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| Barney Frank Blasts Obama For Being '9-1-1 For The World' In Libya |
| 2011-06-04 |
| Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) bashed the White House on Friday for intervening in Libya to oust dictator Muammar Gaddafi, saying the United States does not need to be the "9-1-1 for the world." "We have got to stop subsidizing the rest of the world," he said on the House floor (see video below). "Particularly now. When members from the Appropriations Committee come up and tell us, you got to go and do this, but let's cut police in Massachusetts, let's cut housing in Ohio, let's cut transportation in California, we cannot reduce our deficit in a way that allows us to maintain any concern for the quality of life here if we continue to spend money promiscuously over there." Frank spoke in support of a measure by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) that would have blocked the U.S. military from assisting NATO forces in Libya after 15 days. That measure went down on Friday afternoon in a 148 to 265 vote, with support from 87 Republicans and 61 Democrats. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #11 I can't stand it. We got "Bawney Fwank" and "art of manliness" articles on adjacent pages? The irony, it burns |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-06-04 18:56 |
| #10 AH9418, forget impeachment. Until the opposing party has a 2/3 majority in the Senate (and a majority in the House), a president will never be removed from office. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2011-06-04 18:44 |
| #9 Congress should tell Obama they will impeach him if he does not come to them for approval. And then do it. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-04 16:57 |
| #8 I'll give a pass on the clock, being government work the other opportunity was likely wasted ;) Whatever the motives I am on the side of needing Congressional approval, and for me it breaks down like this. Yes, there have been times where the US has used military force to accomplish a military mission such as air strikes the US allegedly took part in etc etc. This is different. This is a sustained military action involving and invoked by a military treaty which has evolved into a drawn siege with no clear goal other than asking Daffy to nicely go somewhere else. Sporting Rebels United are incapable and/or unwilling to storm the medina anytime soon. It could be in their mind better not to as to control the economic portions of the land formorly known as Libya and let the internationals keep Team Daffy pinned down - that way they get others to give them aid and money and protection so long as the boogy man is still alive. The concept of involvement has been described as a siege by the president himself although in lawyer words. Therefore, for or against this action, at this point IMO there needs to be Congressional approval. The president gave us a 2 week ketchup book report after his jaunt to carnival and the ruins, and has explained in a sense to the British Parliament why it was so cool to get involved, so it is high time the US Government properly get involved. And what Congress needs to realize is that by giving a pass they are essentially abdicating their own power now and in the future, and if that is the case they might as well just fire themselves now and save everyone the bullshit. This is, IMHO, an attempt to tack ahead of the looming budget doom by frank (kookcinich is many things but seems to be consistant so I give him a pass) who is, actively or passively, part of the frackin problem. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-06-04 16:46 |
| #7 Has anyone checked the temperature of Hell to see if it has frozen over? I find myself in support of a measure proposed by Dennis Kucinich! Since Obama has violated the War Powers Act by not asking Congress for permission, it is appropriate that Congress send a signal that the Libya "kinetic military action" is illegal. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2011-06-04 13:16 |
| #6 Well, that confirms it. There must be some good reason why NATO is attacking Daffy. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2011-06-04 12:38 |
| #5 Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-06-04 11:11 |
| #4 Unless it is one of the rare 24 hour clocks, a stopped clock can be right twice a day. Not picking on you g(r)om, just having fun. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2011-06-04 11:04 |
| #3 Typical liberal Democrat - the only times they complain about government spending is when it's done on the military and / or when it's done by a Republican... |
| Posted by: Raj 2011-06-04 09:36 |
| #2 "We have got to stop subsidizing the rest of the world" Translation: We can't buy votes with foreign aid. reduce our deficit As with Diane Feinstein, if you say it often enough, the voters will think you've already done it. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-06-04 09:36 |
| #1 Stopped clock...once a day, etc... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-06-04 06:59 |