Category Archives: Abuse of Power

Obama needs to be memorialized with a new scandal suffix

Posted on June 10, 2013 by mesasmiles

Ever since Watergate, it has been the practice to name each new scandal with a -gate suffix: Travelgate, Filegate, Thisgate and Thatgate. The reason? Watergate was the benchmark for scandals. However, Obama has broken new ground in scandals, so I … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Freudian slip on the IRS scandal

Posted on May 15, 2013 by mesasmiles

President Obama’s answer when asked about the IRS scandal is most interesting. Fox News reported that he said: “If, in fact, IRS personnel engaged in the kind of practices that had been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, … Continue reading →

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Obama having great fun seeing what he can get away with

Posted on July 14, 2012 by mesasmiles

A question that comes to mind after Obama’s latest power grab, rewriting the welfare reform legislation, is, “How far can he go with these power grabs?” And I’m visualizing him having a great time with these. Power is intoxicating and … Continue reading →

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Where is the outrage over legislating from the Oval Office?

Posted on June 17, 2012 by mesasmiles

It’s scary, the lawlessness that the Obama regime seems to get away with. I hear a lot of commenting about Obama’s recent decision to grant work permits to the children of illegal immigrants. But the protests against this brazen abuse … Continue reading →

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Our liberties are secure. Right?

Posted on October 25, 2011 by mesasmiles

As we strive to maintain our liberties as a people and the qualities that have made us great as a nation, one of the obstacles is that so many people fail to see the erosion of those liberties. It happens … Continue reading →

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The Anti-TSA Groping Wave Is Coming. Better Watch Out!

Posted on November 23, 2010 by mesasmiles

It surprised me when the entire panel of Fox News Sunday on Sunday, November 21, came to a consensus that the hubbub over the TSA ogling and groping was no big deal. The conservatives on the panel were Bill Kristol, … Continue reading →

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The Competence of Airport Security

Posted on November 22, 2010 by mesasmiles

There will always be those submissive and gullible folks who will say to just let the TSA do its job – they’re making us safer. But I have a question I posed last Wednesday that is still unanswered: Have the TSA security … Continue reading →

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On TSA Groping – I Long for the Days of King George

Posted on November 20, 2010 by mesasmiles

Part of me wants to laugh at how this TSA Groping Scandal is playing out, and part of me wants to throw the bureaucrats who are behind this in jail. This is an issue that crosses party and ideological lines, and … Continue reading →

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A List of TSA Indignities

Posted on November 20, 2010 by mesasmiles

I was reading on the Drudge Report yet another story of someone really abused by a TSA agent, and I decided the world needed a list of these TSA indignities. Check them out on the TSA Abuses page of this … Continue reading →

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A Question about the Effectiveness of Airport Security

Posted on November 17, 2010 by mesasmiles

I have a question that just popped into my head, and wondered if anyone has an answer. I know that our airport security screening has confiscated a lot of toothpaste, makeup, spray deoderant, water bottles, etc. Even some pocket knives. But … Continue reading →

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The John Tyner Groin Check Incident

Posted on November 16, 2010 by mesasmiles

I’ve been following John Tyner’s “groin check incident” at the San Diego airport. For those of you not familiar with it, you can visit the original blog posting John Tyner made right after this happened. He was singled out to … Continue reading →

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A History of the TSA – How We Got into This Mess

Posted on November 13, 2010 by mesasmiles

I’m amused by those on the Left who want to blame this TSA groping scandal on Bush. Ah, yes, you know it’s all Bush’s fault. 😉 How about a little history lesson. Shortly after 9/11, Congress addressed the issue of airport … Continue reading →

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