Congressional Republicans have joined with the Democrats in the
lame duck session to cut military benefits, according to a report in TOWNHALL.COM. The National Defense Authorization Act cuts
the pay raise for the military, imposes caps on basic housing allowance and
imposes co-pays on prescription drugs totaling $5 billion in overall
cuts.
COMMENTS:
Every single one of them who voted for this American
injustice should really get a good night’s sleep tonight, shouldn’t they?
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. I’m not sure what all of the fuss is about taxpayer files
going to the White House? (Samantha ~
Cottonwood, AZ)
A. For one thing, the I.R.S. didn’t just one day decide to
send some files to the White House. The
White House had to have sent them a specific list of files to be pulled and
sent, meaning they wanted information about specific people. Why would they want this information? It was to be used against those people, as a
payback or as a method of control.
That’s all totally illegal and an unconstitutional invasion of privacy. It’s sinister at best. It goes along the line of “If you don’t tell
me where you hid the cookies, I’m going to tell mom about your secret stash of
pot.”
Q. And what is your opinion of the Grand Jury verdict on the
Eric Garner case in New York? (Debra ~ Kauai,
HI)
A. Of course, all we know is what has been made public; we
are not privy to what evidence and testimony was presented to the Grand
Jury. However… based on what we do know,
that Garner died because of excessive force and respiratory failure, that he
was not threatening the officers with a gun or any other weapon, that choke-holds
are against NYPD policy…. I am surprised that they did not indict the cops on
at least negligent homicide or manslaughter charges. By the way, these circumstances are entirely
different than those in Ferguson. Would
I burn down a few building in response?
Not in this rain…
Q. I see that Texas and sixteen other states are suing the
Obama Administration over Obama’s Executive Order on immigration. What do you think will happen with it? (Cass
~ Hemet, CA)
A. The lawsuit raises three objections: that Obama violated
the "Take Care Clause" of the U.S. Constitution that limits the scope
of presidential power; that the federal government violated rulemaking
procedures; and that the order will "exacerbate the humanitarian crisis
along the southern border, which will affect increased state investment in law
enforcement, health care and education." The odds of it reaching the
Supreme Court before Obama leaves office are slim and none; it’s essentially an
exercise in futility.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must
be the most irrational of all” ~ Emile M. Cioran
TODAY’S VIDEO:
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