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President's socialist takeover must be stopped

 

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

President Obama has engaged in numerous high crimes and misdemeanors. The Democratic majority in Congress is in peril as Americans reject his agenda. Yet more must be done: Mr. Obama should be impeached.

He is slowly - piece by painful piece - erecting a socialist dictatorship. We are not there - yet. But he is putting America on that dangerous path. He is undermining our constitutional system of checks and balances; subverting democratic procedures and the rule of law; presiding over a corrupt, gangster regime; and assaulting the very pillars of traditional capitalism. Like Venezuela's leftist strongman, Hugo Chavez, Mr. Obama is bent on imposing a revolution from above - one that is polarizing America along racial, political and ideological lines. Mr. Obama is the most divisive president since Richard Nixon. His policies are Balkanizing the country. It's time for him to go.

He has abused his office and violated his oath to uphold the Constitution. His health care overhaul was rammed through Congress. It was - and remains - opposed by a majority of the people. It could only be passed through bribery and political intimidation. The Louisiana Purchase, the Cornhusker Kickback, the $5 billion Medicaid set-aside for Florida Sen. Bill Nelson - taxpayer money was used as a virtual slush fund to buy swing votes. Moreover, the law is blatantly unconstitutional: The federal government does not have the right to coerce every citizen to purchase a good or service. This is not in the Constitution, and it represents an unprecedented expansion of power.

Read the rest of the article here:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/22/the-case-for-impeachment-142967590/?page=1

Peter Corrigan Proves Tough Test For Kucinich

Seven-term incumbent Congressman Dennis Kucinich faces the toughest challenge of his Congressional career in 2010 against Peter Corrigan. Corrigan, the Republican candidate for Ohio's 10th Congressional District has been on the move and experts in Ohio and the national stage have begun to take notice. A conservative Republican, Corrigan is running against ultra-liberal Dennis Kucinich in a seat that was previously thought of as "un-poachable" by mainstream political pundits. However the Weekly Standard recently published an article suggesting that if Dennis Kucinich can be defeated, Corrigan is the candidate to do it. To review the article please click on the following link http://weeklystandard.com/blogs/can-dennis-kucinich-be-defeated

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From the great folks at Iowa Presidential Watch.

Activist Supreme Court Nominees

Are you worried about the latest choices for the Supreme Court? Do you think they will undermine or eliminate the Constitution? Jefferson and Adams had a solution for that. It's in the new book called Nullification by Thomas Woods.

NULLIFICATION
Nullification begins with the point that a federal law that violates the Constitution is no law at all. It is void and of no effect. If a law is unconstitutional and therefore void and of no effect, it is up to the states, the parties to the federal compact, to declare it so and thus refuse to enforce it. It would be foolish and vain to wait for the federal government or a branch thereof to condemn its own law!

Nullification provides a shield between the people of a state and an unconstitutional law from the federal government.

The main point behind nullification is that the federal government cannot be permitted to hold a monopoly on constitutional interpretation. If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, it will continue to grow regardless of elections, the separation of powers and other limits on government power. James Madison and Thomas Jefferson both warned of this.
The Constitution is only a piece of paper and cannot enforce itself. The checks and balances of the three branches of government cannot guarantee a limited government, since these three branches can simply unite against the independence of the states and the reserved rights of the people. This is especially true if one party controls all three branches of government.

The real check on federal power is the ability of the states to interpose to prevent the enforcement of unconstitutional laws.

We cannot believe a bad law is settled because a nine politically well connected lawyers who are treated with awe have informed us that all is well. There is history for the general principle that an unconstitutional law is void. In Federalist Paper #78, Alexander Hamilton said “there is no position which depends on clearer principles, then that every act of a delegated authority contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men, acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid.”

How and by whom should an unconstitutional law be declared void? The federal courts are a branch of the federal government. How can they be expected to be impartial judges? The Supreme Court itself is a branch of the federal government. In a dispute between the states and the federal government (take the Arizona Immigration law), does the resolution come from the federal government? Jefferson refused to accept that answer.

