We’re living in the midst of a Constitutional crisis. But don’t worry: the real problem we face is Rush Limbaugh’s incivility, or the cost-prohibitive nature of lubed latex jimmies, or the Catholic Church’s stubborn resistance to the kind of progressive social justice born of just doing what they’re told to do by the government, you ignorant masses.
Meanwhile, as the battle over how best to punish Rush Limbaugh — or the most ostentatious way to express our very proper disdain for his ungentlemanly words — pushes on, Obama has decided that the checks and balances built into our system are a hindrance to his agenda, and so are therefore part of the “flawed document” that is our Constitution and therefore can be casually circumvented:
President Obama, who said last month that divisions in Congress are “too deep” to tackle climate change, bypassed Capitol Hill again this week with another effort to reduce climate-warming emissions.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Thursday, accompanied by officials from Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico and Sweden, a joint effort to curb the short-lived emissions of pollutants including soot (also called black carbon), methane and hydrofluorocarbons that account for 30% to 40% of global warming. The United States plans to contribute $12 million and Canada $3 million over two years to begin the project, which will be run by the United Nations Environment Program.
That’s your money, by the way. And you don’t have a say in the matter. Because your elected representatives don’t have a say in the matter.
Obama won. Deal.
In the announcement, Clinton said the Obama administration is taking other steps, too, to address climate change. She cited its efforts to double the fuel economy of cars and trucks by 2025, boost the energy efficiency of commercial buildings and home appliances, generate more power from renewable sources and put a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.
Last month, in his State of the Union address, Obama mentioned “climate change” only once — to say that divisions were too deep ” right now” in Congress to deal with the issue. The House of Representatives passed a broad plan, which he supported, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in 2009 but the effort died in the Senate.
Which can’t be allowed to stop what needs to be done.
For our own good. Taxation without representation? Meh. If you people knew how to govern yourselves correctly we wouldn’t be in this global climate change pickle.
Only Barack Obama — courageously eschewing legal tradition and the constraints of his own office — is brave enough to stand athwart the standing athwart of history and yell, “fuck you, bitterclingers. We’re going forward whether you like it or not. Charge!”
So. What are we going to do about it?
(h/t geoffB)
So. What are we going to do about it?
Imagine what another 4 years of this guy will do, regardless of whether we have a Republican controlled Congress or not.
It’s during these instances (and when Supreme Court nominations come up in discussions) that I have to at least consider voting for Romney should he get the nomination. I voted for Santorum in the primary, by the way.
Here’s the thing – this shit will continue. If King Obama doesn’t get his willing Congress, he will push everything he can via executive fiat. And until we get a court system that will hold him accountable, I don’t see any way out other than to push for whoever runs against him this year. Including Romney, although it pains to say so.
“. . . Clinton said . . . ”
Punch her in the nuts?
Right now, I’d be ecstatic if someone in the GOP borrowed a pair (‘cuz it sure don’t look like they’ve got any) and asked #OccupyResoluteDesk “Who the hell do you think you are?”
Maybe there’s a more dignified, collegial way of asking that question.
Which should have been asked when he appointed all of those czars. (Which should have been asked when W started that fustercluck of an idea.)
Did you hear? Romney declared he won’t criticize the good man in the White House. Apparently he plans to “win” on the strength of his personality.
Are you trying to get me to vote Romney? Gack.
In better news, Barret Brown got a visit from the Feds today. Lulz!
If King Obama doesn’t get his willing Congress, he will push everything he can via executive fiat. And until we get a court system that will hold him accountable, I don’t see any way out other than to push for whoever runs against him this year.
A Congress that slashes the budgets of every department King Putt depends on to implement his tyranny. A few dozen state legislatures and governors that push back against King Putt’s unlawful edicts. A million people #occupying the Mall, standing up for their liberty and demanding that the King start showing restraint in his actions, and respect for his office and his countrymen. And if all else fails, the simple physics that says a wagon holding 98 cannot be pulled by 2.
And if the King doesn’t like it, he can go play with Putin or Hu or Chavez.
