{"id":11584,"date":"2011-10-07T14:40:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T18:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=11584"},"modified":"2011-10-07T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T18:40:19","slug":"time-to-%e2%80%9coccupy%e2%80%9d-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/11584\/time-to-%e2%80%9coccupy%e2%80%9d-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to \u201cOccupy\u201d the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the unwashed masses \u201coccupying\u201d Wall Street and other financial centers throughout the country, Community-Organizer-in-Chief Barack Obama is trying to convince the protesters of crony capitalism that their grievance is really his.\u00a0 From today\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970204294504576615363705256494.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_6 \" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Asked about the demonstrations that have spread to cities across the U.S., Mr. Obama empathized with protesters&#8217; frustrations without embracing the movement: &#8220;The American people understand that not everybody has been following the rules; that Wall Street is an example of that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Haven\u2019t been following the rules?<\/em> How\u2019s this for a list of people not following the rules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Treasury Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/alexspillius\/8174427\/Tim_Geithners_tax_evasion_\/\" target=\"_blank\">Timothy Geithner fails to pay federal income taxes<\/a> while working at the taxpayer-supported International Monetary Fund<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Health and Human Services Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/2010\/10\/06\/obamacare-waivers-torquemada-sebelius-spares-mcdonalds-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kathleen Sebelius grants over 1,000 ObamaCare waivers<\/a> \u2013 many of them to unions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Energy Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/chu-takes-responsibility-for-a-loan-deal-that-put-more-taxpayer-money-at-risk-in-solyndra\/2011\/09\/29\/gIQArdYQ8K_story.html \" target=\"_blank\">Steven Chu rubber stamps another taxpayer subsidy to Solyndra<\/a> after the company defaulted on a $535 million loan (the company couldn\u2019t get sufficient venture capital funding but did grease the skids to get taxpayer money thanks to an Obama fundraiser \u2013 who was also an investor \u2013 pulling strings)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Attorney General <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/commentary\/54-state-of-affairs\/1167-fire-eric-holder-now-fast-and-furiously-\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Holder lies to Congress<\/a> about allowing a criminally stupid \u2018gun-walking\u2019 program at ATF to continue that sends 2,000 guns to Mexican drug cartels, killing a Border Patrol Agent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Education Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/08\/08\/education\/08educ.html?pagewanted=all \" target=\"_blank\">Arne Duncan violates the No Child Left Behind law<\/a> by unilaterally issuing waivers that require recipients to accept White House dictated regulations that cannot get through Congress \u2013 an unheard of abuse of the waiver process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I could go on, but I think the point is made.\u00a0 The American people are viscerally aware of a politically connected elite waging war on the rule of law.\u00a0 But it\u2019s the Tea Party, not those squatting outside America\u2019s nodes of commerce, that has identified the biggest threat to prosperity.\u00a0 It\u2019s time to occupy the White House and the Cabinet with people who not only respect the law, but also know how to grow the economy in a real, free market fashion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the unwashed masses \u201coccupying\u201d Wall Street and other financial centers throughout the country, Community-Organizer-in-Chief Barack Obama is trying to convince the protesters of crony capitalism that their grievance is really his.\u00a0 From today\u2019s Wall Street Journal: Asked about the demonstrations that have spread to cities across the U.S., Mr. Obama empathized with protesters&#8217; 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