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Obama issues executive order!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Original Post) sheshe2 Aug 2015 OP
tell me the story of the third gif.... is it a peele whatever sliced in there? nt seabeyond Aug 2015 #1
hey, sea~ sheshe2 Aug 2015 #3
ha, bad ass self. krispo says bin laden. walked in, said you are welcome. then walked off. seabeyond Aug 2015 #10
Ya, it was bin laden, saw that yet forgot. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #11
you too. dont know how long i will be on. was kicked off again, but just for a couple days. seabeyond Aug 2015 #12
Just walk softly....we need you here Hekate Aug 2015 #19
gently. so gently. quietly. shhhhh. lol seabeyond Aug 2015 #20
"From Sea to shining She" - LOVE IT! eom BlueCaliDem Aug 2015 #27
Ah, I thought it was the news conference after the shut down was over. He was TICKED OFF. freshwest Aug 2015 #61
it doesnt look cut and sliced but couldnt imagine him doing, but so fuckin perfectly funny seabeyond Aug 2015 #62
I have that gif... krispos42 Aug 2015 #5
he really did that? omg, i love. lol. ah ha. nt seabeyond Aug 2015 #9
I don't think he did... krispos42 Aug 2015 #24
ya. that is what i was asking, what i was thinking seabeyond Aug 2015 #38
Love it! johnp3907 Aug 2015 #2
Seriously? nt MannyGoldstein Aug 2015 #4
Seriously? sheshe2 Aug 2015 #6
You mad bro.. Historic NY Aug 2015 #15
Ha! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #17
You having gefilte fish today, Manny? nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #22
Ha! Thanks. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #46
Well... pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #32
Join us, brother. name not needed Aug 2015 #39
!!! MannyGoldstein Aug 2015 #40
Have they meme'd you into compliance yet? DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2015 #41
:-) UrbScotty Aug 2015 #7
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #8
Yep, his final act as President of the United States... 63splitwindow Aug 2015 #13
That's great - good job! George II Aug 2015 #14
GObama!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2015 #16
Oh, if only he hadn't waited 6 years.... LiberalElite Aug 2015 #18
K AND RRR flamingdem Aug 2015 #21
flamingdem. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #47
DU rec for pissing off the right people...nt SidDithers Aug 2015 #23
Thanks! nt sheshe2 Aug 2015 #48
K&R mcar Aug 2015 #25
Here's a vid where he backflips! lol BlueCaliDem Aug 2015 #26
Hell, the guy can devastate with just with an expression pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #28
lol treestar Aug 2015 #31
Made me laugh out loud, too, when I saw it, treestar. BlueCaliDem Aug 2015 #35
I love this, BCD! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #36
Thanks, she! I bet that, although he's cool on the outside, he pretty BlueCaliDem Aug 2015 #37
lol! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #49
LOL lonestarnot Aug 2015 #29
An Executive Order concerning what? /nt Marr Aug 2015 #30
Anybody know what happened to his EO concerning immigration? JEB Aug 2015 #33
As a Bernie Sanders supporter - which usually means you're no fan of Pres. Obama - BlueCaliDem Aug 2015 #34
If you are a Bernie supporter, why the Joe Biden button? JEB Aug 2015 #42
I never claimed to be a Bernie Sanders supporter. You've misunderstood my subject line. BlueCaliDem Aug 2015 #43
Ask Bernie. I have no idea. Seriously good question. JEB Aug 2015 #45
Thank you. I'm certain Voto Latino will want to ask him during one of the debates BlueCaliDem Aug 2015 #55
I would be very skeptical of anything supported by W. JEB Aug 2015 #56
Dubya got 44% of the Latino vote because of his support for the Latino community as BlueCaliDem Aug 2015 #57
Nice! Bobbie Jo Aug 2015 #44
Bobbie Jo! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #50
K & R Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #51
Nice to see a positive post, thanks! betsuni Aug 2015 #52
Hugs betsuni!!!!! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #53
Ugh, I just went to GD-P and saw Hillary Clinton called a felon and murderer. What the ..... ? betsuni Aug 2015 #54
Yes it's terrible Andy823 Aug 2015 #60
Obama - 100 Congress - 0 Rex Aug 2015 #58
Ha ha ha! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #63
Best president ever Andy823 Aug 2015 #59

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
3. hey, sea~
Fri Aug 28, 2015, 10:03 PM
Aug 2015

Not sure what press conference it was when someone made the gif. I so love it!

Ha Ha Ha....prez badass!

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
10. ha, bad ass self. krispo says bin laden. walked in, said you are welcome. then walked off.
Fri Aug 28, 2015, 10:20 PM
Aug 2015

ah ha.

and hi sheshe.

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
11. Ya, it was bin laden, saw that yet forgot.
Fri Aug 28, 2015, 10:25 PM
Aug 2015

Hey sea so good to see you.

