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"We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles. The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves, in all cases to which they think themselves competent, (as in electing their functionaries executive and legislative, and deciding by a jury of themselves, in all judiciary cases in which any fact is involved,) or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Cartwright, 1824

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NEW MEANING TO OLD WORDS

 

    "Ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of the law." These words have taken on an entirely new meaning when applied to those who legislate and regulate. Where once the average citizen was expected to know and understand each law, we now have lawmakers that fail to read the laws they vote on. There are some legislators that claim to have read the thousands of pages. Why, then, do they fail to recognize the consequences of their actions? Why do the regulators fail to enforce the laws? Why do voters re-elect these miscreants? The over arching reason is IGNORANCE.

    In the name of "Political correctness", we fail to address the root causes of the countries problems. Inner city schools fail to educate their students. Blame is put on the teachers, and we don't speak of the failure of parents to encourage their children to learn or even attend school. Law enforcement is forbidden to profile criminals. The knowledge police officers have acquired through years of experience is wasted and crime goes on. Poor, uneducated people consistently vote for politicians that promise them a better life, yet they remain poor and uneducated. All the while those politicians grow fat and wealthy.

    Wall Street, Banks and large corporations are accused of greed in keeping the people down. While a few are greedy and take advantage for their own gains, most recognize people that earn more are better customers. It is those politicians that count on the votes of the downtrodden that don't wish them to succeed. This brings us back to IGNORANCE, the politicians friend.

OZ

 

 

 

 

Dwell on this!
 
"The Wizard of Oz" is 70 years old.  A remake would not be as good.  If Dorothy were to encounter men with no brain, no heart, and no courage today, she wouldn't be in Oz, she'd be in Congress.

The Queen's Jet (I will pass this on every time I receive it!)

 

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I don't care who you are ... Democrat, Republican, or Independent .... liberal or conservative ... blue state or red state ... you have to be appalled at the sheer gall of this woman!   This is QUEEN PELOSI'S NEW JET!!!  And the Democrats talk about Sarah's dresses??? Queen Pelosi wasn't happy with the small USAF C-20B jet, Gulfstream III, that comes with the Speaker's job ... OH NO!  Queen Pelosi was aggravated that this little jet had to stop to refuel, so she ordered a Big Fat, 200-seat, USAF C-32, Boeing 757 jet that could get her back to California without stopping!  I understand that a former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, flew commerical most of the time. Many, many legislators walked by and grinned with glee as Joe informed everyone of what Queen Nancy's Big Fat Jet costs us, the hard working American tax payers, literally thousands of gallons of fuel every week.. Since she only works 3 days a week, this gas guzzling jet gets fueled and she flies home to California every Friday and returns every Monday, at a cost to the taxpayers (YOU and ME are those taxpayers!) of about $60,000, one way! As Joe put it ..."unfortunately we have to pay to bring her back on Monday night and that costs us another $60,000!"  Taxpayers, that is $480,000 per month and that is an annual cost to us of $5,760,000!!!  No wonder she complains about the cost of this war ... it might cramp her style and she is styling on my back and yours.  I think of the military families in this country doing without and this woman, who heads up the most do-nothing Congress in the history of our country, keeps fueling that jet while doing nothing. Queen Pelosi wants you and me to conserve our carbon footprint.  She wants us to buy  smaller cars and Obama wants us to get a bicycle pump and air up our tires. Who do these people think they are???  Their motto is ... Don't do as I do ... JUST DO AS I SAY!  If you think this is outrageous, forward it to all those on your email list!  Keep in mind the figures above do NOT include the cost of plane or crew ... just the fuel!!!  One has to wonder what the total package costs us? And on top of that ... now she wants to tax our IRA's & 401K's! PASS THIS ON IF YOU CARE ABOUT ANYTHING AT ALL!

 

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MORE DEMOCRAT STUPIDITY

 

 

     The United States Senate just voted 100 to 0 to NOT cut Medicare benefits. They then proceeded to vote 58 to 42 (two democrats voting with republicans) to allow cutting $500 billion from the Medicare trust funds.  After the vote Senators Dodd and Baucus claimed the massive cut in Medicare Advantage was not a cut in Medicare, because it is a private plan. When confronted with page 50 of the Medicare handbook, which states Advantage is a Medicare option, they said it shouldn't be in the handbook.

