That speech is one of my favourite of all time. And I believe was also a favourite of the excellent Cyclefree, late of this parish. (View Post)

I think you miss how important this fight is. This is the President saying he can ignore both the constitution and all the other arms of Government because he is President. If they don't take a … (View Post)

Or build a bridge out of them? (View Post)

I think we are just about at the point where people lower down the chain need to start asking if 'I was only obeying orders' will be a sufficient defence to save their jobs. I mean, would y… (View Post)

The other problem being that the criteria for being accepted as a candidate was wanting to be one. They had almost no formal system for accepting candidates let alone vetting them. (View Post)