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Another Way Mr. Roberts Was Wrong


Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution states that ALL bills for raising revenue SHALL originate in the House of Representatives.  All means every single one.  Shall is mandatory.  And, originate means begin.  In that regard alone, Obamacare is unconstitutional because it originated in the senate.

Obviously, Mr. Harvard-educated-Smarty-Pants isn't familiar with the Constitution.





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The Power to Tax Is The Power to Destroy


Five illegitimate children in black robes, five unelected, unaccountable illegitimate children, have turned America from the land of the free into the land of slavery.

That's not harsh.  That's not hype.  That's the simple reality of today's supreme court decision regarding Obamacare.  The court said that congress did not have the power to enforce an individual mandate under the commerce or necessary and proper clauses of the Constitution, but it does have the power to declare it a tax.

Therefore, congress has the power to order you to do something and pay a tax if you don't.  Congress' power is now limited only by what a president will veto, and if it has the two-thirds votes, then it is not limited by anything.  The next time congress sees a "national crisis", it can order a solution. 

If you don't buy a new car when the automotive market is in trouble, then you must pay a tax.  If you do not buy new appliances when that market is in trouble, then you must pay a tax.  And on and on it will go, and don't call me crazy.  Congress has now taken that first step to complete domination of our lives.  How long before it takes the next and the next and the next.

Think this will help healthcare?  Think again.  Where does tax money go?  This healthcare tax certainly ain't gonna go to Blue Cross/Blue Shield.  It's going to go into that big pot that congress raids any time it wants.  Social Security money was supposed to go into a Social Security pot and be used only for Social Security.  When congress saw the money rolling in, it changed the rules and helped itself to that money, all the while lying to us about "investing" it for us. 

For kicks, congress might dole out a small sum to go to insurance companies, but the whole idea behind Obamacare was socialized medicine.  Starve out private insurance companies and, eventually, everyone will have to look to the government. 

There are millions of people who lived and died without ever knowing that one day, congress would declare incandescent light bulbs illegal.  I'm sure they never dreamed there would be a day when congress could do anything it wanted and make you pay a tax for not complying.

Russia and China and Cuba and Venezuela must be so jealous right now.




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Obamacare






All of America is on tenterhooks as we await the ruling from the Supreme Court on Obamacare - a misnomer if there ever was one because it's highly unlikely that he read the bill either.  We could be very shortly inflicted with mammoth legislation that no one knows anything about.  But here is a thought while we all wait.

If I don't own a car or drive, I don't have to buy car insurance.  If I don't own a house, I don't have to buy homeowner's insurance, and not even then if I own the home free and clear.  I don't have to buy life insurance, unless I want to.  I don't have to buy insurance to cover my jewelry or other valuables, unless I want to.  I don't have to buy insurance to cover my burial expenses, unless I want to.

The individual mandate in Obamacare is different.  Congress has decreed that I should pay a sum simply because I exist. 

Trust me, there is nothing to indicate that our Founding Fathers ever envisioned a time where they thought congress would have such power.  They also probably never envisioned a time when We the People would let it.



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Scraping Bottom




Whose idea was this?  It's incredibly pathetic.  It's as bad, if not worse, than when the Clintons set up a "registry" for people to buy them things when they left the White House.


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I'm So Ashamed


Border Patrol agent Brian Terry is dead.  He'll never marry.  He'll never have kids.  His parents had to bury him, which any parent will tell you is the worst kind of heartache.

And all we hear from the left is claptrap.  There's Nancy Pelosi spouting that holding Holder in contempt is all about voter suppression.  Writers Eugene Robinson and Dana Milbank say "GOP witch hunt" and "Terry's death is indeed a scandal", respectively.  A man's death is nothing more than a scandal?  Really?

Rep. Gerald Connelly (D-VA) accused Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) of setting up a "kangaroo court", while Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) accused Issa of "highly inflammatory personal attacks."

What makes all of this all the more disgusting is the knowledge that if this was a Republican administration, these members of congress would be trampling over each other to be the first to the microphone to scream about how horrible this is and how we need an independent counsel.  The writers wouldn't need to get to the microphone, just to their computers, but they'd be saying the same thing.

A man is dead.  What everybody should be saying is that we need to get to the bottom of this, regardless of whose heads end up on the chopping block.  Instead, we get a bunch of people who couldn't care less.

