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Oct. 3, 2012 11:13am Erica Ritz

The Department of Justice is drawing Republican outrage after announcing it will circumvent bipartisan Congressional objections to buy an abandoned Illinois prison once proposed as the new home for Guantanamo Bay inmates.

Many thought the issue was put to rest after the House Appropriations Committee declined to provide funding for the project, but the DOJ found a way to bypass Congressional budget hawks by using illegal assets forfeited to the government to make the $165 million purchase.

Attorney General Eric Holder is denying, however, that Thomson Correctional Facility will be used to house relocated terrorists from Guantanamo, claiming it is simply an effort to ease overcrowding in federal prisons and create 1,000 jobs in the president’s home state. Moreover, bringing inmates to Illinois from Cuba would be illegal through 2013, since President Obama signed H.R. 1540 into law prohibiting the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States.

One DOJ official insisted: “This is about public safety and 50 percent overcrowding in high-security prisons.” Others say this is actually the fiscally responsible thing to do, instead of building an entirely new prison.

Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin added: “At this point, the president had to intervene and do this directly. I hope people understand he’s doing it for his state.”

Republicans Outraged Over Department of Justice Purchase of Illinois Thomson Correctional Facility | Guantanamo

In this Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, a van drives past the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill. (Photo: AP)

Congressional Republicans are fuming at the administration’s unilateral action, and remain skeptical of the claims that Guantanamo detainees will not be transferred to the facility once a loophole is available.

Moreover, the pricey purchase is drawing calls of corruption and favoritism for the president’s home state weeks before a tight election.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell summarized: “This election-eve purchase comes at the expense of delaying approved projects that are not in the president’s home state.”

The office Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), a key lawmaker blocking funding for the purchase for roughly two years, released a statement:

Wolf, whose subcommittee funds the DOJ, denied the request for several reasons, including that it is considered an earmark by DOJ and was originally intended to house terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay.

“President Obama’s unprecedented directive to Attorney General Holder to circumvent Congress to purchase Thomson prison is deeply troubling,” Wolf said. “It directly violates the clear objection of the House Appropriations Committee and goes against the bipartisan objections of members in the House and Senate, who have noted that approving this request would allow Thomson to take precedence over previously funded prisons in Alabama, Mississippi, West Virginia and New Hampshire. Notably, it also flies in the face of concerns raised by scores of family members of 9/11 victims, who signed a letter in July objecting to the purchase of this prison.

“At an alarming $165 million, the size of this request is unprecedented…” [Emphasis added]

Attorney General Eric Holder (Photo:Getty Images)

“9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America” also released a statement Tuesday:

…9/11 families believe this purchase is a back door effort to circumvent Congress and the will of the American people. Though Senator Dick Durbin and Attorney General Eric Holder have denied that the prison would be retrofitted to receive Guantanamo detainees, this would not be the first time the Department of Justice defied Congress in an effort to bring terrorists inside the Homeland.

Recent news that the terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi was led by a former Guantanamo detainee has underscored the dangerous profile of current detainees. They continue to pose a serious national security threat to the U.S., and should not be viewed as political pawns which can be moved from a safe, secure off-shore military installation to the heart of America in order to satisfy a small, left-wing political constituency. This is the same constituency that agitated for the release of prior detainees who have returned to the battlefield and who engage in anti-U.S. propaganda and terrorist recruiting.

…we have no confidence that the Obama administration will defer to the wishes of the American people and their elected representatives on the matter of Guantanamo.

This misappropriation of funds and flouting of Congressional authority goes to the very heart of the public’s distrust of the Obama administration and the ever-widening gap between what it says and what it does. [Emphasis added]

Speaker John Boehner (Photo: Getty Images)

And Speaker John Boehner added:

“A majority of the American people and a bipartisan majority in Congress oppose bringing the terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay into the United States, yet the White House continues to take steps to move forward with its dangerous plan. The unilateral decision to purchase the Thomson Prison – even though Congress has repeatedly opposed the Obama administration’s effort to use taxpayer funds to do so – underscores the administration’s desire to move forward and bring these detainees to U.S. soil. House Republicans have kept our Pledge to America to keep the terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay out the United States, and we will continue to keep our pledge. President Obama owes the American people an explanation about how importing these dangerous terrorists and giving them the same rights as U.S. citizens will make us any safer. Republicans will continue to oppose this dangerous plan.” [Emphasis added]

Attorney General Eric Holder has been under fire for years for everything from failing to prosecute the New Black Panthers for voter intimidation in 2008, to allowing guns to “walk” into the hands of Mexican drug cartels during Operation Fast and Furious. Now, congressional Republicans have another major grievance against the administration and the Justice Department.

Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, commented: “If the Obama Administration is willing to ignore Congress about the purchase of the Thomson prison, how are the American people expected to trust that the Administration will not ignore Congress about the transfer of terrorists into it? I pledge to continue working to keep the Obama Administration from moving dangerous terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. Homeland.”

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U.N.hater
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:38am
Fumed? LMFAO. They been fume’ing for 4 years. Here’s a thought do something about it you cry baby woosies!!!!!!

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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:05pm
  I was under the impression that Congress contorted the purse strings……did that change ???? How is Obama able to spend our money like a drunken crack head ???? Where is John Boehner ?????? What is going on here ????
  
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:24pm
  Sorry, I meant to say controlled , not contorted,,,,,,,but it actually still applies ; ))
  
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- The Giver
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:25pm
  LMFAO? All they do is talk because both sides are taking us to the same place. It’s clear now that bypassing Congress is what Obama does. We’re supposed to stay quiet because of his skin color! Are they joking?
  Imagine Allen West as president. Would the libs keep quiet because it would be “racist” to notice his policies, would they have to become republicans? We know the answer to that. Does Clarence Thomas ring a bell?
  Political correctness is not a friend of this country.
  
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- Female
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:27pm
  He has another department like FEMA or Dept of heath and Human services with money on the books as of October 1, re-allocate the money to his prison project. Just like taking the money from the vacation account to buy a motorcycle without the permission of the rest of the family. The money is spent, so…..
  
  .another indication of tyranncy.
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:29pm
  if anyone had american interest at heart we would be watching impeachment proceedings………………..
  
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- johnjamison
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:34pm
  I thought that our government didn’t negoiate with terrorist. And yet the only reason Obama hasn’t been impeached is the terrroristic threat of black rioting in the streets.
  I say impeach this a-hole and let the chips fall where they may. And when it’s done LET THE CHIPS SLEEP IN THE MESS THEY MAKE.
  
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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:51pm
  John Boener < the real spelling………. needs to go. This guy is as much of a jerk as Obama and just as worthless.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:55pm
  Dirty dogs in the DOJ and Dirty dog in the White House. And we sit, doing nothing about it.
  Good Luck that American can recover from this past 4 years.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 1:01pm
  Bringing GITMO detainees to the U.S. serves 2 purposes for the left.
  
  First, Obama can say he kept his promise albiet4 years late.
  
  Second, the left can say they are on U.S. soil & so get all the rights of a citizen. We Either have to give up our intel sopurces & methods or let them go free to kill again. The left does not care.
  
  For the Terrorists it give them political theatre inj the court or for a hostage drama. They’ll grab school children like they did at Beslan, Russia from some school somewhere with in 500 miles radius of the prison & then demand the release of the detainees. The presstitutes will camp out of the school & prison like vultures.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 1:14pm
  @johnjamison, He can be impeached, but will not be. The reason is not because of black rioting, it is because it would be futile and pointless. After impeachment he must be tried in the Senate, the Senate is controlled by Democrats. Throw in a few RINOs and there is no way in hell he would be convicted in the Senate. Obama can do anything he wants. I can think of VERY little that would cause the Senate to convict the first black president. Thus it would be a political folly to try. The press would massacre the GOP over any impeachment. So unless you are assured of a Senate conviction, they won’t even attempt it.. hence Obama can do ANYTHING he wants. Violate the constitution, violate law, commit high crimes and misdemeanors.
  
  @Paperboy, See the above reasoning. Congress could scrub this by stripping the DOJ of all funding and shutting down the Federal Government but they haven’t the balls for that. Many of them are sackless weasels worried about what the NYTs and Time magazine might say.
  
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- mikem1969
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 1:19pm
  The time has come people, the government stopped working for the people a long time ago and now we have a dictator. It is time to remove this dictator using the very tools that our founding fathers gave us to us. The tree of liberty must now be watered, America is the last bastion of freedom on earth and if she falls to these dictators and criminals that are in the WH and congress, we nore our children well ever see freedom again, and America herself may never see freedom again. Time to lock and load.
  
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- doomytram
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 2:19pm
  Eric Ronald McDonald Holder and President Barrack Hussein Obozo, to quote Joesph Biteme, Those Bozo’s want to put YOU, back in chains!
  
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- term limits for congress
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 2:20pm
  stupid, whining, congressional infidels
  
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- denbren52
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 2:43pm
  Exactly my thoughts! It’s time for action before he executive orders something really dangerous like the elimination of the electoral college or simply decides not to vacate the White House.
  
