Subj : OLD WHEEZES To : ALL From : BOB KLAHN Date : Sat Jan 08 2011 13:47:52 ... TR> When Congress denied Obama authority to transfer money to TR> the International Monetary Fund, he did so anyway, issuing TR> an executive order promising to give that body $140 billion TR> for redistribution to Third World countries. Or did he just release money previously allocated? TR> Now he's made another mockery of bipartisanship and the TR> 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. TR> two people so objectionable that a near supermajority of TR> Democratic senators wouldn't confirm them: James Cole as TR> deputy attorney general, whose lax position in the war on TR> terror is disturbing, TR> 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. TR> It obviously doesn't matter to these zealots that an TR> overwhelmingly Democratic TR> Congress couldn't pass cap and trade or that the Clean Air TR> Act gives them no authority to regulate so-called TR> greenhouse gas emissions. It doesn't matter The Supreme Court not only gave them the authority, but decided it was their duty. TR> that their proposed regulatory blitzkrieg would further TR> 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. ... TR> Unlike those annoying evangelical Christians, who employ TR> gentle persuasion techniques in their efforts to TR> proselytize, Gaia's acolytes use the coercive Gentle in your face intimidation. Esp in the military. ... TR> compassionate liberals, they're phasing in the pain to TR> soften the blow (and the public's outrage) -- just as they TR> did with the sundry gimmicks of Obamacare. What Gimmicks of Obamacare? It's right out there in public, if you cared to look. TR> And let's not forget gas prices. Remember when liberals TR> used to oppose rising gas prices -- you know, under Bush, TR> 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. TR> According to Sen. Barbara Boxer, those astronomical prices TR> were the result of George Bush and Dick Cheney's being "too TR> cozy with the oil industry." Yep. And, as I pointed out, gas topped $3 after the republicans won the house. TR> All these developments serve as a nice complement to TR> Obama's seven-year ban on drilling in the eastern Gulf of TR> 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. TR> Barack wasn't about to let the insubordinate courts have TR> 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] * Origin: Doc's Place BBS Fido Since 1991 docsplace.tzo.com (1:123/140) .