Up until this past Friday, the U.S. Senate has had the duty to confirm presidential appointments to key government positions including federal judges and key positions of federal departments. Just last year we watched as the Senate held their confirmation hearings on Obama’s appointment of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, and for many of us, our hearts sank when the Senate voted to confirm her appointment.
In 2011, Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced a bill into the U.S. Senate that would exempt many presidential appointments from needing Senate approval. To no one’s surprise, the bill easily passed the Senate and was sent to the House where one would have expected it to be readily defeated. However, in one of the rare times the Republicans worked with the Democrats, the House passed the bill last month by a 261-116 vote.
On Friday, President Obama signed the bill into law. Barack Obama and every president that follows him will now be able to make appointments of key staff of departments including Treasury, Education, NOAA and Homeland Security without Senate approval. In other words, it will make it that much easier for a sitting president to stack the deck with his minions without having to worry about whether or not the Senate will approve them.
Obama has already given himself way too much power through his numerous executive orders. The last thing we need is for Congress, especially a Republican controlled House, to give him more power. Family Research Council’s Senior Vice President Thomas McClusky, agrees with the dangers of giving this kind of power to the president, saying:
“The United States Constitution does not bestow kingly powers on the President to appoint the senior officers of the government with no process.”
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Disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our other job is to get Rid of those WORTHLESS,SPINELESS good for nothing IDIOTS. Time to look them in the face and say “You’re FIRED”
We have lost our freedom and the congress is granting the idiot dicatorial power. what is going on. Need a clean house. leave no one in the congress and the president., clean them all out. get our country back. this gives the idiot more power and he only uses it for anti American bills.
WELL WELL:: SOUNDS LIKE IT IS TIME TO REMOVE ALL POLITICIANS BOTH DEMON RATS AND REPUBLICANT’S OR WONT’S FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND LOCK THE DOORS. START OVER WITH ALL NEW UNKNOWN PEOPLE MEANING PEOPLE OFF OF THE STREET THAT ARE NOT POLITICIANS JUST NORMAL REAL PEOPLE.!!!
That is where our sovereignty and freedoms are going…
It only gets worse, not better, and Romney isn’t about to change any of this! Don’t tell me the Republicans ain’t in bed with the Democrats! Or is it the Fascists in bed with the Communists?
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
The mid-term elections of 2010 have truly been forgotten as if they never happened. Why bother to vote for any of these jerks when the results seem to be the same regardless of who’s in power. Whether its the demonic-rats or the RINOs in power, America is in bad hands. Romney is a member in good standing with the republican establishment which means he will completely agree with this move with plenty of smooth talk to justify it. When you hear this kind of news on the same day there is something uplifting in the news for a change with Ryan’s selection as the VP candidate, it ends up being just another downer day among a seemingly endless string of them.
The shining city on a hill as viewed by RR is no longer on the hill but is on its way sliding down the hill in total darkness accelerating to the bottom where its fossilized shattered remains will be a source of lengthy study for future historians as they try to understand how what once was such a great nation, perhaps the greatest nation ever on earth, could so completely self destruct in such a relatively and comparatively short period of time. Great empires have all ended up eventually on the ash heap of history where they’ve been forgotten not because of conquest and destruction by a superior external force, but because of internal rot, a moral and spiritual decay.
This election, assuming there actually is one, will in these final 80 days leading up to it be a mirror reflection of just how rotten and decayed this country has become. There will be lies, lies, and more lies especially from the left and the predominate media told to an unsuspecting and gullible American public upon which they will be expected to base their decision in choosing their future leaders. Leadership chosen based upon lies cannot a great, free and prosperous nation make. It simply won’t, it cannot happen.
We also keep hearing how this election is about taking the country back but I’m of the growing opinion that we will never get back the great, free and prosperous country we once were no matter how hard we try and thus will likely fail in our noble effort to turn over to our children a country better off than what we inherited. It’s simply been crippled, injured too much by selfish, godless, power hungry men. It goes without saying that it won’t happen with the demonic-rats (aka communists/marxists/statists) in power but I don’t see it happening with the republican establishment either about which I feel nothing but repudiation. That leaves little if any hope for the future, a depressing thought indeed.
