Obama abandons defense of federal gay-marriage ban
The Obama administration has announced it will no longer try to defend Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act from lawsuits alleging the law is unconstitutional. (The law forbids the federal government from recognizing any marriage other than that between a man and a woman.)
The decision is big news, but probably not as big as some have suggested. In real terms, it probably doesn’t change much at all. As Attorney General Eric Holder noted in the announcement:
“Section 3 of DOMA will continue to remain in effect unless Congress repeals it or there is a final judicial finding that strikes it down, and the President has informed me that the Executive Branch will continue to enforce the law. But while both the wisdom and the legality of Section 3 of DOMA will continue to be the subject of both extensive litigation and public debate, this Administration will no longer assert its constitutionality in court.”
In other words, it’s still law, and despite concerns about constitutionality, the Obama administration will still honor it. Other parties, including members of Congress, are also still free to defend the law from constitutional challenges already underway in several federal court jurisdictions.
One of the constitutional issues at stake involves states rights. Marriage has always been regulated and defined by the states; the federal government, for example, does not issue marriage licenses, and nothing in the Constitution gives it the power to do so. The entire area of family law — marriage, divorce, child custody, etc., — has been a state responsibility.
Last year, a federal judge in Massachusetts — a Nixon appointee — ruled the law unconstitutional on just those grounds, citing the Tenth Amendment:
It is a fundamental principle underlying our federalist system of government that “[e]very law enacted by Congress must be based on one or more of its powers enumerated in the Constitution.” And, correspondingly, the Tenth Amendment provides that “[t]he powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The division between state and federal powers delineated by the Constitution is not merely “formalistic.” Rather, the Tenth Amendment “leaves to the several States a residuary and inviolable sovereignty.” This reflects a founding principle of governance in this country, that “[s]tates are not mere political subdivision of the United States,” but rather sovereigns unto themselves.”
Despite their professed reverence for the Tenth Amendment — U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, you might recall, said “the very future of freedom and limited government depends (on it)” — I doubt many conservatives will find the judge’s logic convincing.
– Jay Bookman
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jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
4:51 pm
Southern Comfort,
“If you can live with the same person for 10+ years and you haven’t choked the sh*t out of each other, you can stay married forever.”
I heard that!
A couple of thoughts...
February 23rd, 2011
4:51 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov-1S8Xxd94&feature=related
Because most won’t understand or see the humor, Jay is Spike and all his regular kiss @$$es – the ankle biter…
thomas
February 23rd, 2011
4:52 pm
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
4:30 pm
&
jm
February 23rd, 2011
4:40 pm
Seems to me people have just made up their minds on this issue and most of usunderstand nothing we say or do is going to influence or change the opinion of the “other” group.
Only those who enjoy watching people fight and argue for the purpose of making money (Jay Bookman)
and those who are waaaaaaaay right or waaaaaay left even see much use for debating the issue any longer.
But from what it seems many/most have already came to a conlusion on this and do not feel any further need to debate and upset and/or hurt other people’s feelings. Except those hoping to exploit the issue and people’s opinions about the issue.
jm
February 23rd, 2011
4:53 pm
jewcowboy 4:45 – like it or not, government and society cannot exist in the absence of a moral paradigm. Whether said moral paradigm should include rendering a verdict on the ability of 2 women or 2 men to get married is probably for philosophers (and voters) to solve.
Pogo
February 23rd, 2011
4:54 pm
Did anyone see the thing about Israel being attacked by rockets today? “Democracy” in the Middle East is how the mainstream media in the US initially heralded the happenings over there (including Jay). Now, they are mostly silent because they know they just may have “screwed the pooch” on that one. The Middle East is about to swing to Sharia law and we, as Americans, are not going to like that at all. Because of it, oil is about to skyrocket and gasoline is naturally going to follow. That is not the only result we won’t like but it is very important. That compiled with the inflationary “monetary easing” actions of Obama’s Fed are going to work out real well, don’t you think? How does $4.00 for a loaf of bread sound to you? And what is so laughable (if it wasn’t so pitiful), Obama and his EPA have placed such a regulatory burden on the US drilling for our own resources that even our children will be way worse off than ourselves because it would take about 10 years to get to 100% production and to make an impact even if he lifted them today.
