GmanTerry

The intent was there and his minions are still out there trying to finish the job.


Semper Fi

SinnieK

Looking back, we were thinking of voting for him too until we learned of his buddy reverend Wright who hates America with a passion we pulled back right away. There was no way we would vote for this guy, his is bad news for the country and American patriots.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

i got as far as number one and it was so contrived that I saw no point is looking at the other 251, which I am sure would have been more of the usual right wing lies and out of context claims.

As to #one, it has been tossed around many times and never been settled..

A sample...


On paper, the War Powers Resolution seems clear-cut. But in practice, Congress and the White House have skirmished repeatedly over it.

While the Constitution (Article I, Section 8) assigns the right to declare war to Congress, the last time that actually happened was at the beginning of World War II, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. Since then, presidents have generally initiated military activities using their constitutionally granted powers as commander-in-chief without an official declaration of war to support their actions. In some cases, such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress has complied with a presidential request for specific approval, short of a formal declaration of war.

The War Powers Resolution, passed in the wake of the Vietnam War, was intended to stop presidents from fighting wars without input from Congress. However, presidents from both parties have regularly ignored it, and Congress has often been reluctant to assert itself. Some critics have suggested that the resolution has functioned so poorly that it should be scrapped.

"It is ineffective at best and unconstitutional at worst. No president has recognized its constitutionality, and Congress has never pressed the issue. Nor has the Supreme Court ever ruled on its constitutionality. In fact, courts have largely shied away from refereeing war-powers disputes between the two political branches," wrote James Baker and Warren Christopher in 2008. The two former secretaries of state, one a Republican and one a Democrat, studied the issue for a year and then recommended that it be replaced.

But for now, the law remains in force. So, earlier this month, butting up against the 90-day mark since action in Libya began, the Obama administration released a report summarizing its actions in Libya. The administration did not claim that the War Powers Resolution was unconstitutional but argued instead that its actions in Libya didn't meet the definition of "hostilities," so the War Powers Resolution did not apply.

"U.S. military operations are distinct from the kind of 'hostilities' contemplated by the Resolution's 60-day termination provision," the report said. "U.S. operations do not involve sustained fighting or active exchanges of fire with hostile forces, nor do they involve the presence of U.S. ground troops, U.S. casualties or a serious threat thereof, or any significant chance of escalation into a conflict characterized by those factors."

The report also argued that NATO was leading the efforts in Libya and that U.S. strikes rely on remotely piloted drone planes for its attacks.

Mike Easterday

He needs to be in a Maximum Security Prison.

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

Whereare all the liberals that loved this criminal and wanted to replace him with another criminal as bad or maybe worse.These liberals are now critical of a good man trying to put the country back together after what Obama did.Why are they not defending their God,Obama,can anyone trust any liberal after reading this list? I hope everyone remembers this list every time liberals comment on OPP.

Big Bass

He's a good-for-nothing, 2-bit ghetto-denizen. This is the proof.

Big Bass

You can blame political correctness for that. Too many people tripping over themselves trying not to offend anyone, by being syrupy nice to everybody, including the most evil pos's, when butts should have been whipped instead. To hell with PC and all its practitioners.

Nickolai

What Crock of DOO DOO Obama ranks as the 12-15 the best President on the list G W Bush comes in at 39 out of 43; The top five are
1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. George Washington
5. Thomas Jefferson

E

And I wish that people would quit calling him the first black president. He used that throughout his campaign and then at his inauguration he said that he was a mulatto. Just to rub it in after pretending otherwise for the entire campaign. Just a sleaze bag who continually denied his white side. Not that they were anything to be proud of. Communist mother and grandparents. Hate that destructive SOB.

E

A liberal list means nothing.

kankune Loc: Iowa

I was just trying to be appropo. I could of said much worse....

E

We're okay. Cheers.

kankune Loc: Iowa

I like those words we're okay. And yes we are....😊😊😊