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Reality Check: Actions Speak Louder Than Words With President Obama and the NDAA

Submitted by myajace on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 00:50
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Final segment looking at Ben's one on one with President Obama

http://youtu.be/kOM85tx8OJE


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OOOO "Bad Guys" okay, no

Submitted by Victoria on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 02:20.

OOOO "Bad Guys" okay, no problem just take every last freedom but please protect us from the bad guys in some other country by putting them indefinitely in an island prison in another country.

I was expecting a cane to come out anytime and pull that pesky Ben Swan off stage (maybe whisking him away stealthily to an island indefinite detention, eh?)

Traditions and Values??

Submitted by kevink on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 02:02.

It's scary how he refers to the constitution as our "traditions and values" rather than "the supreme law of the land".

Good Lord...

Submitted by UndeclaredWars on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 23:36.

This devil or that devil...we're so screwed. Where's my free phone?

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Just want to add.......

Submitted by Kiss My Tea Bag on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 23:31.

Romney fully supports NDAA.

2 wings of the same bird

Submitted by kevink on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 02:03.

There's really no difference between left and right.

white judge protected

Submitted by freedomnyms on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 16:11.

white judge protected freedoms, black judge sides with the people who do not like the Constitution. huh.

BS

Submitted by onesquarelight on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 13:15.

Here is what really went down with NDAA. The president lies right to Ben. Says is was Congress who fought to allow indefinite detention. That just isn't true. I have documented evidence of this in an article I wrote in May.

http://onesquarelight.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/hr-4310-ndaa-...

It all started in June of 2011, when the original NDAA Senate bill, S. 1253, was introduced to the Senate by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Michigan). In it were two sections, 1031 & 1032 which discussed the President’s authority to detain enemy combatants. Section 1031 contained a specific limitation that stated the authority of the President to detain did not extend to the detention of citizens or lawful resident aliens of the United States.

S. 1253, Section 1031, Subsection d
(d) CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY TO UNITED STATES PERSONS.—The authority to detain a person under this section does not extend to the detention of citizens or lawful resident aliens of the United States on the basis of conduct taking place within the United States except to the extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States.

Unbelievably this section was removed in the subsequent version of the bill, S. 1867 and it remained absent from the final bill, H.R. 1540. So who wanted it removed and why?

The answer comes from the Senate floor on November 17, 2011 where Senator Carl Levin is presenting S. 1867, the revised NDAA, to the Senate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kKfya...

President Obama believed he already had the power to detain American citizens without trial under PUBLIC LAW 107–40, “Authorization for Use of Military Force” (AUMF), which was signed into law by President Bush on September 18, 2001. Obama apposed the Senate version of NDAA because it called that power into question.

Read the whole article: http://onesquarelight.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/hr-4310-ndaa-...

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How about indefinitely detaining Obama?

Submitted by underdog on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 13:53.

Would love to see a local sheriff arrest him and his entourage and have them "detained" for the foreseeable future.

They have plenty of charges (like war crimes against humanity, aiding Al-CIA-da) to start with) they could choose from.

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Very Interesting

Submitted by Rix4Paul on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 12:46.

how Obama said the only reason he signed it and DIDN'T veto it, was to pay the troops.
Then when a court gets rid of the part of the bill he "didn't like"... he fights it
Craziness

Yep Exactly

Submitted by kevink on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 02:01.

It's scary how he can just flat-out lie like that.

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Digusting that he weasels out of all responsibility

Submitted by reedr3v on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 13:53.

claiming he "inherited" the problems, in the face of direct evidence he has done nothing but make every single problem exponentially worse.

Isn't the government in

Submitted by dirtyqbin on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 12:33.

Isn't the government in violation of this you know supporting terror associated organizations in Syria?

Indefinite Detention?

Submitted by RN4RP on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 11:38.

Forget indefinite detention, you will just be droned without trial.

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If it was easy, everyone would do it.....
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Teleprompters and President Obama

Submitted by NumberSix on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 09:30.

Both soulless - swallow, empty lies from the screen of one to the lips of the other. The second term will be worse than the hell of the first - it's called judgement on America...may God have mercy on us all - we'll need it. Thanks for another great report, Ben.

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Bump Bump

Submitted by Freedom77 on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 03:46.

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Just started watching

Submitted by CarCrashClutter on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 01:28.

I figured that before I see it all and weigh in I would suggest you imbed the video in the post.

Having watched itnow

Submitted by CarCrashClutter on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 01:51.

The old adage of "actions speak louder than words" isn't something most people of this country would agree with.

Many have no problem taking Obama's words as paramount, testament to what he really does and wants to do, despite his actions to the contrary.

Others do the same with Romney, they listen to the words that come from his mouth and truly believe them to be representative of his future actions should he be elected, all while ignoring what he's already done.

People from the first group, they cover their ears when Romney speaks, they see what he has done, but refuse to do the same with Obama. Those from the second group, they see what Obama's done, they don't listen to his words.

The only thing these two groups have in common is how they constantly speak evil about the other group. It's just sad really.