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Sunday, May 24, 2015

CHICAGO: THE WATCHDOGS: City Hall's $62 million blunder

Ending a costly court fight that City Hall blundered into, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration has paid more than $62 million to settle a dispute with the private operators of four city-owned parking garages downtown, records show.

The payment last month ended City Hall’s long and unsuccessful legal fight against claims from investors in the four privately operated garages under Millennium Park and Grant Park.

The dispute dates back six years. That’s when aides to former Mayor Richard M. Daley mistakenly approved a parking garage in the new Aqua building at 225 N. Columbus Dr.

Under the 2006 privatization deal, the Daley administration received $563 million to lease the parking garages for 99 years. As part of the deal, the city wasn’t supposed to allow any new competitors in a vast area surrounding the garages.

But less than three years after the Chicago City Council approved the deal, the Daley administration allowed the Aqua garage to open to the public just a block from the nearest of the privatized lots.

Arguing that that violated their deal, the operators of the garages filed a claim against the city, asking for at least $200 million.

The case went to an independent arbitrator, who ruled in 2013 that the city had breached the contract and should pay $57.8 million in compensation to the parking garage investors.

Via: Chicago Sun-Times

The Rise of House Clinton

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is Jonah Goldberg’s weekly “news”letter, the G-File. Subscribe here to get the G-File delivered to your inbox on Fridays. Dear Reader (including Josh Duggar who foolishly got a job at the Family Research Council rather than as a party planner on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane), Bill Clinton is the greatest gaslighter in modern American politics.

This is from the Wikipedia entry on “Gaslighting”: Sociopaths frequently use gaslighting tactics. Sociopaths consistently transgress social mores, break laws, and exploit others, but typically, are also charming and convincing liars who consistently deny wrongdoing. Thus, some who have been victimized by sociopaths may doubt their perceptions. Some physically abusive spouses may gaslight their partners by flatly denying that they have been violent. Gaslighting describes a dynamic observed in some cases of marital infidelity: “Therapists may contribute to the victim’s distress through mislabeling the woman’s reactions. . . .

The gaslighting behaviors of the husband provide a recipe for the so-called ’nervous breakdown’ for some women [and] suicide in some of the worst situations.” A truly sociopathic liar (though his sociopathologies hardly end there), Clinton has a gift for making other people feel like there is something wrong with them for objecting to his deceptions. At the outset of the 1990s, liberals had worked themselves into a moral panic about sexual harassment. If anything, it was a bigger obsession than the campus-rape panic we’ve been witnessing over the last few years (no doubt in part because there was more factual basis to the problem). Male politicians — Bob Packwood, John Tower, et al.

— had their careers summarily ended because of their “womanizing” — a term popularized by Tower’s predations. (Ironically, the original meaning of the word was to “make effeminate,” i.e., to turn into a woman. Given the mainstreaming of sex-change surgery, maybe it’s time to rehabilitate the older definition?)

Via: NRO

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Obama Weekly Address MAY 23, 2015

Weekly Address: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes this Memorial Day

In this week’s address, the President commemorated Memorial Day by paying tribute to the men and women in uniform who have given their lives in service to our country.

The President will spend the first Memorial Day since the end of the war in Afghanistan at Arlington Cemetery, remembering the more than 2,200 American patriots who gave their lives in that conflict, as well as all of our fallen soldiers. The President asked that all Americans spend Monday honoring the memory and sacrifice of those heroes, and remain committed to the cause of freedom and the country for which they fought.
Via: White House
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Weekly Republican Address: Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX)

Delivering the Weekly Republican Address is Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Ahead of Memorial Day, Chairman Thornberry calls on President Obama to honor our troops by backing the National Defense Authorization Act, which the House passed last week. To all who serve or have served, and to their families, Happy Memorial …

Via: GOP.gov

Get Excited! Hillary's Announcing Her Candidacy For President.....AGAIN.

THE FIRST TIME WASN'T PAINFUL ENOUGH, SHE IS GOING TO TRY AGAIN ???? WHY DOES SHE FEEL THE NEED TO PUNISH US ????

Nope. This is not a joke.

If you thought Hillary Rodham Clinton would accept the public's less than enthusiastic reaction to her presidential candidacy, you’d be wrong. She wants a do-over, and darn it, she’s getting one!

June 13th. It’ll totally be official then.

See, when she announced her candidacy with that YouTube video back in April, she was totally pulling America’s leg.

