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| Ted Rall wrote: | BULLETIN BOARD, BY TED RALL, 8/15/09
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU MURDER SOMEONE
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU MURDER A MILLION SOMEONES
[Bush] Obama's refightin' my wars all wrong!
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| Tom Tomorrow wrote: | THIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow
ONCE UPON A TIME, THE CITIZENS OF A VERY LARGE NATION BEGAN TO TURN INTO MONSTERS.
>> Abu Ghraib was the work of a few bad apples!
>> Anyway, we're at war! These things happen!
IT HAPPENED SLOWLY, OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT YEARS OR SO ... AND AT FIRST, THEY DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT HAD HAPPENED AT ALL ...
>> Waterboarding isn't torture! It's more like a harmless fraternity prank!
>> As is shackling prisoners to the ceiling for days on end until their feet swell up to twice their normal size!
BUT AT LEAST SOME OF THEM BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT THEY WERE AVOIDING MIRRORS ... AND THAT THEIR NEW PRESIDENT ENCOURAGED THIS AVOIDANCE ...
>> [President Barack Obama] Now is not the time to look backwards -- at what we are! Now is the time to look forwards -- at what we wish we were!
AS TIME WENT BY, THE EVIDENCE OF THEIR MONSTROSITY BECAME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO IGNORE.
>> And apparently more than a hundred detainees died in custody ... many under extremely questionable circumstances ...
>> Do you mind? I'm trying to watch Jon and Kate's Divorce Lawyers on "Entertainment Tonight"!
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE VERY LARGE NATION BEGAN TO SUGGEST THAT CITIZENS SHOULD AT LEAST TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THEMSELVES.
>> You don't have to look in a full-length mirror or anything! Just a brief sideways squint at a reflecting pool!
IT TOOK SOME TIME ... BUT ULTIMATELY, THE CITIZENS OF THE VERY LARGE NATION DID COME TO TERMS WITH WHAT THEY HAD BECOME ... SORT OF ...
>> No doubt about it -- mistakes of some sort were made!
>> But I'm sure it will never happen again!
>> So! Anything good on TV tonight? |
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| Ted Rall wrote: | BULLETIN BOARD, By Ted Rall
EXIT INTERVIEW: VAN JONES
[President Barack Obama] What's this? You support freeing Mumia?
[Van Jones] Uh-Huh.
[President Barack Obama] And you called Republicans "A-holes"!?!
[Van Jones] You betcha.
[President Barack Obama] This White House doesn't hire liberals! You're fired!
[Van Jones] OK.
[President Barack Obama] Wait -- Maybe you can stay. Have you tortured anyone? |
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| Tom Tomorrow wrote: | THIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow
Once upon a time, in a land far away, physicians began to charge more for their services than the average peasant could ever afford to pay.
[Doctor] You've got a terrible case of ill humors, lad! I shall have to bleed you with leeches posthaste! That will be ten farthings!
[Peasant] But -- I haven't got that kind of money, sire!
[Doctor] Then out with you, accursed pauper!
However, the peasants soon realized the wisdom of pooling their funds, so that the least fortunate among them might have resources upon which to draw in times of need.
[Peasants] Any of us needing a bleeding by leeches, or a poultice of manure, or any other of the physician's healing arts, will be ensured the appropriate treatment! We shall call it our Fund of Ensurance!
As the fund grew larger, it became necessary to entrust its oversight to a manager of the professional class, a former counter of beans and sundries who guarded the peasants' monies as if they were his own.
[Peasant] But the doctor says my wound must be treated with maggots or I shall lose this limb!
[Bean Counter] I'm sorry -- your policy doesn't cover maggots. Next!
Eventually, the original purpose of the fund of ensurance was all but forgotten ... and the industry which grew up around it lived happily ever after ...
[Peasant] So let me get this straight -- if I pay you a tithing each fortnight, I might be alllowed to see a physician if I fall ill?
[Bean Counter] Yes, that's right -- As long as our profits are not imperiled!