Now, will I vote for Romney & Ryan? Of course I will. What choice do I have? But more importantly I will be active in supporting true conservative candidates for the Senate in the hope that someday we can finally rid ourselves of the aforesaid selfish establishment politicians who have assisted in setting this once shining city on a hill on its present course down the hill toward its self destruction. Can or will it be saved? As Shakespear would put it: To be or not to be, that is the question.
@smoki
Thank you for a very eloquent speech! At least it is much more so than anything I could say. But I have a question in regards to something you said. Anyone can answer it for themselves….
As Rome fell during the 4th century and into the 5th, there was much the same feelings and sentiments there as there is here now. People were sick and tired of the lies, deceit and greed of government and politicians. They kept on saying they were going to elect more honest senators and officials but in reality things only got worse. My question is; the Romans thought they could vote in honest people while voting out the dishonest ones and they continually talked of doing such. In the end it never happened; what makes ya’ll think you can do something the Romans couldn’t do? So far you are acting just like the Romans of old! All talk and no show…. I’ve been waiting for years to see your promises of cleaning up government work, by throwing out the bums. It hasn’t happened yet, but only gotten worse!
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
@Michael
I’ve not made any such promise. But this I can promise. I will work until I can work no more to try and do anything I can to clean up our government, to throw out the bums, and your right, it may never happen. America may be destined for the ash heap of history despite our good intentions. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Nevertheless, of one thing I’m reasonably certain – we can no longer do it by ourselves. To that extent, we must be on our knees in prayer unceasingly that God will work a miracle, like unto that He worked when this nation was first established by God fearing men who risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to set this nation on course to its rendezvous with history, being guided by its unique and I believe God ordained Constitution, that governing set of rules, a covenant of, by and for the people if you will, which has essentially been shredded and tossed into the rubbish bin by succeeding administrations and congresses, this latest being the most flagrant. Only with His providential help do we stand any chance of righting the ship of state, America, and steering her clear of the rocky shoals upon which she now is floundering and in great peril of breaking up and being carried away with the tide.
@smokie
All we can do is try…
All we can do is all we can do…
“Duty is ours, consequences are God’s..” (Look up the quote.)
and may I suggest, “The time for war has not yet come, but it will come, and that soon; and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard.”
Do not deny the men who were the real ones that actually shed their blood in hopes of keeping you free…. And NO, slavery didn’t have a thing to do with it…. It was the excuse used to take what was rightfully yours and ours.
“The contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered upon a new and enlarged arena.” Jefferson Davis
–This would be the United States today.–
“The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form.” Jefferson Davis
–It is the same contest today over who has sovereignty, the people and states or the Federal Government. That was question then and why the war was fought then, and it is still in question today because of the extremes the Federal Government has went to in usurping the sovereignty of the people and states. It will also be the reason for the continuation of that war.
And here we are, still fighting the war, through computers and media propaganda. Soon the physical war will re-erupt.—
Which leads me to this quote by a famous CSA General.
“Every man should endeavor to understand the meaning of subjugation before it is too late… It means the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern schoolteachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the war; will be impressed by the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit objects for derision… It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were true, which we deny, slavery is not all our enemies are fighting for. It is merely the pretense to establish sectional superiority and a more centralized form of government, and to deprive us of our rights and liberties.” — Maj. General Patrick R. Cleburne, CSA, January 1864, writing on what would happen if the Confederacy were to be defeated.”
My updated interpretation of Maj General Patrick Cleburne:..
We are ALL now subjects of the US Government, for it is too late. It has meant our history has been wrote by the victors; ALL our youth is taught from Government approved books and schoolteachers; having been taught their versions of self-righteousness; that have been impressed upon them regarding our dead patriots as traitors and our followers as being lunatics.. It is being said that slavery was what we fought for, that we have not given up the fight for slavery. This is not true for our enemies are fighting over much more than slavery. It was the pretext in establishing a Federal Union with an all powerful central government that has taken away our rights and liberties, and it is still at war doing so.
