So... Barack Obama is under the delusion that HE has the power to ORDER the "normalization" of relations with the repressive and totalitarian Castro Regime.
The fact that Obama has no constitutional authority to issue such an imperial proclamation isn't deterring him; and the pesky fact that his imperial decree is a direct violation of the law, isn't phasing him either.
But here's the icing on the cake. To add insult to injury, as we watch the occupant of the White House continue to assert dictatorial authority, far too many pundits and politicians in Washington are content to simply "debate" the wisdom of this "change in U.S. policy."
Well... we're not content. We still live in the United States of America and in the United States of America, we DO NOT DEBATE DICTATORIAL EDICTS... we squash dictators, and it's time that our so-called leaders in Congress get that message... loud and clear.
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Is Barack Obama Violating The Law?
These days, the above would almost seem to be a rhetorical question, but according to Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Obama's actions "may be in direct violation of Helms-Burton..." Ros-Lehtinen goes on to say that "this unilateral action by the President without Congressional consultation is in violation of the following U.S. laws: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, and the Trading with the Enemy Act."
"MAY BE in direct violation of Helms-Burton" Representative Ros-Lehtinen? How about, IS in direct violation of Helms-Burton?
Since legislators these days are just too busy to actually read legislation, we decided to save them the trouble. Here's just one (repeat... one) of the pertinent sections of Helms-Burton that Barack Obama is violating:
| SEC. 204.
TERMINATION OF THE ECONOMIC EMBARGO OF CUBA.
(a) Presidential Actions. Upon submitting a determination to the appropriate congressional committees under section 203(c)(1) that a transition government in Cuba is in power, the President, after consultation with the Congress, is authorized to take steps to suspend the economic embargo of Cuba and to suspend the right of action created in section 302 with respect to actions thereafter filed against the Cuban Government, to the extent that such steps contribute to a stable foundation for a democratically elected government in Cuba. |
Is there a "transitional government" in place in Cuba? Did Barack Obama engage in "consultation with Congress" BEFORE he determined that the embargo must be lifted? Did he make ANY demands on the Castro Regime that would "contribute to a stable foundation for a democratically elected government" in Cuba?
Hell, no. After engaging in clandestine and secret 18-month negotiations with the dictator of Cuba, Barack Obama decided that he was fully empowered to UNILATERALLY end the trade embargo and normalize relations with the Castro regime in exchange for NOTHING (or, as they would say in Cuba, NADA), and furthermore, he's under the delusion that Congress is under some obligation to get with the program, or else.
Make no mistake, if you tried to do what Barack Obama just did, you'd be facing massive fines and jail time.
Should Barack Obama be above the law? The answer to that question should be obvious. What is not known is whether or not Congress has the guts to state the obvious and stop Barack Hussein Obama from implementing his radical and lawless agenda and whether or not patriotic Americans, like you, give a damn when the occupant of the White House violates the law and have the guts to push that issue before our self-proclaimed leaders in Congress.
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Is Obama Flipping You The Bird?
Those aren't our words. Those are the words of former RNC Chairman Michael Steele: "I think this is the president is basically throwing the bird up in the air to pretty much everybody in this town and saying, you know, what..."
Chris Matthews did not allow Steele to complete the sentence, but one can only assume that Steele would have said something along the lines of : You know, what... I'm going to do whatever the hell I want and I dare anyone to try to stop me.
But Steele is not the only one denouncing this unlawful action by Barack Obama:
According to the liberal Washington Post: "A
flood of U.S. tourists and business investment that will allow the
regime to maintain its totalitarian system indefinitely. Mr. Obama may
claim that he has dismantled a 50-year-old failed policy; what he has
really done is give a 50-year-old failed regime a new lease on life."
Senator Ted Cruz says: "We have seen how
previous Obama administration attempts at rapprochement with rogue
regimes like Russia and Iran have worked out, with our influence
diminished and our enemies emboldened. Now they are revisiting this same
disastrous policy with the Castros, blind to the fact that they are
being played by brutal dictators whose only goal is maintaining power.
And if history be our guide, the Castros will exploit that power to
undermine America and oppress the Cuban people."
Senator Marco Rubio says: "Cuba, like Syria,
Iran, and Sudan, remains a state sponsor of terrorism... Appeasing the
Castro brothers will only cause other tyrants from Caracas to Tehran to
Pyongyang to see that they can take advantage of President Obama’s
naiveté..."
Even Barack Obama's favorite enabler, John Boehner, was motivated to feign indignation:
"Relations with the Castro regime should not be
revisited, let alone normalized, until the Cuban people enjoy freedom –
and not one second sooner. There is no 'new course' here, only another
in a long line of mindless concessions to a dictatorship that brutalizes
its people and schemes with our enemies."
And Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, not only outlines the problem but gives voice to the solution:
"Obama obviously has decided to act on his
own because he faced little opposition from Congress when he overreached
his authority... Congress needs to act now, or Obama simply will move
on to the many other items on his bucket list. Congress must make it
abundantly clear to Obama that he does not have the authority to lift
the embargo on Cuba on his own. Doing so would break U.S. law, namely
the Helms-Burton Act."
Barack Obama is not our King... he is not our dictator and it's high time that Congress explain the preceding to him, in no uncertain terms.
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