$5.00/gal gasoline and bread at $3.50/loaf = Obama gone in 2012 and good riddance to bad rubbish. And even if he somehow won, which I doubt, he loses. Congress will be in the hands of the republicans after next November which means he would have to whip out his veto pen on every law which would result in nothing getting done. In Obama’s case, nothing getting done is far better than him having his way. Soros, Immelt and Stearn are his loyal advisors (and his masters) and no president could have a more unsavory bunch advising him. He is totally open to their advice which means he must believe that he, like them, believes that it is all about himself. Not what is best for the country. And that is all he has ever cared about.
Midori
February 23rd, 2011
4:54 pm
SoCo – that was one of the stupidest questions to ever grace this blog.
and the competition was monumentally heavy!!
jm
February 23rd, 2011
4:56 pm
Pogo – give it some time. Progress doesn’t happen overnight although apparently revolutions do.
You may be right, but better to wait before rendering a verdict.
Doggone/GA
February 23rd, 2011
4:56 pm
“Whether said moral paradigm should include rendering a verdict on the ability of 2 women or 2 men to get married is probably for philosophers (and voters) to solve”
It was “solved” a long time ago, when equal rights were written into our constitution. Now it’s time for our society to catch up.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 23rd, 2011
4:57 pm
that was one of the stupidest questions to ever grace this blog.
Damn!!! I didn’t think about it like that, and there have been many a doozy too….
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 23rd, 2011
4:59 pm
The Middle East is about to swing to Sharia law and we, as Americans, are not going to like that at all.
With a nuclear Israel, I’m not sold on that idea yet…..
Because of it, oil is about to skyrocket and gasoline is naturally going to follow.
Should have listened to that oil guy, T. Boone….. The US has loads of natural gas at our disposal, and it’s not very expensive to convert cars over.
jm
February 23rd, 2011
4:59 pm
Holy sh-t. People have made some dough if the bet Ghaddafi is going to be gone.
http://www.intrade.com/
jm
February 23rd, 2011
5:00 pm
Wowwwwwww. Odds on Bahrain guy gone, 65%, yemen 60%, iran 20%
A couple of thoughts...
February 23rd, 2011
5:00 pm
And Tuck goes off the deep end this afternoon. DuhAng woman!
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:01 pm
So the Saudi’s have their own “stimulus” package.
“Saudi King Abdullah returned home on Wednesday after a three-month medical absence and unveiled benefits for Saudis worth some $37 billion (23 billion pounds) in an apparent bid to insulate the world’s top oil exporter from an Arab protest wave.”
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:02 pm
thomas,
Dude…get your panties out of the wad you’ve bunched them in.
“you think or you think it was just a dumb joke?”
Um no..I didn’t think it was a dumb joke, otherwise I wouldn’t have answered @ 3.42 the way I did.
“Hope you didn’t take it as demeaning as your the tone of your post after it would indicate”
Perhaps your own sensitivity is getting to you.
“I only went back to it because of your wording that gay people were the only ones who would need these documents.”
I didn’t say only gay couple would need them…I even gave you an example of when someone else might need them…I simply stated they are uncommon…as most people who would need to replicate marriage rights can obtain them through marriage.
“Didn’t think of that one did you?”
Yeah…and I gave you an example.
“Or are you speaking more to the splitting of shared property, and or alimony?”
More from the community property aspect.
jm
February 23rd, 2011
5:02 pm
Intrade – Obama still has a 61% chance…… as of now. on intrade.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 23rd, 2011
5:02 pm
JAY @ 2:46
“The funny thing is, Scout now has his example of what the Tenth Amendment outlaws….”
SOME THOUGHTS:
1) This issue is so important I have always supported a Constitutional Amendment route.
2) In this case the judge and the 10th Amendment are right …….. leave it to the states.
3) However, one federal judge does not a Constitutional issue make or Obamacare is also out the window.
