SCOTUS on JUNE 28, 2012

So most of the citizens of the US are against Obamacare... 60% against it in the last poll I saw.

Chief Justice Roberts, who sided with the liberal justices, argued that the individual mandate is a tax—Obama argued it is not a tax.  You can see Obama's argument here:    By ruling it is a tax, Roberts has made the whole thing a political football, and a nightmare for Obama.  Why?  Because the American people will hear the media reporting the individual mandate as a TAX, mostly on the middle class, in direct conflict with Obama’s promise not to tax anyone making less than $250k.

Maybe the Chief Justice is not as whacked as we may have first thought! 

So there will be a revolt in November (VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!), and I’m thinking the new Congress will repeal Obamacare.   Kind of funny, if you think about it.  This will come back to bite Obama in the rear! 

Finally, from page 12 of the decision:  

Our permissive reading of these powers is explained in part by a general reticence to invalidate the acts of the Nation’s elected leaders. “Proper respect for a co-ordinate branch of the government” requires that we strike down an Act of Congress only if “the lack of constitutional authority to pass [the] act in question is clearly demonstrated.” United States v. Harris, 106 U. S. 629, 635 (1883). Members of this Court are vested with the authority to interpret the law; we possess neither the expertise nor the prerogative to make policy judgments. Those decisions are entrusted to our Nation’s elected leaders, who can be thrown out of office if the people disagree with them. It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of  their political choices.  

Of course, always remember “The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and HIS kingdom rules over all.”  Psalm 103:19

ENEMY OF THE STATE: ENVIRONMENTALISM PART IV

“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid predicted that Democrats will have enough votes to defeat the amendment. The Nevada Democrat said ‘everyone should calm down on Keystone,’ because the southern part of the project is proceeding and efforts are underway to address environmental concerns raised by the original route.”[1]

Why, I would ask, are the “environmental concerns” of such importance?  Certainly, we do bear a huge responsibility to properly manage the natural resources created by God.  But the environmentalists are consistently holding this nation hostage, this time with respect to the Keystone XL pipeline.  Not only that, but POTUS is lobbying members of the United States Senate, instructing them to vote down a Republican measure that would force the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.

How about being concerned about the fuel costs to the rest of the Americans?  Gasoline prices have doubled since the President took office, and he is doing nothing to improve the situation.  He lies when he says he is.  The pain Americans feel when they fill their tanks is somewhat self-inflicted, in that Congress and the President allow themselves to be controlled and manipulated by the fringe enviro-nuts.  We cannot afford a second term!

Environmentalism IS an Enemy of the State!

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[1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-08/obama-lobbies-senate-democrats-to-block-measure-allowing-keystone-pipeline.html

BIAS IN THE MEDIA NO, WHITE HOUSE NO, CONGRESS OR ALL OF THE ABOVE

Everyone was jumping up and down screaming about the terminology used by Rush Limbaugh in discussing the imbedded Sandra Fluke at Georgetown University Law School.  Fluke, a 30 year old “student”, apparently enrolled at Georgetown for the express purpose of getting the Jesuit run Roman Catholic University to violate their beliefs and provide contraception coverage to its students and employees.  The Democrats then served her up on a platter to testify before a Congressional Committee regarding yet another “entitlement”—something the Dem’s are really good at doing.

This was nothing more than an extension of the President’s order to the Roman Catholic Church to provide contraception abortion coverage to their employees.  (See this post)  What the President ordered is nothing less than un-Constitutional.  He does not have the authority to issue such an order.  Obama’s declaration on February 10, 2012, wherein he announced a plan that “attempts to accommodate certain religious employers opposed to a rule that would require them to provide access to birth control for women free of charge.”[1]

So, the focus is on Rush, and not on the anti-Constitutional move by the President.

Of course, some of Rush’s limited show advertisers (as opposed to the thousands of local advertisers who advertise during the show) have abandoned him—much to their financial chagrin).  That’s okay, though, because others will immediately step forward to fill the void, and Rush’s listeners will spend their money on the new advertisers products. 

What follows are examples of the left being so very hypocritical[2]:

Regarding Laura Ingraham

Ed Schultz called me a slut last May...still waiting for Obama's call.  (March 3 at 11:50am)

"..this right-wing slut, what’s her name? Laura Ingraham? Yeah, she’s a talk slut!” Ed Schultz

See it here

Bill Maher called Sarah Palin a c**t…here

Not a word from the left on these comments…hmmmmm…

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[1] http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/02/source-obama-to-change-birth-control-rule/1#.T1jlclF2Qmk

[2] With sincere thanks to my politically savvy son…

UNITY AMONG THE BISHOPS...

It's good to see the American Roman Catholic bishops united in their opposition to Obama's "compromise", which can be read about here.  No, it was not a compromise.  It was just the liberal's way of deflecting the criticism that came their way when they attempted to circumvent the Constitution of the United States of America.  

It is clear that the liberals are worshipping at the altar of their religion--the first tenent of which is sexual freedom and freedom to kill babies that "interfere" with their lives--mandated that access to abortion was non-negotiable.  Obama said,

“Under the rule, women will still have access to free preventive care that includes contraceptive services, no matter where they work.  So that core principle remains.  But if a woman’s employer is a charity or a hospital that has a religious objection to providing contraceptive services as part of their health plan, the insurance company, not the hospital, not the charity, will be required to reach out and offer the woman contraceptive care free of charge, without co-pays and without hassles.”

Understand, Obama is just doing the head fake.  In reality, it is the American taxpayers--made up of approximately 50% of the wage earners in this country--who will be paying for the "services" Obama is so bent on providing.

