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Calling for “all hands on deck” to assist the economy, President Barack Obama is urging his Cabinet to identify ways to keep his administration relevant to people struggling in the up-and-down recovery.
With two weeks left before delivering an economy-focused State of the Union address to Congress, Obama is picking up the pace of his jobs message and demonstrating how he can advance his economic agenda administratively and through his ability to coax action from important interest groups.
“We’re not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we’re providing Americans the kind of help they need. I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone,” Obama said Tuesday as he convened his first Cabinet meeting of the year.
Long after Watergate, not only has the presidency changed. We have changed. We have become accustomed to elements of a security state such as massive surveillance and executive authority without judicial oversight. We have finally answered a question left by Benjamin Franklin in 1787, when a Mrs. Powel confronted him after the Constitutional Convention and asked, "Well, Doctor, what have we got — a republic or a monarchy?" His chilling response: "A republic, if you can keep it."
xuenchen
Look out now.
"Feel" the Static?
How "Relevant" do YOU feel today?
A massive $1.1 trillion spending bill, aimed at funding the government through October and putting to rest the bitter budget battles of last year, is getting generally positive reviews from House Republicans who are eager to avoid another shutdown crisis with elections looming.
ketsuko
I don't need them to be relevant to me. Every time they've managed to be relevant to me, it's been a bad thing. I wish they'd just go away and leave us alone already. I'm starting to feel like the abused kid in the psych's office being asked to show them where on the doll they've been touched.
Obama is pushing his administration to put forth more regulations and rules and He is suggesting more Executive Orders to make sure people struggling in the up-and-down recovery somehow get a better shake.
marg6043
‘I’ve Got A Pen And I’ve Got A Phone’ and the NSA to keep the supreme court from siding with the people.
We need to add that to the heading.
Obama On Executive Actions: ‘I’ve Got A Pen And I’ve Got A Phone’
guohua
marg6043
‘I’ve Got A Pen And I’ve Got A Phone’ and the NSA to keep the supreme court from siding with the people.
We need to add that to the heading.
Couldn't Agree With You Any More Than i Do Already.
Next time you answer your cell phone be sure to ask them:
Next time your computer crashes, call your representative in Washington and ask for a their copy.
This Is Liberal Logic, Really!! Because, Like the Wars, where's the Protester's now or the Out Rage at our Government, OH! It's Obama it's,OK, It's Democrat's OK!
If only people would Read their History and Understand. Hell!!!! I'm Chinese, Born and Raised and I see what's happening to America's Rights.
As a Child I studied your history and was told you were Conquerors of Nations and Ate the children and enslaved the Women and killed the men. I carried Banners as a Child during holiday parades in the parks and the streets, the Banners said Death To USA.
We will Die before we surrender. We were also told in school America would use Nuclear Bombs to Destroy our Country.
Of-course this was during the late 50's and early 60's and MAO was in complete control of our every day life, from Jobs to education and thinking and medical and food and clothing and even how much water a family could use in a day and yes there were groups of people in your living complex that monitored each family.
Sorry, Sorry, I am So Far off Topic,,,, Or Am I?