OJ
Had United States not had laws that a president leads two terms, this man
was not going anywhere. He is a born autocratic leader.
His last night state of union speech refers.
EM
On the 49th
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"With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
From: Oryema Johnson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 1:14 PM
To: m e
Subject: RE: WAS THIS THE STATE OF THE UNION OR OF OBAMA? Just asking !!!!!!
EM:
Obama is ruling my decree..dictatorship runs thick in Black leadership
everywhere they are and in charge of this or that. Would you blame Museveni
tomorrow if he bypasses parliament and ordered troops to invade Kenya. When
a leader of the so-called free world speaks like that you might as well
forget democracy and parliamentary consultation in Uganda and for that
matter other parts of the world where dictators live...
OJ
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Subject: WAS THIS THE STATE OF THE UNION OR OF OBAMA? Just asking !!!!!!
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:05:27 -0500
In President Obamas State of the Union, ambition goes missing
By Dana Milbank
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/dana-milbank/2011/02/24/ABhhJwI_page.html> ,
Published: January 28
President Obama spoke Tuesday
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-will-promise-to-expand-opportu
nity-with-or-without-congress/2014/01/28/53d5573a-8869-11e3-833c-33098f9e526
7_story.html> about the state of our union
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/full-text-of-obamas-2014-state-of-th
e-union-address/2014/01/28/e0c93358-887f-11e3-a5bd-844629433ba3_story.html>
, but the actions he discussed were largely his own.
I will act on my own to slash bureaucracy.
Ill cut red tape to help states get those factories built.
Ill use my authority to protect more of our pristine federal lands.
I directed my administration to work with states, utilities and others.
Im going to pull together a coalition of elected officials, business
leaders and philanthropists.
My administration has made more loans to small-business owners than any
other.
This was by design part of what has become Obamas Ive got a pen and
Ive got a phone approach to governing: Hes not counting on Congress doing
much of anything, and hes going to use executive orders and actions to work
around
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-prepared-to-avoid-congress-go-
it-alone-on-carrying-out-modest-initiatives/2014/01/28/61b68280-8845-11e3-a5
bd-844629433ba3_story.html> the paralyzed legislature. Wherever and
whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more
American families, thats what Im going to do, Obama said.
Do it! called out Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).
On the Republican side of the House chamber, faces were stony. House
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) coughed. Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.) squinted as
if having trouble focusing, then scratched the back of his neck.
The president made requests of Congress, including vague appeals for action
on immigration and tax reform and unspecified spending on infrastructure.
But for the most part, he spoke as if congressional participation was
optional. Ive asked Vice President Biden to lead an across-the-board
reform of Americas training programs, he said. And if Congress wants to
help, you can concentrate funding on proven programs.
Likewise, he said he would issue an executive order increasing the minimum
wage for federal contractors, then added, Of course, to reach millions
more, Congress does need to get on board.
The address was an implicit acknowledgment that his once-grand legislative
ambitions are over. This approach is, by definition, limited in scope (it
doesnt change laws) and temporary (the next president can undo Obamas
executive orders with a stroke of the pen, just as Obama undid many of
George W. Bushs orders).
But instead of greeting Obamas pen-and-phone workaround as his admission of
legislative defeat, congressional Republicans either complained that he
wasnt engaging with them, mocked him for being out of ideas or accused him
of constitutional violations. (Never mind that Ronald Reagan and the younger
Bush both issued more executive orders in their first terms than Obama did
in his.)
There was the usual pageantry and stagecraft: the aisle-sitters who staked
out seats early in the day to get a handshake with the president; the women
in bright colors providing relief from the sea of dark suits; the stoic
Supreme Court justices (a bare majority of five); the bellicose cheers from
the presidents party and awkward fidgeting of the opposition; and the
feel-good patriotic moments (extended applause for Sgt. First Class Cory
Remsburg, an injured Army Ranger, who stood with difficulty at the first
ladys side and gave a wave and a thumbs-up). What distinguished this
address was the gap between the soaring aspirations the president voiced and
the modest prescriptions he floated.
The speech took an hour to deliver, and the text filled 12 pages. The
president didnt mention Obamacare until Page Eight. Foreign policy and
national security debuted on Page Nine. Earlier, Obama spoke of what his
second term is all about: lofty aspirations, coupled with small-bore
proposals.
What I offer tonight is a set of concrete, practical proposals to speed up
growth, strengthen the middle class and build new ladders of opportunity
into the middle class, the president said.
That sounded ambitious. But the first item he cited after that was the first
ladys anti-obesity initiative.
The president was at his strongest when he made a populist appeal to extend
unemployment insurance, to fight discrimination against women in the
workplace and to raise the minimum wage. Its time to do away with
workplace policies that belong in a
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics-live/liveblog/live-update
s-state-of-the-union/?id=9c4773bd-a2c4-47ce-816a-4f5ad61fb30a> Mad Men
episode, Obama said, drawing roars from the Democratic side and a wry smile
from Cantor, who was either chewing gum or grinding his teeth. The president
got another cheer from Democrats, and an amused smile from Ryan, when he
urged Republicans to join the rest of the country in raising the minimum
wage.
But a moment later, Obama was back in the first person: Tomorrow, I will
direct the Treasury to create a new way for working Americans to start their
own retirement savings.
Congress is welcome to help him out, of course. But its strictly optional.
Twitter: @Milbank
Read more from Dana Milbank
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/dana-milbank/2011/02/24/ABhhJwI_page.html> s
archive, follow him on Twitter <https://twitter.com/Milbank> or subscribe
to his updates on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/danamilbank> .
Read more on this issue:
The Post
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-state-of-the-union-mr-obama-offer
s-the-gop-opportunities-for-cooperation/2014/01/28/11669c02-885e-11e3-916e-e
01534b1e132_story.html> s View: A speech with ideas both parties could
embrace
Jennifer Rubin: The itty-bitty state of the union
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2014/01/28/the-itty-bitty
-state-of-the-union/>
Ann Telnaes: Obama
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/editorial/read-his-2010-sotu-lips/2014
/01/28/01b9e4b4-8866-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_video.html> s state of the
union 2010 vs. 2014
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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