Posted on 06/16/2010 10:54:35 AM PDT by jazusamo
Yes, I agree.
However, historically no Congress has acted to correct such misuse bu the President on issuance of executive Orders.
Then again, I do not believe other presidents use of EO’s have been this egregious and blatantly unconstitutional.
And why didn’t BP have a lawyer with its execs today to say “this isn’t constitutional” to Obummer?
As a BP stockholder, I am outraged that my company is not managing our own funds.
The Board will hear of this.
However warranted, or justified, this is a very bad precedent!
He overstepped it two-three years ago. Besides, the Constitution is only for the little people. Hussein doesn’t need no stinkin’ Constitution.
I believe Jamie Gorelock was retained by BP and thought she would be there.
Being BP seems to be going to establish $20 billion escrow account they must be doing it for the PR.
It’s all good. Algore has more room in the lock box now.
Obama trampling all over the US Constitution with his cohorts in congress is probably THE most underreported story since he was sworn in as POTUS!
This administration is a runaway juggernaut, unconstrained by the rule of law.
And no one wants to admit that this emperor has no clothes...
Amen to that. There's laws on the books to cover this and the Executive branch stepping in sets a very bad precedent.
1st word that came to mind here too.. Extortion
Jesse Jackson has never been this successful with a shake down.
More money for the Democrat warchest.
Obama is violating the Constitution by occupying the office of the President. After that, everything else is icing. I guess they figure that if he got that far, illegally then what the hell, go for broke. Their actions speak that very loudly.
Gorelick isn’t a lawyer? How could she be a possible candidate for Attorney General if she isn’t a lawyer? Even if she is a loser.
Now THERE is a remarkable politician, and thinker. Not to mention GUTS.
Where are the Republicans in the House & Senate?
COWARDS to the core!!
They should be screaming bloody murder over Obama!! He is going to STEAL a good chunk of this “shakedown” money.
This president’s default reaction is to threaten, look for lawsuits to file, and demand payoffs.
He does not have the first idea what it means to organize and delegate to solve a problem.
This is what happens when you hire someone to run your country that could not run a convenience store. You would not hire him to do anything practical, because you know he has no practical ability at all. He has never done anything that didn’t involve threatening, intimidating, running his jaw, extorting payoffs, and suing people. Why would he be any different as a president?
And the answer is, he isn’t. A real president would have called BP’s president and said, what do you need? And helped to organize whatever they needed, helped to knock down any regulatory barriers to getting what they needed. He would have called the governors and asked what do you need? And again, moved heaven and earth to see that they got it.
In many cases being a leader is about making sure the people handling a problem get what they need. It isn’t about your histrionics in front of the camera. If the president was doing his job well there would be no need for him to get in front of a camera at all. He doesn’t know that, because he has never been a leader.
BP has a lease for the well site ~ and that lease is full of all sorts of things. I doubt they'll will ever be able to claim a Fifth Amendment "taking" because, alas, it's not their land, not their well ~ and they do owe a functional equivalent of a "deposit" for the use.
The evil doer in this case is Obama for not getting the hole plugged sooner, as well as just letting the oil flow all over the place because he didn't want to give an emergency exception to the Jones Act. BP must pay whatever penalties have been established, either through law, or through the terms of the lease. The poor people of the Gulf are deserving of compensation for their losses, and I don't care if it's BP or the US government that pays!
We need to remove ALL of Obama's supporters from the government this November.
Yep, Obama and his thugs will control the money no matter that he says they'll be an independent administrator.
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