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 24-07-2013 02:43
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Levi4life wrote:
NTTHRASH wrote:
Levi4life wrote:
That's probably not a very good equivalent. Being nominated for a major party in the US means you have a pretty decent shot at getting into the whitehouse. Being head of state inthia country comes with significantly more power than in the UK.
What power? The military? There isn't much else, Congress controls everything and doesn't want to hurt anyone, so jackshit gets done.
The military is just one thing that the president controls. The President also controls the bureaucratic apparatus(i.e. making appointments to head pretty much everything), which is where 99% of lawmaking is done in this country. When congress passes a law, they usually leave a tremendous amount of work to be done before the law can be implemented. This is because congress is really bad at doing things that require an experts knowledge. They leave it to bureaucratic agencies to flesh out legislation. The executive branch is huge, and the reason it is huge is because when there are power vacuums the branch best positioned to take that power is the executive. It's referred to as the "Imperial Presidency." The President can make decisions faster than congress, and has first mover advantage. Plus the president has plenty of surrogates in Congress. And he is the leader of his party.
I know about this, it just so happens that the executive branch needs to to have an order from the president to perform actions, and most of the power is held by the Treasury Secretary, who has the power of the economy once given the go ahead by his team. Then it's up to the president to buyout Congress so that his reforms pass, but he has to compromise so much that the whole thing is a useless cash drain. Damn politics.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 24-07-2013 02:44
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Move this to "Difficult Topics". Seriously.
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| jseadog1 |
Posted on 24-07-2013 02:50
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admirschleck wrote:
Move this to "Difficult Topics". Seriously.
There is nothing difficult about this... Keep your news in your own country unless it involves war!
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| 547984 |
Posted on 24-07-2013 02:51
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You guys are going too deep into details. An executive order is all that is sufficient to turn the US into a dictatorship.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 24-07-2013 02:52
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jseadog1 wrote:
admirschleck wrote:
Move this to "Difficult Topics". Seriously.
There is nothing difficult about this... Keep your news in your own country unless it involves war!
Like we started 1st World War? 
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| jseadog1 |
Posted on 24-07-2013 02:53
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admirschleck wrote:
jseadog1 wrote:
admirschleck wrote:
Move this to "Difficult Topics". Seriously.
There is nothing difficult about this... Keep your news in your own country unless it involves war!
Like we started 1st World War?
Maybe 
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 24-07-2013 03:01
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547984 wrote:
You guys are going too deep into details. An executive order is all that is sufficient to turn the US into a dictatorship.
Who cares when you can have...
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Posted on 24-11-2024 09:04
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 24-07-2013 03:03
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What exactly is considered "legal" in this thread? Just wondering, as everything seems like spam, difficult topic, or PCM banter.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 24-07-2013 03:04
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NTTHRASH wrote:
What exactly is considered "legal" in this thread?
Everything that doesn't have its own thread, i guess.
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 24-07-2013 03:11
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admirschleck wrote:
NTTHRASH wrote:
What exactly is considered "legal" in this thread?
Everything that doesn't have its own thread, i guess.
Odd. Someone should really write a rulebook. And a side note, I must have a sad life.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 24-07-2013 03:55
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I for one, dont like have serious discussions in here, and by that I mean something that ends up basically being a debate. F.e. the rollercoaster discussion a few days ago was pretty nice imo (might be biased since I enjoy them) but politics and things like that are usually more serious (and have their own thread anyway  )
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| jseadog1 |
Posted on 24-07-2013 04:05
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valverde321 wrote:
Gonna try and kick my Coca-Cola addiction
I am drinking one as we speak, the first one I have had in quite some time..
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 24-07-2013 04:15
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I have stop drinking pop for 3 years now because of High School soccer and have never looked back. My advice Valv is always have water or juice available at any given time so you know there is an alternative to choose from and easy off it slowly for the first week or two.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 24-07-2013 06:46
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I went on a sugar diet at about this time last year. Had some crazy-low amount of sugar each day for 2 months, but it was fantastic. I felt 100x better afterwards + my skin was in much better condition. I only recently (last couple of months) started with coke etc. again, but almost always take water instead.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 24-07-2013 08:31
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
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Spilak23 wrote:
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Why are the TV channels breaking in all the time to talk about a baby of some government guy.
It's not just a random government guy
It is to me.
You don't live in a Monarchy so you don't understand
Yeah, I don't. I live in Amurica!
But seriously. Why the hell would anyone still have a monarchy?
And anyway, I don't live in that country! So why would I give a crap, and why would I miss TV shows for it!
That's the only right American answer, I applaud you, bblover! 
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 24-07-2013 09:10
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Oh dear, are your seats all damp 
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