December 13, 2013
— Ace Particularly with respect to Obamacare, but it also cites Obama's executive lawmaking in the case of nonenforcement of immigration laws.
"President Obama has adopted a practice of picking and choosing which laws he wants to enforce. In most cases, his laws of choice conveniently coincide with his AdministrationÂ’s political agenda. Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress and vested this power in the President. However, President Obama has chosen to ignore some of the laws written by Congress and implemented by preceding Presidents," [South Carolina Congressman Tom] Rice wrote in a letter to fellow House members to ask them to co-sponsor this resolution."This resolution allows the House of Representatives to bring legal action against the Executive Branch and challenge recent actions, inactions, and policies."
Given Boehner's moves lately, I have a feeling that the leadership will squelch this much-needed effort. After all, there's an election coming up. We mustn't do anything that any progressive anywhere can criticize.
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A virtual certainty.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at December 13, 2013 08:00 AM (AdnS/)
Posted by: huerfano at December 13, 2013 08:01 AM (bAGA/)
Posted by: @koenigjojo at December 13, 2013 08:02 AM (58bxI)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 13, 2013 08:02 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 13, 2013 08:03 AM (LsF5M)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 13, 2013 08:03 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Fourth Horseman RN now your DR under obummercare at December 13, 2013 08:04 AM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 08:04 AM (lZBBB)
Is there like a fine for not doing your job?
Posted by: jEffrie Palmer at December 13, 2013 08:05 AM (M3cIN)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 13, 2013 08:05 AM (eGmvn)
Posted by: @koenigjojo at December 13, 2013 12:02 PM (58bxI)
When I originally posted the link to this my question was "will he take this in as a Writ of Mandamus"? That does not require "standing" and it will get to the Supremes faster.
That kind of writ doesn't seek any kind of "fix" other than compel this government official to do his job.
Recall this is how the Supreme Court nominated itself as the last word.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 13, 2013 08:05 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: D-Lamp at December 13, 2013 08:06 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 13, 2013 08:06 AM (CRyse)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 13, 2013 08:06 AM (+5P4C)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 08:06 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 13, 2013 08:06 AM (659DL)
Vice the Vichy Republicans they truly are.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 12:04 PM (lZBBB)
Not so, this was submitted by a hard line SC conservative. Now some of those 30 may be squishes, but the bill wasn't.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 13, 2013 08:06 AM (T2V/1)
Mega Millions walks into a bar.
The bartender says, " you know you would look just like the Obamacare website if you gained a couple of hundred million dollars."
Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 08:07 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: blue.dot at December 13, 2013 08:07 AM (slETN)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 13, 2013 08:07 AM (HVff2)
I've broken every promise, there's anger in your heart
you don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue
if you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing too
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law
Posted by: Barrack "Judas Priest" Obama at December 13, 2013 08:08 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 13, 2013 08:08 AM (CRyse)
Posted by: D-Lamp at December 13, 2013 08:08 AM (bb5+k)
The Dems can whip up more than 30 calling for a resolution to eliminate the Constitution and pronounce King Barry as President For Life
Posted by: kbdabear at December 13, 2013 08:08 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: John McCain [/i] [/b] at December 13, 2013 08:08 AM (5ikDv)
Would one congressman have standing if they filed a lawsuit on their own?
Posted by: @koenigjojo at December 13, 2013 12:02 PM (58bxI)
If he or she has a "R" behind the name, no. It wouldn't matter if there were 240 R's - they're not perpetually aggrieved and thus have no standing to be plaintiffs.
Posted by: Chief L-I-B Roberts at December 13, 2013 08:09 AM (o44nj)
Posted by: Decaf at December 13, 2013 08:09 AM (OD2ZF)
FIFY
Posted by: Book at December 13, 2013 08:09 AM (qWES6)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at December 13, 2013 08:09 AM (9Bdcz)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 13, 2013 08:09 AM (eGmvn)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at December 13, 2013 08:10 AM (ROXMh)
The Dems can whip up more than 30 calling for a resolution to eliminate the Constitution and pronounce King Barry as President For Life
Posted by: kbdabear at December 13, 2013 12:08 PM (aTXUx)
That's an understatment. You can't find 30 Rats between both Houses of Congress who would oppose that resolution.
