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Stress Test on Feds
by Kevin Boland
Issue 133 - June 10, 2009
We’ve heard a lot from the Obama Administration lately about “stress tests” for banks.
What would happen if we gave the federal government a “stress test” of its own? And what is the likely impact of the binge of new spending, taxing and borrowing upon which Washington has embarked since January 2009?
http://acuf.org/issues/issue133/090606news.asp
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Get the power to the people - spread the word!
“The Patients’ Choice Act of 2009,” transforms health care in America by strengthening the relationship between the patient and the doctor; using choice and competition rather than rationing and restrictions to contain costs; and ensuring universal, affordable health care for all Americans. “The Patients’ Choice Act” promotes innovative, State-based solutions, along with fundamental reforms in the tax code, to give every American, regardless of employment status, age, or health condition, the ability and the resources to purchase health insurance. The comprehensive legislation includes concrete prevention and transparency initiatives, long overdue reforms to Medicare and Medicaid, investments in wellness programs and health IT, and more.
http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=HealthCareReform.Home&ContentRecord_id=5e3b30a4-802a-23ad-4b44-14f0219114c6
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Einhorn: Obama Blowing Up Another Bubble
Monday, June 8, 2009 11:39 AM
By: Julie Crawshaw Article Font Size
The Obama administration is using the same naive playbook the Bush administration used, says Greenlight Capital fund manager David Einhorn.
"The basic strategy appears to be to try to bring us back to 2006 by propping up asset prices and re-inflating the popped credit bubble while hoping for an economic recovery," Einhorn told attendees at the recent Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference.
Read more here: http://moneynews.com/economy/senior_foreclosures/2009/06/08/222669.html?s=al&promo_code=811C-1
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The censorship is getting ridiculous and this is a direct assult on our Freedom of Speech. If you have ligitimate posts without foul language or harrassment per the rules, but you're posts are being withheld. Please comment here. This is potentially a Class action suit.
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Treasonous Executive Orders
See October 27, 1999 TESTIMONY on "The Impact of Executive Orders on the Legislative Process: Executive Lawmaking?" to the Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process. See also Exec. Branch - Presidential Power regarding the fact that there is absolutely no authority or legal basis for Presidential Executive Orders, these orders are treasonous in their elementary form and have been the most destructive force in eliminating the U.S. Constitution.
* Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation unlawfully suspended the great Writ of Habeas Corpus
* Franklin Roosevelt was president for a little over twelve years. that time, he issued 3,723 executive orders Franklin Roosevelt closed American banks and force citizens to turn in their gold to a private bank, the Federal Reserve Bank; detention of American citizens of Japanese descent
* 1951, Harry Truman seized Strikethreatened Steel Mills to prevent shortages that would endanger "national security."
* Richard Nixon imposed wage and price controls in 1971
* Jimmy Carter, groomed by the secret Bilderberg organizatoin, created Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - see U.S. Concentration Camps
* George W. Bush and previous President's Executive Orders go further than Hitler and Stalin dared to put in writing:
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990
allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995
allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997
allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998
allows the government to seize all means of transportation, including personal cars, trucks or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports, and waterways.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10999
allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000
allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001
allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002
designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003
allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004
allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005
allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051
specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310
grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049
assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11490
Assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921
allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has broad powers in every aspect of the nation. General Frank Salzedo, chief of FEMA's Civil Security Division stated in a 1983 conference that he saw FEMA's role as a "new frontier in the protection of individual and governmental leaders from assassination, and of civil and military installations from sabotage and/or attack, as well as prevention of dissident groups from gaining access to U.S. opinion, or a global audience in times of crisis." FEMA's powers were consolidated by President Carter to incorporate the:
National Security Act of 1947
allows for the strategic relocation of industries, services, government and other essential economic activities, and to rationalize the requirements for manpower, resources and production facilities.
1950 Defense Production Act
gives the President sweeping powers over all aspects of the economy.
Act of August 29, 1916
authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in time of war, to take possession of any transportation system for transporting troops, material, or any other purpose related to the emergency.
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
enables the President to seize the property of a foreign country or national. These powers were transferred to FEMA in a sweeping consolidation in 1979
And Obama just got started down the traditional road to King of the U.S.