It's simply a disgrace.


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Health Insurance Isn't Like Broccoli


So said former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, the guy who used to sit on a phone book so he'd be the biggest man at the table.  He's right, but he's deliberately distorting the point those against Obamacare tried to make.

The whole rationale behind the government takeover of the health care industry - and make no mistake about it, that is what this legislation is all about, Power, the Power to literally determine our lives and our deaths by determining what kind of health care we get - is that the system is in crisis. 

Government made the argument that health care was "unique" in that at some point in time everybody used it and, therefore, congress had the right to "fix" it by mandating that every single person in America - except for those favored few granted exemptions, such as those who passed the law - had to buy a product containing what the government said it had to contain.

Apparently, those following this line of thinking don't participate in the food, clothing, shelter, and automotive markets, otherwise,  how could they have made such a stupid statement.

Daschle said that the notion that if government could require people to purchase health insurance, it could require people to buy broccoli "comes as close to insulting one's intelligence as anything I can imagine."  What actually insults the intelligence of people everywhere is people like Daschle saying things like that.

Daschle is trying to cover up the real point those opposing Obamacare were trying to make, i.e., once congress is given the power to force people to buy a certain product, where would that power end.  Broccoli was simply a product that came to mind.  Justice Roberts actually used a cell phone analogy.

Congress already considers itself a god.  It steals from us with impunity, lies to us relentlessly, wastes our money extravagantly, and then has the nerve to say it is actually working on our behalf.  If that were true, Obamacare would never have passed.  If Congress is given the power to define a crisis and then design a solution, we will cease to be a free people and will be nothing but slaves to a government that feels it can order us to do anything. 

Daschle went on to say, "Yes, Congress could require Americans to purchase broccoli.  But who would be stupid enough to even suggest it?"  Well, congress has told us we can't have incandescent light bulbs anymore, all because it bought into the monumental hoax known as global warming. 

Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) is already on record as saying "The federal government can, yes, do most anything in this country".
  Why is it inconceivable that congress couldn't order us to buy broccoli or any other food item because there's a "crisis" in that particular market?  Why is it inconceivable that congress couldn't order us to buy cars in order to bail out the failing car market? 

How do you stop a locomotive that is barreling out of control?  That is exactly what congress would be if it was given the power to order people into any private market it chose.

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) recently stated that "It's not really up to the Supreme Court to second-guess the legitimate decision made by the elected representatives of the people, and if people want to change that law, they can do so by changing the legislators".  Where to begin on everything that's wrong with that statement.*

Firstly, he seems to forget that it's the purpose of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws passed by congress, that it has been doing so for years and years now.

Regarding the constitutionality of Obamacare, we have the words of Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) to guide us on what congress was thinking, "Well, basically, we're not looking to the Constitution on that aspect of it.  Basically, the decision has been made by this Congress that American citizens are entitled to health care."


Secondly, we cannot change the law simply by voting blowhards like him out of office, although that would be a good start.

Thirdly, his arrogance is unmistakable.  Congress made a "legitimate decision" and that's that.  We have spoken.  Whattaya gonna do about it.

Connolly.  Stark.  Hochul.  Do these sound like people who would hesitate to force another mandate on us the next time they deem there's a crisis just ripe for congressional fixing.
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* Rep. Connolly also stated that he believes this court is one of the most partisan courts we've had since the 1930's, citing Bush v. Gore as an example.  If he was paying attention, he would know that only five of the justices who decided Bush v. Gore are still on the bench.  Rehnquist, O'Connor, Souter and Stevens have been replaced by Roberts, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan.







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All H**l Done Broke Lose Now


That's a memorable line from the movie 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner', uttered by the black maid when the white daughter brought home a black husband.  It accurately describes what happened today when Obama/Holder claimed executive privilege over documents relating to the Fast and Furious gun-walking program. 

Prior to now, nobody at the top claims to have had any knowledge of the incident, that it was a rogue operation in Arizona.  Claiming executive privilege puts an end to all that nonsense.  What's interesting is what Holder has really been saying in his effort to avoid a congressional contempt citation.

Before I go any further, let me put an end to all the stupid utterances from Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and others like her who are blaming Bush for Fast & Furious.  If there was any way that Bush was responsible for this, she and her ilk would be demanding that all the papers be turned loose, and the clamoring would be furious.

