(Correction: I should have titled this '"another executive order to break the law", because most of them from this guy pretty much exceed his authority!) Who needs Congress? Well, Obama certainly doesn't think so. Our little wannabe dictator strikes again while Congress is in recess (on Friday no less), revealing another desperate move for votes and another opportunity to divert from his failed economic and jobs records.
CNSNews: The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives.
The election-year initiative addresses a top priority of an influential Latino electorate that has been vocal in its opposition to administration deportation policies.
The policy change, described to The Associated Press by two senior administration officials, will affect as many as 800,000 immigrants who have lived in fear of deportation.
It also bypasses Congress and partially achieves the goals of the so-called DREAM Act, a long-sought but never enacted plan to establish a path toward citizenship for young people who came to the United States illegally but who have attended college or served in the military.
Umm, if they’re here illegally, they AREbreaking the law, that IScriminal. But think about this: Usurp the rule of law through an executive order to break it, say it's for illegal so-called children (a.k.a. 'young adults'), and compounded with the DoJ's fight against states' VoterID laws, anybody care to wager what the obvious goal is here in this election year? Yes, illegal votes for sure (Rush tags this pretty accurately: "Catch, Release, Vote."), but I can't help thinking it might also be a last ditch effort to increase the jobs rolls under his failed policies. He's trying to kill two birds with one dirty stone.
ADDENDUM: Rush, among many, has been telling us for the past several years that "amnesty is heading our way, it is the largest voter registration drive in American history."
And of course, you remember that related document leak in 2010...the current policy change being the full fruition of that.
Ohhh, and how's this for a flashback...
With Friday’s policy shift, Obama contradicts his previous acknowledgment of being unable to actually do what he suddenly feels he can dictate without legislative passage (i.e., usurping the law).
Well, it's about time for this week's leak to arise, and no sooner than the Senate finishes questioning Holder that a new one springs up...
HuffingtonPost: A critical document from President Barack Obama's free trade negotiations with eight Pacific nations was leaked online early Wednesday morning, revealing that the administration intends to bestow radical new political powers upon multinational corporations, contradicting prior promises.
The leaked document has been posted on the website of Public Citizen, a long-time critic of the administration's trade objectives. The new leak follows substantial controversy surrounding the secrecy of the talks, in which some members of Congress have complained they are not being given the same access to trade documents that corporate officials receive.
Who wants to be king of the world? This is Obama's world cronyism (and hypocrisy) on full display, folks.
Mark talks about RINO’s including Jeb Bush and says this is not the type of leadership we need and that they need to step back because they aren't helping matters. Their constant attacks on the Tea Party and conservatism are only emboldening the American people; they call us anti government, but we are really pro-Constitution.
I'm just as tired of hearing the ill advice and let's just say it, BULLSHIT, of these panderers and political peddlers as Levin is, whether it's coming from another squishy Bush...
...or his assinine defender, Schmoe Scarborough...
...or some former rep from VA with more pandering moderate advice for Romney (who btw, doesn't need it)...ff to the 6:05 min. mark.
Meanwhile, when guys like little Dick Durbin are whispering words of encouragement for Obama to go it alone with further rule by executive fiat, where the hell is Jeb Bush? Or Joe Scarborough? Or Tom Davis? Not a peep...except to put down conservatives and the tea party movement (you know, those who actually promote the rule of law!). No, you guys need to just shut the hell up, while the conservative wave washes over you, for you are detrimental to any party.
ADDENDUM: By the way, Jeb, believe it or not, even Krauthammer says you're wrong about Reagan. He'd be very comfortable with the tea party movement.
And S.E. Cupps gives Jeb a lesson on the real Ronald Reagan, with this conclusion: "If Reagan were alive today, he would probably find that some things have changed. But the party he loved and the causes he cared so deeply about are still here, still very much a part of the conservative movement. If Jeb Bush thinks otherwise, maybe he should switch parties."
Here's more evidence to discredit the statist ideology of wealth redistribution, or as the President's mantra goes, "the rich need to pay their fair share." Kinda looks like they are...
CarpeDiem: Bottom Line: A small group of 400 of America's most successful earners in
2009, about the number of residents living in a typical apartment building in
Washington, D.C., paid almost as much in federal income taxes as the entire
bottom half of America's 138 million tax filers, which is a population
equivalent to the combined number of residents living in America's 29 least
populated states, plus the District of Columbia. What makes this disparity
possible is the fact that an estimated 47% of individual income tax returns
filed in 2009 had a zero or negative tax liability.
When you have only
400 Americans paying almost as much in federal income taxes as the entire bottom
50% of American filing income tax returns, I think we can dismiss any notion of
the rich not paying their fair share of taxes. In fact, the IRS should publish
the names and addresses of the Top 400 (or to protect anonymity, agree to
provide a forwarding service), so that we can all send them "Thank You" letters
to express our gratitude for shouldering such a disproportionate share of our
collective tax burden.
Additionally, I'd hope that most realize it's actually not a matter of the rich paying their fair share at all, but rather, private wealth & equity being targeted as another source, not to pay down the debt, but to further Big Government's very public spending spree.
More questioning of the arrogant and dishonorable Attorney General Eric Holder took place on Capitol Hill Tuesday. This time, the questioning wasn't solely focused on the Fast & Furious scandal, but was targeted primarily at the recent national security leaks & the need for a special prosecutor outside the Justice Department, along with some mention of the DoJ's obstruction of state Voter ID laws as well.
Sen. Cornyn outlined a laundry list of Holder's dirty deeds, and capped it off by joining the call for his resignation and further expressed that “it is my sincere hope President Obama replaces you.”
