| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6655 Registered: 8-2001 |
You don't have to be an American to identify this passive scrund about the US presidency. (A passive scrund is a scrund you've never thought about but that you realize you had when you're surprised to learn that it's false.) | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2568 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the scrund about a particular president? About characteristics of US presidents in general? About the election process? The responsibilities of the president? The powers of the president? The order of presidents? The number of presidents? Term length? Inauguration? State of the Union? Commander in Chief? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1233 Registered: 9-2010 |
Electoral College relevant? 2000 Election crisis? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 752 Registered: 8-2001 |
Requirements to run for President? How party candidates are selected? The fact presidents receive minimal pay? The fact presidents must surrender personal accounts while serving? Secret Service relevant? White House relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6656 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2568 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 12:28 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the scrund about a particular president? About characteristics of US presidents in general? About the election process? The responsibilities of the president? The powers of the president? The order of presidents? The number of presidents? Term length? Inauguration? State of the Union? Commander in Chief? Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1233 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 2:30 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Electoral College relevant? no 2000 Election crisis? no Vesica (Vesica) New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 752 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 3:11 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Requirements to run for President? no How party candidates are selected? no The fact presidents receive minimal pay? no The fact presidents must surrender personal accounts while serving? no Secret Service relevant? no | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2574 Registered: 7-2009 |
you missed my questions. You copied and pasted them, but didn't actually answer them | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6658 Registered: 8-2001 |
Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6656 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 8:43 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2568 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 12:28 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the scrund about a particular president? no About characteristics of US presidents in general? noish or yope About the election process? no The responsibilities of the president no The powers of the president? no The order of presidents? no The number of presidents? no Term length? noInauguration? no State of the Union? no Commander in Chief? no Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6659 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2574 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 9:29 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) you missed my questions. You copied and pasted them, but didn't actually answer them Ooops! rectified, with my perennial apologies.See above | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 792 Registered: 8-2001 |
Is the scrund about: What presidents do? Where presidents live? How presidents sign their name/title? About the word "president"? Why the US has presidents? What happens after their term ends? Presidential families? How they travel? How they become president? Some seal/title/protocol about being president? The White house? The Oval office? President of the United States? Or President of something in the US? Is this scrund possible now? Has it always been? Historical period relevant? Equally common among men and women? Equally common among Americans and non-Americans? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6660 Registered: 8-2001 |
Vesica (Vesica) New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 792 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 12:42 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the scrund about: What presidents do?yope Where presidents live? no How presidents sign their name/title? no About the word "president"? no Why the US has presidents? no What happens after their term ends? yope Presidential families? no How they travel? no How they become president? no Some seal/title/protocol about being president? no The White house? no The Oval office? no President of the United States? yes Or President of something in the US? no Is this scrund possible now?b{ yes} Has it always been? yope Historical period relevant? yope Equally common among men and women? I assume so Equally common among Americans and non-Americans? It may be more common among Americans, but I don't really know | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 840 Registered: 8-2001 |
Oh no! Does anyone actually know what Presidents DO? Term limits relevant? Running for re-election relevant? The fact they are still referred to as "President" after their term? Payment post-term relevant? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2579 Registered: 7-2009 |
Instead of what happens after their term ends, is it about what DOESN'T happen after it ends? What happens at the end of their term? What presidents DON'T do, rather than what they do? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6662 Registered: 8-2001 |
Vesica (Vesica) New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 840 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 11:50 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Oh no! Does anyone actually know what Presidents DO? Term limits relevant? no Running for re-election relevant? no The fact they are still referred to as "President" after their term? no Payment post-term relevant? no Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2579 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 11:50 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Instead of what happens after their term ends, is it about what DOESN'T happen after it ends? yes or yesish What happens at the end of their term? no What presidents DON'T do, rather than what they do? yesish | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6670 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: The scrund is about a particular aspect of the job of being US President. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1253 Registered: 9-2010 |
Commander-in-chief of the US Military? Head of state? Head of government? The difference between "head of state" and "head of government"? Did you assume every world leader had both roles? When in reality, many (most) countries have two different people for those? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6671 Registered: 8-2001 |
Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1253 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Monday, May 02, 2011 - 10:35 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Commander-in-chief of the US Military?see next answer Head of state? see next answer Head of government? The scrund is about the job of Us president in general & doesn't make these fine distinctions The difference between "head of state" and "head of government"? Did you assume every world leader had both roles? no When in reality, many (most) countries have two different people for those? no | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2619 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the balance of powers between branches of government relevant? | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 714 Registered: 6-2003 |