4) In my opinion, the Supreme Court (after the appellate decision) will have to re-establish federal jurisdiction on this or their past (and future) abuse and ignoring of the 10th Amendment will be in doubt.
5) As a case in point, a knucklehead federal judge just ruled that “mental activity” (aka “thought”) is covered by the “Commerce Clause”.
6) I’m still waiting for your “mental activity” on that ruling as per my earlier post below …………………
0311/0317 – 1811/1801
February 23rd, 2011
11:00 am
JAY !!!
Regarding our continuing debate on the meaning of the 10th Amendment, a Clinton appointee federal district court judge in Washington (a slave owner by the way) D.C. has ruled that Congress Can Regulate “MENTAL ACTIVITY (emphasis added)” Under Commerce Clause.
Now I submit to you the following:
1) She should never have been appointed.
2) That reasoning under a plain reading of the 10th Amendment is idiotic.
3) That reasoning if upheld would make the 10th Amendment null and void.
4) Making an Amendment null and void without further amending it or abolishing it is Constitutional treason.
Your thoughts ……………………..
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:03 pm
jm,
“Round and round…”
Reminds me of that RATT song
Bosch
February 23rd, 2011
5:03 pm
jewcowboy,
I almost swallowed my tongue earlier when you told Peadawg to go to hell….well done.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:05 pm
“Rockets fired at Israel…”
I wonder if these were just stray fireworks from the democracy seeking peaceful protesters in Egypt.
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:07 pm
jm,
“like it or not, government and society cannot exist in the absence of a moral paradigm.”
Somehow I just think it is any business of voters to hold a referendum on any relationship between consenting adults…
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:08 pm
Doggone/GA,
“Now it’s time for our society to catch up.”
Bingo!
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:09 pm
“Somehow I just think it is any business”
I missed a very important “don’t” in there.
Doggone/GA
February 23rd, 2011
5:10 pm
“government and society cannot exist in the absence of a moral paradigm”
Gay marriage has nothing to do with morality. Just like hetero marriages…it’s purely a legal issue.
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:10 pm
Bosch,
“I almost swallowed my tongue earlier when you told Peadawg to go to hell….well done.”
I have to admit…I was probably channeling you
thomas
February 23rd, 2011
5:11 pm
jewcowboy, just for the record… this is your comments to me. Notice nothing of examples. Some vauge business deals talk, but exmaples, no.
Notice how quickly you say straight people don’t need those documents because they can get married. So, to use your word it is obvious you are not thinking of alternative uses for the said documents.
“jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
4:08 pm
“Are those documents only uncommon and unavailable to gay people or are tehy unavailable to straight people as well? ”
Straight couples don’t have to…because they can get married. It’s more like a business arrangement, as it involves mostly property arrangements..but also things like hospital visitations. It’s as if two business partners want to share their personal lives in their business dealings.”
We can agree to disagree, but the public record of what was said is there. My lil ones gotta get to baseball practice and it is waaaay too long a walk. So I’ll be gone.
getalife
February 23rd, 2011
5:12 pm
Both parties tossing issue bombs at each other in full attack mode.
The 12 cycle is off and running.
Meanwhile, the turmoil in the ME caused oil to spike.
Not good when you are recovering from the bush depression.
What a wild year so far.
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:12 pm
Doggone/GA,
“it’s purely a legal issue.”
But… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo
AmVet
February 23rd, 2011
5:12 pm
So round and round and round she goes
And where she stops nobody knows
Love is the feeling that grows that grows
And where it stops nobody knows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E1Utdkk4Sw
Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, Ronnie Montrose and Bill Szymczyk combine on one of the greatest records ever made…
Normal
February 23rd, 2011
5:14 pm
Jew Cowboy,
Thanks! Can never have enough grandkids,
—————————
Pogo
February 23rd, 2011
4:54 pm
Pogo,
Where’s all those jobs the GOP promised?
Real Scooter
February 23rd, 2011
5:14 pm
Hey jewcowboy! I want to ask you a serious question.If you don’t want to answer it’s ok.
