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If some other parent ever told you that age two was the worst a kid could do, you know what lie that is when they hit the teen years. Hormones, independence, peer pressure, stress, and so much more can turn any freckled-faced kid into a moody, defiant young adult.
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Want an outlet for your creative ideas? Like to share your opinion, tell a story, or write articles on just about anything that interests you? Why not build a blog. No need to worry about those technical computer languages and codes. Learn how to do all these by simply clicking some buttons. Yes, thanks to WordPress Free Blogging Platform Software.Want an outlet for your creative ideas? Like to share your opinion, tell a story, or... more
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WASHINGTON — President Obama, making a muscular show of his executive authority just one day after Congress left for spring recess, said Saturday that he would bypass the Senate and install 15 appointees, including a union lawyer whose nomination to the National Labor Relations Board was blocked last month with the help of two Democrats.
Coming on the heels of Mr. Obama’s big victory on health care legislation, Saturday’s move suggests a newly emboldened president who is unafraid to provoke a confrontation with the minority party.
Just two days ago, all 41 Senate Republicans sent Mr. Obama a letter urging him not to appoint the union lawyer, Craig Becker, during the recess. Mr. Obama’s action, in defiance of the Republicans, was hailed by union leaders, but it also seemed certain to intensify the partisan rancor that has enveloped Washington.
“The United States Senate has the responsibility to approve or disprove of my nominees,” Mr. Obama said in a statement. “But if, in the interest of scoring political points, Republicans in the Senate refuse to exercise that responsibility, I must act in the interest of the American people and exercise my authority to fill these positions on an interim basis.”
It was the first time the president has used his constitutional authority to fill vacant federal positions by making recess appointments, thus avoiding the requirement for the advice and consent of the Senate. Mr. Obama, who currently has 217 nominees pending and 77 awaiting action on the Senate floor, said Republicans had given him little choice.
“At a time of economic emergency, two top appointees to the Department of Treasury have been held up for nearly six months,” Mr. Obama said. “I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government.”
With lawmakers back in their home states and Mr. Obama spending a quiet family weekend at Camp David, the White House issued the statement announcing the president’s intent to appoint Mr. Becker, and 14 others, mostly to fill positions on his economic and homeland security teams.
The White House said the 15 nominees had been waiting, on average, seven months to be confirmed. They are expected to begin work over the next week; the president’s action will enable them to serve without Senate confirmation until the chamber adjourns at the end of 2011.
Republicans, who have cast Mr. Becker as a pro-labor radical, issued a flurry of angry statements. They wasted little time in reminding reporters that when George W. Bush was president, then-Senator Obama had railed against the recess appointment of John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, saying that Mr. Bolton would be “damaged goods” and lacked credibility without Senate confirmation.
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, called the president’s move “yet another episode of choosing a partisan path despite bipartisan opposition.”
Another Republican, Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, said in an interview that he could understand Mr. Obama’s frustration; he said that most of the other nominees were noncontroversial and that his concern was centered primarily on Mr. Becker. “He has a precedent,” Mr. Coburn said of the president, “Others have done it, so I’m not critical of him doing it. But I am critical of the Becker appointment because he doesn’t have the votes.”
Recess appointments are a common tool for presidents frustrated by the confirmation process. Mr. Obama’s action puts him on a par with Mr. Bush, who had made 15 recess appointments by this point in his presidency. Mr. Bush had an especially intense tussle with Democrats over judicial appointees; during the course of his two terms in office, he made a total of 171 recess appointments, although 72 were to part-time positions, according to the Congressional Research Service. President Clinton made 139 recess appointments.
With the exception of Mr. Becker, the White House said most of the 15 nominees being installed by Mr. Obama have bipartisan support. Indeed, in a sign that Mr. Obama did not want to go too far in inflaming partisan passions, he resisted using his executive powers to install one of his most contentious candidates, Dawn Johnsen, an Indiana University law professor, to lead the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department. Ms. Johnsen has drawn the ire of Republicans for her work as a lawyer for NARAL Pro-Choice America as well as her outspoken opposition to the Bush administration’s counterterrorism policies.
Saturday’s announcement is certain to cheer some of Mr. Obama’s strongest supporters, who have been arguing that the president should take on Republicans in a more forceful way. Gay rights advocates were elated to see Chai R. Feldblum, a Georgetown University Law professor who advocates on gay issues, claim a spot on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as a result of Mr. Obama’s action.
But perhaps no group will be as heartened as union leaders.
For months they had complained that Mr. Obama was too timid in responding to Republican opposition to Mr. Becker, a former associate general counsel for the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the Service Employees International Union. Labor leaders were also unhappy that the labor relations board has been largely paralyzed since January 2008 because only two of its five seats have been filled since then. Mr. Obama also appointed Mark Pearce, a New York labor lawyer, on Saturday to fill a fourth seat on the board.
Last month, the Democrats fell eight votes short of the 60 needed to overcome a threatened Republican filibuster of a vote for Mr. Becker. Two Democrats, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Ben Nelson of Nebraska, joined Republicans in the 52-to-33 vote.
