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Caterpillar CEO Threatens to Leave Illinois

“I want to stay here. But as the leader of this business, I have to do what’s right for Caterpillar when making decisions about where to invest. “The direction that this state is headed in is not favorable to business and I’d like to work with you to change that.”

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Obama’s Unconstitutional War: Bringing US Closer to Imperialism than Bush Ever Did

By unilaterally going to war against Libya, Obama is bringing America closer to the imperial presidency than Bush ever did.

BY BRUCE ACKERMAN | MARCH 24, 2011

“In taking the country into a war with Libya, Barack Obama’s administration is breaking new ground in its construction of an imperial presidency — an executive who increasingly acts independently of Congress at home and abroad. Obtaining a U.N. Security Council resolution has legitimated U.S. bombing raids under international law. But the U.N. Charter is not a substitute for the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress, not the president, the power “to declare war.”

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