Budget cuts = slash military funding.

Shocked! Shocked I tells ya!

I pity the poor guy he apointed to this. I think we know where the cuts will come however. Goodby missile defense...

Charles is alive and well.

They are already comparing Obama's micromanagment promises to Jimmy Carter's attempt to do the same. Oh, goody.

Why is snipping sound I hear coming from my back pocket and not DC?

Can't wait to see him cut pork without the line-item veto.

Will watch the vid. But what does he cut? That is the question.

re: #5 jcm

Dude! Your karma is blinding! Did Obama give you a super-ding?

whiskey costs money

Does he still think there's a line item veto?

A ban on Orange Juice imports...oh, wait...

So how much is the price tag on Future Combat Systems and JTRS? How much is going to MDA now days, "We don't need no stink'n missile defense program"?

DODs' R&D Budget is about to get chopped.

He still thinks he has a line item veto on the budget?

No more of those nasty bullets.

maybe he can start by cutting his waffle

Official: Obama asks Gates to stay at Pentagon

President-elect Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates in that job for at least a year, according to an official familiar the two men's discussions.

/even more change none of the moronic moonbats voted for!

re: #13 Killgore Trout

He still thinks he has a line item veto on the budget?

DO NOT QUESTION THE ONE, worm!

"difficult choices" = slash the military.

He's got a guy from CBO appointed to do this, in theory he should know where the bodies are hidden.

Why is Obama pitching Orange Juice. Oh, I get it, a tie in with The Juice? No, that's not right. Hmmm...

Maybe "The One" is going to legalize "herb", and tax the hell out of it and Cheetos.

re: #14 little boomer

No more of those nasty bullets.

re: #18 Sharmuta

"difficult choices" = slash the military.

o_O GMTA (unfortunately...)

re: #13 Killgore Trout

GMTA- he can't go line by line! He either signs the budget as is or vetoes it. But hey- you and I are cramping his style. He's still trying to get away with BS while he still can.

Since when is there an Office of the President Elect? This little man amazes me daily!

Can you imagine (for a minute?) going through the entire National Budget "page by page, line by line"?

They need to hire Charles Grodin. He did it in "Dave" and saved the day!

Sholdn't that sign say Office of the President Elected by the Media?

re: #21 SteveLA

Maybe "The One" is going to legalize "herb", and tax the hell out of it and Cheetos.

Nah, he'll propose government subsidies for "herb".

re: #23 Sharmuta

We are in for a few very interesting years.

How about eliminating Capital Gains taxes?

Nah, too simple. Lets cut defense.

Not even sworn in and he's already running for re-election.

re: #24 Cathypop

President Elect Obama's people certainly understand marketing. Don't they?

Folks, it is just a matter of snipping off one end of the blanket and sewing it to the other. voila! a longer blanket.

re: #24 Cathypop

I'm sure it's been around for a while but I've never seen it used publicly like this before.

Can I be put under for the next four years? This man is either going to drive me insane or make me laugh my ass off with his stupidity!

re: #16 Killian Bundy

Official: Obama asks Gates to stay at Pentagon

/even more change none of the moronic moonbats voted for!

Gates staying on is good, Dennis the Menace Kusenich was busy with his tin foil hat business.

re: #24 Cathypop

i cant remember any other pres-elect with a sign like that

re: #29 buzzsawmonkey

This sounds very much as if Obama intends to grab line-item veto power by Presidential decree over the monies appropriated by Congress.

He can't. It's already been ruled unconstitutional.

re: #37 mikeymom

i cant remember any other pres-elect with a sign like that

But BO is "special".

re: #37 mikeymom

This just drives me insane. He has NO office

Am I forgetful or has there been another president elect that's gotten this much news coverage every five minutes of every day? I can hardly stands it.

re: #29 buzzsawmonkey

There is no line item veto- it was declared unconstitutional.

He doesn't mean real cuts, he means cuts from what they want to spend. Dems have been using that rhetoric since Reagan...

re: #39 Griffon

SPIT-- i still cant watch his speeches-gonna be a long 4 yrs for me-hiding under a bankiee with some brandy

re: #33 kimbob

Folks, it is just a matter of snipping off one end of the blanket and sewing it to the other. voila! a longer blanket.

His administration will be one big Mobius Strip.

Dear Barry,

Obviously your 8 gazillion aides and advisers are afraid to tell you a very important piece of information, so I will do the honors:

THERE IS NO LINE ITEM VETO. Even if you pronounce it as so from behind the impressive signage of the Office of President Elect AND wave your magic wand, it will still not exist.

Very truly yours,

ArmyWife

Line Item Veto Act of 1996

Presidents have repeatedly asked Congress to give them a line item veto power. According to Louis Fisher in The Politics of Shared Power, Ronald Reagan said to Congress in his 1986 State of the Union address, "Tonight I ask you to give me what forty-three governors have: Give me a line-item veto this year. Give me the authority to veto waste, and I'll take the responsibility, I'll make the cuts, I'll take the heat." Bill Clinton echoed the request in his State of the Union address in 1995.

The President was briefly granted this power by the Line Item Veto Act of 1996, passed by Congress in order to control "pork barrel spending" that favors a particular region rather than the nation as a whole. The line-item veto was used 11 times to strike 82 items from the federal budget by President Bill Clinton. [3][4]

However, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas F. Hogan ruled on February 12, 1998, that unilateral amendment or repeal of only parts of statutes violated the U.S. Constitution. This ruling was subsequently affirmed on June 25, 1998, by a 6-3 decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case Clinton v. City of New York. The case was brought by the then New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.

