Ben Johnson,The White House Watch The pages of The Washington Times today reflect the nation’s disenchantment with Barack Obama’s presidency. The op-ed section contains an article by Jeffrey T. Kuhner,president of the Edmund Burke Institute for American Renewal,entitled,“Don’t Go on Vacation —Just GO.” Last September,Kuhner called for Obama’s [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Impeachment usually represents a punitive act following the commission of a crime,but some are looking to it as a last means of self-defense. At a Tea Party town hall meeting last night Rep. Michael Burgess,R-TX,said impeachment “needs to happen”to stop Barack Obama from inflicting [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Here is a measure of both this movement’s effectiveness and Barack Obama’s stark,brazen criminality:Even the RINOs are talking impeachment. In Rochester,New Hampshire,on Monday morning,former Utah governor and Obama’s one-time ambassador to China Jon Huntsman told a citizen that Obama’s war in Libya may [...] by Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Whatever groups might abandon Barack Obama in the polls,everyone knew black Americans would be the last to jump ship. Although the average black family’s net worth fell 83 percent between 2007 and 2009,a whopping 86 percent blacks still approve of the president. However,he lost [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Serious discussion of impeachment has reached the most influential publication in the United States. The New York Times recently featured a Bloggingheads discussion under the headline,[...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Conservatives who say they believe in “peace through strength”might take a lesson from the Obama administration this week. Its officials walked back discussion of an end-run around Congress on the debt ceiling after Republicans stepped up their talk of impeaching Barack Obama. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Barack Obama has sometimes been fond of branding his Republican foes “hostage-takers,” but officials in his administration have found a new hostage in their negotiations over raising the debt ceiling:the U.S. Constitution. The president’s advisers and several “unbiased” media outlets are suggesting if Congress refuses to raise [...] Jim Emerson,FloydReports.com When asked about his personal war against Libya and criticism about ignoring congress in a blatant disregard of the War Powers Act the President brushed both aside as just “noise”. Obama has no intention to seek congressional approval as required by law. The President wants Americans to ignore the fact that [...] Walid Shoebat and Ben Barrack A CIA/FBI agent was responsible for creating the first al-Qaeda training manual from classified military sources;he covertly moved up through the ranks undetected until the al-Qaeda spy,Egyptian born Ali Mohamed,was finally discovered. Though arrested in 1998,Mohamed’s whereabouts and legal status remain unknown. The Fort Hood [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch In election years,candidates inevitably promise voters they will do more than their opponents. In practice that usually means increased debt-spending and expanding unconstitutional encroachments on liberty. Now one Republican presidential candidate has doubled-down on the most blatantly illegal action of this presidency,saying Barack Obama has not [...] Matt Cover,CNSNews.com Eighty-one House Republicans voted both ways on allowing President Barack Obama to continue U.S. military involvement in the NATO-led airstrikes against Libya:They voted against allowing the involvement to continue for one more year and against defunding the same involvement. The first bill,which would have officially authorized the mission in [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch [...] Reality is sometimes non-partisan. Although a liberal himself,influential columnist Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com has been consistent in saying Barack Obama is violating the Constitution with his undeclared war in Libya. Greenwald is interviewed by Amy Goodman,the producer of the far-Left radio and television “news”program “Democracy Now!”With the growing Right-Left coalition against [...] Jeffrey T. Kuhner,The Washington Times President Obama has crossed the Rubicon. He now believes –and acts –as if he is above the law;the Constitution no longer applies to him. This is the real meaning behind the U.S. military intervention in Libya. Mr. Obama is abrogating the linchpin of our democracy:[...] | |
Golfing While the Constitution Burns
Ben Johnson,The White House Watch
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