In their letter to the president, Republicans wrote that Mr. Becker, a former law professor at U.C.L.A. and the University of Chicago, “could not be viewed as impartial, unbiased or objective” in labor board cases. A law review article he wrote, saying that employers should not have a voice in unionization elections, angered many businesses and Republicans. But in Congressional testimony, Mr. Becker said that those were his personal views and as a labor board member, he would follow the letter of the law.
Two other candidates who are getting recess appointments, Jeffrey Goldstein, the nominee for a high-level job at the Department of Treasury as under secretary for domestic finance, and Alan D. Bersin, the nominee for commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection division of the Department of Homeland Security, were still being vetted by the Senate Finance Committee. Mr. Obama’s decision to bypass the vetting drew criticism Saturday from the senior Republican on the panel, Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa.
Mr. Grassley said Mr. Goldstein was still answering the panel’s questions about his work for a private equity firm, and Mr. Bersin was answering questions about “what appeared to be conflicting information about his documentation and disclosure” of household employees — questions that, the senator said, were “directly relevant” to the positions they will hold.WASHINGTON — President Obama, making a muscular show of his executive authority... more
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Guest blogger Jenn Themelis brings insight to Miley Cyrus' decision to stop tweeting.
This week, prolific Tweeter Miley Cyrus deleted her very popular Twitter account.
I know. I was sad, too.
Why, why would she do such a thing? Well, Miley's been feeling overexposed, so she decided she needed to make her personal time personal. And what better way to lessen the glare of the spotlight than to make formal proclamations about how you will no longer be detailing the minutia of your life in neat 140 character slices?
You see, Miley wasn't living in the now, savoring those moments of quality time with friends and family, because she felt overwhelmingly compelled to tweet about it. We've all been there.
But this hobby turned dark, as it seems that Twitter puts you into contact with a lot of negativity, as she said in her multi-paragraph essay addressing her twit quit on her official website. Miley really just wants her "me time" to be hers again! She just wants to have some sort of 'normal' life. She stopped living for moments, and started living for people, as she said in her YouTube rap "Goodbye Twitter."
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That's right, it's time for Miley to put Miley first!
Which inspired me to put myself first in the same fashion, so here goes: Hey world! I'm not living for you anymore! I'm doing my own thing, singing my own song (which at the moment in "Party in the USA", so fuck off! Don't judge me.)
But, I won't be a twitter quitter, because it would just be too embarrassing when I'd inevitably go back. I'm not as strong as you, Miley. I NEED to see every time Diddy tweets, "LETS GOOOO!!!!!!!!!"
Cuz it's like, damn, he must mean it if he's taking up that many characters with extras "o's" and exclamation points.
I absolutely must update the world when a pigeon brushes my head with it's disgusting wing. It's kind of like keeping a weird journal you're not that embarrassed about people seeing.
I'd like to think I'll be able to look back on my tweets in my golden years and remember, "hey, yeah, I did go to Pinkberry that one time, and it was awesome."
Luckily Jenn has not quit the internet, you can find her at jennthem.tumblr.com and twitter.com/bunifah. Want to write a guest post on the current_comedy blog? Send us an email with some pitches. Guest blogger Jenn Themelis brings insight to Miley Cyrus' decision to stop... more
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Recently finished writing my first E-book which is all about the internet. You can check it out at the download link on my page. It contains a lot of articles I have written which have been posted on Current as well as some brand new ones.Recently finished writing my first E-book which is all about the internet. You can... more
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Inspired by Jamaipanese, I’ve decided to compile my own list of NihongoUp’s most popular posts of 2009. This blog is less than one year old and it’s impressive to see how much happened last year, how my writing style evolved over time and, last but not least, how many thoughtful and inspiring reactions were incited by my articles.
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Hey, Hey, Hey! It’s “Fashion Friday’s!” from www.oneof365.com” This magazine editor has a fun and eclectic wardrobe that she wants to share with you. You get to look at what she’s chosen from her closet this week (fun finds from London, vintage, markets from the globe, designers…) and hear a little history about the brands, how she came about finding the item and a fun tale or two about how she’s gotten her neat duds. She is a fun read and her blog is so eclectic, she always is coming up with something new (though “Fashion Fridays!” is a weekly staple).
This week is all about trying to keep cool in the hot L.A. weather! A strapless dress and to die for citrus yellow Ferragamo shoes make the outfit perfect. Enjoy! Great pictures and very humorous and captions too! Like it or love it---the outfit isn’t what matters…it’s about having fun on Friday with Fashion!Hey, Hey, Hey! It’s “Fashion Friday’s!” from... more
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Ben Hoffman goes looking for weird sh*t on Craigslist and finds a real catch. But there's one problem.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at current.com/infomania. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.Ben Hoffman goes looking for weird sh*t on Craigslist and finds a real catch. But... more
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As a writer, you need all the inspiration you can get. Much of this inspiration can be found from other writers online in a variety of blog posts. Check out this collection to find lots of great posts.As a writer, you need all the inspiration you can get. Much of this inspiration can be... more
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