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		<title>252 Examples of Obama’s Lies, Lawbreaking &amp; Corruption</title>
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<p>The following is a contribution from <a href="http://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/obama-252/">Dan from Squirrel Hill</a>. The original title of the article is “<a href="http://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/obama-252/">Obama supporters will go hysterical over this well sourced list of 252 examples of his lying, lawbreaking, corruption, cronyism, etc.</a>” it’s lengthy, but is a ‘one-stop shop’ for all the dirty details on the Obama presidency.</p>
<p>Every President, every politician, and every human being tells lies and engages in acts of hypocrisy. But Barack Obama does these things to a far greater degree than anyone else that I have ever known of. His campaign promises were so much better sounding than anyone else’s – no lobbyists in his administration, waiting five days before signing all non-emergency bills so people would have time to read them, putting health care negotiations on C-SPAN, reading every bill line by line to make sure money isn’t being wasted, prosecution of Wall St. criminals, ending raids against medical marijuana in states where it’s legal, high levels of transparency. Obama’s promises of these wonderful things sounded inspiring and sincere. They sounded so much better than the promises of any other President. So when Obama broke these promises, it felt so much worse than when other Presidents broke their promises.</p>
<p>In the 2008 United States election, I wrote in Ron Paul for President. In the 2012 election, I voted for Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson. Those who are of a more leftist persuasion than myself might want to consider voting for the Green Party in future elections.</p>
<p>Some of the things on this list are major events that should scare the daylights out of any true liberal who cares about civil liberties.</p>
<p>Other things on this list are medium things that some Obama supporters may dislike, but would be willing to overlook in light of the things that Obama has done which they like.</p>
<p>And some of the things on this list may seem trivial, but I still think they are an interesting reflection of the kinds of policies that Obama supports.</p>
<p>Every claim that I make in this list is sourced. Click on the blue text to see the sources. I have cited a wide variety of sources, from right wing, to left wing, to middle of the road.</p>
<p>I welcome any comments and criticisms that you may have. If you say my list is wrong, please back up your claim by citing specific examples.</p>
<p>And now, on with the list:</p>
<p>1) <b>Carried out military interventionism in Libya without Congressional approval</b></p>
<p>In June 2011, U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) said that Obama had violated the Constitution when he launched military operations in <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/house/166577-kucinich-jones-sue-white-house-over-libya-war">Libya</a> without Congressional approval.</p>
<p>2) <b>Gave a no-bid contract to Halliburton – just like Bush did</b></p>
<p>In May 2010, it was <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/13/obamas-mounting-hypocrisy/">reported</a> that the Obama administration had selected KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton, for a no-bid contract worth as much as $568 million through 2011, just hours after the Justice Department had said it would pursue a lawsuit accusing the Houston-based company of using kickbacks to get foreign contracts.</p>
<p>3) <b>Has an administration full of lobbyists, after promising he wouldn’t have any</b></p>
<p>While running for President, Obama had promised that, unlike Bush, he would not have any lobbyists working in his administration. However, by February 2010, he had more than 40 <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/2010/02/04/has-obama-really-excluded-lobbyists-from-his-staff/">lobbyists</a> working in his administration.</p>
<p>4) <b>Has close ties to Wall St., but pretends to support Occupy Wall St.</b></p>
<p>Although Obama claims to support the Occupy Wall St. movement, the truth is that he has raised <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/10/obama-attacks-banks-while-raking-in-wall-street-dough/">more</a> money from Wall St. than any other candidate during the last 20 years. In early 2012, Obama held a fundraiser where Wall St. investment bankers and hedge fund managers each paid <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-14/obama-returns-to-nyc-for-first-wall-street-fundraiser-of-year.html">$35,800</a> to attend. In October 2011, Obama <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/25/obama-defies-base-hires-wall-street-lobbyist-for-re-election-campaign/">hired</a> Broderick Johnson, a longtime Wall Street lobbyist, to be his new senior campaign adviser. Johnson had worked as a lobbyist for JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Fannie Mae, Comcast, Microsoft, and the oil industry.</p>
<p>5)<b> Broke his promise to close Guantanamo Bay</b></p>
<p>Obama <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/guantanamo-bay-open-promises/story?id=16698768">broke</a> his promise to close Guantanamo Bay.</p>
<p>6) <b>Supported the $700 billion TARP corporate-welfare bailout just like Bush</b></p>
