Some facts for the Obama haters

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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,604
    JimmyV said:

    Looks like we lost the Scalia thread for some reason? I'll just leave this here instead:

    image

    There you the proof but you know the haters will be spewing their garbage that he was golfing instead ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Free
    Free Posts: 3,562
    josevolution said:

    JimmyV said:

    Looks like we lost the Scalia thread for some reason? I'll just leave this here instead:

    image

    There you the proof but you know the haters will be spewing their garbage that he was golfing instead ...
    "That couple could be anybody!"
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,604
    Free said:

    josevolution said:

    JimmyV said:

    Looks like we lost the Scalia thread for some reason? I'll just leave this here instead:

    image

    There you the proof but you know the haters will be spewing their garbage that he was golfing instead ...
    "That couple could be anybody!"
    Yeah ok ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Free
    Free Posts: 3,562
    I was joking. ;)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    More (like anyone doubts it) evidence that Republican leaders have worked all along to thwart Obama's efforts in his presidency. The latest, of course, trying to hold off the Scalia replacement.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-antonin-scalia_us_56c7707ee4b0ec6725e28291
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    brianlux said:

    More (like anyone doubts it) evidence that Republican leaders have worked all along to thwart Obama's efforts in his presidency. The latest, of course, trying to hold off the Scalia replacement.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-antonin-scalia_us_56c7707ee4b0ec6725e28291

    They made it clear from day 1. Republicans in the Senate and congress fight against democracy and frankly are disgusting human beings. They are sinking lower and lower by supporting Trump. It's a clown show of epic proportions. I would laugh if it wasn't so impportant.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-A09a_gHJc
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662


    Smellyman said:

    brianlux said:

    More (like anyone doubts it) evidence that Republican leaders have worked all along to thwart Obama's efforts in his presidency. The latest, of course, trying to hold off the Scalia replacement.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-antonin-scalia_us_56c7707ee4b0ec6725e28291

    They made it clear from day 1. Republicans in the Senate and congress fight against democracy and frankly are disgusting human beings. They are sinking lower and lower by supporting Trump. It's a clown show of epic proportions. I would laugh if it wasn't so impportant.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-A09a_gHJc
    Definitely hard to laugh about and yes, right there in living color 7 seconds.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    edited February 2016
    Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook
    February 19, 2016

    MR. COOK: We've made clear that we need to confront ISIL wherever it rears its head. They have posted direct threat to United States. They have encouraged attacks against the United States and our -- and our allies, and we're going to continue to confront it to protect our national security.

    And this was an instance where we saw an opportunity to strike at ISIL in Libya, and we carried out that strike. And we feel -- we feel confident this was a successful strike.

    Q: But Peter, under what authority was this strike carried out? There is no AUMF for ISIS in Libya, no Americans were killed in the two attacks in Tunisia.

    Under what authority?

    MR. COOK: Well, again, we've struck in Libya previously, under the existing use of force, the authorization for the use of military force.

    Q: In 2001, against Al Qaida?

    MR. COOK: Yes, specifically. And this -- in our targeting of Chouchane in this instance.

    And we believe that this was based on -- was legal under international law.

    Q: But you're saying that you're using the 2001 AUMF against Al Qaida to go after ISIS in Libya (2016)?

    MR. COOK: Specifically, again, as a -- the use of military force against ISIL is authorized by the 2001 authorization for the use of military force, specifically. Just as it was -- as we used it in our previous strike in Libya.
    Post edited by JC29856 on
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    COMBINED!

    The Obama administration has used the Espionage Act to target whistle-blowers more than all other presidents combined — “three times more".
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    2008 - Obama wants to close Gitmo
    2016 - Obama wants to close Gitmo
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    Not closing Gitmo was one campaign promise I was always glad Obama didn't keep.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    JimmyV said:

    Not closing Gitmo was one campaign promise I was always glad Obama didn't keep.

    ..... So you're glad he's trying to close it?
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    JC29856 said:

    COMBINED!

    The Obama administration has used the Espionage Act to target whistle-blowers more than all other presidents combined — “three times more".

    This is one of things I really don't like about Obama.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    JC29856 said:

    2008 - Obama wants to close Gitmo
    2016 - Obama wants to close Gitmo

    And it never happened because of republican congress being butthurt that a white Texan war criminal they love is replaced by a black democrat.

    You're welcome.

    It's called civics class. You should enroll sometime.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    PJ_Soul said:

    JimmyV said:

    Not closing Gitmo was one campaign promise I was always glad Obama didn't keep.

    ..... So you're glad he's trying to close it?
    Yeah, I guess my grammar was pretty poor there. :wink:

    No...I don't think he needs to close it nor does it need to be closed.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    edited February 2016
    JimmyV said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    JimmyV said:

    Not closing Gitmo was one campaign promise I was always glad Obama didn't keep.

    ..... So you're glad he's trying to close it?
    Yeah, I guess my grammar was pretty poor there. :wink:

    No...I don't think he needs to close it nor does it need to be closed.
    It's not a huge issue for me, but why does the US need it to be where it is, if not to skirt US law? That's the problem I have with it. I think they should close Gitmo, but not before they build a replacement in the continental USA, where they are more bound to US law. They do need a place where these kinds of prisoners are kept, but not in this way. It's just shady.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    PJ_Soul said:

    JimmyV said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    JimmyV said:

    Not closing Gitmo was one campaign promise I was always glad Obama didn't keep.

    ..... So you're glad he's trying to close it?
    Yeah, I guess my grammar was pretty poor there. :wink:

    No...I don't think he needs to close it nor does it need to be closed.
    It's not a huge issue for me, but why does the US need it to be where it is, if not to skirt US law? That's the problem I have with it. I think they should close Gitmo, but not before they build a replacement in the continental USA, where they are more bound to US law. They do need a place where these kinds of prisoners are kept, but not in this way. It's just shady.
    I would prefer they were not brought into the continental US which is why I have never minded this place not being closed. Does it seem shady? Yeah, probably...but maybe necessarily so.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    JimmyV said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    JimmyV said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    JimmyV said:

    Not closing Gitmo was one campaign promise I was always glad Obama didn't keep.

    ..... So you're glad he's trying to close it?
    Yeah, I guess my grammar was pretty poor there. :wink:

    No...I don't think he needs to close it nor does it need to be closed.
    It's not a huge issue for me, but why does the US need it to be where it is, if not to skirt US law? That's the problem I have with it. I think they should close Gitmo, but not before they build a replacement in the continental USA, where they are more bound to US law. They do need a place where these kinds of prisoners are kept, but not in this way. It's just shady.
    I would prefer they were not brought into the continental US which is why I have never minded this place not being closed. Does it seem shady? Yeah, probably...but maybe necessarily so.
    I prefer a government to uphold their own laws.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    edited February 2016
    InHiding80 said:

    JC29856 said:

    2008 - Obama wants to close Gitmo
    2016 - Obama wants to close Gitmo

    And it never happened because of republican congress being butthurt that a white Texan war criminal they love is replaced by a black democrat.

    You're welcome.

    It's called civics class. You should enroll sometime.
    Ignoring congressional recesses....It could take 1 ( maybe 2) day to close Gitmo, Obama had 72 filibuster free days to close Gitmo.

    I forgot to mention that it was a first 100 days promise.
    Post edited by JC29856 on
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,078
    fact-

    obama could make a recess appointment to the supreme court.

    why doesn't he just do that?
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."

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