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Originally Posted by pan6467
I guess you never made it past the first 2 paragraphs.
To me when you have millions losing housing and jobs tax paid extravaganzas are an abuse of power. I'm sorry a government "for the people, by the people, of the people" should be working to help the people not spending their money on frivolity.
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pan...perhaps I never made it past the first two paragraphs in your post #11, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING MORE WHEN I RESPONDED.
You edited and added to your post (
as edited by pan6467; 01-14-2009 at 05:52 PM).. after my comments (
posted by dc_dux at 01-14-2009, 05:46 PM)
Cheap trick, even for you, pan. So spare me the bullshit, please.
One last time....funding for the Inauguration was authorized and appropriated by Congress last summer or fall and signed by Bush...not Obama.
In fact, yesterday, Bush, not Obama, declared a "state of emergency" in Washington DC so that the city could qualify for more federal funding to pay for public safety costs related to the inauguration...because of the largest crowd (and highest interest) in the history of Inaurgurations.
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The White House announced yesterday that it will grant emergency funding to the District...)
I dont consider this an abuse of power by Bush and while some may think it is frivolous, no reasonable person or by any reasonable standard can it be considered an abuse of power.
There will be plenty of executive decisions made by Obama that you and I may question...but
since he has yet to take office, he is not in a position yet to abuse executive power.
As i posted above, I will be the first to criticize Obama if this bill in my OP, which I think is important to review presidential powers and not Bush bashing, reaches his desk and he doesn't sign it.
Your obsession with finding fault with Obama has once again put you in the position of ignoring the facts.