- The U.S. debt is 10.6 trillion dollars. A $1,000 dollar stack of 1$ bills is 4 1/3 inches high. Start stacking the U.S. debt in 1$ bills, you could start on the moon, stack 'em to the earth, keep stacking back to the moon then stack back to earth, then stack em from Denver, Colorado to Sydney, Australia and you'd still have $20 billion chump change left over. Of course, you might need the 20 billion cause if you stacked 'em at the rate of $1,000 per second, it would still take you 337 years.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
1398 Obama - Debt
On January 20 Mr. Obama will inherit $10.65 trillion US debt.
1398 Obama - Bill of Rights VIII
On January 20 Mr. Obama will say:
Amendment 8
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Amendment 8
- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
1399 Obama - Bill of Rights IX
On January 20 Mr. Obama will say:
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Amendment 9
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Amendment 9
- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construedto deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
1400 Obama - Bill of Rights X
On January 20 Mr. Obama will say:
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Amendment 10
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Amendment 10
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, norprohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or tothe people.
Monday, January 5, 2009
1401 Obama - Bill of Rights
On January 20 Mr. Obama will say:
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
In the United States, the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known. The Bill of Rights protects freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to keep and bear arms, the freedom of assembly, the freedom to petition, and freedom of the press. It also prohibits unreasonable search and seizure, cruel and unusual punishment, and compelled self-incrimination. The Bill of Rights also prohibits Congress from making any law respecting establishment of religion and prohibits the federal government from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. In federal criminal cases, it requires indictment by grand jury for any capital or "infamous crime", guarantees a speedy public trial with an impartial jury composed of members of the state or judicial district in which the crime occurred, and prohibits double jeopardy. In addition, the Bill of Rights states that "the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people," and reserves all powers not granted to the federal government to the citizenry or States. Most of these restrictions were later applied to the states by a series of decisions applying the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which was ratified in 1868, after the American Civil War.
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
In the United States, the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known. The Bill of Rights protects freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to keep and bear arms, the freedom of assembly, the freedom to petition, and freedom of the press. It also prohibits unreasonable search and seizure, cruel and unusual punishment, and compelled self-incrimination. The Bill of Rights also prohibits Congress from making any law respecting establishment of religion and prohibits the federal government from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. In federal criminal cases, it requires indictment by grand jury for any capital or "infamous crime", guarantees a speedy public trial with an impartial jury composed of members of the state or judicial district in which the crime occurred, and prohibits double jeopardy. In addition, the Bill of Rights states that "the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people," and reserves all powers not granted to the federal government to the citizenry or States. Most of these restrictions were later applied to the states by a series of decisions applying the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which was ratified in 1868, after the American Civil War.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
1406 Obama - 1's and 10's
2008 WAS 1 LOOOOOONG YEAR !
NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE 1 EXTRA DAY (FEB 29)
BUT THEY'RE GONNA ADD 1 SECOND TONIGHT
(noto bene - the #9 earmark)
RADIO FREE EUROPE TOP 10 NEWS
NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE 1 EXTRA DAY (FEB 29)
BUT THEY'RE GONNA ADD 1 SECOND TONIGHT
(noto bene - the #9 earmark)
RADIO FREE EUROPE TOP 10 NEWS
- Global Financial Crisis
- Barack Obama Elected 44th U.S. President
- Russia-Georgia War
- Kosovo Declares Independence
- Russia's Change In Leadership
- Terrorist Attacks In Mumbai, India
- Growing Violence, Resurgence Of Taliban In Afghanistan
- Food Prices Rise, Pushing Millions Into Hunger
- China Hosts Summer Olympics
- Radovan Karadzic Extradited To The Hague
TIMES TOP 10 POLITICAL QUOTES
- If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer." —President-elect Barack Obama, delivering his Election Night victory speech in Chicago
- "Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that." — Sen. John McCain, delivering his Election Night concession speech in Phoenix
- "Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country." —Gov. Sarah Palin