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- Oldmantex
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 2:50pm
  I agree UN Hater, it is time for the congress to act. I thought most of them were lawyers, see how to make it work and stop this crap. I cant believe the crying from the GOP when they have the tools to stop this and dont use them. If he reallocates money from another department, then block funding to all of those departments for allowing it to happen. Grow a pair!! Its not the democrats of BO that elect you, its your base, start fighting or start looking for work!!!
  
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- michael48
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 3:36pm
  just typical rino..blah..blah..blah..the only things these twits haven’t said is …”Bush did it”…get rid of the dem-wit totalitarians then get rid of these p-hole rinos…dam they’re just as guilty as the comrade crowd for getting us into this mess…go along to get along ,TO HE!!…cowards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 7:33pm
  Democrats consider this November Election to be a legal Plebiscite to dissolve the US Constitution. Obama has started to ignore the Law and the US Constitution and Republicans have not protested so they think the Constitution can be dispensed with.
  
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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 7:37pm
  ITS A TAX
  
  Robert’s despicable US Supreme Court will back up the President’s bypass of the Rule of Law and Congress.
  
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Azurite
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:37am
Congress is a whore house. They sleep with the presstitutes. Their outrage is FAKE. If they were outraged they would investigate the Kenyan and find out he should be deported as an illegal. Jackasses!

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:48am
  “Presstitutes”? HAH! I love it!
  
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- Balrog28
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:56am
  Nice – Love the new term – very apropos!
  
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- just his servant
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:05pm
  New term. Excellent!
  
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- starman70
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:14pm
  PRESSTITUTES! NBC (Nothing But Communism), ABC (Always Broadcasting Communism), CBS (Communist Broadcasting System), PBS (Politbureau Broadcasting System), MSNBC (More S*** from Nothing But Communism) just to name a few, are the most sublime examples of PRESSTITUDE!
  
  PRESSTITUTES:
  I am going to add this new word to my WEBESTER’S INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY! The definition will be: adj. a word describing any public news broadcasting media who prostitutes itself to a single candidate for public office using bias as it’s framework and twists the news to fit that and only that candidate.
  
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- JRGJR
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:46pm
  Presstitutes…..Best new word this year.
  
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- TEIN
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 2:34pm
  Is this what more “flexibility” looks like??
  
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BookMDanno
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:35am
As one wag put it, ‘we conservatives want to elect a Chief Executive; liberals want to elect a dictator.’ I hope we both get what we want (a conservative who would force his will on liberals, perhaps? Maybe that would make them happy.)

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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:51am
  @BookMDanno
  “a conservative who would force his will on liberals, perhaps?”
  
  You already had that, his name was George W. Bush. Between the so-called PATRIOT Act, warrantless wiretaps, Presidential signing statements that effectively nullified (or otherwise changed) bills he signed into law, using fear to get us into Iraq, he pretty much imposed his will on everyone.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:40pm
  Nothing like learning from fellow soldiers that they took water samples & found trace chemical evidence of WMDs.
  
  Go pi$$ into the wind some more Vance.
  
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kruzer_mike
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:34am
America has already been conquered by an imperial president and a congress and senate without the gumption to impeach him. Everyone is counting on the election to remove the cancer….If we impeached Clinton for lying to Congress why are we afraid to do the same thing to Obama? Is it because everyone is afraid that they will be labeled racist? We need to get over that and do what needs to be done legally. It is called “high crimes and misdemeanors”.

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- CatB
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:59am
  Amen MIKE .. though it may take another election to clear out Congress and to get enough with “a pair” .. Pray that we take the White House in this election .. it may be our last otherwise.
  
  R & R 2012
  
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- thibx
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:01pm
  they are worried about holding on to their seat. john boehner needs to quit crying and get off his **** and do his job. put these 2 from fast and furious on it they will raise a little hell. oboma is king in his mind somebody needs to put him in his place. and get ole harry reid out too.
  
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- LiberalAlways
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:14pm
  It could be the simple fact that President Obama hasn’t committed an impeachable act, not even close.
  
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- Bill Rowland
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 5:01pm
  Liberal always – The house can impeach for high crimes and “midemeanors” tht could be interpreted as spitting on the sidewalk. If congress would investigate Sweet Old Barack and get behind his claims of executive privilige, negative response to freedom of information act requests, refusual to provide adequate protection to diplomatic personnel in the mid east, I believe that multiple charges could be provided for impeachment.
  
  OMG Nov 6, 2012
  
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lembrandt
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:34am
Anybody else notice how much Eric Holder looks like a rodent?

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:50am
  Kinda like Waxman (squeak, squeak).
  
