Congress vs. commander in chief
This is a great article about congress’ role during wartime vs the president’s role. This article sums it up perfectly. I believe that most people in America that don't follow politics closely, and I believe that's most Americans, believe what congress is doing with the war funding bill is legitimate. In fact, telling the president when the troops must be withdrawn is unconstitutional.If they ever managed to over ride his veto it would lead straight to the supreme court for a constitutional showdown the likes of which we may have never seen before.
Case of the ‘Flying Imams’ Prompts Congressional Action
It looks like the Democrat controlled congress might get their first piece of legislation correct.
The Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007 will prevent citizens from being sued if they report suspicious activity. This is in response to the Flying Imams case where the passengers are being sued for pointing out what they thought was suspicious activity. Of course, some Democrats argued that shielding people from such lawsuits would encourage racial profiling on the part of passengers.
God forbid if you point out that all the radical Muslims or Islamo-fascists are radical Muslims or Islamo-fascists. We must call them disenchanted youths like they do in France when their country was being burned down by them.
They fact that they have to pass legislation to protect vigilant citizens is unbelievable, but that’s the world we live in when liberals are in charge. They believe you can’t legislate morality, whose to say what’s moral? Therefore, who can deside what is suspicious and what’s not?
The fact that these Imams asked for seatbelt extenders when none of them needed them. Rearranged themselves to sit in the exact order of the 9/11 hijackers. And would not respond to anyone is forgotten in this case.
In the country we live in now, with public displays of Christianity being outlawed more and more every year, if these were Christians that took out a cross on a plane and started praying the ACLU would sue them for offending non Christians on the plane. The Christians would not be able to sue anyone.
In a post 9/11 world we are asked to be more vigilant, how are you supposed to be when you will be sued for it? This is another case of political correctness gone awry. Read about the Rail and Public Safety Transportation act of 2007 here.
Another Democrat Caught In The Culture Of Corruption
gopbloggers is reporting that another Democrat, Rep. Allan Mollohan(D-WV) may be investigated by a grand jury for funneling 179 million dollars to companies who that gave to his family run charities.
I must not have watched the news on television because I didn’t see this reported. Wait a minute, he’s a Democrat, it wasn’t reported.
Click here to read this article.
Karl Rove’s Rap Dance Was Offensive
Now they are trying to say Karl Rove’s rap dance at the correspondents dinner was offensive. Lighten up people! The man was out there having fun, everyone there was making fun of themselves. I am so sick of this culture that has been created in this country where no matter what you do it offends somebody. Political Correctness will be the end of this country as we know it. Being politically correct is nothing but an infringement on free speech.
If you take yourself so seriously that something like this offends you than it’s just too bad.It’s our differences and our ability to laugh at them that makes America the melting pot.
Get over yourselves,lighten up, not everything that is said and done is meant to offend you. If you want to be offended you can find something to offend you anywhere you look in day to day life.
The left is trying to get this man no matter what it takes, I find that offensive. Does that count for anything?
While the Democrats are trying to limit the president’s power to pardon convicted criminals so the president can’t pardon Libby, the Republicans have asked president Clinton to testify at the hearings. What a great move by Republicans, throw it back in the Democrats face. They don’t have the right to say who can and cannot be pardoned, yet they will get away with this, so make one of their own testify.
The only reason they don’t want Libby pardoned is that they are using his conviction to illegitimize the Iraq war. His conviction had nothing to do with the war.
Of course we know president Clinton will be wholly truthful if he testifies. RIIIIIGHT.
I hope he does testify just to see how he manages to twist his pardoning and president Bush’s potential pardoning of Libby into two completely different moral equivalents.
Australian In Guantanamo To Serve 9 Months
The first enemy combatant convicted of war crimes against the US and held at Guantanamo was sentenced to seven years, but will serve nine months.
You can read about it here.
Nancy Pelosi Sides With Terrorists, Travels To Syria
Now that Nancy Pelosi has passed legislation in the house for a surrender date she is traveling to terrorist friendly Syria. Does she really think you can negotiate with people whose goal is the west’s destruction? The only reason she could possibly go there is to try and make the president look bad. It does show the world where the Democrats stand. United with terrorists against Bush.
Disgusting and sad.
You can read about it here.
The True Global Warming Agenda Revealed
I have been writing that the issue of global warming is not about the environment. Man-made global warming is a hoax.
There are two main reasons that idea that man made global warming is destroying the planet is being pushed upon us and our children. The second reason is for more rules, regulations and government control. More government bureaucracy. The first reason leads directly to the second, and main reason- taxes.
There is a reason that politicians are pushing the global warming issue as a scientific fact while scientists are split on the issue. That is because this issue is all about money.
Take the fact that you can now voluntarily purchase carbon offsets. Besides making Al Gore rich, (he owns the company you buy these credits from), it’s a way to get you used to paying a usage fee for fossil fuels. Once you are used to paying for it anyway, the government will then legislate a manditory tax for the usage.
Here is an article about economists calling for a co2 tax in Washington D.C.
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) Violates House Ethics Rule
From the New Hampshire Union Leader:
Rookie Mistake? Rep. Carol Shea-Porter’s chief of staff, Harry Gural,called it a mistake by an inexperienced intern. The congresswoman’s government website contained a news release dated Feb. 16 announcing that she ” once again plans to run a campaign(in 2008) based more on message than money.” House rules clearly forbid political press releases from appearing on taxpayer-funded congressional websites.
“She has launched her campaign at the taxpayer expense,” said National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman, Ken Spain. “It’s either a blatant disregard for House ethics rules or another stumble on the part of Carol Shea-Porter.”
When informed by the Status that the release was on the website, Gural immediately took it down.
He said it was “an inadvertent error by a junior staffer and does not reflect the high standards we set for our office”