Posted by: steveegg at December 13, 2013 08:10 AM (o44nj)
Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 08:10 AM (aBlZ1)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 13, 2013 08:11 AM (CRyse)
Posted by: Angel with a sword at December 13, 2013 08:11 AM (hpgw1)
Posted by: D-Lamp at December 13, 2013 08:11 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 08:11 AM (lZBBB)
How many divisions do they have?
They'll need them.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 13, 2013 12:11 PM (CRyse)
They'll import them.
Posted by: steveegg at December 13, 2013 08:12 AM (o44nj)
Posted by: blew.cock at December 13, 2013 08:13 AM (A76Mh)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 13, 2013 08:13 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 13, 2013 08:14 AM (+5P4C)
Posted by: Decaf at December 13, 2013 08:14 AM (OD2ZF)
I actually agree with people who say that impeachment isn't the politically smart thing to do right now. But tacking on the IRS hit-squad... Yea, that I can get behind. Out of all the scandals*, that one pisses me off the most. It's a strangle hold on those who disagree with Democrats in general. And it will be nearly impossible to exterminate the rats in the IRS even after Republicans retake the whitehouse.
*not counting Obamacare as a scandal. That's just moronic socialist governing.
Posted by: Book at December 13, 2013 08:14 AM (qWES6)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 13, 2013 08:14 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: Fritz at December 13, 2013 08:14 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 08:14 AM (lZBBB)
"Hey, Ace of Spades and his Morons are talking mutiny again, I need 30 volunteers for this resolution to fool them into thinking we're fighting for them again. Some of those Morons have actual money to donate
We CAN'T lose the Moron vote!"
BAZINGA!!! Friday the 13th Prank!
Posted by: kbdabear at December 13, 2013 08:15 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Chrissy Liebowitz at December 13, 2013 08:15 AM (iB0Q2)
Lol Boehner says one (true) thing about conservative pressure groups who don't believe in deals period, and he's now a progressive simp.
Or: conservative movement steers GOP, conservatives complain movement isn't conservative enough.
Posted by: blue.dot at December 13, 2013 12:07 PM (slETN)
The strawman would appreciate it if you'd use lube next time.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 13, 2013 08:16 AM (zF6Iw)
Cocksuckers (I mean that in the negative sense, not in the sense of being The Most Holy and Sacred and Honorable Act of Liberalism).
Posted by: Sharkman at December 13, 2013 08:16 AM (TM1p8)
Do these dumbasses even know the articles of impeachment?
I've personally performed, and witnessed, stupidity. But this shit is the pinnacle.
Posted by: tangonine at December 13, 2013 08:16 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 13, 2013 08:16 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at December 13, 2013 12:09 PM (9Bdcz)
The IRS thing is certainly impeachment-worthy if they can find evidence that POTUS knew about it and authorized it. But the other stuff is really a Separation of Powers thing and is probably better suited to litigation. It's arguably not a "high crime or misdemeanor" for a President to just ignore Congress. I think in this case the House could file a "writ of mandamus" asking the Supreme Court to order the President to uphold the laws in question. They would not need the Senate to join this suit, while impeachment obviously requires a trial in the Senate which would not happen in this Senate.
Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 08:17 AM (aBlZ1)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 12:11 PM (lZBBB)
I had not checked. I assumed every SC Republican voted against it because they are all pretty hardcore. Boner must have got to him.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 13, 2013 08:17 AM (T2V/1)
“For over 40 years we have assumed that DNA changes affecting the genetic code solely impact how proteins are made,” said Stamatoyannopoulos. “Now we know that this basic assumption about reading the human genome missed half of the picture. These new findings highlight that DNA is an incredibly powerful information storage device, which nature has fully exploited in unexpected ways.”
