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sadoldgirl

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8. Okay, that is Orwell, and I believe it

Reply to MrScorpio (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 7, 2015, 01:14 AM

Mar 2015

to be true. The problem that raises then:

No matter how much you hope for it any kind of
revolution by the populous will be useless.

The real power lies in especially those 4 departments, possibly
even other ones.

FDR had his people taking over several departments.
Forgetting that he himself was not against interfering
in the war, how could he achieve the changes in other
departments?

In other words, what you are saying is, no matter if
a peace favoring and a supporter of at least the
4th amendment would be elected, he/she would be
unable to keep any promises made on the campaign.

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Question about the true powers of our POTUS [View all] sadoldgirl Mar 2015 OP

My thought on this is presidents come and go, congress comes and goes, but these agencies RKP5637 Mar 2015 #1

Here's another cheery thought - few politicians get anywhere near positions of power leveymg Mar 2015 #2

So true! Many politicians are tools and/or a facade to make the masses feel good. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #12

Yes,and we have seen that this sadoldgirl Mar 2015 #3

I spent over seven years working at the Pentagon. MrScorpio Mar 2015 #4

Thank you for your insight sadoldgirl Mar 2015 #5

I suggest that more people actually take the time and effort to see DC at work MrScorpio Mar 2015 #7

Okay, that is Orwell, and I believe it sadoldgirl Mar 2015 #8

People forget that the permanent military/intelligence war state was built in 1947 MrScorpio Mar 2015 #10

It makes me wonder, then.... CanSocDem Mar 2015 #13

Despite the limits of the office, being President carries with it tremendous responsibility MrScorpio Mar 2015 #14

The Deep State will always win. TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #6

Okay then, if that is the state of sadoldgirl Mar 2015 #9

Each of those agencies report to the executive branch, so it up to the POTUS to CK_John Mar 2015 #11