Posted on 08/05/2011 12:09:51 PM PDT by Lucky9teen
U.S. President Barack Obama is introduced by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen (L) before he speaks about military veterans entering the workforce while at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, August 5, 2011.
U.S. President Barack Obama orders an hamburger and fries and then offers to pay for a customers lunch at the Good Stuff Eatery on Capitol Hill in Washington, August 3, 2011. Obama ate lunch at the restaurant with members of his staff (L) who, for the past months have been working at resolving the debt ceiling issue
That *customer* is wearing a nametag or a pass. What is it? She isn’t *just* a customer.
“In the early 1800’s Congress was considering a bill to give tax dollars to the widow of a well-loved military officer. Davy Crockett rose to address Congress after many speeches advocating the allocation.
He said: “Mr. Speaker…. I will not go into an argument to prove that Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it.
We have the right, as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity, but as members of Congress we have no right to so appropriate a dollar of the public money. We have no…. authority to appropriate it as a charity. I cannot vote for this bill, but I will give one week’s pay, and if every member of Congress will do the same, it will amount to more than the bill asks.”
There was silence on the floor of the House as Crockett took his seat. When the bill was put to a vote, instead of passing unanimously as had been expected, it received only a few votes.
The next day a friend asked Crockett why he spoken against a bill for such a worthy cause. In reply, Crockett related the following story: Just a few years before, he had voted to spend $20,000.00 of public money to help the victims of a fire in Georgetown. When the legislative session was over, Crockett made a trip back home to campaign for his re-election. He encountered one of his constituents. The man told Crockett, “I voted for you the last time. I shall not vote for you again.” Crockett, feeling he had served his constituents well, was stunned. He inquired as to what he had done wrong.
The man replied, “You gave a vote last winter which shows that either you have not capacity to understand the Constitution, or that you are wanting in the honesty and firmness to be guided by it. “
It’s her border crossing pass....given to her by Obama. She’s an illegal.
/sarc
I'm so important, I love me. Me I love. I think about me. I want me. It's all about me. Me.
Does this face make my lips look purple?
Thank you for posting that story.
For a post about lunch, I may lose mine.
Good post.
Good post.
Ahhhhhh I love my flash mobs
My kid used to do that lower lip thing, when she was five, and in a major pout!
Full of “little bandits” or some other thing like Skoal can you not understand Bozo cannot function without boost to his mental state.
OH MOMMA, DON’T LET MICHELLE SEE WHAT YOUR ORDERING....
Woman: "I'm sorry Mr. Obama, but you're not qualified to work behind the counter here and really have to leave..."
My pleasure!
Looks like we need 535 David Crocketts in the House of Reps, to start with...and go from there...we could very well run out of decent men and women before we’re finished...
;)
Gunny G
aka: Dick Gaines
*****
I saw the speech today. The Bamster looked exhausted. Too much birthday partying I guess.
This is my best Tiger Woods imitation.
He’s probably hung over from his big b’day bash.
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