- "Senator Obama, I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago." —Sen. John McCain to Sen. Barack Obama during the third and final presidential debate
- The old boys' network? In the McCain campaign, that's called a staff meeting." —Barack Obama, about John McCain, in Elko, Nevada
- "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities." —Gov. Sarah Palin at the Republican National Convention
- "I have so many opportunities from this country. I just don't want to see us fall backwards." —Sen. Hillary Clinton, while tearing up in New Hampshire
- "I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother...." —Sen. Barack Obama, referring to his former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright
- Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president?" —Gen. Colin Powell, referring to the false rumors about Obama's faith, while endorsing the Democratic Presidential nominee on NBC's Meet the Press
- When I got knocked down by guys bigger than me — and this is the God's truth — she sent me back out and said, 'Bloody their nose so you can walk down the street the next day.' And that's what I did." —Sen. Joe Biden, Democratic National Convention
TIMES TOP 10 OUTRAGEOUS EARMARKS
- $2 Million for Children's Wooden Arrow Makers
- $1.9 million for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service
- $1 Million for New York Woodstock Museum
- $192 Million for U.S. Territories' Rum Industries
- $188,000 for the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine
- $98,000 to Develop a Walking Tour of Boydton, Virginia
- $50,000 for the National Mule and Packers Museum in Bishop, California
- $583,000 for the Montana World Trade Center
- $460,752 for Beer Ingredient
- $150,000 for "Rat Island"
YAHOO TOP 10 SEARCHES
- Britney Spears
- WWE
- Barack Obama
- Miley Cyrus
- RuneScape
- Jessica Alba
- Naruto
- Lindsay Lohan
- Angelina Jolie
- American Idol
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
1407 Obama - Senate replacement
Blagojevich picks former Illinois AG Roland Burris to fill Obama's Senate seat, even as Senate Dems vow to block the appointment.
- I don't get it
- Even if Burris thinks Blago is as pure as the driven snow, why would he accept the appointment? Since 99% of America thinks Blago is a crook, wouldn't that lead to 90%+ of America to think Burris is a crook. And reality is nine-tenths perception.
1407 Obama - 130 ObamaKennedy
Caroline Kennedy, You Know, Might Need, You Know, A Speech Coach, Um, If She, You Know, Wants, Um, To Be Senator
When checking this out
When checking this out
- Transcripts of her interviews with other media outlets showed the same problem. She said "you know" at least 130 times to The New York Times
- "In the Illinois state Senate, Senator Obama voted 130 times 'present.' That's not yes, that's not no. That's maybe," Hillary Rodham Clinton said in a debate Monday.
- COINCIDENCE?????
Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
CHRISTMAS
A letter from Paul to Titus. (2:11-14) For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
1413 Obama - Beer O nomics
SPEAKING OF BEER
Halloween connections???
Bar Stool Economics by David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
Halloween connections???
Bar Stool Economics by David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
- The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
- The fifth would pay $1.
- The sixth would pay $3.
- The seventh would pay $7.
- The eighth would pay $12.
- The ninth would pay $18.
- The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. ‘Since you are all such good customers, he said, ‘I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.
And so:
- The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
- The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
- The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
- The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
- The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
- The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
‘I only got a dollar out of the $20,’declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,’ but he got $10!’
‘Yeah, that’s right,’ exclaimed the fifth man. ‘I only saved a dollar, too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more than I!’
‘That’s true!!’ shouted the seventh man. ‘Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!’
‘Wait a minute,’ yelled the first four men in unison. ‘We didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!’
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
1414 Obama - Beer & Golf
STEVE SEEMS TO BE INTO BEER AND GOLF
BOTH USED FOR BUSINESS (POLITICAL?) DEALS
From CNN Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry:
HONOLULU (CNN) – Many Republicans already believe President-elect Barack Obama has gotten a free ride from the national media, so they may not be happy to learn the incoming Commander-in-Chief offered to buy a round of drinks for reporters covering his working vacation on the sands of Hawaii's beaches and the greens of its lush golf courses.
Halfway through a round of golf on Sunday afternoon, Obama rolled up to the snack bar in his golf cart to find a small pool of reporters waiting to get more pictures of him enjoying a leisurely day. No doubt realizing these might not be the best images at a time of recession, Obama suggested the reporters seek some other recreation to pass the time — rather than snapping so many pics.
