View Full Version : More questionable manuvering by the white house...
SteamWake
07-07-10, 09:17 AM
WASHINGTON -- President Obama intends to bypass Congress and appoint Dr. Donald Berwick to head Medicare and Medicaid, the White House announced Tuesday -- filling the job while Congress is in recess to get around Republican opposition that threatened to derail Berwick's confirmation.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/06/president-medicare-medicaid-post-senate-approval/
Platapus
07-07-10, 04:56 PM
Wow, what a terrible thing. Good thing no Republican President has ever done that. :yep:
Imagine, President Obama doing something that he is specifically authorized to do in the Constitution (article II section 2). :nope:
what nerve, huh?
mookiemookie
07-07-10, 05:29 PM
Wow, what a terrible thing. Good thing no Republican President has ever done that. :yep:
Imagine, President Obama doing something that he is specifically authorized to do in the Constitution (article II section 2). :nope:
what nerve, huh?
Hey now, don't you remember when SteamWake criticized the 171 recess appointments that Dubya made (http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:YSmPBULlMk0J:www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33310.pdf+recess+appointments+made+by+%22george+ w+bush%22&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjwuLg63S4LNzsCOtbwrSc8zbMYS7reFxjbpjP0 IwrcmW4kGha_O6apvs8XL2Vrbh0LpubwWVhVVPD3QQ_cWR9T_D bztmMU-BYTg0T0UyT9IK7Zj1XYFxuoFcsvYgc_-x6HtqeO&sig=AHIEtbTXB2CVvyYMxPRETiM_YU3mv_cGkg)? He was especially critical when Bush recess appointed John Bolton as UN Ambassador after he was blocked by the Senate. So don't go thinking that he's a hypocrite who points out this stuff only when the other guy does it, ok?
Lord_magerius
07-07-10, 05:49 PM
is it just me or is everyone else getting sick of the republican spam that seems to haunt the general topics board? Every time there is some form of new political debate about, there is a thread about it. I mean I'm from the UK and all it is, is republicans with their "omg, the president is doing this 'Rage quit from life' It's sooooo pro terrorist lolz"
If the government doesn't know how much toilet paper you use on each wipe, you're a ****ing terrorist. Seriously, stop, pause and read what it is you're posting. I have no problem with conservatives, it's just that in america once again, things get taken too far. The mentally unstable have too much/majority of an opinion when it comes to running your country. I'm not having a go at Americans, as you are the nicest bunch of people that one could ever meet. I'm just saying, use Mr. brain before you go on about what fox news says is fact...
Edit: maybe we could have politics sub forum
Moeceefus
07-07-10, 05:59 PM
is it just me or is everyone else getting sick of the republican spam that seems to haunt the general topics board? Every time there is some form of new political debate about, there is a thread about it. I mean I'm from the UK and all it is, is republicans with their "omg, the president is doing this 'Rage quit from life' It's sooooo pro terrorist lolz"
If the government doesn't know how much toilet paper you use on each wipe, you're a ****ing terrorist. Seriously, stop, pause and read what it is you're posting. I have no problem with conservatives, it's just that in america once again, things get taken too far. The mentally unstable have too much/majority of an opinion when it comes to running your country. I'm not having a go at Americans, as you are the nicest bunch of people that one could ever meet. I'm just saying, use Mr. brain before you go on about what fox news says is fact...
Edit: maybe we could have politics sub forum
Watching your angry "mentally fit" guys argue in parliament is far more entertaining than our "mentally unstable", I agree sir. :D
Edit: maybe we could have politics sub forum
I second that.
But sadly this has been asked on numerous occasions before and the answer is 'no'.
Lord_magerius
07-07-10, 06:02 PM
Watching your angry mentally fit guys argue in parliament is far more entertaining than our mentally unstable, I agree sir. :D
Touche good sir, touche :O:
krashkart
07-07-10, 06:10 PM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Bad-war.jpg
Moeceefus
07-07-10, 06:20 PM
Nothing but respect for our friends and allies in the U.K. We are all victims of powers we can not control.
A recess appointment is his prerogative. While you didn't see angry posts by conservatives for W's appointments, you DID see the left go ballistic, instead. So both sides are hypocrites here.
Sailor Steve
07-07-10, 07:00 PM
I'm sick and tired of being blamed for everything these morons do! The Left doesn't blame the Right, they blame me! The Right doesn't blame the Left, they blame ME! Every time the prez wants to say something, it's "The White House said today..."! Every time some flunkey wants to make a buck it's "The White House leaked the information"! Why can't these guys blame each other? I never did anything to them; why do they have to drag my name through the mud? I'm sick of it!
-The White House
is it just me or is everyone else getting sick of the republican spam that seems to haunt the general topics board?
No, it's not just you. ;)
The White House
07-07-10, 08:37 PM
-The White House
It's so TRUE! I'm just a building, dammit! :cry:
Platapus
07-07-10, 08:46 PM
It's so TRUE! I'm just a building, dammit! :cry:
But, if you are "just a building" as you "claim" then how can you post on this Internets Tubes forum?
Answer that one, smart building! :cool:
Lord_magerius
07-07-10, 08:49 PM
Maybe he can post, as we all know the internet is a series of tubes. The white house must have some form of tube system in it. Therefore he is the internet and can post at all times on forums anywhere in the world. Even those that have yet to be created :o
breadcatcher101
07-07-10, 08:59 PM
The "Whitehouse" speaks through that thing Obama reads from. He is just a puppet--the Whitehouse is really in charge.
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse from Rhode Island? If he's in charge we are so screwed. He's an idiot!
thorn69
07-08-10, 12:15 AM
People have to speak out about what Obama is doing because if you just sit quiet about him then people will assume he's doing a good job. It's best to keep speaking out about him so that way in 2012 he will be GONE!
- He's spending way too much when he should be saving
- He's adding a ton of new taxes for Americans to choke on
- He has not done a thing to create any real jobs for anybody in the country when unemployment is at an all time high
- He doesn't have a clue on how to deal with foreign affairs or the military he's supposed to be in charge of.
Bottom line - He's worthless!
He's about the most useless president the US has ever had IMO. Maybe he means well in his own mind but he's just making things far far worse for the country. He's one of those types that turns whatever he touches into pure crap. He's like a blimp that's just full of hot air. He's all talk and no walk! Plus, he's a liar! He's just like Pinocchio except his ears seem to get BIGGER!
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