    These fools are running the country. They shouldn't even be allowed out in public without a keeper. I had to turn off C-Span before they drive me to their Looney bin.

    Concurrently, President Obama held a jobs summit. The inspired purpose was to help create jobs. One thing however, was missing. The organizations that represent the business' that create the majority of jobs were not invited. He showed them what it means to disagree with him.

: Founder's Quote Daily

 

"We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all maters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer act a farce by pretending to it." --George Washington, letter to James Madison, 1785

 

THE TYRANNY OF CONGRESS

 

 

 

 

James Madison, the father of our constitution, explained, "The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite."

 

     The founding fathers had a misguided belief that members of congress would go to the Senate and the House to represent the State and the people that elected them. They feared a too powerful central government with a tyrant as President. The system of checks and balances they devised, with the legislative branch representative of the States and people was supposed to prevent an all powerful federal government.

     The Supreme Court was not given specific authorization to interpret the constitution, instead, the constitution left it to congress and to the justices of the court to develop the authorities and operations of the judicial branch. What has transpired over the years is that the Congress and the Court have conspired in striping the States of any authority. Sure the members of Congress bring pork home, but is this to make the states more dependent on a strong federal government? While the federal ability to tax in order to fund those thing the states can not provide is vital, they now fund everything from state roads to grants for most local projects.

     When did you last hear a member of congress speaking out for states rights?  They do beg for more federal funds for education and other federally mandated programs. This is taxpayer money that never should have gone to Washington. Most of the programs rightfully belong to decisions of the states. One might conclude that congressional members have come to only represent Washington.

 

A GOVERNMENT STRONG ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING, IS STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE IT AWAY.

AMERICA UNDER SIEGE

 

 

 

 

          "MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL" -------------"MONEY IS THE MOTHERS MILK OF POLITICS"

    Two sayings that are linked together to the detriment of our country. I am NOT attacking capitalism, I am attacking a political system that is for sale to the highest bidder. Campaign contributions are only one concern. Money flows to our elected officials through speaking fees, Jobs for relatives, political action committees, insider deals, cash in an envelope, campaign workers or any other way money or things of value can be transferred.

     The money is not just from domestic sources, but a great deal comes legally and illegally from foreign sources. Most of it is hard to prove, particularly when the recipient is making the laws and overseeing law enforcement. The money is distributed to both political parties, often from the same source covering their bets. It would follow that most, if not all, government agencies have been infiltrated by people on the payroll of companies, organizations or even governments with an agenda. During Watergate, Deep Throat advised, "Follow the Money." That holds true, more than ever, today.

    An interesting example, that should be of great concern is, Saudi Prince Alalwed Bin-Talal. The Prince is the richest Saudi and 16th richest in the world. He funds Muslim-Christian Understanding centers at major American universities, including Harvard,. He is the largest investor in Citigroup. The concern comes from his senior advisor, Kahlid Al Monsour. He was the mentor to Black Panther Party founder Huey Newton and his cohort, Bobby Seale. Al Monsour aided in getting Obama admitted to the Harvard Law School. There is some question as to who paid Obama's tuition. There are lots of questions for which there have been no answers.

    Where is taxpayer money being funneled?  Jeff Jones, former member of (SDS) Students for a Democratic Society and leader of the Weather Underground is now part of the Apollo Group. According to Senator Harry Reid, the Apollo group wrote the Obama stimulus bill. What is that all about? I would think even the strongest Obama supporter would be concerned when a private group is involved in the distribution of $787 billion dollars of taxpayer money.
 

The American Spectator The Man Who Despises America

The Obama Watch

The Man Who Despises America

By Mark Hyman on 11.11.09 @ 6:09AM

The very next paragraph is going to make the nut jobs on the far left excitable beyond belief. I am not referring to all Democrats or even a majority of liberals. I am singling out the "they've-lost-all-touch-with-reality" crowd. This includes Media Matters for America led by the admitted hit-and-run, drunk-driving serial liar. The group includes the unshaven, bathrobe-clad unemployed who live in their mother's basement and are devout followers of MoveOn.Org. It is also the bitter, aging spinster working at the New York Times, the morbidly obese documentary film maker, and cable TV news' resident drama queen who hosts MSNBC's Countdown. They are about to simultaneously suffer from brain aneurisms. So without further delay, I'll say it.

Barack Obama despises America.

