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Quote of the Day

Posted: 09 May 2011 06:04 AM PDT

"Well, I think you've got to give him a lot of credit for making the decision to have the SEAL Team 6 conduct the raid that got bin Laden. It's no question that was his responsibility and I think he handled it well."

-- Former Vice President Dick Cheney, in an interview with Fox News, offering rare praise for President Obama. Google Reader Shared Items for May 9, 2011

Majority Support Obama's Decision on bin Laden Photos

Posted: 09 May 2011 06:17 AM PDT

A new NBC poll finds a majority of Americans, 52%, strongly believe President Obama made the right decision not to release the photos of Osama bin Laden after he was killed, compared to 24% who strongly oppose the decision. In total, 64% agreed with the president, while 29% disagreed.

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Cheney Funding

Earlier this week in Congress the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to cut off funding to the Office of the Vice President until Dick Cheney's office complied with an executive order in which he would have to turn over documents complying with the national security disclosure rules. Cheney has been denying that he has to follow the rule claiming that he's immune since he's also President of the Senate and thus not fully part of the Executive Branch. Yet previously he's denied documents to the Senate claiming he fall under Executive Privilege. These claims that basically amount to him being his own 4th branch of government have upset a lot in Congress, and citizens as well. Unfortunately, today a lone Democrat changed his vote in the committee and thus the funding to Cheney's office has been resumed. Panel Cuts Cheney Funding Panel Restores Cheney Funding

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Cheney Double-Talk

How does he get away with it? In 2001, Dick Cheney claimed he didn’t have to turn over documents to Congress by claiming Executive Privilege. An abuse of the power, but ok, the Constitution as I know it puts the Vice President in the Executive Branch. Now this month, Cheney is refusing to comply with an executive order by claiming that since he is the President of the Senate, he is not a member of the Executive Branch, but instead a member of the Legislative and thus doesn’t have to comply with that either. Wait…. WHAT!? So he’s a member of BOTH yet NEITHER branch? Dick Cheney is his own branch? What form of twisted logic is this?

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