Good but Short article on Obama's actions with

[THEU]

regards to the rule of law.
The Link

 

[Oilfield]

We live in scary times. Wasn't the free press supposed to protect us from such overreaches of government? Sadly they're mostly cheerleaders.

 

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[Gadfly]

Any attempt made to take "cheerleading" out of the media’s coverage of politics has been vehemently destroyed. People make millions by cheerleading one side or the other.

 

[TaylorTRoom]

It's only an abuse by one branch if the other branch dissents and applies a constitutional "check". If the president overreaches, and the congress does not respond, it's not an abuse; it's just "increasing the power of the presidency".

 

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[Clean]

An interesting piece, THEU.

I particularly was wowed by: "more debt will be run up in one term under President Obama than under all the presidents in history - from George Washington to George W. Bush - combined.”

This should be plastered all over the internet.

 

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[LoveHorns]

My feeling on this is a lot like the border issue. I don't trust this President, Congress or really anyone in DC so they have to earn my trust before I will support them taking more of my money.

On the border, I'm in favor of a guest worker program but only after the govt. has proven it can secure the border and dramatically reduce the number of illegal aliens entering our country each year. I'm not for a guest worker program that is part of a "grand" deal where I have to trust Washington to follow through with securing the border.

Much the same, I could support a modest tax increase to help solve our debt problem but again, not as part of a "grand" deal where I have to trust Washington to follow through with cutting spending. Washington has to prove it will do it's part first.

Hell, I would probably support a deal that said, "if by 2014, spending levels have reduced by ?? amount then the marginal rates for the top brackets increase by ?? %. If spending levels increase above ?? amount, tax rates return to previous rates." Or something to that nature that includes some sort of verification that Washington is doing it's part before it makes us do even more.

Quite honestly, this President has made obfuscating and outright lying an art form so I'm going to need something that ensures spending is reduced (proven and verifiable) before I'm going to support sending more of my money to the band of thieves in Washington.