Is the scrund about whether the president legally counts as a government employee? with work contract? about his salary? about job benefits for him and his family (like health insurance, free accomodation, free travel within the country) Relevant that he is on duty 24 hours, 7 days? Something the US president is not allowed to do while being in office? (like: having a second job? having other sources of income? accepting medals, awards, gifts from foreign countries?) Did you think that a president would never return to his previous job after his term has ended? (but James Carter and Bill Clinton did?) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6673 Registered: 8-2001 |
Sundowner (Sundowner) New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 714 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - 8:23 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the scrund about whether the president legally counts as a government employee? no with work contract? no about his salary? noabout job benefits for him and his family (like health insurance, free accomodation, free travel within the country) no Relevant that he is on duty 24 hours, 7 days?noish or maybe yope Something the US president is not allowed to do while being in office? (like: having a second job? having other sources of income? accepting medals, awards, gifts from foreign countries?) no to all Did you think that a president would never return to his previous job after his term has ended? no(but James Carter and Bill Clinton did?) | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2623 Registered: 7-2009 |
Are the president's vacations relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6676 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2623 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - 9:25 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are the president's vacations relevant? not specifically | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4744 Registered: 5-2003 |
Camp David or other "working weekends?" Foreign trips? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6687 Registered: 8-2001 |
Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4744 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Monday, May 09, 2011 - 10:36 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Camp David or other "working weekends?"No more than other parts of the job Foreign trips? ditto | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6690 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: This scrund involves something bad about the job of US president | ||
| Jacek (Jacek)
New member Username: Jacek Post Number: 24 Registered: 5-2011 |
Does the scrund involve: nuclear weapons? deciding about military matters? the president's responsibility for his decisions? capital punishment? the president's family? his friends? | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 1077 Registered: 5-2009 |
Are any security measures relevant? The Secret Service? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3838 Registered: 9-2010 |
Something about the Presidential Curse afflicting all presidents elected in a year ending with 0? (For quite a long time, all presidents elected in such a year were assassinated. There was an attempt on Reagan, and Bush Jr....Well, I don't think an attempt was made on him, but he certainly didn't have the best time in office, to say the least. Here's what I'm talking about.} The Presidential Curse | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3839 Registered: 9-2010 |
Well, I take that back. Not *all* were assassinated. It's past 10:30 and my brain got fuzzy. But they did die in office, whether from assassination or another cause. Not always in the first term, either...so the "curse" apparently predicted re-election for some... | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1318 Registered: 9-2010 |
There was an assassination attempt on Bush. Actually, there was more than one. But there has been at lest one attempt on every president since Nixon, with the exception of Obama, but he's not done yet, and several plots have been foiled by the FBI. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots#George_W._Bush for more info. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6693 Registered: 8-2001 |
Jacek (Jacek) New member Username: Jacek Post Number: 24 Registered: 5-2011 Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 10:09 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the scrund involve: nuclear weapons? no deciding about military matters? no the president's responsibility for his decisions? no capital punishment? no the president's family? no his friends? no Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 1077 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 10:58 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are any security measures relevant?yope The Secret Service? ditto Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3838 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 6:36 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Something about the Presidential Curse afflicting all presidents elected in a year ending with 0? no but you're ORTish} (For quite a long time, all presidents elected in such a year were assassinated. There was an attempt on Reagan, and Bush Jr....Well, I don't think an attempt was made on him, but he certainly didn't have the best time in office, to say the least. Here's what I'm talking about.} | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6703 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: Think of undesirable dimensions along which jobs are ranked. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1370 Registered: 12-2010 |
*does some fact checking* Looks like four presidents were assassinated in office (which equals about 9%). Relevant? Another four presidents died in office. Relevant? All in all, this would add up to a bit more than 18% who died in office which probably makes it one of the most dangerous jobs. Relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6705 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1370 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 - 6:24 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) *does some fact checking* Looks like four presidents were assassinated in office (which equals about 9%). Relevant? Another four presidents died in office. Relevant? All in all, this would add up to a bit more than 18% who died in office which probably makes it one of the most dangerous jobs. Relevant? yes!! ********* SPOILER ************* Did you ever wonder what is the most dangerous job in the US, in the sense of having the highest fatality rate? Regardless of whether you did, I bet you'll be surprised to hear that it's US President! Of course, most people in this job are fairly old men (a group with a high death rate), but they're also privileged white men. Check out my new puzzle! | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 731 Registered: 6-2003 |
Considered this way, the most dangerous job in the world is possibly pope, as nearly all popes died in office... | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6710 Registered: 8-2001 |
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6754 Registered: 8-2001 |
Well, I guess the real question is how the death rate for people in this job compares with that of controls (matched for age & sex, etc.) who are not in that job. Being Pope probably does not increase one's risk of death the way being US President does (although the sample is so small that this may bee more an oddity than a real risk} |