"Obama then told us we should be in the clubhouse at the bar having some beers," according to a pool report by Jamie Farnsworth of CBS News. "Someone asked if he would pick up the tab and he agreed before driving off to the next hole. Pool is still holding without beer.
In a separate pool report for print journalists, Jeff Zeleny of The New York Times added helpfully: "He chatted for a moment, telling the pool to have a beer and put it on his tab. No one took him up on the offer."
Aha! So the key here is reporters covering the President-elect are having more fun here in Hawaii than we had in Crawford, Texas — and 85 degrees in the middle of the afternoon here is way better than the cold winds blowing through Chicago too. But none of the journalists were corrupted by free beer — we pay our own tabs.
And just for the record: your faithful correspondent, while enjoying the wonders of Waikiki beach, never drinks — at least not on the job.
Sean Hannity
Oct. 23 2008 "Is Sean Hannity suddenly going to get on the air waves and say 'You know, I was wrong about this Obama guy, he's my man.' No, that's not going to happen. I mean's there's going to be a certain wing of the Republican Party that is, you know, dug in and resistant to the notion that we need to change direction." B. Obama
Oct. 30 2008 "There's a certain segment of hard core Sean Hannity fans that probably wouldn't go have a beer with me." B. Obama
Ever since election "Sure, lets go have a beer. I'll even buy in the spirit of spreading the wealth". S. Hannity
BOTH USED FOR BUSINESS (POLITICAL?) DEALS
From CNN Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry:
HONOLULU (CNN) – Many Republicans already believe President-elect Barack Obama has gotten a free ride from the national media, so they may not be happy to learn the incoming Commander-in-Chief offered to buy a round of drinks for reporters covering his working vacation on the sands of Hawaii's beaches and the greens of its lush golf courses.
Halfway through a round of golf on Sunday afternoon, Obama rolled up to the snack bar in his golf cart to find a small pool of reporters waiting to get more pictures of him enjoying a leisurely day. No doubt realizing these might not be the best images at a time of recession, Obama suggested the reporters seek some other recreation to pass the time — rather than snapping so many pics.
"Obama then told us we should be in the clubhouse at the bar having some beers," according to a pool report by Jamie Farnsworth of CBS News. "Someone asked if he would pick up the tab and he agreed before driving off to the next hole. Pool is still holding without beer.
In a separate pool report for print journalists, Jeff Zeleny of The New York Times added helpfully: "He chatted for a moment, telling the pool to have a beer and put it on his tab. No one took him up on the offer."
Aha! So the key here is reporters covering the President-elect are having more fun here in Hawaii than we had in Crawford, Texas — and 85 degrees in the middle of the afternoon here is way better than the cold winds blowing through Chicago too. But none of the journalists were corrupted by free beer — we pay our own tabs.
And just for the record: your faithful correspondent, while enjoying the wonders of Waikiki beach, never drinks — at least not on the job.