A constitutional amendment to give the President line item veto power has been considered periodically since the Court ruled the 1996 act unconstitutional.

It would take a constitutional amendment to make it happen. I don't think Dems have the votes.

re: #41 ciaospirit

re: #46 ArmyWife
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

PEBHO is going to have a helluva time with this congress.

re: #37 mikeymom

i cant remember any other pres-elect with a sign like that

No other president had the chutzpah and arrogance this one has. No other president was given to us by the media as an Anointed One® like this one was.

re: #46 ArmyWife

I hereby declare a Line Item Veto!

THE ONE!

See how easy this whole President thingy is!

///

re: #21 SteveLA

Maybe "The One" is going to legalize "herb", and tax the hell out of it and Cheetos.

Not a bad idea. As nobody will need or have jobs anymore, and nobody will be able to afford a car to drive, I don't see a lot of danger in having everyone stoned all the time.

what the hell is the office of the president elect?

In the video, who is the suit on the left with the goofy lid?

re: #51 jcm

Oooh. Tingly legs.
BARF!

re: #53 pegcity

what the hell is the office of the president elect?

A fantasy game construct.

Our Dear Leader has spoken. So it bee's.

re: #51 jcm

I am almost afraid he thinks that for reals!

re: #40 Cathypop

You know that and I know that, but he don't think so. Nothing is out of his reach if he wants it, why just ask him.

re: #47 Killgore Trout

It would take a constitutional amendment to make it happen. I don't think Dems have the votes.

You have to get 2/3 of BOTH houses, then 3/4 of the states. Possible the votes are there, but would he want to devote that much time to just this issue?

I think it's more likely this is being used to lull folks into a false sense of his ability to control the economic turmoil.

If cutting programs can't be accomplished at least freeze spending for a couple of years.

re: #53 pegcity

what the hell is the office of the president elect?

The Office of the President-Elect has a mascot. The Gelded Unicorn.

How can you tell when BO is lying? When his lips move.

re: #60 Sharmuta

Or he doesn't get it - something I am leaning toward.

re: #52 Last Mohican

Oh go ahead and legalize. It might just help us get thru the next four yeras.

re: #50 Gang of One

true--we were on vacation on election day--mikeydad had to physically restrain me from throwing my sandal at the big flat screen tv in our resort room! so i just went and had more tequilla! SPIT

re: #53 pegcity

what the hell is the office of the president elect?

A tribute to his ego. I put an item in the links. It's make-believe.

re: #40 Cathypop

This just drives me insane. He has NO office

Actually the OPE has been around since the early sixties, and has been used by every Republican President elected since Nixon:

SERVICES AND FACILITIES AUTHORIZED TO BE PROVIDED TO PRESIDENTS-ELECT AND VICE PRESIDENTS-ELECT

Sec. 3 (a) The Administrator of General Services, referred to hereafter in this Act as “the Administrator,” is authorized to provide, upon request, to each President-elect and each Vice President-elect, for use in connection with his preparations for the assumption of official duties as President or Vice President necessary services and facilities, including-

(1) Suitable office space appropriately equipped with furniture, furnishings, office machines and equipment, and office supplies as determined by the Administrator, after consultation with the President-elect, the Vice-President elect, or their designee provided for in subsection (e) of this section, at such place or places within the United States as the President-elect or Vice-President-elect shall designate;

(2) Payment of the compensation of members of office staffs designated by the President-elect or vice-President-elect at rates determined by them not to exceed the rate provided by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, for grade GS-18: Provided, That any employee of any agency of any branch of the Government may be detailed to such staffs on a reimbursable or non reimbursable basis with the consent of the head of the agency; and while so detailed such employee shall be responsible only to the President or Vice-President-elect for the performance of his duties: Provided further, That any employee so detailed shall continue to receive the compensation provided pursuant to law for his regular employment, and shall retain the rights and privileges of such employment without interruption. Notwithstanding any other law, persons receiving compensation as members of office staffs under this subsection, other than those detailed from agencies, shall not be held or considered to be employees of the Federal Government except for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement Act, the Federal Employee’s Compensation Act, the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959;

(3) Payment of expenses for the procurement of services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof for the President-elect or Vice-President-elect, as authorized for the head of any department by section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals;

(4) Payment of travel expenses and subsistence allowances, including rental of Government or hired motor vehicles, found necessary by the President-elect or Vice-President-elect, as authorized for persons employed intermittently or for persons serving without compensation by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), as may be appropriate;

(5) Communications services found necessary by the President-elect or Vice-President-elect;
etc

re: #66 mikeymom

Hope you enjoyed your last trip to your resort home.

He still has to win the vote of the electors. He still has to show a certain piece of paper to a Supreme Court clerk.

Is President-elect Obama collecting a salary?
I mean, really, he is the President-elect, not the President, yet, he's in the news more than President Bush.
Back to my question, does the President-elect get a paycheck?

re: #62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Nope. The neutered unicorn

re: #71 outsidephilly

See #68

re: #53 pegcity

what the hell is the office of the president elect?

A fantasy?