When people who voted for Obama in 2008 -- including registered Democrats -- start speaking in normal conversational voices at dinner parties, neighborhood gatherings and PTA meetings that the over-inflated ego from Chicago has it "in for America," then it's clear most reasonable people have reached the same conclusion.

The central conviction of Obama's ideology is that America is guilty of limitless moral failures and is the chief architect of the world's ills. Obama has boundless enmity for America, its key institutions, and its longtime allies. Consider these facts.

The 30-years of Obama's post-adolescent life are radical by any measure. First, he grew up listening to the ramblings of committed Communist Frank Marshall Davis. It had such a profound effect on him that he wrote fondly of Davis in his first book. In fact, that book is replete with statement after statement about how the U.S. is deeply flawed. Most Americans believe in American exceptionalism. Not so with Obama.

Patriotic Americans would not have listened to the bigoted, anti-Semitic, hate-America rants of a fringe religious leader for 20 seconds let alone for 20 years. Yet, Obama who admitted he attended services at Trinity United Church at least twice a month for two decades called Jeremiah Wright his mentor and his moral sounding board.

Nor would most Americans cultivate a close friendship with an admitted domestic terrorist and his wife whose most notable life's accomplishments were to set off bombs that killed and maimed innocent people.

Joining Al Sharpton and Jeremiah Wright in organizing attendance at Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's 1995 march on Washington is beyond imaginable. Especially after Farrakhan demonstrated public support for Colonel Muammar Qaddafi during the Libyan Leader's most bellicose years against the U.S., which included Libyan complicity in numerous terrorist attacks.

Obama's view of America in national security and foreign affairs is profoundly disappointing to say the least.

Americans overwhelmingly view the men and women who saved Europe and the Far East during World War II as comprising the Greatest Generation. By his comments and actions, President Obama obviously thinks otherwise.

Obama did not honor American greatness on the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift while on his first European trip. Instead, he accused "America [of having] shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive" toward its European allies.

He also denigrated the accomplishments of the American G.I. during World War II in the Pacific theater when he offered a thinly veiled apology for the U.S. having dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those acts brought the war to a swift conclusion, perhaps saving hundreds of thousands of lives when it appeared Japan was prepared to wage an island-by-island battle to the last man.

Obama ordered the release of the so-called CIA "torture memos," seriously damaging delicate intelligence relations with allied nations and placing at grave risk the safety of U.S. intelligence officers working overseas. The impact of his action handcuffs the ability of U.S. intelligence officials to protect the U.S. and American interests from acts of terrorism.

In a matter of weeks last spring, Obama gave deference to a variety of belligerent leaders while stiff-arming longtime American allies. First, he called for closer relations with Cuba while ignoring that nation's long list of continuing human rights abuses. Then he warmly welcomed Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez at an Organization of American States summit.

Next, he failed to respond and set the record straight after Nicaragua's Communist leader Daniel Ortega listed alleged U.S. crimes and atrocities during a nearly one-hour rant at the OAS meeting. It is unsettling that in his own remarks Obama incorrectly claimed the OAS has 36 members rather than the actual 34. Ortega and the hemisphere's other Socialist leaders claim the OAS would include 36 members if Cuba and an independent Puerto Rico were allowed to join. Mere coincidence or Freudian slip?

Immediately following the OAS embarrassments, Obama ignored a request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet. Obama would repeat this snub six months later before agreeing at the last moment to meet Netanyahu after the Israeli leader was en route the U.S.

In his speech before the Muslim world, Obama made the patently absurd claim of equivalency between the status of displaced Palestinians and the slaughter of millions of Jews during the Holocaust. His claim that 7 million Muslims live in the U.S. is a figure inflated by as much as 700%.

In an earlier speech, Obama claimed that the U.S. is not a Christian nation, which is at odds with the fact that 79% of Americans self-identify as Christians and the nation's founders were devout Christians.

In less than six months in office, Obama apologized for Guantanamo Bay; for alleged mistakes committed by the CIA; for U.S. policy in the Americas; for America's history of slavery; for "sacrificing [American] values;" for "hasty decisions" in the war on terror; for "America's standing in the world;" for American errors in foreign policy; and for U.S. relations with the Muslim world.

He pronounced Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology acceptable and he warned Netanyahu against targeting Iran's nuclear facilities. Obama's approach to Iran is eerily similar to that of Jimmy Carter, whose actions contributed to the fall of that nation into the control of Islamic radicals.

