We keep hearing that the confiscation of bank deposits in Cypress to bail out the banks couldn’t happen here. Funny thing is, something similar happened here 80 years ago. On April 5, 1933, the progressives’ most beloved former president, Franklin…
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Obama Presser: Will Use Executive Action On Gun Control, Accuses GOP Of Holding Gun To Head Of American People
by Lonely Conservative • • 10 Comments
President Obama held the last press conference of his first term today and it was just more of the same. He said that he will use executive action to enact some gun control, and during the same presser he accused…
Second Amendment? What Second Amendment?
by Lonely Conservative • • 11 Comments
The Washington Post sort of buried this news in an article published the other day, and now Vice President Joe Biden has confirmed it. The White House will use Executive Orders to impose gun control on us if that’s what…
Obama Signed Executive Order Ending Federal Pay Freeze
by Lonely Conservative • • 28 Comments
President Obama gave a nice holiday gift to Vice President Biden, Congress, and other well paid federal workers. He signed an executive order ending the federal pay freeze. This means they will all get a raise. Lucky them. President Barack…
Obama Issued Green Energy Executive Order When You Weren’t Looking
by Lonely Conservative • • 7 Comments
As the Republican National Convention came to a close last week President Obama was busy working on a major “green energy” executive order that he’d probably prefer you didn’t know about. He couldn’t get his cap and trade garbage through…
Will Obama Skirt Congress Again on Cybersecurity?
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
It looks like President Obama is mulling making another end-run around Congress because the cybersecurity bill he supported did not pass in the Senate. Time for another executive order? The White House has left open the possibility of enacting its…
Obama’s Latest Executive Order Deals With Communications During National Emergencies
by Lonely Conservative • • 13 Comments
President Obama issued another executive order on Friday that deals with communications during national emergencies. The Federal Government must have the ability to communicate at all times and under all circumstances to carry out its most critical and time sensitive…
Does the Emergency Preparedness Order Extend to the Presidential Election?
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
The following is a guest post by Joseph Hall. *** Does the Emergency Preparedness Order Extend to the Presidential Election? President Obama’s subtle release of the National Defense Resource Preparedness (NDRP) order last Friday has fueled one of the largest…
Is Obama Preparing for War or Political Upheaval?
by Lonely Conservative • • 12 Comments
The following is a guest post by Joseph Hall. *** Is Obama Preparing for War or Political Upheaval? Friday’s announcement that President Obama had updated the Emergency Preparedness (EP) Executive Order (EO) has raised a huge level of concern among…
What’s With the ‘Emergency Preparedness’ Executive Order President Obama Signed Last Night?
by Lonely Conservative • • 31 Comments
Last night President Obama signed an executive order titled “National Defense Resources Preparedness.” Odd that he took time away from his many fundraisers to put this out there on a Friday night. It was first brought to my attention by…
Priorities: Obama Signs EO Calling for More Diverse Federal Workplace
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
He won’t release his jobs plan until after vacation, but President Obama wasted no time in signing an executive order calling for more diversity in the federal workplace. Never mind that the federal workforce is already plenty diverse. The order…
Obama Hasn’t Given Up On His Pursuit to Curtail Free Speech
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Apparently, President Obama is still considering overriding the Supreme Court and signing an executive order that would force federal contractors to disclose political donations. Notable is that public employee unions are exempt. Sean Hackbarth noted the administration’s “relentless pursuit to…
Republicans Urge President Obama to Scrap Nasty Disclosure Order
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Senate Republicans have sent a letter to President Obama urging him to scrap his nasty disclosure executive order. The order would force contractors bidding on work for the federal government to disclose political contributions. Unions aren’t included, of course. Oddly,…
Unions Exempt from Obama’s Disclosure Order
by Lonely Conservative • • 6 Comments
Just in time for the 2012 campaign season, President Obama will sign an executive order to implement parts of the Disclose Act that couldn’t pass Congress. Contractors bidding on federal jobs will be forced to disclose what political donations they’ve…