Remember this? Just pretend it never happened. That's what the Demcrats are doing.

She didn’t mean it! (And by that I mean, she didn’t actually get the enthusiastic reaction that she was looking for, so she wants– no NEEDS– a fresh new start. She wants to blame the lack of enthusiasm on the fact that her campaign really didn't officially kick off. That Scooby trip? Are you kidding? She just did that out of the kindness of her heart! She's a giver, you guys.

I don’t get it.

What makes her think that people are going to be excited and energetic the second time around? The excitement (if you can even call it that) when she first “announced” was completely manufactured. (Except for Lena Dunham’s. I’m pretty sure she really did want that Hillary tramp stamp.) Even “A-list” Democrats were all “meh” about her announcement.

But this time? Boy, this time, she’ll make darn sure she has some prescreened excited millennials gathered to support her.

She’s totally serious this time. She’s running for president. Do-over starts June 13th.

Thankfully, I wasn’t the only person confused by this turn of events.

VIA: Chicks on the Right

New Orleans Cop Shot Dead in Cruiser

PHOTO: Caution tape marks of the scene after the body of a police officer for New Orleans public housing agency was found Sunday, May 24, 2015, in New Orleans.

Caution tape marks of the scene after the body of a police officer for New Orleans' public housing agency was found Sunday, May 24, 2015, in New Orleans.

Kathleen Flynn/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune/AP Photo

A New Orleans police officer was found shot dead in his marked patrol car this morning, city officials said.

The shooting was reported around 7 a.m., the New Orleans Police Department said in a news release. The victim's car rolled forward and struck a curb after the shooting.

The officer's name has not been released, but the New Orleans police identified the victim as a 45-year-old man who worked as a Housing Authority police officer.

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A Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) police officer "Investigates complaints, maintains order, aids individuals, and identifies criminal offenders," according to a summary of the position on hano.org. The officers also perform "unplanned physical tasks which include the restraining of violent individuals, running, climbing fences and responding to EMS and rescue emergencies. Officers must handle gun belts," the summary said.

The officer had been a member of the HANO Police Department since 2013, according to the police press release. The police department declined to comment further.

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a statement: "The death of this HANO police officer is an unspeakable tragedy, and a vile and cowardly act. Tragedies that involve our men and women in uniform affect our entire city and touch every member of our law enforcement community. We are deeply saddened by this loss, and our hearts and prayers are with the officer's friends and family and with the entire HANO family during this very difficult time.

"NOPD and HANO will work very closely to identify and arrest those responsible for this heinous assault. NOPD and HANO are part of the same close-knit law enforcement family that puts their lives on the line to protect and serve the people of New Orleans. Never are we more aware of the risk they face every day than we are on terrible days like this."

The New Orleans Police Department is investigating.

Via: ABC News

Obama’s poverty mythology By Stephen Moore

Our class warrior in chief was at it again this week complaining about our “ideological divides that have prevented us from making progress” in solving problems like poverty. Just when you thought you’d heard it all. Our most ideological president perhaps ever is arguing that there is too much ideology in Washington. Wow. Apparently, an ideology is a firmly held belief that is held by other people — especially those on the right.

The president managed to blame the slow-growth economy and stagnant wages on everything from Ayn Rand (who promoted “cold-hearted policies” and classified everyone as a “moocher”) to California’s Proposition 13 (which is responsible for the Golden State’s dreadful schools). Everything has contributed to our current malaise except for his own failed policies.

Here’s a brief truth squad examination of Mr. Obama’s mythologies and misstatements of fact. This was a long speech, so I will just identify as many of the whoppers as space permits.

President Obama: “The stereotype is that you’ve got folks on the left who just want to pour more money into social programs, and don’t care anything about culture or parenting or family structures … .”

After more than $20 trillion spent on the War on Poverty since 1964 (in inflation

adjusted dollars), how is it a stereotype to say the left only wants to pour money at programs? Just a few weeks ago, the president blamed the Baltimore riots on Republicans for not spending and borrowing even more money for his social programs. He sounded like a parody of himself.

If the left really wants to preserve family structure and advance cultural values such as work, why do they oppose reforms to a welfare system that pays teenage girls to have babies out of wedlock and disparage conservative proposals that require able-bodied Americans to work for their welfare benefits like food stamps?