This summer, the door to greater individual freedoms in Iran was firmly closed shut when Obama announced the U.S would not meddle in Iran's election and he offered no encouragement to democracy activists who protested the obviously stolen elections. His silence was deafening when regime security agents savagely attacked and killed countless Iranians who took to the streets.

In contrast to his deference to anti-American leaders such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, and Daniel Ortega, Obama strong-armed Netanyahu on key Israeli matters. In addition to snubbing the Israeli Prime Minister's requests to meet, Obama demanded an end to Israeli settlements and insisted on the creation of a two-state Palestine solution.

Obama abandoned NATO members Poland and the Czech Republic by canceling the central Europe missile defense plan just as rogue nations North Korea and Iran make advances in nuclear and ballistic missile production. The cancellation was demanded by Moscow authorities who have adopted a more confrontational posture toward the west.

Solidarity with freedom-loving East Germans has been a staple of the American presidency for nearly 50 years. John Kennedy pronounced himself a Berliner. Ronald Reagan demanded Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev "Tear down this wall!" Yet, this bricks and mortar icon of first, Soviet totalitarianism, and then, second, the end of Soviet domination did not make the cut as Obama chose not to attend the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall. In the summer of 2008, Obama altogether skipped mentioning the role of the U.S. -- or even the West, for that matter -- in bringing down the wall, instead crediting "a world that stands as one."

Obama's disagreement with American values and institutions is evident in domestic issues. He has stocked his administration with wild-eyed radicals who believe foreign law trumps the U.S. Constitution (Harold Koh); include an avowed Marxist and "truther" who believes George Bush was complicit in the 9/11 attack and is also an ardent supporter of cop-killer Mumia Abu Jamal (Van Jones); and include a devoted admirer of Mao Tse-tung who slaughtered as many as 75 million people (Anita Dunn). (In contrast, George W. Bush's Attorney-General nominee John Ashcroft was savaged by the news media for being an Evangelical Christian.)

Three weeks after America's first black president was sworn in, the nation's first black Attorney-General who was hand-picked by Obama, called America "a nation of cowards" for some perceived race relations shortfall. The understood meaning of Eric Holder's comments is that white people are still racists. However, the reality is the people most preoccupied with fomenting the racial divide are those who populate the ranks of the Obama Administration.

Obama's Homeland Secretary designated military veterans as terrorists-in-waiting to be equally as dangerous as other domestic terrorists including pro-lifers and citizens opposed to the flood of illegal aliens.

One of Obama's very few suggestions to cut into his $1.4 trillion budget deficit was to have servicemen and women pay for their own war injuries. He's all for providing free health care to illegal aliens but believes wounded warriors should foot their own hospital bills. In fact, the Defense Department is about the only sector of government in which Obama has proposed slashing spending.

Hours after a belligerent "African-American Studies" Harvard professor engaged in behavior unbefitting anyone let alone a professional man, Obama accused the exceedingly tolerant Cambridge police officers as having "acted stupidly" and then digressed into how people of color have been unfairly treated by white America.

Bush was prolific in quietly and privately visiting the military wounded and family of the fallen. In contrast, Obama attempted to make political capital of his one visit to Dover Air Force Base. Obama's motives were so transparent that families of 17 of the 18 fallen denied permission for Obama to engage in a photo-op alongside the returning caskets.

In May, Obama immediately issued a statement that he was "shocked and outraged by the murder" of a Kansas doctor specializing in partial-birth abortions. He called it a "heinous act of violence." Attorney-General Holder mobilized U.S. Marshals nationwide to provide protection to abortion clinics.

But Obama remained silent the very next day when two U.S. soldiers were gunned down by a Muslim extremist outside a Little Rock recruiting station. After repeated prodding for a presidential comment, the White House faxed an after-hours statement to select media outlets two days later offering a tepid remark that Obama was "saddened" without even mentioning the soldiers were murdered.

Five months later, another Muslim fanatic gunned down nearly four dozen Americans, killing 13, at the Ft. Hood army base. It was an act that demanded the most serious demeanor of the military's Commander-in-Chief. Yet, Obama referenced the massacre in the most insincere fashion just seconds after a jocular shout-out to an audience member during a public speaking engagement. It was the equivalent of attending a funeral in swimwear while en route to the beach.