Sean Hannity
Oct. 23 2008 "Is Sean Hannity suddenly going to get on the air waves and say 'You know, I was wrong about this Obama guy, he's my man.' No, that's not going to happen. I mean's there's going to be a certain wing of the Republican Party that is, you know, dug in and resistant to the notion that we need to change direction." B. Obama
Oct. 30 2008 "There's a certain segment of hard core Sean Hannity fans that probably wouldn't go have a beer with me." B. Obama
Ever since election "Sure, lets go have a beer. I'll even buy in the spirit of spreading the wealth". S. Hannity
Thursday, December 18, 2008
1419 Obama - Times' ADL
Times' Annual December list
Interesting Tidbits
MEL BROOKS IS NUTS HE PUTS ON A SUIT AND A TIE AND ACTS LIKE A NORMAL PERSON SO PEOPLE THINK HES OKAY - DOM DELUISE
Interesting Tidbits
- 9 President elects (not sharing with anyone else)
- 8 Presidents (not sharing with anyone else)
| 1 | 2008 | Barack Hussein Obama |
| 2 | 2000 | George W. Bush |
| 3 | 1992 | Bill Clinton |
| 4 | 1980 | Ronald Reagan |
| 5 | 1976 | Jimmy Carter |
| 6 | 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 7 | 1948 | Harry Truman |
| 8 | 1944 | Dwight David Eisenhower |
| 9 | 1932 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1 | 2004 | George W. Bush |
| 2 | 1961 | John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
| 3 | 1945 | Harry Truman |
| 4 | 1941 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 5 | 1934 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 6 | 1971 | Richard Milhous Nixon |
| 7 | 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 8 | 1959 | Dwight David Eisenhower |
| 1 | 1972 | Nixon and Kissinger |
| 2 | 1998 | Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr |
| 3 | 1990 | The Two George Bushes |
| 4 | 1983 | Ronald Reagan & Yuri Andropov |
| 1 | 2007 | Vladimir Putin |
| 2 | 2006 | You |
| 3 | 2005 | Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, & Bono |
| 4 | 2003 | The American Soldier |
| 5 | 2002 | The Whistleblowers |
| 6 | 2001 | Rudolph Giuliani |
| 7 | 1999 | Jeff Bezos |
| 8 | 1997 | Andy Grove |
| 9 | 1996 | Dr. David Ho |
| 10 | 1995 | Newt Gingrich |
| 11 | 1994 | Pope John Paul II |
| 12 | 1993 | The Peacemakers |
| 13 | 1991 | Ted Turner |
| 14 | 1989 | Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev |
| 15 | 1988 | Endangered Earth |
| 16 | 1987 | Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev |
| 17 | 1986 | Corazon Aquino |
| 18 | 1985 | Deng Xiaoping |
| 19 | 1984 | Peter Ueberroth |
| 20 | 1982 | The Computer |
| 21 | 1981 | Lech Walesa |
| 22 | 1979 | Ayatullah Khomeini |
| 23 | 1978 | Teng Hsiao-P'ing |
| 24 | 1977 | Anwar Sadat |
| 25 | 1975 | American Women |
| 26 | 1974 | King Faisal |
| 27 | 1973 | John J. Sirica |
| 28 | 1970 | Willy Brandt |
| 29 | 1969 | The Middle Americans |
| 30 | 1968 | Astronauts Anders, Borman and Lovell |
| 31 | 1966 | Twenty-Five and Under |
| 32 | 1965 | General William Childs Westmoreland |
| 33 | 1963 | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 34 | 1962 | Pope John XXIII |
| 35 | 1960 | U.S. Scientists |
| 36 | 1958 | Charles De Gaulle |
| 37 | 1957 | Nikita Krushchev |
| 38 | 1956 | Hungarian Freedom Fighter |
| 39 | 1955 | Harlow Herbert Curtice |
| 40 | 1954 | John Foster Dulles |
| 41 | 1953 | Konrad Adenauer |
| 42 | 1952 | Elizabeth II |
| 43 | 1951 | Mohammed Mossadegh |
| 44 | 1950 | American Fighting-Man |
| 45 | 1949 | Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
| 46 | 1947 | George Catlett Marshall |
| 47 | 1946 | James F. Byrnes |
| 48 | 1943 | George Catlett Marshall |
| 49 | 1942 | Joseph Stalin |
| 50 | 1940 | Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
| 51 | 1939 | Joseph Stalin |
| 52 | 1938 | Adolf Hitler |
| 53 | 1937 | Generalissimo & Mme Chiang Kai-Shek |
| 54 | 1936 | Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson |
| 55 | 1935 | Haile Selassie |
| 56 | 1933 | Hugh Samuel Johnson |
| 57 | 1931 | Pierre Laval |
| 58 | 1930 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| 59 | 1929 | Owen D. Young |
| 60 | 1928 | Walter P. Chrysler |
| 61 | 1927 | Charles Augustus Lindberg |
MEL BROOKS IS NUTS HE PUTS ON A SUIT AND A TIE AND ACTS LIKE A NORMAL PERSON SO PEOPLE THINK HES OKAY - DOM DELUISE
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
1420 Obama - Garden
- 1942 Can't grow your own wheat
- 2005 Can't grow your own legal medicinal marijuana
- >2008 Own Garden???