<p>While Senator, Obama <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&amp;session=2&amp;vote=00213">voted</a> for the $700 billion TARP bank bailout bill. The bailout rewarded irresponsible and illegal behavior. It redirected resources from more productive uses to less productive uses. It punished the hard working taxpayers who had played by the rules and obeyed the law. It created horrible incentives, and sent the wrong message. The bailout was evil because it rewarded the bad people and punished the good people. No society that does this can expect to remain free or prosperous. Instead of bailing out these corrupt corporations, we should have let them cease to exist, like we did with Enron.</p>
<p>7) <b>Waged the biggest war against medical marijuana of any president, which was the opposite of what he had promised</b></p>
<p>In May 2008, Obama campaign spokesperson Ben LaBolt <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/12/MNKK10FD53.DTL">said</a> that Obama would end DEA raids on medical marijuana in states where it’s legal. Also in 2008, Obama <a href="https://www.thcfarmer.com/community/threads/obamas-pot-promise-a-pipe-dream.47950/">said</a> that he supported the “basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs” and that he was “not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws.”</p>
<p>However, in February 2010, DEA agents <a href="http://www.9news.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=132606">raided</a> a medical marijuana grower in Highlands Ranch in Colorado, a state where medical marijuana is legal. Also in February 2010, DEA agents <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/02/federal-agents-raid-marina-del-rey-marijuana-dispensary.html">raided</a> a medical marijuana dispensary in Culver City in California, a state where medical marijuana is legal. In July 2010, the DEA <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/02/federal-agents-raid-marina-del-rey-marijuana-dispensary.html">raided</a> at least four medical marijuana growers in San Diego, California. Also in July 2010, the DEA <a href="http://reason.com/blog/2010/07/09/in-the-obama-age-of-no-more-fe">raided</a> a medical marijuana facility in Covelo, California. Then in September 2010, the DEA conducted <a href="http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=6115">raids</a> on at least five medical marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas, Nevada, where medical marijuana is legal. In 2011, the DEA conducted <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/07/12/137791944/obama-cracks-down-on-medical-marijuana%20Obama%20Cracks%20Down%20On%20Medical%20Marijuana%5D,%20NPR,%20July%2012,%202011%3C/ref%3E">raids</a> on medical marijuana in Seattle, Washington, West Hollywood, California, and Helena, Montana, all places where it is legal. In April 2012, the DEA carried out several <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/02/BABJ1NTK9T.DTL&amp;tsp=1">raids</a> on medical marijuana in Oakland, California.</p>
<p>In February 2012, Rolling Stone magazine <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obamas-war-on-pot-20120216">wrote</a> that Obama’s war against medical marijuana went “far beyond anything undertaken by George W. Bush.” In April 2012, Mother Jones magazine <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/04/federal-raid-oaksterdam-oakland-marijuana">wrote</a>: “The president campaigned on the promise that he’d stop federal raids on medical marijuana operations that were in compliance with state laws, a vow that Attorney General Eric Holder repeated after the election. But then the Obama administration raided more than 100 dispensaries in its first three years and is now poised to outpace the Bush administration’s crackdown record.” In May 2012, the Washington Post <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/medical-marijuana-meets-hostility-from-obama-administration/2012/05/04/gIQA80GK2T_story.html">wrote</a>: “Obama has become more hostile to medical marijuana patients than any president in U.S. history.” In May 2012, U.S. Congressperson Nancy Pelosi (D-California) <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Pelosi-Questions-Obama-Marijuana-Policy-150252035.html">said</a> she had “strong concerns” about Obama’s forced closure of five medical marijuana facilities in Pelosi’s congressional district. In April 2012, commenting on Obama’s crackdown on medical marijuana, U.S. Congressman Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) <a href="https://www.thcfarmer.com/community/threads/obamas-pot-promise-a-pipe-dream.47950/">said</a>, “I’m very disappointed… They look more like the Bush administration than the Clinton administration.”</p>
