“As through this world I’ve rambled, I’ve met some funny men/Some rob you with a six-gun and some with a fountain pen.”
from “Pretty Boy Floyd” by Woody Guthrie
Much of the damage Bill Clinton did to the country was done with a pen. Bypassing Congress, he signed many executive orders that plague us today. Here’s one:
A large part of America’s energy dependence on foreign sources can be traced to Sept. 18, 1996, when President Bill Clinton stood on the edge of the Grand Canyon on the Arizona side and signed an executive proclamation making 1.7 million acres of Utah a new national monument.
Why would he dedicate a Utah monument while standing in Arizona? Well, this federal land grab was done without any consultation with the governor of Utah or any member of the Utah congressional delegation or any elected official in the state. The unfriendly Utah natives might have spoiled his photo-op.
Read the whole thing and be reminded of a name from the past, Riady. If Hillary gets the nomination, it will dawn on the American public that her election would mean co-presidents. I don’t think the country can stand another eight years of Bill Clinton in the White House, in whatever capacity. Apparently the people of South Carolina feel the same way.
