h/t JakeW, via Smitty over at The Other McCain, by way of Moonbattery, originally plucked from Americans For Prosperity
In this chart you see a clear pattern of behavior established by this president.
It’s like leap frog. If by leap frog you mean ritualistic abuse of the Constitution.
That reminds me, here is a completely unrelated quote from Goodfellas …
Business bad? [expletive deleted] you, pay me. Oh, you had a fire? [expletive deleted] you, pay me. Place got hit by lightning, huh? [expletive deleted] you, pay me.
Back to Obama.
Come January 2010, if he continues to skirt the will of the people, and apply mafia style abuse to the Constitution, he won’t have the protection he will require to save his floundering administration.
Not in Congress.
Not in the People.
We are only days away from Obama and the Democrats proving Sen Jim DeMint correct.
Waterloo is upon them.
Aaron B. Gardner
* AFP has a Flash version that highlights each incident and provides greater detail.

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Flood DC this weekend if possible
renny (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 9:59AM EST (link)NJ is sending buses to DC. If you can go, they are staging at Moorsetown (outside Camden).
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We have contracted buses for Saturday 03/20/10 from the Moorestown Mall in Moorestown, NJ in coordination with local 912 organizations, too.
The aggregation of power by the executive branch is all but rendering the legislative useless.
kyoufuu (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 10:03AM EST (link)It’s been a continuing progress through the years, of course. But now we’re at a point where Congress can be bypassed with minimal penalty by the President. Bush did it as well (using TARP money to issue loans to the US car companies after congress said nay), but Obama seems to be making a habit out of it. We’ve seen what happens when near unlimited power is possessed by one person.
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” — James Madison
“I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
Exec. orders once were few and far between
renny (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 10:09AM EST (link)Little o uses them like popping M&M’s, and actually, he has overturned some of Bush’–also a practice that was once a no-no.
Redstate may not like “birthers,” but the fastest way to tie O up in knots and even end his admin. is by one of the court cases involving the birth certificate prove positive.
renny, don't make my thread about birthers. Full Stop. nt
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 10:12AM EST (link)conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
“We’d be much better off if We The People had desired small government enough to keep it.” acat
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Yes, please. The issues are what matter more than anything. (nt)
kyoufuu (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 12:24PM EST (link)“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” — James Madison
“I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
Da Who? Why bodder?
GreyCloak (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 10:03AM EST (link)Great Graphic!
I lived for many years under Chicago politics. This is more of the same.
If Congress (the city council) can’t get it done, Da Pres (Mare Daley, for instance) would just over-rule.
It doesn’t help that Congress doesn’t really care about People. They are just there for the show. Nice suits, great job and benefits … why bother to do any work?
When you get that Obama treats Congress like Aldermen....
Section9 Friday, March 19th at 10:53AM EST (link)You get part of how Obama operates.
It’s very admirable in one way, but it has nothing to do with respect for the Constitution.
However, it has lowered the bar for us to undo the damage being done.
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it”-Winston Churchill
I've been amazed how the two Houses of Congress...
penguin2 (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 10:06AM EST (link)have so easily ceded their power to the Executive branch. Though they are of the same party, for them not to see how the pitfalls in this, will be haunt them someday. They will not be able to distance themselves from the fall-out of this administration.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. – Benjamin Franklin
When Good stands up to Evil, Evil blinks. – Vassar Bushmills
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GREAT post
fpete13527 (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 10:07AM EST (link)The Mafia is not even as disgraceful as the Obama administration.
55555 -nt
TobyToons (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 10:34AM EST (link)“There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.” -Adam Smith
Aaron, thanks for the mention.
Jake W (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 10:38AM EST (link)And I agree with what you say here. His own arrogance will be his downfall. His political capital is being exhausted. It’s only a matter of time before he becomes toxic at the same level President Bush was circa 2006.
“I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose.”
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Great diagram, Aaron
louisiana (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 10:45AM EST (link)I, like others, am forcused on health care; however, I am grateful that you posted this. We cannot lose sight of their long term goal of controlling every aspect of our lives, & their willingness to skirt Congress in order to do this. I have said constantly their end goal is to nationalize all energy sources. At 57, I’m not downplaying the importance of healthcare, but not everyone one needs/uses healthcare services on a daily basis. Virtually every home/ business uses energy every second of every day. When did the American people(regardless of party), scream the loudest? It’s when oil prices went up.
When prices go up, every good/ service that is used/consumed will go up.
Look for the D’s to demonize the oil co.& “have” to take over in order to stabilize prices. The left will be emboldened if healthcare passes, & will be moving at warp speed to gain control of the populace before 2010.
ok...given that warplan...
techsan (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 11:02AM EST (link)and that HCR is only a battlefront….I’m picturing an opposite diagram that lines up defensive strategies led by conservative generals on each front. Liberals have been at war with us for a long time…are we at war with them? I think the battle is gathering.
(To be clear…these are political wars and battles.)
In the end, all we have on our side of the debate are facts and history.
Obama should have brought his sceptre
hickorystick (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 11:18AM EST (link)to the Bret Baire interview. That way each time he was interrupted, he could hit him with it.
Congress has become the ‘Long Parliament’.
The state-run media was right, Baier was "disrespectful"
peg_c (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 11:30AM EST (link)And I was cheering every bit of it!!!!!!!! Baier even admitted to Hannity he was “contentious.” It’s about d@mn time Obama got treated to 1/1000th of the CR@P Bush got every single moment! Imagine what the approval #’s would be if the Drive-Bys treated him the same way they treated Bush.
Same disapproval rating after 14 months that Bush had after 8 years, and Obama has the media’s heads up his ash.
Government cannot be the solution when government is the problem.
5's -nt-
hickorystick (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 2:33PM EST (link)Solution to Big Gov
aposematic Friday, March 19th at 11:57AM EST (link)Cut off the Head of this snake…stop paying taxes in mass…nothing they could do about it if they can’t pay their IRS goons!
aposematic in VA
They can always pay the IRS goons
youthgrunt (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 12:03PM EST (link)because they just print the money or get it from China, etc.
Glenn Beck
rsklaroff (Diary) Friday, March 19th at 3:20PM EST (link)if memory serves, he showed this graphic earlier this week
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