Emperor changes more "laws" by decree
Once again the emperor, with a wave of his magnificent hand, has changed U.S. law.
Well maybe not so much "changed" as "suspended." Yeah, that's it.
Cool, huh? This new "imperial" government is so much more efficient that our old one--the clunky one established by the Constitution, in which congress passed "laws" and presidents were directed by the Constitution to see that those laws were "faithfully enforced."
Of course that meant that if a president didn't like the effects of a law, he had to work with congress to amend or repeal it. Our modern community organizer immediately saw the problem here: That made it much harder for him to do what He wanted to do. And it required icky, inefficient things like compromise. What nonsense!
A strong community organizer learns that you never compromise. After all, when you've got 150 angry protestors blocking the lobby of a bank you've targeted for concessions, why on earth would you compromise? You've got a knife to the business's throat. Do muggers negotiate? Of course not.
The emperor's supporters--the Left--have wanted normal relations with Cuba forever. One of their slogans years ago was "End the blockade of Cuba!" even though there's never been a blockade by the U.S. on Cuban trade. (For those under 40, a "blockade" is when one nation stations ships outside the ports of another and threatens to sink traffic to or from those ports.)
Other nations have always been free to to trade with Cuba, and have always done so. And even our laws allowed the sale of food and medicine to Cuba. But nothing else without specific permission.
Now, there may well be some good arguments for normalizing relations with Cuba. If so, let's hear 'em. Discuss thoroughly for several weeks, to allow enough time for any hidden agendas to be revealed. Then if most people agree that this is a good idea, change the law. At least that's how things were done before the reign of the emperor.
Eh, much better to just decree and jet off to a vacation where you can avoid pointed questions until the "stupid" public (Gruber's description) forgets about the whole thing over Christmas.
Sure glad we had that election six weeks ago, eh? The one where voters sent a strong signal to Democrats that they were very displeased with the direction that party--under their president and leader, the emperor--was taking. Cuz if voters hadn't sent that strong message, the emperor might do something really outrageous.
Like change more laws by decree.
Well maybe not so much "changed" as "suspended." Yeah, that's it.
Cool, huh? This new "imperial" government is so much more efficient that our old one--the clunky one established by the Constitution, in which congress passed "laws" and presidents were directed by the Constitution to see that those laws were "faithfully enforced."
Of course that meant that if a president didn't like the effects of a law, he had to work with congress to amend or repeal it. Our modern community organizer immediately saw the problem here: That made it much harder for him to do what He wanted to do. And it required icky, inefficient things like compromise. What nonsense!
A strong community organizer learns that you never compromise. After all, when you've got 150 angry protestors blocking the lobby of a bank you've targeted for concessions, why on earth would you compromise? You've got a knife to the business's throat. Do muggers negotiate? Of course not.
The emperor's supporters--the Left--have wanted normal relations with Cuba forever. One of their slogans years ago was "End the blockade of Cuba!" even though there's never been a blockade by the U.S. on Cuban trade. (For those under 40, a "blockade" is when one nation stations ships outside the ports of another and threatens to sink traffic to or from those ports.)
Other nations have always been free to to trade with Cuba, and have always done so. And even our laws allowed the sale of food and medicine to Cuba. But nothing else without specific permission.
Now, there may well be some good arguments for normalizing relations with Cuba. If so, let's hear 'em. Discuss thoroughly for several weeks, to allow enough time for any hidden agendas to be revealed. Then if most people agree that this is a good idea, change the law. At least that's how things were done before the reign of the emperor.
Eh, much better to just decree and jet off to a vacation where you can avoid pointed questions until the "stupid" public (Gruber's description) forgets about the whole thing over Christmas.
Sure glad we had that election six weeks ago, eh? The one where voters sent a strong signal to Democrats that they were very displeased with the direction that party--under their president and leader, the emperor--was taking. Cuz if voters hadn't sent that strong message, the emperor might do something really outrageous.
Like change more laws by decree.
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