Stroke of the pen, law of the land.
"Stroke of the pen. Law of the Land. Kinda cool."
Paul Begala, former Clinton advisor, The New York Times, July 5, 1998
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Oh man when Bush did this it was Harry Carey, but The Messiah can do whatever he wants and it’s all good!
Could Bush kick open the gates of Yucca Mountain as a parting executive order? If he did so now, this would be hard to reverse in January.
What do we think will happen? Only Republicans can do stuff like that?
It sucks to be us, now, but we made our bed, now we gotta' lie in it. :(
And it will take 60 votes in the Senate to override. Does anyone in their right mind think that any goosestepping RATs will cross the isle to stop tyranny?
Gas ain’t going to be cheap for long. Obama is going to do everything he can to make sure that we are paying $7/gal within a year.
Obama understands the separation of powers and will use it to further his agenda.
Unfortunately, you have to question the agendas of so-called “conservative” presidents who were “conservative” about using their executive powers and never even used the line-item veto to curb Congress’s profligate spending.
Not exactly. Congress has 30 days to act on these EOs.
Stroke of the pen, law of the land.”
Montana already has paperwork for secession in the legislative hopper.
Utah, N Dakota, S Dakota, Idaho, Nebraska, Wyoming, and maybe even NORTHERN Nevada could make up a large force for mining and drilling for the natural resources this country has.
I will be very supportive if they break away.