World-News

Future of Freedom Foundation Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

04/07/11

Once upon a time, people actually believed that a president could not constitutionally commit troops abroad without a declaration of war by Congress. With some exceptions, that belief held presidents in check for a while. But it passed away sometime after 1942, and since then presidents have gone to war - big-time and small - whenever they damn well pleased. Congress has simply been too timid to assert itself against imperial presidents...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1104d.asp



Unholy alliance

Antiwar.com Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

04/08/11

Whatever their differences on domestic and other matters, the neocons and the Obama cult agree on one thing: their mutual disdain for the Constitution. The 'progressives' sniff at 'constitutional fundamentalism,' and the neocons regard Constitution-citing conservatives such as Paul and Lee as 'dogmatists.' They hate the Constitution because it restrains their overweening (if often competing) ambitions, and holds them accountable -- not merely every few years, at election time, but all the time...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/04/07/unholy-alliance-2/



Taste the flavor of war

Liberty For All
by John Jay Meyers

04/07/11

So, here we go again. Another president is starting another war in another country that is no threat to us. And our mission will be limited because our goal is not to kill Gadhafi, only to stop him from killing the people who are trying to kill him. Oh yeah, this is going to go great...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=5749


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libya
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ron+Paul
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