does america even need a president?

[brianmanahan]

seriously, could we just not elect a president in 2016? could we write in "n/a" on the ballot? could that make things better in america?

 

[nextJin]

No because you'd give bama a third term

 

[jackstar7]

So no Veto option for anything passed by Congress? That sounds like a net positive to you?

 

[Incorruptible]

We would be much better off if we didnt elect that POS SOB obama and could actually get our freedom back but too many idiots in this country

 

[jackstar7]

We would be much better off if we didnt elect that POS SOB obama and could actually get our freedom back but too many idiots in this country

What freedom has President Obama taken from you? Please be specific to his policies and how they affect you personally.

 

[Jaskalas]

does america even need a president?

Does America even need an executive branch?

The answer is yes.

 

[blankslate]

According to the Constitution, yes.

 

[brianmanahan]

Does America even need an executive branch?

The answer is yes.

why not just make congress the president? that way intsead of 1 man making all the decisions, it would be a group of people

the needs of the many > the needs of the few, etc

 

[nehalem256]

why not just make congress the president? that way intsead of 1 man making all the decisions, it would be a group of people

the needs of the many > the needs of the few, etc

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2295158

I hate it especially when one person can become President with an absolute majority of the vote.

I see no good reason as to why a council of executives isn't better.

Sorry, you are 3 days late to the crazy.

 

[Jaskalas]

why not just make congress the president? that way intsead of 1 man making all the decisions, it would be a group of people

the needs of the many > the needs of the few, etc

Executives are to make decisions quickly, as needed.

I think if you looked at Congress you'd appreciate how a legislative body cannot do this. Instead they set the guidelines the executive is supposed to follow.

 

[glenn1]

why not just make congress the president? that way intsead of 1 man making all the decisions, it would be a group of people

the needs of the many > the needs of the few, etc

Make Congress the President? Do you mean move to a Westminster parliamentary system? While appealing in some ways the current U.S. arrangement has its own advantages; there's no such thing as a perfect political system.

 

[Jimzz]

Commander in cheif

It keeps the military from trying a coup. Look at other nations where coups happened and usually the military was run by someone else. They get ticked off at the PM/President/etc... and try and take over since they have the arms power.

 

[Incorruptible]

What freedom has President Obama taken from you? Please be specific to his policies and how they affect you personally.

Lets see

obamacare
NDAA
Libya
Benghazi
Legal assassinations
Free speech
Christianity
Taxes
Spending
Regulations
War on Drugs
Legalized gay marriage
taxpayer funded abortions
welfare
SS
Venezuela
Constitution

 

[Juddog]

Lets see

obamacare
NDAA
Libya
Benghazi
Legal assassinations
Free speech
Christianity
Taxes
Spending
Regulations
War on Drugs
Legalized gay marriage
taxpayer funded abortions
welfare
SS
Venezuela
Constitution

Wow, Obama took away Christianity from you? Despite the fact that he himself is a Christian? You truly are delusional.

 

[jackstar7]

What freedom has President Obama taken from you? Please be specific to his policies and how they affect you personally.

Lets see

obamacare
NDAA
Libya
Benghazi
Legal assassinations
Free speech
Christianity
Taxes
Spending
Regulations
War on Drugs
Legalized gay marriage
taxpayer funded abortions
welfare
SS
Venezuela
Constitution

And the other half of my request?

There are several I question, but I'd really like to know how these have affected you personally in as much detail as you are willing to expound with.

 

[raildogg]

Don't wait for politicians to make things better. Start making things better today for yourself and everyone else.

 

[dawheat]

Lets see

obamacare
NDAA
Libya
Benghazi
Legal assassinations
Free speech
Christianity
Taxes
Spending
Regulations
War on Drugs
Legalized gay marriage
taxpayer funded abortions
welfare
SS
Venezuela
Constitution

What federal taxes increased in his first term?

 

[Olikan]

every country needs to have someone in charge, it make decisions go way faster.

 

[Ausm]

What freedom has President Obama taken from you? Please be specific to his policies and how they affect you personally.

He hasn't lost his freedom of being a complete idiot but I would like to see the answer to this question also.

 

[Ausm]

Wow, Obama took away Christianity from you? Despite the fact that he himself is a Christian? You truly are delusional.

The Rightists in here believe he is a Kenyan Muslim but those idiots don't realize over 80% of Kenyans are indeed Christian.

 

[Incorruptible]

He hasn't lost his freedom of being a complete idiot but I would like to see the answer to this question also.

Troll Alert!

 

[SheHateMe]

I think electro-shock therapy can repair Incorruptible's brain.

 

[Agent11]

Can we sign up Manahan too?

If all else fails there's always the monkey head transplant option.

 

[sm625]

The country needs its corporate stooge to blame for everything done to enrich the richest 0.1%. Obama is the bird cage liner that gets replaced every 4/8 years. No one is even looking at the bird itself, they are too busy complaining that the newspaper lining the cage has red or blue graphics. It's so frickin retarded it really makes it easy to understand how humans can share 95-98% of their genes with several species of lesser primates. The worst part is that most people know obama/bush/clinton is literally just a bird cage liner. But they dont frickin care. They will spend hours arguing for or against "their guy" and they dont even care that he has no power. To them it is like arguing over sports teams. They have no interest in the real power structure. The real power structure is exactly that which can bring a supposedly rational thinking person to act so foolish towards understanding our real political system.

You can see it all around. The real power structure is that system which can make supposedly rational people completely throw reason out the window and argue for the irrational, such as the banning of guns even though the banning of guns has preceded all of the 5 largest genocidal events, and violent crime rates skyrocket after gun bans, and bla bla bla. What's the use arguing it? Facts dont matter. That's the whole point. Facts dont matter. There's a force governing that reaction, and it is far more powerful than president obama, or any person at all. People ignore it at their deepest peril.

 

[werepossum]

According to the Constitution, yes.

This. I love our checks and balances, but to quote the immortal Bruce Williams, "Anything with more than one head is a monster."