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Stimulate this...
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CHINA No 1 in the world
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The unitary executive theory is a theory of American constitutional law
holding that the President controls the entire executive branch. ...the President can control policy-making by all executive agencies within the limits set for those agencies by Congress. Still others agree that the Constitution requires a unitary executive, but believe this is a bad thing, and propose its abolition by constitutional amendment.[2] wikipedia
...Byrd complained about Obama's decision to create White House offices on health reform, urban affairs policy, and energy and climate change. Byrd said such positions "can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances. ..."As presidential assistants and advisers, these White House staffers are not accountable for their
actions to the Congress, to cabinet officials, and to virtually anyone but the president," Byrd wrote. ...................................................................................................................................................................
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.)
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On May 18 of that year, (2009 ) Byrd was admitted to the hospital after experiencing a fever due to a "minor infection."[80] His stay at the hospital was prolonged due to a
staphylococcal infection.[81] Byrd was released on June 30, 2009.[82]
On June 27, 2010, Byrd became ill and was admitted to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax
County, Virginia, for what was assumed to be heat stroke and dehydration.[83][84]
However, other medical conditions emerged and Byrd was described as "seriously
ill."[85] Robert Byrd died at approximately 3 a.m. EDT the next day at age 92.[86]
wikipedia Byrd: Obama in power grab
By JOHN BRESNAHAN | 2/25/09 10:34 AM EST video
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest-serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obama's appointment of White House "czars" to oversee federal
policy, saying these executive positions amount to a power grab by the executive branch.
In a letter to Obama on Wednesday, Byrd complained about Obama’s decision to create White House offices on health reform, urban affairs policy, and energy and climate change.
Byrd said such positions "can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances.
At the worst, White House staff have taken direction and control of programmatic areas
that are the statutory responsibility of Senate-confirmed officials."
While it's rare for Byrd to criticize a president in his own party, Byrd is a stern
constitutional scholar who has always stood up for the legislative branch in its role in
checking the power of the White House.
Byrd no longer holds the powerful Appropriations chairmanship, so his criticism does not
carry as much weight these days. Byrd repeatedly clashed with the Bush administration
over executive power, and it appears that he's not limiting his criticism to Republican
administrations.
Byrd also wants Obama to limit claims of executive privilege while also ensuring that the
White House czars don’t have authority over Cabinet officers confirmed by the Senate.
"As presidential assistants and advisers, these White House staffers are not accountable
for their actions to the Congress, to cabinet officials, and to virtually anyone but the
president," Byrd wrote. "They rarely testify before congressional committees, and often
shield the information and decision-making process behind the assertion of executive
privilege. In too many instances, White House staff have been allowed to inhibit
openness and transparency, and reduce accountability."
The West Virginia Democrat on Wednesday asked Obama to "consider the following: that
assertions of executive privilege will be made only by the president, or with the president's
specific approval;
that senior White House personnel will be limited from exercising authority over any
person, any program, and any funding within the statutory responsibility of a
Senate-confirmed department or agency head; that the president will be responsible
for resolving any disagreement between a Senate-confirmed agency or department
head and White House staff; and that the lines of authority and responsibility in the
administration will be transparent and open to the American public."
Obama faces a decision as early as next week on whether to support a claim of executive
privilege made by former President Bush in refusing to allow Karl Rove, the former deputy
White House chief of staff, to be deposed by the House Judiciary Committee on the White
House's role in the 2006 firing of nine U.S. attorneys.
Bush claimed "absolute immunity" for top advisers in resisting such subpoenas, but
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, filed a lawsuit
over the issue. The case is on appeal, and the Obama administration is scheduled to
file a motion next week laying out its stance on the issue.
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 They are-pushing ? pushing ?Gov't: No increase for Social Security next year
Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Writer,
On Friday October 15, 2010, 8:05 pm EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Another year without an increase in Social Security retirement and disability benefits is creating a political backlash that has President Barack Obama and Democrats pushing to give a $250 bonus to each of the program's 58 million recipients. ..........................
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Posted: October 22 2010 at 4:12pm |
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The Heritage Foundation website
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Defending the Constitution Against Radical Federal Government PowerPosted October 22nd, 2010 at 11:00am Author:
Conn Carroll ...Cuccinelli spent most of his time addressing Virginia's
suit challenging the federal
government's power to force all Americans
to buy health insurance.
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Posted: October 28 2010 at 7:49pm |
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65% Favor Getting Rid of Entire Congress and Starting Over
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Let’s face it: Most Americans don’t have much use for either of the major political parties and think it would be better to dump the entire Congress on Election Day. _2010/65_favor_getting_rid_of_entire_congress_and_starting_over
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Posted: November 02 2010 at 9:05pm |
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Rand Paul: 'It's a Tea Party Tidal Wave'VIDEO ..............
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Posted: November 03 2010 at 3:40pm |
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It isn't enough ... to vote in new people...
We have to tell them what WE WANT
Question for....
Brian Riedl
Does someone over at the Heritage Foundation have
a loose Cog?
