Friday, May 13, 2016

Obama tirelessly tests executive powers

"President Obama will Issue Transgender Bathroom Decree For Public Schools Students."
In a sweeping victory for LGBT activists concerned about the recent slew of so-called "bathroom bills," the White House on Thursday announced that President Obama would be issuing a transgender bathroom decree which would protect students in public school districts across the country. The decree, which is set to be delivered to schools on Friday, addresses fears some have expressed that banning transgender students from using the bathroom of their identified-gender could result in bullying or violence against those students. In a statement to The New York Times on Thursday evening, Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. reaffirmed the president's beliefs that transgender students were owed protections that the numerous bathroom bills circling state politics otherwise stripped. (read the whole thing)

71 comments:

AllenS said...

How much of the public thinks that this is a good idea?

edutcher said...

Dare we think this will be the straw that breaks the camel's back?

Of course, the One True Ted wanted to put the Feds in charge of bathrooms, too.

Leland said...

I'm fairly certain that schools are regulated by the states. I know the federal government via the DeptEd likes to play with grants, but I think that would acquire changing appropriations. This should go badly for Obama and Transgender in the courts.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Ed-ache - when will The One True Ted be indicted? Any minute now?

I'm Full of Soup said...

So the House, which constitutionally controls the federal govt's purse strings, can't cut funds from Sanctuary cities but the President can cut funds from non-compliant schools?

I'm Full of Soup said...

Cruz haters AND Trump haters are tiresome and boring and fanatical. A fanatic is one who won't change the subject no matter what. Suggest our two resident combatants get some fresh air into their brains and try to adopt a fresh outlook on the world and ignore their hated prez opponent.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

The One True Ed-ache

The Dude said...

Everyone who voted for Obama thinks this is a good idea. No camels were injured in that election.

And, for the record, we know who you are.

chickelit said...

Hillary has campaigned on continuing Obama's policies as a de facto third term. So, is she on board with this as well?

No doubt Zuckerborg is on board.

ndspinelli said...

I voted for Obama in 2008. I have done my mea culpa's. I was wrong. Made a stupid, emotional mistake. And I think this is a horrible idea and that Obama is the worst President in my lifetime, surpassing Carter in his usurping the Constitution his 2nd term.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

Expect a lawsuit. The Feds got slapped down by the Supreme Court for trying to use the withholding of Medicare funds as a threat if the States did not set up their exchanges. The Court decided that they could not make setting up the exchanges contingent on keeping Medicare funds.

This set up a cascade of events. As a result many of the States, most of them actually, did not set up the State Exchanges. Didn't expand Medicare at the State level, got to retain their existing Medicare match funds and didn't throw their States into a fiscal tail spin.

So...the Feds then decided to set up their own exchanges to subsidize Obamacare. Provide premium assistance for people...free money. However, since there was no provision in the actual bazillion page law for this, they decided they could just appropriate the funds themselves from the treasury to the tune of BILLIONS of dollars a year for the Federal, not State established, exchanges.

Sooooo.....Congress decided, finally, to do something about it and instituted a lawsuit against the Administration for unconstitutionally taking funds from the Treasury,without Congress passing an appropriation. As a result of this lawsuit, headed by Johnathan Turley, a recent court finding was for Congress and against the Administration.

Yay...we won...sort of. The wheels of our court system grind veeeeerrry slowly. This will continue on and be in the Supreme Court at some point. At which time, the composition of the Court will be crucial to the outcome.

Expect a lawsuit from the States about this same issue of withholding funds as a hammer to force an unconstitutional rule, not even a law since it is just a wave of the hand by the Imperial President, allow men and boys to be able to invade the women's and girl's lockers and bathroom (and vice versa I might add). This will take for-effing ever. Probably years and years of going through the legal system. (unless of course the people themselves take some sort of prohibitive actions)

If we have a Court where extreme liberals like Hillary have appointed replacement justices..probably 3 by then, we will be lost as a free nation. Cooked. Put a fork in us.

No more First Amendment. Forget the 2nd. That right of privacy...pfffft. States rights I believe the 10th... Oh Hell. Just chuck the whole Constitution why don't we.

This is why all those #neverTrump morons (can KMA) are going to throw the rest of us in a pit of despair (Princess Bride reference) because they are all butthurt about not getting their way. In a pique of wounded pride, or something, they are going to allow 4 years, at least, of Hillary.

Bye bye America.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

Oh...and by the way. In addition to a lawsuit, we can expect a bunch of trannies, lesbos, perverts who want in on the peep show to get the tar beat out of them.

We can expect men in the bathrooms who are there to protect their ladies and their children.

