• OLD WHEEZES

    From BOB KLAHN@1:123/140 to ALL on Sat Jan 8 13:47:52 2011

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    When Congress denied Obama authority to transfer money to
    the International Monetary Fund, he did so anyway, issuing
    an executive order promising to give that body $140 billion
    for redistribution to Third World countries.

    Or did he just release money previously allocated?

    Now he's made another mockery of bipartisanship and the
    Constitution in making six recess appointments, including

    When Bush did that where was your complaint? The constitution
    provides for recess appointments. That is where the whole thing
    comes from. Bush did it regularly.

    As to bipartisanship, that should be made a mockery of.

    two people so objectionable that a near supermajority of
    Democratic senators wouldn't confirm them: James Cole as
    deputy attorney general, whose lax position in the war on
    terror is disturbing,

    and Francis J. Ricciardone Jr. as ambassador to Turkey.

    Well, I don't know anything about Ricciardone, but if the right
    consider's Cole's position on the war on terror "lax", he's
    probably right on target.

    It obviously doesn't matter to these zealots that an
    overwhelmingly Democratic
    Congress couldn't pass cap and trade or that the Clean Air
    Act gives them no authority to regulate so-called
    greenhouse gas emissions. It doesn't matter

    The Supreme Court not only gave them the authority, but decided
    it was their duty.

    that their proposed regulatory blitzkrieg would further
    damage an already anemic and precarious economy.

    Maybe, maybe not, esp with the changes likely to take years to
    have any effect.

    And some of them will probably improve the economy by increasing
    employment to meet the standards.
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    Unlike those annoying evangelical Christians, who employ
    gentle persuasion techniques in their efforts to
    proselytize, Gaia's acolytes use the coercive

    Gentle in your face intimidation. Esp in the military.

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    compassionate liberals, they're phasing in the pain to
    soften the blow (and the public's outrage) -- just as they
    did with the sundry gimmicks of Obamacare.

    What Gimmicks of Obamacare? It's right out there in public, if
    you cared to look.

    And let's not forget gas prices. Remember when liberals
    used to oppose rising gas prices -- you know, under Bush,
    even when they were still less than $2 per gallon?

    Yeah, when they were $1.36 in 2002, we thought that was too
    high. When they hit $2.30 in 2005 they were even more too high.
    When they hit $3.25 in 2008 they were way too high.

    Oh, and I'm talking regular, not mid or premium.

    According to Sen. Barbara Boxer, those astronomical prices
    were the result of George Bush and Dick Cheney's being "too
    cozy with the oil industry."

    Yep. And, as I pointed out, gas topped $3 after the republicans
    won the house.

    All these developments serve as a nice complement to
    Obama's seven-year ban on drilling in the eastern Gulf of
    Mexico and along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. King

    Why was Bush keeping in place an 8 yr ban on offshore drilling?
    That ban was more extensive by far than Obama's. Where were you
    then?

    Since BP's corruption is being shown more and more, an
    investigation of all oil companies should be done before any are
    allowed to risk our enviornment again.

    Barack wasn't about to let the insubordinate courts have
    the last

    He shouldn't. The only court that matters is the supreme court,
    and the supreme court has become the activist court in this
    country. The supreme court has exceeded it's authority by far.
    Any court that rules that corporations have human rights is
    bought and paid for.

    Obama's "political theology" is far closer to the American
    people than the republicans dogma.



    BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

    ... It ain't what ya don't know, but what you know that aint so that'l hurt ya. --- Via Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg]
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