Via: Heritage Foundation

[Economy/Commentary] What Will Drive Illinois to Ask Washington for a Bailout by Steven Moore

Earlier this month the Illinois Supreme Court overturned a state law that would help fix the state’s notorious pension crisis. What a tragedy for the state’s taxpayers. The justices basically ruled that the pension arrangements are iron-clad, although these pensions are on a course to bankrupt the state and imperil public services that Illinois families depend on. The unions come first. This could have negative consequences for more than half the states that are trying to defuse government employee pension time bombs.

By way of background: Illinois has one of the deepest public employee pension holes in the nation. The long-term deficit is estimated at above $110 billion and the red ink rises every year. Even in California—where several cities have declared bankruptcy—the pension sink hole isn’t as deep on a per capita basis.

The watchdog group Open the Books reports that there are more than 5,000 teacher and other education officials who receive an annual pension of more than $100,000 a year. Worse yet, half of all government employees retire with benefits before age 60. That’s more than twice what a typical private worker gets for having worked 12 months, not nine months, a year.

The Illinois court invalidated a 2013 pension fix that was enacted by a Democratic legislature and a Democratic governor, Pat Quinn. That law cut off the front door to the pension swindle—switching new workers into defined contribution programs like 401k plans. The law also adjusted the automatic cost of living adjustments (now at 3 percent annually regardless of inflation). The reform also adjusted the retirement age for new employees after January 2011, highly important because at least half of the employees covered are retiring before age 60—including 70 percent of teachers. Even the features of the law dealing with new employees entering the bankrupt system were unbelievably tossed out by the court meaning that the costs must keep rising inexorably into virtual perpetuity.

The victims of these daunting pension costs are citizens who rely on state services. Pension checks are crowding out funding for everything else and last year rose 12 percent as most state spending is being cut or frozen.

More than 5,000 teacher and other education officials receive an annual pension of more than $100,000 a year. Worse yet, half of all government employees retire with benefits before age 60.

Thanks to this ruling, there is no way out of the pension calamity absent a repeal of the pension clause in the Illinois Constitution.

The state can’t borrow—it already has the worst credit rating in the nation. It has to borrow less—not more. Last week’s court decision sent interest rates on Land of Lincoln debt to even higher levels—near junk bond status. Days later, Chicago bonds were marked down to junk status.

The state is already making deep cuts in other spending programs. To accommodate lavish government retiree pensions, the court has rules that everything else—from funding for schools, roads, bridges, prisons, and police services—gets whacked. Current Governor Bruce Rauner is taking on the unenviable job of cutting at least $6 billion from state spending in order to balance the budget. The Court just made his job doubly excruciating.

Via: The Daily Signal

MATT DRUDGE SLAMS BOEHNER FOR PROMISING TO PASS OBAMATRADE: ‘CLEARLY TREASON’

Matt Drudge took to Twitter to deliver an ongoing tirade against Republicans’ eagerness to deliver a fast-track trade bill to President Obama’s desk. The bill’s details have not been made public — which hasn’t stopped Republicans from surrendering Congress’s power to make amendments to a president’s future trade deals.

Should a Republican presidential candidate lose the 2016 general election, the Trade Promotion Authority bill could be to blame. Keeping the bill’s details from voters was “clearly treason,” Drudge tweeted.

Via: Breitbart

Hillary Clinton's scandals piling up faster than flakes in a snowstorm

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Wading through the daily deluge of Hillary Clinton news, I feel like I’m reading the police blotter. The litany of her shameful shenanigans resembles the litany of neighborhood crimes recorded by cops. There are simply too many to stomach.

There is another similarity, too: In both cases, fear and revulsion are the proper responses from honest Americans.

More than 17 months before Election Day, Clinton scandals are piling up faster than robberies during a police strike. There is a media feeding frenzy over her shady dealings and the sheer volume of unsavory revelations is approaching a critical mass. The pace of disclosures probably can’t continue, but already she’s looking less and less inevitable.

This week brought a new batch of bombshells. The Washington Post reported that, in addition to $5 million she earned from her latest book, Clinton earned $11.7 million by delivering 51 speeches since January 2014. The paper reported that she was paid an astonishing $625,000 for two speeches — in one day!

Stack those facts up against her recent remark that the only answer to income inequality is to “topple” the 1 percent of wealthy Americans, and it’s obvious that she’s long past the point of simple hypocrisy.