<p>In July 2012, federal prosecutors <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/12/us-usa-marijuana-california-idUSBRE86B02I20120712">filed</a> civil forfeiture actions against  Harborside Health Center, a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, CA, which claims to be the world’s largest, and which claims to serve more than 100,000 medical marijuana patients. In April 2012, federal agents <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Oaksterdam-University-Raided-by-Feds-145765015.html">raided</a> Oaksterdam University, an educational institution in Oakland, CA, which teaches people about medical marijuana. In April 2012, federal agents <a href="http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/lake-elsinore/lake-elsinore-headlines-index/20120404-lake-elsinore-medical-marijuana-dispensary-raided.ece">raided</a> a medical marijuana facility which had been serving 1,500 patients near Lake Elsinore, CA. In June 2012, the Obama administration <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/14/us-usa-marijuana-landlords-idUSBRE85D0JA20120614">filed</a> asset-forfeiture lawsuits against two landlords who rented their buildings to medical marijuana stores in Santa Fe Springs, CA. The Obama administration also sent warning letters which threatened similar legal action to dozens of other, nearby landlords. During the first seven months of 2012, the DEA <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/07/19/obamas_pot_problem/">shut down</a>40 medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado, all of which had been operating in compliance with state and local law.</p>
<p>In July 2013, the DEA conducted multiple medical marijuana <a href="http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/3e3b3bb3811441e0acf07bd73b10dcd6/WA--Marijuana-Dispensaries-Raids/">raids</a> in Washington state, including the cities of Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle.</p>
<p>In May 2012, ABC News <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/obama-and-his-pot-smoking-choom-gang/">reported</a> that during Obama’s youth, he often smoked large quantities of recreational marijuana.  Obama’s marijuana smoking wasn’t even medical – it was recreational. And yet now, he is taking large scale, widespread action to prevent people with AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, and other illnesses, who have prescriptions from their doctors, from using their prescription medicine – how cold hearted can a person be?</p>
<p>8) <b>Nominated a six-time tax cheater to head the government agency that enforces the tax laws</b></p>
<p>Obama nominated Timothy Geithner, a repeat <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/18/AR2009011802070.html">tax cheater</a>, to head the government agency that enforces the tax laws.</p>
<p>Prior to his nomination, Geithner had:</p>
<p>1) Illegally failed to pay more than <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/us/politics/15tax.html?_r=1&amp;">$34,000</a> in social security and Medicare taxes</p>
<p>2) Illegally declared the cost of his children’s <a href="http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1872925,00.html">summer camp</a> as a form of day care.</p>
<p>3) Illegally failed to pay the early withdrawal <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123187503629378119.html">penalty</a> when he took money out of his retirement plan</p>
<p>4) Illegally declared non-eligible items as a <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123187503629378119.html">charitable</a> deduction</p>
<p>5) Illegally declared something which was ineligible as a <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123187503629378119.html">small business</a> deduction</p>
<p>6) Illegally declared <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123187503629378119.html">utility expenses</a> which had actually been for his personal use</p>
<p>9) <b>Gave tax dollars to AIG executives, then pretended to be outraged about it</b></p>
<p>Obama <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/17/aig.bonuses.congress/">signed</a> a stimulus bill that spent money on bonuses for AIG executives. Prior to signing this bill, Obama had <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/512/go-line-line-over-earmarks-make-sure-money-being-s/">said</a>, “when I’m president, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.” However, after reading “line by line” and signing the stimulus bill that protected the AIG bonuses, Obama <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/us/politics/17obama.html?fta=y">pretended</a> to be shocked and outraged at the bonuses, and said, “Under these circumstances, it’s hard to understand how derivative traders at A.I.G. warranted any bonuses at all, much less $165 million in extra pay… How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?” and also said that he would “pursue every single legal avenue to block these bonuses.”</p>
<p>10) <b>Expanded Bush’s unconstitutional government faith based programs</b></p>
<p>Obama <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/obama-calls-for-expansion-of-faith-program/">expanded</a> the federal government’s faith based programs which had been started by President George W. Bush.</p>
<p>11) <b>Supported Bush’s unconstitutional Patriot Act</b></p>
<p>In May 2011, Obama <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/patriot-act-extension-signed-into-law-despite-bipartisan-resistance-in-congress/2011/05/27/AGbVlsCH_story.html">signed</a> a renewal of the Patriot Act.</p>
<p>12) <b>Increased the national debt more in one term than Bush did in two</b></p>
<p>The national debt <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57400369-503544/national-debt-has-increased-more-under-obama-than-under-bush/">increased</a> more during Obama’s first three years and two months than it did during all eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency.</p>
<p>13) <b>Agrees with Bush’s support of unconstitutional, indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without filing any charges</b></p>