In the budjet cut scenario I saw little of
CUTTING MILITARY SPENDING
NASA PROGRAMS
NUT JOB PET PROJECT CUTS
Number One WAY to Cut THE DEFICIT TAX the Rich & Corps
That have Lobbied their way out of being taxed the past 20 years....
READ OUR LIPS
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Special Interests
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THE GAMES THEY PLAY
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it was in the wind before.... May 2010-
Home Mortgage Interest Deduction In Play
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and in Feb of 2010-
Killing (or Maiming) a Sacred Cow: Home Mortgage DeductionsHow many of us can afford a second home? are they allowing an interest deduction for a second home? If so... don't ... tell the wealthy, no. and for the home with a value over 350,000, no mortgage interest deduction.
Congress just say no to the wealthy across the board. And KEEP the deduction for
homes valued under 350,000. Wealthy are paying their fair share... ? (see below)
The Tax Benefits of Home Ownership by Celeste Marchand
...Everyone knows that owning a home is the American dream, but did you know that borrowing to pay for one is a taxpayer's dream? Home mortgage interest is deductible on your income taxes if you itemize. You can deduct the interest on up to one million dollars of home mortgage debt, whether it is used to purchase a first or a second home. You can also deduct the interest ...
Check it out and make your thoughts known sooner than later.
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Debt-reduction outline: No mortgage deduction, 15-cent-a gallon rise in gas taxThe chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan commission on reducing the national debt outlined a package of spending cuts and tax increases Wednesday.
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Off the backs of the Middle Class...
 ORION ( Project Constellation )
Where are Your Tax Dollars going? ( Hundreds of Billions... ? )
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Congress Can't give us health care Because-
The total funding of Project Constellation through 2025,
inflation-adjusted and without any other increases to NASA's budget, is estimated at
$210 billion; the ESAS estimates the cost of the program through that date at being only
$7 billion more, at $217 billion.[22] This cost may in fact end up lower as it includes
developing new engines for the EDS instead of the newer idea of using J-2 derivatives.[22]
The White House's Augustine Commission estimated that after development of the Orion and its Ares I launch vehicle is completed, the system will have a recurring cost
of nearly $1 billion per flight.[23]
The federal government proposed cancellation of the Constellation program in February 2010
and was signed into law October 11.[5] The bill is basically a retooling of the (Project ) Constellation Program
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This below is the signing of the retooled Bill.
( When everyone is reeling from this economic downturn The Congress puts BILLIONS of our hard earned tax dollars into
this ) Oct 11th 2010
President Signs NASA 2010 Authorization Act
..................................................................................... ...President Barack Obama signed the NASA 2010 Authorization Act into law Monday, giving the go-ahead for $58.4 billion be spent on NASA programs over the course of the next three years. Scroll down to see it...
Shouldn't they get it Right on Earth First?
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 7:03pm |
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We say... shave a few hundred Billion off the War Toys...
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Corporations start tossing out the high earners in their mid to late
50's and hire younger people for lower salaries. (down sizing )
It's Crazy to keep shoving the age to recieve S.S. further and further out there. It's Nuts....
DEMs Want to Mess with S.S. ................................................... Raise the retirement age , Again?? Wealthy? People paid into the system... give them less... but if they fall on hard times how can they... get it back?
Social-Security Benefit Cuts for Wealthy Pushed by Democratic Policy Group
.................................................................................................................................. By Heidi Przybyla Nov 29, 2010 3:49 PM ET
....plan would raise the retirement age, trim or eliminate Social Security benefits for high-income retirees, limit cost-of-living increases and provide money to help young workers create private retirement accounts. ............................
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Posted: December 01 2010 at 11:26am |
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Excuse me? I would be.... uncomfortable
It scans users' bank and credit card statements
If you're still uncomfortable trying out Checking Influence, you can find the
same information by going to Influence Explorer and searching for the company whose political influence you want to check.
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But the money trail has been difficult to follow until now. $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
Enter Checking Influence, a new tool from the government transparency group Sunlight Foundation.
It scans users' bank and credit card statements to tell them how much of their purchases are wielding political influence.
"We created this tool to help Americans be more informed consumers and citizens," Executive Director Ellen Miller said. "Just as some people check to see if their coffee is free
trade or if their clothing is manufactured in sweatshops, they can know if their
purchases help fund lobbying campaigns."
-- Ambreen Ali, Congress.org .................
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By Charles Krauthammer ....................................... Charles Krauthammer: Wake up, House Democrats, Obama just won Stimulus IIPublished: Monday, December 13, 2010, 12:05 AMVideo
Democrats have no choice but to accept an irresponsible tax deal ............................................................................................... By Eugene Robinson Friday, December 10, 2010 ................................. Mary008 |
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I keep telling you that until we keep voting out all Dems and Repubs that do not vote for reduction in spending we will lose our country. Look at a politician's voting record then decide if you will send them back to D.C.
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44 minutes ago - As recognition grows that the so-called tax bill has become Stimulus II, .
