Merged James Madison on Various Topics

Undesired Walrus said:
What did Madison have to say about marriage? I for one, cannot make any judgement without it.
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Madison got married and stayed married. And he did not fool around or cheat on his wife. He didn't bang his slaves. He was an ideal husband.
 
skeptical said:
I like Madison, he had lots of good ideas. And in fact his statement is more or less true as far as it goes. However, it is also true that even in Madison's day the executive had the power to make binding treaties with other governments (Article II, section 2) that could indeed require the expenditure of funds, deployment of troops, or whatever other obligations the treaty required.

By virtue of the US participation in various world bodies such as the UN, the executive can and does, with the advice and consent of the Senate, make such treaties. Additionally, as commander in chief the executive has the authority to order troops into the field for such purposes as the executive believes are necessary for the security of the United States.

That is more than enough authority for the executive to send troops to Haiti and to specify that funds be spent to do so as well as providing humanitarian aid under the auspices of our UN agreements.

And this is true even without getting into a discussion of the the differences between the constitution as it is in 2010 vs how it stood in 1789.

Was there some point you were trying to make here?
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Excellent post. QFT.
 
Galileo said:
Madison got married and stayed married. And he did not fool around or cheat on his wife. He didn't bang his slaves. He was an ideal husband.
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Yeah, okay, but surely he slapped her around a little, right?

"Who's your Founding daddy, beyotch?"



Just kidding. I actually do have an amazing amount of respect for the Founders and have read many excellent books on who they were, how they thought (as expressed through their volumnous letters, correspondence, and journals), and their human faults and frailties.

Thanks for the link, Galileo.
 
As has been said of Jesus:
I have no problem with James Madison, but his fanclub creeps me out.
 
Galileo said:
You are part of a plot to have this item shifted into the less traveled history section.
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Curses! You've discovered the conspiracy to hide the existance of The Founding Fathers and trick the world into following the New World Order!

And we would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you pesky kids and your mangy dog!
 
Ysidro said:
Curses! You've discovered the conspiracy to hide the existance of The Founding Fathers and trick the world into following the New World Order!
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Yeah, I mean, until Galileo told us about him, nobody had ever heard of this Madison guy!
 
Galileo said:
Jefferson I was Madison's my own puppet.

Jefferson I never did anything after 1779, unless it was approved by Madison myself first.
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Fixed that for you.

If you're going to make bizarre insane claims, then own it. Don't go completely off the deep end and then pretend it never happened.
 
Galileo said:
No, James Madison made the claim. He is dead. I don't kick dead people when they are down, and have respect for our elders.

:mad:
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Madison was indeed one of the greatest thinkers of his time.

As a thinking person, he was able to modify his position based on experience, not appeals to authority. I'd venture to guess that your use of his quotes to attempt to frame all issues as resolved and set in pristine amber would horrify him.

Make your own arguments. He did.
 
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