| All this talk of Executive Orders 09:02 - Jan 25 with 653 views | unbelievablue |
has rekindled in me a fascination in the American Constitution and system of government. Can anyone guess which US President created the most EOs? If you think about it, it should be obvious. |  |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:04 - Jan 25 with 640 views | Swansea_Blue |
Washington presumably |  |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:05 - Jan 25 with 638 views | unbelievablue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:04 - Jan 25 by Swansea_Blue |
Washington presumably |
Nein.
Think again. | |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:06 - Jan 25 with 632 views | WD19 |
Regan would be an obvious one, so I will say Obama. |  | | |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:06 - Jan 25 with 632 views | No9 |
Reagan? |  | | |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:07 - Jan 25 with 631 views | unbelievablue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:06 - Jan 25 by No9 |
Reagan? |
Nope. | |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:09 - Jan 25 with 625 views | Guthrum |
I have a feeling it was Obama. Due partly to opposition in Congress. |  |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:12 - Jan 25 with 616 views | unbelievablue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:09 - Jan 25 by Guthrum |
I have a feeling it was Obama. Due partly to opposition in Congress. |
Not by a long shot.
Think context, and when a President would feel obliged to act swiftly on behalf of his people. | |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:12 - Jan 25 with 614 views | Samuelowen88 |
Would assume whoever was in charge during WWII, so Roosevelt ? |  |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:13 - Jan 25 with 602 views | unbelievablue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:12 - Jan 25 by Samuelowen88 |
Would assume whoever was in charge during WWII, so Roosevelt ? |
Precisely. Over three thousand five hundred. | |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:14 - Jan 25 with 596 views | Swansea_Blue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:12 - Jan 25 by unbelievablue |
Not by a long shot.
Think context, and when a President would feel obliged to act swiftly on behalf of his people. |
So think 9/11 maybe? Bush? Or earlier lead ups to it Clinton?
Ah, missed by a mile then. I forgot conflict existed before the formation of the PL. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. [Post edited 25 Jan 2017 9:16]
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:15 - Jan 25 with 595 views | StokieBlue |
Some president trivia for you:
Before The Donald, who was the richest president upon assuming office?
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:17 - Jan 25 with 590 views | Guthrum |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:13 - Jan 25 by unbelievablue |
Precisely. Over three thousand five hundred. |
He was also President for three-and-a-bit terms, far longer than any before or since. | |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:19 - Jan 25 with 574 views | Swansea_Blue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:15 - Jan 25 by StokieBlue |
Some president trivia for you:
Before The Donald, who was the richest president upon assuming office?
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The Kennedy's were minted, so I'm guessing JFK. Although I bet the early ones had a few bob too back in the days when they probably owned half the country and most of it's industry and oil wealth. | |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:20 - Jan 25 with 568 views | StokieBlue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:19 - Jan 25 by Swansea_Blue |
The Kennedy's were minted, so I'm guessing JFK. Although I bet the early ones had a few bob too back in the days when they probably owned half the country and most of it's industry and oil wealth. |
Not JFK.
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:22 - Jan 25 with 562 views | Swansea_Blue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:20 - Jan 25 by StokieBlue |
Not JFK.
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Old money then. Washington? | |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:22 - Jan 25 with 562 views | unbelievablue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:19 - Jan 25 by Swansea_Blue |
The Kennedy's were minted, so I'm guessing JFK. Although I bet the early ones had a few bob too back in the days when they probably owned half the country and most of it's industry and oil wealth. |
I believe it is probably George Washington. Property, baby. | |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:24 - Jan 25 with 550 views | StokieBlue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:22 - Jan 25 by Swansea_Blue |
Old money then. Washington? |
Bingo.
Something like 3000 farms and the biggest distillery in the US. I think it was between 500m and 1bn in today's money.
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:28 - Jan 25 with 533 views | Swansea_Blue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:24 - Jan 25 by StokieBlue |
Bingo.
Something like 3000 farms and the biggest distillery in the US. I think it was between 500m and 1bn in today's money.
SB |
Ah yep, pre-oil. I'm being a bit thick today; trying to do business planning and it's doing in my bonce.
Presumably he benefited quite a bit from slavery then with all those farms/plantations (when is a farm a farm and not a plantation?). | |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:35 - Jan 25 with 519 views | unbelievablue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:28 - Jan 25 by Swansea_Blue |
Ah yep, pre-oil. I'm being a bit thick today; trying to do business planning and it's doing in my bonce.
Presumably he benefited quite a bit from slavery then with all those farms/plantations (when is a farm a farm and not a plantation?). |
Not that easy to distinguish, but a plantation tends to be one crop for commercial sale.
He had slaves, and I believe inherited a large number through marriage, though he privately opposed slavery and freed all of his through a provision in his will. | |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:38 - Jan 25 with 508 views | Swansea_Blue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:35 - Jan 25 by unbelievablue |
Not that easy to distinguish, but a plantation tends to be one crop for commercial sale.
He had slaves, and I believe inherited a large number through marriage, though he privately opposed slavery and freed all of his through a provision in his will. |
Seems like a nice fella then. It's at this point I realise I've got humungous gaps in my historical knowledge. I can only remember us doing strip farming systems, the Romans (amazing what they did for us) and Turnip Townshend in history lessons at Copleston. | |
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| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:40 - Jan 25 with 502 views | unbelievablue |
| All this talk of Executive Orders on 09:38 - Jan 25 by Swansea_Blue |
Seems like a nice fella then. It's at this point I realise I've got humungous gaps in my historical knowledge. I can only remember us doing strip farming systems, the Romans (amazing what they did for us) and Turnip Townshend in history lessons at Copleston. |
He certainly gave us a whipping a few times. He also stated on a number of occasions that slavery and the arguments of its merits had the potential to tear the US apart, rather prophetically.
Don't beat yourself up, I wouldn't have known that the US existed if I had stuck to the curriculum at GCSE and A Level. | |
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