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Congress officially declares Obama president

The Electoral College process is not a "centuries old tradition" and it is not "largely ceremonial". It is in compliance with the Constitution. The electoral college ensures that every state will have input into the selection of the president and that an election will occur without regard to natural or man made disasters, communications failures, etc.

What do you mean "drama-free", there is still the little thing in the courts concerning whether Obama is a citizen and can legally be president.

I guess that wasn't worth mentioning?

Um, 20th century + 19th century = 2 centuries, hence "centuries old tradition". Add to that part of the 18th century and part of the 21st.

Well, if it is official, then now the Republican, Conservative, Moral Majority, Religious Right wackos can now start showing the sky falling in horrendous chunks!

Watch for it...
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I have to run home and "nail down" the remainder of my money and make a list of my rights.

Both will be quickly disappearing over the next 4 years.

Hey Informed Reporter, maybe you can explain to me the laws and statutes that would suggest Obama is not a citizen of the United States.
A) His mother is/was a citizen.
B) He was born in the USA (Hawaii)
C) If you do not claim citizenry in Kenya by age 21, then it is forfeit.
D) He is a citizen of the United States. If you really think they overlooked this, then go back to your Republican world of redneck shootings and Bible-thumping ways.
Ever heard of dual citizenship?
Go educate yourself and get over it.

Are you serious? George Bush and his republican genius didn't take your money and destroy your 401K? I must be missing something here. Somehow I thought the Republicans were in office while we went into a recession. Oh, and the last time we were in a Recession another Bush was in charge. I can't believe the level of insanity in Utah sometimes.

My future and my chldrens future will be mortgaged into oblivion by ridiculous government spending but you are right.....the sky is not falling.

But the weight of Government (tax payer) debt will eventually fall on all of us and crush us like the mindless government manipulated drones they wish us to be.

Congress did _not_ officially declare Obama president, they declared him the next president. That's a big difference. Obama will officially be president when he takes the oath on the 21st.

Obama the new president. Now that a democrat is in office, lets pin the recession on them.

If Obama isn't a U.S. citizen, how did he serve as a U.S. senator, much less run for the presidency?

Wait...I think I understand where you're coming from...you must be one of those Ron Paul revolutionists.

OH MY GOD, Barack Obama is officially the next president of the United States, Congress declared?, I guess that broad Nancy was busy hey, you know the one running the show, loud-mouth I mean Speaker of the House, that got it wrong again, they declared him the next president. That's a big difference. I take it she swore him to right?. GOD HELP UA ALL, if that's the case. We are all doomed. We all are gonna die. The sky will fall, turn red in the east and Jesus will come and save us all hopefully.

Did Congress check first with the Secret society in Utah, that is a term used to describe a variety of organizations. Although the exact meaning of the term is disputed, several of the definitions advanced indicate a degree of secrecy and secret knowledge, which might include denying membership or knowledge of the group, negative consequences for acknowledging one's membership.

Get a life! Obama was declared President before the Western United States were through voting. Don't tell us that was proper! Our votes didn't count and it was a waste of time to vote. The liberal media and the money decided the president of the United States of America. We Officially lose a President of the United States of America on January 21. WE will not have a "President" until an American is elected, hopefully, in another 4 years. As we have witnessed, Money can BUY anything, including a sit in the government.

What is official is that Obama appears to be trying to outdo Bushes ridiculous spending practices and he has not even taken office.

Wait until he gets in there an pumps out a few "scare the electorate" speeches with talk of "imminent doomsday" scenarios in order to justify ridiculous government control and spending.

Spending may temporarily avert meltdown but the meltdown will just be larger now when it truly does occur...and it will eventually become so big that even democratic spending will not prolong the inevitable.

Washington D.C. continues to grow because we continue to send way too much money to the Disneyland of politics. It makes no difference who is President. Until Americans demand more control over the money they earn, the government will continue to crowd out investment and job creation. Just the talk of 600,000 more government jobs is a disgrace when state governments need to join the 21st century and reduce government to its core responsibilities. We need less government. We could use a reduced or a zero Capital Gains Tx and a reduced tax on dividends and a one year holiday on payroll taxes. The federal government needs to downsize and young people need to educate themselves for a future of work that grows our economy. Cheney was always a counselor and Bush was the manager. Obama may think he can control events in his decision making but Eisenhower learned he had more control as a General than as a President. Obama's problems will be with the leftist lurch of Reid/Pelosi and the need for Obaama to buy these loons off with standard Democrat legislation such as helping to bail out the failed states of Michigan, California.

Ok then Congress, and President Obamacon, where's OUR MONEY?. We are still waiting. I think I to will do some reflecting here. Hey Obamacon, where's OUR CHECKS promised last year to us over $5000 that McCain said he'll give us and you said yours would be much more, you lieing BS artist, we ARE STILL WAITING son ?. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) yesterday tried to sell the media on a trillion-dollar government spending bill in a gaggle that somehow resembled a Congressional hearing. House Democrats then held the Wednesday meeting to ram home this notion while barring Republicans from participation at this faux hearing. Democrat members of Congress and witnesses both used the same "the-sky-is-falling" tactics employed by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson when hastily pushing through the initial failed $750 billion Congressional banking bailout. Now, the Democrats hope these same tactics will help them justify nearly $1 trillion in additional government spending. Pelosi urgently warned that the bill must be passed by mid-February and downplayed the staggering expense, saying, many will focus on the up-front cost of it. Did you know one trillion seconds constitutes 31,000 years?. WHERE'S OUR MONIES?.

Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Lincoln,
TR, Reagan, Obama.

Yikes!

Not until January 20th he isen't, Not one moment before then.

"Anonymous | 12:26 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009 - Well, if it is official, then now the Republican, Conservative, Moral Majority, Religious Right wackos can now start showing the sky falling in horrendous chunks!

Watch for it...
Watch for it...
Watch for it..."

Hey, Anonymous...here's what's going to happen: Obama will further push this country towards an "It's not my responsibility!" country as the lazy and stupid become more lazy and stupid and the mainstream media won't report it. As a matter of fact, they won't report hardly anything that just might put The Chosen One in a bad light.

Watch for THAT....