What I'm saying is that your checks and balances are retardedly unbalanced and that Congress is not held accountable for anything.
Quote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 04:58:20 PMWhat I'm saying is that your checks and balances are retardedly unbalanced and that Congress is not held accountable for anything.The President keeps congress in line with the power to veto. The President can also issue Executive Orders which can go into effect via the Judicial Branch. I'd say our 3 branches of government are pretty balanced. However, congress needs to enact some policies such as term limits.
Quote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:00:53 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 04:58:20 PMWhat I'm saying is that your checks and balances are retardedly unbalanced and that Congress is not held accountable for anything.The President keeps congress in line with the power to veto. The President can also issue Executive Orders which can go into effect via the Judicial Branch. I'd say our 3 branches of government are pretty balanced. However, congress needs to enact some policies such as term limits.And isn't congress nearly all exclusively business men? There's like no engineers, enviromentalists or full-time politicians as far as I know. I get the whole 3 pillars thing but it's drilled into us here that because of this systemy ou have, you can't shift the blame onto any one area because they can keep juggling responsibilities.
Quote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:03:43 PMQuote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:00:53 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 04:58:20 PMWhat I'm saying is that your checks and balances are retardedly unbalanced and that Congress is not held accountable for anything.The President keeps congress in line with the power to veto. The President can also issue Executive Orders which can go into effect via the Judicial Branch. I'd say our 3 branches of government are pretty balanced. However, congress needs to enact some policies such as term limits.And isn't congress nearly all exclusively business men? There's like no engineers, enviromentalists or full-time politicians as far as I know. I get the whole 3 pillars thing but it's drilled into us here that because of this systemy ou have, you can't shift the blame onto any one area because they can keep juggling responsibilities.Lobbyism has corrupted congress and until it's outlawed there's not much we can do. I don't know why you would want an engineer as a senator. They have scientists and environmentalists at their disposal.
Quote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:06:17 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:03:43 PMQuote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:00:53 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 04:58:20 PMWhat I'm saying is that your checks and balances are retardedly unbalanced and that Congress is not held accountable for anything.The President keeps congress in line with the power to veto. The President can also issue Executive Orders which can go into effect via the Judicial Branch. I'd say our 3 branches of government are pretty balanced. However, congress needs to enact some policies such as term limits.And isn't congress nearly all exclusively business men? There's like no engineers, enviromentalists or full-time politicians as far as I know. I get the whole 3 pillars thing but it's drilled into us here that because of this systemy ou have, you can't shift the blame onto any one area because they can keep juggling responsibilities.Lobbyism has corrupted congress and until it's outlawed there's not much we can do. I don't know why you would want an engineer as a senator. They have scientists and environmentalists at their disposal.I used it as an example. ofc I don't want a whole body of decision makers to be fucking scientists. But you need some integrated there as a baseline so they don't fuck up the enviroment and shit.
Quote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:03:43 PMQuote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:00:53 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 04:58:20 PMWhat I'm saying is that your checks and balances are retardedly unbalanced and that Congress is not held accountable for anything.The President keeps congress in line with the power to veto. The President can also issue Executive Orders which can go into effect via the Judicial Branch. I'd say our 3 branches of government are pretty balanced. However, congress needs to enact some policies such as term limits.And isn't congress nearly all exclusively business men? There's like no engineers, enviromentalists or full-time politicians as far as I know. I get the whole 3 pillars thing but it's drilled into us here that because of this systemy you have, you can't shift the blame onto any one area because they can keep juggling responsibilities.Quote169 Members of the House (38% of the House) and 57 Senators (57% of the Senate), held law degrees. 19 House Representatives have doctoral (Ph.D. or D.Phil.) degrees. 22 Members of the House and 3 Senators have a medical degree
Quote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:00:53 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 04:58:20 PMWhat I'm saying is that your checks and balances are retardedly unbalanced and that Congress is not held accountable for anything.The President keeps congress in line with the power to veto. The President can also issue Executive Orders which can go into effect via the Judicial Branch. I'd say our 3 branches of government are pretty balanced. However, congress needs to enact some policies such as term limits.And isn't congress nearly all exclusively business men? There's like no engineers, enviromentalists or full-time politicians as far as I know. I get the whole 3 pillars thing but it's drilled into us here that because of this systemy you have, you can't shift the blame onto any one area because they can keep juggling responsibilities.