The odd inadvertent comment or occasional verbal faux pas can be explained away as just that. However, Obama has a lifetime of comments and actions including 10 months as president that belie his real attitude toward the U.S. The difference between Obama and his immediate predecessors such as Ronald Reagan, the George Bushes and Bill Clinton who actually revere and honor the greatness of America and its citizens and institutions cannot be overstated. 

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: PUNCTUATION IS POWERFUL

 

 

 

    The Founding Fathers, James Madison in particular, were very intelligent men. It is very likely they understood that punctuation can change the meaning of a sentence. Many of them commented that the Constitution meant what it said. As the Congress works on the health care legislation, which some claim is authorized by the welfare clause, we need to understand what it says.

    Article 1, Section 8 - as written,

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imports and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imports and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

* Please note the use of punctuation and the capitalization of certain words. Pay particular attention to the words, general welfare. The words are NOT capitalized nor separated by punctuation. I would argue that general welfare refers to the common Defense and NOT to anything else.

 

    There are eighteen (18) powers enumerated in Section 8. The shortest consists of six (6) words. "To provide and maintain a Navy" It would seem logical that should they have intended general welfare to have a different meaning, it would have been written as a separate power. The three words, and general welfare would not be in the sentence, but would have been a nineteenth (19) power. I think it would have been written something like this, -

   "To provide for the General Welfare and Health of the United States"

* I seek comments from Legal scholars and English teachers on the meaning of general welfare in this context. I feel the Courts have become too politicized to render an objective opinion. The actions of the Courts, since the 1930s have made the Constitution virtually meaningless.

 

REAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

 

 

 

 

   The dictionary defines "BRIBE"  as, anything given or promised as an inducement. How often have our elected officials told us the large campaign contributions, they receive do not effect their votes? Why, then, do their votes almost always benefit the contributor? I will focus on Washington, where the largest BRIBES take place, but state and local officials can be equally guilty.

    A Congressman is appointed to a particular committee and suddenly the industry regulated, by that committee, starts making contributions. Are we to believe they, just then, realized what a fine person the Congressman is? A campaign committee, with a finance chairman receives the money and many in Congress claim they were not aware of the contribution. Is this plausible? An executive a large corporation bundles many small contributions and they claim it does not influence their votes in favor of the corporation.  I am reminded of a Louisiana Congressman who claimed $10,000 dollars that was given to his wife, by a Korean businessman was unknown to him. If your wife received $10,000 dollars, do you think she wouldn't tell you? Members of both political parties engage in this practice, however, due to recent events, I will focus on just one.

   Trial lawyers are one of the largest contributors, if not the largest, to the Democrat party. The independent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) states $54 billion dollars could be saved by "TORT REFORM" yet no pending legislation on health care includes any reform. Do you believe this is just a coincidence? Former Congressman Jefferson, of Louisiana was caught with $90,000 dollars in his freezer, for this he was convicted of accepting a BRIBE. Former Congressman Cunningham is in jail and Congressman Traficant was just released for similar offenses. It is obvious that the Congress will do nothing to cut off this funding source unless the people demand prosecution for this practice. The ethics panels do nothing, probably do to the members being as guilty as those they investigate It is almost amusing that so many members of Congress are former prosecutors, and yet they see nothing wrong or illegal in accepting money from those they oversee, as long as it's kept in a campaign account. To my mind this is a distinction without a difference.

THE SUPREME COURT

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Other than establishing it, Article III of the U. S. Constitution, spells out neither the most vital specific duties, powers nor organization of the Supreme Court.

 

"the judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress from time to time ordain and establish."  (it goes on to enumerate many things,but is silent on determining the constitutionality of laws passed by congress or the states)

 

    Instead, the Constitution left it to Congress and to the justices of the Court itself to develop the authorities and operations of the entire judicial branch of government.

 

     The very first bill introduced in the United States Senate was the Judiciary act of 1789. It called for the Supreme Court to consist of a Chief Justice and only five Associate Justices. The act also created the position of U. S. Attorney General and assigned the power to nominate Supreme Court Justices to the President of the United States with the approval of the Senate. It was not until 1869 when the number of Justices was set at nine.

