Obama’s lying, lawbreaking, corruption, cronyism, hypocrisy, waste, etc. (11-20) 11) Supported Bush’s unconstitutional Patriot Act In May 2011, Obama signed a renewal of the Patriot Act. 12) Increased the national debt more in one term than Bush did in two The national debt increased more during Obama’s first three years and two months than it did during all eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency. 13) Agrees with Bush’s support of unconstitutional, indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without filing any charges In December 2011, ACLU executive director Anthony D. Romero criticized Obama for signing a bill that gave the U.S. government the power to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without any charges being filed or any trial taking place. 14) Agrees with Bush’s support of unconstitutional, warrantless wiretapping President Obama has defended warrantless wiretapping. 15) Avoided prosecution of Wall. St criminals Although Obama had promised to prosecute Wall St. criminals, during his entire first term, his administration did not file any criminal charges against any of the top financial executives. 16) Had four U.S. citizens killed without judicial process Obama had four U.S. citizens killed without judicial process. The ACLU accused Obama of violating the U.S. Constitution for doing this. U.S. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) said that Obama’s actions might be an impeachable offense. Ralph Nader wrote that Obama “has extended the Bush doctrine by declaring his unilateral right, as secret prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner, to destroy anybody, anywhere in the world, including American citizens, suspected to be engaged in alleged terrorist activities, all this vaguely and loosely defined as anti-U.S. security.” 17) Ordered private company to fire 1,000 employees In 2011, after Boeing had hired 1,000 new employees to work at its new factory in South Carolina, the Obama administration ordered Boeing to shut down the factory, because the factory was non-union. 18) Stole money from retired teachers and police officers During the Chrysler bankruptcy, Obama violated the Fifth Amendment and more than 150 years of bankruptcy law by illegally treating secured creditors worse than unsecured creditors. Some of these secured creditors were retired teachers and police officers from Indiana. Richard A. Epstein, a law professor at New York University School of Law, wrote of this: “Upsetting this fixed hierarchy among creditors is just an illegal taking of property from one group of creditors for the benefit of another, which should be struck down on both statutory and constitutional grounds.” Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law, wrote that Obama’s treatment of secured creditors was “dangerous to the rule of law.” The Economist wrote that Obama’s actions could “establish a terrible precedent. Bankruptcy exists to sort legal claims on assets. If it becomes a tool of social policy, who will then lend to struggling firms in which the government has a political interest?” Francis Cianfrocca, the CEO of Bayshore Networks, wrote that Obama’s actions were “an astonishingly reckless abrogation of contract law that will introduce a new level of uncertainty into business transactions at all levels, and make wealth generation more difficult going forward… An extraordinary uncertainty has been created when the most powerful man in the world can rewrite contracts and choose winners and losers in private negotiations as he sees fit. Since this is an unquantifiable uncertainty, and not a quantifiable risk, its effect on business and investor confidence will be large and unpredictable. As in the 1930s, a time when government also cavalierly rewrote private contracts, the prudent approach for business will be to invest minimally and wait for another administration.” 19) Supported release of convicted mass murderer In 2010, Obama supported releasing Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi (who had been convicted of murdering 270 people) from prison. 20) Illegally put thousands of guns into hands of criminals In Operation Fast and Furious, the Obama administration ordered gun storeowners to illegally sell thousands of guns to criminals. U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was murdered with one of these guns. The murderer was sentenced to 30 years in prison, but his accomplices, Eric Holder and Barack Obama, haven’t even been arrested or charged.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:16:05 +0000
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