If only it wasn't a joke!!! On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/obama-signs-executive-order-relocating-congress-to-guantanamo-bay > Obama Signs Executive Order Relocating Congress to Guantanamo > > > <http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Borowitz-Obamas-Popularity-Soars-1200.jpg>Photograph > by Pete Souza / The White House > > WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report > <http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report>) > > Making good on one of his key campaign promises, President Obama signed an > executive order on Tuesday relocating the United States Congress to > Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. > > The President seemed to relish signing the order, calling the relocation a > “win-win for America,” and indicating that Congress could be moved to its > new headquarters “immediately.” > > “We don’t envision doing any renovations to the facility down there,” he > said. “It is ready to house Congress right now.” > > The President did not specify what the current U.S. Capitol building would > be used for in the future, but he hinted that it could be the setting for > historic reënactments in the manner of Colonial Williamsburg. > > “I think it could be fascinating to school groups,” he said. “It could > really take them back to the olden days when it was a real, functioning > place.” > > Minutes after the President signed the order, Senate Majority Leader Mitch > McConnell (R-Kentucky) called it “an outrage” and “grounds for > impeachment,” but Obama appeared to take such howls of protest in stride. > > “If Congress believes that this executive order is illegal, they can take > it up with the Supreme Court,” he said. “Oh wait—we don’t have a Supreme > Court.” > > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbG45b2ZyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NTYzMjEwMzg-> > > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcG9vdDNyBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ1NjMyMTAzOA--> > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe > <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms > of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- brine http://brineb.blogspot.com/ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