      Lacking any specific direction from the Constitution it was not until 1801 when John Marshall became the fourth Chief Justice that He took clear and firm steps to define the role and powers of both the Supreme Court and the Judiciary system. In 1803 in the case of Marbury vs. Madison the Supreme Court, itself, established its power to interpret the U. S. Constitution and to determine the constitutionality of laws passed by congress and the state legislatures.

      For about 150 years,the Congress avoided passing any legislation that might violate the Constitution. When the administration of Roosevelt came into office at the start of the great depression the national debt was $19.5 billion. He threatened to pack the Supreme Court while he forced thru questionable legislation. Ten of these were brought before the Court and eight were ruled unconstitutional. The Court caved on the other two in order to save themselves and the floodgate was opened. Even before the start of WW II the national debt rose to about $400 billion, now reaching $13.3 Trillion.

 

    It seems to me, a lay person, that Congress forfeited its responsibities  to determine a good part of what is the law. I believe the founding fathers assumed Congress and the Supreme Court would understand the meaning of the words they inscribed.  However, a President made his will supreme. Today, the congress continues to leave  to the President and to others, the writing of legislation and even fails to read what others have written.. Are they but expensive ornaments or entertainers to bedazzle the uninformed?

    

ABUSE OR FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION?

 

 

 

   Section 8, article 1, commonly referred to as the"WELFARE CLAUSE" and article 3 , commonly referred to as the "COMMERCE CLAUSE" are used to project Washington's power over the States. In order to determine if this is abuse or following the powers granted by the constitution, one should examine Amendments IX and X to determine the intent of the framers.

 

Amendment IX - The enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

 

Amendment X - The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

 

Welfare Clause - The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imports and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imports and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

 

Commerce Clause - To regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and the Indian tribes.

 

    The Congress has interpreted the "General Welfare" as giving it the power as authorizing federal laws governing health care, education, the environment and even the sex lives of the people. The Commerce Clause, which was intended to prevent trade barriers between the states has been broadly interpreted as authority for a host of regulations which have come to include the takeover of private companies.

    The Constitution is the supreme law of the Nation and words do have meaning. It is for the reader to determine if these words are being twisted or adhered to.

  

Fw: HELP FOR DR. KEVORKIAN

 

    It is possible that the United States Congress is planning to continue the work of Dr. Kevorkian. Perhaps a former States attorney, such as Congressman Kratovil, can give us his opinion on assisted suicide. While the proposed health care legislation does not actually provide poison, I think it comes close to advocating suicide.

   There is a provision that would require doctors to provide end of life counseling. I suspect the advice would be along the line of, when a doctor informs you of your imminent death, you should not ask to be kept alive in the hope of a cure.

Where does a panel that will cost justify medical treatment, based on your age, become forced suicide ? Perhaps, that might be man slaughter. Another panel will consider the odds of a satisfactory outcome for your treatment. I think that demands that doctors violate the Hippocratic oath they swore to.This could be more than one crime. There certainly are some moral and ethical issues to be considered.

    If you buy into this, off you go to a Hospice. There you will be kept drugged and comfortable waiting to die. You have probably agreed to the withholding of nutrition and fluids. Now the question becomes, will you die of the disease or of dehydration. It takes about a week for dehydration to kill you. How would an objective prosecutor view the Congressional plan ?

ONCE UPON A TIME, IN WASHINGTON

 

 

  Once upon a time, our government worked together for the common good. The bill of rights (first ten amendments) was added to the Constitution in order to reach unity of purpose. In my lifetime I witnessed, for better or worse, Tip O'Neil working with Ronald Reagan, Ted Kennedy working with George W Bush and even Bill Clinton working with Newt Gingrich.

   Enter the era of Pelosi. She with stalwarts such as Waxman, Waters, Frank, Murtha and on the Senate side, Reid, Schumer, Dodd, Leahy and Boxer have succeeded in turning governing into a winner take all game. If they, with Obama, truly believed this is a great country, why would they be calling for FUNDAMENTAL change?

   There certainly are problems that need to be addressed. Most were either caused by the congress or were a failure of government agencies to exercise oversight, thus allowing companies to abuse the public trust. I find it difficult to believe that any fix would require over 2,000 pages of legalize to correct. Why the mad rush to pass legislation to correct a problem that took a hundred years to develop? Is the answer simply to get it passed before anyone knows what they are doing?