The genetic code uses a 64-letter alphabet called codons. The UW team discovered that some codons, which they called duons, can have two meanings, one related to protein sequence, and one related to gene control. These two meanings seem to have evolved in concert with each other. The gene control instructions appear to help stabilize certain beneficial features of proteins and how they are made.
Posted by: Hippocrates at December 13, 2013 08:18 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Trayvon Martin at December 13, 2013 08:18 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 13, 2013 12:16 PM (VtjlW)
^5
me either. I spend the majority of my day cleanin poop of various colors.
Posted by: tangonine at December 13, 2013 08:18 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: dogfish at December 13, 2013 08:18 AM (nsOJa)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 08:19 AM (lZBBB)
Hey he has been able to convince people his name is prounounced "Bay Ner"
When it is really "Bow Ner"
He thinks he can convince people of anything
Posted by: The Jackhole at December 13, 2013 08:19 AM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Red Shirt at December 13, 2013 08:20 AM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 13, 2013 08:20 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 13, 2013 08:20 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 13, 2013 08:21 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 13, 2013 08:21 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Trayvon Martin at December 13, 2013 12:18 PM
I will now eat 40 Victory Pizzas all at once in celebration!
Posted by: Oliver Willis, Like Snacks to Stupid at December 13, 2013 08:21 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 08:23 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 13, 2013 08:23 AM (T2V/1)
Uh Oh. Tom Rice is now a RINO and not a hard liner. Status around here can turn on a dime and give you change.
Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 08:23 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 13, 2013 08:23 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: General Paulus at December 13, 2013 08:23 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: [/i]KG at December 13, 2013 08:23 AM (p7BzH)
Posted by: Jazz at December 13, 2013 08:24 AM (roO4n)
Posted by: D-Lamp at December 13, 2013 08:24 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 13, 2013 08:24 AM (+5P4C)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:24 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 13, 2013 08:25 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 08:25 AM (lZBBB)
Flat Tax 10% off the top, shut down the IRS. Works for me.
Posted by: Paladin at December 13, 2013 08:25 AM (ycm4Q)
Actually, it's useful to have these various vacuous athletes and actors and singers out there pushing Obamacare, because the hypocrisy is easily demonstrated, and hypocrisy is a powerful tool of ridicule. (Remember your Alinisky.) The ads for 2014 and 2016 write themselves.
*snippet of cheery celebutard proclaiming the wonders of Obamacare*
followed by
"One question, Mr. Celebutard. Your own personal health care. You HAVE signed up for an insurance policy yourself via the exchange Web site?"
"Um, er, no. I have health insurance through the Screen Actors Guild."
Repeat over and over with different Hollyweird types. The point will speedily get across even to the most airheaded, low-information TMZ fans.
"They say Obamacare is great. For _you_. But they don't want anything to do with Obamacare for themselves. Wonder why not?"
Posted by: torquewrench at December 13, 2013 08:25 AM (gqT4g)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 13, 2013 08:25 AM (T0NGe)
I don't care if someone has never stolen anything before, but if he steals from me just once I'm calling him a fuckin' thief
Posted by: kbdabear at December 13, 2013 08:26 AM (aTXUx)
And don't even THINK of a shutdown! It almost killed us, uh, two months ago! It cost Cuccinelli his seat!
Posted by: Cockmother at December 13, 2013 08:26 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 13, 2013 08:27 AM (CRyse)
Status around here can turn on a dime and give you change.
