Saudi king showered Obamas with $1.3 million in gifts in 2014
One has to wonder why someone would lavish such items on someone who supposedly cannot keep them. Yet, on the other hand, they practice the same barbaric rituals as the the ones labeled as "evil, nasty people" (you know, like cutting off heads, stoning women, etc). Seems like a whole lot of manipulation and sleight of hand going on here..or some really dumb Saudis...But it is theirs to give, I just think they could buy a whole lot more love if they donated to the 8 year old girl who got a rare form of breast cancer..
Counterproductive whore.
you are very perceptive and very correct.
The Presidential Pardon is specifically and strictly forbidden for use in any impeachment proceedings.
That's in the Constitution and he of course didn't and couldn't but he made political hay out of it. to the point that many people believes it is true. The pardon not the crime in Bubba's case.
Article II Section Two
Section 2
1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
(Never been amended )
which go to the government in taxes to that 8-year-old girl
and her family, her doctors and their charity. -- j
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However the Carly ploy will store work in Wasserman's favor inso far as retainingi control of the entire range of RINO leftists through progressive leftists and the ability to manufacture any crisis they want at any time.
My fly in the ointment suggestion given the distancing if such it is of Hillary from the Progressive extremists is the suggestioni of Jindal for VP running mate for Fiorini. He would bring in a massive amount of real votes for people who still think Republicans aren't left wing and other groups (about 30-35% of the available voting power with the notion of four to eight years later using Carly as the nose and
Jindal as the other end of the camel. None of the other candidates or former candidates can do it as they have zero record (except for Webb) of any fiscal responsibility.
Examine it closely from the DNC point of view, the RNC point of view and the disenfranchised point of view it's win win win....and Hillary is left out in the cold.
This may well be the real reasons for the FBI investigations.
Obama escapes to enjoy his multi millionaire status and doubles that with speeches.....etc.
So far i can't find a flaw....
Oh yes and we get to dump a trump in the bargain. Nothing but net!
Bernie? He's only got the progressives and many of them are leery of being that open now they've been declared socialist extremists - by themselves!
DNC can put him on the slate in the primaries but hell Webb could come back and win in that case.
Jindal brings in the rest of the non Rino non republican non Democrat votes the disenfranchised 30-40% yearning to be free and allowed to vote for something.
Reason. Proven track record in fiscal responsibility and no heavy connection to the RINO leadership of the right wing of the left.
DNC gets to dump Hillary and maintain control of the party. Since it's all one party anyway Triple Deke can offer her overt or covert assistance in button pushing DC style something Carly F. has no experience with.
HP hangover is the only flaw it's not much. Of interest only to a few.
After all to the left it 's just corporate greed and to the right wing of the left it's a corporatist socialist in office.
On balance the mix while not perfect is miles ahead of any other RINO candidate and that's all that is left from the left. With the defection of Paul and Cruz that only leaves Rubio and Carson. For this kind of deal Wasserman will unleash the Bimbo Brigades or whatever it takes..
She's a woman and it's their turn...
She's a feminist
She's a publicly admitted Democrat at heart
She's a RINO outsider - double plus
She's a corporatist statist socialist
She's proven to be ruthless.
She's controllable because she's an outsider.
The HP baggage is easily marginalized
A little deal making which she is good at and that only leaves the unregistered or registered vote flushers to attract a hefty chunk of support that far outweighs HP.
Jindal takes care of that and who knows might bring some fiscal responsibility which both left and right wing of the left need badly.
Now Given the abilities of the other potentials would the chance of Jindal four or eight years down the line not be a much better way to go? Get the slowdown anchor inside not outside at the least and a lot of publicity in those four to eight years. He for sure is no Biden.
You take the opportunities as they are and use them to own purposes even if just to weld a new group together.....from all the bits and pieces the socialists have left stranded along the way over a hundred years...Control first other issues next and destroy their control is part of that. Rome wasn't built in a day nor Washington DC turned into a marginalized suburb of Bethesda overnight...but it's where we should have been fighting our battles all along. Nothing there but one big fire sack full of target rich opportunities and no innocent bystanders no collateral damage to worry about.
Whats the schtick? If we have to have one of their choices - let it be our decision, our choice not theirs. Fiorini's baggage is one hell of a lot less than the Wicked Witch of the Left is carrying. No ongoingi FBI investigations for starters. No history continual wrong doing and naked greed. No history of flip flop fibbing
Kick in the knee kick em in the nuts kick in the ankle kick em in the shin kick where it hurts kick em while their down and can't get up. No VAT,, no pork barrel fat...time to take our country back....Kick til they bleed kick them til they scream and when the day is over kick them in their dreams.
And cost them a lot of big time money. 110,000 precincts, 3144 counties. they can't afford to cover them all and as Soros himself always says ,I don't back losers.'
Another area is the move towards using the friendly judge route to give the Billionaire Boys Club direct access to controlling campaigns make an issue of it and demand a reversal of some of the previous steps. the Supremes are not supreme and the circuit judges wiring it not safe from corrosion if country starts demanding amendments not the rule of dictators.
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She mostly takes simple stuff, all estate planning related. She says she'd rather do easier projects that pay less than complicated/contentious cases that pay more.