[Peasant] Well, if this is the system the Almighty has given us -- who am I to question it? |
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| Michael Grimm wrote: | the Last Days of Roland & Cid, by Michael Grimm
And then little Obama followed the tardy white Rabbublican until he came across a mad tea party.
[Sean Hannity] We are gathered to protest being taxed.
[Rush Limbaugh] No, we're gathered because he has no birth certificate!
[Glen Beck] Not it's because he's a racist!
[Joe Wilson] You lie! We're here to protest health care reform ... I think. |
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| Lloyd Dangle wrote: | TROUBLETOWN, BY LLOYD DANGLE
FACE IT, FISCAL CONSERVATIVES ARE MAD AS HELL AND IN THE STREETS!
[Con Man] We're against the spending!
[Lib Man] Glenn Beck Speak to Me
[Lib Man] Lying Negro
[Lib Woman] Stop the Death Camps
[Lib Man] Muslim
[Lib Man] Hitler Africa
WHAT WERE THEY DOING WHEN BUSH RAN UP $400 BILLION IN DEBT AND GAVE AWAY $1.3 TRILLION IN TAX CUTS
[Con Woman] Watching Hannity.
[Con Man] Cleaing my gun, with Hannity.
[Con Man] Whittlin' and watchin' Hannity.
ANTI-WAR PROTESTS ON THE LEFT WERE MUCH BIGGER BUT THEY WERE SO UNTHREATENING THEY BARELY MADE THE NEWS.
GEORGE BUSH LOOKS LIKE A MONKEY
[Con Woman] That's racist
[Lib Man] -Sorry
[Con Man] That's uncool, Dave.
AND NO DEMOCRAT WOULD'VE EVER SHOUTED THAT BUSH WAS A LIAR -- NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT HE FED THEM
[George Bush] We know Saddam has 109 tons of Botulinum poison
[Dem] Clapping deferentially
FINALLY, THE ELECTION WAS OUR EXPRESSION OF CORE VALUES.
[Lib Man] End the renditions
[Lib Woman] We're against war!
[Lib Man] Stop bailouts
[Lib Man] Convict Cheney
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW THAT THE SAME WARS AND POLICIES CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED?
[Lib Woman] Watching Keith Olbermann
[Lib Man] Drinking a latte, watching Olbermann
[Lib Man] Waiting for the Daily Show |
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| Ted Rall wrote: | BULLETIN BOARD, By Ted Rall
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS REFUSED TO WEIGH IN ON THE RAMPAGING MONSTER CRISIS.
[President Barack Obama] Watching mutant lizards and giant carnivorous insects feast upon our children and destroy our cities is upsetting so we need callllm ... ness.
INSTEAD, CONGRESS HAS BEEN ASKED TO PREPARE COMPETING PLANS, DISCUSS AND DEBATE IDEAS, AND RECONCILE BILLS IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
[Senator 1] My plan is to do nothing. Monsters are part of God's plan.
[Senator 2] But everything is God's plan.
[Senator 1] Exactly!
UNFORTUNATELY, CONGRESS WILL GO INTO RECESS BEFORE ANTI-MONSTER LEGISLATION CAN BE FINALIZED.
[Senator 1] The gentleman from Missoura respectfully yields his 4 minutes to the gentleman from Utah.
SO NOW IT'S ALL UP TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
[Private Sector] Are you rich? We'll send you this ventilated monster-proof safety ball! Monsters Can't Get In!
[Poor Person] I'm dead. |
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| Lloyd Dangle wrote: | TROUBLETOWN, by Lloyd Dangle
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS WHERE HE CAME FROM, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN A DEMOCRAT HAS APPEARED WHO HAS SOME BALLS.
[Some Dude Named Grayson] The Republicans are a bunch of knuckle-draggers.
A DEMOCRAT WITH BALLS IS AS RARE AS A 600-POUND PYGMY SQUIRREL!
[600-lb Pygmy Squirrel] Munch! Munch!
[Nature Watcher] OH JESUS! I can't believe my eyes!
THE WOLF BLITZERS IMMEDIATELY WENT AFTER HIM FOR CALLING THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS AS "A HOLOCAUST."
