necoandjeff <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote:
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>> necoandjeff <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote:
>>> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>> 
>>>>> unconstitutional as the president waged war but congress never
>>>>> declared war.
>>>> 
>>>> Not true. <snip>
>> 
>>> Are you prepared to back up that short declarative statement or have
>>> you 
>> 
>> Actually, it was whole paragraph, and another statement.
>> 
>> "Not true. It's kind of a fuzzy area, and in fact prompted the
>> Congress to pass the War Powers Act, which supposedly requires the
>> President to go to Congress for approval after some period of time
>> (90 days, I believe) as elapsed in dispatching troops for fighting.
>> 
>> Neither Congress nor the President, though, have put this to the
>> test." 
>> 
>> Apparently, you need to be told things twice to get them once.

> It's okay Mike. I didn't really expect an answer to my question anyway.

Even though you got one twice.

Mike