OK, defense cuts are virtually guaranteed with a Democratic Admin and a Democratic Congress... but Obama is gonna create over 2 million jobs after the minimum-wage hike? In this economy? You youngsters get ready to be drafted into something low-paying and mandatory.

re: #66 mikeymom

true--we were on vacation on election day--mikeydad had to physically restrain me from throwing my sandal at the big flat screen tv in our resort room! so i just went and had more tequilla! SPIT

Well, I hope it was a good reposado, at least.

re: #58 ArmyWife

I am almost afraid he thinks that for reals!

They say humor has an element of truth.

I think Barry is going to run into a lot of reality walls his first few months as POTUS.

He was yet to grasp the Office of the President is to serve Americans, all 300 million of us.

Obama is "presumptive president elect" what's unusual is him opening the office of president elect before the Electoral college vote is finalized.

re: #73 Killgore Trout

See #68

thanks

He's a millionaire from the book sales- he don't get nuttin' honey.

re: #72 Cathypop

Nope. The neutered unicorn

Psst. That's what a gelding is.

re: #16 Killian Bundy

i heard from my first disenchanted Obama supporter today. He was complaining about all of Obamas appointments. He was mumbling something about same ole same ole I was just kinda chuckling. I said it is hard to believe a politician would say anything to get elected.

re: #53 pegcity

what the hell is the office of the president elect?

/[Link: change.gov...]

re: #69 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

ohh- we will be going again in the spring and taking our 2 sons and their ladies--the one be damned

re: #68 Thanos

Well when was the last time a president elect used it so blatantly.

re: #64 ArmyWife

Or he doesn't get it - something I am leaning toward.

I don't think he gets it either.

I remember Rush used to say about the clinton White House, "How can we fool them today?"

That's what this makes me think of- he's pulling a fast one in front of our very eyes with "line item" stuff. Why hasn't someone in the press asked the same question you, Killgore and I asked? He has no line item veto ability, so why is he promoting this? Why isn't the msm mentioning this little problem for Dear Leader?

re: #84 mikeymom

ohh- we will be going again in the spring and taking our 2 sons and their ladies--the one be damned

THAT'S THE SPIRIT!

Glad to see he's sticking with that "only one president at a time" thing.

This comment was sponsored by the Office of the Hairdresser who has Elected to have a Cold One After She Tucks her Kid In.

re: #70 LEGION

He still has to win the vote of the electors. He still has to show a certain piece of paper to a Supreme Court clerk.

In a perfect union, the electors would not elect him. That is why the Founders created the Electoral College -- precisely because they had little faith in the political savvy of the hoi polloi.

re: #86 Sharmuta

What? And risk being banned from all future press events from here to eternity?

re: #52 Last Mohican

Not a bad idea. As nobody will need or have jobs anymore, and nobody will be able to afford a car to drive, I don't see a lot of danger in having everyone stoned all the time.

That's my plan.

Ok,

Now I've seen the office of the president elect as existing and as not existing.

Which one is it?

re: #81 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Dam! I always get that wrong.

re: #82 kcladderman

Buyers remorse- like the line from that National Lampoon's Animal House by Belushi to the kid whose car they wrecked. "Hey so ya fucked up- you trusted us!"

re: #88 k80nc

Is that you and is your office located in Maryland? I need a good stylist. They are worth their own office!

re: #71 outsidephilly

Is President-elect Obama collecting a salary?
I mean, really, he is the President-elect, not the President, yet, he's in the news more than President Bush.
Back to my question, does the President-elect get a paycheck?

I dunno, but her sure gets a lot of media time, natch.

re: #54 Racer X

In the video, who is the suit on the left with the goofy lid?

Peter Orszag

Dude needs to put away the Flo-Bee and get a real haircut. Beancounters. Feh!

re: #85 Cathypop

Well when was the last time a president elect used it so blatantly.

I would counter by saying when was the last time we had a crisis of this proportion during transition? I"m not defending Obama here, I"m just saying let's get mad about the things that matter. Like when he starts talking about what he's actually cutting.

Let us hope that Obama understands that peace is maintained by strength not idealism;

and that war is more expensive than peace;

and that strength is economical;

and idealism is not.

God help our military.

re: #90 ArmyWife

got me thinking--will he have the cojones (a little spanish lingo) to do that to the first reporter to challenge him?

re: #92 Walter L. Newton

Ok,

Now I've seen the office of the president elect as existing and as not existing.

Which one is it?

Apparently, it exists, but I don't think it's had a sign before.

Budget cuts my ass! What budget is he speaking of?

re: #102 mikeymom

Nah, they took care of that during the election- when that Florida TV station challenged Biden and then they banned it from all news events. BO is a terrorist.

re: #99 Thanos

Actually, I agree. I'd hate for him to show up on the 20th of January and say, "Whaaa?"

re: #101 Maximu§

God help our military.

Speaking of such, how is your son doing.

I had a car in front of me today, with a 3 blue star flag.
The best I could was give the mom in the car a salute.

re: #103 gop_patriot

Apparently, it exists, but I don't think it's had a sign before.

Where are the Pillars® ?

We don't need no stinking constitution, all we need is my say so, or at least thats what he thinks. Obama is very dangerous.

re: #99 Thanos

It really frightens me that the president elect has such a huge ego. He is not going to pay any attention to you and I who are busting our asses daily to pay bills, make a living, take care of our families

re: #102 mikeymom

Yes. He did in the election - why not now? I am from Texas, baby, I know from cojones!

re: #92 Walter L. Newton

Ok,

Now I've seen the office of the president elect as existing and as not existing.

