Two years back Sen. Barack Obama was barnstorming the country talking about hope and change you can believe in and how President Bush had and was oversteping his authority you thought Obama wouldn't behave this way. When Obama said he would put on a pair of comfortable shoes and walk the picket line to show support for Union workers you might have taken him at his word. When Obama said two illegal wars was two wars too many and he would bring the troops home you may have thought he was sharing true feelings from his heart so when he opened up another front in Lybia you were surprised.
When you discovered that Obama didn't have one spare co-worker he could send over to the Hill and conduct a meeting with the elected representatives of the people you might wonder what is going on here? Obama could have called a temp agency and rented a mouthpiece for the day and the Democrats and a third of the Republicans would have been satisfied. There is a group of Republicans who are up for a war any day, any time, all the time. John McCain daydreams about war, its all he keeps breathing for. The war monger hawks (Dick Cheney, John McCain, ect.) are usually old and burnt and given easily to daydreaming.
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the declaration of war against Japan on December 8, 1941.
On at least 125 occasions, the President has acted without prior express military authorization from Congress. This includes the United States fighting in Korea in 1950 and our continuing involvement there. The War Powers Resolution requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30 day withdrawal period, without an authorization of the use of military force or a declaration of war.
The Congress hasn't exercised its war powers authority since last century, since 1941. All these Democratic phonies wanted was to be able to give the impression to the folks back home they they were involved and to make a few patriotic comments for the local news back in their districts. Pretending to have knowledge and to be involved is good publicity and keeps their names on their supporters minds. Since when does the President not look out for the interest of his own party. Where were these wild firey eyed Democrats when Bush was at war with the world?
Bush with KeyNote Speaker Putin
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We have just spent three quarters of a BILLION Dollars in Lybia and can't afford to pay for our childrens education and teachers. We can buy TomaHawk Missles all day long just don't look for funding for textbooks. The needs of our country must be met before we play sugar daddy to the world. Does Obama think we have friends in Lybia? Is he pretending that he can tell the difference between friend and foe? Who Knows but enough is enough. Stay in Washington and work on the problems we have here at home. Once our people are working and earning livings and our deficit is under control go nose in anybodies business you please. Until then focus on the USA.
GOP Keynote Speaker, V. Putin
Walking With Bush
Putin to give keynote speech amid speculation on future of US as a world power. Gw Bush's best friend and soulmate and George's number one pick to deliver the keynote speech will entertain Gop and Tea Party alike as he talks about the weaknesss of America and Presient Obama. The Powerful Russian Prime Minister (Vladimir Putin) is to give the keynote address amid intense speculation he is planning a presidential comeback. George W Bush will present Putin with several awards among them the Republican Medal of Honor and the GOP Big Thinker Trophy. Putin is due to speak from 9 a.m. GMT in a speech that will be closely watched for hints of his future intentions and comments on the current financial crisis in the world economy.The Russia’s lower house of parliament gave overwhelming approval to the second reading of a bill extending the presidential term from four years to six and Putin will warn Republicans that Obama may seek to lengthen his term and he will advise the GOP on how to block this move. This partnership between the Russian Prime Minister and the GOP is supported by the people who returned Republicans to power in the House during the last off year election.
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Putin’s spokesman said the prime minister would continue his presidential tradition of holding a phone-in with the people this year, further reinforcing the impression he is still the de-facto leader. Mitch McConnell backs Putins thoughts and predicts his political return to the top job. Newt is already planning how his administration will work with Putin to create more jobs in Russia.
Mitch and Vladimir of Same Mind
Here's the ACVDN Bottom Line. Obama is screwing up on a regular basis. Where are and Who are the people advising him?
Lastly where can we get him some competent advisors? Our political system is corrupt and broken and manned by dishonest
players on both (all) sides. Washington is where ethics, honesty, hard work and truth go to die. Washington is also where old Senators and Congressmen spend their final days being carried by their staffs.
Ron Paul
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) had been circulating a resolution "expressing the sense of Congress that the President is required to obtain in advance specific statutory authorization for the use of United States Armed Forces in response to civil unrest in Libya." The measure was supported by Reps. Michael Honda (D-Calif.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.), among others.
"In launching over 100 missiles on Libya this weekend, not only did the Defense Department undermine a carefully constructed consensus, which included the Arab League, but it leveled a devastating blow to our legislative-executive checks and balances," read a statement by Honda, who is co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus’s Peace and Security Taskforce. "For the Pentagon to deliberately circumvent Congressional authority sets a new precedent for war powers authorization and sends the message to the world that American democracy is deeply dysfunctional. Secondly, for the Pentagon to pick its battles based on energy security considerations, which is particularly apparent given Libya’s 7th-ranked oil reserves, sends the message that America cares little about the human rights and freedoms of people in countries, like the Democratic Republic of Congo, Western Sudan, or Ivory Coast, without critical energy resources.