Via: Fox News

#ProudAmerican: Ronald Reagan-Memorial Day 1984

"Memorial Day is a day of ceremonies and speeches. Throughout America today, we honor the dead of our wars. We recall their valor and their sacrifices. We remember they gave their lives so that others might live.

We're also gathered here for a special event -- the national funeral for an unknown soldier who will today join the heroes of three other wars.

When he spoke at a ceremony at Gettysburg in 1863, President Lincoln reminded us that through their deeds, the dead had spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could, and that we living could only honor them by rededicating ourselves to the cause for which they so willingly gave a last full measure of devotion.

Well, this is especially so today, for in our minds and hearts is the memory of Vietnam and all that that conflict meant for those who sacrificed on the field of battle and for their loved ones who suffered here at home."

Via: FOX NEWS

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Press Release: Rep. Mia Love Introduces First Bill

WASHINGTON— Congresswoman Mia Love (R-UT) introduced her first bill on Thursdayas a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, The Student Right to Know Before You Go Act. The bill addresses the issues facing millions of college students who, while graduating with degrees, are carrying overwhelming student loan debt, and facing unemployment.

“Prospective students are making costly and critical decisions about their education with very little or completely inaccurate information,” Rep. Mia Love said. “I recently spoke to a Salt Lake City woman whose son is a new college graduate with $80,000 in student loan debt, but no job. The Student Right to Know Before You Go Act would give students access to the tools they need to responsibly and confidently plan for their future.”

The bill is co-authored by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and has bipartisan support from co-sponsors Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Rep. John Carney (D-DE), and Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA). The Senate version of the bill was introduced by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL).

“The Student Right to Know Before You Go Act” would:

Empower students and families with the tools needed for a more complete picture of the value of their education

· Ensure accurate, easy to understand data be available online for prospective students and their families

· Free up information that currently exists, but is not currently accessible

· Match student records with employment and earnings data

· Ensure results would be highly accurate and informative

· Ensure privacy and security of student data

“Going to school to learn new skills is one of the best ways to improve your quality of life. But it's also one of the most costly. ‘Know Before You Go’ could help cut costs by giving students access to useful information that would help them make better-informed decisions about their education. I’m excited to co-sponsor this commonsense reform.” -Rep. Paul Ryan

"I'm grateful for Mia's support of this legislation and the recognition that prospective college students and their families should have access to information as they consider the best institutions of higher learning and programs of study. Doing so not only empowers individuals as students--it also empowers them as workers, equipping them to compete in today's workforce and succeed. Next to home ownership, a college education is often the most expensive investment Americans will make in their lifetime. Gaining a post-secondary degree or certificate is essential to securing employment in the modern workforce. This bill would get information out of the archives and into the hands of the people who are investing so much in their future. “ -Rep Duncan Hunter

“With the rising cost of higher education, families and students have to make tough decisions when planning for the future. Information is power, and this legislation will improve transparency and help provide families with better tools when making these important decisions.” Rep. Trey Gowdy

“As our students graduate with ever-growing student loans, we at least owe it to them to make sure their education is worth it,” said Congressman Carney. “Students deserve to know which schools will prepare them for finding a job, and which won’t. This bill will bring transparency to a system that’s confusing and hard to navigate. I’m pleased to support this bill because with so much money on the line, students shouldn’t have to take a gamble on whether it’ll pay off.” -Rep. John Carney

Via: Utah Policy

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What Might Happen if Obamacare's "King vs. Burwell" Challenge Is Upheld?

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has only been in force since Jan. 1, 2014, but it's had some amazing ups and downs in its short history.

Known better as Obamacare, the PPACA struggled out of the gate to enroll uninsured consumers due to a host of IT-architectural design issues underlying a number of state- and federally run marketplace exchanges. It took more than two months for permanent fixes to be put into place on the federally run exchange, Healthcare.gov, allowing consumers to finally complete the sign-up process for health insurance.

Fast forward a year and change, and everything is generally running very smoothly. Obamacare enrollment approached 12 million by the end of the 2015 regular enrollment period on Feb. 15. This is well ahead of the estimated 9.1 million enrollees that the Department of Health and Human Services believed would be signed up by the end of the year.

But just because Obamacare is succeeding now in its enrollments doesn't mean the law itself is out of the woods.

Obamacare faces a major challenge
One challenge set to shake things up in the coming weeks is a case being reviewed by the Supreme Court, King vs. Burwell. The plaintiffs in this challenge are focused on the verbiage of the law, which states that subsidies are to be paid to exchanges "established by the State."