See Liberty for life association
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http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/6585-4049
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Women and children are treated lesser than dogs. Terror suspects in America are treated better. Will Obama stand up for muslim women and children?
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"The first test of intentions is not what Arab and Iranian dictators say to the West, but what they say and do to their children and women." See website below.
Muslim extremism beyond burkas... how about:
Mutilating babies?
Mutilating, stoning, flogging acid washing, beating, etc.?
Flogging and killing gays?
Gender segregation?
Women can't take a job that a man can/will fill.
Women can't drive.
Honor killings of women are legal.
Females can be killed for masturbating.
Forced marriage - Forced divorce - Forced veiling - Child marriage.
World leader in executing children.
TV shows to teach children terrorism.
Free TV training about how to beat your wife!
http://www.middle-east-info.org/gateway/womenchildabuse/
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http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/6585-4049
What do you see?
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Only one of my least thought provoking posts got through the mediator this evening. I submitted posts about:
* Stopping Executive Orders (which are treasonous)
* Don't let Bush Tax Cuts expire
* Orwell quotes, especially regarding Freedom of Speech
* Where do my posts go when they are on time-out?
I cited where I got informational text, used no harassment or swears. WTH?
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Is there anyone who can set up a site to promote ACTUAL free speech where we can share and debate ideas? Big Brother is reeeeally monitoring this thing now! I think there's a lot of promise if this thing could be done RIGHT.
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George Orwell quotes:
If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not exactly forbidden to state this or that or the other, but it is “not done”… Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing, either in the popular press or in the highbrow periodicals.
Loss of liberty is inimical to all forms of literature... The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition.
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever.
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
The ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle, home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics, he feels himself master of his fate. But otherwise he simply lies down and lets things happen to him.
That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
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Are they in some kind of time out? I've never used foul swears, nor have I harassed anyone, it's not my way. Therefore, I have to believe that my posts are hanging out, maybe having a nice margarita by the pool bar, catchings some rays.
I certainly hope that they aren't going through some sort of Orwell: 1984 Freedom of Speech abuse! I hope they don't put a cage on the face of my posts and threaten to drop ravenous rats in it!
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Treasonous Executive Orders
See October 27, 1999 TESTIMONY on "The Impact of Executive Orders on the Legislative Process: Executive Lawmaking?" to the Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process. See also Exec. Branch - Presidential Power regarding the fact that there is absolutely no authority or legal basis for Presidential Executive Orders, these orders are treasonous in their elementary form and have been the most destructive force in eliminating the U.S. Constitution.
* Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation unlawfully suspended the great Writ of Habeas Corpus
* Franklin Roosevelt was president for a little over twelve years. that time, he issued 3,723 executive orders Franklin Roosevelt closed American banks and force citizens to turn in their gold to a private bank, the Federal Reserve Bank; detention of American citizens of Japanese descent
* 1951, Harry Truman seized Strikethreatened Steel Mills to prevent shortages that would endanger "national security."
* Richard Nixon imposed wage and price controls in 1971
* Jimmy Carter, groomed by the secret Bilderberg organizatoin, created Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - see U.S. Concentration Camps
* George W. Bush and previous President's Executive Orders go further than Hitler and Stalin dared to put in writing:
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990
allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995
allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997
allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998
allows the government to seize all means of transportation, including personal cars, trucks or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports, and waterways.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10999
allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000
allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001
allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002
designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003
allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004
allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005
allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051
specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310
grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049
assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11490
Assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921
allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has broad powers in every aspect of the nation. General Frank Salzedo, chief of FEMA's Civil Security Division stated in a 1983 conference that he saw FEMA's role as a "new frontier in the protection of individual and governmental leaders from assassination, and of civil and military installations from sabotage and/or attack, as well as prevention of dissident groups from gaining access to U.S. opinion, or a global audience in times of crisis." FEMA's powers were consolidated by President Carter to incorporate the:
National Security Act of 1947
allows for the strategic relocation of industries, services, government and other essential economic activities, and to rationalize the requirements for manpower, resources and production facilities.
1950 Defense Production Act
gives the President sweeping powers over all aspects of the economy.