Note to the so-called 'leadership' among the GOP Senate ranks: Back your guys up, McConnell and Thune, or step down, because it's your counter-productive timidity that's weakening not only the Party, but any resolve against these unbridled statists in the Obama administration!
Next, even Sen. Graham (yes, Lindsey RINO Grahamnesty!) couldn't swallow the hypocrisy of Holder handpicking an independent council to investigate all of the leaks coming from his boss' White House.
By the way, anybody recall then-Senators Biden and Obama calling for special prosecutors on separate matters in '07 and '08; yet, an independent special prosecutor isn’t warranted for a leak investigation into this administration that has put our national security at risk?
Then towards the end of Sen. Sessions' line of questioning, Holder was asked point blank, "Couldn't it be that you provided the leaks?"
And simply because of that suspicion is exactly why special prosecutors looking into these leaks should truly be independent...but don't expect that to happen as long as Holder's making the calls.
So in the end, some will still say this is too civil, or that it's just another dog-and-pony show. And perhaps they're correct to some degree. But with all that Holder is wrapped up in, this procedural questioning must occur. Will this further the call to hold this man in contempt (a charge well past due)? Because let's face it: the man isn't resigning, and his boss isn't going to fire him. Then begs a more direct question: Will this man be held accountable for...well, any of these offenses? This depends on Republican resilience and coalescence...and time's ticking away, Congress.
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Reagan's reknowned Brandenburg Gate address. The American Specator recalls:
It was, of course, one of the greatest and most important speeches of the 20th Century, and it bears rewatching. The "tear down this wall" section remains incredibly moving, of course, but there are other lines that remain striking, including Reagan's praise of the "technological revolution... marked by rapid, dramatic advances in computers and telecommunications." A few years later, the World Wide Web was born -- and the Berlin Wall was rubble.
TheWashingtonTimes: The House of Representatives is moving forward with proceedings to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress — a major escalation in the separation-of-powers battle over “Fast and Furious,” the Obama administration’s botched gun-walking operation.
Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said his panel will take up the contempt issue next week, and the move has the blessing of House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican.
“The Justice Department is out of excuses,” Mr. Boehner said in a statement Monday morning. “Either the Justice Department turns over the information requested, or Congress will have no choice but to move forward with holding the Attorney General in contempt for obstructing an ongoing investigation.”
Good to see Boehner finally agreeing to give Issa the go-ahead...I only wished it had happened sooner.
And unfortunately, this ship is becoming laden with chatterboxes.
The avalanche of leaks on the drone program and the Stuxnet computer virus are just the latest in a series of leaks that are extremely troubling for our national security. And no matter how much they're denying it, this White House has a major plumbing problem. By now, you're probably aware that Obama's 'the private sector is doing fine' statement wasn't the only uh-oh moment for the President during Friday morning's press conference.
HotAir: Asked during the [Friday] morning event about the series of leaks from his administration and their oh-so-coincidentally complimentary view of his own leadership, Obama pronounced himself offended by the insinuation that his team would leak sensitive information in an election year to save their jobs:
So offensive...as if the feigned outrage isn't? Also coincidentally later Friday evening, the DoJ opened an investigation into these leaks. Who, Holder? Investigate his administration? Yeah, right. Well, leave it to the Great One to cut through the facade of urgency...
theRightScoop: Mark Levin said [Friday] on his radio show that Eric Holder appointing two of his prosecutors to investigate the executive branch as well as the legislative branch to uncover the origination of all the recent leaks is simply “intended to diffuse the situation and create ambiguity”. But even more than that, he says that if this were a Republican administration that a special prosecutor would be demanded over a by Democrats like Chuck Schumer as well as the media, just like it was in the Scooter Libby case.
With this number of leaks, I've gotta go with Ed Morrissey on this and insist that Congress get involved with this investigation as well: "The DoJ is part of the executive branch, and it’s Congress’ duty to ensure that the executive branch hasn’t indulged in corruption or worse in pursuit of its own power. The Senate and the House could follow up on Holder’s actions by appointing ad hoc bipartisan panels of inquiry into White House leaks..." I just wished there were more resembling a certain plumber residing in Washington to confidently (and competently) pursue that route.
The gift of Obama's Big Government arrogance just keeps on giving. We pick up where we left off a few posts ago...
During his press conference this morning, Obama sad, “The private sector is doing fine.” Really? Don't believe me? Here, listen...
And in its full context, it's even more offensive:
Question: What about the Republicans saying you are blaming the Europeans for the failures of your own policies?
Obama: The truth of the matter is that, as I’ve said, we’ve created 4.3M jobs over the last 27 months, over 800K just this year alone. The private sector is doing fine. Where we’re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government, often times cuts initiated by governors or mayors who are not getting the kind of help they have in the past from the federal government and who don’t have the same flexibility as the federal government in dealing with fewer revenues coming in.
Can't say it any better than theRightScoop frames it: "So, Obama is more concerned about the public sector? With real unemployment in the mid-teens or the filtered one over 8%, Obama has the gall to point out public sector hiring over the private sector? Wow, this really is a gift to Republicans. I think Obama just pulled a ‘Clinton’ on himself."
Both the RNC & Romney quickly jumped on this:
By George, I think they've actually realized that they can win this thing. Here's another message that should be repeated in every Republican advertisement from now until election day!
UPDATES: Axelrod appeared on CNN's State of the Nation yesterday, and dodged the question no less than three times when asked if he agreed with President Obama that “the private sector is doing fine.”
And the Carney barker scolded the WH Press Corp for actually reporting on the comment.
Meanwhile, the Romney camp is milking this for all it's worth, with a new ad out targeting the terrible jobs numbers from a few weeks back.
CNSNews: The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives.
