Posted on 07/21/2009 7:36:07 PM PDT by metmom
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's nominee for "regulatory czar" has hit a new snag in his Senate confirmation process -- a "hold" by Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who's says he's not convinced that Harvard professor Cass Sunstein won't push a radical animal rights agenda, including new restrictions on agriculture and even hunting.
Senators are permitted "holds" to prevent a vote on a nominee from coming to the floor. They are often secretive and for very specific reasons.
"Sen. Cornyn finds numerous aspects of Mr. Sunstein's record troubling, specifically the fact that he wants to establish legal 'rights' for livestock, wildlife and pets, which would enable animals to file lawsuits in American courts," the Republican's spokesman, Kevin McLaughlin, said in a statement to FOXNews.com.
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Cornyn is not a bad person believe it or not... Though I hate to see him go the way of the rest....
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Right next to the meat and mashed potatoes.
It's supposed to say "Right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy."
I wish they had stopped Gary Locke. Commerce Secretary: America needs to pay for China’s emissions
.... erm did I miss something somewhere. I thought “czars” weren’t confirmed by congress. When did we start confirming czars????
I don’t think giving livestock rights is on the communist agenda. It very well could be on the agenda of someone bound and determined to destroy a society, however.
Same difference in that case.
My problem with this whole Czar matter is the big ZERO has no right to appoint them in the first place. Where are all the REpublicans standing up and questioning the CZAR MOVEMENT?????
Obama shouldn’t have insulted those bitter clingers. Now he’ll never be rid of them until they’re rid of him.
How about also having some concern for preserving free speech?! Cass intends to violate the First Amendment with the Government regulation of speech on the Internet.
That whole silly "freedom of speech" thing must be of no bother to the confirming Senators. But, hey, at least the animals won't have a radical agenda pushed on them. /sarc
"Sen. Cornyn hasn't had a chance to speak with him yet, that's the reason for the hold," said McLaughlin. "He wants to have a chance to before moving forward."
This doesn't seem very reassuring. Saxby Chambliss dropped his objection after he got assurance in writing from Sunstein.
Will Cornyn go through the same theater and then drop his hold? After all, when was the last time a liberal lied?
YES!
finally they are standing in Obama’s way over something.
But animal rights?
How about OUR rights???
That's what I thought.
This assclown wants to allow animals to file lawsuits? Well there's a whole new segment of business for the trial lawyer's assn.
SOOOOO, is this the Obama Administration’s tell that we are all going to be vegetarians. Does Milking cows constitute animal Abuse?
Yep, he has no backbone. He is terrified of the fixers and elites.
Political Affairs Magazine, Marxist Thought Online
Book Review – The Second Bill of Rights, Cass R. Sunstein -.
..As the basis of this claim, Sunstein points to FDR’s state of the union address delivered in January of 1944. In this speech, FDR called for expanding both legally and culturally our concept of our basic rights. FDR challenged the American people to think beyond the rights listed in the Bill of Rights and include:
the right to a useful and remunerative job
the right to earn a living wage
the right of business owners to be free of unfair competition form monopoly capital
the right to adequate health care
the right to housing
the right to Social Security, social insurance, unemployment insurance
the right to a good education
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