Good times coming where you might just want to pee and poo in the alley instead. It will be safer.

ndspinelli said...

What is going to happen is w/ unisex bathrooms we men are losing our coveted urinals. There will be yellow sinks.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

AJ Lynch at 9:28

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Will moms and dads start getting letters requesting their kids identify? How early will this have to happen? Will the kids have to have an id with a picture so the bathroom attendant will know they are legit? Who is going to pay for all the regulations this is going to create?
How is this going to work?

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Thanks DBQ for breaking that down so nicely. I think I get it now.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Ben Shapiro: So essentially, the Obama administration just ordered every girl in public school to hold it until she gets home.

AllenS said...

If you identify as a Native American, is it ok to shit and piss outside, in back of the bushes by the front door?

Asking for a friend.

ndspinelli said...

Yes. Also if you self identify as homeless or a black bear.

edutcher said...

The One True Ted deserves indictment? News to me, good news, but news nonetheless.

But, OK, do we still think he's a Conservative if he wants the Feds in the bathroom business? I'd say he's gone Santorum on us.

AprilApple said...

I'm not a Trump hater. I just have a terrible ed-ache.

No, you're just becoming a bore.

AllenS said...

April Apple, is your middle name, Sour?

ndspinelli said...

Honeycrisp.

edutcher said...

PS If I'm in Hillary's pay (and you make a better case for you there than me), why do I keep linking stuff like Cacklepants' "foundation" spending money on Willie's girlfriend?

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...
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WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

I may be a bore, Ed but at least I'm not an internet troll or an internet Ed-ache.

Do you ever leave the internet, ed, you know- to have a life?

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Ed-ache - I read in your toilet bible, The National Enquirer, that The One True Ted will be indicted any second now for unknown crimes against your false god.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Ed-ache - Hillary is hiring internet trolls. You should look into it.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Honeycrisp. lol ;-)

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Sour - Allen S - yes. I'm bitter. Sour. Rotten. But my bitterness is focused like a laser on the worm.

ndspinelli said...

Honeycrisp apples were developed @ the University of Minnesota. The upper Midwest was the first area of this country to experience these marvelous apples. They have spread quickly. They are superb in the holy trinity; taste, smell, and texture.

edutcher said...

We live in hope. I take it you're so angry because Trump is the one fighting the Hildabeast while all the others do nothing.

That kind of enlightenment can be hard to bear, but sometimes requires opening one's mind, rather than one's mouth.

AprilApple said...

Ed-ache - Hillary is hiring internet trolls. You should look into it.

Funny, I thought you were already on the payroll.

And the worm comes from TX (y'know, I was always willing to think he really wasn't that stupid and that hypocritical wrt those extramarital allegations and that there might be some reasonable explanation for all those compromising facts like the Ashley Madison account, but, after this week's shenanigans, I must admit he really has proven himself to be that duplicitous, so maybe he will get nailed on something like the Mann Act).

And I don't even look at the tabloids when I go to the store, so I have to get all my Enquirer headlines from April.

edutcher said...

PS Hey, April, why don't you have anything to say about the subject of the post?

AJ Lynch said...

Cruz haters AND Trump haters are tiresome and boring and fanatical. A fanatic is one who won't change the subject no matter what. Suggest our two resident combatants get some fresh air into their brains and try to adopt a fresh outlook on the world and ignore their hated prez opponent.

AJ, I just noted that some Conservatives are no better than Communists. Santorum wanted the Feds involved in the Schiavo case, which I thought was a direct violation of the 10th Amendment. I mentioned Cruz because, if that is his brand of "Conservatism" and "Constitutionalism", it's an extremely ill-advised brand and we truly may have ducked a bullet.

If April wants to make cutesy remarks, that's her affair and I don't mind needling her a bit, but, on the serious side, I do think it's necessary to point out stuff like this.

Troop would like to see Trump get a bit more exercised about this and, in one sense I agree, but Trump's unwillingness comes from a businessman's tendency to count the cost - which may not be a bad trait at this point.

AllenS said...

April don't kid yourself. You're bitter because your arguments don't hold water, and a lot of us know it.

The Dude said...

The Mann act, eh? They got Chuck Berry on that, speaking of undead rock stars, and I think someone was, once upon a time.

Rabel said...

"What is going to happen is w/ unisex bathrooms we men are losing our coveted urinals."

Fear not, ND. We have the technology.

Also, Medicaid, not Medicare.

Trooper York said...

I would ask that we not beat up on Arpil. Nobody is a bigger Trump supporter than me and I respect her point of view. She is entitled to be upset and vent a little. She has said she would vote for The Donald so we should accept that and move on. Let's focus on Hillary and what unites us not what divides us.

