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America has gone from government of laws to semi-political banana republic
Fox News ^ | November 21, 2013 | Patrick Caddell

Posted on 11/22/2013 10:36:17 AM PST by yoe

The rule of law has been replaced in Washington by "yes we can." The events we witnessed Thursday in the Senate, that is Majority Leader Harry Reid's success at invoking the so-called 'nuclear option,' stripping the minority party of its primary power to block nominations, have become a stunning capstone to what has been already a steady erosion of a government of laws down to a sort of semi-political banana republic.

We are now living in a republic in which politicians do what they want without regard to tradition or the best interests of our country.

The rule of more than 200 years since the Senate was formed, as described by James Madison, to be "...the saucer of the hot cup of the House" has been overthrown.

[snip] The most recent and jarring example is the Affordable Care Act where the president has, despite the actual language of the law, assumed powers to exempt people, to change the meaning of the law. Of actual legislative statue.

In a way that is stunning. Indeed, the most egregious was the Democratic and Republican leaders coming together to agree to ignore the language in the Affordable Care Act legislation and grant themselves and their staffs a special subsidy. Sadly, this is something very few people have bothered to speak out against.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bananarepublic; patcaddell
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To: ilovesarah2012

“But how does anyone know what his SSN is?”

It’s on his tax returns and other transactional documents.

He sealed his college records and such, but he can’t ‘seal’ every piece of paper that shows his info for the past 50 years.


61 posted on 11/22/2013 4:52:18 PM PST by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: yoe

THE TIME FOR LEXINGTON AND CONCORD IS FAST APPROACHING...IF NOT ALREADY HERE.


62 posted on 11/22/2013 5:04:05 PM PST by ealgeone (obama, border)
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To: caddie

It is time for something but it definitely is NOT time for a “Con Con”, we would be better off calling for a “Can Can”, less mischief can result.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2jKa3_bX00


63 posted on 11/22/2013 5:13:18 PM PST by RipSawyer (The TREE currently falling on you actually IS worse than a Bush.)
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To: LyinLibs

I have never seen this article but it is quite interesting:

http://www.birtherreport.com/2013/09/p-exclusive-obama-social-security.html

P&E Exclusive: Obama Social Security Number; Selective Service Card Signed By Current Admin


64 posted on 11/22/2013 5:19:22 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: caddie

It is time for something but it definitely is NOT time for a “Con Con”, we would be better off calling for a “Can Can”, less mischief can result.


65 posted on 11/22/2013 5:40:50 PM PST by RipSawyer (The TREE currently falling on you actually IS worse than a Bush.)
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To: yoe

And soon, as in all government controlled “utopian states”, we will be singing, “Yes...we have no bananas”.


66 posted on 11/23/2013 6:23:14 AM PST by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......? Embrace a ruler today.)
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