Which one is it?

It exists. You don't think his transition team work out of their cars, do you?

/check the URL in #83

re: #108 Gang of One

Getting repainted to match the Royal Presidential Bedroom.

re: #97 buzzsawmonkey

So you think he's going to willfully violate the law?

O's a rookie, so he's opening the office early to fly extra trial balloons and get feedback. With as little exec experience as he has, it's probably a good thing.

Why do I say it? He's our president come January, if he fails in the end that's not good for us. I'd rather he be a very unpopular but mediocre success.

Office of the President Elect

re: #108 Gang of One

You mean the $5 million dollar fake greek columns that was trashed after use that they don't talk about but do about a lousy$150K bunch of clothes which will be donated to charity?

re: #111 ArmyWife

in co, we eat-well, some of us-bulls balls!

re: #102 mikeymom

No he won't but he will hire someone to dig up dirt on them.

When I don't announce registration with a front page article the influx is much slower. It's been open for more than 6 hours and so far we have only 42 new critters.

re: #29 buzzsawmonkey

This sounds very much as if Obama intends to grab line-item veto power by Presidential decree over the monies appropriated by Congress.

If so, that is an appalling power grab. I know lots of people dream of the line-item veto as a way of controlling spending, but it undercuts the horse-trading that is necessary both within the Congress and between the executive and legislative branches if the President is not to govern as a dictator.

Or be impeached.

/yeah by Nancy Pelosi I know

re: #21 SteveLA

Don't forget the Dr. Pepper!

re: #113 ArmyWife

Getting repainted to match the Royal Presidential Bedroom.

You were correct the first time -- with LLL Dems, they really believe they are royalty. Camelot and all that crap.

re: #107 jcm

Speaking of such, how is your son doing.

I had a car in front of me today, with a 3 blue star flag.
The best I could was give the mom in the car a salute.

Hey hey jcm, thanks for asking. We go to his graduation in 2 weeks and he's home for almost a month.

re: #102 mikeymom

got me thinking--will he have the cojones (a little spanish lingo) to do that to the first reporter to challenge him?

I know a vet who could get rid of those cojones.

/

re: #120 Charles

You are a really sneaky man. That's why I come to this site.
Thanks Charles

re: #120 Charles

somebody go get rancher and rustler!

bbl

re: #110 Cathypop

Is he able to understand that? The man hasn't held a job longer than 2 years and those "jobs" weren't exactly the blood, sweat and tears kind.

The most scary thing about Barack Obama is he simply doesn't know what he doesn't know, and doesn't care to find out.

re: #117 LEGION

You mean the $5 million dollar fake greek columns that was trashed after use that they don't talk about but do about a lousy$150K bunch of clothes which will be donated to charity?

Why, yes. Are they taking them out of mothballs for The One?

re: #110 Cathypop

It really frightens me that the president elect has such a huge ego. He is not going to pay any attention to you and I who are busting our asses daily to pay bills, make a living, take care of our families

I don't think it's ego, I think it's fear.

re: #120 Charles

When I don't announce registration with a front page article the influx is much slower. It's been open for more than 6 hours and so far we have only 42 new critters.

I would guess that, on average, the quality is better too.

re: #125 Maximu§

that is sooo wonderful! kiss him for all of us!

re: #126 taxfreekiller

he bad mama jama

re: #125 Maximu§

Hey hey jcm, thanks for asking. We go to his graduation in 2 weeks and he's home for almost a month.

Excellent, give him a big thank and and a handshake from me if you remember.

re: #115 Thanos

O's a rookie, so he's opening the office early to fly extra trial balloons and get feedback. With as little exec experience as he has, it's probably a good thing.

Why do I say it? He's our president come January, if he fails in the end that's not good for us. I'd rather he be a very unpopular but mediocre success.

Agreed. Better to make mistakes now (when he can still blame Bush) rather than after January when its all on him.

The word elect looks like it has a smaller font than the word President. I can't stomach this man's ego and I hope it doesn't get us into trouble. Just watching him reminds me of a bunch of kids playing a make believe game. And I also noticed in the past two day's that everyone of his people is wearing black. Maybe Johnny Cash is going to come back as Secretary of Country Music.

re: #120 Charles

Wow. I didn't even notice. I feel like such a sheeple.

re: #120 Charles

When I don't announce registration with a front page article the influx is much slower. It's been open for more than 6 hours and so far we have only 42 new critters.

Charles, there's been a guy (goes by rustler) who's been using his dad's account (Rancher) to post. He's a good guy. Only by in the mornings though. Been thinking of trying to register him, but, then I thought it may not be what you'd want.

Guess it sucks to be him.

OK, full disclosure. I golfed with my buds today and drank "two beers." Can I just hang out here for a while if I promise not to be too disruptive?

re: #108 Gang of One

Where are the Pillars® ?

Not sure, have they already begun construction on The One's Presidential Library?

re: #131 ArmyWife

Good point and now I am really down. Well time to start my Thanksgiving prepping and crank up the music.
Goodnight Lizards. SeeYa Tomorrow.

Hatchlings? I might have to change my menu to Thanksgiving roast of gamy troll buttocks.

re: #144 Cathypop

Thanks for the reminder...have to get the tofurkey's out to thaw!

re: #142 rwmofo

OK, full disclosure. I golfed with my buds today and drank "two beers." Can I just hang out here for a while if I promise not to be too disruptive?

