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    Placing a limit of proportionality on pre-authorized responses would be good policy: One missile, one incursion, should be cause for…
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  • "The Constitution makes Bush the Commander in Chief of the military...." ...whose vast and awesome powers don't extend even to…
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  • A somewhat even-handed comment: A key part of this rant is the popular polarizing game of cherry-scraping from the bottom…
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  • Perhaps, but it would have a deeper and broader effect if one were to fix the underlying problems in corporate…
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  • "...the Iranians could be in a position to test fire a low-grade device -- less than half a kiloton...." This…
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  • Why the "surge" plan -- so politically provocative, so militarily pointless? Bush and company surely care more about launching a…
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  • But what would keep Bush from ordering an attack, regardless of opinion and of resolutions by Congress? Perhaps nothing. If,…
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  • From NASA: "This image shows temperature anomalies relative to the 1951-1980 mean. Areas of white indicate no deviation from the…
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  • Also, achieving the super-majority in my scenario would require a major shift of opinion, even now.
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  • Regarding President's godlike authority over everything remotely related to military affairs: Powers of Congress, U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8:…
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  • It seems to me that there is a clear option, and I'd like to hear thoughts on whether it does…
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  • With respect to possible war with Iran, Congress has more than just the power of the purse: constitutionally, Congress also…
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  • Congress isn't empowered? Constitutionally, Congress holds (but has delegated) war making authority. What it has delegated, it can take back.…
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  • Even more quickly than trial and impeachment, Congress could limit disaster by exercising a more obscure constitutional power, its authority…
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  • The series of Sun Tzu quotes followed by the one-paragraph summary of mistakes is elegant and forceful. Please consider making…
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  • With the many cellphone video cameras now available to corroborate what people say they thought they saw, I think we…
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  • Not snark in any nasty sense, just a sort of mock post-post-modernism. And, of course, thanks for the invitation!
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  • I can imagine really horrible scenarios, but -- Could you, or anyone, please direct me to a credible scenario in…
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  • Yes! A word for our times. ------- There's no Constitutional basis for a "signing statement" to be more than a…
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