Smoke and mirrors, folks.  Smoke and mirrors.

OBAMA DECLARES WAR-ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (and its people)

So the Obama Administration thinks they can circumvent--no, eliminate--the First Amendment rights of millions of American Catholics by imposing a mandatory requirement for Catholic institutions to provide abortion coverage to the employees of those institutions.  This action absolutely violates a central tenet held by the Roman church--its absolute opposition to abortion.

Once again, the utopian tyranny strikes, this time at religion, and they obviously took on the Roman Catholics in order to show just what they are capable of doing.  If the Roman church caves--I do not believe it will--or if the government succeeds in imposing this then the rest of those who believe in God will seemingly have no recourse in dealing with the outrageous draconian measures imposed by the government.  

To their credit, American Catholic bishops wrote letters to their member churches, letters to be read yesterday morning during services, in which they informed the members of the ridiculous requirements the statist Obama has imposed.  One of the letters can be read here.  

Not only that, the the United States Army prohibited their Roman Catholic chaplins from reading the letter from the bishop yesterday morning.

Whatever happened to our First Amendment right to free speech?  Oh, I know, Obama decided to unilaterally REVOKE it!

This is pathetic.  We MUST elect a true conservative if we expect to pass down the America we grew up knowing to our progeny.

Oh, Yeah, Let's Be Equal..."the rest of the story"

So if you've read Mark Levin's new book, you have seen that the "masterminds" want to make everyone "equal"...but it's not what you may think.

I found this video (scroll down to second one) of Obama's Axelrod talking about Mitt Romney and how his income is taxed "unfairly" because the rules that are in place are wrong.  He decries Romney's effective tax rate of 15% on his investments as somehow being unfair.  What he does not talk about is the fact that the money Romney has invested was already taxed at 35% and that the 15% is the captial gains tax rate.  So Romney paid 35% on the money he earned, and then pays an additional 15% on the money that original money made for him.  What's so wrong with that?

Don't get me wrong...I'm not certain about Romney and his GOP cred.  It's just that the media (and Obama's minions) fail to tell "the rest of the story".

Beware, folks, of the misinformation that is being pedaled out there!

Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America

Mark Levin's new book should be required reading for all 12th grade Government students--at least.  'Twould be better if all high school students were required to read it, but we all know that will never happen.  Reading this book, I learned more about how the Founders came to establish our Republic than all of my prior education and reading put together.

Levin takes the reader through various "ideals" of government, beginning with Plato's Republic, and he succinctly and clearly lays out the "vision" of those he discusses.  Plato, Hobbs, More, and Marx--all preached a similar "vision" in which the individual exists for benefit of the state.

Levin then discusses Locke and de Touqueville--Locke's influence on the Framers and de Touqueville's experience visiting the United States in the 19th century.

This book is an amazing read, providing understanding as to how America started out, and discussing where we are today.  And we are in dire straits.  Administrative law has crushed the American spirit in a way that stifles economic growth.  Levin refers to the Administrative Law section of government as the "unconstitutional fourth branch of government".  More on them later.

Every American who cares for this country--even a little bit--should read this book.  Those who do will walk away with a completely changed perspective regarding what has, does, and will happen in this country.

Taxation with Representation: When Those Who Govern Do Not Pay Their "Fair Share"

So in his State of the Union address a couple of nights ago, the President talked extensively about "fairness" and people "paying their fair share".   Well, Mr. President, how about all those people currently working for you who have not paid their own taxes?


Today, we read:  "36 Obama aides owe $833,000 in back taxes".  REALLY?  And that's not the half of it.  Employees in the US Senate, in the House of Representatives, Homeland Security, Department of Education--these Federal employees owe major back taxes.  Problem is, no one is doing anything about it.


Not surprisingly, the Treasury Department have tax scofflaws too...of course, who can blame them?  The Treasury Secretary himself owed $42,000 in back taxes at the time of his nomination to the position. 


In the end, then, we have the opposite situation as did those fine folks who revolted against England in the 18th century.  Instead of "no taxation without representation", our cry today must be "taxation with representation, but only for certain people".

Enemy of the State: Environmentalism Part III

So Obama caved to the envronmentalists and refused to sign off on the Keystone XL pipeline.  His "excuse" was worthless.  Here America is, in the depths of a major recession (read: depression), over 8.5% unemployment, more citizens on food stamps than ever before, businesses moving out of the country, small businesses unable to risk hiring, and Obama--who claims to want to "create jobs" goes thumbs down on a project that would have provided employment to tens of thousands, would have generated an incredible amount of money in taxes, and would have cut down our dependence on foreign oil.


But no, Obama thought his plan for America was more important...

Newt Neutered John King from CNN!

Watching the debate last night proved worthwhile.  CNN's John King, the moderator, decided to start with a question related to Gingrich's ex-wife's allegations against him.  Never mind the allegations first appeared two years ago, and supposedly occurred 12 or 13 years ago.

I find it weird that ABC decided to air the interview immediately before the primary in South Carolina, but certainly not surprising!  Anyone who pays attention these days (and for the last 15-20 years) will see that most of the media does not "report" the news, but seeks to create it.  Of course, when Clinton had the affair with the White House intern, IN the White House, the media said it was no one's business.  And Clinton was tried for lying under oath!

No, I am not defending Gingrich for his sins.  I am merely pointing out the inconsistency in the liberal media, which is less and less disguised as time marches on.  After all, who has never transgressed the Moral Law of God?  Let him who is without sin...