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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Among those 535 are a good chunk of Tea Party and other Conservatives. I don't like Jindal but I'm pretty sure he knows about separation of powers, and this is just echoing the most common complaint that Congress doesn't do anything and the most commonly expressed solution being to get rid of them all and replace them anyone else.
The Separation of Powers function of the Constitution is explicitly designed to prevent the executive from firing all the legislators. In some countries that's called a coup.
edited 23rd Sep '15 6:40:08 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Probably one of his advisers said, "Hey, Bobby, old pal, you need to say something really crazy to get people to pay attention to you."
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"I found it interesting trivia, even though it doesn't reflect on Donald himself.
Trump did his usual routine of sorta-kinda-not exactly denying the accusation whilst making ad hominem attacks on the news outfit reporting it.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"No just a mainstream racist. I'm pretty sure that still applies to the Klan in some bits of the Deep South, being part of it marks you as part of the establishment racist class.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran![]()
Well, at least until the Grand Wizzard/Cyclops? Was caught for pocketing money or something like that, then it kinda died down.(The twenties Klan.)
In the 20s, A majority of the revied Klan were for prohibition, and against Catholics, Jews, and immigration of Southren Europeans.
edited 23rd Sep '15 8:19:36 PM by Skycobra51
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said. Race is a bullshit concept anyway, so it shouldn't be surprising that racists are a bit fluid about who they like.
Irish didn't count as white, they were the original job stealers remember, but eventually the Irish were integrated. It happens over here to, the joke goes that you can tell a properly integrated migrant/person of migrant descent, because they spend all their time moaning about how migrants are coming over and stealing their jobs.
I think Mock the Week once did an accidental skit about how Eastern Europeans were coming over and stealing the jobs of hard working Indians who'd come over, and who had stolen the jobs off hard working Irish who'd come over, and who had stolen their jobs off 'British' people.
Wow I didn't realise you guys actually defined white as Anglo-Saxon in the States, like I'd commented that that seemed to be what you guys consider as white (myself and several European tropers have noted that Hispanics would be considered whites in Europe) but I didn't realise it was actually a thing you'd had important people strait up say.
edited 23rd Sep '15 8:39:09 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

Goodness. I know the Constitution is lip service to these people, but... wow.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"