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President Obama returned Friday to a trusted tactic — satisfying his political allies by not doing something. Conservatives were angry when Janet Napolitano announced the administration would stop deporting certain undocumented immigrants but they should have seen it coming. On issue after issue – gay rights, drug enforcement, Internet gambling, school achievement standards – the administration has chosen to achieve its goals by a method best described as passive-aggressive. Rather than pushing new laws through a divided Congress to enact his agenda, Obama is relying on federal agencies to ignore, or at least not defend, laws that some of his...

I guess Mr. Obama thinks that he is the King of America, rather than the President. Because the last time I checked, the Chief Executive of the United States of America does not have the power to do an end-run around Congress, just because they aren’t doing what he wants them to do. It matters not to Mr. Obama that Congress already took up the issue of the DREAM Act (in 2001, 2009, 2010, AND 2011), but no legislation has ever made it through both houses of Congress (including the two years when Democrats held a filibuster-proof majority in both...

"This notion I can somehow just change the laws unilaterally is just not true. We are doing everything we can administratively, but fact of the matter is there are laws on the books that I have to enforce. And I think there's been great disservice done to the cause of getting the DREAM Act passed and getting comprehensive immigration passed by perpetrating the notion that somehow, by myself, I can go and do these things. It's just not true." -- Barack Obama, September 2011 President Obama is no longer president in the constitutional sense. He appears to have elevated himself...

The Obama RecordThe Obama Record: The chief executive who swore to faithfully execute the nation's laws picks those he'll ignore and makes up others through regulation and executive order. He sees no need for a Congress or Constitution. Maybe it's because Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts stumbled a bit in leading President Obama through the oath of office that the president doesn't feel bound by it. But through the awkwardness these words were heard: "I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to...

My will is for you to walk in my wholeness in " TRUE " virtue but what if I search your heart and find guile between you and another ?! Do you see when I say you must be born again this is not a one time thing for you must be in constant peace with the bretheren to be able "yeah" to be dressed in my righteousness for even my servant Moses was attacked by the hearts of the people in many ways yet he held back his heart to render mine even when Korah stood against him ,...

Although completely unknown to the world east and south of Juneau one year ago, two words on Twitter by Sarah Palin sent the president of the United States in a panic to the op-ed page of the Sunday New York Times in opposition. It should have been a great week for Newt Gingrich. He said last week there should be questions about federal bureaucrats running this thing; there should be questions about something so heartbreaking as the death of a loved one being footnoted in an indecipherable bill hundreds of pages long; there should be questions about euthanasia. Gingrich is...

Barack and Michelle Obama's fairytale love story of an adoring couple propelled on to the international stage has caught the imagination of millions. Their regular Friday "date nights" make the television news, and there was a stir recently when they caught Air Force One for a night at the theatre in Manhattan. This weekend, in the aftermath of the D-Day celebrations, they are in Paris with their young daughters - having turned down an invitation for dinner with President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla in favour of a more intimate family event. But it was not always wedded bliss...

Newsweek reporter Richard Wolffe writes in "Renegade: The Making of a President" that Barack Obama's campaign struggled with figuring out how to respond to former President Clinton's attacks. President Obama accused Bill Clinton of peddling "bald-faced lies" during the presidential campaign, according to a new book on the 2008 race. Newsweek reporter Richard Wolffe writes in "Renegade: The Making of a President" that Obama's campaign struggled to figure out how to respond to former President Clinton, who during the early primaries was a fierce defender of his wife Hillary Clinton's bid for the Democratic nomination. "We had to figure out...

The not-so-secret code names used by the US Secret Service for the president-elect and his family have been published. Barack Obama is called Renegade, while his wife Michelle is Renaissance, and their daughters Rosebud and Radiance. They will replace Trailblazer (President George W Bush) and his wife Tempo in the White House on 20 January. The names are chosen to be easily pronounced and understood when agents use radio communications. A list of names starting with R was drawn up by the White House Communications Agency, a branch of the military that serves the White House and Secret Service.

The not-so-secret code names used by the US Secret Service for the president-elect and his family have been published. Barack Obama is called Renegade, while his wife Michelle is Renaissance, and their daughters Rosebud and Radiance. They will replace Trailblazer (President George W Bush) and his wife Tempo in the White House on 20 January. The names are chosen to be easily pronounced and understood when agents use radio communications. A list of names starting with R was drawn up by the White House Communications Agency, a branch of the military that serves the White House and Secret Service.

