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Prezzy Notes 1

Prezzy Notes 1. Executive Branch, y’all!. Here’s a Clip. And one more for funsies. Who IS the Executive Branch?. President – Top Banana Cabinet – 15 Executive Departments Independent Agencies – CIA, USPS Regulatory Commissions.

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Prezzy Notes 1

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  1. Prezzy Notes 1 Executive Branch, y’all! Here’s a Clip And one more for funsies

  2. Who IS the Executive Branch? • President – Top Banana • Cabinet – 15 Executive Departments • Independent Agencies – CIA, USPS • Regulatory Commissions "Let every sluice of knowledge be open and set a-flowing.“ - John Adams

  3. The Presidency: Logistics • Terms of office • Originally unlimited, GW sets the precedent that will be followed (essentially) until FDR. • FDR elected to 4 terms (why did we love him so much?) • Shortly thereafter Constitution is amended (22) • Limits Presidents to TWO 4 year terms "I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.“ - James “the K stands for Mullet” Polk

  4. Perquisites (Perks) • Salary: see graph (VP now $230,700) • In comparison: A-Rod – $27.5 million/yrJoe Flacco – $20.1 million/yrKobe Bryant - $19.5 million/yrAlex Ovechkin - $9.5 million/yr • Minimum salaries in each major professional league:MLB $490,000 NHL $525,000 NBA $473,000 NFL $405,500 "Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?“ - Honest Abe Lincoln

  5. Other Perks • Transportation • Air Force One • Choppers • Limos/Town Cars • Non-taxable travel allowance of $100,000/year • White House • 132 room mansion • Pool • Bowling alley • Movie theater • Tennis courts • Full staff "I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessing on this house (the White House) and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof!“ -John “Prezzy Deuce” Adams

  6. Still more perks • Free medical, dental, health care • Official functions paid by the government • Lifetime pension on retirement • ~$200,000/yr (same as cabinet secretary) • $20,000/yr for spouse if former Prez dies • Free office space and mailing service • $96,000/yr for office staff "It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens.“ - Grover “not the pitcher” Cleveland

  7. Qualifications: How do I get in on that sweet pile o’ perks? • 3 Constitutional requirements • 35 years old • Natural-born citizen • Resident of USA for 14 years • Practical Qualifications • Experience – political or military • Governor v. member of Congress? • Fat stacks o’ cash • Moderate beliefs • White, Male, Protestant, Married "We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.“ - Big Ben Harrison

  8. Getting Elected: everyone’s favorite, the ELECTORAL COLLEGE! • Quick review: • Reasons to use electoral college • Then and now? • The Process: • Role of Popular vote • Electoral vote "There is nothing wrong in America that can't be fixed with what is right in America." - Bubba Clinton

  9. Problems: • Winner-Take-All system • What is it? • Why is it a problem? • Third Parties • Why a problem? • Elections by the House • Why a problem? "If anyone tells you that America's best days are behind her, they're looking the wrong way." - Old George

  10. Reforms • Proportional (District) • Maine and Nebraska model • Pros/Cons? • Proportional (Numerical) • Not in practice • Pros/Cons? • Popular Vote • Pros/Cons? "Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or what we have left undone. We are limited only by what we are willing to do." - New George

  11. Whitehouse pets? • Dogs, among others, named Sweetlips, Drunkard, and Tipsy • George Washington • Fighting cocks • Andrew Jackson • Left flour out for a family of white mice in his room • Andrew Johnson • Opossums named Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection • Benjamin Harrison • Pauline, the last cow to live at the White House • William Howard Taft • Flock of Sheep to help groom the lawn (and Old Ike the tobacco-chewing ram) • Woodrow Wilson • Billy the Pygmy Hippo • Calvin Coolidge • Boa Constrictor named Monster Jungle X-Ray • Harry S Truman • Misty Malarkey Ying Yang, a Siamese cat • Jimmy Carter (well, his daughter)

  12. America’s Worst President? • “I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!” • Said critic H.L. Mencken; "He writes the worst English that I have ever encountered. It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered washing on the line; it reminds me of stale bean soup, of college yells, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It drags itself out of the dark abysm of pish, and crawls insanely up the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash.“

  13. And here’s Chet Arthur, because he’s cool

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