Day: June 27, 2014

Just Like A Novel

As most of my readers know I live in Mississippi….on the Coast which is a bit more progressive than the rest of the most conservative state in the country……I seldom write about the political life of the state because it is just too predictable to be interesting……but recently it became a nationwide story……..I am talking about the runn0off election for us Senator between the incumbent Cochran and the Tea Party brainless McDaniel…..

In case you missed it….it was about as nasty as two rednecks can get…….accusations, blackmail, break-ins, and voter fraud (well this one is just McDaniel whining over a lost to Cochran)….but there has been a development that would be perfect for a novel…….

Mark Mayfield, a Tea Party official and member of the board of directors for the Central Mississippi Tea Party, was found dead in an apparent suicide Friday morning, TPM reports.

Mayfield was arrested in May and charged with conspiracy after he allegedly directed a political blogger to break into a nursing home in order to photograph Cochran’s ailing wife. The photo was apparently planned to be used in an anti-Cochran video.

Mayfield’s case was scheduled to be held before a grand jury in July.

– – Meghan DeMaria

Just like a true pundit I first thought of a conspiracy…..he was killed to make sure he did not testify about who ordered the break-in at the hospital where Cochran’s wife is being treated…….I find it hard to believe that this guy was so upset with a McDaniel loss that he had of oft himself……..his day in court he would have been asked pertinent questions and he would have had to place his hand on a Bible and “to tell the truth nothing but the truth so help you god”.  Mississippi is also the most religious state in the country and maybe Mayfield could not lie after his ‘swearing in”…….

Or could another operative have made sure that this person would keep his mouth shut…..shame this will not start a trend….we could be so much better off…..

You guys reading the news…..whatcha you think?

Ok, Whack His Pee-Pee

Looks like today is going to be a day that I post on legal stuff.  The SCOTUS is handed down their rulings and I cannot see any surprises in their findings…..how about you?

First, our cel phones are considered holy and cannot be searched for minor infractions…..but of course the word…”TERRORISM” can be used and all bets are off.

I wrote about Boehner’s plan earlier……he’s gonna sue the Prez over executive orders……

If the following post is any indication of the court’s feelings on the matter then the ruling over EO should be NO surprise either when it comes down……..

The Supreme Court has just limited a president’s power to make temporary appointments to fill high-level government jobs. The court ruled today that President Obama exceeded his authority when he invoked the Constitution’s provision on recess appointments to fill slots on the National Labor Relations Board in 2012. Problem is, the court said, the Senate was not actually in a formal recess when Obama acted. In the court’s first-ever look at the Constitution’s recess appointments clause, the justices ruled that Congress gets to decide when it is in recess and that there was no recess when Obama acted.

Obama had argued that the Senate was on an extended holiday break and that the brief sessions it held every three days were a sham that was intended to prevent him from filling seats on the NLRB. The justices rejected that argument, but the outcome was the least significant loss possible for the administration. The justices, by a 5-4 vote, rejected a sweeping lower court ruling against the administration that would have made it virtually impossible for any future president to make recess appointments. The lower court held that the only recess recognized by the Constitution is the once-a-year break between sessions of Congress, and that only vacancies that came up during that recess could be filled.

Surprise!  Did anyone really think that there would be any other ruling from the Robert’s Court?

Do the GOP morons realize that if they find in their favor that they could be peeing all over the next GOP prez?  Blind hatred makes men stupid and losing two elections to a black Dem have made GOPers “blind ass stupid”!

When In Doubt–Sue!

I love Washington!  Well that is a lie!  I think Washington is one of the most disgusting places on the planet.  And it gets worse every year.  The newest game being played and have no doubt, it is a game……is the one the GOP wants to play….that of executive orders.  Never mind that it has been a way of life in DC since Grover Cleveland was president…….but now it is somehow a no-no……….

In case you are not sure of which I speak………

John Boehner thinks President Obama has abused his executive authority so much that he plans to sue the White House, reports Fox News. Asked today whether he intended to pursue such a lawsuit, as has been rumored, the House speaker responded, “I am.” He added, “This is not about impeachment—it’s about him faithfully executing the laws of this country.” Assuming other House leaders go along with the move, a suit to curb the president’s powers could be filed in a few weeks on behalf of the entire House. The Hill ticks off a number of moves the president has made of late to bypass Congress, including his order to extend family leave to gay couples and to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors.

A previous move to defer deportations of young immigrants is another that Republicans mention frequently. “The president has a clear record of ignoring the American people’s elected representatives and exceeding his Constitutional authority, which has dangerous implications for both our system of government and our economy,” says a Boehner spokesman. No word yet from the White House, though Obama has threatened to get even more aggressive with his “pen and a phone” to get around what he views as an incalcitrant Congress. Oddly, Boehner was with Obama yesterday for an event at the White House, but CNN reports that there was no obvious tension between them.

I have heard all the pros and cons…..all the laughter in some quarters and all the seriousness in others…..but the question remains….can the GOP sue over executive orders?

John Boehner has declared that he wants to sue President Obama for abusing his executive authority, but most legal experts seem to think he’s about as likely to prevail as he is to become the 2016 Democratic nominee. For starters, the House speaker plans to use legislation to gain authorization to sue—legislation that would need to be passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law by the president, the Christian Science Monitor notes. “Good luck with that,” says a constitutional scholar at Yale Law School. The plaintiff would also need to make specific charges in order to sue, but Boehner accuses the president of doing an end-run around “the American people and their elected legislators on “matters ranging from health care and energy to foreign policy and education.”

Even some conservative scholars believe House lawmakers have no legal standing for the suit—and if they did succeed, President Obama would be out of office long before the case had finished working its way through the courts, notes Dana Milbank at the Washington Post, who believes the real source of the problem with expanding executive power is “congressional dysfunction”—which could be fixed by compromises, not lawsuits. Critics call the threat of a lawsuit political posturing aimed at pleasing the GOP base ahead of midterm elections, NBC notes, and some legal experts agree. “The whole memo is remarkably non-specific. That suggests it’s meant more as political propaganda,” a Georgetown law professor says upon reviewing Boehner’s memo telling members a lawsuit would compel Obama to “faithfully execute the laws of our country.”

There you go……PROPAGANDA!  Let’s say that it makes it through the legal system…..there will be no ruling for years and by that time it is possible, highly unlikely without change, that a Repub would be in the White house……and these morons just tied his/her hands…….shows just how moronic these people are becoming…..they would shoot themselves in the foot to make points in the polity….worthless waste of time…… you idiots!