<p>In December 2011, ACLU executive director Anthony D. Romero criticized Obama for signing a bill that gave the U.S. government the power to<a href="http://www.aclu.org/national-security/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-bill-law">indefinitely detain</a> U.S. citizens without any charges being filed or any trial taking place.</p>
<p>14) <b>Agrees with Bush’s support of unconstitutional, warrantless wiretapping</b></p>
<p>President Obama has <a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_Administration_quietly_expands_Bushs_legal_0407.html">defended</a> warrantless wiretapping.</p>
<p>15) <b>Avoided prosecution of Wall. St criminals</b></p>
<p>Although Obama had <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/06/why-can-t-obama-bring-wall-street-to-justice.html">promised</a> to prosecute Wall St. criminals, during <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-wall-street-execs-werent-prosecuted-2013-1">his entire first term</a>, his administration did not file any criminal charges against any of the top financial executives.</p>
<p>16) <b>Had four U.S. citizens killed without judicial process</b></p>
<p>Obama had <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-acknowledges-killing-of-four-us-citizens-in-counterterrorism-operations/2013/05/22/7a21cf84-c31d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_print.html">four</a> U.S. citizens killed without judicial process.</p>
<p>The ACLU <a href="http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/aclu-lens-american-citizen-anwar-al-aulaqi-killed-without-judicial-process">accused</a> Obama of violating the U.S. Constitution for doing this.</p>
<p>U.S. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65035.html">said</a> that Obama’s actions might be an impeachable offense.</p>
<p>17) <b>Ordered private company to fire 1,000 employees</b></p>
<p>In 2011, after Boeing had hired 1,000 new employees to work at its new factory in South Carolina, the Obama administration ordered Boeing to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/business/21boeing.html?_r=2">shut down</a> the factory, because the factory was non-union.</p>
<p>18) <b>Stole money from retired teachers and police officers</b></p>
<p>During the Chrysler bankruptcy, Obama violated the Fifth Amendment and more than 150 years of bankruptcy law by illegally treating secured creditors <a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32074">worse</a> than unsecured creditors. Some of these secured creditors were retired teachers and police officers from Indiana. Richard A. Epstein, a law professor at New York University School of Law, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/11/chrysler-bankruptcy-mortgage-opinions-columnists-epstein.html">wrote</a>, “Upsetting this fixed hierarchy among creditors is just an illegal taking of property from one group of creditors for the benefit of another, which should be struck down on both statutory and constitutional grounds.” Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law, <a href="http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-auto-bailout-and-the-rule-of-law">wrote</a> that Obama’s treatment of secured creditors was “dangerous to the rule of law.” The Economist <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/13610871?story_id=13610871">wrote</a> that Obama’s actions could “establish a terrible precedent. Bankruptcy exists to sort legal claims on assets. If it becomes a tool of social policy, who will then lend to struggling firms in which the government has a political interest?” Francis Cianfrocca, the CEO of Bayshore Networks, <a href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/wealth-creation-under-attack/">wrote</a> that Obama’s actions were “an astonishingly reckless abrogation of contract law that will introduce a new level of uncertainty into business transactions at all levels, and make wealth generation more difficult going forward… An extraordinary uncertainty has been created when the most powerful man in the world can rewrite contracts and choose winners and losers in private negotiations as he sees fit. Since this is an unquantifiable uncertainty, and not a quantifiable risk, its effect on business and investor confidence will be large and unpredictable. As in the 1930s, a time when government also cavalierly rewrote private contracts, the prudent approach for business will be to invest minimally and wait for another administration.”</p>
<p>19) <b>Supported release of convicted mass murderer</b></p>
<p>In 2010, Obama supported <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/white-house-backed-release-of-lockerbie-bomber-abdel-baset-al-megrahi/story-e6frg6so-1225896741041">releasing</a> Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi (who had been <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/a/airplane_accidents_and_incidents/pan_am_flight_103/index.html">convicted</a> of murdering 270 people) from prison.</p>
<p>20) <b>Illegally put thousands of guns into hands of criminals</b></p>
<p>In Operation Fast and Furious, the Obama administration <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2011/09/28/fast-and-furious-just-might-be-president-obamas-watergate/">ordered</a> gun storeowners to illegally sell thousands of guns to criminals.</p>
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