Michelle Obama accused of spending $10,000,000 of public money on vacations

Comment #26

joker17 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:25:46 GMT

Debating with you is impossible. You twist my words around to save face. I know more in my left toe than you will ever know. Know it alls...geesh..

Comment #25

Boney526 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:23:30 GMT

But I also disagree with how this current administration has handled itself. This administration has used our military without seeking congressional approval, and has ramped up strikes in Yemen and Pakistan with little to no discussion. As far as my paragraph where I wrote about Sully's assertion - it was a typo, I meant that one of the two Congress' that authorized military action against Iraq was controlled by the Democratic Party. The other had a split Senate. I... [ More ]

Comment #24

joker17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:19:46 GMT

You have a lot to learn...

Comment #23

joker17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:10:23 GMT

Maybe you need to take English classes Boney. There's a difference between vote, and declare. I just got done telling you Truman did it with Korea. You don't read what I write.

Comment #22

Boney526 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:53:21 GMT

EG: You said that Sully was wrong in her assertion that the Congress' that declared War were controlled by the Democrats, I looked up the demographics those two congress' and one WAS controlled by democrats, one was split in the Senate, and the house was Republican. So instead of clearing yourself up, which actually would have been easy, because 32 percent of the Democrats in those congresses voted against War, you cited my age and called me a know it all. Ok buddy, t... [ More ]

Comment #21

Boney526 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:10:35 GMT

Anyway the UN has just allowed our executive branch to ignore it's constitutional limits, but that's a whole other subject.

Comment #20

Boney526 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:09:03 GMT

That's why I said in practice we ignore it, I study history all of the time. You wrote that within the Constitution, the President has authority to bring the country to war, which is untrue - the Constitution clearly says the opposite, even if we've ignored that for a very long time, since World War II, really.

Comment #19

joker17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:50:47 GMT

It was through resolution hr77 through the United nations security council that we went to war. At any rate, I already wrote 3 times that Congress hasn't declared war with any nation since 1941. How many times do I have to write this? If that's true, then HOW THE EFF DID CONGRESS DECLARE WAR WITH IRAQ?......GOT IT?...HOLY COW

Comment #18

Boney526 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:41:29 GMT

Bush's War - however misguided - wasn't illegal, because Congress authorized it in 2002. But I suppose if you say that the President doesn't need congress to take the country to war under the Constitution, if you say so, regardless of what the Constitution says. I mean, in practice, we often ignore it, it's unacceptable that the commonly held belief is what you said, even though the Constitution says the exact opposite.... [ More ]

Comment #17

joker17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:04:47 GMT

Forgot to write, the president has the power to decalre war If the president feels the country is under attack, which it wasn't at that time. So Mr. Bush's war was illegal, what else is new?

Comment #16

joker17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:02:06 GMT

I wish folks here would read what I write before complaining. I said the president doesn't NEED congress to start a war.

Comment #15

Boney526 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:03:05 GMT

The Authorization of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 1991 was passed by the 102nd Congress, in which both houses of Congress were controlled by Democrats. "Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq" of 2002 was passed by the 107th, in which the Senate was split and the House under control of the Republican Party. Seems much less partisan the more you look at it, especially considering the escalating of warfare and airstrikes the... [ More ]

Comment #14

Boney526 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:53:00 GMT

"To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; To provide and maintain a Navy; To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions... [ More ]

Comment #13

joker17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:25:40 GMT

Also, Congress only voted for the war because of misinformation by Bush and his cronies saying they knew for sure there was WMDs, which was totally bogus.

Comment #12

joker17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:22:30 GMT

@ gasmeterguy, If you read what Sully wrote, she said "Declared". Totally different. Again, Congress hasn't decalered a war on any nation since 1941.

Comment #11

GASMETERGUY — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:26:31 GMT

Joker, oh, yes, congress did vote for war, not once but twice. Even Hilliary voted for war. Don't change history because it doesn't fit your prejudices.

Comment #10

sully16 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:36:19 GMT

Joker, I agree the un has got to go, I don't think Bush is the ring leader of the puppet masters, these men are multi-billionaires and don't care about humans or any country in particular.

Comment #9

joker17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:43:08 GMT

Sully, no they didn't. First, the president doesn't need congress to start a war under the constitution. Second, Congress hasn't decalred a war since 1941. Bush and his shadow govt cronies planned that bs from the start with the WMD nonsense that he kept repeating over and over like a 12 million times. it was the Untited nations Security Council that authorized the war. The U.N. must also be done away with.

Comment #8

time*treat — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:26:02 GMT

Meh. Gov't makes rounding errors bigger than $10 million and "misplaces" much more.

Comment #7

sully16 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:44:58 GMT

Maybe she can visit the space station, that should rack up some big bucks.

Comment #6

jarasan — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:12:46 GMT

C'mon Michelle is so inspirational, if she wanted to attack Canada, Libya, Cuba I would be right there backing her up! If she wanted to spend another trillion no biggie.

Comment #5

sully16 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:53:49 GMT

Joker, our Democratic Congress declared war on Saddam,not once but twice.

Comment #4

truecritic — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:32:20 GMT

Comment #3

joker17 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:09:55 GMT

You wanna talk about wasting tax payer money? <br

Comment #2

sully16 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:37:41 GMT

Bless her sweet heart.

Comment #1

jarasan — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:35:05 GMT

She deserves it, she is the best.

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