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You found me out. That’s it! From what I’ve posted on this thread I am obviously a big fan of oppressive state power. Up with the Gestapo. Sieg Heil!! Geeez. Yeah, I have a vested interest in the IRS. I am the majority stockholder. Ya-ha-ha(my approximation of an evil laugh).

Welcome to FairTax threads. They're the threads reality forgot. Discussing the FairTax on FR is like arguing with the guys who protest outside post offices on April 15... wait... it is arguing with the guys who protest outside post offices on April 15.

PLLLLLLLLeassssssssse, When she became the F Lady she also became Fair Game,It’s ok for you Dem’s to pick on both Laura and Barbara but heaven forbid someone say something about a Democrat.

Did you think it was OK for Dems to pick on Laura and Barbara? I didn't. Why would I think it's OK now?

I think you are on the wrong site.

Maybe I am. Do you know of a site where people can discuss conservative issues without attacking politician's wives?

This is a very rude thread. I thought FReepers were above this type of stuff. If you have a problem with Barack Obama, why not keep it to him and leave his wife out of it.

You have it exactly backwards. The presidential oath is the only oath required by the Constitution. The day and time of the swearing was established by legislation. The presidential oath cannot be changed except by constitutional amendment. The day and time of swearing in can be changed anytime Congress passes a new law on the matter.

Article II, Section 1, last paragraph
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

You are forgetting the 20th Amendment that states "The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin."

You’re kidding right? Roberts definitely said faithfully the first time around.

But he said it at the wrong place.

Chief Justice Roberts didn't read the oath correctly and Obama stopped recognizing the error.

The oath is "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Roberts initially stated "that I will execute the office of President of the United States faithfully"

http://www.freedomslighthouse.com/2009/01/barack-hussein-obama-takes-oath-of.html

I think Chief Justice Roberts was at fault there. He didn’t read the oath correctly.

Yeah, it’s kinda funny to see Republicans waiting until a week before Bush leaves office to start worrying about deficits. From what I gather, Obama wants to cut taxes and raise spending. Sound familiar?

Didn't Bush sign the bailout bill (didn't he beg for it)? Didn't he also sign the bill that allowed for the continuing resolution? If not then he's failed in his oath of office. The Constitution states "No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but by consequence of Appropriations made by Law." I don't recall any vetoes being overridden so all this spending is being done with his consent.

And if you had follow the link I provided you would see that the deficit for Oct & Nov was $401 billion. CBO is estimating December at another $83 billion - which would bring the total to $484 billion for the first three months. And he does even take office until 3 weeks into January. Trying to pin all this debt on him is absurd.

The federal fiscal year started in October. The deficit for the first two months (the only ones reported so far) was over $400 billion. That's about $250 billion more than the same two months last year. We will already be well on our way to the $1.2 trillion before Obama even takes office.

This mess happened on Bush's watch. I understand the desire to get to Obama - but lets keep it somewhere close to reality.

Sending messages to Obama to support the FairTax... this has to go on the list of greatest wastes of time in all of history.

The FairTax is dead. Get over it. Honestly, I doubt there will even be an AFFT this time next year.

Only 2,500 people in Atlanta, Georgia - which is suppose to be the heart of FairTax support. I’m not impressed.

R.I.P. FairTax

how is 10,000 jobs “much higher” when speaking about numbers like 515,000 ?

You're misreading the article. Economists were expecting 505,000 - the number was 542,000. So it's 37,000 jobs. The 515,000 number was from the previous week.

Only 2,000 people in what's suppose to be FairTax central!

R.I.P. FairTax

Why bring facts into this?

Michelle updated her post.

Update: Mystery solved? Reader Patrick e-mails a link to the Presidential Transition Act of 1963:

SERVICES AND FACILITIES AUTHORIZED TO BE PROVIDED TO PRESIDENTS-ELECT AND VICE PRESIDENTS-ELECT

Sec. 3 (a) The Administrator of General Services, referred to hereafter in this Act as “the Administrator,” is authorized to provide, upon request, to each President-elect and each Vice President-elect, for use in connection with his preparations for the assumption of official duties as President or Vice President necessary services and facilities, including-

(1) Suitable office space appropriately equipped with furniture, furnishings, office machines and equipment, and office supplies as determined by the Administrator, after consultation with the President-elect, the Vice-President elect, or their designee provided for in subsection (e) of this section, at such place or places within the United States as the President-elect or Vice-President-elect shall designate;