How many times today did you just drink "two beers"?

re: #135 mikeymom

that is sooo wonderful! kiss him for all of us!

I will I will, I got his Honda some new tires and we're going riding.

re: #120 Charles

When I don't announce registration with a front page article the influx is much slower. It's been open for more than 6 hours and so far we have only 42 new critters.

Probably all of 'em from the banned and demented on your hate sites, Charles... they're here all day, every day.

/Sock sock, sockity sock sock

re: #131 ArmyWife

Obama will be rudely awakened by the office and he will find out a lot.

re: #147 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

yum. Sounds great.

re: #150 Irish Rose

Hiya Rose. You blued your nic for me, but I had no idea what to do. I'm a dork. Sorry.

re: #143 gop_patriot

Not sure, have they already begun construction on The One's Presidential Library?

Not yet, next week. Yesterday I saw the most nauseating advert on TV for an Obama commemorative plate, for the historical changey hopiness we should all be grateful for. Christ ...

re: #109 jainphx

We don't need no stinking constitution, all we need is my say so, or at least thats what he thinks. Obama is very dangerous.

He's already on record saying that the Constitution is flawed. I posted the audio link prior to the election.

re: #149 Maximu§

oh i am sooo jealous! my son hasnt taken this old broad for a ride in like-forever! He's scared to take me to sturgis--says i'll cause trouble!

re: #148 Racer X

How many times today did you just drink "two beers"?

2nd hole, then I lost my pencil.

re: #153 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hiya Rose. You blued your nic for me, but I had no idea what to do. I'm a dork. Sorry.

Click.

re: #155 ciaospirit

He's already on record saying that the Constitution is flawed. I posted the audio link prior to the election.

Of course it's flawed. It prevents him from doing whatever the hell he wants.

This the season...

For beating up bad guys with a frozen turkey.

Was that a legally carried turkey?

re: #155 ciaospirit

He'd better not touch the constitution!

re: #157 rwmofo

2nd hole, then I lost my pencil.

Oh man, there's a joke there somewhere.

Throbert?

re: #161 jcm

This the season...

For beating up bad guys with a frozen turkey.

Was that a legally carried turkey?

only if it was stuffed

re: #162 Pvt Bin Jammin

He'd better not touch the constitution!

It's worse than that- he's supposed to uphold it.

re: #94 LEGION

Face it Flounder, you f**cked up.
You trusted us.

re: #166 Sharmuta

It's worse than that- he's supposed to uphold it.

LLL Dems only uphold the Constitution when it's convenient for them. Otherwise, it's a flawed document written by politically incorrect dead white males who owned slaves. It's all relative, y'know.

re: #6 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Can't wait to see him cut pork without the line-item veto.

You know, I hope he vetoes the first bill Harry and Nancy send to his desk. Just for fun.

re: #166 Sharmuta

It's worse than that- he's supposed to uphold it.

He'd better. We need to watch him like a hawk.

re: #26 JammieWearingFool

Sholdn't that sign say Office of the President Elected by the Media?

Heh.

[Link: hillbuzz.wordpress.com...]

We hope he will stop doing this after Jan 20th when he finally gets the (actual, not imaginary)presidential seal he’s been coveting, but why does Obama persist in using make-believe logos and emblems on every podium he speaks at?

They look so CRAZY. Saddam-chic with shades of Chavez wrapped up in wholly unintended self-parody.

There is no “Office of the President-Elect”, with creepy font and smurf-blood blue graphics.

re: #154 Gang of One

Not yet, next week. Yesterday I saw the most nauseating advert on TV for an Obama commemorative plate, for the historical changey hopiness we should all be grateful for. Christ ...

I saw that ad, too. My 18 year old son walked in, looked at the tv screen, and did the "Dean scream". LOL

///don't say "Christ" and "Obama" in the same sentence. It's blasphemy; The One might send his Hope Changers after you.

It turns my stomach that our Troops have to salute BHO after he turned his back on them. Much worse than Clinton being a draft dodger (which was bad enough).

Well, maybe he is a complete empty suit that can be filled up with a conservative outlook? Jedi mind trick time?

This ego maniac couldn't share the stage with his wife and daughters on the night of his victory speech. He was there all alone, as if he were-- dare I say the Messiah. wonder how she felt.

OK, here's a fun quiz about turkeys for Thanksgiving. I didn't do very well. Guess that's why we're having pheasant for dinner Thursday.

re: #154 Gang of One

Not yet, next week. Yesterday I saw the most nauseating advert on TV for an Obama commemorative plate, for the historical changey hopiness we should all be grateful for. Christ ...

Why is this such a problem I have seen a number of comments about commemorative items for Obama, and all those comments are complaints.

Hell, there has been commemorative memorabilia produce for a hundred and fifty years.

It's no big deal. It's not an issue.

re: #177 buzzsawmonkey

When Nixon tried to dress the White House guards in comic-opera uniforms, the national gust of laughter scotched the idea quickly.

Today, in the era of designer logos, the Obama logos and other paraphernalia only add to his luster; he will not be called to account for the ego-trip.

The media are ego-tripping with him. It's still sad and embarrassing - (and worth pointing and laughing).

jainphx (#175),

This ego maniac couldn't share the stage with his wife and daughters on the night of his victory speech. He was there all alone, as if he were-- dare I say the Messiah. wonder how she felt.

