The first 100 days

[lawpoke87]

Where were you when I was doing it under Bush?

If you were so worried about it then.... why do you suddenly stop now? Just because it aligns with your ideals of small government you don't care anymore?

Not sure I was posting on the crossfire board back then. I certainly don’t recall you bringing up legislating through EOs if I was. My position on the subject doesn’t change based on the party doing it. Bad precedent is bad precedent.

 

[astonmartin708]

Not sure I was posting on the crossfire board back then. I certainly don’t recall you bringing up legislating through EOs if I was. My position on the subject doesn’t change based on the party doing it. Bad precedent is bad precedent.

Neither of us were.. this is case of the royal we. My point is that you're not the only person who has pointed out the dangers of executive overreach and had it fall on deaf ears going back several administrations.

 

[lawpoke87]

Neither of us were.. this is case of the royal we. My point is that you're not the only person who has pointed out the dangers of executive overreach and had it fall on deaf ears going back several administrations.

I think we can both agree the office of the President has become more powerful over the past 25 plus years. We can also probably agree this isn’t a good trend

 

[astonmartin708]

Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in Washington.

apnews.com

Please, please tell me why I should appreciate this?

The savings will be miniscule and the risk will be tremendous.

 

[aTUfan]

we need more than career place holders.

 

[astonmartin708]

we need more than career place holders.

You mean guys that sit in chairs with their arms folded, twiddling their thumbs while the real ‘adults’ do the important business?

Guys that spend more time on the golf course than they in the office?

 

[astonmartin708]

A new executive order: "Only the president or the attorney general can speak for the United States when stating an opinion as to what the Law is"....

Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

www.whitehouse.gov

....something....something....something....foreign AND DOMESTIC.....