It was impossible for Jefferson to believe that the states would have agreed to a system that assured their unjust subordination! Spencer Roane, a Virginia Judge at that time said that if the federal judiciary were to arbitrate such a dispute between itself and the states, it would be presiding over its own case which is a clear absurdity!

DON'T BE DECEIVED

Election day is coming very soon and many of the candidates are starting to say what we want to hear. They know that 912ers and Tea Party members want small, limited government, lower taxes and freedom!

How many candidates have campaign platforms and speeches that say they are for limited government, lower taxes and reduced spending?

Don't be deceived! They have been saying that for 25 years or longer. It's a great campaign slogan, but what do they mean? I always thought limited government and reduced spending meant ELIMINATING or REPEALING something. Ask a candidate to tell you what is he or she going specifically reduce. What is the plan?

Will they commit to voting to eliminate the Federal Department of Education or the Department of Energy? If the Federal Budget for education was 100 Billion, what if we eliminated it and sent one billion dollars to each of the 50 state department's of education. We know better what to do with that money and besides we will have local control of our schools. The other benefit is we save 50 billion dollars.

I am sure you all know how many redundant agencies and laws we have. Why not have one full session of congress to repeal all the unneccessary "stuff". Each day, a congressperson can bring up one bill that should be repealed. Then the House could vote up or down. I'll bet they could spend a complete session of congress repealing unconstitutional bills and have plenty left for another session!

Ask the necessary question. Don't accept generalities. Pin them down to details and specifics!

Rolling Thunder 2010 - A Marine's Vigil

3000 vets on motorcycles from across the USA paraded in D.C. the Sunday before Memorial Day, while a solitary, saluting Marine greeted them out on Constitution A venue... the Marine stood at salute for 3 straight hours, while the parade of roaring bikes kept on coming.... it is held in remembrance of those who've fallen in the military.... the event (or the group) is called Rolling Thunder.

President George Bush used to meet these bikers before they paraded.  The camera is on the Marine a lot... watch his struggles with his emotions, and his struggles with holding that salute... the way he salutes is very touching... his head lowered, his eyes down, in reverence for the fallen...

Turn up your sound and click on this link to see the video.

 

Chinese Officials Conduct Forced Sterilization Program

 

Officials in China's Puning county, in Guangdong Province, conducted a 20-day forced sterilization campaign in April, aiming to sterilize 9,559 people who had more children than allowed, the London Times reported.

Relatives of the rule violators were imprisoned in order to force compliance with the sterilization efforts. Huang Ruifeng, who has three daughters, said that officials threatened his father. "Several days ago a village official called me and asked me or my wife to return for the surgery," Huang said, according to the London Times. "Otherwise they would take away my father."

About 100 relatives were being held in cramped conditions April 10, the Southern Countryside Daily reported. "There were some mats on the floor but the room was too small for all people to lie down and sleep, so the young ones had to stand or squat. Owing to the lack of quilts, many cuddled up to fight the cold," according to the newspaper.

http://www.nrlc.org/NewsToday/ForcedSterilization.html

Euthanasia Deaths in Holland Rise 13 Percent

"I am sure that the increase in numbers of people opting for euthanasia is largely a result of inadequate pain control," Bowman told the Daily Telegraph.

Inadequate pain control in 2010? What it means is fewer facilities, fewer health professionals willing to provide palliative care. It is said elsewhere in article.

The culture of death has permeated the consciences of so many that is is getting easier to have a mindset of, “Just let him suffer, when it gets bad enough he’ll be begging us to put him out of his misery. It will save us time, trouble and money.”

“…a government official who was instrumental in getting the law passed, told the author of a book on euthanasia that "more should have been done legally to protect people who wanted to die natural deaths," the Daily Mail reported.”

Ya think? A little late. Pro-life people tried. The culture of death was too powerful.

http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/June10/nv062910part3.html

The need for a new amendment to the Constitution?