As you probably know, not all states chose to establish their own exchanges. Some 37 states -- a figure that seemingly grows by the year -- are now a part of the federally run healthcare marketplace, Healthcare.gov. Some states found it easier to simply join Healthcare.gov from the get-go (especially those idealistically opposed to Obamacare that didn't want to accept federal funds to set up state exchanges). Meanwhile others, such as Hawaii, Oregon, and Vermont, were coerced to join Healthcare.gov after their state-run exchanges failed to either get off the ground or be profitable enough to continue running. But the one thing in common here is that for these states, the federal government is in charge of doling out subsidies on the states' behalf, rather than the states themselves handing them out. The plaintiffs are arguing against this practice and hoping to eliminate it.

Via: The Motley Fool

Baltimore Cop to CNN: Morale ‘In the Sewers,’ Worst I’ve Ever Seen

An anonymous Baltimore police officer appeared on CNN tonight to say that morale is “in the sewers” and “the worst of the worst I’ve ever seen in my career.”

The Baltimore police are, of course, being scrutinized due to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. The Department of Justice recentlyannounced an investigation into the Baltimore PD to see if they engaged in a pattern of excessive force.

This anonymous cop said that crime is on the rise in Baltimore because officers have “stop[ped] being proactive.” In other words, just like in New York City months ago, Baltimore officers, according to this one cop, have engaged in a slowdown.

And the only thing this cop thinks needs to be done is for Commissioner Anthony Batts and his command staff to go.

Via: Mediaite

Memorial Day 2015

We need to remind ourselves that Memorial Day is not just another three-day weekend or a day when all manner of sales are offered to those who want to go shopping. It is a day set aside to honor the ultimate sacrifice of those who have fought to defend our nation and take military action in foreign nations. We honor, too, those who suffered wounds and returned home.

We like to think of America as a nation that has gone to war only when we had to, but a new book, “America Invades: How We’ve Invaded or Been Invaded with Almost Every Country on Earth” tells a different story based on history.

As documented by its authors, Christopher Kelly and Stuard Laycock, America, “has invaded or fought in eighty-four out of 194 countries (countries recognized by the United Nations and excluding the United States) in the world. That’s 43 percent of the total. And it hasn’t been militarily involved with just ninety or a hundred countries. It has had some form of military involvement with a spectacular 191 out of 194. That’s more than 98 percent.”

“Most people,” the authors note “would probably agree that much of what America has done around the world has clearly been wise and noble (as in helping liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny.) Some, however, have been wrong and/or unwise. And some of what America has done has been in-between. In some sense, it’s like looking at the history of one’s own family. And, indeed, all of it—the liberations, the fiascos, and follies—is, in some sense, part of the history of every American citizen.”

That’s why it is a good idea to pause on Memorial Day because as an American it is part of your history. “Americans are always hoping for peace but usually preparing for war” says the authors who remind us that “the American eagle is an ambivalent bird holding arrows in the talons of one foot and an olive branch in the other.”

Via: Canada Free Press

Ben Carson Wins SRLC Straw Poll

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson topped the SRLC 2015 straw poll results Saturday with 25 percent attendee support.

Carson bested Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker who came in second by 5 percent and beat Texas Sen. Ted Cruz who came in third by almost 9 percent.

Below are the final numbers:

Via: The Daily Caller

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Clinton's Compulsive Speechifying

WASHINGTON -- Again with the speeches. The gross excessiveness of it all, vacuuming up six-figure checks well past the point of rational need or political seemliness. The ceaseless drip of information that ought to have already been released, now being presented with a self-serving back pat over transparency.

I wasn't planning to write, again, about Hillary Clinton's compulsive speechifying. I already weighed in nearly a year ago urging her to stop talking. For money, that is.

That unheeded advice came, by my accounting, some $6 million ago. Not including Bill Clinton's speeches. Not including any speeches that Hillary Clinton made on behalf of the family foundation, which just disclosed that, um, it neglected to disclose somewhere between $12 million and $26 million of money it made by booking the Clintons.

Because, the foundation explained, this money counted as "revenue," not "donations," and therefore was not reported. Their reporting pledge only covered donations. (Credit here for continuing the reporting after she left State Department.)

