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MADDOG 
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Posted on: Sep. 17 2012,10:03 am |
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QUOTE For Immediate Release September 13, 2012
Presidential Proclamation -- Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2012
CONSTITUTION DAY AND CITIZENSHIP DAY, CONSTITUTION WEEK, 2012
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Today, we celebrate our heritage as a country bound together by fidelity to a set of ideas and a system of governance first laid out in America's Constitution. The product of fierce debate and enduring compromise, our Nation's Constitution has guided our progress from 13 to 50 United States that stretch from sea to shining sea. It has watched over our growth from a fragile experiment in democracy to a beacon of freedom that lights the world. It has vested in each of us the power to appeal to principles that could broaden democracy's reach.
As we mark this 225th anniversary of the signing of our Constitution, we also recognize the candidates for citizenship who will commemorate this day by joining our American family. For more than two centuries, our country has drawn enterprising men and women from around the world -- individuals who have sought to build a life as good as their talents and their hard work would allow. Generations have crossed land and ocean because of the belief that, in America, all things are possible. As a new group of citizens takes an oath to support and defend our country's oldest principles, we affirm another truth: that our American journey and our success would never have been possible without the hope, the drive, and the irrepressible optimism that every generation of immigrants has brought to our shores. Across our country, Americans are working side-by-side with our Nation's newest citizens to build strong, welcoming communities that embrace the talents and contributions of all their members.
This week, we reflect on the basic rights and responsibilities of citizenship, the founding documents from which they were drawn, and the extraordinary legacy of progress they have enabled. Let us forever uphold the ideals the Framers enshrined in our Constitution, and let us never cease in our pursuit of the more perfect Union they imagined so many years ago.
In remembrance of the signing of the Constitution and in recognition of the Americans who strive to uphold the duties and responsibilities of citizenship, the Congress, by joint resolution of February 29, 1952 (36 U.S.C. 106), designated September 17 as "Constitution Day and Citizenship Day," and by joint resolution of August 2, 1956 (36 U.S.C. 108), requested that the President proclaim the week beginning September 17 and ending September 23 of each year as "Constitution Week."
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 17, 2012, as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and September 17 through September 23, 2012, as Constitution Week. I encourage Federal, State, and local officials, as well as leaders of civic, social, and educational organizations, to conduct ceremonies and programs that bring together community members to reflect on the importance of active citizenship, recognize the enduring strength of our Constitution, and reaffirm our commitment to the rights and obligations of citizenship in this great Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
BARACK OBAMA
Celebrate the fact that we still, today, have one.
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Actually my wife is especially happy when my google check arrives each month. Thanks to douchbags like you, I get paid just for getting you worked up. -Liberal
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pepi-lapew
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Posted on: Sep. 17 2012,10:22 am |
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BIG deal. That POTUS does not even know what the constitution means. If he did he would resign right away,
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Rosalind_Swenson
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Posted on: Sep. 17 2012,3:24 pm |
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Happy Constitution Day.
Almost immediately after Judge Forrest ruled, the Obama administration challenged the decision. Government prosecutors called the opinion “unprecedented” and said that “the government has compelling arguments that it should be reversed.” The government added that it was an “extraordinary injunction of worldwide scope.” Government lawyers asked late Friday for an immediate stay of Forrest’s ban on the use of the military in domestic policing and on the empowering of the government to strip U.S. citizens of due process. The request for a stay was an attempt by the government to get the judge, pending appeal to a higher court, to grant it the right to continue to use the law. Forrest swiftly rejected the stay, setting in motion a fast-paced appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and possibly, if her ruling is upheld there, to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Justice Department sent a letter to Forrest and the 2nd Circuit late Friday night informing them that at 9 a.m. Monday the Obama administration would ask the 2nd Circuit for an emergency stay that would lift Forrest’s injunction. This would allow Obama to continue to operate with indefinite detention authority until a formal appeal was heard. The government’s decision has triggered a constitutional showdown between the president and the judiciary.
Full article: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/we_won_--_for_now_20120917
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irisheyes
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Posted on: Sep. 17 2012,10:10 pm |
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(pepi-lapew @ Sep. 17 2012,10:22 am)
QUOTE BIG deal. That POTUS does not even know what the constitution means. If he did he would resign right away,
There has been debate over interpreting the Constitution and what power it gives since the ink was dry. Odd to hear the pundits describe it today, it's not about limited government or low taxes, it's actually a great expanse of government power, mainly (but not limited to) collecting taxes, duties, and tariffs to pay for unfunded wars that was driving the country into massive debt. Sound familiar?
If some people wanted a small government and focus on state rights, the first thing I would suggest is put the Constitution through a paper shredder and revert back to our original founding document, the Articles of Confederation.
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irisheyes
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Posted on: Sep. 18 2012,1:47 am |
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After rereading my post I was going to say I'd be happy to hear other opinions on the subject. And sorry if I'm hijacking the thread, Maddog. I can't resist a good debate on history. 
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Glad I Left
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Posted on: Sep. 18 2012,7:32 am |
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I agree on your first paragraph IE.
The purpose of the Constitution was to LIMIT government, not expand its powers. But the last 70 years have proven otherwise to great detriment to State's and personal rights IMO.
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After we screw up health care reform, let's take on the initiative of unscrewing the education system (gov't education)
Tacitus: (c. 56 AD-c. 117) "The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates."
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Rosalind_Swenson
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Posted on: Sep. 19 2012,7:49 am |
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The Appeals Court that the Obama administration went to has blocked the injunction against the indefinite detention of American citizens in the NDAA. So far I've only been able to find it in "conspiracy kook" and non-mainstream news sites, so I guess it can't be verified as being true yet. The block happened on Monday, I've been looking for "credible" sources to announce it.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/indefinite-detention-blocked/
Here's the very first site that broke the story:
http://www.politico.com/blogs...15.html
What do some of you think about this whole thing? I really want to know.
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Self-Banished
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Posted on: Sep. 19 2012,7:56 am |
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They've got to be able to throw the malcontents in the pokey so they can continue doing Gods(that means Obama to them) work. 
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Rosalind_Swenson
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Posted on: Sep. 19 2012,8:00 am |
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Obama and any other future puppet...I mean leader.
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Self-Banished
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Posted on: Sep. 19 2012,9:00 am |
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^ the rumors were on what they used to make Mr. Ed talk ranged from rubbing peanut butter on his gums to a cattle prod in the arse.
Wonder how they make Obama talk?
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