Ken Connor
Washington's Double Standard

There's recently been some chatter in the blogosphere debating the need for a new amendment to the Constitution – one that would require laws passed by Congress to apply to lawmakers equally as they apply to the rest of American citizens. The feasibility of such a measure is questionable, and currently there is no such amendment being proposed in Congress; nevertheless, the enthusiasm behind the idea reveals a growing sentiment among many Americans that the federal government no longer represents the people, but rather presides in Washington as a group of self-interested elites that long ago lost touch with reality.

Read the article here: http://townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2010/06/20/washingtons_double_standard/page/full

"19th Century Wisdom in a 21st Century World"

Posted by Tony Rollo on June 19, 2010 (from SongOfTruth.org)

An essay on the Wise VS Fool

by Tony Rollo


Never in history has the individual been given the ability to fulfill any need or desire with little effort and in many cases, instantly. Our modern life that is full of and reliant on the toys of technology is a wonder of human achievement.

We can have any question answered immediately. We can bathe with instant hot water whenever we want. We can obtain food at any time. With the touch of a switch we can light and power our world. We have the ability to speak to anyone at anytime, anywhere in the world.

Technology is a wonderful thing to have, when it works.

In the classic story of the Swiss Family Robinson, people suddenly found themselves marooned on a desolate island following a storm that defeated the safety of their sailing ship. They were thrust from their modern world of reliance on technology into the wild, natural world due to an unforeseen storm that deprived their arrival to the destination they sought. The family had no other choice but to salvage what they could and set out to survive in the wild.

The marooned family soon discovered just how wild the world is and how precious tools can be. On one journey to safety from the wild, the more scientific brother lost his compass and lamented that they would never find their way. Fortunately, the older brother knew how to read nature and saw the way to safety.

They survived by understanding the natural world that surrounded them. They lived to understand the component in human nature that never realizes how good something is until it is gone.

Life is full of risk already. But when we depend too much on the false security that modern society and technology lulls us into, a simple storm in life will turn to disaster.

In one generation, we have lost the ability for self-reliance. We do not grow anything or can repair what we wear out. We stare at television screens by night and work in cubicles by day. We rely on chemical drugs in order to sleep and cope with the stress imposed by the modern ways we have embraced.

Are we the fool that follows the fool or are we the student of the wise?

No longer do we have the capacity to understand the basics of growing food. This generation depends on what it can buy rather than make. We throw away what many in other parts of the world would consider treasure.

We define our status by the toys we own and the vehicles we drive. Neighbors are no longer our friends but competitors. We make no eye contact or real conversation. We fear not only strangers but also acquaintances.

No longer do we know what something actually costs but what the monthly payments are. We slave at jobs we do not like and live from paycheck to paycheck. We build credit by being in debt rather than building wealth by real worth and value.

We no longer teach our children but give them over to strangers to raise. We are no longer husbands and wives but roommates and "life partners". Then we are shocked to learn our own children have become strangers to us.

We no longer have faith in God or our fellow man. We look to televised "experts" and to governments to give us meaning and order in life. We look for truth in the falsehoods of well spoken politicians and salesmen rather than within our own hearts and minds.

We no longer read but only hear and see what we can tune into. We do not know history and the mistakes of the past. We restrict ourselves to only what fills our own immediate selfishness.

Then comes the inevitable storms of life. We are shocked when reality shows its face. Insurances from the falsehoods of modern society leave us devastated. We become the leading tragic story on news broadcasts. The false promises of hope are dashed upon the rocks of reality.

But this is not the fate for the wise.

The wise have made their own shelters from the storms of life. Those inevitable tragedies are merely a momentary interruption to the prepared. The wise come together and not only survive, but flourish after adversity.

The wise know how to build, grow and learn. They put people first and things last. They recognize reality and the dangers that life can bring. They seek to heal and uplift others.

The wise know their history. They wisely build upon events of the past.

The wise learn from and avoid the repetition of past mistakes. The wise use modern tools, new materials and facilities as an augmentation of past techniques rather than a replacement for proven ways.

The wise plan and construct their lives. They gather and save. They can maintain what they have and repair the worn out. They teach wisdom and skills to their children and nurture them. They are admired and called blessed.

