<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">John, do you not think that Trump explored all the avenues in which he could dictate what he wanted? And do you not think that his advisors told him exactly what his powers were?  And when he heard them, he decided that he could do nothing that would win him any political points, so he decided to sit there and hope it all goes away soon.  I think that is a very likely scenario.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 4:21 PM John Clark via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 2:03 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u></span></p></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span><span style="font-size:14pt"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">>> </span>"</span></span><i><span style="font-size:14pt">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>difficult </span>struggle they have before them<span>.</span></span></i><span><span style="font-size:14pt">"<u></u><u></u></span></span></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>Ja.  Do you see the difference between a military attack by a foreign military and an attack by a virus?  </p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">No.</font></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>To do what it sounds like you expect would require POTUS to assume dictatorial powers, which POTUS cannot legally do.</i></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4">Japan<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> South Korea<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> Germany<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> Australia <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </span>New Zealand<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, Canada </span>and many other countries manage<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">d</span> to do what needed to be done <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">and</span> none of them have a dictator but they all ha<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">d</span> something the US d<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">isn't</span> have<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> a leader who <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">was</span> not an imbecile<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">John K Clark</span></font></div></div></div>
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