Ted Cruz will be on the Trump train soon as he will put his personal ambition above all else as he always does. He is yesterday's news ed so lets consign him to the dustbin of history and move on to beating Hillary like a baby seal.

ampersand said...

Sometimes you feel like a nut

Trooper York said...

Back to the subject of this post. This fight was lost when we normalized psychosis in the public square by legalizing same sex marriage. The campaign to normalized perverted sexual activity has advanced to the point that bakers and pizza parlors and photographers and catering halls are forced to participate or lose their business and be subjected to hundreds of thousand of dollars in fines. Elected officials are jailed when they refuse to comply with the dictates of the liberal world view of acceptance of all sorts of perverted activity. So if your twelve year old daughter wants to go to the bathroom in the movie house and some dude with a beard and dress wants to go in to wag his penis there is nothing you can do about it. Even the Pope has succumbed to the moral relativism of saying "Who am I to judge." Soon enough pedophilia and incest will be the next frontier of sexual liberation and legal tyranny forced upon an unwilling populace.

There is only one answer. Segregation. Separating yourself from the destructive force of society. Private schools not subject to the executive orders of lawless Presidents. Watch movies in the privacy of your own home. Only frequent establishments where there are one person multi use bathrooms. Protect yourself and your family. That is your only recourse. Go off the grid and don't come to their notice. Because if you are a traditional person they want to destroy you and all you hold dear. That is their goal. One bathroom at a time.

Rabel said...

If we all unite behind the true conservatives who lead the Republican Party we can give them majority control of the House and Senate and they will put a stop to this nonsense. Then we can move on to beating the baby seal with an iron rice bowl.

Trooper York said...

We can never put the genie back in the bottle Rabel. The tide of history is against us. No laws will protect traditionalist. Only a cataclysmic upheaval of society will change the trajectory of our society.

A wise man pointed me to the example of St. Benedict. Traditionalists have to preserve our world view and knowledge like the Monks of the Dark Ages did.

I am optimistic myself. I think many will search out a traditionalist lifestyle and eschew the perverted life. There is always a reaction to overreach. The forces of perversion are overreaching and the reaction will come. It will come from sources and ways that they will not expect. It might come in a way that will horrify them. The Muslims that they support and demand we accept in the millions will behead them. It will happen in Europe first. It is already happening. These ultra liberals perverts will be hoist on their own petard.

edutcher said...

Trooper York said...

I would ask that we not beat up on Arpil. Nobody is a bigger Trump supporter than me and I respect her point of view. She is entitled to be upset and vent a little.

She wants to vent, fine, the personal attacks when I point out something that's an issue (at least with me) is something else.

YMMV

Ted Cruz will be on the Trump train soon as he will put his personal ambition above all else as he always does. He is yesterday's news ed so lets consign him to the dustbin of history and move on to beating Hillary like a baby seal.

As to Cruz, I wonder. I think at this point, he's been so seduced by the idea of his being anointed, he will still be in denial even after Trump says, "I accept the nomination...".

I do agree he's yesterday's news, but he's still trying to louse things up.

One other thought, which has to do with the subject of the post. "This fight was lost when we normalized psychosis in the public square by legalizing same sex marriage." See, there was a time segregation was considered immutable. Then people said, "Enough".

The same applies here. I know, gentleman's agreement not to repeal dictates of the Nine Old Men In Black Dresses, but, if an iconoclast starts appointing iconoclasts to the Federal bench, then you have a movement that can stop this.

I am always an optimist.

Rabel said...

If we all unite behind the true conservatives who lead the Republican Party we can give them majority control of the House and Senate and they will put a stop to this nonsense. Then we can move on to beating the baby seal with an iron rice bowl.

Define irony, as Garland Greene said. We need to clear out "the true conservatives", let it start this year.

Trooper York said...

Ed I understand how hard it is not to respond to personal attacks. I am struggling with that myself. Lets help each other to ignore them and put out positive vibes about our preferred candidate and not respond to juvenile taunts. As a Yankee fan I alway have to listen to bullshit when the Yankees win and even more taunts when we lose. You have to let it roll off your back. I know it is very difficult. Trust me I know. I want to "Hulk smash." But we want to have a fun atmosphere here and not indulge in sideline bickering that turns off the casual contributor.

Just my two cents buddy. Keep up the good work.

Trooper York said...

As far as Ted Cruz trying to steal the nomination I think that ship has sailed as well. I am sure there are diehards out there trying stuff but Cruz won't sign on unless it is a sure thing. Which it can never be. The establishment has surrendered to the Big Guy. Even Miss Lindsey Graham is starting to say nice things. So Ted doesn't want his fingertips on a putsch if that putsch is not 100% sure to succeed. This is all media bullshit set up to cause trouble.