Why would you spend 20k to marry your partner? I’m trying to understand your dilema.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:16 pm
getalife
February 23rd, 2011
5:12 pm
“Not good when you are recovering from the bush depression.”
But Obama was going to fix that in no time. Guess we’re “dwelling in in Obama depression”.
Doggone/GA
February 23rd, 2011
5:16 pm
jewcowboy…yeah, and it messes “them” up when you say you ARE!
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:16 pm
thomas,
“Notice how quickly you say straight people don’t need those documents because they can get married.”
Uh yeah…that is becuase we are discussing gay marriage and not anomalous legal documents for straight folk.
“My lil ones gotta get to baseball practice and it is waaaay too long a walk”
Tell ‘em to keep their eye on the ball and avoid signing any anomalous legal documents…
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:17 pm
Normal
February 23rd, 2011
5:14 pm
You mean like the fictitious “shovel ready jobs” Obama promised?
jm
February 23rd, 2011
5:17 pm
Well this does not look good for the Obama stimulus or Mayor Franklin. She was not a crook, but she was a pretty crummy mayor in the universe of government officials.
http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/audit-questions-atlantas-ability-850094.html
Normal
February 23rd, 2011
5:18 pm
Come on people, it’s really all about this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eC3NRRRi9Q&feature=related
jm
February 23rd, 2011
5:18 pm
Leg Lamp , see article…
The auditors looked at two grants from 2006, two from 2007, two from 2008 and one from 2009.
Some specific complaints include:
– The city incorrectly reported the number of jobs saved or created because of the grants.
getalife
February 23rd, 2011
5:20 pm
leg,
“But Obama was going to fix that in no time. Guess we’re “dwelling in in Obama depression”.
You can call it the Obama recovery.
Where are the jobs ?
Did your party lie to your face?
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:20 pm
Real Scooter,
“Why would you spend 20k to marry your partner? I’m trying to understand your dilema.”
Basically it was to ensure we had legal rights in each others lives. We owned a house together, we had life insurance policies for each other…we were married in every aspect except under the law.
When mr. nonjewcowboy passed away, these documents allowed my to get his body back from Dubai…even to just to bury him. Without these documents, his next of kin would have automatically been his parents…who are great people…but when you devote your life to someone, you devote it through death as well.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:20 pm
jm
February 23rd, 2011
5:17 pm
Who would have ever thought that the dysfunctional and corrupt city of Atlanta could not account for federal funds it received?
AmVet
February 23rd, 2011
5:22 pm
It’s sadly ironic, then, that the GOP and its nascent Tea Party faction, who were nowhere to be found or heard on issues of the deficit or debt when it came to multi-billion dollar tax cuts, two costly wars, an expensive prescription drug benefit, and the largest expansion of the size of government in recent memory under the Bush years, decided to wait until Barack Obama had inherited the disaster to begin the anti-spending, anti-government crusade.
Yep, they played stupid for eight straight years and then almost magically found religion on January 21, 2009.
And then wonder why hundreds of millions of people don’t take them seriously…
jm
February 23rd, 2011
5:23 pm
Leg 5:20
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:23 pm
“You mean like the fictitious “shovel ready jobs” Obama promised?”
Duck…duck…Canard!
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:23 pm
getalife
February 23rd, 2011
5:20 pm
“You can call it the Obama recovery.”
Well, I guess I could but then that would be a lie. Hmm, unemployment at around 10%, oil over $100/barrel, a near-bankrupt federal government, states teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, etc. Some recovery.
jm
February 23rd, 2011
5:23 pm
Leg 5:20 – although Reed and his appointees are doing an absolutely stand up job…. they’re doing a spectacular job, really….
Real Scooter
February 23rd, 2011
5:24 pm
Normal
February 23rd, 2011
5:18 pm
Dang Normal,you need to take some lessons from AmVet on posting good music. Whew!
