Another week, same old story. part 2

Two Congressmen, Both Democrats, Ask Obama to Dismiss His NOAA Administrator
Friday, July 09, 2010
By Susan Jones, Senior Editor

NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco (Wikipedia Commons)

(CNSNews.com) - Reps. Barney Frank and John Tierney, both Massachusetts Democrats, say Dr. Jane Lubchenco, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has shown hostility to the concerns of fishermen and should step down.

Among other problems, a recent inspector-general’s report found problems with the way NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement spent money raised through fines and penalties on fishermen.

Frank and Tierney – both of whom represent port cities in Massachusetts -- say tensions between Lubchenco and the fishing community have been building for months and show no sign of abating. They place the blame squarely on Lubchenco, and if she doesn’t resign, they want the Obama White House to remove her from her job.

Gibbs Evades Question of Whether Obama Agrees With His Medicare Director That Health-Care System Must Redistribute Wealth
Thursday, July 08, 2010
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs (AP Photo)

(CNSNews.com) – White House spokesman Robert Gibbs has evaded answering the question of whether President Barack Obama agrees with Dr. Donald Berwick, his newly appointed administrator of Medicare and Medicaid, who has insisted that health-care systems must redistribute wealth.

“Excellent health care is by definition redistributional,” Berwick said in a speech delivered on July 1, 2008.

Financial Regulatory Bill Approved by House Gives Feds Power to Subpoena Any Record from Any Financial Institution Without Establishing Any Probable Cause
Friday, July 09, 2010
By Matt Cover, Staff Writer

President Barack Obama arrives for the G8 and G20 summit at the Deerhurst resort, near Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, Friday June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

(CNSNews.com) – The final version of President Barack Obama’s financial regulatory bill, hammered out in negotations between House and Senate Democrats, contains a provision that grants the federal government the power to subpoena any financial information it wants from any financial institution without showing probable cause that a crime has been committed.

The 4th Amendmnent to the U.S. Constitution says: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

 Kliphnote: And the week has only just begun.