{"id":1367,"date":"2011-06-20T20:31:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T00:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2011-06-20T20:34:51","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T00:34:51","slug":"23-mar-1933-is-approaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=1367","title":{"rendered":"23 Mar 1933 is approaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re a student of history, you already know that is the date <\/em>the Reichstag gave up its powers and turned over complete control to its new dictator.<\/p>\n

Back during the 2008 campaign, Senator Obama picked a curious choice of words that certainly sent alarm bells off in my head.\u00a0\u00a0 He said that “when he is ruler of the United States…”.\u00a0\u00a0 President Obama was schooled in how governments are run in Indonesia, and as an adult in Kenya.\u00a0\u00a0 Despite being a “Constitutional professor” in Chicago, he clearly does not understand or agree with the structure it has in place.<\/p>\n

So the 60 days for the War Powers Act are up.\u00a0 Congress gave him a two week extension to explain why we are in Libya and what the plan is.<\/p>\n

Two top lawyers – one at the justice Department and one from the Pentagon told him that the War Powers Act does apply to what he is doing, and he must get approval or stop the Libyan “kinetic action”.<\/p>\n

From the White House Press guy:<\/p>\n

“This is not a unanimous legal decision within the administration, and it would be shocking if it were,” Carney said in reference to what he called constant debate over the war powers measure since it was passed in 1973. “… But the president makes the decision. Obviously, his White House (and) State Department lawyer also agree with his assessment, and we feel very confident that the legal reasoning is sound.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The “Balance of Powers” of the Constitution don’t work based on one lawyer saying the president has a power.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The President explicitly does not have the power to make war – that’s a power delegated to Congress.<\/p>\n

The President does NOT make that decision.\u00a0\u00a0 A complication here is that John McCain seems to get sexually aroused at the the thought of dropping bombs out of planes on civilians, and he is actively undercutting people who want to follow the Constitutional process.\u00a0 Thank God that idea that was floated for an Obama\/McCain bipartisan ticket in 2008 was dropped.<\/p>\n

In related news, the United States is now publicly announcing we are negotiating the terms of our exit from Afghanistan, and that process might start by late 2012, just in time for some election year photo ops.<\/p>\n

The deciding point is rapidly approaching.\u00a0 Do we allow events to spin out of control?\u00a0 How little would it take for the country to give up and turn over complete control to a dictator? \u00a0 It can never happen here – are you sure?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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