OK, we're back.

Example 1:  Holder said he was prepared to turn over "documents detailing how the department arrived at the conclusion that federal agents engaged in a risky tactic called gun-walking."

He's saying that he'll turn over only those documents that show how the DOJ arrived at that conclusion.  Nothing else.

Example 2:  "We have offered to make (certain) materials available . . . to brief on those documents, to answer any questions that might come up with regard to the documents that we produced."

He's saying that he'll turn over certain documents, brief people on those documents, and answer any questions that might come up with regard to those documents.  He's not saying he'll turn over all documents or answer all questions.

In both instances, he's saying that he'll turn over what he'll turn over and he'll talk about what he'll talk about.  That's it.

People are dead, including one border patrol agent.  People are dead.  What Holder knew and when he knew it are only distractions from the real issue, which is:  This happened on his watch.  If he didn't know about, he should have.  If he knew about it, he should have stopped it.

He should have resigned a long time ago.  That's what an honorable man would have done.  Instead, he dug in his heels, claimed racism, and now, once again, America is facing a showdown between two co-equal branches of government.

It needn't have come to this.  It wouldn't have come to this if there were any adults in charge.



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Obamamania: Four Years Hence


Obamamania, I had it bad,
the man just made me swoon.
That goofy grin, those Dumbo ears
just sent me to the moon.

But that was four long years ago,
and I've had time to think.
Mainly 'cause I lost my job
when things went in the drink.

I moved back home with mom and dad,
my siblings did as well.
The banks gave us the old heave ho
when all our incomes fell.

Costs twice as much to fill my tank.
This ain't the change I sought.
Costs more at the grocery, too,
though food stamps help a lot.

While he and his go far and wide,
acting cavalier.
I'm staying home this summer,
just like I did last year.

After thinking long and hard,
I just can't recommit.
Come November, in that booth,
I'm gonna vote for Mitt.


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People on the Left Make Me Ill


They really do.  Their rank hypocrisy is nauseating, as is the fact that they don't think we're smart enough to see it.

Case in point:  Joe Conason.  His latest column deals with whether or not Mitt Romney, a really long time ago, impersonated a police officer, a crime in many states.  Mr. Conason spends paragraphs dealing with this alleged crime and says that in California, where Romney was at the time, it was punishable by up to one year in prison.  Oh my.

Obama is an admitted drug user.  He also admits to underage alcohol use. These are crimes.  Yet, a google search doesn't turn up a single article by Mr. Conason on Obama's admitted criminal activity, even though it's admitted and years more recent than Romney's alleged behavior.

Mr. Conason also goes on to mention that Romney left Stanford after two years because of his Morman mission in France - "thus avoiding the obligation to wear a very different uniform in Vietnam."  He can't be serious.  Bill Clinton, idol of democrats everywhere, also avoided going to Vietnam, and not by anything so noble as mission work.

And, by the way, Conason never served in the military either.


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Sky High Hypocrisy


Texas and South Carolina enacted laws requiring photo ID in order to vote.  The Obama administration in the form of Eric Holder has blocked those laws claiming that they're discriminatory, i.e., minorities are less apt to have photo ID than whites.

Meanwhile, those who want to attend a book signing by Michelle Obama not only have to show photo ID, they have to give their Social Security numbers.

Is a book signing more important than voting?  Of course not.  She probably didn't even write the book.  Maybe, she just doesn't want any minorities attending.

The real issue in these cases isn't that more minorities than whites don't have photo ID.  The real issue is why they won't get off their butts and go get one.  Neither the Department of Justice nor the courts should be in the business of accommodating the lazy.

Of course, the DOJ also shouldn't be in the business of arming Mexican drug cartels, but that's a topic for another day.





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Why Did They Die?


Sixty-eight years ago this week, about 2,500 men died in what has been called the beginning of the end of WWII.  Many of those who died in the invasion of Normandy were teenagers right out of high school.  They never got married, many probably never fell in love.  They never had children.  They were denied the right to grow up because their nation called upon them to fight for freedom.  Their lives were cut short in the pursuit of this goal. 

