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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (95866)	11/24/2010 1:02:50 AM
From: MJ	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 224737

Huffington Post is huffing, throwing around a lot of accusations----------one point that Huffington stated well is that----" Elizabeth Warren is making preparations for a consumer Financial Protection bureau-----"without the advice-and-consent process being used"." In reply: Elizabeth Warren is an unelected government employee who has no right to do so "without the advice-and consent process being used". There is a huge difference between Elizabeth Warren and Dick Cheny. "Dick Cheney was the Vice President of America"-----as such he was fulfilling a role using his expertise and knowledge of energy to serve this nation. Elizabeth Warren's power grab is very much in keeping with how former President Carter also used Health and Human Services to bring about socialist change. Our Congress should certainly be concerned about the creation of another department and/or beauracracy and squash it immediately. No costly new departments necessary. "So it is nothing short of astonishing to absorb the current spectacle. Republican members of the House -- the same people who defended national troglodyte Dick Cheney in his effort to block public scrutiny on oil policy -- are now criticizing the way Elizabeth Warren is making preparations for a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as if it were some sinister plot to destroy the republic. The White House's appointment of Warren "circumvented the advice-and-consent process and undermined one of the key checks and balances in our Constitution," declared Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, and Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) in a letter addressed Monday to the inspector general at the Treasury. "Treasury Department officials have provided little or no transparency with respect to their activities such as which organizations are meeting with Treasury officials-----"

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