Again, I will refrain from saying what I want to say, because it might just cause me legal problems.
Richard Epstein: Government by ‘Expert’
‘Did you hear? Romney declared he won’t criticize the good man in the White House. Apparently he plans to “win” on the strength of his personality.’
crawford, did Mittens really say that, or was it a distant echo from the fabulous McCain campaign of ’08?
As it always is this bad idea goes back to the original progressives and the first academia President.
It’s a HotAir headline. Lots of their newer commentors are praising the announcement to high heaven. Apparently they think it means he’ll not repeat the crazy shit — everyone with a lick of sense knows it means he won’t deviate from the press-declared narrative.
Which means he won’t say “shit” even after Baraka’s taken a diarrheaic dump in his mouth.
Thanks for the history, geoffb. I knew Wilson was a twit, but I didn’t realize we had him to thank for that particular bit of twittery.
Fuck. Just went over to Hot Air. Don’t these fuckers know they’re in a fucking fight for the fucking soul of the fucking Republic? And they are going to fucking play nice?
Jeff, I’m finally at the point where I don’t think I can pull the lever for Mr. Inevitable. Anybody but Obama don’t cut it. We are fucked either way. Might as well move on to the next phase quickly.
Stop apologizing, Righties, and THROW THE FUCKING HAMMER!
The post is great. The P’shop is glorious.
Might as well move on to the next phase quickly.
Not too quickly, I hope. Delenn’s not finished building her fleet of White Stars yet.
I got the reference, Squid. I’m a third of the way through season 5 on a full run-through.
Just watched Obama’s presser. Israel, he says, is shit out of luck if they’re to think the US is going to be of any help stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. He’s content to play politics with the question, tossing a frilly whiffle ball back and forth with his friends in the working press, while pretending to care a whit about American service men and women’s lives. God, what a moron.
rjacobse:
I was surprised too as I thought it only went back to Nixon.
The masks of the moderates (so-called) continue to fall exposing the jelly underneath.
If Obama is pushing it by executive fiat, it’s illegitmate. The harder he pushes it, the more illegitimate it becomes, and the better chance we have of a meaningful reaction that changes the trajectory of the last 100 or so years, instead of merely slowing it down for a time.
On the other hand, a President Romney in all likelihood will push nearly everything Obama is pushing —albeit in a milder, more acceptable form, and he’ll do it with the support of a Republican Congress, thus legitimating the acceleration of the statist trajectory that we here have lamented since at least ’06 —if not longer.
Frankly I think a Romney Presidency could be the worst possible outcome.
It’s hard to say because, well, who the hell knows what Romney stands for?
Other than his own election, I mean.
Reached for comment, Romney said that he would look into the matter and get back to us later.
Much later.
It does take a lot of time before a focus group can get back to you about what your core convictions are, doesn’t it?
I figure the people get what they want. They wanted a king, whether they knew it or not, so that’s what they got, whether they know it or not… continue.
We’ve simply got to fix the ignorance! It can happen, Rush fixed me over 20 years ago. May still have some stupid in me, but I think I know liberty, and it aint today’s liberalism.
And I have a plan… I just don’t know what it is, yet. Just wake somebody up, anybody, any reasonable way I can think of.
Squid, my apologies are patterned after Sheridan’s….
So many, many, memorable scenes in B5.
I too cannot forgive.
Just remember that B5 was written by JMS who is a rabid lefty who said that he thought that Bush was a REAL President Clarke. He probably thinks that Obama is a Sheridan.
It’s a shame that he got his Crusade followup canceled before he could really get it started.
That Legend of the Rangers thing with the kick boxing VR ship controls was pretty messed up.
His direct to video pilot for a possible new series didn’t pan out so well.
And he seems to really love fucking up various comic book heroes.
I dunno. I like him back in 1995 but then I liked Zima too then. I think I’ve grown apart from being a B5 fan.
Wit and Wisdom from Truckstop toilets:
Re-elect Obama. He’s a good King…
Jeff, I wish I had some answers but I am open to any and all suggestions you may have.
…did I say “reasonable”?…
strike that
pragmatism
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