   The first step in problem solving is to determine who owns the problem. If it were a public company whose problem was rooted in prior ownership, it is the present owner that bears responsibility. In the case of our country it is the present Congress and administration. I wonder why I can find no legislation that makes it criminal for a President or Congressman to lie to the public.

MEDICARE WASTE AND FRAUD

 

 

 

 

      How would waste and fraud be eliminated from Medicare? To find a possible answer, we must examine the administrative cost of private insurance companies and compare it to Medicare. The private companies have a cost in the neighborhood of 20%.  Medicare claims about 6%, a 14% difference. How can that be?

     Start with Medicare premiums that are collected by the Social Security Administration and not charged to Medicare. The need for clerks to track billing has been eliminated from Medicare. The real meat of the matter is the private companies have staff to review claims in order to eliminate waste and fraud. It is obvious that Medicare does not. The cost to the federal government, last year, for Medicare and Medicaid was $807 billion dollars. Fifty (50) billion in waste and fraud is 7% of the cost. One might conclude that creating a bureaucracy to eliminate the waste and fraud would cost more than the loss. Evidently prior administrations came to the conclusion that the cost to control waste and fraud was more than the theft. A prime example is the IRS. Laws and agents exist and yet payment of taxes, by everyone, can't be enforced.

     Since 1970, Medicaid's per-patient costs have risen 35% more, and Medicare's 34% MORE, than all other health care in America. President Obama and his congressional lackey's say we must expand government -run health care to contain costs. Nearly forty (40) YEARS OF EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE HAS SUCCEEDED ONLY IN RAISING COSTS. Why would we believe a public option would be any better?

      Forty three percent (43%) of Medicaid costs are paid for by the states. However, the proposed legislation calls for 100% of additional enrolled to be paid for by the states until 2015 when it drops to 91%.Estimates are that 13 million people will be added to the Medicaid rolls. Estimate 3,250,000 households at a projected cost of $8,955 each, that's real money to be absorbed by the states. No one seems to know what waste and fraud exist at the state level. I am coming to believe a waste and fraud lobby group exists in Washington. There is not enough waste and fraud in the private insurance companies, so they call on government to create more.

IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT ?

 

 

 

 

   These figures are from the national debt clock. The national debt now exceeds twelve trillion dollars and is rapidly climbing. There are currently 138,422,153 workers in the country and about 15 million unemployed. 29,732,100 of the workers pay no income tax. 17,372,435 people work for the federal, state or local government, thus their salaries are paid by the taxpayer. This leaves 91,317,618 people supporting the country.

    The top 1% of taxpayers, 913,176 pay over half the taxes and the government wants them to pay more. There are 10,169,740 illegal's in the country. 37,625,087 people collect food stamps. With 308,003,036 citizens in the country, it seems the major taxpayers are entitled to minority status.

    It is fairly obvious that this group of top taxpayers are victims of government discrimination. If I were one of them, I would sue. Is this a great country or what ?

THE FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA

 