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- e.galle
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:50am
  Which rodent? Be careful, there are some cute ones. lol You made my day. with that kind of thinking, what does valerie Jarett look like?
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:59am
  Actually I think Holder is more concerned about Obamas ‘detain indefinitely’ and ‘termination at will’ executive orders and legislation. Its bad enough Obama has once again been allowed to bypass Congress, something he is doing more and more of lately – dictatorship is not far off.
  
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- Kelly Henderson
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:14pm
  I hope Boehner gets the operation he needs. He is hoping to get some balls for Xmas.
  
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IAMMADDOG
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:33am
They must be buying it so we have a place to put them after we fire them.

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- somecallmeMC
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:46am
  or to put those that oppose them.
  
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- noczars
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:02pm
  IAMAMADDOG= that is exactly what hubby and I were saying the other day. From Top to Bottom, this admin is corrupt. I think that is why we have not heard from palosi; waters; waxman; barney; green; ayles and all the rest of obama’s czars. They are scrambling to distance themselves.
  
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- rawmilker
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:12pm
  Yes more prisons/FEMA Camps. Its Obama’s job plan, enact NDAA, arrest opposing citizens, hire more prison guards, thus jobs created.
  
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- Jedrin
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:25pm
  Once the Gitmo terrorists get on US soil then they will be given US rights and be released into the general public. Bush failed. Theses inmates should have been executed as spies, out of uniform on a battle field = summary execution. Now they have been through the University of Gitmo, thanks to Bush. Now is the time for the average person to put the screws to Romney to teach him who he works for.
  
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:32am
Congress = Tonsils
Senate = Appendix

Neither serve any purpose anymore and both tend to get infected and nasty.

How y’all digging this new monarchy?

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- johnjamison
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:39am
  Congress has to approve the spending.. bottom line is Obama doesn’t have the check book Congress has it. So they should send the bill to Obama personal bank account and then force him to make the payments.
  
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- randy
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:52am
  @ JOHNJAMISON did you read this part of the story?
  
  but the DOJ found a way to bypass Congressional budget hawks by using illegal assets forfeited to the government to make the $165 million purchase.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:09pm
  @Johnjamison,
  
  The problem is that nobody reads what’s in the Bills. I would bet that the funds were approved in some buried section of a totally unrelated Bill.
  
  Here’s an example;
  
  Obama’s Job Act. Page 133, “Abrogation of States Rights”, eliminates States rights under the 11th Amendment of the Constitution. Check it out….
  
  By law, amending the US Constitution takes a 2/3 rds vote in the Senate. Obama just puts this stuff in Bills, which is illegal, and none of the cable news shows or the Congressmen bother to read them.
  
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dylan
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:31am
I’m sure they will love Chicago after tropical weather Gitmo! Why is anyone surprised? The ‘One’ thinks of himself and himself only. He’s been doing it from day 1. The Constitution means nothing to him–just a ‘bump in the road’. This from a person who taught constitutional law courses. Just a course here and there. It is so obvious it is rude to mention it. When something is obvious it is below another look.

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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:31am
So your voting for congress accomplishes what exactly? Y’all want to talk about wasting votes? Try voting for representatives in a monarchy. This is EXACTLY what Augustus did with the Senate. Keep them around for the idiot citizens to at least perceive that there is some semblance of a Republic. Meanwhile establish an absolute monarchy. How is this different now?

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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:55am
  It’s a dictatorship.
  
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- DAYWATCHER
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:56am
  There is no difference.
  
  Congress has become useless, unnecessary, and exist simply to placate to the people that want to believe in what was the greatest form of government in the world.
  
  Congress and yes the American people, allowed this to happen. It did not occur over night. Nonetheless it has happened.
  
  If the thug in office is elected again, we haven’t seen nothing yet!
  
  If the last four years have pissed you off just wait.
  
  You will get so mad it will make you physically sick.
  
  We who care for our nation will at some point be pushed to the breaking point.
  
  God help us and our nation if that happens.
  
  I’m just saying…..
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:48pm
  Ironically, absolute monarchies had some form of legitimacy because the law of the land allowed them. In the Western world, absolute monarchies ended with the French Revolution, but they still exist in Muslim countries (calling the Vatican an absolute monarchy is a misnomer).
  
  Dictatorships which by definition are illegitimate have been “legitimized” through the abuse of the office of the presidency. There are many such “presidents” in the world today, and Hussein is in that category. Basically, what I’m saying is that we are a Constitutional Republic, thus we have the right to oust a dictator who calls himself a president but violates our Constitution.
  