Let me repeat: I am a fan of Hillary Clinton's. But here I find myself, once again, with hair on fire, so let me explain why I find this conduct so disturbing.

It is, granted, a little late to bemoan the spectacle of former presidents, or former anything elses, taking to the lecture circuit to cash in.

When Ronald Reagan, fresh from the White House, pocketed $2 million in speaking fees from a Japanese company, New York Times columnist William Safire sputtered.

Via: Real Clear Politics

NSA winds down once-secret phone-records collection program

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency has begun winding down its collection and storage of American phone records after the Senate failed to agree on a path forward to change or extend the once-secret program ahead of its expiration at the end of the month.

Barring an 11th hour compromise when the Senate returns to session May 31, a much-debated provision of the Patriot Act — and some other lesser known surveillance tools — will sunset at midnight that day. The change also would have a major impact on the FBI, which uses the Patriot Act and the other provisions to gather records in investigations of suspected spies and terrorists.

In a chaotic scene during the wee hours of Saturday, Senate Republicans blocked a bill known as the USA Freedom Act, which would have ended the NSA's bulk collection but preserved its ability to search the records held by the phone companies on a case-by-case basis. The bill was backed by President Barack Obama, House Republicans and the nation's top law enforcement and intelligence officials.

It fell just three votes short of the 60 needed for passage. All the "no" votes but one were cast by Republicans, some of whom said they thought the USA Freedom Act didn't go far enough to help the NSA maintain its capabilities.

If Senate Republican leaders were counting on extending current law and continuing the negotiations, they miscalculated. Democrats and libertarian-minded Republicans refused to go along. A bill to grant a two-month extension of the law failed, and senators objected to each attempt by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky offer up a short term extension.

The failure to act means the NSA will immediately begin curtailing its searches of domestic phone records for connections to international terrorists. The Justice Department said in a statement that it will take time to taper off the collection process from the phone companies. That process began Friday, said an administration official who would not be identified because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Via: My Way

SEN. PAT ROBERTS AND REP. PETER ROSKAM INTRODUCE OBAMACARE WATCHDOG BILLS

This week, Senator

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)

57%

and Representative

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL)

introduced companion bills to the Senate and House respectively that would name an Inspector General to investigate Obamacare overspending and abuses.Since the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the Obama administration has made 31 significant changes in the implementation of the act without going to Congress to obtain statutory authority.

With these bills, lawmakers are finally attempting to reassert some constitutional control over the executive branch’s usurpations of its legislative authority.

It is unclear whether these bills will pass both houses. If they do, an Obama veto is likely, and the ball would be in Congress’s court to secure the 2/3 vote necessary to override such a veto.

The bills were proposed as the nation awaits the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwelldecision, expected next month, which could completely unravel the implementation of the Affordable Care Act by voiding the issuance of Obamacare tax credits to residents of the 37 states that chose not to establish their own health care exchanges.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Roskam said his bill, H.R. 2400, would “create a Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act (SIGMA). The bill is supported by all Majority members of the Oversight Subcommittee and all key oversight subcommittee chairs, as well as a wide array of prominent conservative advocacy organizations.”

Via: Breitbart

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Hillary?

I always thought Democrats were the ones who excelled at being delusional! You know, as in believing that if there were more gun control laws passed, violence would be curbed. Or if yet more money were thrown at our failed educational system, kids would stay in school and graduate with honors. Or if more windmills were subsidized than even Don Quixote could tilt at, the earth would be restored to greenness. Liberals have always considered spending synonymous with solving – as long as it’s somebody else’s money they’re throwing around.

But I’ve noticed lately that a fog of delusionary thinking has settled glumly over too many Republicans. And compared to the unreality of Democrats, who seem unable even to imagine defeat, the Republican brand is marked by an ill wind of pessimism that can only blow no good.

Take, for example, the 2016 election. And while you’re at it, why not just hand it over to Hillary as a fait accompli? “I’m afraid she’s going to win,” said a long-time Republican friend who called the other day from Arizona – which has trended Republican in recent elections. From a conservative Connecticut pal came an e-mail with this admonition: “Hillary is running around as if she were already the president. I’m afraid.”

Via: American Thinker

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While Hillary Slept: Wasn’t Awake For President’s Briefing On Benghazi

Great commercial, 2008, we need someone who knows the military, tested and ready to lead:

Reality 2012. Here’s what we got in reaction to Benghazi:

Via: Weasel Zippers

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