Posted by: ceeLeelee | January 2, 2012, 4:06 pm 4:06 pm

As noted previously, President Bush did almost exactly the same thing with Pearl Harbor – he didn’t visit on the anniversary and he ONLY visited once – near the end of his third year in office.

And yet you hypocrites attack this President – and you fail to address the fact Bush did exactly the same thing.

Decent Americans don’t like the bigotry in your approach, nor your hypocrisy – and we see right through it. You’re out of step with the mainstream of decent America.

By the way, since the Republicans took the majority in the House, support for Congress has fallen to an all-time low. Americans are sick and tired of the hypocritical Republican approach. Count on many Republicans losing their seats in November.

ROFL!

Bush did it, huh? I thought the panty-waisted one was the anti-Bush??

Since I did not vote for Bush, I have no obligation to defend him. Although, I must say, I would take President Bush over the downgraded one on any given day.

“You’re out of step with the mainstream of decent America.”

About 1 in every 10 Democrats have left the Democratic Party and if you think the 2010 election was bad, then you had just better tie that propeller on your tin foil hat tightly down because you are going to be blown away (with obama) come Election Day, 2012.

Lol!

ABO 2012

I voted for this guy with high hopes. That he, as a lawyer as well as president, would do this in spite of knowing full well that it stomps all over the constitution, takes him lower than low. I have finally lost all of my respect for him, and now only look to him as a placeholder in that chair until we can find ourselves a real leader. Despicable. He is a disgrace.

Posted by: ceeLeelee | January 2, 2012, 4:45 pm 4:45 pm

As you point out, the hypocrisy of the Republicans (and people like you) is astounding. You apply two standards, one for everyone else and a different standard for President Obama. It’s fine for President Bush to make one – and only one – visit to Pearl Harbor, but not okay for President Obama to make two visits. We get it. We get it all too clearly.

The lies and the hypocrisy are easy to see through – even if you are ignorant of it. Decent Americans have no respect for people like you and your juvenile antics. “LOL” indeed. You’re a joke alright, and very easy to see through.

Most Americans really are tired of the Republicans and their supporters obstruction. lying and cynical political manoeuvrings. Their old policies failed the country and they have nothing new to offer.

Vote all Republicans out of Congress!

This is an outrage. There is no excuse for this violation of citizens rights under the constitution of the USA. What has this country turned into. This gives the military police powers. The USA seems to be turning into a military dictatorship. Why do citizens elect people to the congress who write and pass such legislation. There was not excuse for your president to sign this. He could have rejected it and then congress would have to pass this without the part that eliminates all citizens rights. It does not matter whether you are innocent or guilty, all they have to do is say Suspect – and you disappear forever. People of the USA you had better pay more attention to what your government is doing. This legislation is unconstitutional and illegal, yet you do nothing to protect what few rights you have left.

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15 says it is the job of the Militia, who’s officers are appointed by the States, that is authorized to suppress Insurrections. The military has no authority to “cross the Rubicon”. This is especially troublesome to Army officers and men who would be following illegal orders of a tyrant acting under color of law (if such a thing was to happen in the future).

Milgram Experiment.

Tiananmen Square.

That same Article, Section, Clause says that it is the Congress and not the President that is to call forth the Militia (National Guard, etc.) and not the President.

What about the people who are surrounded by danger everyday that are not affiliated with the army? Some of us have never been in the army but we all see the possible car bombs and the dead birds fallling out of the sky probably caused by carbon monoxide poison! Our fellow citizens who have been involved in terrifying car accidents or lost a loved one due to a tragic accident have not had peace since the sad day especially if they live or travel by foot because they do not want to take a chance being in or causing an accident theirself have feelings of fear, devastation, feelings of being invaded by these monsterous killer cars that are slowly and almost invisibly taking our childrens fresh clean air . I feel we should all have a nature type trail , a safe haven , a safe path to school helping the plan of new jobs that the whole world will benefit from out of all the missing children in the wiorld how many of them were driven away, windows up, doors locked, music blaring and no way for anyone out of the car to here the child screaming in fear for their life I wonder how many cars can be called crime partner and no body suspends the driving of the cars that have ruined so many peaceful low stress days and are noise polluting and gross polluting the entire world !!! we need to worry about that we should have made sure our silent night was this last CHRISTMAS MAYbE GOD WOULD OF HAD MORE MERCY ON OUR SOULS AND MADE SURE THE CAR SALES AND PRE MATURE DEATHS started decreasing in stead of increasing carbon monoxide is worst than a bomb here in Fresno and every road is a fire hazard along with most garages full of flammable paints car cleaners and the kitchens with gas stoves that are usually attached to the garages where is our special privledges?