... It's better than the alternative. The alternative is to have a big tax increase
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 12:51 AM As recognition grows that the so-called tax bill has become Stimulus II, some of the bill's supporters are rethinking their earlier positions. Bill Clinton's usurping of the baffled Obama's role on point for the deal may have helped clarify the situation for many as 42 bluntly noted that Democrats have to support the Christmas Tree deal because they cannot possibly do as well in January. Powerline's John Hinderaker, for example, lays out what ought to be the thinking of every elected representative and senator: The bill has evolved from a not-very-good-deal-to-avoid-a-tax-hike plus an extension of unemployment benefits into a giant exercise in wasteful spending, and thus support for it should end. The new Congress --the one embodying the people's demand for spending restraint and continuation of existing tax rates-- can get the job done in the new year.
It may be difficult for some in the GOP leadership to admit that they got worked by the president, but better a little embarrassment now than the massive loss of credibility that goes with this bill. Besides, they didn't sign up for ethanol and windmills. Speaker-designate Boehner and GOP Senate Leader McConnell will win enormous points for walking away from a bad deal that has gotten worse by the hour. If the leadership does not shift course, individual GOP representatives will have to make the tough choice to part with leadership and demonstrate a true commitment to fiscal reform. Hopefully such an unnecessary and divisive showdown will be avoided, and the GOP regain the momentum they had achieved on November 2. TeaPartyPatriots.org has begun to mobilize its grassroots network to oppose the deal, and other Tea Party organizations are surely making the same appeal. MSM is of course three days behind in their rpeorting, but with no House vote occuring any sooner than Wednesday, the story of Stimulus II is just beginning to be written. |
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Check out the Video... gotta love Charles : )
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Check the game plan... Vat on top of the income tax?
The Value Added Tax: A Hidden New Tax to Finance Much Bigger Government
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Charles Krauthammer Predicts European-Style VAT Tax
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President Barack Obama: Value Added Tax (VAT) A
"Novel" Idea For The United States
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Don't let the Holidays get in the way of knowing.... what you will Pay for...
Defense Bill Includes Secretive Contractor Blacklist ........................................................................................ By Donny Shaw for OpenCongress Dec. 3, 2010 ...It's a big bill - 981 pages authorizing about $725 billion in spending and since it's considered essential legislation to keep the Defense Department functioning there's
often a lot of controversial stuff that gets thrown into it without thorough vetting.
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The People are serious about alternative energy.
It's time for Congress to reflect the seriousness of the people they are supposed to be
serving... please remind them ... and remind them...
Though Not as Crazy as Doing Nothing As the controversial deal for extending the tax cuts to middle class and wealthy Americans drew closer to become reality, some feared that the true loser would be the clean energy
sector, which relies on tax breaks that must be annually renewed by Congress. Those tax
breaks were initially absent from the deal, leading to speculation that their absence would
cause the industry to shed jobs and lose its already fragile footing. The breaks are back in
now, but this whole debacle gives us an opportunity to examine the dubious nature of this
short-sighted approach to stimulating clean energy growth -- in other words,
this is why the policy of extending tax breaks every year is crazy.
From- Giving Annual Tax Breaks to Clean Energy is Crazy by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York on 12.13.10 .............................
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December 15, 2010
Tax Cut Bill Facing Fierce Opposition in House
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http://video.foxnews.com/v/4459174/tax-cut-bill-facing-fierce-opposition-in-house/?playlist_id=86858
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THE LAST FEAST: 6,488 EARMARKS
.............................................................. Tue Dec 14 2010 19:40:02 ET ...excerpt $413,000 for peanut research in Alabama
$247,000 for virus free wine grapes in Washington $208,000 beaver management in North Carolina $94,000 for blackbird management in Louisiana $165,000 for maple syrup research in Vermont $235,000 for noxious weed management in Nevada $100,000 for the Edgar Allen Poe Cottage Visitor’s Center in New York $300,000 for the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Hawaii ............
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Congress Still Doesn't Get It...
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Congress in Revolt: Outrage Over Pork Projects $1.1 trillion bill to fund the government includes 6,000 earmarks.
12/16/2010
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Congress' Job Approval Rating Worst in Gallup History ............................................................................................. Thirteen percent approve of the way Congress is handling its job
by Jeffrey M. Jones WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2010 Earmarks Far from Extinction in Congress ........................................................................ Spending Bill to Keep Gov't Running Defies Leaders' Pledges for Banning Use of Taxpayer Dollars By Sharyl Attkisson Dead Men's Earmarks from Wowsux News :: The Free And The Brave ...21 hours ago - That's right, Democrats have slipped $10 million into the Defense Funding bill to build a center for earmark King, deceased Congressman Jack Murtha. ... www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=23223&pst=1183998 Sean Hannity | Defense of Earmarking GOP Senator | FOX News | Mediaite3 hours ago - Atticus Draco says: December 16, 2010 at 9:43 am. Thumb up 4 Thumb down 1. The Real Royal King said: I agree. Did you hear John Thune defend his earmarks? ... www.mediaite.com/.../sean-hannitys-tortured-logic-to-defend-gop-earmarks- ............................
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