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Mar
18
Subversion
gryffn

Everything comes down from Obama at the top. The dotted lines are the way it's supposed to work — like going through Congress. What a novel idea!

 

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CAP & TRADE (Energy Taxes)
The dotted line goes to the House. It goes to the House. It fails in the Senate.
Obama's Subversion: Cap and trade, he goes around the House and Senate and he goes down to the EPA.
No voting. No representation of the People.

INTERNET REGULATION (Big Brother Spying)
Internet regulation was supposed to go to the House and Senate. It fails in both.
Obama's Subversion: Internet regulation, he goes past where it fails in the House and Senate, goes to the FCC.
No voting. No representation of the People.

UNIONS
Union card check, it passes in the House, fails in the Senate. Debt commission, fails in the Senate, never gets to the House.
Obama's Subversion: he gets Craig Becker as nominee. It still fails in the Senate and so he gives it possibly a recess appointment. The Hell with the Senate!
No voting. No representation of the People.

DEBT
Debt commission, it fails in the Senate.
Obama's Subversion: He issues an executive order.
No voting. No representation of the People.

HEALTHCARE
Healthcare, the Senator Brown victory should have sent a message but then it went to the House and the Senate. We don't know exactly what's going to happen.
Obama's Subversion:  reconciliation and this latest "let's pass it without voting" a la Queen Nancy. He has subverted the process, the legitimate process every step of the way. And nobody seems to have a problem with this.

Do You?

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Dec
16
Blackmail and Extortion Obama-Style
gryffn

Obama's blackmail and extortion tactics have crossed the Line this time. Threatening to close such an important base to get a vote for his agenda?  It is clear whom he is putting first.  Not the country.  Not the American people. Himself only.  It is dirty and disgusting.  He should be impeached.

Here is a photo of President Bush, who immediately after the 9-11 attack, went there to conference.  That is how important this base is.

Bush at

While the Democrats appease Senator Lieberman, they still have to worry about other recalcitrant Democrats including Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson. Nelson's demand that taxpayer money not be used to fund abortion has still not been met. According to a Senate aide, the White House is now threatening to put Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn't fall into line.

Offutt Air Force Base employs some 10,000 military and federal employees in Southeastern Nebraska. As our source put it, this is a "naked effort by Rahm Emanuel and the White House to extort Nelson's vote." They are "threatening to close a base vital to national security for what?" asked the Senate staffer.

Indeed, Offutt is the headquarters for US Strategic Command, the successor to Strategic Air Command, and not by accident. STRATCOM was located in the middle of the country for strategic reasons. Its closure would be a massive blow to the economy of the state of Nebraska, but it would also be another example of this administration playing politics with our national security.   (Weekly Standard)
 

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Nov
04
Beware the White House
gryffn

…and its antics. They are up to no good.

Judge Napolitano

This White House is very tech savvy. It wants to "own your computer" when you sign up for the "Cash for Clunkers" program; it wants to monitor your browsing habits with "cookies;" and it wants you to report your neighbor if you notice anything "fishy." Now, it wants us to believe that the most recent Internet-related story involving third party healthcare e-mails is another mistake. Don't believe the government's excuses.

They know exactly what they are doing and aim to use (control) the Internet to shove its programs and bills (agenda) down our throats.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

The present administration has not even tried to hide its disdain and disregard for our privacy and our right to speak without intimidation.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment protects the right to anonymous speech; so — ot cannot try to find out who or where or why folks oppose the president!

Second, the statutes that the president has sworn to enforce make it unlawful for him or anyone in his name to take our names and information.

Third, the threat to deliver cookies to the computers to those who communicate with the White House is an egregious violation of privacy.

The Supreme Court rejected the idea that the First Amendment permits the government to make and keep a record of the faces and voices and ideas of its domestic political opponents. The Court called this "chilling" the right to speak freely; in other words, denying it the breathing room that free speech requires. The whole purpose of the First Amendment, the Court wrote, is to encourage — not discourage — open, broad, robust political debate; and any inhibition, real or threatened, that comes from the government is unconstitutional.

And the Obama Admin, he and his cohorts are downright Nixonian with their constant attempts to villify and punish those they do not like (e.g. FOX).

Beware!

from Beware of the Tech Savvy White House

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Oct
22
More Dictates
gryffn

Pay Czar's Authority to Restrict Salary Raises Questions for Small Business Owners

Ken Feinberg, Pay CzarI am so damned tired of being told what to do, what to say (what not to say), what to think, whom to believe, what to watch (or not watch). Who the hell are these people making these decisions for me? Why is Obama's judgment any better than yours when uit coems to YOUR LIFE?

Well, it isn't. And it IS time to tell them all to shut up. To shove it.

You know, when the news told us that Feinberg ordered steep pay cuts for executives at bailed-out firms, we might have cheered. But always question where this sort of power ends up. For now it is at OUR doorstep. He wants to dictate to small business owners – YOUR employers. The more they mess with business, the worse it gets. For us.

This Washington pay czar could have practically unlimited power to regulate compensation at any company that gets federal funding, lawyers say — even if his legal authority is sketchy. 