She says her prices are lower than the competition. Part of it might be that she's from a modest background and feels rich. I also get the notion that people are cost conscious about paying for documents but not when someone dies and money is being disbursed. People are eager for it to finish and may irrationally think "the attorney gets 1%, which not much," if they would balk at the fees outside the context of a large estate.
My wife doesn't do business law. There's another lawyer I use for that who's in the $225 range. I don't remember the extact hourly rate, but the bill amount always feels consistent with what he did.
Second think of the wealth accruing to Obama. Speeches sure but book deals alone. The BBC can buy three or four editions of the same book or books not to mention purchases of the faithful and it only takes 100,000 sold through book stores etc to become a best seller. The rest can be bought by 'distributors' and disappeared or sent to the dollar book store tables.
And who else besides the Saudi's
Legalized interference with every thing on and everybody on every ballot in the country is the prize they are one step away.
Obama comes out of this worth less than 100 million plus fat retirement plus no strings attached medical for life....I'll be shocked and awed.
And he never had to work a day in his life.....
Of that not kept How was it disposed of?
Any gifts from a foreign dignitary is turned over to the National Achives unless the first family decides to pay the appraised value and keep it. However, everything turned over to the National Archives is retained only until the president's library museum is build and becomes part of that collection.
http://www.oge.gov/Laws-and-Regulatio...
Subpart B:
Subpart B prohibits employees from soliciting or accepting gifts from prohibited sources or gifts given because of their official position. The term “prohibited source” includes anyone seeking business with or official action by an employee’s agency and anyone substantially affected by the performance of the employee’s duties. For example, a company bidding for an agency contract or a person seeking an agency grant would be a prohibited source of gifts to employees of that agency.
The term “gift” is defined to include nearly anything of market value. However, it does not include items that clearly are not gifts, such as publicly available discounts and commercial loans and it does not include certain inconsequential items, such as coffee, donuts, greeting cards, and certificates.
There are several exceptions to the prohibitions against gifts from outside sources. For example, with some limitations, employees may accept:
Unsolicited gifts with a market value of $20 or less per occasion, aggregating no more than $50 in a calendar year from any single source;
Gifts motivated by a family relationship or personal friendship;
Free attendance at certain widely-attended gatherings, such as conferences and receptions, when the cost of attendance is borne by the sponsor of the event; and
Food, refreshments, and entertainment at certain meetings or events while on duty in a foreign country.
The subpart also contains guidance on returning or paying for gifts that cannot be accepted."
It does seem to have some loopholes in it, what if the 500K necklace was a gift from a "Personal friend" such as the King? I mean I am sure that Michelle is on first name terms with him (or was then, he's dead now).
Here is the page detailing "gifts":
http://www.oge.gov/Topics/Gifts-and-P...
Executive Order 13490 (Jan. 21, 2009): Prescribing Standards of Ethical Conduct for Government Officers and Employees
Read Full Text of Executive Order 13490: (HTML) (PDF)
Read the Annual Reports on Executive Order 13490
2009 Report (PDF)
2010 Report (PDF)
One waiver was inadvertently omitted from the 2010 report. A total of 13 appointees appointed January 1 - December 31, 2010 were granted waivers from the requirements of Ethics Pledge paragraph 2. The missing waiver is available here: (PDF)
2011 Report (PDF)
2012 Report (PDF)
2013 Report (PDF)
2014 Report (PDF)
Most of the executive branch ethics laws and regulations apply equally to career employees and to political appointees, but some apply only to political appointees (or to a defined category of political appointees) or the laws or regulations apply differently to them. President Obama signed Executive Order 13490 on January 21, 2009. It requires full-time political appointees, appointed on or after January 20, 2009, to sign the Ethics Pledge set out in section 1 of the Executive Order. The Ethics Pledge requires that appointees comply with the additional restrictions set out in the Pledge.
In brief, Executive Order 13490:
Requires full-time political appointees to agree to additional restrictions by signing an Ethics Pledge;
Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to grant a waiver of one or more of the restrictions;
Directs agencies to establish rules and procedures to ensure that every covered appointee signs the Ethics Pledge;
Requires that a covered appointee’s ethics agreement address certain matters;
Directs OGE to assist Designated Agency Ethics Officials in providing advice concerning the Ethics Pledge;
Directs OGE to take steps to apply the Ethics Pledge’s lobbyist gift ban to all executive branch employees;
Directs OGE to study or report on certain matters; and
Provides for enforcement of the Ethics Pledge.
Executive branch ethics provisions generally apply only to Government “employees.”
Some executive branch ethics provisions apply only to certain categories of employees or apply differently to certain categories of employees or not at all.
Executive branch ethics provision generally do not apply to “representatives” serving on an advisory committee or to independent contractors.
I could find no list of those exempted.....
I found this in the Manual under definitions:
Employee means any officer or employee of an agency, including a special Government employee. It includes officers but not enlisted members of the uniformed services. It includes employees of a State or local government or other organization who are serving on detail to an agency, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3371, et seq. For purposes other than subparts B and C of this part, it does not include the President or Vice President.
It seems that everything BUT the gift part is meant for everyone else except them, but it seems to me to indicate they are covered by it.