Posted on 06/29/2011 6:19:29 PM PDT by chessplayer
Obama was notg even an adjunct. He was a mere lecturer, selling the commie interpretation of the US constitution to unsuspecting minds, or . “ HOw the US Constitution does not work.”
Obama is a simple Marxist dialectic idiot. He knows nothing about the spirit of America which will forever give communism its lie.
We all know what happened to Mussolini.
Well Obama is firing “lethal attacks” now in Somalia...but it’s not war....six war zones now under this Pres.
U.S. drone targets two leaders of Somali group allied with al-Qaeda - The Washington Post
The airstrike makes Somalia at least the sixth country where the United States is using drone aircraft to conduct lethal attacks, joining Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Yemen. And it comes as the CIA is expected to begin flying armed drones over Yemen in its hunt for al-Qaeda
The dirty secret of the time was that officially, all the trains were on time under Mussolini— when they were not.
Every station manager marked down 100% on time— if they wanted to keep their fascisti jobs or not be killed. So this is very much like obamalamadingdong. The royal president.
Let's see what one of our Founding Fathers had to say about that:
color="blue">Federalist 69 - Alexander Hamilton
The President is to be the "commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the United States. He is to have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment; to recommend to the consideration of Congress such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; to convene, on extraordinary occasions, both houses of the legislature, or either of them, and, in case of disagreement between them with respect to the time of adjournment, to adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; to take care that the laws be faithfully executed; and to commission all officers of the United States." In most of these particulars, the power of the President will resemble equally that of the king of Great Britain and of the governor of New York. The most material points of difference are these: -- First. The President will have only the occasional command of such part of the militia of the nation as by legislative provision may be called into the actual service of the Union. The king of Great Britain and the governor of New York have at all times the entire command of all the militia within their several jurisdictions. In this article, therefore, the power of the President would be inferior to that of either the monarch or the governor. Second. The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be nominally the same with that of the king of Great Britain, but in substance much inferior to it. It would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces, as first General and admiral of the Confederacy; while that of the British king extends to the declaring of war and to the raising and regulating of fleets and armies -- all which, by the Constitution under consideration, would appertain to the legislature. The governor of New York, on the other hand, is by the constitution of the State vested only with the command of its militia and navy. But the constitutions of several of the States expressly declare their governors to be commanders-in-chief, as well of the army as navy; and it may well be a question, whether those of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, in particular, do not, in this instance, confer larger powers upon their respective governors, than could be claimed by a President of the United States.
Every time I see this smug asses face in a Mussolini pose, I also realize that this ass can also hang by his heels in the end, just like his mentor, Mussolini.
F’n golden, to quote former Govenor of Illinois,
Blogo, of Shitcago, Illinois corruption fame.
Dictators really don’t have to answer to anybody for anything — so his statement probably is correct.
He gets away with this evil attitude because no one is holding him accountable. Every Republican should be issuing statements denouncing him as a tyrant and when given the opportunity denouncing him on the floor of the House and Senate. Republican governors should be denouncing him as a block group with a letter to the Supreme Court and the Speaker of the House.
It is all about his dream to be Caliph ... I am serious. He uses the raining down of bombs from drones to let the Muslim states see him as exercising the power and governance of a Caliph. Obama is far more dangerous than anyone thinks, present company excepted.
I should have added one more thing. By the power to pass treaties, the Legislative branch can bind the Executive to enter hostilities should the terms of those treaties call for it (NATO member attacked, etc.) Of course the Executive negotiates the treaties but nonetheless the Legislative branch can bring pressure to bear to influence the terms of those treaties. By refusing to pass a treaty Congress can likewise stifle a President's desire to push war.
so... if you interpret what you are saying litterally then if China fired 1000 nuclear missiles at us the President couldn’t respond until the congress passed an act of war?
quote “No nation can be both ignorant and free”
hm.. well.. actually a nation can do just fine with a large number of ignorant people, they just can’t be allowed to vote. Allowing the ignorant to vote is the problem, and is when things started going horribly wrong with America. Voting should be a privilege that is earned.
Amen! Worth repeating. I wish we could turn back that clock on that!
Uh, no. Not even close.
He has immunity and cannot assert 5th amendment defenses. I find it odd that he is operating under an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and he claims that he doesn’t have to say if something is Constitutional. That is his entire job, to protect and defend the exercising of the Constitution and laws thereof.
What part of the following does he and other Presidents not want to understand?
The Congress shall have power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; and
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
hm... ok so who determines if he can respond? and for how long can he respond? and what happens if he responds when he shouldn't or responds to long?
hm...
I guess that is all up to the president! and if the congress doesn't like how he responded... then they can vote to cut off funds.
That is how the constitution is written.
There can be no security if the president must seek an act of congress before committing our troops to battle when the need arises. Because it takes too long for the congress to act. The president has to act... then in the course of time the congress will eventually get it's say on the matter via the purse stings/ funding.
Oops. I got to doing too many things at once and forgot my ping list, LOL! Sorry!
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