Yep. You can be commenter of the day and then nickelfucker of the month.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 13, 2013 08:27 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 08:27 AM (GRLuN)
___
That sounds pretty racist to me
Posted by: The State Media at December 13, 2013 08:27 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 13, 2013 08:28 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:28 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 08:28 AM (GRLuN)
The IRS thing is certainly impeachment-worthy if they can find evidence that POTUS knew about it and authorized it. But the other stuff is really a Separation of Powers thing and is probably better suited to litigation. It's arguably not a "high crime or misdemeanor" for a President to just ignore Congress. I think in this case the House could file a "writ of mandamus" asking the Supreme Court to order the President to uphold the laws in question. They would not need the Senate to join this suit, while impeachment obviously requires a trial in the Senate which would not happen in this Senate.
Posted by: rockmom at December 13, 2013 12:17 PM (aBlZ1)
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I'm surprised you had enough time at work to type all of that.
Posted by: @JohnTant at December 13, 2013 08:28 AM (PFy0L)
Gentlemen:
Are we all now warmed up to who the problem is? Luckily for us, it is those who are running the party.
All we have to do is outwit them. I have no particular ill will towards Boehner or Ryan, for now, and I understand that this was a political strategic move on their part.
But it is awful strategy. This is why we keep losing elections. Not only that, but the fucking guy trashes the base while he's serving us this shit sandwich.
If he had just said this was their political calculation, and it's not a good deal, that would be on thing. I'd disagree and think he'd still need to be replaced with someone who has a better strategy, but I would respect that.
But to sell this as any kind of real "deal" and then trash the very people who do the heavy lifting to get the GOP elected across the country?
He needs to go. As soon as possible.
Posted by: prescient11 at December 13, 2013 08:28 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: KG at December 13, 2013 12:23 PM (p7BzH)
A Judge, a jury and an executioner walk into a bar and order a bunch of drinks.
The bartender says, " you guys look down in the dump and look like you are trying to drink away your problems. What's wrong?"
The Judge replies for them and says " We just found out that all of us will be out of a job except for one. "
Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 08:29 AM (m2CN7)
Repeat over and over with different Hollyweird types. The point will speedily get across even to the most airheaded, low-information TMZ fans.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 13, 2013 12:25 PM
Their coverage is provided by the Motion Picture Industry Health Plan, so if you use the acronym MPIHP they'll know what you're talking about
And no, they'd never give it up for Obamacare
Posted by: kbdabear at December 13, 2013 08:29 AM (aTXUx)
***
Ego is a powerful motivator (right Ms Cheney?)
One thing to keep in mind is that politicians are people, and even the best of intentioned ones are thinking of their own careers as much as they are moving the country in the right direction.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 13, 2013 08:29 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: Gran at December 13, 2013 08:29 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 13, 2013 08:29 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:30 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: prescient11 at December 13, 2013 08:30 AM (tVTLU)
He needs to go. As soon as possible. Posted by: prescient11 at December 13, 2013 12:28 PM
The only time that orange faced drunken crybaby ever fights to win is when there's a threat to his leadership from insurgents in the GOP
Posted by: kbdabear at December 13, 2013 08:32 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 13, 2013 08:32 AM (P7Wsr)
But to sell this as any kind of real "deal" and then trash the very people who do the heavy lifting to get the GOP elected across the country?
He needs to go. As soon as possible.
***
The Republican leadership, like the Democrat leadership, tends to come from the leftest parts of the coalition making up the party. This is then exacerbated by the isolation from normal people that DC brings as that also pushes politicians further to the left.
I think it is obvious we need term limits for leadership positions...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 13, 2013 08:32 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: prescient11 at December 13, 2013 08:32 AM (tVTLU)
Private communications between parties is not usually seen as public domain information.
I would have a right to privacy and a common law copyright.
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I LOLed.
Posted by: @JohnTant at December 13, 2013 08:32 AM (PFy0L)
And no, they'd never give it up for Obamacare
Posted by: kbdabear at December 13, 2013 12:29 PM (aTXUx
I think that falls under the new regulation that exempts 'self governed ' plans from the Obamacare tax. That regulation was put in there to save the union Cadillac plans . I didn't know it protected the Dems other favorite outfit.