—-Michael—- In explaining the original quote to the current past tense.
The above proves to be true. However to be fair one must include everyone regardless of location. What is dependent on making this true regarding location is that ALL those people believing and accepting the quotes can relate to the content of what Gen Cleburne wrote to what I write below him, and they can see and identify this with what is actually happening in the USA today.
Michael–Deo us Vindices
I hope the first atomic bomb Iran makes hits Washington DC – with all those worthless BASTARDS in session, and takes all of them out !!! F rom the so-called President to the last congressman! Them we can start new. They are all a bunch of suck ass sorry BASTARDS !!!!!!!!!!!
Tell me Michael–Deo us Vindices…what exactly have you done…I see your posts quite abit…I read how you put us down…but what exactly are you going to do????…it does take all of us…I personally am not ready to GIVE UP on MY COUNTRY as you seem to have…I am a STRONG, INDEPENDENT, and STUBBORN…and yes….WOMAN…sit where ever it is that you are…and…LISTEN TO ME ROAR!!!…I will do whatever it is that I need to do to see MY COUNTRY through this difficult time…
so ! how much money do you think changed hands ??
If anyone knows the House # of this bill, I would like to look up the vote to see if my lame-azz congressman voted for it. His re-election if tomorrow.
Never mind. Found it. My 2 Republican Reps both voted Nay.
Obama is the Anti-Christ. It was predicted that the Anti-christ would rise up and have powers that no other man has, that he would be a lier, that he would lie and deciet the people with his lies and actions against the people of the world. Think about it. What other powers in the world can equal that of the President of the United States. This office alone is the most powerful position in the world, and on top of that you have the second power that is sapose to control this power which is the house and senate which just gave him unlimited powers. I predict that Obama gets back into office only by deciet and rigging the votes. It appears that his power is enough to change the hearts of our elected officials in DC they are either in it with or doing it under pressure from his control and lies that they are not even doing anthing to prevent this from happing. Obama has already laid the foundation of his evil and he will anleash it after this next election. I believe even if he loses that he now has enough control and power that it will be very unlikly that we see him leaving office anytime soon due to the executive powers that he has already been given by none other than himself. We will see things done in his next four years that will scare the hell out of anyone. We will see desolite cities in America, Wars and rumors of Wars escalate like never before. We will see our lifes changed right before our very eyes and his disdruction could have been stoped yet not even a single fire was taken to take over our Goverment. But when the people of this great nation awake it may be to late, then War, Riots, and things we have never seen in this country will begin to take shape. Both parties are evil. I believe that Mitt Romney and Ryan are good men I now they are god fearing men that love this country. I would be safe in saying to vote for them, but it might be too late Obama has already began his evil works, Brase your selfs, pray to Heavenly Father for help with this Nation, relize that behind the scenes that there are good people trying to stop this country from going down hill. Get stocked up on food and water. The Great war will erupt and if you don’t have these things you will be subject to the Anti-Christ and the mark of the beast. The mark of the beast is nothing more than your ability to do commerce buy and sell food, but only with the mark. The mark is not really a mark but is simply scanning the iris of your eyes which is set in the forhead. The technology has slipped by us with out anybody noticing. We are in the last days. Pray that the lord will preserve this great nation. But I fear to much that we have gotten our God and his judgments will be unleashed on the citizens of this great nation, sometimes chance begins buy taking someting away like freedoms and life that then we begin to relize the key to the our whole world really revoles around one thing and that is to worship GOD the almighty and no one else. We must also fear his judgments. We’ll soon see! The 2000stripplingwarriors.
Wake-Up Proud Americans And Stand Tall With Romney/Ryan Ticket, “A Nation Of Obamacare Sheep Breeds A Giant Govt Of Wolves On The Dole!!! God Bless America And Susan Daniels.