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Maybe we think a president is worth something. But anything is only worth what you can get for it on the market. I remember watching some "Olympus has Fallen" or other really bad movie, where the North Koreans held the POTUS hostage, and through out the movie I kept shouting, "Kill the bastard! We have 300 Million more of them!" If I was an American. But now there is a rather unique situation, where Americans could impeach, remove, and turn over the Donald, and recover some of the taxes he owes. Yes, the Iranians would probably kill him, but given his mental, and moral, state, that is no great injustice.
On the side, how much could we get for John Bolton, on the open market? Rumsfeld? Ouww, I bet Kissinger would go for a pretty penny! And Wolfowitz and his traitor wife. Oh, you didn't know about that one? Khallow, unfortunately, would sell for very little. Poor khallow.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday January 06 2020, @01:53PM (10 children)
Here in the UK, someone who is mentally ill and a danger to himself and/or others can be "Sectioned" under the Mental Health Act and taken into custody, perhaps to a secure hospital. Suppose such a person were to become President of the USA, what provision is there for dealing with the situation?
By the way, why didn't anyone stop Hitler?
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @03:20PM
We (the Allies) did stop Adolph, but it wasn't soon enough by my lights, came very close to not having my uncle (who was a US GI). Of course if you ask any of the weapons manufacturers who made a killing in WWII, they might be all in favor of waiting until the situation gets to the point of a big war...
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 06 2020, @04:19PM
There were a number of failed attempts to stop Hitler. If you've read the history, you already know that. Erwin Rommel was involved in one of them, at least peripherally, which is why Rommel was Arkancided. (See, the Clintons didn't invent that assisted suicide routine! They just copied it from previous fascists!) Hitler had a combination of traits, including paranoia, and just plain luck, that kept him alive, until he finally went nucking phutts in 1945.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @05:46PM (7 children)
Who gets to define what is and is not a mental illness or a danger to himself and/or others?
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday January 06 2020, @06:33PM (4 children)
People with a clue. Experts.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @07:29PM (3 children)
"Your betters".
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @07:35PM (2 children)
You realize you're outing yourself as another anti-science fool right? So afraid of smart people you ignore good advice, cause how dare someone tell you how to live?!? Just astounding how conservatives worship ignorance these days. Thankfully not all conservatives, from the ashes of the GOP I hope to see a rebirth of real conservative values.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Monday January 06 2020, @08:32PM (1 child)
The other A/C's ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. That is the basis of American political discourse, and always has been.
You will be waiting a long time, what with the power grabs going on all over your country.
Unfortunately it may well take an awful lot of shooting people before it happens, which will be bad for everyone.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 19 2020, @10:26AM
especially for those shot.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 06 2020, @06:48PM (1 child)
Not Turgid... thankfully.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday January 06 2020, @08:01PM
Now you're just being mean.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].