PJ Media | Obama's Economy: The Excuses Begin | By: Tom Blumer | Just days after the November presidential and congressional elections which gave President Barack Obama a non-mandate of 50.6% of the popular vote and the demonstrated supported of less than 27% of all U.S. adults, NBC's Brian Williams actually told viewers: With the election now over, it is once again safe to talk about the economy and jobs. Now that it is not a campaign issue, it's back to reality. | |
Reason.com | Obama's Unconstitutional Executive Power Grab | By: Damon W. Root | At the White House last Thursday, President Barack Obama announced his intention of re-nominating Richard Cordray to head up the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, the federal "watchdog" created to forbid "unfair, deceptive, or abusive" financial practices as part of the Dodd-Frank Act. In January 2012, stymied by Senate opposition to Cordray's original nomination to that position, Obama openly bypassed the Senate and simply installed Cordray in power himself. | | National Review Online | Ex Uno Plures? | By: Lee Habeeb | It was, it seemed, a slip of the tongue. Al Gore was giving a speech in 1994 in Milwaukee when he uttered these words: "We can build a collective civic space large enough for all our separate identities, that we can be 'e pluribus unum' — out of one, many." Out of one, many. That's how the then–vice president of the United States described the Latin phrase that has adorned the Great Seal of the United States since the late 18th century. | |
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