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:26 pm
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:23 pm
So I just imagined Obama and biden beating their chests ;for months about “shovel ready jobs” only to later admit there were never any SRJs.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:28 pm
Right, we had a bunch of innocents at Gitmo:
“LIBYAN OFFICIAL: Qaeda sets up Islamic emirate — run by former Gitmo prisoner…”
Normal
February 23rd, 2011
5:28 pm
Scooter,
You’ve got to inhale…
AmVet
February 23rd, 2011
5:29 pm
Any of you clowns who honestly thought this attempted corporate destruction of capitalism wasn’t going to take years and years to recover from probably still think the Bush administration was chock full of conservatives!
Normal, now that is one horned up version of that classic!
From that same spectacular They Only Come Out at Night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-nfLIoqarQ
Adam
February 23rd, 2011
5:30 pm
Leg Lamp: So I just imagined Obama and biden beating their chests ;for months about “shovel ready jobs” only to later admit there were never any SRJs.
As with much of what you have posted today, it’s all in your head.
Normal
February 23rd, 2011
5:30 pm
Scooter,
Coming soon to your neighborhood…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A27FF2T2z2k&feature=related
Midori
February 23rd, 2011
5:30 pm
what AmVet said at 5:22………..
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:30 pm
“Obama’s Silence On Libya Due To “Scheduling Issue”"
I guess he didn’t have a scheduling issue during the Wisconsin “sick out” protests.
TaxPayer
February 23rd, 2011
5:31 pm
Well, I guess I could but then that would be a lie. Hmm, unemployment at around 10%, oil over $100/barrel, a near-bankrupt federal government, states teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, etc. Some recovery.
All of that since the Republicans won all those seats. Some recovery. And what do they focus on. Not jobs. They go after planned parenthood and public broadcast and abortion and union busting. Republicans are such losers.
jm
February 23rd, 2011
5:31 pm
If S.A. goes down, then things will be a giant damn mess in this world…
Normal
February 23rd, 2011
5:32 pm
Leg Lamp…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bNE-5TVAmg
Adam
February 23rd, 2011
5:32 pm
jm: I do have to wonder, if Saudi Arabia does go under, does that mean we no longer owe them money?
Real Scooter
February 23rd, 2011
5:32 pm
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:20 pm
Thanks for answering jewcowboy! That makes me understand the entire Gay Marriage issue much more clearly. Sorry for your loss.
TaxPayer
February 23rd, 2011
5:33 pm
The GOP — The Party of Still No Results. When are they going to actually DO something for the people.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 23rd, 2011
5:33 pm
jewcowboy @ 5:07
Your boy Reid wants to outlaw prostitution in Nevada.
What think ye about that ?
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:34 pm
Adam
February 23rd, 2011
5:30 pm
Um, right, it’s all in my head:
“When the president campaigned for the stimulus package at the start of his presidency, he and others in his administration repeatedly insisted the investments would go to “shovel-ready” projects — projects that would put people to work right away. As recently as August, however, local governments were still facing delays spending the money they were allocated from the stimulus, CBS News Correspondent Nancy Cordes reported.”
” With unemployment hovering near 10 percent nearly two years after President Obama signed his economic stimulus package, Mr. Obama is acknowledging that, despite his campaign promises, “there’s no such thing as shovel-ready projects.”"
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:34 pm
Leg Lamp,
“for months about “shovel ready jobs” only to later admit there were never any SRJs.”
Funny…I can point to one right outside my office…the Peachtree Boulevard project in Buckhead.
Midori
February 23rd, 2011
5:35 pm
better yet — what do “YOU” think of it, Scout?
Keep up the good fight!
February 23rd, 2011
5:35 pm
Leggie…again another false and misleading statement…I just saw Obama speak in the past few hours.
Obama says violence in Libya must stop, urges unified world
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:35 pm
TaxPayer
February 23rd, 2011
5:33 pm
Democrats – party of the absent (i.e. Wisconsin and Indiana elected officials partying in Illinois)
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:36 pm
Real Scooter,
thanks.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:37 pm
Keep up the good fight!
February 23rd, 2011
5:35 pm
Still in denial I see. Quoting the White House Press Secretary.
