On 17 Aug 2004 21:26:37 -0700, Brett Robson <jet_boy@deja.com> brought
down from the Mount tablets inscribed:


>>was he president then? What rank does a President wear? 6 stars?

I'm as much in the dark on that as you are.
>>
>>The current US law states very clearly the chain of command and although the
>>pres is notionally Commander-in-Chief he or she does not have command over any
>>part of the US military.

I would enjoy reading that law. Could you share the link with me?
>>
>
>I've just had a good giggle, I didn't know much about General Washington other
>than he he established the Sepponian political principle that you can go around
>doing nasty stuff as long as you don't lie about it.

And all this time I thought Sepponia legitimately inherited that from
our British heritage. Sun never sets, and all that rot.
>
>Washington received the King's Commission in 1754 as a colonel. So after his
>colony was defended by the King's army from the French and Indians, this guy who
>couldn't tell a lie was quite happy to recant his oath of allegience, commit
>treason, take on a fictious rank of general, and lead an army against his king,
>just to get out of paying tax (at a much lower rate than in the UK). He also
>married a rich heiress.

There ya go. Another precedent.

A treasonous man with a bogus war record...married a rich heiress.

I'm voting Kerry.
>
>In 1781 he commands French troops, his former enemy.
>
>In 1791 the government imposes a tax on whisky, causing a revolution which
>President Washington puts down. So it was OK for him to raise taxes but not his
>King?

So you think "government" = "president"?
>
>And this guy is proudly on US currency?

I don't think he'd approve of that likeness of him. Unfortunately,
there weren't that many portraits made of him.








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