Fighting to Preserve Liberty in America
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A contentious battle has concluded today with the passage of the debt limit deal. It was a hard fought battle where no one is entirely happy with the outcome. Before we leave this field of battle, we should take stock of the accomplishments and the players involved.
Two-faced can be such an overused term, but on the other hand two doesn’t seem to be enough to capture Harry Reid.
Congressman Eliot Engel writes a letter to the editor of the New York Times titled, “Banning Gun Imports.” He was prompted to write because of an editorial in the Times titled “Hypocrisy, Locked and Loaded,” but I’ll address that one later. Here is how Congressman Engel sees it. There is a tremendous illegal drug business in Mexico. It has gotten so big and contentious and violent that thousands are killed every year. His solution to the problem in Mexico? Ban the importation of guns into the U.S.
Today we find out if the politicians in Washington can avoid a government shutdown. The morning line, is “not likely.” Let’s put this in context. For all the wailing and gnashing of teeth this will end up being about whether the gaping hole in the current budget is closer to a staggering $1.6 trillion or a mere eyepopping $1.5 trillion.
It was fun to watch the news yesterday whenever a Democrat was on and was asked, “Why didn’t you pass a budget when you had both houses of Congress and the White House?” After some feet shifting, the answers ranged from, “Well a budget is only a piece of paper it doesn’t commit to anything,” to, “That’s in the past and there’s nothing we can do about that now.” In other words we should move on.org I am disaappointed that the anchors didn’t follow up with, “You could have also passed all the appropriations bills for the remainder of the fiscal year, which would have taken this entire discussion off the table.” But it would have also shown what reckless spenders the Democrats were, right before the election which would have made their bloodbath even worse.
So now you can expect a heavy dose of heavy breathing, name calling, and Democratic righteous indignation captured on C-SPAN. (How quickly they can switch roles). But through it all, I want you to try a little mind exercise that will make everything crystal clear. You are hearing more and more venom coming out against the Tea Party, you know, that group of insignificant, Astroturf, (insert crude sexual reference here), overhyped, fading away, people who don’t matter any more, except to be a scapegoat for the left. Here’s the exercise: whenever you hear a Democrat or other statist say “Tea Party”, subsitute the word “People” and the meaning will be clear. “The People have hijacked the Republican Party.” “Boehner is being held hostage and prodded to make extreme cuts by the People.” You see, People, the statists are deathly afraid of the sleeping giant that has been awakened. They don’t like an electorate that pays attention. The electorate that they like is kept sedated with earmarks, told what to do and when to do it by the unions and community organizers, and dutifully pull the lever for them, and then go back to wherever the hell they came from.
They don’t like being outnumbered by millions who know the Constitution better than they do and will extract a price if they don’t do their jobs.
That’s my opinion; I’d like to know yours. Please comment below.
The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.—War Powers Resolution of 1973, Section 2(c)
How many times have we heard both during the 2008 presidential campaign and since that Barack Obama was a constitutional scholar? Where did he find the time? Between being a community organizer, a Illinois state legislator, a law school professor, U.S. Senator and presidential candidate, when did he find time for his constitutional scholarship?
It’s a term I haven’t heard for a while but it came back to me when listening to Mary Katherine Hamm comment on how President Barack Obama always seems to make the big speech, the bold pronouncement and then doesn’t follow through, rather leaving that to others. Back when the term was popular it stood for an important looking individual in a position of power with nothing inside.
The order in the Middle East has been crumbling, but it seems that the only place President Barack Obama knows where to lead is on the dance floor or when ramming through his socialist programs. When it comes to real solutions to fix the economy or on foreign policy he is utterly lost.
It seemed an unlikely place. But then so was Gettysburg. If you asked anyone at about the time the Tea Party started if Wisconsin would be a major battleground, I don’t think they would have agreed. But in the last few days, a new Republican governor has taken on the public unions and they have fought back with a vengeance. It is a battle they can little afford to lose.
President Barack Obama released his budget blueprint on the same day the White House says it expects the budget deficit for the current fiscal year ending in October to hit $1.65 trillion. His budget calls for spending cuts of $1 trillion spread out over ten years. Click to read more
Michelle Bachmann let off the three day CPAC conference with a keynote address that laid out the case against the current administration and the rule of Nancy Pelosi. Most of the focus of her talk was on raising the alarm on our current financial situation and its urgency.