“This is a scheduling issue. The president will meet with Secretary of State Clinton this afternoon. We will have something to say out of that meeting. If possible, the President will speak this afternoon or tomorrow,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said of President Obama’s lack of response to the crisis in Libya.
TaxPayer
February 23rd, 2011
5:37 pm
Leg Lamp:
Walker — the Koch-snorting Republican liar, caught red-handed.
AmVet
February 23rd, 2011
5:37 pm
Harry Reid and Sharon Angle should recreate an updated version of that hot lips scene in the movie M*A*S*H
They could be in the back of 1959 Cadillac somewhere along the strip in Vegas.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:38 pm
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:34 pm
So I guess Obama should have consulted you before he admitted there were no SRJs.
Real Scooter
February 23rd, 2011
5:39 pm
Normal
February 23rd, 2011
5:30 pm
Much better Normal!
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:39 pm
37,
“Your boy Reid wants to outlaw prostitution in Nevada.”
My boy?
“What think ye about that ?”
As long as they are 18+ and doing it of their own volition, “test em, tax em and let them point their heels to heaven” I say.
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:41 pm
Leg Lamp,
“So I guess Obama should have consulted you before he admitted there were no SRJs.”
Or perhaps he should explain in precise terms his definition of what a shovel-ready project is…
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:42 pm
TaxPayer,
“the Koch-snorting Republican liar, caught red-handed.”
That just made me choke…
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:42 pm
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:41 pm
Maybe he had trouble defining something that didn’t exist.
Dave R.
February 23rd, 2011
5:42 pm
First, I’m amazed a Nixon appointee is still alive and serving on the bench.
Next, I’m amazed that a judge from uber-liberal Massachusetts even recognizes that the 10th amendment exists, and even remotely understands what it really means.
What I’m NOT amazed at is how Bookman can pick and choose which laws he thinks should be applicable to the 10th amendment.
Dave R.
February 23rd, 2011
5:43 pm
jewcowboy: ” “test em, tax em and let them point their heels to heaven” I say”
OK, that’s funny!
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:44 pm
AmVet,
“Harry Reid and Sharon Angle should recreate an updated version of that hot lips scene in the movie M*A*S*H”
I hear Christine O’Donnell has been invited to Dancing with the Stars…a horrible misnomer for a title if they want her.
Adam
February 23rd, 2011
5:44 pm
So if I say something like “Bill Clinton always spent more money in his year by year budgets than was taken in by the federal government” am I “admitting” something, since I said the opposite before, or am I, in fact, just wrong?
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:45 pm
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:44 pm
Oh, I thought it was “Dancing with the Bizarre”.
Keep up the good fight!
February 23rd, 2011
5:46 pm
Leggie…funny thing…click on the link I provided and you can see the President actually speak for 5 minutes on Libya. Secretary Clinton by his side. I posted the link and you still are in denial.
Are you always this clueless…even when you can see the video? …nevermind the answer is obviously yes.
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:46 pm
Leg Lamp,
“Maybe he had trouble defining something that didn’t exist.”
Perhaps you and he should hang around DOT’s more often…”shovel-ready” is a real term and has been used a long time before Obama was elected to the WH.
TaxPayer
February 23rd, 2011
5:46 pm
Today comes word that Georgia state Representative Bobby Franklin is shopping a bill that wouldn’t just make abortion illegal in Georgia, it would criminalize miscarriages to boot.
Georgia Republicans just refuse to be outdone. They are determined to hold their title of “Mostest Stupidest in the GOP.”
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:46 pm
Leg Lamp,
“I thought it was “Dancing with the Bizarre”.”
Keep up the good fight!
February 23rd, 2011
5:48 pm
Taxpayer….probably imposes the death penalty too…..
Adam
February 23rd, 2011
5:48 pm
Leg Lamp: My point is, if Obama said “There’s no such thing as shovel ready jobs” then he was wrong, rather than “admitting” something. It’s not an admission if it’s wrong.
AmVet
February 23rd, 2011
5:48 pm
I hear Christine O’Donnell has been invited to Dancing with the Stars…a horrible misnomer for a title if they want her.