Posted by: polynikes at December 13, 2013 08:33 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: bonhomme at December 13, 2013 12:32 PM (P7Wsr)
Couple posts down, the one about the budget deal. Search for AtC comments.
Posted by: [/i]KG at December 13, 2013 08:33 AM (p7BzH)
Posted by: Decaf at December 13, 2013 08:34 AM (OD2ZF)
***
Boehner wants to lead the state apparatus that Obama built, not remove it.
He, and we, want very different things out of the Republican party, and interestingly our interests will diverge the most if he and his allies succeed in taking back control of both of the elected branches...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 13, 2013 08:34 AM (P3U0f)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:34 AM (0FSuD)
The Sondergerichte will have a good giggle, at least.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ BEAT IOWA at December 13, 2013 08:34 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 08:34 AM (lZBBB)
Kdabear:
Let's call it this. The country wasn't ready for Reagan and he won by landslides. Now he was a transformative President. Over 60% approval LEAVING office.
Liberals are still a running joke. I view this as the final act of taking the party back by conservatives. This last fight shall be our final cleanse if you will.
Even RINOs bow at the feet of Reagan. It's time to finish what he started. For his memory.
Posted by: prescient11 at December 13, 2013 08:34 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 08:35 AM (GRLuN)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 13, 2013 08:35 AM (h4eud)
Romeo,
Just like one of my favorite presidents, Andrew Jackson. And no debt! Spending under Reagan was actually balanced for all expenditures but interest payments.
13% interest payments were what killed Reagan. Same thing under Newt. We had a balanced budget but debt still went up b/c of interest.
Imagine 13% rates now.
Posted by: prescient11 at December 13, 2013 08:36 AM (tVTLU)
Obama truly has changed everything, he has shown that if a president is brazen enough he can rule as a king, the Congress is now an advisory body and the Supreme Court follows the presidential poll numbers.
___
The American Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word that the Precedent has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away forever.
Posted by: Grand Moff Biden at December 13, 2013 08:36 AM (P3U0f)
What'd I miss? What's this in reference to?
Posted by: bonhomme at December 13, 2013 12:32 PM (P7Wsr)
In the GOP to Fiscal Conservatives thread. Rockmom after posting about 10 times, and getting her ass handed to her by alexthechick, declared that because she has an actual job she couldn't take the time to point out any facts to counter the evidence atc presented to demonstrate why her claims were full of shit.
Posted by: buzzion at December 13, 2013 08:36 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 13, 2013 08:36 AM (CRyse)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:37 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 13, 2013 08:37 AM (h4eud)
They have a specific disclaimer advising you that the email is private and can not be used in any way.
Guess I'll add that to my email signature.
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 12:34 PM (0FSuD)
Lawyer and accountant communications to clients have a specific legal privilege that applies. Everyday communications typically do not.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 13, 2013 08:37 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: --- at December 13, 2013 08:38 AM (Btrgm)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 08:38 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 13, 2013 08:38 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:38 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 13, 2013 12:38 PM (h4eud)
This is one of the reasons I keep coming back to this site.
Posted by: sweet...ish at December 13, 2013 08:38 AM (bj+Nc)
Email isn't private. Never has been. It's going through mail servers, for instance, and any administrator with basic skills is certainly able to read it.
And since this was written to "a bunch of Republican friends" I think you lose any claim to a right to privacy anyway.
Posted by: @JohnTant at December 13, 2013 08:40 AM (PFy0L)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 08:40 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:42 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 13, 2013 12:38 PM
If his primary opponent put that in an ad jingle it would stick in listeners heads ...
Posted by: kbdabear at December 13, 2013 08:42 AM (aTXUx)
I had originally said that Obama should be impeached, on several grounds, one of them being his failure to faithfully execute. Another being his IRS abuse.