The self-reliant are the wise. They are lovers of wisdom and are self-sustaining. They are the true free people who understand Liberty and responsibility. They know what it is to be truly rich in this world. The wise are producers, not merely consumers.

The wise do not merely survive, but live. They live to share their wisdom, life and faith with others who hunger and thirst for knowledge.


- Tony Rollo 09/09/09

Hey Congress - Read Constitution - Art. 1, Sec. 8, Clause 15

Posted by Old Marine on June 22, 2010 (from SongOfTruth.org)

I have come to the conclusion that the Congress Critters and DHS are more concerned about the peaceful Tea Party member and the possibility of returning vets being "recuited" by the right wing, then they are the security of America and those who are protecting our land.

While congress and the 'regime' are worried about whether the BP CEO is at a yacht race, America is being invaded, not only by illegals BUT now the drug lords who are setting up lookout posts on American Soil.

Didn't General Pershing go after to Pancho Villa, a MEXICAN BANDIT, who invaded America and kill American citizens. Why not do the same and say the hell with what the world or Mexico has to say. Oh, I forgot, we have to be a friendlier, kinder nation, who will improve our standing in the world by bowing to our enemies.

From Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/22/mexican-gangs-permanent-lookouts-parkland/

Word of the Day - Demarchy

When I'm researching - which is more than just a hobby - I discovered the word "Demarchy." The word intrigued me simply because it was the result of searching why third party candidates are not a good idea.

"History has proven that Third Party Candidates do not win, and we are in this to win. Not a single founding father wanted political parties, yet we saw 4 of the founders: John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, lead the development of 2 parties into existence before Washington even completed his first term. TWO parties... but not 3 or more parties. Why? Whenever "50% of the vote plus 1 more" wins EVERYTHING, people will eventually coalesce around 2 parties even when they DON'T want to do so... it's "Duvergers Law" and it's almost as unchangeable as gravity." (1)

"Duvergers Law" resulted in the definition: In political science, Duverger's law is a principle which asserts that a plurality rule election system tends to favor a two-party system. This is one of two hypotheses proposed by Duverger, the second stating that “The double ballot majority system and proportional representation tend to multipartism.”

The discovery of this tendency is attributed to Maurice Duverger, a French sociologist who observed the effect and recorded it in several papers published in the 1950s and 1960s. In the course of further research, other political scientists began calling the effect a “law” or principle. Duverger's law suggests a nexus or synthesis between a party system and an electoral system: a proportional representation (PR) system creates the electoral conditions necessary to foster party development while a plurality system marginalizes many smaller political parties, resulting in what is known as a two-party system.(2)

So what would happen if we decided to go the third party route?

The result of this is that people vote according to their impressions of the politician and party based upon political advertising, plus any other form of media that has influenced them. The problem with this is that people may not necessarily vote for the best candidate since they have not taken the time to examine whom to vote for.

A seductive feature of demarchy is that if political leaders were replaced on a regular basis with randomly selected citizens, it would reduce institutionalised corruption, party apathy and complacency as well as a history of party led entitlement, lack of choice and variety in political ideas in platforms. It could be argued that replacing politicians in this way would solve such problems.

As people would be randomly selected to act as representatives it would be less likely that the person involved would be part of a "party political machine."

The theory would state that a randomly selected person as a representative would not have to compromise their own beliefs in order to make political alliances and gain support, nor fear political reprisals in implementing tough or controversial legislation. However, as theory goes, there is no inherent guarantee, nor anything a priori in demarchy which guarantees this.

There is no proven link that long term political representation equals a larger amount of monetary loss through political corruption nor could it be proven that random citizens in office would end or limit corruption nor that corruption would increase.

An example of demarchy is the use of a jury of peers in criminal cases. The jury is normally a body of randomly selected citizens who decide the guilty or not guilty verdict, which is a prime example of demarchy. This is an example of sortition being used in one of the three branches of government, with citizens making moral decision and not policy nor its implementation. (3)

Are you sure you want to go the third party route TODAY?

I'm just sayin'.


