Smack Down #2 . . .

Recently the President lost his case on recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.  The Supreme Court held that the President can not determine the recess of the Congress as the Constitution puts that decision in the hands of the Congress or in other words separation of powers.  That meant all of those decisions rendered by the NLRB  since the placement of his members in valid.  Of course, with his majority in the Senate, these same people can be reinstated but they will have to visit all of their decisions again.

In making that decision the court further defined a recession appoint must occur while Congress is in recess.  That means the President can hold off his appointments until a valid recess, the position must occur during recess too.  Thus the President can not simply hold appointments in his pocket until Congress recesses.  That means all such appointments must go through the Senate.  It may be a farcical thing now, but times change and majorities change.  The President in doing what he did caused the Supreme Court to clarify what the Constitution says, thus he has caused the Presidential powers of appointment to be restricted.  Now a recess is a period of time defined as at least 10 days.

Today the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hobby-Lobby and Conestoga (spelling) Wood Company where a closely held for profit corporation under the Religions Freedom Act as well as the Constitution do not have to fund female contraception.  It is limited to a small number of corporations but once again opens the door for corporations to be treated as "people" under the law.  I predict now there will be additional suits from churches, and other corporations to also limit their exposure to the Affordable Care Act not just for female contraception for other issues.  It is now being dismantled, step by agonizing step.

The BLAG suit will soon move forward and reach the Supreme Court.  That suit simply says the President can not willy-nilly change the law as he has done with a number acts.  He has chosen what to administer and what not to administer and in some case changed the dates of applications of the laws.  A president of the United States should not have such powers.  He can veto acts and require the process to undergo by Congress to override his veto.  But should be able to selectively apply the enacted law, law in which he personally has signed into law.  I think this will be another smack down for the current administration.

Old Fritz . . .

I should say "Old Fritzina" is no longer with us.  We have watched and waited for quite a while and lots of her children are around but she is not.  She did not appear this spring.  She looked a little worse for wear last seen in the fall and has lived out her life span.

But there are plenty of progeny around.  We even saw one on the back patio extension like she used to locate herself.  It was medium sized lizard so is probably on its second year of life having survived the winter.  Alas there are no crickets back there, they have all been consumed, so with a lack of food source, junior did not stick around.

We see them out front a lot, along the side walk and even on the sun reflecting screens on the windows out front on occasion.  I scared one away from the garage door a few days ago.  They like to hunt in the garage as there are a lot of critters that creep in during the winter.  With the fence lizards around there is no safe heaven in the garage for the insects.

We do not have any cats around now days either.  The neighbor inadvertently killed their last cat.  So we do not have any roaming carnivores to eat our lizards up.  That is a good thing, though I did not want to see the little cat get killed.  She got caught in the garage door and I had to dispose of her.  The neighbor was in tears but someone had to clean up.

So far now we have birds and squirrels to tend with along with lizards.  We also have our usual night visitors; possums, raccoons, maybe an armadillo and of course the ever present super intelligent foxes.  I have seen a fox carry off a peach in his/her mouth.  Granted it was not a giant peach but it was bigger than a golf ball. They, the foxes, will eat almost anything.

We have all kinds of critters pass though.  Wild cats (Bob Cats) or better known as Lynxes,  Coyotes are every where, even an occasional turkey passes by.   Some claim recently to have seen small mountain lions though they could be large bob cats.  Bob cats, or wild cats, do grow tails just not as long or as prominent as other cats do.

Such is living on the edge of suburbia.  The lake attracts the animals, it is there consistent water source.  We see deer all the time.  They are a nuisance.  Eat all the flowers, color is their favorite food.

Iraq Crubles and Obama Fiddles . . .

Like Nero fiddling while Rome burned.  We watch as he stands by making statements and doing nothing.  He is trying to open a dialog with Iran for help.  Give me a break, what sorry assed foreign policy operation.  Is he going to send good wooden John Kerry in or just throw him under the bus.