She still hates America?

re: #179 buzzsawmonkey

Let there be something to commemorate first.

If there is.

Look, they had Reagan plates and stuff out days after he was elected. It's nothing new, it's not an issue. It just makes us sound like the nuts over at Kos.

re: #178 Walter L. Newton

Why is this such a problem I have seen a number of comments about commemorative items for Obama, and all those comments are complaints.

Hell, there has been commemorative memorabilia produce for a hundred and fifty years.

It's no big deal. It's not an issue.

I don't think it is an issue either. But I don't remember there being any commemorative plates or coins for Presdient elects before. I have been known to have a selective memory from time to time but this seems like a first.

re: #178 Walter L. Newton

Why is this such a problem I have seen a number of comments about commemorative items for Obama, and all those comments are complaints.

Hell, there has been commemorative memorabilia produce for a hundred and fifty years.

It's no big deal. It's not an issue.

I find these things rather tasteless. To each his own.

If the Dems control Congress, and the Dems worship the O, isn't that kind of equivalent to a line-item veto?

BiJ

re: #177 buzzsawmonkey

When Nixon tried to dress the White House guards in comic-opera uniforms, the national gust of laughter scotched the idea quickly.

Today, in the era of designer logos, the Obama logos and other paraphernalia only add to his luster; he will not be called to account for the ego-trip.

It's just a matter of style, leopard-skin coats and lots of bling, just capture the national mood better.

re: #183 freedombilly

I don't think it is an issue either. But I don't remember there being any commemorative plates or coins for Presdient elects before. I have been known to have a selective memory from time to time but this seems like a first.

Oh shit, sure there has been. This nation runs on capitalism. We even put presidents images on toilet paper.

re: #139 clyde101

The word elect looks like it has a smaller font than the word President. I can't stomach this man's ego and I hope it doesn't get us into trouble. Just watching him reminds me of a bunch of kids playing a make believe game. And I also noticed in the past two day's that everyone of his people is wearing black. Maybe Johnny Cash is going to come back as Secretary of Country Music.

Think Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones...

re: #188 Walter L. Newton

I vote we name a waste treatment facility after him...

re: #178 Walter L. Newton

Why is this such a problem I have seen a number of comments about commemorative items for Obama, and all those comments are complaints.

Hell, there has been commemorative memorabilia produce for a hundred and fifty years.

It's no big deal. It's not an issue.

He's already had a school named after him. You're supposed to actually do something before being so honored. What a crappy message that sends to our young people. Why earn it?

re: #184 Gang of One

I find these things rather tasteless. To each his own.

There is one commemorative item (non-presidential) I took a liking to.

re: #89 Gang of One

In a perfect union, the electors would not elect him. That is why the Founders created the Electoral College -- precisely because they had little faith in the political savvy of the hoi polloi.

Its probably a bad idea for the electoral college not to elect him. That would just cause a crisis on yet another front. Tempting but, it's a damned if you do, dammed if you don't sort of thing.

re: #188 Walter L. Newton

Oh shit, sure there has been. This nation runs on capitalism. We even put presidents images on toilet paper.

Fair enough. I was not old enough to remember the Reagan example admittedly. Just seems so damn soon. But I do not begrudge anyone making a buck. More for the Big O to take.

re: #190 CalBear84

I vote we name a waste treatment facility after him...

Yeah ... the one up here on W.125th and Hudson River.

re: #184 Gang of One

I remember back to Truman, and I never seen anyone speak from a lectern with a seal of the Office of the President elect.

re: #190 CalBear84

I vote we name a waste treatment facility after him...

How many gallons per hour of Obama can it handle?

re: #192 jcm

There is one commemorative item (non-presidential) I took a liking to.

A hell of lot more practical than a china plate, I reckon.

Come on Democrats - screw this nation over with forced union take-overs.

re: #193 tompaineftw

Its probably a bad idea for the electoral college not to elect him. That would just cause a crisis on yet another front. Tempting but, it's a damned if you do, dammed if you don't sort of thing.

You're probably right.

I think it's nice that Charles is opening registration at different times now. Used to be on weekend afternoons only. It was hard for me to catch it at those times. This way gives more people a chance.

re: #198 itellu3times

We gonna find out, that's for sure.
I agree with the sentiment expressed on this thread that the whole office of the president-elect thing lacks grace (not to mention humility).
What really worries me is what this man will do when faced with a national security crisis.
Jeepers.

This is kind of ironic. In an interview with Portland Indymedia Bill Ayers dispels the reporter's statement about how the 9/11 hijackers were some sort of "freedom fighters".

MG: On November 4, it became clear that the Republican inspired neo-McCarthyism and post 9/11 rhetoric of fear proved unsuccessful. Seven years after an attack by Muslim freedom fighters, the U.S. elected to the presidency a Black man who's middle name is Hussein. Did this surprise you?

BA: I don't recall any "attacks by Muslim freedom fighters," but rather crimes against humanity carried out in the service of an arid and crypto-fascist ideology--- nothing nice.

So for the first time ever Bill Ayers admits that maybe there is evil in the world outside of the US Government. Change!

re: #151 Ojoe

Obama will be rudely awakened by the office and he will find out a lot.