Lol!!! From sea to shining she.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
12. you too. dont know how long i will be on. was kicked off again, but just for a couple days.
Fri Aug 28, 2015, 10:48 PM
Aug 2015

i have already heard about two juries. mostly people dont tell, so i can imagine. just a matter of time.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
61. Ah, I thought it was the news conference after the shut down was over. He was TICKED OFF.
Mon Aug 31, 2015, 07:55 AM
Aug 2015

When the reporters asked if he thought they'd do it again, as he was walking away he said with a smirk: NO.

I figured that walk he did from the White House to the Federal Reserve had something to do with that. And the bankers called up every Republican and told them to knock it off - or else.

They all looked whipped when the government opened back up again after all their mischief. I keep wondering what they were threatened with and by whom.

Geithner was hopping mad as he testified before the GOP dingbats in Congress and told them they were violating the Constition. I wonder if something like what Lincoln did, sequestering the Congress and refusing to let them leave until they'd acted, was what PBO threatened with

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
62. it doesnt look cut and sliced but couldnt imagine him doing, but so fuckin perfectly funny
Mon Aug 31, 2015, 09:17 AM
Aug 2015

i guess we dont know. but ya. there is that time too. see, remembering back with this president, all the awesome, too

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
5. I have that gif...
Fri Aug 28, 2015, 10:10 PM
Aug 2015

Where it starts out something like "Bin Laden's dead. You're welcome" then he walks off and kicks in the door.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
24. I don't think he did...
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 09:22 AM
Aug 2015

...But he should!



It's probably a combination of real footage and some skit or parody. Somebody mentioned Keye & Peele (sp?) so that might have been it.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
38. ya. that is what i was asking, what i was thinking
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 11:42 AM
Aug 2015

i couldnt see him doing it in real life, but it looked pretty onvincing it is him thru out and i couldnt figure how they had made the gif. thanlks

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
32. Well...
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 10:44 AM
Aug 2015


But if I'm guessing right, you're concerned about executive overreach and abuse of authority, as all of us progressives are. Luckily those EO executive actions are subject to oversight by the judiciary and can be overturned if they exceed constitutional executive authority. And President Obama's Executive Orders have been, and will surely continue to be challenged in the courts.

And he is not a 'unitary executive' kind of guy.
 

63splitwindow

(2,657 posts)
13. Yep, his final act as President of the United States...
Fri Aug 28, 2015, 11:15 PM
Aug 2015

will hopefully be to take that pen and phone and shove it right up the collective asses of the right wingnut scumbag wackos.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
18. Oh, if only he hadn't waited 6 years....
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 12:16 AM
Aug 2015

but I'll take what I can get.

He's really frustrated and aggravated me at times but I'm gonna miss Mr. Obama.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
26. Here's a vid where he backflips! lol
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 10:00 AM
Aug 2015


Can't see the third gif. When I try to open it in another tab, it says the connection was reset, but I know which one it is.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
35. Made me laugh out loud, too, when I saw it, treestar.
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 10:58 AM
Aug 2015

I've got to admit, though, President Obama really is a cool cat in every which way possible.

Best president of my lifetime.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
37. Thanks, she! I bet that, although he's cool on the outside, he pretty
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 11:35 AM
Aug 2015

much feels the way he's portrayed in that vid especially when he beats the obstruction of Republicans (and some wayward Dems) and gets what he wants...but as president of the United States, of course, there's a certain decorum to be maintained. Still, those twinkles in his eyes, that handsome smirk...there's that impish Barack inside dying to come out to play. lol

Best president of my lifetime...from sea to shining she. [URL=http://www.sherv.net/][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
49. lol!
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 10:30 PM
Aug 2015

Love your smilies.

Still, those twinkles in his eyes, that handsome smirk...there's that impish Barack inside dying to come out to play.






Best President of my lifetime as well, BCD!

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
34. As a Bernie Sanders supporter - which usually means you're no fan of Pres. Obama -
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 10:53 AM
Aug 2015

which E.O. are you referring to, JEB?

And can you tell me if Bernie Sanders regrets his no-vote on the 2007 immigration bill when it had a good chance of passing Congress and signed into law (Dems held majorities in both chambers of Congress and *Bush pushed for the law) as opposed to his yes-vote on the 2013 immigration bill (when Repubs took control of both chambers of Congress) that didn't have a snowball's chance in Hades to go anywhere?

Thanks in advance.

 

JEB

(4,748 posts)
42. If you are a Bernie supporter, why the Joe Biden button?
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 02:12 PM
Aug 2015

I like President Obama's executive action and speech about immigration. http://www.uscis.gov/immigrationaction
https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration/immigration-action
But the courts have stopped this in its tracks. Is that kicking ass?

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
43. I never claimed to be a Bernie Sanders supporter. You've misunderstood my subject line.
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 05:27 PM
Aug 2015
But the courts have stopped this in its tracks. Is that kicking ass?

Why, yes it is! And you get to guess why. I'll give you three guesses, but I'll help you along...The U.S. District Judge, Andrew S. Hanen, a G.W. Bush guy, blocked implementation of DACA, not "the courts". He's a xenophobic Republican. Catch my drift now?