All of it sounds of desperate strategies to avoid direct confrontation.  The whole world now knows just how weak President Obama is.  He has the power but he does not know what to do with, or how to do something with it except spout platitudes like lines drawn in the sand crap. 

His in action, ineptitude has lead to this debacle.  There is no other possible conclusion.  We do not know why he can not or will not act.  But we can see his inaction.

What a sad day.  He is presiding over the dismantling of the US's power.  It is embarrassing.

And we have two more years of this to come.  Who knows what will pop up next.  Right his signature medical program has taken another hit in that some alleged two million enrollees have lied on their applications.  So his super 7,000,000 signs ups is turning out to be maybe 5,000,000.  And that number is no sufficient to sustain the program.  That means you and me are gonna get stuck with increases in taxes to make it work.

The acts name of Affordable Care Act is a joke.  Except it is not funny.

More Obama Cratering . . .

Looks like Iraq has gone tits up.  Everything this President has done is back firing in his face. 

The VA debacle is a fore runner to Obamacare.  Think we can fix it or the coming Obamacare, don't bet on it.  We are screwing our nation.

The Bowe Bergdahl trade is still smoldering.  The President threw his Sec of Defense under the bus.  Congress chewed up the Sec Def too.

Now we find the FBI has been feeding the IRS re conservative groups.  Does Eric Holder, a person who is in Contempt of Congress, behind this?

Ukraine is on the verge of collapse.  Russia is on the ascendancy again.  We sit and watch and Obama tours the Baltic States and visits Omaha Beach for D-Day ceremonies along with Russia's Putin.

Obamacare sign ups are faulty, seems 20 to 25% of the sign ups are faulty - they lied!  Now we are on tap to pay for this idiocy.

The Iranians have negotiated a deal for their Nuclear Supremacy.  We gave in!

I predict that Iraq will fall.  I predict Afghanistan will fall.  I think Pakistan is on the verge of collapse.

As the Speaker of the House said, "And he takes a nap."

The Sec of State remains "wooden."  He has successfully piss off everybody.  What a dufus!

The borders are porous and being invaded by children.  Obama sleeps.

A decorated Marine rots in a Mexican jail for a simple mistake.  He does nothing to help him yet gives up five hardened killers for a deserter.  He single handedly defied a national standard and now endangers all US citizens overseas. 

It is time to  impeach him for shear incompetence.

There Is No End . . .

I once vowed I would stay away from politics in this blog but alas the stupidity of the present administration drives me into it.  The President in a vane attempt to quiten the VA noises made a colossal mistake in trading five Gitmo prisoners for one traitor. 

It is not over yet.  After a week of traipsing around Europe the President has been dogged by  reporters regarding Army Sergeant Bergdahl.  His erstwhile Chief of the Nation Security Council and former Ambassador to the UN, Ms Rice, stuck her foot in her mouth - again.  They do not seem to think things through, they only see what they think is going to be a great coup in providing good news. 

They had to know that Bergdahl was a potential deserter.  He walked away from his post, he even wrote things that are not easily retractable.  So I think the young man is luck to be retrieved, that is a good thing, but will certainly face a Courts Martial.

Too many other facts are rolling out.  No, it turns out his health was not a danger.  No, his captors were tired of him but probably would not have killed him.  Make him a slave, well that is possible.

And his hometown has cancelled celebrations of his release.  Too much bad press and many veiled threats.  The town realized they had a hot potato on their hands and back away.

So our President stepped out of the VA frying pan into the Bergdahl fire.  You think a President would have all the resources he wanted and would get the advice not to make such mistakes.  No, it seems his personal ego over stretches such good thinking.

And this is the man with his hand on the trigger.  He does seem to have any visionary capability.  He is dragging his party through the mud.  To the Republicans that is a good thing but to the US that is a bad thing.  Our prestige has evaporated under this President.  Do you think the Nobel Peace prize people might want their award back?