Wow. You guys crack me up.
Whenever John Gee gets involved, you just KNOW it's gonna be a good one!!!
Nick. I didn't say you never said anything
OTHER THAN you thought polygamy was harmful.
Lord knows you've said a AWFUL LOT, since then!!!
I simply observed that it was one of those classic Nick B. pronouncements that you often make - loudly, confidently, and almost invariably with no factual support at all.
You did say it. That is a fact.
Deal with that, eh?
Originally posted by ynghermes:
knife,
I'm calling you out here... ;-), put your money where your mouth is.
Prove me wrong, show me where the prez was comander AND chief before Lincon was shot. Or just show me where the four colored flag came from, you know the one that is behind bush and all the fedral gov media blitzes.
I'll start there.
*sigh*
Does ANYBODY in here actually think before they type?
I mean, seriously, Google is a mouse click or two away, fellas. Some of you might look a bit less foolish if you simply availed yourselves of just SOME of the information that's out there.
OK, here we go...:
U.S. Constitution: Article II
Section 2.
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.See, that's not an Amendment or anything. That's the ORIGINAL Article II.
The U.S. Constitution was written in May of 1787 and was completely ratified by all member States by May of 1789, I believe.
Lincoln wasn't elected President until 1861 (1861-1865).
So, your timeline is off by about 100 years or so.
What was that about...
Originally posted by ynghermes: Knoledge is power, look up the facts.
????
Oh, never mind.
Here's a hot tip - you MAY be thinking of things like "war powers" and some subsequent debates and laws concerning who can declare war vs. who can commit troops WITHOUT declaring war... (but you didn't get that from me, OK?)
But, far be it from you to actually look any of this up, in any detail, before rambling on.
Originally posted by Nick Batzdorf:
You didn't say anything intelligent in the gay marriage argument either. All you know how to do is complain about what I say and play devil's advocate.
Funny, I recall you specifically saying that one of mine was the ONLY post in the entire thread that made you stop and think.
And brace yourself, oh
Nick-the-wisest, but I had a couple of folks tell me - off the thread - that they thought I was the ONLY one tracking a consistent argument and outing some *cough*
other people *cough* for the hypocrites that they seemed to be.
Originally posted by Nick Batzdorf:
Contribute to the conversation or shut the **** up.
Now, I've got to "contribute" - ONLY in a way that King Nick approves of...
And G.W. Bush is a Nazi?!?!?!
And Nick B. is a progressive liberal?!?!?!
Look up the word
"hypocrite", Nick.
Nick, I AM contributing to the conversation.
Just because it makes you angry or uncomfortable when my contributions serve to show you how foolish many of your pronouncements are, doesn't mean I'm not contributing. Sure, it may SEEM like nothing more than sport (it's certainly easy enough), but some of us find it incredibly helpful - as well as entertaining - to disembowel some of the myopic, uneducated, unsupported and half-baked ideas tossed off in here.