Source:
(1) http://www.icaucus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=271&Itemid=239
(2) http://www.answers.com/topic/duverger-s-law
(3) http://www.answers.com/topic/demarchy

Restoring Honor Rally

The 9-12 Project in Mentor, OH

is pleased to offer a Bus Trip to the

RESTORING HONOR RALLY

Washington, DC

August 28, 2010

Come celebrate America!

Join Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Jo Dee Messina, Marcus Luttrell and Ted Nugent (who is already firing up his guitar for an incredible rendition of the Star Spangled Banner,)and honor our heroes, our heritage and our future at the Restoring Honor Rally on August 28, 2010. Join us at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. for this non-political, non-partisan rally that will recognize our First Amendment Rights and honor the service members who fight to protect those freedoms.

$60 per person

· Leave Mentor, OH at 10 PM on Friday, August 27, 2010

· Travel aboard a luxury motor coach from Lakefront Lines, featuring:

Climate controlled and restroom equipped bus. Reclining seats with larger windows for panoramic viewing. Three DVD/VCR Monitors for Glenn Beck viewing.

· Stop for breakfast outside of Washington - (cost not included)

· Arrive in Washington, DC in time for the 10 AM start of the Rally

· Depart when the Rally is over.

· Stop for dinner outside of Washington - (cost not included)

· Arrive back in Mentor in the early hours of Sunday, August 29th

Deadline to Sign Up: July 21, 2010

After July 21, 2010 - prices may be higher for people who have not paid.

If the minimum number of people required to charter the bus is not met by July 22nd,

the trip may be cancelled and your money returned in full.

Download the flier here and bring it to a meeting or mail to the address indicated.

New Report: U.S. Taxpayers a $1 Billion+ Gold Mine for Abortion Industry

 

Child Abuse Inc

You and I are paying to have babies skulls crushed, little arms and legs torn off, defenseless ones burned to death with chemicals. Year after year. Tell me how this is different than the Aztecs’ horrid human sacrifices or pagan’s burning babies alive.

Read what the GAO says here.

Hello, Remember Me? I’m Your Flag.

Happy Flag Day!

"Should This Be the Last Generation?"

”Peter Singer, who (I kid you not) is a professor of bioethics at Princeton University's Center for Human Values.”

A couple of his thoughts…

‘"Is a world with people in it better than a world with no sentient beings at all?" He's not talking about Animal Liberation (of which he is an enthusiastic believer)--whether they'd be better off if we'd stop taking up space--but rather whether enough of us live a life of sufficient "quality" to justify keeping us "sentient beings" going.

If the answer is no, then we probably ought to be about the business of obtaining universal agreement to sterilize ourselves

"Therefore, if killing the hemophiliac infant has no adverse affects on the others, it would, according to the total view [of utilitarianism], be right to kill him. The main point is clear: killing a disabled infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person.

Very often it is not wrong at all." And "The only difference between killing a normal infant and a defective one is the attitude of the parents."’

We cannot ignore these people. They exert heavy influence the ethical beliefs of our next generation of lawyers, judges, police chiefs, doctors.

Read  more.

America Needs to Hear This...

I’ve listen to Dennis Prager at times on WHK for several years.  He is not the typical radio talk show host. He is not an evangelical Christian. He is not a partisan hack of the Republican subculture. He is not a perfect man nor does he pretend to be so. The message he brings on this brief video is to the point. Barack Obama is not the problem facing America today. Electing a new President will not solve our problems.  Listen to Prager’s analysis and prescription. 

 

Hattip: American Policy Roundtable

NHS Meltdown: Rationing Duty to Die For Women With Advanced Breast Cancer

 

I used to communicate with a woman who had beat breast cancer. While she was in treatment she joined an internet support group. Women from around the world shared their journeys.

After being cancer free for a while she just couldn’t handle going back to that forum. The women in Great Britain and Canada were denied the treatment she received. They had no hope. She didn’t know what to say to them.

We now have a health care law modeled after those in Canada and Great Britain.

Here’s the latest from the European country most like us.

Tea Party Member Stuns Crowd!