Now, the US Constitution, our nation's founding document, laid out the powers and duties of the President. Well, I gotta problem with a lot of it. Let's take a look.
1. The President must be at least 35 years old
- My take is this: if you're expected to be the leader of the free world, in charge of our military, the economy, democracy in the US, and the lives of millions of people, you kinda ought to be further removed from the legal drinking age. Now, I'm only 20, so I guess I don't fully understand the maturation process that happens between 21-35, but I like my leaders of the free world to be a little older, a little wiser, and with more experience in the real world. Doing things like, oh I don't know, running a business, raising a family or serving in the military. Let's bump that 35 up to 40, just to be safe.
see? this guy seems legit
2. The President is entitled to compensation while serving.
- I'm not a bloody commie looking to make sure that the President serves only for the good of the state. But $400,000 a year? Plus $50,000 in expenses? Seems a tad high doesn't it? Especially when per capita income in the US is around $47,000. I know the Constitution doesn't specifically state what the President's salary should be, but let's take him (or her sorry) down from $400,000 to $200,000 and keep the 50k for expenses. It's still a lot of money, and if you look at the value of the some of our President's in history (Thomas Jefferson started the University of Virginia for christ's sake), they can stomach that cut.
check out the clinton swagg
3. The President may make treaties, but requires 2/3 of Congress to ratify it.
- To paraphrase JFK quoting Abe Lincoln, "a house divided amongst itself..." and you know the rest. When debating or arguing or even haggling, unity makes accomplishing the job easier. We can't have a President working for nuclear arms reduction and a Repub-I mean, Congress that won't support it because the old guys in it have a hard-on for the Cold War, even though it ended 20 years ago. Review the treaty, make sure the President isn't pulling a Jim Carrey in "Pet Detective", but it should be the President's call. Or at least half of Congress because now I'm picturing Reagan negotiating the START I treaty saying, "Excuse me Mr. Gorbachev, I'd like to ask you a few questions."
just please not like this *shudder*
4. The President may make recess appointments.
- Sneaky back-room politics. (Sigh) Let's just remove this. On the off-chance that Obama would have the balls to appoint someone to an important spot while Congress is in recess, I think we'd all like to just ax this section now before Glenn Beck and Sarah "don't put a crosshairs on me" Palin show us the new meaning of "explode."
sorry i had to. what, too soon?
Well thats all I have for now. (I've so badly wanted to say this) More after the jump!