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
1421 Obama - Tomato
OBAMA - TOMATO
- Common letters MAO (coincidence?)
- Can Steve escape Bush’s fate?
- Maybe Michelle is not a republican – just a mater lover
- 2nd Amendment
Monday, December 15, 2008
1422 Obama - Not first black pres
The immense pressure of being the first black president Pressure is off Steve. Just pull out a two dollar bill. (and he was worried about his face on coins and bills)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
T-1427 ObAmA 12DaysOfChristmas
12 DAYS of CHRISTMAS
- On the first day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- a secretary named Hilary
- On the second day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- 2 phony changes
- On the third day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- 3 mortgages
- On the fourth day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- 4 Clinton hacks
- On the fifth day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- 5 god damned Americans
- On the sixth day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- 6 free tanks of gas
- On the seventh day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- Rogaine for Biden
- On the eighth day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- acorn stuffing ballots
- On the ninth day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- 9 planets healing
- On the tenth day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- 10 solar panels
- On the eleventh day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- 11 windmills stopping
- On the twelfth day of Christmas – Obama gave to me
- ya know 12 liberals trashing me
- 11 windmills stopping
- 10 solar panels
- 9 planets healing
- acorn stuffing ballots
- Rogaine for Biden
- 6 free tanks of gas
- 5 god damned Americans
- 4 Clinton hacks
- 3 mortgages
- 2 phony changes
- AND a secretary named Hilary
from Mike Church
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
T-1428 ObAmA B.C.S.
Git 'er dun, Steve
you are the president, you have the presidential seal
- When asked what change he'd make in sports during last week's Monday Night Football broadcast, Obama said "I think it's about time we had playoffs in college football. I'm fed up with these computer rankings and this that and the other. Get eight teams -- the top eight teams right at the end. You got a playoff. Decide on a national champion."
- TOUCHE !
Sunday, December 7, 2008
T-1429 ObAmA Girl Governors
Girl Governors
- Sarah Palin, Alaska
- First soccer mom GOP candidate. Since Steve is hiring his political opponents, what job does he have in mind for Sarah?
- Janet Napolitano, Arizona
- Has no life. That is why she is perfect for HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
- Ruth Ann Minner, Delaware
- “Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash.”
- Linda Lingle, Hawaii
- Announced Innovation Initiative for Hawai‘i, designed to create a firm economic foundation in the new global economy. The Innovation package places a strong emphasis on improving Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skills in Hawai‘i students, beginning in middle schools and continuing through college.
- Kathleen Sebelius, Kansas
- After the Greensburg tornado destroyed 95 percent of the town, she said much of the National Guard equipment usually positioned around the state to respond to emergencies is gone to Iraq. She said not having immediate access to things like tents, trucks and semitrailers will really handicap the rebuilding effort.
- Jennifer Granholm,Michigan
- Defendant in lawsuit asking a federal court to uphold the Supreme Court's view that it is constitutionally permissible for universities to consider race and gender in university admissions.
- Beverly Purdue, North Carolina
- Like Steve, she is depending on the world to continue to exist in order to take the next step and get rid of the ‘elect’ postscript to their respective new offices.
- Christine Gregoire, Washington
- Her office is getting 200 calls per hour from folks mad about her allowing an atheistic billboard along with a holiday tree and a Christian nativity scene.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
T-1435 ObAmA Hilary Ineligible
- Steve (aka Harold or B.O.) may need the 'Saxby fix'
- The source of the issue is something called the Emoluments Clause, which is a clause in the Constitution that essentially states that, while a person is serving a term of office to which they were elected, he or she may not be appointed to any civil office which was newly created, or for which the compensation was increased in that same term. So because there was a pay raise given to the position of Secretary of State during Senator Clinton's current term, she is ineligible for appointment to this office. The wording: "No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office."
- That's not all, either. This is not, apparently, the first time the issue has come up. Multiple examples are available at the sources above, but one in particular would be pertinent in the case of Hillary. When President Nixon wanted Sen. William Saxbe for his Attorney General, he had Congress reduce the wage, which had been increased and triggered the clause, in order to get around the restriction. The maneuver has been dubbed the "Saxbe fix".
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