Friday was no exception, however this one struck me as a little odd. I mean he is the President of the United States and as such is the leader of the free world, but his hearing might be a little off. I think he heard that he is the leader of the whole world.
Congress initially had a hand in this one, in 1994 they passed the Violence Against Women Act. The result of which was a drop in domestic violence by 50%. A re authorization act was being worked on earlier this year and so far has not been passed. So of course PBO doing what he does best decided to just bypass all the mumbo jumbo checks and balancing act and did something about it himself. But why stop in the United States, when he can authorize the act for the entire world? So that's exactly what he did. I swear you can't make this stuff up.
Now of course violence against women should not be present anywhere in this world. Not in the US, not in Northern America, not in the Western Hemisphere and not on this Planet. But in order for an act to have an effect on crimes it must be enforceable. NO PROBLEM, we have a DOD, we already police places for violations on WMD's why not police the world for wife beaters as well? Wait WHAT? PBO didn't you come into office promising the end of the Iraq and Afghanistan war, I mean I know you haven't made progress in that department, but this act seems to just expand the problem with policing other nations, not solving it.
I must therefore take my gut instinct on this one, either 1. PBO wants the women of the US to see how "proactive" he is in women's rights, and he wants to take credit for putting on a global scale war against violence. (Another broken promise I'm smelling here) Or 2. He wants to expand the logical basis for sending my brothers and sisters of the armed forces into other countries. Or 3. He just wants to umbrella out his power to start a new world order, one in which he gets to swing his pen and change policies.
PBO I have a challenge for you and your all-mighty pen of hope and change. Can you please sign your letter of resignation from the office of the United States Presidency. If you need some help drafting it I would gladly whip up something that you can fine tune with your legal jargon you allegedly picked up at Harvard Law. Or if you want I can proof-read a rough draft you come up with and give some of my own pointers. Trust me I'll clear my calendar for this week in order to get this done for you Mr. President. Heck I'll even throw in a letter of recommendation for the UN if you wish to seek some czar position there so you can feel like the ruler of all nations. I hear they need a new fast talker to head out to Syria.
Until then let's stick to our own nation's issues, like the unemployment rate or the massive debt.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/10/executive-order-preventing-and-responding-violence-against-women-and-gir
