Search Results for "unitary executive"
By Ani on Aug 10, 2009 in Bank Bailouts, Bush/Cheney, Democratic Party, Health Care, New York Times, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Republican Party, Tim Geithner, Unitary Executive Powers/Signing Statements, Wall Street | 53 Comments
Normally I would never quote Frank Rich. Endless copy excoriating Hillary Clinton in favor of Barack Obama during the primaries rendered his columns unreadable. Imagine my surprise to see Mr. Rich put down the Kool-Aid jug for a moment in his NY Times offering, Is Obama Punking Us. Let me start by [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 10, 2009 in Barney Frank, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, FISA, George Bush, New York Times, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama | 44 Comments
You know that during the Campaign, I said a number of times that Obama was the REAL Bush II, not Clinton, and not McCain (for instance, here, here, and here). Many of us saw that writing on the wall as one similarity after another came out.
Well, here is another one: Signing Statements. Yes, the [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 17, 2009 in Abuse, Bush/Cheney, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Torture, Unitary Executive Powers/Signing Statements | 119 Comments
This is classic Obama modus operandi: He screws the left which believed his campaign promises while placating the intelligence agencies — and keeping the always-ready-to-pounce rightwing tamped down — with his refusal to uphold his constitutional duty to enforce criminal law. As Turley says, Obama’s motive is “painfully obvious”: It’s all about politics. [...]
By Ani on Apr 14, 2009 in Backtrack Obama, Bailouts, Bank Failure, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Tim Geithner | 183 Comments
Please adjust my goggles if I am incorrect, but isn’t Truthout.org that progressive publication that was forever calling President Bush and his administration out on the carpet for their many ills? Now Marc Ash of Truthout writes a powerful rant targeting the new administration called This Isn’t Working. I know there have been [...]
By Philip Giraldi on Apr 13, 2009 in 9/11, Al Qaeda, Bill of Rights, CIA, FBI, Homeland Security, National Security, Obama's Broken Promises, Patriotism, President Barack Obama, Terrorism, Torture, U.S. Constitution, Unitary Executive Powers/Signing Statements | 102 Comments
(Susan’s April 13th Note: I AM PISSED OFF. This essay is bumped up because, dammit, I need to restore my FOCUS on the ELEPHANTS in the room! While it’s fascinating to debate the pirate crisis, it is foremost VITAL to focus on the dangerous stories such as Obama’s power-hungry expansion of executive authority, known in [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 4, 2009 in Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Commerce, Current Affairs, Cyber Attacks, President Barack Obama, Terrorism | 39 Comments
Truthteller sent me this shocking story in Mother Jones, one of the growing number of intelligent left-leaning publications questioning Obama and his “unitary executive” power grab that exceeds that of George W. Bush, if that were possible. READ “Should Obama Control the Internet?” (“A new bill would give the President emergency authority to halt [...]
By SusanUnPC on Mar 31, 2009 in Current Affairs, G20, Michelle Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 209 Comments
(bumped up from this morning)
UPDATE: Look at Hillary. Listen to Hillary. I rest my case. (You’ll find several more substantive news videos featuring Hillary Clinton newly added to the post at 8:20 p.m., and another of Michelle today disembarking the plane in London.) Ginger sent me the embed code! Thanks!
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By SusanUnPC on Mar 29, 2009 in Auto Industry, Current Affairs, David Axelrod, Economic Stimulus, Economy, John Batchelor, Larry Johnson, President Barack Obama, Stimulus Plan, Tim Geithner, Unitary Executive Powers/Signing Statements | 125 Comments
With auto company bailouts highly unpopular with the citizenry, President Barack Obama, who will speak later Monday, felt compelled to shake things up. To be blunt, as Allahpundit puts it, “If you want taxpayer money, you’re going to have to do things The One’s way.”
The WSJ reports that GM’s Rick Wagoner and Fritz Henderson [...]
By SusanUnPC on Nov 26, 2008 in Current Affairs | 32 Comments
[This story was published on February 23, 2007, and written by me (Susan). You can see that my politics changed during the 2008 election. But I'm not excising those sections, even if they may cause me some embarrassment. So what. I'll leave them be. But what I WANT you to do is [...]
By SusanUnPC on Nov 24, 2008 in Current Affairs | 17 Comments
[Larry Johnson's notable spotlight on Jane Mayer's essential new book has led me to search for some of the old stories I wrote that referenced Jane Mayer's marvelous writing for The New Yorker. Here is one such story, that I wrote -- get this -- on April 4, 2006. I've dug up a [...]
By Deb Cupples on Jul 18, 2008 in Bush/Cheney, Constitution, George Bush, impeachment | 106 Comments
Two days ago, the House voted to send Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s “latest impeachment effort” (H.R. 1345) to the House Judiciary Committee (CQ). Merely impeaching President Bush would not remove him from office: removal would require a conviction by two-thirds of the Senate members present. (Constitution, Article I, sections 2 & 3)
Given the Senate’s current [...]
By LisaB on Jun 8, 2008 in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Black nationalism, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, DNC, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Electability | 141 Comments
I’ve asked myself time and again what the “party elders” are thinking. Apparently it’s beyond me because I can’t figure it out. I don’t go in for conspiracy theories, and I think we have to look at how people really operate. I tend to think decisions at this level are pragmatic in [...]
By Chuck Taylor on May 25, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats, Hillary Clinton | 93 Comments
In recent months, I’ve been sitting quietly for the most part, not saying much but reading an awful lot. The emphasis is on the word awful.
I’m a Democrat. I’ve voted Democratic, for the most part, for candidates for local, state and national elections for almost fifty years. Sometimes it’s with [...]
By Ray McGovern on Mar 31, 2008 in Bush/Cheney, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Gen. David Petraeus, Iran, Iraq, Israel | 6 Comments
By Ray McGovern
Events of last week offer a metaphorical glimpse at the delusion pervading President George W. Bush’s White House and other enclaves of Iraq supporters in Washington. Bush and the First Lady spent last Monday clowning with the Easter Bunny (White House counsel Fred Fielding having donned the costume).
At the American Enterprise Institute [...]
By Leslie on Oct 12, 2007 in Current Affairs | 48 Comments
From the Boston Globe yesterday:
“I think you have to restore the checks and balances and the separation of powers, which means reining in the presidency,” Clinton told the Boston Globe’s editorial board.
Clinton also said, she doesn’t agree with Bush’s expansion of authority under the “unitary executive theory;” she would only use signing statements to clarify [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 26, 2007 in Current Affairs | 20 Comments
“The president is always right.”—Steven Bradbury, U.S. Department of Justice lawyer, July 11, 2006.
“It’s not too far from King of Everything, really.”—Jan Frel, AlterNet, October 28, 2005.
– From Sourcewatch’s section on “Unitary Executive Theory,” pushed by Dick Cheney and his man David Addington
Tonight, Keith Olbermann will go after Condoleezza Rice …
By SusanUnPC on Nov 16, 2006 in Current Affairs | 30 Comments
Gene Lyons, syndicated column, November 15, 2006:
“A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles.”
—Thomas Jefferson, on the Alien & Sedition Act, June 4, 1798.
it was hugely gratifying to see Americans rescue the [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 14, 2006 in Current Affairs | 18 Comments
by BooMan (originally posted at his blog, BoomanTribune.com: “On Post 9/11 and Near Post 9/11 Worlds.” Reprinted in full with permission.)
We often hear is said that there is a pre and post-9/11 world. Sometimes it is suggested that certain people exist in only the pre-9/11 world. Setting aside that this is an [...]
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