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Citizen Woody Allen Thinks We Should Let President Obama be a Dictator
Posted by: | CommentsThe Los Angeles Times reports that “Top political strategist Woody Allen thinks Obama would get much more done as dictator; No, really.”
The notorious and formerly funny movie director Woody Allen is apparently frustrated with the cumbersome operations of American democracy too.
The one-time-father-now-husband-of-his-daughter tells the Spanish-language magazine La Vanguardia that the United States’ Democratic Smoker-in-Chief could accomplish a whole lot more from his White House if he didn’t have so many disorderly, annoying people objecting, distracting and criticizing him all the time.
Such social messiness has been known to occur in functioning democracies, even cinematic ones, although less often on celebrity-strewn movie sets under the direction of a dictatorial director.
“It would be good…if (Obama) could be dictator for a few years because he could do a lot of good things quickly,” Allen is quoted as saying.
Allen is also said to have said:
I am pleased with Obama. I think he is brilliant. The Republican Party should get out of his way and stop trying to hurt him.
Henry Waxman: Demands that “Citizens Justify Their Political Speech Under Oath”
Posted by: | CommentsThe follow is from an excellent article written by David Harsanyi for Townhall.com about Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
So Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is demanding that citizens justify their political speech under oath. Nervous Nellies doubtlessly will characterize this as an “overreach.” Crybabies will grouse about the “chilling” effect or the “muzzling” of dissent.
Yet in these heady days of change, it’s all about context. In this case, you’ll be relieved to know, we’re talking about CEOs. These people take home considerably more pay than I do. Accordingly, they deserve to sit through hours of absurd inquires from sanctimonious politicians as a matter of karmic justice.
What they don’t deserve is free speech. The president ably expounded on the matter in the State of the Union address: Corporations should not be entitled to the same constitutional protections as the rest of us.
With this in mind, it should surprise no one that Waxman has requested the “personal testimony” of a few CEOs, who have reported billions of dollars in negative impact to their businesses — per Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure requirements — because of the passage of health care reform.
In the letter, Waxman asserts, “The new law is designed to expand coverage and bring down costs, so your assertions are a matter of concern.” And everyone knows that it is impossible for legislation to have unintended consequences.
Whom are you going to believe, numbers or Joe Biden?
This cabal of profiteering is headed up by AT&T ($1 billion first-quarter charge), Boeing ($150 million), John Deere ($150 million), Caterpillar ($100 million), 3M, AK Steel, Verizon, Prudential, the lodging industry … and so forth and so on, until we hit on every single company affected by the elimination of a tax break on retiree drug benefits. It likely will cost employees and thus consumers an estimated $14 billion — not counting the new Medicare costs.
Sebelius: Obamacare Strategy Is to Reduce Company Profits
Posted by: | CommentsAnother Unsavory Politician?
Posted by: | CommentsWhat do this monster:
and this monster:
. . . have in common?
Answer: They both want your salt!