King Barack I

[mrswdk]

The title is 'Is the US president an elected monarch?'.

[saxitoxin]

The title is 'Is the US president an elected monarch?'.

(#1) You didn't post the title. (#2) The BBC website is blocked in Santa Barbara.

So that's on you.

[mrswdk]

The title is 'Is the US president an elected monarch?'.

(#1) You didn't post the title. (#2) The BBC website is blocked in Santa Barbara.

So that's on you.

lol, really?

I guess the despot doesn't want you guys having access to neutral news sources.

[jonesthecurl]

Saxi, not agreeing or disagreeing with any of the finely argued points in this thread, but the author of the article under study is a professor at Princeton.

That's a horrifying realization.

He IS a Brit, but a helluva qualified one to talk about history.

[saxitoxin]

The title is 'Is the US president an elected monarch?'.

(#1) You didn't post the title. (#2) The BBC website is blocked in Santa Barbara.

So that's on you.

lol, really?

I guess the despot doesn't want you guys having access to neutral news sources.

Um, hardly. This was a decision by Sheriff Bill Brown a couple years ago after the BBC wrote a biased and vitriolic review of the Santa Barbara Summer Orchid show. It was a decision supported by the community and has nothing to do with having access to so-called "neutral news sources." [sic]

I have posted about Bill Brown before on Conquer Club, so it's known I am not necessarily a fan, but even I backed the decision.

[mrswdk]

Wasn't that the one where second place went to the old Arizonan lady who grew a 10-foot wide swastika out of petunias?

[Dukasaur]

Well then we are agreed on the main point, which is that the US president currently enjoys powers on a par with those once afforded to European monarchs.

I didn't read that to be the main point.

It was fairly obvious to anyone who didn't approach the article with an anti-British axe to grind.

You've been known to criticize the despotic powers of the POTUS yourself, but just allow one little Brit to sneak in to the situation, and right away you're seeing the rocket's red glare.

[2dimes]

source: Casio PRIZM FX-CG10 Calculator

Is that the one with Tetris?

You should get a newer one with HALO on it.

[tzor]

200 years after the French overthrew the British rulers of the original 13 colonies in a coup d'etat, the United States of America continues to be ruled by a traditional British monarch:

That is completely incorrect. A "Traditional British Monarch" was rejected at the Constitutional Convention. (NO, really, look it up, the guy who pushed for it basically lost all his political credibility from that point onward.)

George Washington was never a "traditional British monarch" because clearly he quit after 8 years and he never had his son take over immediately upon his resignation. Now whether he was "better" or "worse" than King George is a matter of personal opinion. King George was reluctantly yielding to the tax demands of the colonists, while on the other hand, Washington personally led the armies when locals complained about the taxes from the Federal government.

Both George Washington and King George would have looked with horror with today's progressive bureaucracy and chief executive.

[saxitoxin]

Well then we are agreed on the main point, which is that the US president currently enjoys powers on a par with those once afforded to European monarchs.

I didn't read that to be the main point.

It was fairly obvious to anyone who didn't approach the article with an anti-British axe to grind.

You've been known to criticize the despotic powers of the POTUS yourself, but just allow one little Brit to sneak in to the situation, and right away you're seeing the rocket's red glare.

Yes, including in this very thread. I was careful to note that, while I agreed with the solution, the formula was incorrect. My 5th grade math teacher required us to show our work and we would not get credit if we knew the answer but not how to get it. The same thing applies here.

And I most certainly do not have an anti British bias, my bias is more generally anti Anglo-Saxon.

[mrswdk]

A German who doesn't like Jews, Brits or Americans.

lool. Heard that one before.

[riskllama]

saxi's a kraut???
his avatar would suggest an arab lineage...
german/arab? would explain alot...

[Metsfanmax]

saxi's a kraut???

Born and raised in the Hitler Youth!

[AndyDufresne]

saxi's a kraut???
his avatar would suggest an arab lineage...
german/arab? would explain alot...

Saxi has uncertain genieology.




--Andy

[Metsfanmax]

saxi's a kraut???
his avatar would suggest an arab lineage...
german/arab? would explain alot...

Saxi has uncertain genieology.




--Andy

Aren't you taking that pun just a little bit jafar?

[mrswdk]

It's Abu-t time someone put a stop to this.

[jonesthecurl]

Sesa who?
Sesame.