(2) Payment of the compensation of members of office staffs designated by the President-elect or vice-President-elect at rates determined by them not to exceed the rate provided by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, for grade GS-18: Provided, That any employee of any agency of any branch of the Government may be detailed to such staffs on a reimbursable or non reimbursable basis with the consent of the head of the agency; and while so detailed such employee shall be responsible only to the President or Vice-President-elect for the performance of his duties: Provided further, That any employee so detailed shall continue to receive the compensation provided pursuant to law for his regular employment, and shall retain the rights and privileges of such employment without interruption. Notwithstanding any other law, persons receiving compensation as members of office staffs under this subsection, other than those detailed from agencies, shall not be held or considered to be employees of the Federal Government except for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement Act, the Federal Employee’s Compensation Act, the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959;

(3) Payment of expenses for the procurement of services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof for the President-elect or Vice-President-elect, as authorized for the head of any department by section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals;

(4) Payment of travel expenses and subsistence allowances, including rental of Government or hired motor vehicles, found necessary by the President-elect or Vice-President-elect, as authorized for persons employed intermittently or for persons serving without compensation by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), as may be appropriate;

(5) Communications services found necessary by the President-elect or Vice-President-elect;

(6) Payment of expenses for necessary printing and binding, notwithstanding the Act of January 12th, 1895, and the Act of March 1, 1919, as amended (44 U.S.C. 111);

(7) Reimbursement to the postal revenues in amounts equivalent to the postage that would otherwise be payable on mail matter referred to in subsection (d) of this section.

(b) The Administrator shall expend no funds for the provision of services and facilities under this Act in connection with any obligations incurred by the President-elect or Vice-President-elect before the day following the date of the general elections held to determine the electors of the President and Vice President in accordance with title 3, United States Code, sections 1 and 2, or after the inauguration of the President-elect as President and the inauguration of the Vice-President-elect as Vice President.

(c) The terms “President-elect” and “Vice-President-elect” as used in this Act shall mean such persons as are the apparent successful candidates for the office of the President and Vice President, respectively, as ascertained by the Administrator following the general elections held to determine the electors of the President and Vice-President in accordance with title 3, United States code, sections 1 and 2.

(d) Each President-elect shall be entitled to conveyance within the United States and its territories and possessions of all mail matter, including airmail, sent by him in connection with his preparations for the assumption of official duties as President, and such mail matter shall be transmitted as penalty mail as provided n title 39, United States Code, section 4152. Each Vice-President-elect shall be entitled to conveyance within the United States and its territories and possession of all mail matter, including airmail, sent by him under his written autograph signature in connection with his preparations for the assumption of official duties as Vice President.

(e) Each President-elect and Vice-President-elect may designate to the Administrator an assistant authorized to make on his behalf such designations or findings of necessity as may be required in connection with the services and facilities to be provided under this Act. Not more than 10 per centum of the total expenditures under this Act for any President-elect or Vice-President-elect may be made upon the basis of a certificate by him or the assistant designated by him pursuant to this section that such expenditures are classified and are essential to the national security, and that they accord with the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (d) of this section.

(f) In the case where the President-elect is the incumbent President or in the case where the Vice-President-elect is the incumbent Vice President, there shall be no expenditures or funds for the provisions of services and facilities to such incumbent under this Act, and any funds appropriated for such purposes shall be returned to the general funds of the Treasury.

SERVICES AND FACILITIES AUTHORIZED TO BE PROVIDED TO FORMER PRESIDENTS AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENTS

Sec. 4. The Administrator is authorized to provide, upon request, to each former President and each former Vice President, for a period not to exceed six months from the date of the expiration of his term of office as President or Vice President, for use in connection with winding up the affairs of his office, necessary services and facilities of the same general character as authorized by this act to be provided to Presidents-elect and Vice Presidents-elect. Any person appointed or detailed to serve a former President or former Vice President under authority of this section shall be appointed or detailed in accordance with, and shall be subject to, all of the provisions of section 3 of this Act applicable to persons appointed or detailed under authority of that section. The provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838 3; U.S.C. 102, note), other than subsections (a) and (e) shall not become effective with respect to a former President until six months after the expiration of his term of office as President.

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such funds as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act but not to exceed $900,000 for any one Presidential transition, to remain available during the fiscal year in which the transition occurs and the next succeeding fiscal year. The President shall include in the budget transmitted to the Congress, for each fiscal year in which his regular term of office will expire, a proposed appropriation for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

Approved March 7, 1964

She’s an idiot. But anyone who would change their vote because of her lies is a moron anyway. Thank God she’s NOT from Pennsylvania.

Come on you Texans. Take care of these loonies! ;)

We did. We sent her to Pittsburgh.

;-P

He didn’t “report” it. He put a big red headline on his page talking about the “mutiliation” of a young woman. That went well beyond what the link he provided even said.

Initially he didn't even have a link. Drudge obviously prefers to be first rather than right.

I thought Rudy Giuliani had first dibs. Besides, they’re much too small for Barney.

;-)

Not to pile on, but the report said the guy was wearing a black t-shirt. It was 9pm and late October in Pittsburgh. Isn’t it a little cold for a t-shirt.