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.         The Fundamental Transformation of America When Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a youth by Frank, (Frank Marshall Davis) an avowed Communist, people said it didn't matter.   When it was discovered that his grandparents,were strong socialists, sent Obama's mother to a socialist school, introduced Frank Marshall Davis to young Obama, People said it didn't matter.   When people found out that he was enrolled as a Muslim child in school and his father and step father were both Muslims, people said it didn't matter. When he wrote in another book he authored "I will stand with them (Muslims) should the political winds shift in an ugly direction." people said it didn't matter. When he admittedly, in his book,said he chose Marxist friends and professors in college, people said it didn't matter. When he traveled to Pakistan , after college on an unknown national passport, people said it didn't matter. When he sought the endorsement of the Marxist party in 1996 as he ran for the Illinois Senate, people said it doesn't matter.   When he sat in a Chicago Church for twenty years and listened to a preacher spew hatred for America and preach black liberation theology, people said it didn't matter. When an independent Washington organization, that tracks senate voting records, gave him the distinctive title as the "most liberal senator", people said it didn't matter. When the Palestinians in Gaza , set up a fund raising telethon to raise money for his election campaign, people said it didn't matter.   When his voting record supported gun control, people said it didn't matter. When he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign, as other candidates had done, people said it didn't matter. When he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan and Mummar Kadaffi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.   When it was pointed out that he was a total, newcomer and had absolutely no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it didn't matter.   When he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn't matter.     When his voting record in the Illinois senate and in the U.S. Senate came into question, people said it didn't matter.     When he refused to wear a flag, lapel pin and did so only after a public outcry, people said it didn't matter..   When people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn't matter. When he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, people said it didn't matter. When he surrounded himself in the White house with advisors who were pro gun control, pro abortion, pro homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition people said it didn't matter.   When he aired his views on abortion, homosexuality and a host of other issues, people said it didn't matter.   When he said he favors sex education in Kindergarten, including homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn't matter. When his background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing could be found about him, people said it didn't matter.     When the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to produce a birth certificate, people said it didn't matter.   When he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezco, a man of questionable character, who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home, people said it didn't matter.   When it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist, spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn't matter.   When he started appointing czars that were radicals, revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist/Communist, people said it didn't matter.   When he stood before the nation and told us that his intentions were to "fundamentally transform this nation" into something else, people said it didn't matter.   When it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn't matter.   When he appointed a cabinet members and several advisors who were tax cheats and socialist, people said it didn't matter.   When he appointed a science czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers, people said it didn't matter.   When he appointed Cass Sunstein as regulatory czar and he believes in "Explicit Consent", harvesting human organs with out family consent, and to allow animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people said it didn't matter.   When he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual, and organizer of a group called gay, lesbian, straight, Education network, as safe school czar and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers, people said it didn't matter.   When he appointed Mark Lloyd as diversity czar and he believed in curtailing free speech, taking from one and giving to another to spread the wealth and admires Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.   When Valerie Jarrett was selected as Obama's senior White House advisor and she is an avowed Socialist, people said it didn't matter.   When Anita Dunn, White House Communications director said Mao Tse Tung was her favorite philosopher and the person she turned to most for inspiration, people said it didn't matter.    When he appointed Carol Browner as global warming czar, and she is a well known socialist working on Cap and trade as the nations largest tax, people said it doesn't matter. When he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as green energy czar, who since had to resign when this was made known, people said it didn't matter.   When Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for health and human services secretary could not be confirmed, because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn't matter.   When as president of the United States ,he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , people said it didn't matter.   When he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once talking of her greatness, people said it didn't matter.   When his actions concerning the middle-east seemed to support the Palestinians over Israel , our long time friend, People said it doesn't matter.   When he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to the United States , people said it doesn't matter.   When he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense system against the Russians, People said it doesn't matter.    When he played politics in Afghanistan by  not sending troops the Field Commanders said we had to have to win, people said it didn't matter. When he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not pay it off, people said it didn't matter.     When he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used it to pay off organizations, unions and individuals that got him elected, people said it didn't matter.   When he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc. people said it didn't matter.   When he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the government, people said it didn't matter.     When he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it under government control, people said it didn't matter. When he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy in the United States through Cap and Trade, people said it didn't matter.   When he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist State , people finally woke up........ but it was too late.  Any one of these things, in and of themselves does not really matter.  But.... when you add them up one by one you get a phenomenal score that points to the fact that our Obama is determined to make America over into a Marxist/Socialist society.  All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place.  All can be documented very easily.  Before you disavow this, do an internet search.  The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone.  You and I will write that paragraph.  Will it read as above or will it be a more happy ending for most of America ?  Personally, I like happy endings.  If you are an Obama Supporter, please do not be angry with me because I think your president is a socialist. There are too many facts supporting this.  If you seek the truth you will be richer for it.  Don't just belittle the opposition.  Search for the truth.  I did.  Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Constitutionalist, Libertarians and what have you, we all need to pull together.  We all must pull together or watch the demise of a society that we all love and cherish.  If you are a religious person, pray for our nation.  Never before in the history of America have we been confronted with problems so huge that the very existence of our country is in jeopardy.  Don't rely on most television news and what you read in the newspapers for the truth.  Search the internet.  Yes, there is a lot of bad information, lies and distortions there too but you are smart enough to spot the fallacies.  Newspapers are a dying breed.  They are currently seeking a bailout from the government.  Do you really think they are about to print the truth?  Obama praises all the television news networks except Fox who he has waged war against.  There must be a reason.  He does not call them down on any specifics, just a general battle against them.  If they lie, he should call them out on it but he doesn't.  Please, find the truth, it will set you free. Our biggest enemy is not China , Russia , or  Iran ; no, our biggest enemy is a contingent of politicians in Washington DC .

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