The fact that Washington is again meddling with contracts — following a stalled attempt by Congress in March to halt AIG bonuses — has revived charges that the federal government is overstepping its bounds. Lawyers say Feinberg could be trampling on legally binding agreements. 

But according to The Associated Press, the Federal Reserve is now proposing to police banks' pay policies — even for those that didn't receive a bailout. 

Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News judicial analyst, said the government is embarking down a slippery slope. 

"If bankers don't challenge this, if they supinely accept it out of fear of what the government will do if they do challenge … then you have a nation of sheep," he said. 

"I don't think that anybody will fail to comply," said Sedgwick. "Any move the government makes can be challenged in court, but I'm kind of doubtful."

Baaaaa.

This Chicago-style of politics is disgusting.

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Aug
28
Obama Wants Control of Internet
gryffn

Are we seeing a pattern here? A control-freak’s pattern?

A Senate bill would offer President Obama emergency control of the Internet and may give him a "kill switch" to shut down online traffic by seizing private networks.

Say goodbye to freedom of speech and all the other freedoms we enjoy. Obama has been squelching free speech – most notably anyone that disagrees with him – for quite some time now. This is way over the top.

Cybersecurity experts worry will choke off industry and civil liberties. Ya think??

"In the original bill they empowered the president to essentially turn off the Internet in the case of a ‘cyber-emergency,’ which they didn’t define," said Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance, which represents the telecommunications industry. We think it’s a very bad idea … to put in legislation."

The new legislation allows the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and make a plan to respond to the danger, according to an excerpt published online — a broad license that rights experts worry would give the president "amorphous powers" over private users.

No Way, No Way, No Way

Geez, will someone wake up here?

But Rockefeller, who introduced the bill in April with bipartisan support, said the legislation was critical to protecting everything from water and electricity to banking, traffic lights and electronic health records.

The bill would also let the government create a detailed set of standards for licensing "cybersecurity professionals" who would oversee a single standard for security measures.

Yeah, and that is the foot in the door to control everything we do.

No Way, No Way, No Way

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Jun
23
Walpingate
gryffn

Gerald WalpinRecapping: Inspector General

Gerald Walpin was unfairly and illegally terminated

by none other, than Obama himself.

Hours earlier, Sen. Claire McCaskill, (Dem MO) criticized Obama for failing to specify why he fired Walpin – a stipulation Sen Barack Obama put into a bill he authored. He certainly knew the procedure since he put it into law!!

"The White House has failed to follow the proper procedure in notifying Congress as to the removal of the Inspector General," McCaskill said in a statement. "The legislation … passed last year requires that the president give a reason for the removal. ‘Loss of confidence’ is not a sufficient reason."

The proper procedure to remove any inspector general requires 30-days notice, plus reason given to Congress.

Walpin’s terrible deed was to investigate a "friend" of Obama’s (Kevin Johnson) who misused $850,000 in taxpayer funds distributed by AmeriCorps to the St. HOPE Academy of Sacramento. His referral to the U.S. Attorney’s Office did not result in the filing of criminal charges (gee, I wonder why??) — BUT St. HOPE officials agreed to repay half of its AmeriCorps grants. Guess they would not have done that if Johnson were innocent, huh? So IG Gerald Walpin was correct!

Republicans also want a look at what Michelle Obama has to do with this because … press reports already indicated Michelle was taking a strong interest in AmeriCorps activities, AND her former chief of staff, Jackie Norris, became a "senior adviser" to AmeriCorps. (article) Barack could not allow that!
from Politics

It gets murkier and murkier… let us not forget that this is the same Barack Obama who shut down a radio call show to stop unfavorable remarks. His thugs, his own SA or "brown Shirts" are Acorn people – and others. The corrupt and foul Chicago political machine has taken up residence in the White House. The tactics are the same and should NOT be tolerated – ever! By anyone!

Total Abuse of Power

President Obama wanted to get rid of a pesky Inspector General named Gerald. Gerald was a good guy, just going about his business and doing his job – to investigate misuse of taxpayer money.

One day, Gerald got too close to the truth at AmeriCorps where $850,000 was missing. He wanted to get to the truth of this when he was given one hour to resign – or be fired.

Curious thing though, the man who fired him, also wrote a law last year saying that no Inspector Generals could be fired — not without 30 days notice and a reason given to Congress. I do not think that was accomplished in that one short hour. What do you think?

Then this mean man slandered poor Gerald saying he was "confused" and "disoriented."  Shame on Obama!

Gerald is a fighter, though and will not let this happen. He is not retreating into the woodwork as Obama wants him too.

Go Gerald!!
Go Gerald!!
Go Gerald!!

Talk about character assassination! Talk about ageism! If Walpin worked at any other agency, he have grounds for a lawsuit! Discrimination!! AND if Obama worked at any other business and said that about a co-worker, he’d be fired.

And he should be fired. From his current job.

"I am now the target of the most powerful man in this country, with an army of aides whose major responsibility today seems to be to attack me and get rid of me," Walpin said. 

Bad Obama. Bad.

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