<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">On Jul 3, 2020, at 11:08 AM, spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1"><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal">> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Clark via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] you'll never see this again<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 10:45 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">>…And for similar reasons Franklin Roosevelt said in a famous speech<span class="gmaildefault">:</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"</span></span><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the Territory of Hawaii was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. I'm sure I speak for all Americans when I say I wish the Hawaiians the very best of luck in the <span class="gmaildefault">difficult </span>struggle they have before them<span class="gmaildefault">.</span></span></i><span class="gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Ja. Do you see the difference between a military attack by a foreign military and an attack by a virus? POTUS commands the military. POTUS can do that legally, but he military cannot shoot a virus. To do what it sounds like you expect would require POTUS to assume dictatorial powers, which POTUS cannot legally do.</span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br><style><!--
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--></style><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Actually, war was declared after FDR gave his famous speech, so we don’t really have a case of the executive going it alone here. It’s believe the original intent of the Framers was that the president would only direct military once the Congress authorized this — not that a president would simply react without congressional approval.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Dan</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> Sample my Kindle books at:</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://author.to/DanUst</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>