So here's a thought. Lawfare the jugeared fuck until he can't see straight. Not only proceed with the lawsuit, but also keep on with the impeachment regarding the IRS issue. Which is hugely difficult for Democrats to deal with since they themselves insisted on an article of impeachment against Nixon for precisely that.
Make him have to deal with impeachment proceedings AND a separate civil lawsuit both simultaneously.
If the guy is having to spend most or all of every working day in a frantic huddle with his attorneys, that's a whole lot of damage he won't be getting around to doing.
Of course, Reid's Senate won't vote to remove him. That's not the point here. The point is to use the impeachment proceedings to turn over wet rocks and shine bright lights. To use subpoena powers to get Obama's worst Nixonian crap permanently read into the public record.
His polls on "trustworthiness" and similar metrics are sinking fast. Throw him an anvil.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 13, 2013 08:43 AM (gqT4g)
And by the by, just how did the Republicans in 2011 decide to go with Boehner instead of a Republican?
Posted by: Mallfly at December 13, 2013 08:43 AM (bJm7W)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 13, 2013 08:43 AM (T0NGe)
http://tinyurl.com/mqsyrvd
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 13, 2013 08:43 AM (Hx5uv)
And by the by, just how did the Republicans in 2011 decide to go with Boehner instead of a Republican?
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Same way jwest got his gig as the HOA guy...no one else wanted the job.
Posted by: @JohnTant at December 13, 2013 08:44 AM (PFy0L)
Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur. Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr purr purr. And I shot the blog war with a longbow.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 13, 2013 08:44 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: HeatherRadish's cats at December 13, 2013 08:45 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 08:45 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:45 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: t-bird at December 13, 2013 08:47 AM (FcR7P)
http://tinyurl.com/mqsyrvd
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 13, 2013 12:43 PM (Hx5uv)
Makes me think of Dinner for Schmucks.
Posted by: buzzion at December 13, 2013 08:47 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:47 AM (0FSuD)
Start over please.
Posted by: Dr. EC Cooper at December 13, 2013 08:48 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 08:48 AM (GRLuN)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 13, 2013 08:48 AM (V3kRK)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 13, 2013 12:38 PM (h4eud)
*lightbulb*
Posted by: EC at December 13, 2013 08:49 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:50 AM (0FSuD)
I would have a right to privacy and a common law copyright.
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 12:30 PM (0FSuD)
Correct me where I'm wrong here, but teh interwebs, in all forms, are public. Now if you have an agreement with another party (i.e. a bank) to protect your info then sure.
but outside of that, this is the wild west, brother.
Posted by: tangonine at December 13, 2013 08:50 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 13, 2013 08:50 AM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 08:50 AM (GRLuN)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 08:51 AM (3Nt8z)
AmishDude,
Yep. That's why Levin was so dead on. This whole thing is a kabuki theater fucking joke. $2B a year in "cuts" on a $4T annual budget?
Romeo,
I understand that, but I would think that a Pres. has some pull w/ his own party in congress...
Posted by: prescient11 at December 13, 2013 08:52 AM (tVTLU)
I hate to say it, but the only proper procedural action by the House against a president is impeachment. An ordinary suit by another political branch against the president is procedurally improper as it constitutes a political issue.
The House should instead bring a suit solely against the administrative personnel who are following executive orders rather than the written law. In a suit against the agency personnel, the court would have to rule whether the executive orders were illegal in the first place. That would address the issue, and the suit would not get dismissed, but admittedly lacks the PR quality of a suit against the president.
Posted by: bs at December 13, 2013 08:52 AM (6x1q+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 13, 2013 08:52 AM (qyfb5)
Mmm. Cheese.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 13, 2013 08:52 AM (vjQ/G)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 13, 2013 08:53 AM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:53 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 13, 2013 12:04 PM (lZBBB)
I think of them as old-style Whigs: too afraid to fight, too timid to lead, too proud to follow. They're the guy frozen in the door on an 800 ft. night jump. In a word: useless.
