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Obama Takes the Bypass Again
Flopping Aces ^ | 09-22-10 | Heather Green

Posted on 09/22/2010 9:13:45 AM PDT by Starman417

That whole Senate confirmation process is only there to keep the country from experiencing change it can believe in, right? Well, then let’s just skip it.

You can almost hear these thoughts going through Obama’s head as you read about his appointment of Elizabeth Warren as adviser to the shaping of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Bureau will be the embodiment of Warren’s brainchild, the Consumer Finance Protection Agency, and “will be a watchdog for the American consumer” if we are to believe Obama. By appointing Warren as an advisor and not as the Bureau’s director, Obama was able to completely bypass the process of obtaining Senate approval. But that just makes things look more suspicious.

Warren’s Power Trip

According to Obama, Warren will play “a pivotal role” in choosing the first director of the Bureau, but no one has stepped up yet to assure us that she won’t be a candidate herself. Of course, Senate approval would be needed, but it’s not out of the question. For now, she’ll be the architect who executes her concept no matter what the Senate might have to say on the matter.

What’s the Point?

Let’s try to figure out what this Bureau is supposed to accomplish besides getting Warren out of Obama’s hair. She’s been one pesky advocate of the Bureau since 2007, and maybe he just needs a break. Here are the few lonely reasons for the Bureau’s existence:

(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: appointment; democrats; fail; liberalfascism; obama

1 posted on 09/22/2010 9:13:47 AM PDT by Starman417
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To: Starman417

Another Czar is born in the Zero constellation ... good.
I’m sick & tired of reading everything I’m asked to sign!


2 posted on 09/22/2010 9:36:09 AM PDT by tumblindice (One czar, two czar, red czar, blue czar)
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To: Starman417
I heard Beck say that no one ever will be able to remove this agency. I say BS.
3 posted on 09/22/2010 9:59:52 AM PDT by BornToBeAmerican (Give me a hand up, not a hand out)
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To: Starman417; Larry Lucido; humblegunner; Eaker; Allegra; 50mm; Salamander; TheOldLady
Yesterday's News



"Pimped out and ready to excerpt"


4 posted on 09/22/2010 10:31:37 AM PDT by shibumi (I have become everything I used to pretend I was.)
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To: Starman417

Why did you excerpt this crap?


5 posted on 09/22/2010 11:18:18 AM PDT by Eaker (Pablo is very wily)
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To: shibumi

Pimpbusted. Get on the blogpimpmobile and boogie.


6 posted on 09/22/2010 3:26:37 PM PDT by TheOldLady (Pablo is very wily.)
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