tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post3478564721229594901..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: Senator Robert Byrd (!?) challenges centralization of power in the Exeuctive Branch...Steven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-34147784579699069072009-02-27T10:27:00.000-05:002009-02-27T10:27:00.000-05:00I feel like the principle that gets omitted from b...I feel like the principle that gets omitted from both sides of any debate is process:<BR/><BR/>Czar's are an expansion of executive power.<BR/><BR/>Separation of Powers, as a doctrine, doesn't prohibit this, it encourages the other branches to strike back. This is the process.<BR/><BR/>Politics is defined by the success each branch has in checking the other, and - like I said in my blog - I think it's good to see that even with a single party in control, challenges look like they will surface against too much centralization by Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-10617952714869394732009-02-27T09:20:00.000-05:002009-02-27T09:20:00.000-05:00DanaTo be brutally honest, you have read far too m...Dana<BR/>To be brutally honest, you have read far too much into my literary and grammatical penchant for making sure that items in a sentence like that do not mix singular and plurals. Seriously. I actually edited out the "s" on principle because I didn't like the way it read.<BR/><BR/>That said, I have at least one and one-half principles...<BR/><BR/>This one in particular is a constitutional principle: separation of powers.<BR/><BR/>I have objected in the past to the existence of a drug czar and an intelligence czar, as well as the idea of an automotive industry czar.<BR/><BR/>These informal arrangements, with no constitutional accountability such as the heads of departments have, strike me as unwise ... on general principle(s).<BR/><BR/>Why isn't being Secretary of HHS automatically being the "Health Care Czar" without establishing a duplicative office and staff organization?Steven H. Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-36406589418361542752009-02-27T09:12:00.000-05:002009-02-27T09:12:00.000-05:00"What happens is that times of crisis are used as ..."What happens is that times of crisis are used as explanations why pragmatism should replace principle because we can suddenly no longer afford the deliberative democratic process."<BR/><BR/>It's my impression that "principle" very often comes in the singular for you; rarely the plural. It seems that you have one principle in mind and that you rarely recognize other, especially competitive, principles. Am I wrong? If not, what are the principleS you think are relevant?Delaware Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619357338844485803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-21746387457497688712009-02-26T23:58:00.000-05:002009-02-26T23:58:00.000-05:00Given how much of the executive branch he has remo...Given how much of the executive branch he has removed to the State of Byrd,, fuck him. He's a half-senile old man who take sit as a personal offense if presidents don't kneel before him and kiss his old Klan ring before doing anything.<BR/><BR/>You nailed Thurmond for staying too long? Same medicine to Byrd.Waldo Lydecker's Journalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18046082913930451235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-37546872092840632512009-02-26T15:04:00.000-05:002009-02-26T15:04:00.000-05:00I never thought I'd say this but, way to go Byrd.I never thought I'd say this but, way to go Byrd.City Upon The Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605440199128496001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-8145331895839425352009-02-26T12:05:00.000-05:002009-02-26T12:05:00.000-05:00Ace of Spades HQ had this story posted yesterday. ...Ace of Spades HQ had this story posted yesterday. The title of the post was:<BR/><BR/><B>Noted KKK Kleagle Pans Black President for Acting Unconstitutionally, Uppity</B><BR/><BR/>Heh.a most peculiar naturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13131721132161386999noreply@blogger.com