I think its the American people that need to be rudely awakened and are the ones that need to find out a lot.

re: #203 CalBear84

We gonna find out, that's for sure.
I agree with the sentiment expressed on this thread that the whole office of the president-elect thing lacks grace (not to mention humility).
What really worries me is what this man will do when faced with a national security crisis.
Jeepers.

That scares just about all of us, I imagine.

CalBear84 (#203),

We gonna find out, that's for sure.
I agree with the sentiment expressed on this thread that the whole office of the president-elect thing lacks grace (not to mention humility).
What really worries me is what this man will do when faced with a national security crisis.
Jeepers.

I think you're right.

Jeepers!

re: #205 yah

There's a special place in hell revserved for the MSM for what they DIDN'T tell us about the "O".

re: #139 clyde101

The word elect looks like it has a smaller font than the word President. I can't stomach this man's ego and I hope it doesn't get us into trouble. Just watching him reminds me of a bunch of kids playing a make believe game. And I also noticed in the past two day's that everyone of his people is wearing black. Maybe Johnny Cash is going to come back as Secretary of Country Music.

I get the feeling that Zombie Johnny Cash would beat the s**t out of Dear Leader, then write and sing a kickass song about it...I'd pay money to see that.

;-P

re: #207 Geepers

LOL...OK thanks Geepers.
I defer to you as an expert on the subject by virtue of your name.

re: #89 Gang of One

In a perfect union, the electors would not elect him. That is why the Founders created the Electoral College..

Thats crazy talk.

re: #211 mich-again

Thats crazy talk.

Was a great article about this on Powerline yesterday, or thereabouts.

re: #203 CalBear84

We gonna find out, that's for sure.
I agree with the sentiment expressed on this thread that the whole office of the president-elect thing lacks grace (not to mention humility).
What really worries me is what this man will do when faced with a national security crisis.
Jeepers.

I keep a ray of hope alive here. Obama shows a very strong ability (eg, necessity!) to delegate. Whether we want matters of state delegated to Hillary W. Clinton, is another question, but 0 does seem to actually listen to his advisors, for good or ill.

re: #211 mich-again

Thats crazy talk.

I wanna see how far I can push the envelope.

Hello All!

This is my first post.

I first hear about LGF from Rush's show a couple of years ago, so I finally get to check it out.

Later'

re: #123 favorednation

Don't forget the Dr. Pepper!

Munchies...Dr. Pepper...yuck!

re: #214 Gang of One

We have Obama as the President elect because John McCain had nothing to run on other than the fact he wasn't Obama. I never once got the impression from McCain that he actually wanted to win the election.

re: #24 Cathypop

Since when is there an Office of the President Elect? This little man amazes me daily!

Office of the President Elect. It's like this. If you're fans of The Office, you might remember when Dwight, who doesn't have an office, was put in charge of the health plan for employees and was allowed to use the conference room. He taped up a sign that said Dwight Schrute Workspace.

re: #118 mikeymom

in co, we eat-well, some of us-bulls balls!

That would be Rocky Mountain oysters, for those not in the know. LOL

re: #24 Cathypop

I wondered about the same thing.

Guess we look at it as a political version of "American Idol"

"Office of the President-Elect"...gee, I don't remember reading about that being part of the Federal Government in my High School Civics class...

Oh, it must be something that Barry found while in Law School at Harvard...

IIRC, once the Congress passes a spending bill and the bill is signed by the President, the President CAN NOT withhold spending the funds appropriated in the bill by Congress. I seem to remember Reagan or Clinton tried to do this as a "de-facto" line item veto. I think SCOTUS ruled that funds appropriated by Congress MUST be spent by the Executive Branch.

Anyone have more info on this?

Seems like Obama missed the Executive Branch 101 Class in law school.

/Oh, I forgot, Harvard Law doesn't offer that class.

i wonder how confident the low-lifes are abt. who's getting cut and who isn't.
i bet they are running to the mailbox daily waiting on their rent and mortgage checks.

#213,

I keep a ray of hope alive here. Obama shows a very strong ability (eg, necessity!) to delegate. Whether we want matters of state delegated to Hillary W. Clinton, is another question, but 0 does seem to actually listen to his advisors, for good or ill.

Problem is, Obama's idea of "delegation" not includes responsibility, but authority as well. That's a no-no. Obama is doing what he thinks is good for...Obama. He's always been the kind of guy who not only thinks he's the smartest dude in the room, but also the most popular. The only way he can stay that way is a) not make really hard decisions and b) get others to fall on their swords for him. Obama was a con man during the campaign, he's a con man today, and he'll be a con man tomorrow.

Unfortunately for Obama Lightwalker, there will come a situation, sooner rather than later, that he won't be able to con his way out of. And people are going to die because of it.

re: #224 Iron Fist

Very Good point!

re: #203 CalBear84

We gonna find out, that's for sure.
I agree with the sentiment expressed on this thread that the whole office of the president-elect thing lacks grace (not to mention humility).
What really worries me is what this man will do when faced with a national security crisis.
Jeepers.

Humility? Humility? What is this humility of which you speak?

re: #205 yah

I think its the American people that need to be rudely awakened and are the ones that need to find out a lot.

You are right.

Too much TV watching, too much Oprah, too much sports.

Not enough studying of history.

Well, some alarm bell will go off.

So Obummer's going to transition the US from crisis to chaos is that the plan?

Someone transcribe this for me please. I can't stand to listen to his voice, I can't stand to look at his face.

