Welcome To A New Kind Of Tension

I’m currently reading the funniest book ever. “America (the book)” written by the members of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” Besides its clever layout design (its made to look like a typical history text book) its the funniest material ever. And since I cope with things I have no control over by laughing at them, this book came into my posession just at the right time. Its nice to sit back and laugh at the history of our nation. I’m also learning a lot too (unfortunately, I dont know whats true and whats not). Here’s an excerpt for your reading pleasure:
“Though the president is very powerful, he cannot make laws. The president can suggest laws. The president can call individual congressmen and threaten, beg and cajole them to make laws. The president can use the bully pulpit and appeal directly to the people to ask Congress to make laws. The president can promise that if these congressmen pass the laws the president likes he will make them a delicious sandwhich. The president can hold his breath and pound his fists and threaten to run away. But the president cannot make laws. The president can observe a vexing situation that seems to run counter to common sense, shake his head and say aloud ‘There oughta be a law,’ but the president cannot make that law. The president cannot even write up that law and submit it with his name on it. The president needs someone in Congress to submit it for him. The president can only sit in his office and sign or not sign laws other people make. Sometimes this makes the president feel like a total pussy. Then the president realizes he is commander-in-chief of the armed forces and an island country is about to get a can of ‘police action’ opened up on them. This makes the president feel better.”