M2RB: The Doors
(Yeah, girls, me, too! Yum!)
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm
There's a killer on the road
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm
There's a killer on the road
"Many past Presidents have criticized the Supreme Court to achieve
political goals or highlight beliefs. Reagan did so repeatedly. But
under Reagan, no member of the court decided to lash out at Reagan, and
both this country and Court were better for it.
Supreme Court justices are not running for election and ultimately
cannot further the Court’s objectives by taking sides specific political
debates."
- bayam, 27 June 2012
This country is never "better for it" when a President calls out the Supreme Court in a SOTU or threatens/attacks it before a major ruling…not even FDR did that with his court-packing scheme, which happened AFTER the Court struck down major New Deal laws.
This country is never"better for it" when a President decides to make
recess appointments when the Senate is not and, pursuant to Article I,
Section 9, cannot be in recess.
This country is never "better for it" when a President refers to citizens as "bitter clingers" and "enemies."
This country is never "better for it" when a President puts lawbreakers ahead of law-abiding citizens.
This country is never"better for it" when a President decides to pick
and choose which laws he will enforce.
[Snark font on] I’m sure that you will be
content in the future should a Republican president refuse to enforce
civil rights laws or laws guaranteeing access to abortion clinics. [Snark font off] And,
if you say, “Well, we’ll just do this and that and you’ll see what the
Court tells him to do, blah, blah, blah,” as the founder of your party
once said:
“(Chief Justice) John Marshall has made his decision; let him enforce it now…if he can.”
In other words, Justice Marshall and the Court had no military to enforce its
ruling in Worcester v. Georgia that Native Americans had a right to
federal protection against enforcement of unconstitutional state laws. On the other hand, as Commander-in-Chief, that sick POS, President Andrew Jackson did.
I don’t think that you would like such lawlessness in a Republican
POTUS. Would you?
I don’t like lawlessness in any politician and, if he has to be
scolded for failing to uphold the oath to which s/he swore from the
highest bench in the land to be told that he is out of control, then so
be it and more power to the man or woman, who lays into him or her.
As an aside, the photo that I chose reminds me of an old John Huston movie from the 1930s on which, allegedly, FDR acted as an "unofficial adviser and screenwriter," Gabriel Over The White House. It tells the story about a basically corrupt man, who becomes President and, then, after being critically injured in an automobile accident, wakes up and becomes a "benevolent dictator." He fires his entire Cabinet, employs armies of "brown-shirted storm troopers," strong arms countries that owe the US money, imposes a Socialist/National Socialist/Fascist system, and assassinates political rivals. All of this eventually leads to impeachment proceedings during which, President Judson Hammond enters into the House chambers, assumes the dais, and formally dissolves Congress. The country is, thankfully, saved when President Hammond dies and, hopefully, is escorted to Hell by the Archangel Gabriel, in whose name he wielded his tyrannical fist.
"The good news: he reduces unemployment, lifts the country out of the Depression, battles gangsters and Congress, and brings about world peace. The bad news: he's Mussolini."
“I want to send you this line to tell you how pleased I am with the
changes you made in ‘Gabriel Over the White House.’ I think it is an
intensely interesting picture and should do much to help.”
- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, per Jonathan Alter
"If a million unemployed marched on Washington... I'd do what the President does in the picture!"
- First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Empty Without You: The Intimate Letters Of Eleanor Roosevelt And Lorena Hickok
"That the
Rooseveltian hero of the popular film was a dictator must have seemed an
advantage to the real-life president. It would help pave the way for
precipitous action, if the role required it."
- Jonathan Alter, FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Gabriel over the White House enjoyed a brief renaissance in the Fall of 2008 and after Barack Obama's election amongst certain Progressives, elites, and intellectuals. Following the election of Obama, People magazine film critic Leah Rozen included Gabriel over the White House
as one of "five films you should absolutely see before inauguration
day." Asked "Why is this a film we have to see before Obama comes into
the White House?" Rozen said:
"It couldn't be more timely... it's at a
time of economic panic, huge financial disaster... You kind of go, 'Gee,
did they just write this now?'"
Riders On The Storm - The Doors
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm
There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin' like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If ya give this man a ride
Sweet memory will die
Killer on the road, yeah
Girl ya gotta love your man
Girl ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah
Wow!
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm
There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin' like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If ya give this man a ride
Sweet memory will die
Killer on the road, yeah
Girl ya gotta love your man
Girl ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah
Wow!
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
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