Context: Funk and Wagnalls def. “1. n. Any phrase, sentence or passage so closely connected to a word or words as to affect their meaning.”<\/p>\n
The following paragraph is taken out of context from<\/p>\n
Amendment twenty-five of the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n
“Section 4. Whenever the Vice-President and a majority<\/p>\n
of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by<\/p>\n
law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of<\/p>\n
the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the<\/p>\n
President is unable to discharge the power and duties<\/p>\n
of his office, the Vice-President shall immediately<\/p>\n
assume the powers and duties as acting President.”<\/p>\n
The above has been taken out of context from<\/p>\n
Amendment\u00a0 twenty-five of the Constitution and<\/p>\n
presented as news. I suggest it is a classic example<\/p>\n
of so-called fake news as a full reading of the<\/p>\n
amendment will immediately disclose, and by the way<\/p>\n
it takes less\u00a0 than two minutes to read.<\/p>\n
Might you take time out from your busy schedule and<\/p>\n
peruse the amendment or is it\u00a0 the case that, like too many Americans, you just don’t give a shit.<\/p>\n
Islander<\/p>\n
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