Act of August 29, 1916
authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in time of war, to take possession of any transportation system for transporting troops, material, or any other purpose related to the emergency.
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
enables the President to seize the property of a foreign country or national. These powers were transferred to FEMA in a sweeping consolidation in 1979
http://www.libertyforlife.com
And Obama just got started, but he's using them like there's no tomorrow
Be careful what you wish for because tomorrow is a different day. Now, it's tomorrow.
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Ten Myths About the Bush Tax Cuts—and the Facts
Myth #1: Tax revenues remain low.
Fact: Tax revenues are above the historical average, even after the tax cuts.
Myth #2: The Bush tax cuts substantially reduced 2006 revenues and expanded the budget deficit.
Fact: Nearly all of the 2006 budget deficit resulted from additional spending above the baseline.
Myth #3: Supply-side economics assumes that all tax cuts immediately pay for themselves.
Fact: It assumes replenishment of some but not necessarily all lost revenues.
Myth #4: Capital gains tax cuts do not pay for themselves.
Fact: Capital gains tax revenues doubled following the 2003 tax cut.
Myth #5: The Bush tax cuts are to blame for the projected long-term budget deficits.
Fact: Projections show that entitlement costs will dwarf the projected large revenue increases.
Myth #6: Raising tax rates is the best way to raise revenue.
Fact: Tax revenues correlate with economic growth, not tax rates.
Myth #7: Reversing the upper-income tax cuts would raise substantial revenues.
Fact: The low-income tax cuts reduced revenues the most.
Myth #8: Tax cuts help the economy by "putting money in people's pockets."
Fact: Pro-growth tax cuts support incentives for productive behavior.
Myth #9: The Bush tax cuts have not helped the economy.
Fact: The economy responded strongly to the 2003 tax cuts.
Myth #10: The Bush tax cuts were tilted toward the rich.
Fact: The rich are now shouldering even more of the income tax burden.
Heritage.org
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The mainstream media, Hollywood, and the mindless filth that's on TV is rotting your brain. The mainstream news no longer investigates or reports in a true unbiased fashion. But why do you think the Federal Government is so worried about people losing TV service after the digital cut-over? Because it's an excellent brainwashing forum.
Keep the Internet free and that's all you'll need. Turn off the TV. Try it for three months. It's liberating!
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U.S. Constitution - Article 1 Section 8
Article 1 - The Legislative Branch
Section 8 - Powers of Congress
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To COIN [not print] Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
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Ron Paul introduced bill H.R. 1207 on February 26, 2009 with the following speech to Congress:
Madame Speaker,
I rise to introduce the Federal Reserve Transparency Act. Throughout its nearly 100-year history, the Federal Reserve has presided over the near-complete destruction of the United States dollar. Since 1913 the dollar has lost over 95% of its purchasing power, aided and abetted by the Federal Reserve’s loose monetary policy. How long will we as a Congress stand idly by while hard-working Americans see their savings eaten away by inflation? Only big-spending politicians and politically favored bankers benefit from inflation.
Serious discussion of proposals to oversee the Federal Reserve is long overdue. I have been a longtime proponent of more effective oversight and auditing of the Fed, but I was far from the first Congressman to advocate these types of proposals. Esteemed former members of the Banking Committee such as Chairmen Wright Patman and Henry B. Gonzales were outspoken critics of the Fed and its lack of transparency.
Since its inception, the Federal Reserve has always operated in the shadows, without sufficient scrutiny or oversight of its operations. While the conventional excuse is that this is intended to reduce the Fed’s susceptibility to political pressures, the reality is that the Fed acts as a foil for the government. Whenever you question the Fed about the strength of the dollar, they will refer you to the Treasury, and vice versa. The Federal Reserve has, on the one hand, many of the privileges of government agencies, while retaining benefits of private organizations, such as being insulated from Freedom of Information Act requests.
The Federal Reserve can enter into agreements with foreign central banks and foreign governments, and the GAO is prohibited from auditing or even seeing these agreements. Why should a government-established agency, whose police force has federal law enforcement powers, and whose notes have legal tender status in this country, be allowed to enter into agreements with foreign powers and foreign banking institutions with no oversight? Particularly when hundreds of billions of dollars of currency swaps have been announced and implemented, the Fed’s negotiations with the European Central Bank, the Bank of International Settlements, and other institutions should face increased scrutiny, most especially because of their significant effect on foreign policy. If the State Department were able to do this, it would be characterized as a rogue agency and brought to heel, and if a private individual did this he might face prosecution under the Logan Act, yet the Fed avoids both fates.
