Posted on 08/17/2016 1:16:55 PM PDT by chajin
Good Point
Well Joe, Trump knows that constitutions can be amended, or in the case of Obama, ignored.
Japan probably already has nuclear weapons, they just have to be assembled.
Bush is doing his part by remaining silent ~ probably drunk like at Nancy’s funeral
Vote Trump!
The broad is like a '72 Ford Pinto. Blue smoke belching out of the exhaust. White steam out of the hood. Hardware falling off. Cracked windshield. Balled tires. Yep, she's ready for her cross-country trip. Across MONACO.
Anyway, on Fox a so-called "expert" on politics was touting Hillary's accomplishments.
What a joke. Seriously??
The liberal replied that if Hillary is elected, we get Bill Clinton for free to take care of things. The conservative retorted "Oh that's just fine for pushing the concept of women's equality, she gets elected because she married Bill but she can't do the job, Bill will!". Liberal was perplexed!
The lib just got owned. Isn't THE point of Hillary's election about "equality"??
The Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) (originally briefly styled Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers[1]) was the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the Allied occupation of Japan following World War II.
In Japan, the position was generally referred to as GHQ (General Headquarters), as SCAP also referred to the offices of the occupation, including a staff of several hundred U.S. civil servants as well as military personnel. Some of these personnel effectively wrote a first draft of the Japanese Constitution, which the National Diet then ratified after a few amendments. Australian, British, Indian, and New Zealand forces under SCAP were organized into a sub-command known as British Commonwealth Occupation Force.
Or drunk and dancing like a clown at that hand-holding cop-memorial.
The guy was always an frat-boy idiot.
Recall the officer who had to hike around the District of Corruption
carrying the Football when the Clintigula motorcade drove off
and left him.
Article 9:
Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. 2) In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.
It was reinterpreted later to allow enough forces to defend Japanese territory, but not weapons that can be used only on others. There has been a debate for several years now to change this, but it has not happened yet. There is even an argument going on about whether nuclear weapons are allowed, but the original constitution basically disbanded the entire military.
Thanks, had never seen that Slow Joe segment.
PS, FDR was crowned El Presidente For Life in March, 1933.
But a lawyer will argue that atomic and nuclear was not stated so allowed. They can also say it is for defense against Rodan who is currently in China.
Michelle Obama was looking at him like - “ sit the f down fool”
My dad was part of those occupation forces in Japan immediately following WWII, as a Master Sergeant. He was in charge of seeing to the needs of a large neighborhood in Tokyo of thousands of Japanese. While there, he lived in a mansion, and had a driver with a big car, lived good until he left for the states in 1949. Two of my older sisters were born there. Tokyo was a wreck, and people were starving. Good ole Americans got things working again and helped the people, what other conquerer does that? Anyway, Dad got a personal commendation from MacArthur. Didn't talk much about the war, but I have a few pictures of him at the mansion in Tokyo from the time.
“And they’re slowly going back online, which is a good thing for their lifestyle and their economy; “Fukushima” is not going to happen again for a long time, maybe centuries.”
It shouldn’t have happened once, and people are justified in being afraid of what’s been released there, and also in fears that some other plants may be no better designed/maintained than that one was. I’m not saying I agree, but the poor (bordering on incompetence) design of that plant and its emergency systems has done a lot of damage to the already poor image that nuclear power had.
Is there no mechanism for constitutional amendment?
I remember it well.
Constitution of Japan 1946
We, the Japanese people, acting through our duly elected representatives in the National Diet, determined that we shall secure for ourselves and our posterity the fruits of peaceful cooperation with all nations and the blessings of liberty throughout this land, and resolved that never again shall we be visited with the horrors of war through the action of government, do proclaim that sovereign power resides with the people and do firmly establish this Constitution.
Constitution of Japan 1946
We, the Japanese people, acting through our duly elected representatives in the National Diet, determined that we shall secure for ourselves and our posterity the fruits of peaceful cooperation with all nations and the blessings of liberty throughout this land, and resolved that never again shall we be visited with the horrors of war through the action of government, do proclaim that sovereign power resides with the people and do firmly establish this Constitution.
Government is a sacred trust of the people, the authority for which is derived from the people, the powers of which are exercised by the representatives of the people, and the benefits of which are enjoyed by the people. This is a universal principle of mankind upon which this Constitution is founded. We reject and revoke all constitutions, laws, ordinances, and rescripts in conflict herewith.
We, the Japanese people, desire peace for all time and are deeply conscious of the high ideals controlling human relationship, and we have determined to preserve our security and existence, trusting in the justice and faith of the peace- loving peoples of the world. We desire to occupy an honored place in an international society striving for the preservation of peace, and the banishment of tyranny and slavery, oppression and intolerance for all time from the earth. We recognize that all peoples of the world have the right to live in peace, free from fear and want.
We believe that no nation is responsible to itself alone, but that laws of political morality are universal; and that obedience to such laws is incumbent upon all nations who would sustain their own sovereignty and justify their sovereign relationship with other nations.
We, the Japanese people, pledge our national honor to accomplish these high ideals and purposes with all our resources.
really, shotgun joe?
Constitution of Japan 1946
We, the Japanese people, acting through our duly elected representatives in the National Diet, determined that we shall secure for ourselves and our posterity the fruits of peaceful cooperation with all nations and the blessings of liberty throughout this land, and resolved that never again shall we be visited with the horrors of war through the action of government, do proclaim that sovereign power resides with the people and do firmly establish this Constitution.
Government is a sacred trust of the people, the authority for which is derived from the people, the powers of which are exercised by the representatives of the people, and the benefits of which are enjoyed by the people. This is a universal principle of mankind upon which this Constitution is founded. We reject and revoke all constitutions, laws, ordinances, and rescripts in conflict herewith.
We, the Japanese people, desire peace for all time and are deeply conscious of the high ideals controlling human relationship, and we have determined to preserve our security and existence, trusting in the justice and faith of the peace- loving peoples of the world. We desire to occupy an honored place in an international society striving for the preservation of peace, and the banishment of tyranny and slavery, oppression and intolerance for all time from the earth. We recognize that all peoples of the world have the right to live in peace, free from fear and want.
We believe that no nation is responsible to itself alone, but that laws of political morality are universal; and that obedience to such laws is incumbent upon all nations who would sustain their own sovereignty and justify their sovereign relationship with other nations.
We, the Japanese people, pledge our national honor to accomplish these high ideals and purposes with all our resources.
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