Posted by: troyriser at December 13, 2013 08:54 AM (2jF2B)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:55 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 13, 2013 08:55 AM (+5P4C)
Start over please.
Posted by: Dr. EC Cooper at December 13, 2013 12:48 PM
Let's do it as a round!!!
Posted by: Penny at December 13, 2013 08:56 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Bob at NSA at December 13, 2013 08:56 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:56 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 08:56 AM (3Nt8z)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 08:57 AM (0FSuD)
I bet Weiner has a Santa costume for his dick.
Still not as good as dressing it up as a tub of movie popcorn.
Or a cocktail weenie.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 13, 2013 08:58 AM (zF6Iw)
Where can I look to see if my rep, Sean Duffey, voted for the Ryan shit sammich & signed onto this resolution?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 13, 2013 12:20 PM (HVff2)
The delegation went 0-5.
Posted by: steveegg at December 13, 2013 08:58 AM (o44nj)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 13, 2013 08:59 AM (P7Wsr)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 13, 2013 09:00 AM (32Ze2)
I am Bubba Smith on Facebook, with 700 other guys.
Try to find me.
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 13, 2013 12:55 PM (0FSuD)
I did the whole "spam the battlespace with disinformation" thing a while back. Like 300 FB accounts (scritpting!)
Was fun.
Posted by: tangonine at December 13, 2013 09:00 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: bs at December 13, 2013 12:52 PM (6x1q+)
Won't happen even if President Obama appoints his dog Bo to the Supreme Court. Or barbeques Bo over an open spit on live television. Or takes a selfie of himself performing an unnatural act on Bo and propagates it across the Internet. Or drop-kicks Bo from Air Force One. Poor Bo.
Where was I? Oh, yeah: impeachment? Not happening.
Posted by: troyriser at December 13, 2013 09:01 AM (2jF2B)
Posted by: tangonine at December 13, 2013 09:02 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 13, 2013 09:03 AM (GaqMa)
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This is the smart way forward. We might poll badly otherwise.
Posted by: Rock(aka RINO) Mom at December 13, 2013 09:05 AM (MVoEv)
Posted by: Trayvon Martin at December 13, 2013 12:18 PM (e8kgV)
Caligula: Just like I kicked old Neptune's ass
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 13, 2013 09:11 AM (1Jaio)
Well the Dear Congressman is relying on --
"He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; <strong>he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,</strong> and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States." -- Article II Section III
But the resident Marxist will rely and execute this --
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in <strong>Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper;</strong> he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
That marxist can create a disagreement ("Leave no crisis unused") then invoke the adjournment provision so provided. Another words he could manafacture a situation to shut congress down permanently.
Posted by: JohnMc at December 13, 2013 09:18 AM (3h0SS)
They will be SO surprised when the LSM finds many, many, and more examples of their perfidy. It doesn't make any difference what they do, if the lsm doesn't have reality to criticize for, they will just make sh#t up.
The Establishment Pukes have declared war on the Conservative Party. Well guess what suckers, we VOTE, and we are going to vote you out.
Posted by: TimothyJ at December 13, 2013 09:51 AM (ep2io)
The Courts will not intervene in what amounts to a political dispute. Congress has impeachment, which is worse than useless with a Senate under Reid and populated with at least 34 Democrats who will defend Obama to the last.
Elections matter. The goal is to change policy, not get revenge on Obama.
Posted by: Adjoran at December 13, 2013 09:57 AM (473jB)
People get a hare-brained idea that smells like red meat to the self-appointed "base," then get mad when sensible people refuse to go along because it is a waste of time at best and counterproductive at worst, like the "defund" follies.
Posted by: Adjoran at December 13, 2013 10:10 AM (473jB)
Posted by: burt at December 14, 2013 03:21 AM (1+kJ5)
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Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 13, 2013 07:29 AM (1Jaio)