SOMETHING STINKS.. POPE FRANCIS BROKERS A DEAL WITH ANTI GOD COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP AND A MUSLIM SYMPATHIZER

RAUL CASTRO DEMANDS 5 GOATS, OBAMA'S DAUGHTER, A CAMEL AND GUNATANAMO BAY IN EXCHANGE FOR NORMALIZED RELATIONS WITH THE SHIT HOLE CALLED CUBA...

 

 

Right THEN !! I am sure Obama will try very hared.. but I hope the Conservatives in Congress will just say HELL NO!! FUQ YOU!! I HOPE !!

Far from being grateful for the desperate diplomatic overture from Barack Obama, Now Raul the Younger Castro wants the US to pay reparations for the economic damage that Castro says the embargo caused, plus the immediate return of control over Guantanamo Bay, as the opening ante for normalizing relations:

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME ?? NOPE !! THE POPE THINKS ITS A GOOD IDEA SO IT MUST BE GOOD !! HE BROKERED THIS INSANE DEAL. THEN AGAIN THIS POPE THING HE MIGHT BESTOW SAINTHOOD ON MOHAMMED !!

Pope Francis was instrumental in US-Cuba relationship process
The first Latin American pope in history sent letters to Obama, Raúl Castro and brokered negotiations which ended up in Wednesday's announcement that both countries are to resume full ties.
There's a kick back in there somewhere!! And I Iran got something Venezuela too!! Nothing is as it seems !! It was him who took the initiative and sent letters urging Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro to resolve “humanitarian questions”; resolve the release of political prisoners, including Alan Gross, and “initiate a new phase in relations” and later had the Vatican host a diplomatic meeting between the two sides in October, which was moderated by Papal Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, providing what the Vatican calls “its good offices to facilitate a constructive dialogue”. RIGHT !!!!

Cuban President Raul Castro demanded on Wednesday that the United States return the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, lift the half-century trade embargo on Cuba and compensate his country for damages before the two nations re-establish normal relations.

Castro told a summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States that Cuba and the U.S. are working toward full diplomatic relations but “if these problems aren’t resolved, this diplomatic rapprochement wouldn’t make any sense.”

So much for the yearning of the Cuban people for normalcy, eh? As far as Obama’s suggestion that engagement will bring about reform in Cuba, Castro has another demand:

Without establishing specific conditions, Castro’s government has increasingly linked the negotiations with the U.S. to a set of longstanding demands that include an end to U.S. support for Cuban dissidents and Cuba’s removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

On Wednesday, Castro emphasized an even broader list of Cuban demands, saying that while diplomatic ties may be re-established, normal relations with the U.S. depend on a series of concessions that appear highly unlikely in the near future.

Only if one believes that these conditions will discourage Obama. He’s desperate for a foreign-policy achievement that will allow him to claim a legacy, and Castro knows it. (So does Iran.) Castro isn’t anywhere near as desperate for normalized relations with the US; he gets plenty of hard currency from the rest of the world, and exchanges it with the near-worthless Cuban peso with which he pays Cubans. Castro wants to strengthen his regime, and humiliating Obama will raise his prestige immeasurably at home.

The problem for Obama is that he largely can’t deliver on these demands without Congressional approval. He can cut off the dissidents, as that’s an executive branch decision, although Congress may have some options to work around it. He could arguably order the US Navy out of Guantanamo Bay, but Congress has more leverage to stop such an operation. That could result in a constitutional crisis that Obama won’t like, as the American public will not consider a military retreat in the face of Cuban demands a particularly laudable move. It would also utterly poison the Democratic Party for 2016, even if Hillary Clinton roars with outrage over the idea. Reparations would absolutely require Congressional appropriation, and needless to say, even Obama knows better than to ask for it.
As this opening bid shows, Castro’s main aim in these talks is clearly to humiliate Obama. After making this pronouncement, Castro will demand at least one of those conditions as non-negotiable, but they’re all non-starters for the US. The easiest for Obama to provide — cutting off pro-democracy dissidents — would expose Obama’s overture to the Castro regime as the craven bid for short-term glory that it is. This is otherwise a waste of time and diplomatic effort, and will be until both Castros are long gone from the scene.

SOMETHING STINKS !!!

CHANGE THE RULES FOR CONGRESSIONAL OVER RIDE OF PRESIDENT VETO!

FUQ IT.. CHANGE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RULES FOR VETO OVER RIDE FROM 66% to 50%. HEY IF ITS GOOD ENOUGH WHEN HARRY REID WAS SENATE MAJORITY LEADER AND ITS OK FOR OBAMA WITH HIS EXECUTIVE ACTIONS...

 

 

Senate OKs Keystone XL, but without enough support to override veto (Change the rule)
The Senate passed legislation authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline by a 62-36 vote Thursday, a victory expected to be short-lived for the pipeline's backers as the bill heads to President Obama's desk for a likely veto.
Nine Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill, which would OK the $8 billion Canada-to-Texas project. The bill was the first test for the GOP-led Senate, which pledged to stick to an open amendment process that was laborious and at times contentious over the nearly three weeks the bill was on the floor.
The bill now will go to the House for passage or head to a conference for reconciliation with the House version passed earlier this month. Obama already has threatened to veto the bill, saying it would circumvent a federal review that has taken more than six years.
"We'll see what happens going forward. But this was a tremendous bipartisan effort," said Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., the bill's lead sponsor, who added he's not certain when the bill would come back for a vote if vetoed.
Democrats are certain they can block an attempt to override an eventual Obama veto. The pipeline's supporters were four votes shy Thursday of the 67 needed to overturn a veto.
"It's pretty clear that there are not the votes to override the bill in the House or the Senate," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters at a press conference in the Capitol.
Republicans weren't ready to concede defeat. But Hoeven said he believed Obama might approve the project if it is wrapped into broader energy legislation or a spending bill.
Hoeven noted Obama signed a 2012 bill that temporarily extended a payroll tax cut that included a directive to approve or deny TransCanada Corp.'s application for a cross-border permit to build the northern portion of its 1,700-mile pipeline. Obama rejected the permit, and TransCanada refiled.
"We do have precedent of attaching it to something and having him sign the bill," Hoeven told reporters.
Republicans and centrist Democrats have touted Keystone XL as a jobs bill. They noted the State Department's final environmental review said the pipeline would add 42,100 direct and indirect jobs during the two-year construction phase. The review also said Keystone XL would not significantly harm the environment.
"After dropping his scheme to tax middle-class college savings, we hope President Obama will now drop his threat to veto this common-sense bill that would strengthen our energy security and create thousands and thousands of new, good-paying American jobs," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin said he doesn't envision any scenario in which Obama OKs the pipeline through legislation, but he ultimately doesn't know what the president will decide to do about the project.
"That is the unanswered question and I've asked it of him several times," the Illinois Democrat told reporters.
The president has echoed concerns of environmentalists that the oil sands Keystone XL would export are destined for overseas and has downplayed the amount of jobs the pipeline would provide. He also has maintained that whether Keystone XL worsens climate change will be his litmus test for rejection or approval.
Democrats said Keystone XL would do little to add jobs, noting that the State Department said the pipeline would create 35 permanent posts. They also have called the department's environmental review suspect, and have pointed out the Environmental Protection Agency has called the analysis "inadequate."
"This bill is a disgrace, and it's the first bill [Republicans] bring up," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., missed the vote, as did Reid, who is recovering from eye surgery sustained from an exercise injury.

RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO LAW.. AND THE CONSTITUTION IS IN FLUX...

ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES BALLSY ENOUGH TO CREATE OUR NEW RULES PLAYBOOK ??