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loveliberty83
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:30am
what is wrong withour weak congress fight back stop these guys now

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AmericanStrega
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:30am
How can the DOJ purchase a prison? What money are they using? Where is it coming from? (I know it’s tax payer money, but HOW are they appropriating it without congress?) WTF?

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- e.galle
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:56am
  Executive order? Back door politics. Can you imagine the amount of Chicago hands are in this pie? Real estate transfers, middle man/woman money making deal. Looks like another Valerie Jarrett real estate deal on our dime. I think Obama knows he is going to lose this go round and is getting all he can from deep pockets.
  
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thibx
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:29am
i’m going to do what i want to america can go to hell. signed oboma

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floridareader
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:29am
Congress has been mute through previous tyrannical decisions (EO) Obama has made before. So, what’s different now?
What are the odds?:
- Congress is as corrupt as Obama and his gang
- Congress is under death threat by the Chicago mob
- Congress is in daddy’s Soros pocket
- All of the above

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Inlightofthings
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:29am
A full 40% of the country is either not paying attention or just plain stupid.

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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:06pm
  @Inlightofthings
  
  Don’t be so hard on yourself.
  
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- Shasta
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:12pm
  Perhaps not paying taxes and not paying attention go hand in hand.
  
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COFemale
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:29am
Obama is a dictator. He is NOT our President. How in the hell can Holder do this? He has no purchasing power. It is time to drag his ass to jail and our failed Commander in Thief with him. Why are we sitting by and letting this happen. We can complain all we want and it solves nothing. It is time to be bold and drag his as to jail.

It is clear this administration is trying to force a “revolution” in order to declare Marshall Law and thus eliminate the elections. I am thinking what is be built at the WH is a fortified bunker to protect his a$$ when we come after him to try him for treason. This crap has to stop.

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loveliberty83
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:29am
congress needs to reconvene & investigate this, stop obama he is not our king get some balls & protect America impeach him

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- e.galle
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:59am
  Congressional break very convenient. Can you imagine if someone like West was running the house, they would not be on vacation. I know dream on
  
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denkat56
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:27am
congress, we dont need no stinking congress.

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- Liberalismkills
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:43am
  Well Congress has done this to themselves and the GOP has looked the other way. If you spineless republicans- swept into office in 2010, mind you, to do this very thing- would quit playing nice with the socialists, figure out you have control of the purse-strings, and refuse to fund ANYTHING outside of the budget, you might have something to complain about. I mean just pass your budget, send it over to the Senate and tell dingy Harry to call you when they have a budget bill to reconcile. THAT is what we put you in power for!
  
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TerryJ70
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:25am
Oh yeah, the Republicans are “fuming” over this move. Watch again while nothing gets done about it.

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:36am
  You got that right, Buddy!
  
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ConservativeQtee
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:24am
Wake the Hell up America!!!

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RightUnite
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:22am
Oh well, at least the libs of Illinois will be the first people eliminated when the pig sucking radicals break out or are let out on good behavior (hehehehe). All the smart conservatives will be long gone, taking their businesses with them.

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- MCON29
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:32am
  Only the Chicago Libs, there are plenty of us south of Chicago that dont lean left. Chicago is so populated that it doesnt matter how the rest of Illinois votes. We get stuck with their opinion.
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:10pm
  @RightUnite
  
  It’s a good thing that they’re not actually going to be putting terrorists there, despite what you’re “no spin zone”, “fair and balanced”, and “no need of an agenda” masters tell you. On a side note, I’ve always hated Fox’s “fair and balanced” tag line–apparently fair and balanced means having five Conservatives and one Liberal debate a topic, and when the Liberal finally manages to get a word in edgewise, the rest of the panel can’t even bother to pretend that they are listening, and spend the whole time he/she is talking roiling thier eyes and mugging at the camera.
  
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HKS
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:20am
From what I understand, he can buy what ever he wants, but the congress has to pay for it, so don’t.

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toiletclogga
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:18am
It’s the new site of the White House!

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OldGringo
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:17am
BO new home? Impeach & Imprison

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- Female
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:17pm
  Arrest for lying under Oath (protecting America and Upholding the Constitution.) and treason, then, impeach.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:16am
Does the idiot really think the Islamist will like us better if GITMO is emptied? Even after Libya and the rest? Really? Unbelievable.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 1:59pm
  I wonder if the Blind Sheik will be transferred their only to mysteriously disappear….
  
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kickagrandma
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:16am
Future holding cell, ovens for all who oppose the regime.

Thank GOD our GOD doesn’t play by their rules.

Aren’t “they” going to be surprise when HE draws back HIS mighty leg and drop kicks them straight into hell? Just so they room with each other for all eternity. : )

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