Don't have to break a law. High crime and misdemeanor, despite the way it sounds, isn't a legal definition. What constitutes a high crime and/or misdemeanor is up to Congress to decide when they start drafting those famed Articles of Impeachment. So, you can be removed from office for bad/reckless/stupid behavior without breaking a law. While in no way authoritive, this is a nice read: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is _n17_v50/ai_21129268
Not to mention, Bush took an oath to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States" and by dipsy-doodling around it anytime he sees fit, he's breaking his oath.
Really, though, doing the job badly isn't a high crime or misdemeanor. Bush shouldn't be impeached; he should be forced to, y'know, actually compromise. No, but breaching the public trust by deliberatly misleading the American public and circumventing the Constitution are high crimes and misdemeanors.
The way I suspect is that it's their coinage.
They say what you can and cannot do with their coins. In essence, we are just using/borrowing them. Such in the way that paper money is known as a "Federal Reserve Note", they still own the note and it's still theirs to control and dictate what you can do with it.
Perhaps this is why the use and exchange of money is called "circulation", we are just passing what they own around until they get it back.
But, that's just my personal theory.
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And no, Congress is not the only body that can make something illegal. Congress is the only body that can pass Acts of Congress which later turn into public and private laws, but other government organizations can pass regulations and other things that, well... regulate.
I'm all for Google, use a slew of their services, but, adding one thing after another is ridiculous. Personally, I think that if Google keeps coming up with all this new stuff, they're eventually going to lose scope and focus. It's bad to have a hand in everything, eventually you'll lose track and something bad will happen. Especially since a large majority of all the Google services are still in beta. And, especially in the case of Gmail, one can wonder if they are ever going to come out of beta because Google keeps making other things.
Fact: Google has a Beta Search History feature. It's an opt-in thing, but, it's quite handy. Stores all the searches you make. Really handy if you want to find something you found a year ago.
I think Google knows what its doing and how to preserve, protect, and defend its users. Otherwise, I don't think they'd risk offering the service.
Now, if only our elected officials could preserve, protect, and defend that little nagging thing called the United States Constitution... and stop nosing in our searches!
I say, as from a non-technological standpoint, but a legal one... Get a petition and have him cited for disturbing the peace.
Most/some places have laws about sounds that radiate constantly past the grounds of the property.
Since when has the U.S. -- or for that matter anybody -- followed a treaty when it didn't suit them? It really doesn't suit them to help countries with limited speech... unless it's an election year.
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Just one flaw in that... The Cone of Silence NEVER WORKED!
Don't have to break a law. High crime and misdemeanor, despite the way it sounds, isn't a legal definition. What constitutes a high crime and/or misdemeanor is up to Congress to decide when they start drafting those famed Articles of Impeachment. So, you can be removed from office for bad/reckless/stupid behavior without breaking a law. While in no way authoritive, this is a nice read: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is _n17_v50/ai_21129268
Not to mention, Bush took an oath to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States" and by dipsy-doodling around it anytime he sees fit, he's breaking his oath.
The way I suspect is that it's their coinage. They say what you can and cannot do with their coins. In essence, we are just using/borrowing them. Such in the way that paper money is known as a "Federal Reserve Note", they still own the note and it's still theirs to control and dictate what you can do with it. Perhaps this is why the use and exchange of money is called "circulation", we are just passing what they own around until they get it back. But, that's just my personal theory. -- And no, Congress is not the only body that can make something illegal. Congress is the only body that can pass Acts of Congress which later turn into public and private laws, but other government organizations can pass regulations and other things that, well... regulate.
I'm all for Google, use a slew of their services, but, adding one thing after another is ridiculous. Personally, I think that if Google keeps coming up with all this new stuff, they're eventually going to lose scope and focus. It's bad to have a hand in everything, eventually you'll lose track and something bad will happen. Especially since a large majority of all the Google services are still in beta. And, especially in the case of Gmail, one can wonder if they are ever going to come out of beta because Google keeps making other things.
Fact: Google has a Beta Search History feature. It's an opt-in thing, but, it's quite handy. Stores all the searches you make. Really handy if you want to find something you found a year ago. I think Google knows what its doing and how to preserve, protect, and defend its users. Otherwise, I don't think they'd risk offering the service. Now, if only our elected officials could preserve, protect, and defend that little nagging thing called the United States Constitution... and stop nosing in our searches!
I say, as from a non-technological standpoint, but a legal one... Get a petition and have him cited for disturbing the peace. Most/some places have laws about sounds that radiate constantly past the grounds of the property.
Since when has the U.S. -- or for that matter anybody -- followed a treaty when it didn't suit them? It really doesn't suit them to help countries with limited speech... unless it's an election year.
He did say delete select all... *shrugs* As for that killer stuff... Vista knows when it's dead.