The Dude said...

Is there no "sarcasm" tag? Or am I seeing sarcasm where there isn't any?

And, to quote the philosopher king Omar "You come at the king, you best not miss..."

edutcher said...

Trooper York said...

As far as Ted Cruz trying to steal the nomination I think that ship has sailed as well.

You know it and I know it. Maybe he's the Senate Ryan.

I just hope all the conniving ends between now and the convention.

But we want to have a fun atmosphere here and not indulge in sideline bickering that turns off the casual contributor.

I try to keep it light.

ndspinelli said...

Sometimes songs get stuck in your head and it's a bitch to get them out. With all the whining and victimhood the old Negro spiritual, "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows the sorrow" is playing like a loop. Hopefully it ends soon.

Rabel said...

The song of the day just has to be "Lola."

Chip Ahoy said...

You guys crack me up.

chickelit said...
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Trooper York said...

I know you try to keep it light ed. I do the same. I try to post humorous stuff and nonpolitical stuff all the time. TV shows and other topics. Other posters here do as well. Those posts don't get the traction that the political stuff does but what can you do? Haters gotta hate.

Let's me and you try to do better. We can you know. We can be more funner as Homer Simpson would say. Ignore the haters and the trolls and the stalkers and their destructive agendas. Keep it fun and positive. Our guy is on a roll. Lets enjoy it and not sweat the small stuff. The small minds. They are not worth the effort buddy.

chickelit said...

Here's the appropriate rerun for you Rabel.

edutcher said...

The funny part is the TV stuff is probably a story Davies told some gullible writer.

If the line,

How she walked like a woman
and talked like a man
,

ever fit anybody, it's The Blonde.

Rabel said...

I wonder which bathroom Lola used. Probably the same one as Holly.

Trooper York said...

If any colored girls were here they would say that song is racist.

Trooper York said...

In fact the colored girls let you know how they feel about transgenders if the rainbow ain't enough.

In McDonalds.

The Dude said...

I have never had any troubles in my life. I am blessed.

edutcher said...

Oh, this Fall is going to be so much Fun!

Turns out Willie was a much more frequent flyer on the Lolita Express than we knew.

And took a trip to Asia with Epstein without his otherwise ubiquitous Secret Service detail.

Methadras said...

AllenS said...

How much of the public thinks that this is a good idea?


Much of the public neither knows nor cares to know. Look what happened when a federal judge said that Urkelcare is an unconstitutionally funded mandate, why then the traitor-in-chief turns around and says, "Hey fuck all y'all, guess what, transgender bathrooms in public schools everyone." That's how this scumbag operates.

Methadras said...

AllenS said...

If you identify as a Native American, is it ok to shit and piss outside, in back of the bushes by the front door?

Asking for a friend.


Tell your friend that wherever a Native American shits is considered sacred ground. :D

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

I'll try to be less grumpy. Often, it's just an Ed-ache.

chickelit said...

The direction of this thread reminded me of our recent camping trip to the desert. "Primitive camping" meant pooping outdoors. There's something gloriously primal about digging your own hole, filling it, and then burying it. I see that going on here too sometimes.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...
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WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Was that directed at me? Don't answer that.

chickelit said...

Absolutely not, April.

Why did you delete your last comment about "The Motels"? I was in the midst of quoting you in a new post.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

btw- if you are truly the opposite sex - in all appearances, what diff would it make to use the bathroom you identify with anyway. No one would know.


Is there a pervert lobby now? I suspect this whole episode is to satisfy the mega-rich hollywood pervert lobby who want to do what Bill Clinton does on a regular basis, without fear of judgement.

+ more imperial BS from our dictator deluxe.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Chickl - I posted it up in the Roxy thread. oops - that's where it belongs in context. (didn't fit here. My bad.)

chickelit said...

Can I still use your deleted comment?

chickelit said...

OK, I'll go there. :)

ndspinelli said...

It would be quicker for woman if they could pee standing up. I don't understand how their pee stream works. For us men, we can twist and turn that sausage and aim pretty well. We can also, to varying degrees, control the flow. Can women aim their pee much, or at all? I assume you can control the flow and since you don't have a prostate, don't lose that control w/ age. This practical stuff intrigues me. If there can be urinals both sexes can use, I have no problem pissing next to a woman.

ndspinelli said...

Or having one piss on me. TMI?

chickelit said...

Althouse once wrote about a Colorado woman who tried to pee on a painting at a museum but missed: link This is something a man would not fail at no matter how drunk.