“Big Government”
A Clown Goes to Washington
Clowns, by their very nature, are not usually political activists. However, when provoked by a bickering, elitist, partisan, do-nothing, hypocritical, obstructionist Congress, some clowns are willing to make an exception. That exception, my friends, is always the one that proves the rule, “Politics is all about who’s axe gets gory.”
New Feminist Icon – Ms. Gender Pennypower
Here’s Ms. Moneypenny. You’ve come a long way….
Snapshot of a Senate Cabinet Confirmation Hearing
Here we see a Democratic Senator questioning one of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees.
‘You’re Fired’ – Trump Give Assistant AG the Boot
From the National Review, “Why Yates Had to Go“.
It is a very simple proposition. Our Constitution vests all executive power — not some of it, all of it — in the president of the United States. Executive-branch
officials do not have their own power. They are delegated by the president to execute his power. If they object to the president’s policies, their choice is clear: salute and enforce the president’s directives, or honorably resign. There is no third way.
No one knows this better than high-ranking officials of the Department of Justice. That is why President Trump was right to fire Acting Attorney General Sally Yates.
Example of ‘Democratic Engineering’
You have your ‘Redneck Engineering’, your ‘African Engineering‘. And now you have your ‘Democratic Engineering’. You might say that it “works half way.” Or not. As the case may be.
Obama’s Leftovers Scurry For the Exits
The Atlantic reports that “Abrupt departures of top officials Wednesday, under disputed circumstances, leave Foggy Bottom without a confirmed secretary or nominees for several top leadership jobs.” The departures, to my eye, look as though the President called his local Orkin Pest Control man.
Trump Approves Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines
From NPR,
President Trump on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for construction of two controversial oil pipelines, the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access.
As he signed the paperwork in an Oval Office photo op, Trump said his
The pipelines had been stopped during the Obama administration. The State Department rejected a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, and President Obama ordered work halted on the Dakota pipeline after Native American groups and other activists protested its route near culturally sensitive sites in North Dakota.