"Judge Hanen's showed an unusual amount of hostility towards the president's immigration programs," said Ian Millhiser, senior fellow at Center for American Progress. "One part of that hostility is that his orders targeting those programs have been very broad. Until a higher court stays or reverses Hanen's orders, the president's probably just reacting to the fact that his hands are tied."
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/08/politics/immigration-obama-district-court-decision/


By the way, did you miss the query I posed to you in my previous post? I asked you if Bernie Sanders has any regrets for voting against the 2007 immigration reform bill that would have made the E.O.s unnecessary. Or are you going to pretend you didn't see it again?
 

JEB

(4,748 posts)
45. Ask Bernie. I have no idea. Seriously good question.
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 05:45 PM
Aug 2015

I thought the thread was about executive orders. I like many that President Obama has executed and attempted to order. The courts are full of rot from the Bushes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Immigration_Reform_Act_of_2007

"Criticism

The bills received heated criticism from both the right wing and the left wing. Conservatives rejected providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, as it would reward them for disregarding United States immigration laws. Liberals criticized the points-based system and provisions limiting family reunification visas available to only nuclear family members of US citizens as unfair. Labor unions, human rights, and some Hispanic organizations attacked the guest workers program, claiming that it would create a group of underclass workers with no benefits.[15] Another criticism of the guest workers program was that because each guest worker is required to return home for a year before renewing his or her visa, these workers would instead overstay their visa, becoming illegal immigrants.

High-tech industry criticized the point-based green card system for scrapping employer sponsorship of green card applications and eliminating priority processing for the highly skilled workers specifically selected by the U.S. employers.[16] Many immigration practitioners, while supporting aspects of the proposal, criticized the bill as "unworkable" and called for fundamentally revising it.[17] Critics of the bill in the U.S. Senate also complained that the Senate consideration of the bill did not follow the usual procedure, as the bill did not go through the committee debate and approval process and the opportunities to offer floor amendments were limited.[18][19]"

Immigration is always complicated and difficult.

Thanks for the funny finger wag.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
55. Thank you. I'm certain Voto Latino will want to ask him during one of the debates
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 03:03 PM
Aug 2015

or if they can catch him on some show before or after them. I'm certain they're dying to find out, being the second largest voting demographic in the United States today, and poised to become the largest by 2020.

I thought the thread was about executive orders.

And my post tied into that since, had Bernie Sanders stood with Democrats and voted for the 2007 immigration reform bill, he would've shown his support for the undocumented workers in this country, and had it passed (which it had a good chance of doing in 2007 with none other than G.W. Bush pushing to get it passed and would happily sign it into law), President Obama's E.O.s on immigration wouldn't have been necessary, would they?
 

JEB

(4,748 posts)
56. I would be very skeptical of anything supported by W.
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 06:17 PM
Aug 2015

The devil is always in the details. I share the Presidents frustration on this. I thought it might actually be a step forward. The deferred action has helped many but other deserving people are falling through the cracks.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
57. Dubya got 44% of the Latino vote because of his support for the Latino community as
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 07:46 PM
Aug 2015

governor and as president. They like him, and he was genuinely trying to push through immigration reform. It's why Republican and Tea Party voters hate him so much today. Not because of lying us into war, or destroying our economy, or being one of the worst presidents of U.S. history - one who was alienating just about every ally we had in the world...but because of immigration reform.

Senator Sanders had voted for the 2013 immigration reform bill, but he darn well knew it couldn't pass a Tea Party House and Republican Senate, so it was a safe vote. Just as an F.Y.I., the reason for Bernie Sanders to have voted against the 2007 - or at least the one he gave - was the language regarding guest workers. Strange, but the same language was in the 2013 bill and he voted for it...most likely with an eye on his presidential aspirations.

betsuni

(25,536 posts)
54. Ugh, I just went to GD-P and saw Hillary Clinton called a felon and murderer. What the ..... ?
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 01:57 AM
Aug 2015

Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
60. Yes it's terrible
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 08:14 PM
Aug 2015

I still don't know why it's hasn't been locked. That kind of crap should not be tolerated.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
58. Obama - 100 Congress - 0
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 08:01 PM
Aug 2015

What boat full of cocaine?


Congress? No idea what that is.


God said noooo to things that scare me!


Glamor shot for dad.

Who the fuck ARE these folks again? I hear ANOTHER federal employee punishment ploy is in the works. The GOP must wake up and go to bed hating themselves. They eat anger and drink fear.

Good thing the POTUS has a plan in place that has worked so well that the GOP is falling apart.

The master move brush off plus shoulder shrug. Creating a real problem for goat people.


They said the goat was 18, really I had no idea about the pot she musta been holdin.

sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
63. Ha ha ha!
Mon Aug 31, 2015, 01:50 PM
Aug 2015

Great captions for those dreadfully ugly geooopeeeers!

Yup, I am just thrilled the asshats will be back at their game soon trying destroy America. It is after all, what they excel at.


This guy best President of my lifetime. I don't know how we could have survived without him.



So good to see you Rex~

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