WingIt Friday Drama 5/13/16

Iceland Rox wrote
2m ago So it's been reported that Obama has not been living in the white house for a while now, if that's the case, they why was it reported that Dunford and gang had to storm the white house via underground tunnel before Obama's speech?

Because they can't keep track of their own lies, that's why. Obama is still in the White House, Joseph Dunford is still chairman of the JCS. Constitutionally he is not in the line of succession to the presidency. The line of succession is defined in the 25th Amendment:

Presidential Disability and Succession

Passed by Congress July 6, 1965. Ratified February 10, 1967. The 25th Amendment changed a portion of Article II, Section 1

Section 1

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Section 2

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

Section 3

Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

Section 4

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

The line of succession beyond this is defined 3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act. Under this, the following order of succession is set:

(d)
(1) If, by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, inability, or failure to qualify, there is no President pro tempore to act as President under subsection (b) of this section, then the officer of the United States who is highest on the following list, and who is not under disability to discharge the powers and duties of the office of President shall act as President: Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Homeland Security.

Currently there is on variation to the above. The Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell is not a natural born citizen and so is skipped over in the line of succession.

Wizard42 wrote
5m ago My Eyes: I'm sorry you cannot understand why we don't feel the need to be woken up for a call that doesn't start for six hours. If the tweet were sent out an hour or two before call time, everyone who wants to be on the call would already be awake.

Turkeyhtr wrote
5m ago those who feel they are being "inconvienced" with an early morning tweet can easily stop the tweets! no one is being forced to be on the tweet list

Wizard42 wrote
4m ago Turkey: And nothing forces Gerry to send out a tweet this early, for no discernible reason. Virtually everyone in this group is in North America, and a fair proportion will be in the mainload time zones.


Turkeyhtr wrote
1m ago Gerry sends the tweets out when he wants to and it it is convenient for him. Its his site and if you feel its not convenient for u, well, easy solution is stop receiving the tweets, or stop complaining !jmho
Wizard42 wrote
moments ago Turkey: Thanks for your understanding. I hope you remember this if someone knocks on your door at 6am to invite you to lunch.


Oh dear! Poor Kyre! Yes folks, this sleepless Wingding is in fact Kyre Adept, or "Adept1" as she is known in the TNT world.

How dare the world not revolve around the needs of "Dr. Kyre"!


(N.B. Evidence for Wizard42 being Adept1:

From her Wingdings profile

"Location: Santa Barbara"

"writer, chocolatier, knitter, human energy programmer "

From Dr. Kyre Adept's Facebook profile:

"I'm a master of Geotran -- I help people put the pieces of their lives back together. I'm also professional writer, chef and chocolatier. Oh, and I knit!"

"She now lives in Santa Barbara, ")