tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8641800792490300448..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-79715276077843214582014-09-13T19:46:49.985-04:002014-09-13T19:46:49.985-04:00As if Congress has no power. They could, you know,...As if Congress has no power. They could, you know, legislate. Do their job, pass and present to the president. See if it gets signed. But that is not beneficial to the circus called GOP legislators. "Shoe leadership" they say, but can't define what that means. If they have ideas, give them. Tiring hearing the wining and blame form capital hill and the Village. Though the GOP wants the president to fail. It's their main objective, publicly pronounced from Inauguration Day on.John Kahlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09563449180130121965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-1440932922125198462014-09-13T10:38:05.223-04:002014-09-13T10:38:05.223-04:00... AND/OR, maybe Obama just outfoxed the Congress...... AND/OR, maybe Obama just outfoxed the Congress. <br /><br />It's worth noting that following President Obama's address to the nation in which he demonstrated his "imperial hubris," as Ackerman characterizes it (I like & respect Ackerman, even if he is "overexaggerating" here), both Boehner & Reid vowed to bring up authorization bills. So perhaps Obama used that imperial hubris to bully/shame the do-nothing Congress into doing something. Slick.marieburnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551898556011521804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-27718781725235607322014-09-13T08:31:57.405-04:002014-09-13T08:31:57.405-04:00Phil,
Pogo:
"We have met the enemy and it is ...Phil,<br />Pogo:<br />"We have met the enemy and it is us."Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-77900971203179038442014-09-13T07:07:17.176-04:002014-09-13T07:07:17.176-04:00If you couldn’t write in empty hyperbole, what wou...If you couldn’t write in empty hyperbole, what would you have to say?<br /><br /><i>America is a failed state now, so I have to confess that I'm struggling to care [about presidential war-making].<br /><br />. . . . <br /><br />A key issue here is that we have one political party that has deliberately chosen to render America's government unable to function as long as a Democrat sits in the Oval Office.<br /><br />. . . . <br /><br />I'd be in favor of a properly hashed-out, fully constitutional response, but there's no reason to think it's possible. So somebody has to step up.</i><br /><br />As to that last, "somebody" doesn’t have to be us.<br /><br />ISIS is not our problem.Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-14869964215745600542014-09-12T20:14:37.035-04:002014-09-12T20:14:37.035-04:00All problems in America started jan 20, 2009. Boom...All problems in America started jan 20, 2009. Boom!Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-9332296336174817252014-09-12T18:58:29.973-04:002014-09-12T18:58:29.973-04:00The professed outrage at Obama's alleged disre...The professed outrage at Obama's alleged disregard for the constitution (and Bush's, for that matter) is of course pure political theatre. The giveaway is that after 6 years of Obama's supposed lawless antics, there is no move by conservatives to amend the constitution to prevent future presidents acting in the same way. No, it seems Americans actually prefer a system where one person gets to run the show as a petty dictator for 8 years like a gladiator in a bear pit, while everyone else barracks or boos from the stands. It seems a peculiar way to run a country but who am I to judge.Ken_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709548046018362581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-60101121272280469322014-09-12T18:48:37.610-04:002014-09-12T18:48:37.610-04:00This of course is the same president who is consta...This of course is the same president who is constantly criticised for playing golf instead of doing his job. Obama the man of contrasts: weak but dictatorial, feckless but ruthless, lazy but tireless in his efforts to bring down America, secret Muslim traitor who ignores the constitution to kill Muslims ... but it all makes good content for the 18332 mad conservative blogs out there.Ken_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709548046018362581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-13105385684162112802014-09-12T16:28:30.996-04:002014-09-12T16:28:30.996-04:00That dysfunctional job analogy is wonderful. I gue...That dysfunctional job analogy is wonderful. I guess it's not even an analogy.Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-73068482704002129172014-09-12T16:21:58.349-04:002014-09-12T16:21:58.349-04:00"...to render America's government unable..."...to render America's government unable to function as long as a Democrat sits in the Oval Office..."<br /><br />Yeah, and when a Republican sits in the Oval Office, the Republicans run-up debt like drunken sailors on shore leave, and make the government ever more dysfunctional by cutting taxes on the rich, and getting us into stupid military conflicts.<br /><br />But, then, they get to carp, whine, bitch, moan, gnash their teeth, and tear at their hair and garments at what the Democrats have to spend and do to fix the ever-deepening shithole the Republicans keep digging this country into every time they get within sniffing distance of power. Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-60663891348460028272014-09-12T15:05:03.280-04:002014-09-12T15:05:03.280-04:00I agree with almost all of this, except that I'...I agree with almost all of this, except that I'm not even trying to care. Tom Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575511424823512042noreply@blogger.com