Fast forward to today, where Chicago has unanimously passed a resolution against teens who wear their pants low and expose their underwear.  Granted, it's a stupid look, but fads throughout the years have been stupid.  Hip-hugger bellbottoms to name just one.  But why on earth should a city council even get involved.  Doesn't Chicago have bigger problems on its hands.


Then there's New York City where a short mayor with a Napoleon complex is seeking to impose the latest in his war on what people should be allowed to eat.  He has now taken it upon himself to seek a ban on all sugary drinks in excess of 16 ounces.  He believes that obesity is a national epidemic and, therefore, government has a duty to step in to curb it.

His actions are not about curbing obesity, they're about power.  They're about getting his own way.  He has an idea, and he wants to impose it on the people. 

Americans are not only forced to give up their constitutional right against unreasonable search and seizure just to get on an airplane, they also have to tolerate being sexually assaulted under color of law.

Right now, it is being reported that the EPA is using unmanned aerial drones over farmlands in several states to see what farmers are doing.

The federal government will not allow the citizens of Tombstone, Arizona, to restore a much-needed water line because of the danger it might present to the Mexican spotted owl.  In California, the federal court allowed the water to be turned off to the San Joaquin Valley, the breadbasket of America, because of the alleged danger to the delta smelt.  Since when are animals more important than people?

And, of course, there's Congress, the most freely-functioning criminal organization in the world, which routinely breaks everything it touches and then makes matters worse when it tries to "fix" what it broke in the first place.  In the service of the greatest hoax of mankind, Congress has banned the incandescent light bulb, along with the jobs of all those who make them here in the United States.  We are now told we have to buy compact fluorescent bulbs, which have a host of side effects, including mercury and spontaneous combustion. 

Congress has wasted, and will continue to waste, billions of taxpayers dollars on alternative-energy boondoggles (Solyndra, etc.) because of the hoax of global warming.

As if that weren't enough, Congress has now decided it has the right to tell us not only do we have to buy a certain product, but that that product must contain what Congress says it must contain. 


Regardless of what the liberals say, Obamacare is simply the first step down the slippery slope of government domination over every aspect of our lives.  Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) is already on record as saying, "The federal government can, yes, do most anything in this country."  Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) said, "Well, basically, we're not looking to the Constitution on that aspect of it (Obamacare).  Basically, the decision has been made by this Congress that American citizens are entitled to health care."


There you have it.  America now has a Congress which believes that the Constitution is irrelevant to what it wants to do.  Therefore, they simply ignored it.  Unfortunately, we also have a president who feels the same way.  "Now, whenever Congress refuses to act, Joe and I, we're going to act.  In the months to come, wherever we have an opportunity, we're going to take steps on our own to keep this economy moving.  With or without Congress, every day I'm going to be continuing to fight for them.  I do hope Congress joins me."  In other words, when he can't get Congress to do what he wants, Obama thinks he has the right to govern by fiat.  That's not a constitutional republic, that's tyranny.

All that is saving us from a complete detachment from the Constitution is the Supreme Court, which is to hand down a decision on the constitutionality of Obamacare sometime this month.  What will become of America when no branch of the government feels any duty to the Constitution?

It's supposed to be government of the people, by the people, for the people.  Neither those young men of 68 years ago, nor those of 230 years ago, nor any who died in service to this country did so so that elected and unelected officials in Washington D.C. could run roughshod over We the People. 


"We need not fear those who do evil in the name of evil, but Heaven protect us from those who do evil in the name of good."  Arthur C. Adams



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Losers of the Week . . . and Some Winners


NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg for proposing the elimination of big soft drinks.  Contrary to what this Napoleon says, this isn't about obesity, it's about power.  He has decided that he doesn't like something, so he plans to do away with it.  To blazes with the people and freedom.  After breaking the rules to get another term, I'm surprised he hasn't crowned himself emperor by now.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) for saying "I think the next act will be dragging women out of patient rooms into the streets and screaming over their bodies as they get dragged out of getting access to women's health care."  Any time anyone wants to place any kind of restriction on abortion, women like Ms. Lee get overheated and say stupid things like this.  There is nothing wrong with putting limits on something that isn't even a constitutional 'right' in the first place.

The city of Philadelphia for making it illegal to feed large numbers of people outdoors on City parkland.  Prior to this, organizations would have such events to feed the homeless.  Mayor Michael Nutter claims that the law will "protect the dignity of the homeless".  Twaddle.  The sole purpose of the law is to prevent the congregation of homeless in one place.  If you don't see large numbers of homeless people, then there aren't large numbers of homeless people.