Oh, and a cup of coffee would be nice, too.

re: #218 Silvergirl

Office of the President Elect. It's like this. If you're fans of The Office, you might remember when Dwight, who doesn't have an office, was put in charge of the health plan for employees and was allowed to use the conference room. He taped up a sign that said Dwight Schrute Workspace.

I can imagine former senator Obama laying white tape down on the floor of his suite like Les Nessman on "WKRP in Cincinatti" and scalding people for not pretend-knocking before entering the "Oval Office-Elect."

re: #229 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

From Crisis - To Chaos - To Marshall Law - To Socialism

re: #232 CrustyI can imagine former senator Obama laying white tape down on the floor of his suite like Les Nessman on "WKRP in Cincinnati" and scalding people for not pretend-knocking before entering the "Oval Office-Elect."

Hilarious !

re: #228 Ojoe

Too much TV watching, too much Oprah, too much sports.

Not enough studying of history.

Well, some alarm bell will go off.

Some air raid sirens will go off, I'm afraid.

From Crisis - To Chaos - To Marshall Law - To Socialism

re: #232 Crusty

I can imagine former senator Obama laying white tape down on the floor of his suite like Les Nessman on "WKRP in Cincinatti" and scalding people for not pretend-knocking before entering the "Oval Office-Elect."

So true. The Press would certainly knock. Emperor's New Clothes, all that.

One of these days I'll learn to link stuff properly.

re: #236 Semi Cartman

re: #236 Semi Cartman

#225...
He's always been the kind of guy who not only thinks he's the smartest dude in the room, but also the most popular. The only way he can stay that way is a) not make really hard decisions and b) get others to fall on their swords for him. Obama was a con man during the campaign, he's a con man today, and he'll be a con man tomorrow.

Wasn't this written in 1992 about WJ Clinton?

re: #24 Cathypop

Since when is there an Office of the President Elect? This little man amazes me daily!

According to wikipedia.org, "recent Presidents-elect have assembled presidential transition teams to prepare for a smooth transfer of power following the inauguration. " Seems like president-elects are becoming more re: #29 buzzsawmonkey

This sounds very much as if Obama intends to grab line-item veto power by Presidential decree over the monies appropriated by Congress.

If so, that is an appalling power grab. I know lots of people dream of the line-item veto as a way of controlling spending, but it undercuts the horse-trading that is necessary both within the Congress and between the executive and legislative branches if the President is not to govern as a dictator.

Very worrisome.

To be fair, McCain was also a proponent of line item vetos. To quote from the last presidential debate, "I would fight for a line-item veto, and I would certainly veto every earmark pork-barrel bill."

That said, I do agree with you. This country was founded on compromise. The three-fifths compromise, the Connecticut Compromise, etc. If someone tried to line item veto those compromises, the constitution would have never gotten the unanimous vote that it needed to pass. Same thing in Congress. Why vote for a bill if the additions you get added to it are liable to be removed?

Incidentally, this has been tried before:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
[Link: www.cnn.com...]

The Obama plan:

1- Shut down the military to pay for all his financial plans.

2- Be nice to Guantanamo prisoners to disarm Islamist threat.

3- Fix the economy by creating 2.5 million welfare cases with phony workers getting paid 150 grand a year to do stuff like fix roads.

4- Extend un-employment benefits to out of work pavement contractors who currently take care of roads.

5- Raise taxes on the rich so they'll have less money to invest in the stock market.

6- Raise taxes on business so they'll have less money to invest in growth.

7- Use the history books describing what steps the government took before and during the great depression like instruction manuals for what to do now.

8- And if shutting down the military doesn't pay for all this fun, just crank up the money printing presses. Remember: money actually does grow on trees. Where do you think paper pulp comes from?

What could go wrong?

re: #240 zelnaga

zel -

Seems you are right without a Constitutional Amendment.

-S-

re: #241 docremulac

Doc -

Re: Point 8 - Germany, 1923 - Zimbabwe - Today.

-S-

re: #192 jcm

There is one commemorative item (non-presidential) I took a liking to.

But in the Dukes case he actually stood for something and accomplished some things.

I keep thinking of a perfectly blank plate to commemorate the empty suit.

He's going to lay off all the Republican congressmen. Think of the savings with one-party rule!

Look, I didn't vote for The One- but he is not going to shut down the military or make deep cuts in the Defense Budget while there is a shooting war in Afghanistan (along the Pok-i-stan border), Phillipines, Iraq and some other regions.

To be honest there are plenty of non-essential items in the Defense Budget that even John McCain can point to that are sheer waste. The Defense establishment is still buying expensive 3GW (3rd Generation Warfare) weapon systems and doo-dads while we are fighting a 4GW (4th Generation Warfare) conflict.

In talking with some people who work for a major defense contractor, the billions that get dumped into short-sighted and bone-headed projects is amazing.

Obama is a lot of things- but stupid isn't one of them.

246 chiller1064 @11/26/08 5:17:37 am

Look, it is NICE that you have such faith.

Me? I simply don't trust him (and his dems).

re: #47 Killgore Trout

Line Item Veto Act of 1996

It would take a constitutional amendment to make it happen. I don't think Dems have the votes.

Great thinking coming from a former Constitutional law professor

Mesclun salad mix is 50% cheaper than Baby Arugla salad mix wholesale these days...Maybe we should cut his rations, it's patriotic! Single ply tp, a prius, and maybe he can cut his own hair, it's all about economizing these days.