I am saddened with the poor quality of the debate ensuing from such an important piece of legislation. Much of the banter matches what one would hear from drunken opponents after listening to a Sean Hannity Radio Hour. It seems that our friends on the right have set the bar for a successful presidency at the number of times a president visits a war memorial. Sadly, my friends on the left wish to argue the point.
As someone who supported, donated to the campaign and voted for Barack Obama, I did so as a response to 8 years of disastrous military and economic policy characterized with eroding civil liberties under George W. Bush. I wanted change. Substantial change. More change than that offered by Hillary Clinton. John McCain, as with most nominated Republican national candidates, offered very little “change.” They tend to represent the interests of those that presently have great wealth, power or position. If “change’ comes about, then a Republican constituent likely loses something vis a vie a replacement policy or technology. The durational length of their physical capital or political power is shortened by competitive or intellectual change. Someone new or something new replaces that which is established. That very simply explains why the Republican Party is so often identified with ‘no”. “No” means . . . “no change from the status quo.” However, the world is moving forward. With or without the U.S. The ramifications of 8 misdirected years followed by 3 years of President Obama’s weak and reactive amelioration has left this country rudderless. As of January, 2012, only a fool could call this an American Century. The treasury has been squandered on two wars that failed to explain themselves. The recent end of Bush’s Folly has quietly passed without the citizenry offering ticker tape. The end of great wars are usually celebrated by the victors. The silence of the policy makers and even the 3 star generals that mismanaged the U.S. military presence in Iraq, show that even the “flag waving” neocon patriots can’t put lipstick to this pig.
Where do we go from here? President Obama having saved the country from eminent economic disaster and having put an end to the Iraq adventure, has failed to provide the direction “out of the bag.’ His willingness to continually compromise on issues of substantive philosophical importance shows that he really does not have a vision of the future and a plan to get us there. I believe that 4 more years of directionless leadership will seal the fate of this great country for the next 50 years.

That said, we are still faced with the prospect that the 2012 presidential election has a long way to go to reach even a level of modest mediocrity among the various existing choices. I prefer my presidents to be at the ethical level of a Washington, the intellectual level of a Jefferson, the stamina for the good fight of a Teddy Roosevelt and the crisis leadership of an FDR. I guess it’s not happening. As of now, there is not a single announced candidate that I can support.
The biggest impact on the election of 2012 is not here yet. I believe that the possibilities for a very noisy and potentially violent uprising from within the citizenry next spring to redirect the focus of the nation and perhaps a new and as yet unannounced candidate to come forth. One can only hope the the heavily tranquillized populace may rise to the occasion. Who was it that said, “A nation gets the government it deserves.”?

R.R. Richmond, you are looking for the ethical level of a Washington, the intellectual level of a Jefferson, the stamina for the good fight of a Teddy Roosevelt and the crisis leadership of an FDR. I would like to propose that Ron Paul is all of these things in one man.

The ethical level of Washington – Dr. Paul has been unwavering in his beliefs since the first day he held office. He has more lone “No” votes than all other representatives… possibly combined. He is a family man, having been married for 54 years to the same woman.

The intellectual level of a Jefferson – Dr. Paul is often referred to as the Thomas Jefferson of our time. He accurately predicted the housing market crash years before it happened. At a time when most economic scholars were praising the housing market and the opportunities it was creating for the middle class, Ron Paul was tell us that the housing bubble would eventually help to shrink the middle class when the bubble bursts.

The stamina for the good fight of a Teddy Roosevelt – Ron Paul has been fighting the good fight for 12 congressional terms. He has held steadfast and unwavering in his message of prosperity through peace, a thriving economy through sound money and maximum liberty for all Americans.

The crisis leadership of an FDR – I’m no fan of FDR, but Ron Paul calls for though changes to get our economy back on track. We got ourselves in to this mess by borrowing too much, spending too much, and removing too many of our personal liberties. Honestly, our current mess is an exact parallel of the FDR administration. More government, more borrowing and more spending will make the problem worse. History is clear on that. Ron Paul calls for a $1 trillion cut in federal spending during his first year as president. He plans to balance the budget by his 3rd year. That’s crisis leadership.

Search for the video titled “The Two-Minute Case for Ron Paul” to start with. I think if you give him a chance, you’ll find that he’s exactly what you’ve been looking for.

Not sure what the big deal is here… These are u.s. Citizens that are suspected of terroristic threats… They should b detained.. I it means saving others lives then I support.