[Wolf Blitzer] That word is reserved for only one use! Everyone should know that! Insensitive!
A RIGHT-WINGER COULD ADD "HOLOCAUST" TO HIS RHETORIC AND HE'D STILL WIN TIME MAGAZINE'S MAN OF THE YEAR
[Right-Winger] ... And after we kill the President we orta have a Holocaust for Acorn! Yeah!
PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS GUY, GRAYSON, GIVING BALLS LESSONS TO OTHER DEMOCRATS -- STARTING WITH HARRY REID!
[Some Dude Named Grayson] You'll keep doing push-ups till you say it, Harry.
[Harry Reid] HOLOCAUST!
SOON:
[President Barack Obama] I don't need a super-majority, Bitch!
[Bitch] Let's hear you filibuster with my foot in your throat.
[Harry Reid] I'll say Holocaust any old time.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:28 pm Post subject: Not So Fast! Obama's Nobel Subject to Congressional Approval |
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 The Emoluments clause, U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 (art. I, § 9, cl. 8), provides:
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
In a memorandum finding that NASA employees could not take paid leave to work for a Canadian University that was chartered under Canadian law, the United States Department of Justice has defined “King, Prince or foreign State” to include foreign universities:
| Quote: | Foreign public universities are, presumptively, foreign States within the meaning of the Clause.
The language of the Emoluments Clause is both sweeping and unqualified. The Clause in terms prohibits those holding offices of profit or trust under the United States from accepting “any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever” from “any . . . foreign State” unless Congress consents (emphases added). There is no express or implied exception for emoluments received from foreign States when the latter act in some capacity other than the performance of their political, military or diplomatic functions. The decision whether to permit exceptions that qualify the Clause’s absolute prohibition or that temper any harshness it may cause is textually committed to Congress, which may give consent to the acceptance of offices or emoluments otherwise barred by the Clause.
*** Those who hold offices under the United States must give the government their unclouded judgment and their uncompromised loyalty. That judgment might be biased, and that loyalty divided, if they received financial benefits from a foreign government, even when those benefits took the form of remuneration for academic work or research. Moreover, institutions of higher learning are often substantially funded, whether directly or indirectly, by their governments, and university research programs or other academic activities may be linked to the missions of their governmental sponsors, including national scientific and defense agencies.
Accordingly, we conclude that foreign governmental entities, including public universities, are presumptively instrumentalities of foreign States under the Emoluments Clause, even if they do not engage specifically in political, military or diplomatic functions. |
There can be no doubt that the Nobel Prize Committee is an institution of the Norwegian government. The Nobel website states:
| Quote: | | Since the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, the Peace Prize has, in accordance with Alfred Nobel’s will, been awarded by a committee of five, appointed by the Storting (the Norwegian Parliamant), but without the committee being formally responsible to the Storting. According to rules laid down by the Storting, election to the committee was to be for a six-year term, and members could be re-elected. The committee’s composition should reflect the relative strengths of the political parties in the Storting, but the committee has elected its own chairman and deputy chairman. It was never required by the rules and on some occasions the matter has been debated, but so far all committee members have been Norwegian nationals. |
Given that the avowed purpose of the award is to empower the President to exercise his influence in support of the Nobel commission’s mission to allegedly foment world peace, and comes with a very substantial “emolument,” $1.4 Million USD, it should be no-brainer that this comes up in front of Congress. Mr. Reid, Madam Pelosi, front and center! Let’s get this done before we vote on health care, okay?
This issue has already been raised by an anonymous poster, so I cannot claim to be an original thinker. However, the question is rather obvious, and I am uncertain why Attorney General Eric Holder has failed to consider it. Except, perhaps, that reading the Constitution isn’t a big priority inside the Beltway.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject: Even assuming it were Constitutional, would it be right? |
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What I didn't cover in my blog post was this, far more trenchant question -- since when is the Commander in Chief of the world's largest rogue police force, a man who has failed to make good on promises to end torture and adventurism, who props up a puppet dictator in Afghanistan, and presides over a drone force that kills people like targets in a video game, a "Peace Prize" Winner?
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