Posted on 03/27/2010 2:08:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday announced his plan to make 15 recess appointments held up by Republican delays, including two Treasury Department positions and two on the National Labor Relations Board that have been vacant for more than a year.
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The move was likely to intensify an already bitter partisan atmosphere in Washington.
Obama accused Republicans of playing politics by obstructing his nominations, and calculated the appointments had already been held up for an average of 214 days.
"I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government," said Obama, a Democrat, who days ago signed historic healthcare reform in the face of often vitriolic Republican opposition.
The two top Treasury posts are for Jeffrey Goldstein, nominee for Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, and Michael Mundaca, nominee for Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy.
"At a time of economic emergency, two top appointees to the Department of Treasury have been held up for nearly six months," Obama said in a statement.
The appointments on the NLRB were Craig Becker and Mark Pearce.
The five-member NLRB decides cases involving workers' rights to form and join unions and the nominations are part of a bigger fight between Democrats alongside organized labor, and the Republican Party and its allies in the business community.(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
I believe Obama plans to run for only one-term. Dictator for life. He is making all the decisions along with his crony czars. Congress has become obsolete-it will be too late for them to realize they have been nothing but useful idiots-the sock puppet press also.
There will be bloodshed.
Obama in whiny voice: Stop getting in my way, you stupid Republicans. That's not FAIR!. I just want to rule the world.
Frankly, I am somewhat amazed that members of the Senate don’t object to this. Senators like to feel like they have power, and Senate Democrats are no exception.
There is something strange going on here, above and beyond the normal bag of tricks type of stuff. We effectively have Congress standing down.
This is a broad usage of the recess appointment tool. If there isn’t some expressions of objection from the rank and file Democrats, it’s a very bad omen.
It’s as if they have signed off to give him dictatorial powers.
Yeah, that was actually the pose he was famous for, the chin up, etc.
Liberals do have a particular fondness for tyrants.
That was my creation...did you like it?
I think potlatch gave me the inspiration with two pictures he posted side-by-side...(if it WAS you, thanks potlatch)
LOL. I like it...Il Douche...
I don’t know if it is true that he did...it sure looks like it.
I always thought it was more of a “Nation of Islam” thing.
Could have been me, who knows, lol. You did a great morph job rimorel! Thanks for pinging.
LOL...my sincere apologies, potlatch! You ALWAYS do a great job with your graphics, and I have loads of them in my personal library!
No apology needed, I get a lot of that with my strange screen name, lol.
Glad you like my graphics, thanks so much rlmorel!
thanks, that is what i thought. :)
The full Senate REJECTED Craig Becker 52-43 and Obama appointed him any way. THIS is what you get when stupid people are allowed to vote.
Yes I do like it!.....
.....It shows how Obama is exactly like Mussolini in arrogant attitude and posture.
So O circumvented the will of the Senate not good, not good at all. The Senate is no for all practical purposes shut down. It a good thing in a bad way.
no for = now for
There WILL be bloodshed, but I am sure that is what Obama is counting on. That is why he established his army on pages 1312-1315 of the “healthcare bill”
That is why he established his army on pages 1312-1315 of the “healthcare bill”
Do you know how many are to be in this “army”? I knew about the Corps but don’t know how many.
HYPOCRITE! Goodness I want this man out of the WH now!
Amazing isn't it. You should see the AP story on this.
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