More importantly, the Fed’s funding facilities and its agreements with the Treasury should be reviewed. The Treasury’s supplementary financing accounts that fund Fed facilities allow the Treasury to funnel money to Wall Street without GAO or Congressional oversight. Additional funding facilities, such as the Primary Dealer Credit Facility and the Term Securities Lending Facility, allow the Fed to keep financial asset prices artificially inflated and subsidize poorly performing financial firms.
The Federal Reserve Transparency Act would eliminate restrictions on GAO audits of the Federal Reserve and open Fed operations to enhanced scrutiny. We hear officials constantly lauding the benefits of transparency and especially bemoaning the opacity of the Fed, its monetary policy, and its funding facilities. By opening all Fed operations to a GAO audit and calling for such an audit to be completed by the end of 2010, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act would achieve much-needed transparency of the Federal Reserve. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
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Voting is not closed, but the results have been consistent:
-10 Bugs Bunny/Dr. Ron Paul
-17 Mohandas Gandhi/Mother Teresa in
-26 Osama Bin Laden/Kim Jong Il, Jr.
-36 Vladimir Putin/Nancy Pelosi
-61 Nancy Pelosi/Rosie O’Donnell (I accidentally voted for them myself, but counted it)
***Congratulations Bugs & Paul!*** Open a can of Texas Whoop*ss, Doc!
As for the losers? Bin Laden finished in the middle? The only combination of candidates that would likely “qualify by LAW” is Pelosi/O’Donnell. Hmmm.
And the common denominator between the last two losers? Pelosi.
I only meant to make a point about assuring the legality of our President per the Constitution. However, the results were quite thought provoking.
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Presidential eligibility:
35+ years of age:
Pelosi: born 1940 - currently 69 (plenty old)
O’Donnell: born 1962 – currently 47 (plenty old)
Native born:
Pelosi: Baltimore, Maryland (followed Daddy’s political footsteps, so likely not a problem)
O’Donnell: Queens, NY (likely no contest)
Lived in the U.S. for at least 14-years: Each, yes, fortunately or unfortunately depending upon who you speak to.
S
pecial Girl Powers, Activate! Yes we can, too!!!
Pelosi/O’Donnell – 2012!
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Presidential eligibility:
35+ years of age: Yes, way old.
Native born: Doesn’t matter, President Obama set precedent that candidates and elected Presidents can ignore the law of the Constitution. So who cares what a bunch of dead guys who wore powder wigs and gay pants thought anyway?
Lived in the U.S. for at least 14-years: Who cares? These are amazing people that were very spiritual and selflessly giving to others, suffering and persevering for others and for peaceful change. Did you hear that? CHANGE! That makes all the difference so other old Constitution junk doesn’t matter any longer!
With this dynamic duo, how could America do worse?
Deseased?: So what? We know enough about them and what they would have done! We can just ask, “WWG&T Do?” and we would have the answer to everything. We can do it!
Gandhi/Teresa – 2012!
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Presidential eligibility:
35+ years of age and native born:
*Bunny: born 1940 in Brooklyn, New York according to Wikipedia, but paperwork - so what?
*Dr. Paul: born 1935 in Pittsburg, Pennsilvania. He'll probably show you proof in long form.
Lived in the USA for at least 14-years:
*Bunny: yes
*Dr. Paul: yes
Bunny/Paul 2012!
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1. Natural born citizen? Obama set precedent that it doesn't matter.
2. 35+? Check.
3. Lived in the U.S. for fourteen years? More or less.
Go Putin/Pelosi!!!
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Apparently, Bin Laden won't be required to prove that he's eligible and I'd bet quite a few American's (or people who live in America) would vote for him. Thank you, President Barack Hussein Obama for setting the precedent. Perhaps Kim Jong Il Junior will run as VP? And it's doubtful that the Corporate Media will vett these fellows.
Bin Laden/Jong Il, '10!
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