Secret Service Gives Obamas Their Code Names @ 4:04 pm by Walter Alarkon Following in the tradition of First Families before them, the Obamas will have code names to be used by the Secret Service, reports the Tribune newspapers. President-elect Barack Obama and soon-to-be-First Lady Michelle Obama will go by Renegade and Renaissance, respectively (just as they had during the election). Their oldest daughter, Malia Obama, 10, will go by Radiance, while younger sister Sasha, 7, will go by Rosebud.

I don't recall the names our Secret Service have given the two main political candidates.Ronald Reagan was "Rawhide". John Edwards was the "Breck Girl"Who are the 2008 Candidates?(suggestions accepted)

Much has been made in the past about how poorly the Clinton's got alond with their Secret Service detail while the Bush's got along well with their agents. Now that Obama is under the protection of Secret Service agents, I was wondering if anyone had heard anything about how he ineracts with them.

Hello my fellow Freepers. How are you today?I am writing this vanity out of sense of frustration more than anything else. Last weekend I was in San Francisco with two of my children when I noticed the massive amounts of congestion caused by a few loudmouthed, deviant perverts from the homosexual community. I had forgotten that this is their "Gay Pride" week and much to my chagrin and the embarrassment my sons experienced when those less modest sodomites gleefully strolled down the streets and sidewalks, I couldn't help but wonder why this nation continues to support this corrupt, vial city...

(AP) McCain Courting Iowa Conservatives Apr 13 2006 By MIKE GLOVER Associated Press Writer DES MOINES, Iowa Republican Sen. John McCain is courting conservative activists, crucial to any White House hopes, in an early test of his political strength. He has his work cut out for him in Iowa. "I don't want to say it's an insurmountable hurdle, but it's a big, big hill to climb," said Steve Scheffler, who heads the Iowa Christian Alliance, formerly the Christian Coalition. "There's no support for McCain in this constituency, and I don't see how you can make a scenario where you can...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Colorado lawmaker said there was a "war" under way along the US-Mexico border and urged President George W. Bush to deploy troops there, alleging drug trafficking by the Mexican military. Republican Representative Tom Tancredo said the United States was facing "a war" with renegade Mexican troops over the long, porous border. "We have a war. We are facing a military on the other side of the border," Tancredo told demonstrators protesting illegal immigration outside the US Congress. "In other places, in other times, that would be an active war," he added, reiterating an accusation that Mexican...

A Selective Adherence to Tradition - Why is it that when it comes to the judiciary, some traditions matter more than others? by Hugh Hewitt 05/12/2005 12:00:00 AM WHEN THE WORD "IMPEACHMENT" was uttered in March and April as an option for dealing with renegade judges, the guardians of conventional wisdom were quick to denounce "ideologues," who, in the words of the New York Times editorialists, "are trying to bully judges into following their political line." The Washington Post's editors agreed: "It is essential that the judges who stood up to Congress now receive ample support--so that judges will feel...

Here's 2 examples of things to put in DVDs and distribute as widely as possible to the American people. Ex. 1 from Pittsburgh Post Gazette, March 20, 2005. "On April 28, 2003, President Bush made a speech to Arab-Americans in Dearborn, Michigan proclaining his confidence in the ability of the Iraqi people to create a new democracy and his commitment to helping build that vision. The crowd went wild in response. But ABC gave the speech only a few sentences." Ex. 2 from Hillary's Secret War, the Clinton Conspiracy to Muzzle Internet Journalists, by Richard Poe, 2004 "Sixteen million Americans...

The coming economic crisis. Unemployment. Health care for the poor. The almost 1,500 dead soldiers. The almost 100,000 dead Iraqis. Armstrong Williams and Maggie Gallagher. The Christian Conservative takeover of our nation. The missing 9 billion. The missing weapons of mass destruction. The impending invasion of Iran, and Syria. The total failure to protect us on 9-11.

US Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, who had hoped to replace George W. Bush as president yesterday, instead sat in the cold and clapped as the Republican began a second four-year term. Iowa Democratic Senator Tom Harkin patted Senator Kerry on the back shortly before the inauguration Senator Kerry had hoped would be his. As Mr Bush delivered his inaugural address, Senator Kerry, about 10m away on the steps of the US Capitol, joined other lawmakers and the crowd in repeated applause. Senator Kerry looked relaxed, at times wistful. He frequently smiled, able to hide any disappointment over what...