[struggle]

> proverbial Easter egg — it’s going to be hollow

Question: Since when did an Easter Egg become proverbially empty?

[mbarker12474]

And Congress will forego the powers of Congress, in Obama’s new rapprochment with a regime which has caused way more death and violence than Osama bin Laden.

[Jane Long]

Who needs Congress, when you have 0bola? It’s not like they’re trying to stop anything he’s doing....right Bonehead and McTurtle?

[M Kehoe]

Congress!? We don’t need no stinking congress.

5.56mm

[Mustangman]

Congress basically has two powers to stop Obama’s illegal activity. The power of the purse or impeachment. Although both powers are quite real, they are also both political powers, not legal powers like a court has. In other words, when Congress uses the power of the purse, Obama cries government shut-down and the people will blame the GOP. If Congress tried to Impeach the President, Obama cries racism, and the support simply would not be there for the GOP yet again. I’m sorry about these realities, but they are indeed realities.

This leaves Congress Two options in my opinion: One, use the power of the purse or impeachment in spite of the downside and bring the country into a complete crisis. This means violence (Those Ferguson demonstrations are warm-ups just in case the Congress goes this route), strikes, cries of racism, accusations about a do nothing congress etc etc. No one knows where this would end up and it would hurt the economy badly.

Obama is such a unique President because his status as the first minority President essentially inoculates him from the political consequences all other Presidents had to face in the past.

Second option is much more subtle and no where near as satisfying in terms of getting even with Obama for not following our laws. That is, churn out good legislation week in and week out that reforms tax law, social security, e-verification, Obamacare etc etc (you know the problems that need to be addressed) and expose Obama for the Poser that he really is as he vetoes everything and anything because his ego simply won’t allow team work with Congress on any matter big and small. In addition to this, relentlessly challenge all illegal executive activity through the courts. The law is not on Obama’s side. It will be slow, but he will lose most cases over the coming years.

Now, for good or bad it is clear our GOP leaders have chosen option 2. Things can and do change of course, but that is where we are. I hate the box we’re in as much as anyone, but the people voted Obama in and Obama is what we go. One day, he may take it too far and finally have political consequences for his actions, but so far the people don’t give a crap. That’s just a fact.

[GeronL]

Dictator- you haz one

[DickBrannigan]

I’m curious. Why does this entity, U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, already exist?

[upchuck]

“The embargo is a container — it’s been that way since President Eisenhower — that’s had regulations and laws put into it and taken out of it and mixed about,” Mr. Kavulich said. “President Obama is saying, ‘I’m going to leave a shell, but it’s going to be a proverbial Easter egg — it’s going to be hollow.’”

I bet in the past, when changes were made to the embargo, Congress was involved.

Congress it's high time you did your JOB and stood up to this marauding Marxist!

[Dqban22]

Behind Obama’s unconditional surrender to the Castro’s brothers, is the plot to make the American taxpayers liable for whatever we sell to Cuba. The end of the embargo is their goal. "Because of something called the Export- Import Bank there's no risk whatsoever in exporting to bankrupt, murderous and kleptocratic regimes- worse there' no incentive for the kleptocrats to clean up their act, as would happen under a genuine free-market. Also the World, financed 80% by the American taxpayers will open their vaults to be freely looted by the Castro brothers."

Castro helped to bankrupt the Soviet Union, Obama before leaving want to complete the destruction of United States.