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The_Jazz · 01-10-2007, 05:48 AM

1) Like it or not, if Clinton had the ability to block development in Alaska, Bush as the ability to remove that block. He's broken no laws by doing so. It may be a bad idea (as I happen to think), but it's certainly not against the law for him to allow the drilling.
2) The Senate has to ratify all treaties, and there's no guarantee that this will pass. After NAFTA, they've been very hesitant to ratify any new treaties. Presidential approval will not turn this into law. The US signed the Kyoto Acords, and that was never ratified by the Senate. If the Senate doesn't ratify, it's just failed foreign policy.
3) No President has every been impeached for the manner in which a war has been prosecuted. I doubt anyone in the Senate will have the balls to even suggest that Bush is ultimately at fault for any failures on the ground, and personally I have doubts that the responsibility for those failures lies in the White House. I see it as more of a command-on-the-ground failure, but that's just my opinion.

01-10-2007, 05:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	1) Like it or not, if Clinton had the ability to block development in Alaska, Bush as the ability to remove that block. He's broken no laws by doing so. It may be a bad idea (as I happen to think), but it's certainly not against the law for him to allow the drilling. 2) The Senate has to ratify all treaties, and there's no guarantee that this will pass. After NAFTA, they've been very hesitant to ratify any new treaties. Presidential approval will not turn this into law. The US signed the Kyoto Acords, and that was never ratified by the Senate. If the Senate doesn't ratify, it's just failed foreign policy. 3) No President has every been impeached for the manner in which a war has been prosecuted. I doubt anyone in the Senate will have the balls to even suggest that Bush is ultimately at fault for any failures on the ground, and personally I have doubts that the responsibility for those failures lies in the White House. I see it as more of a command-on-the-ground failure, but that's just my opinion. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo Last edited by The_Jazz; 01-10-2007 at 05:50 AM..