169 Members of the House (38% of the House) and 57 Senators (57% of the Senate), held law degrees. 19 House Representatives have doctoral (Ph.D. or D.Phil.) degrees. 22 Members of the House and 3 Senators have a medical degree
Quote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:08:50 PMQuote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:06:17 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:03:43 PMQuote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:00:53 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 04:58:20 PMWhat I'm saying is that your checks and balances are retardedly unbalanced and that Congress is not held accountable for anything.The President keeps congress in line with the power to veto. The President can also issue Executive Orders which can go into effect via the Judicial Branch. I'd say our 3 branches of government are pretty balanced. However, congress needs to enact some policies such as term limits.And isn't congress nearly all exclusively business men? There's like no engineers, enviromentalists or full-time politicians as far as I know. I get the whole 3 pillars thing but it's drilled into us here that because of this systemy ou have, you can't shift the blame onto any one area because they can keep juggling responsibilities.Lobbyism has corrupted congress and until it's outlawed there's not much we can do. I don't know why you would want an engineer as a senator. They have scientists and environmentalists at their disposal.I used it as an example. ofc I don't want a whole body of decision makers to be fucking scientists. But you need some integrated there as a baseline so they don't fuck up the enviroment and shit.That's why we have a representative democracy. We vote for senators that care about the environment.
Quote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:09:54 PMQuote from: SoporificSlash on December 14, 2015, 05:08:38 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:03:43 PMQuote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:00:53 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 04:58:20 PMWhat I'm saying is that your checks and balances are retardedly unbalanced and that Congress is not held accountable for anything.The President keeps congress in line with the power to veto. The President can also issue Executive Orders which can go into effect via the Judicial Branch. I'd say our 3 branches of government are pretty balanced. However, congress needs to enact some policies such as term limits.And isn't congress nearly all exclusively business men? There's like no engineers, enviromentalists or full-time politicians as far as I know. I get the whole 3 pillars thing but it's drilled into us here that because of this systemy you have, you can't shift the blame onto any one area because they can keep juggling responsibilities.Quote169 Members of the House (38% of the House) and 57 Senators (57% of the Senate), held law degrees. 19 House Representatives have doctoral (Ph.D. or D.Phil.) degrees. 22 Members of the House and 3 Senators have a medical degreeHow is this relevant?You asked if they're exclusively businessmenThey're not
Quote from: SoporificSlash on December 14, 2015, 05:08:38 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:03:43 PMQuote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:00:53 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 04:58:20 PMWhat I'm saying is that your checks and balances are retardedly unbalanced and that Congress is not held accountable for anything.The President keeps congress in line with the power to veto. The President can also issue Executive Orders which can go into effect via the Judicial Branch. I'd say our 3 branches of government are pretty balanced. However, congress needs to enact some policies such as term limits.And isn't congress nearly all exclusively business men? There's like no engineers, enviromentalists or full-time politicians as far as I know. I get the whole 3 pillars thing but it's drilled into us here that because of this systemy you have, you can't shift the blame onto any one area because they can keep juggling responsibilities.Quote169 Members of the House (38% of the House) and 57 Senators (57% of the Senate), held law degrees. 19 House Representatives have doctoral (Ph.D. or D.Phil.) degrees. 22 Members of the House and 3 Senators have a medical degreeHow is this relevant?
Being a scientist =/= knowing shit about the environment.
Quote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:09:49 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:08:50 PMQuote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:06:17 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:03:43 PMQuote from: Septy on December 14, 2015, 05:00:53 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 04:58:20 PMWhat I'm saying is that your checks and balances are retardedly unbalanced and that Congress is not held accountable for anything.The President keeps congress in line with the power to veto. The President can also issue Executive Orders which can go into effect via the Judicial Branch. I'd say our 3 branches of government are pretty balanced. However, congress needs to enact some policies such as term limits.And isn't congress nearly all exclusively business men? There's like no engineers, enviromentalists or full-time politicians as far as I know. I get the whole 3 pillars thing but it's drilled into us here that because of this systemy ou have, you can't shift the blame onto any one area because they can keep juggling responsibilities.Lobbyism has corrupted congress and until it's outlawed there's not much we can do. I don't know why you would want an engineer as a senator. They have scientists and environmentalists at their disposal.I used it as an example. ofc I don't want a whole body of decision makers to be fucking scientists. But you need some integrated there as a baseline so they don't fuck up the enviroment and shit.That's why we have a representative democracy. We vote for senators that care about the environment.It clearly hasn't worked for 50 years.
Quote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:12:59 PMBusiness men/lawyers, same shit man.lol
Business men/lawyers, same shit man.
Quote from: LC on December 14, 2015, 05:12:14 PMBeing a scientist =/= knowing shit about the environment.Really? I never knew. Thanks for contributing to the conversation btw
Wasn't there a point in time when both president and congress kept saying no to each other and literally nothing got done?
Quote from: OnionBeetle on December 14, 2015, 05:13:32 PMQuote from: LC on December 14, 2015, 05:12:14 PMBeing a scientist =/= knowing shit about the environment.Really? I never knew. Thanks for contributing to the conversation btwNo problem, it was clear that you didn't know when you thought that having a scientist in congress would automatically know everything about the environment and what measures need to be taken to protect and repair it so I thought I'd help you out a little.
I mean at least we don't have a quasi "Royal" family of inbreds