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| Obama vows to act alone, taunts Republicans |
| 2014-07-02 |
[NEWS.YAHOO] President Barack ObamaJedi mind meld... defiantly dared congressional Republicans on Tuesday to try to block his efforts to act on his own and bypass a divided Congress that has thwarted his policy initiatives. "So sue me," he taunted on a sweltering day, as he pushed politicians to pay for road and bridge repairs. "I'm not going to apologize for trying to do something." Obama struck an aggressive tone in the face of a lawsuit threat from House Speaker John It is not pronounced 'Boner!'Boehner ... the occasionally weepy leader of House Republicans... and in the wake of two defeats before the Supreme Court, including a unanimous decision from the court that he overreached when he appointed members of the National Labor Relations Board while the Senate was in recess. His remarks came a day after Obama declared that he would act on his own to address weaknesses in the nation's immigration system after Boehner informed him that the House would not take up an immigration overhaul this year. He has already taken a series of executive actions, including an order requiring federal contractors to pay a higher minimum wage and initiating steps to to lower carbon emissions in coal-fired power plants. "So far this year, Republicans in Congress have blocked or voted down every serious idea to strengthen the middle class — not ideas that are unique to me," he said. "But the Republicans have said no to raising the minimum wage, have said no to fair pay. They've said no to extending unemployment insurance for over 3 million Americans looking for a new job." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 As for immigration, * RUSSIA TODAY > OP-EDGE: "EUROPE CAN'T CLOSE ITS BORDERS IN ANSWER TO HARDENING ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRATION". Ditto for the Bammer + most DemoLefties in Washington??? Unless something changes, the EU will find itself hard-pressed to stop or effectively reduce both Illegal Imigration + Jihadi penetration. SOCIALIST "LA-LA LAND" IS SLOWLY BUT SURELY BECOM AN EXISTENTIAL DANGER TO EUROPE + THE NON-ISLAMIC WORLD. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-07-02 22:49 |
| #8 Speaking of taunting ... * WORLD NEWS > [Inquisitr] ISIS MOCKING [POTUS Obama +] US SOLDIERS; ASKS "DID YOU PREPARE ENOUGH DIAPERS"? IN ENGLISH VIDEO. Chilean Militant ABU SAFIYYA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-07-02 22:43 |
| #7 GOP needs to beech slap that mofo. |
| Posted by: Thineng Angailet7166 2014-07-02 19:34 |
| #6 Is it fair to compel employers to pay their workers more than the market value of the labor? I think you've just defined contemporary civil service thanks to SEIU |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-07-02 17:47 |
| #5 >Is it fair to compel employers to pay their workers more than the market value of the labor? That won't happen. What will happen is the job won't be done or will be automated. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-07-02 16:49 |
| #4 The smallest man ever elected president. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-07-02 14:40 |
| #3 The Commander-In-Chief ,imho, has a serious case of Messiah Complex. |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-07-02 13:09 |
| #2 What does the minimum wage have to do with fair play? Is it fair to compel employers to pay their workers more than the market value of the labor? Is that what he's saying? It's hard to tell because these people speak in such incoherent, disjointed sentences. Maybe he thinks if can put the word fair into the same sentence as minimum wage, incoherent as that sentence may be, people will subconciously link the two terms. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-07-02 12:43 |
| #1 Actually, I don't blame Obama one bit for taunting the GOP; Boehner doesn't have the stones to stand up to him or defund anything. |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-07-02 12:25 |