Judge Michael Boudin for saying that the part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that denies federal benefits to same-sex couples is unconstitutional.  Why he said what he said is important.  He said that Congress did not have sufficient rationale for DOMA because the act faces a slightly higher bar for constitutionality than other laws because it targets a minority group and puts pressure on states in a policy area typically reserved for them.  Against that standard, the justifications for DOMA fail.

Firstly, will all the courts jumping on the gay marriage bandwagon simply because they want to be in the cool group, use such language when the issue is polygamous and incestuous marriages?  And secondly, is any law that targets a minority group unconstitutional?  If so, then all the laws on the books need to go.  After all, laws against murder target a minority group, as do laws against bank robbery, car theft, etc. 

And the winners are:  George and Laura Bush, for having the class to show up at an event hosted by a man who has done nothing but blame him for all the ills befalling this country.  Barack and Michelle might clean up nice, but they will never have the class of their predecessors, or any class at all for that matter.

Jo Ann Nardelli, president and founder of the Blair County (Pennsylvania) Federation of Democratic (sic) Women, and Artur Davis, former congressman from Alabama, for dumping the democrat party and becoming Republicans.  Ms. Nardelli did so because of her religious objections to gay marriage.  I really like what Mr. Davis, the first congressman to endorse Obama in 2007, had to say:  "I can assure you that in the Democratic (sic) Party, there is substantial intolerance for people who deviate from the party line."  Amen to that. 



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Memorial Day


It is the soldier, not the minister, who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the solider, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the solider, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to protest.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier, not the politician, who has given us the right to vote.
It is the solider who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag and whose
coffin is draped by the flag who allows the protester to burn the flag.


Charles Province

I thank God for and give thanks to all who have stood and who are standing in harm's way so that I don't have to.

Enjoy.


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Losers of the Week


The ever smug and vastly annoying Bob Beckel who arrogantly predicted on May 23, 2011, that the price of gas would be "way down" by next year at this time.  The average price of gas on 5/23/11 was $3.85.  The average price of gas on 5/23/12 was $3.67.  Not "way down" by any objective standard.

The TV show 'The Office' for making a joke of firing a man whose wife was pregnant with twins.  There's nothing remotely funny about what's happening in America economically, and the condescension of Hollywood millionaires is really quite disgusting
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Disneyland for raising its price of admission to $87.00.  The price for a child under 10 (Disneyland considers those 10 and above as adults) is $81.00.  Parking is $14.00.  The price for a family of four (with two kids under 10) is $350.00 - just to get in!  Food and souvenirs could bring the price to $500.00 for just one day.  Disneyland, you ain't worth it.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, the most reversed court in the world, for taking 700 people to a "judicial" conference in Hawaii at a cost to taxpayers of about $1 million.  The taxpayers should not be paying for this.  All those attending, let me repeat that, all those attending should be paying their own way and deducting it on their taxes, like us normal people out here who travel for business.  We the People should not have to pay one red cent for what amounts to a vacation. 

Barack Obama for campaigning on our dime, all the while pretending that he's actually doing his job.  Another taxpayer-funded vacation cannot be far behind.






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Grandstanding at Gitmo


Attorney Cheryl Bormann, who is representing Walid bin Attash for his actions concerning 9/11, appeared in a hijab at the arraignment of her client and asked the court to order the other women present at the hearing to dress more modestly in the future "out of respect" for her client's muslim beliefs and so that her client would not have to avert his eyes "for fear of committing a sin under their faith." 

So, looking at a woman lustily is a sin, but murdering 3,000 people is quite okay?  Just want to make sure I understand everything. 

The first job of an attorney is to the administration of justice.  That's why it's wrong to bribe a judge or encourage a witness to lie or conceal evidence.  Ms. Bormann has forgotten that.  Or maybe she never learned. 

Her job is to represent her client to the best of her ability, not make ridiculous requests.  No party to any action has the right to request that people dress to suit him. 

If Ms. Bormann can stand out in the crowd, maybe she will get the first book contract.  And don't think for one second that these attorneys don't have visions of book contracts and dollar signs dancing in their heads.



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