Stephen Michael KellatI go to bed, wake up, and #insurrection is brewing. This is idiotic.
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]@alpacaherder It is the age of extremists, left and right, and of violent and near-violent opposition to leaders of the other extreme. It is the age where everything is unprecedented, even if it is merely the flipping of a previous policy enacted less than a decade ago.
@lnxw48a1 Did you get your issue of jackboots yet? I haven't gotten mine. #semisarcastic #cybercynicism
There are certainly things I disagree with emanating from the shining manor, as there have been with every other occupant since I first became aware of them. There is certainly precedent and reason for much of the most-despised portions of recent proclamations, whether I agree with them or not.
When the previous #fancy ruler occupied the manor, I cautioned those giddy about his unilateral moves that it was too much power in an individual's hands. Now that the despised and #wretched ruler is the occupant, they suddenly agree with me.
Principles, people. If you don't want an occupant you dislike exercising those powers, don't agree to an occupant you like using them either.
When the previous #fancy ruler occupied the manor, I cautioned those giddy about his unilateral moves that it was too much power in an individual's hands. Now that the despised and #wretched ruler is the occupant, they suddenly agree with me.
Principles, people. If you don't want an occupant you dislike exercising those powers, don't agree to an occupant you like using them either.
@lnxw48a1 My view since the election has remained we're going to have to have an Article V convention of states to turn things around.
@lnxw48a1 When the old chief started acting like a 17th century Stuart monarch and was upheld was when we started losing.
ndsI think the increasing power of the executive is in a positive feedback loop. When your party controls the White House, you can increase its power to your own ends, when the opposing party has it, you can denounce their escalating abuse of powers, while knowing that expansion of power will be waiting for your team after the next turn.
Ugh. I hope not. A controversial administration is a great time to pare back some of those powers, as long as we commit to keeping them in check once the sides flip again.