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jmowreader

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15. Obama makes $400,000. I think he can afford a tank of gas every now and then.
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 07:26 PM
Mar 2013

If I was Obama I'd sign the damn thing and attach a signing statement that did all these things:

1. Formed a new branch of the Department of Defense called Congress.
2. Inducted all members of Congress into it.
3. Used my authority as Commander in Chief of the Military to restrict all members of Congress to their places of residence in the DC area, anywhere within 1000 feet of the Capitol Building, the places of business they normally frequent and the most direct routes between those places, and placed all airports, seaports, bus stations, train depots and any other form of public transportation known or unknown off limits to any member of Congress until a bill which ends the sequester without putting the whole burden on the backs of the 98 percent has passed both Houses of Congress and been placed on the president's desk, at which time the Congress branch of the Defense Department will be dissolved.

Yeah, it's unconstitutional as hell but then again so is all the fiscal bullshit the teabaggers have pulled. Remember, "the validity of the public debt of the United States shall not be questioned."

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..."Now watch this drive!" JHB Mar 2013 #1
Stunning stupidity even when you consider the source. nt truebluegreen Mar 2013 #2
No more federal money to be used to transport any Congressperson out of the DC area Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #3
I like it, and let's also furlough their paychecks and benefits. marble falls Mar 2013 #4
He must not have been around when Bush Sr was in office... Blanks Mar 2013 #5
W commented all the time from golf courses!!!!!!! marble falls Mar 2013 #6
I didn't know that. Blanks Mar 2013 #9
One of the lesser evils of the Bush era. sofa king Mar 2013 #14
And of course it must pass the House, pass the Senate and be signed by Obama to become law. Kablooie Mar 2013 #7
To downsize the Gov this politicans office should be cut, he won't be missed. Sunlei Mar 2013 #8
He and Perry embarrass the hell out of me TxDemChem Mar 2013 #10
There is no need to be embarrassed by the actions of members of other species. DebJ Mar 2013 #11
It's do nice that people from other countries TxDemChem Mar 2013 #12
My wife and I were on our honeymoon in Jamaica right after Cosmocat Mar 2013 #13
You made a big mistake. Why are you proud of it? blindhog Mar 2013 #17
Troll it put me in the good graces of intelligent people everywhere. DebJ Mar 2013 #18
Obama makes $400,000. I think he can afford a tank of gas every now and then. jmowreader Mar 2013 #15
So two wrongs do make a right? marble falls Mar 2013 #16
The "public tours" aren't even like they were pre-9/11. NYC Liberal Mar 2013 #19
Oh the POUTRAGE! /nt MatthewStLouis Mar 2013 #20
I wonder if both sides knew what a minor inconveniance the Sequester was going to be. The only ones marble falls Mar 2013 #21
Instead of a jobs bill jinx1 Mar 2013 #22
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