Thirdly, for the Pentagon to pursue past precedent in employing a shock-and-awe-type invasion, indicates a deliberate disdain for the myriad of smaller pursuable efforts that are possible before pummeling a country with an air assault. I demand a serious conversation in Congress before new countries are incautiously invaded and before America’s legislative branch is eviscerated further."
Didn't Ask, Can't Remember
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As the United States expands its military imprint on the international intervention into Libyan airspace, members of Congress have begun sounding the alarm over the lack of regard being paid by the president to the legal and advisory roles of the legislative branch.
Boehner has of late taken to wearing clown makeup to disguise the fits of crying he is given to.
On Sunday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) offered his endorsement for a no fly zone over Libya. Conspicuous in his statement, however, was the threat to disrupt future operations should the president not consult Congress first.
“Before any further military commitments are made,” Boehner said, “the Administration must do a better job of communicating to the American people and to Congress about our mission.”
A top GOP leadership aide clarified that Boehner wasn’t insisting that Obama needed congressional authorization for the use of military force in Libya. “The focus,” said the aide, “is on Congressional consultation.” At an off-camera briefing hours later, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon called such a request “fair" while arguing that it had been met by the president.
But Boehner's remarks still underscore the domestic political limits Obama faces as he executes, what aides insist will be, a limited, internationally-led military intervention in Libya; which, this weekend, included cruise missile attacks and air strikes. While the majority of lawmakers who have spoken publicly say they support America’s involvement in the U.N.-backed mission (some Republicans wishing it had come sooner), several influential voices have argued -- as Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), Chair of the House Armed Services Committee did -- that the President “has an obligation to explain” operational objectives to Congress.
Lower on the leadership ranks, a strange-bedfellows coalition of progressive-minded pols and Tea Party members has emerged, not only raising doubts about the underlying strategy but the legality of it as well.
Jason saves lots of Money by Sleping in his Congressional Office.
“I think [the president] has a duty and an obligation to come to Congress,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah.) told The Huffington Post. “I see no clear and present danger to the United States of America. I just don't. We're in a bit of the fog at the moment as to what the president is trying to ultimately do.”
Under the War Powers Act of 1973, the president can send U.S. armed forces into conflict only with the authorization of Congress or if the United States is under attack or serious threat. Absent such authorization, however, the president does have a 48-hour window to report about military deployments overseas. While Congress is supposed to be consulted “in every possible instance,” a broadening interpretation of executive powers has greatly diminished its "sign-off" authority.
“More recently, due to an expansive interpretation of the president’s constitutional authority as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and of his inherent powers to use force without Congressional authorization, the President has welcomed support from the Congress in the form of legislation authorizing him to utilize U.S. military forces in a foreign conflict or engagement in support of U.S. interests, but has not taken the view that he is required to obtain such authorization,” reads a March 2007 Congressional Research Service report.
Justin before you go home vacume and straighten things up and remember to turn the lights off this time.
Nadler and Chaffetz aren’t alone among those classes of lawmakers (old and young) whose politics have been shaped by skepticism with this trend. Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), put up a Facebook post on Sunday arguing that the president could not “launch strikes without authorization from the American people” and complaining Congress was being treated like “serfs.”
On Saturday, Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), chairman of the Democratic Caucus, organized a Caucus wide conference call for all House Democrats to get an update on the situation. That same day, another call was organized with a dozen-or-so liberal Democrats to discuss the constitutionality of the president’s actions and chart out possible political responses.
At least two members -- Nadler and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) -- have called for an emergency congressional session to address and, potentially, authorize the use of military force.
“We should have been called into session yesterday or the day before,” said Nadler.
With Congress currently on recess, a resolution (let alone a hearing) on U.S. military actions in Libya is unlikely to happen for at least another week. In the interim, the White House, stating that it has operated squarely within legal parameters and with a deft of political caution, has pledged to keep lawmakers posted on events.
“We have been closely consulting Congress regarding the situation in Libya, including in a session the President conducted before his announcement yesterday with the bipartisan leadership,” said White House spokesman Tommy Vietor. “The President is committed to maintaining the full support of Congress in the course of ongoing and close consultation.”
To that point, Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough held a conference call with top Congressional staffers on Friday afternoon. The President, meanwhile, hosted a meeting with House and Senate leadership later that afternoon. And while Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, declined to call it “consultation" -- more along the lines of "laying it out,” he told Josh Rogin of Foreign Policy -- others were content.
“One of the reasons I predict that there will be some strong bipartisan support in the Congress for the President's decision is because it is a limited mission,” Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D- MI) said Sunday on "Meet the Press." “I saw that in person in the White House on Friday-- and was very impressed by the caution and the care that the President is putting into this.”
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