She’ such a cute little pixie, jcb. Too bad she plays for the wrong team. And no that has nothing to do with witches or sexual preferences! But I do wonder if she ever experimented with auto eroticism…
Normal and Scoot, I heard this one earlier today while in TJ Maxx…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfjKG3ZP3AA
(A bit poppy but I dig the chord changes in it…)
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:49 pm
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:46 pm
He pimped SRJs in order to sell the stimulus package only later to admit they never existed. His words, not mine.
Dusty
February 23rd, 2011
5:50 pm
Well, folks, I happen to catch up with the DEMOTIVATORS , (a registered title) on Google. They are so funny, with good posters to match their words. Here’s a few
BLOGGING: Never before have so many people with so little to say said so much to so few.
GOVERNMENT:If you think the problems we create are bad, just wait until you see our solutions.
CONGRESS: Proudly defending the status quo after the quo has lost its status.
IDIOCY: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
LOSING: If first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.
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Thought you might like a change of pace here. There’s lots more,
Can’t stick around right now. Maybe later….
carlosgvv
February 23rd, 2011
5:50 pm
Now that the politically correct crowd has gotten gays openly in the military, they are going after marriage. Looks like we will always be burdened with somebody’s social experiment.
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:50 pm
AmVet,
“But I do wonder if she ever experimented with auto eroticism…”
As long as you can do that without masturbating…maybe she has very sensitive earlobes or something…of a foot fetish.
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:52 pm
carlosgvv ,
“Looks like we will always be burdened with somebody’s social experiment.”
Like not treating women as property?
AmVet
February 23rd, 2011
5:54 pm
Cons are in perpetual denial. They claim that the stimulus package hasn’t worked. Despite the fact that in less than two years’ time the prospects for U.S. growth look *much* improved, and are improving every day.
Would we all like to see more rapid reductions in unemployment and greater improvements in labor market conditions?
Of course.
But, under Obama the economy has gone from a nearly 7% rate of contraction to six straight quarters of growth, with a 3.2% rate of annualized GDP growth in the 4th Quarter of 2010.
There are record corporate profits. And job growth led entirely by the PRIVATE sector (not, as Republicans repeatedly assert, growth in the government sector). Banks have gone from bankruptcy to multi-billion dollar profits.
The Dow Jones has passed the 12,000 point threshold for the first time in 2 ½ years.
The International Monetary Fund released a report last week which upgraded its forecasts of growth for the American economy, and attributed the more optimistic assessment to the prudent fiscal policies of the Obama Administration.
http://www.trcommons.org/2011/02/bush-recession-obama-recovery/
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
February 23rd, 2011
5:54 pm
Adam
February 23rd, 2011
5:48 pm
Call it, or spin it, as you will. I know, I know, Fox is mentioned in the second paragraph so go ahead and ignore it if you choose.
All sides admit that jobs are the No. 1 issue in 2010, but only three weeks before the crucial make-or-break congressional election on Nov. 2, Obama casually admitted that his claim last year that his stimulus spending bill would create 3.5 million “shovel-ready jobs” was not true.
Fox News played six video clips from different Obama speeches bragging that his $787 billion stimulus bill would create millions of “shovel-ready jobs.” Now, Obama admits that those things he talked about never existed.
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:54 pm
Leg Lamp,
“His words, not mine.”
Don’t know what to tell you…”shovel-ready projects” are real…they are a real term…and there is a concrete example of stimulus money being spent on one on Peachtree Road from Shadowlawn Road to Wieuca.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 23rd, 2011
5:55 pm
AmVet:
Thanks but I’m a country music (the old fashioned type) or 60’s music kind of guy …………..
jewcowboy
February 23rd, 2011
5:57 pm
AmVet @ 5.54,
That is all due to tax cuts…
Real Scooter
February 23rd, 2011
5:57 pm
Normal and Scoot, I heard this one earlier today while in TJ Maxx
Good one AmVet! Eddie wasn’t the first to record that song was he?