why don't we just start calling them our Politburo.
It's as is, they don't even care to remove their hand from the cookie jar now, when someone enters the kitchen!
They just don't give a hoot.
Posted on 11/21/2009 4:01:50 AM PST by IbJensen
At Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Oct. 29th press conference, a CNS News reporter asked, “Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?”
Speaker Pelosi responded, “Are you serious? Are you serious?” The reporter said, “Yes, yes, I am.” Not responding further, Ms. Pelosi shook her head and took a question from another reporter.
Later on, Ms. Pelosi’s press spokesman Nadeam Elshami told CNSNews.com about its question regarding constitutional authority mandating that individual Americans buy health insurance. “You can put this on the record. That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question.”
Suppose Congress was debating a mandate outlawing tea-party-type protests and other large gatherings criticizing Congress. A news reporter asks Ms. Pelosi where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to outlaw peaceable assembly. How would you feel if she answered, “Are you serious? Are you serious?” and ignored the question. And what if, later on, someone from her office sent you a press release, as was sent to CNS News, saying that Congress has “broad power to regulate activities that have an effect on interstate commerce,” pointing out that demonstrations cause traffic jams, and therefore, interferes with interstate commerce?
Speaker Pelosi’s constitutional contempt, perhaps ignorance, is representative of the majority of members of both the House and the Senate. Their comfort in that ignorance and constitutional contempt, and how readily they articulate it, should be worrisome for every single American.
It’s not a matter of whether you are for or against Congress’ health care proposals. It’s not a matter of whether you’re liberal or conservative, black or white, male or female, Democrat or Republican or member of any other group. It’s a matter of whether we are going to remain a relatively free people or permit the insidious encroachment on our liberties to continue.
Where in the U.S. Constitution does it authorize Congress to force Americans to buy health insurance? If Congress gets away with forcing us to buy health insurance, then down the line, what else will they force us to buy; or do you naively think they will stop with health insurance? We shouldn’t think that the cure to Congress’ unconstitutional heavy-handedness will end if we only elect Republicans. Republicans have demonstrated nearly as much constitutional contempt as have Democrats. The major difference is the significant escalation of that contempt under today’s Democratically controlled Congress and White House with the massive increase in spending, their proposed legislation and the appointment of tyrannical czars to control our lives. It’s a safe bet that if and when Republicans take over the Congress and White House, they will not give up the massive increase in control over our lives won by the Democrats.
In each new session of Congress since 1995, John Shadegg, R., Ariz., has introduced the Enumerated Powers Act, a measure “To require Congress to specify the source of authority under the United States Constitution for the enactment of laws, and for other purposes.” The highest number of co-sponsors it has ever had in the House of Representatives is 54 and it has never had co-sponsors in the Senate until this year, when 22 senators signed up. The fact that less than 15 percent of the Congress supports such a measure demonstrates the kind of contempt our elected representatives have for the rules of the game — our Constitution.
If you asked the questions: Which way is our nation heading, tiny steps at a time? Are we headed toward more liberty, or are we headed toward greater government control over our lives? I think the answer is unambiguously the latter — more government control over our lives.
Are there any signs on the horizon that the direction is going to change? If we don’t see any, we should not be surprised. After all, mankind’s standard fare throughout his history, and in most places today, is arbitrary control and abuse by government.
Even Thomas Jefferson spoke of this:
"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
A Constitutional Convention is needed to take back States rights and limit the Federal Govt.
It’s not a matter of whether you are for or against Congress’ health care proposals. It’s not a matter of whether you’re liberal or conservative,Here I must differ. If you don't care about the Constitution, you are not a conservative - at least, not an American conservative.
black or white, male or female, Democrat or Republican or member of any other group. It’s a matter of whether we are going to remain a relatively free people or permit the insidious encroachment on our liberties to continue.
Where in the U.S. Constitution does it authorize Congress to force Americans to buy health insurance? If Congress gets away with forcing us to buy health insurance, then down the line, what else will they force us to buy; or do you naively think they will stop with health insurance?
The irony is that the government actually is opposing health insurance. Think about it, what is "insurance?" It is a hedge against catastrophe. What does the Democratic Congress want "health insurance" to be? They want it to cover everything - everything except the really expensive last year of your life. They want to sell - say rather, force you to buy - "insurance" which covers oil changes but not collisions.
That’s insanity. If you wanted to hand the progressives a tool to gut what’s left of the Constitution, you couldn’t do better than that. Our system is fine! The problem is that the scum in DC are pissing all over the rules and not being called to account for it.
Our government is killing us and since, at least at this time, we outnumber the government, it's long past time to take a large cleaver to this octopus!
Put these liberal pansies on unemployment, but while we're at it slash that program!
No pensions, no perks. Just unemployment until the idiots are able to find useful work like emptying garbage, washing dishes or flipping burgers!
“They will have to be bodily thrown from the buildings of Congress into the Potomac River. “
Don’t rule it out.
why don't we just start calling them our Politburo.
It's as is, they don't even care to remove their hand from the cookie jar now, when someone enters the kitchen!
They just don't give a hoot.
Yes, Very True.
A number of us will not be around to witness someone playing Daniel to their Belshazzar, but what a day that will be!
Mr. niteowl77
Not contempt, not ignorance! It is just plain disregard. There golden ring of power is at hand - a small committee of party loyalists in Washington DC deciding, no bargaining the health and well being of all Americans (and illegals). The blood is in the water, Professor. Nancy is a true leftists.
Alexis de Tocqueville
But what about “conservaties” who say we should not care that a man who knew he was not consittutionally qualified ran for President and committed fraud continually in doing so?
Obama is uniting Americans much like the villagers were united by the specter of Frankenstein! Another infamous monster excepting ours is ‘alive, he’s alive!’
From where, pray tell, did you pluck this little thought?
Liberals and conservatives will not and should never be 'brought together'.
One of the things our family used to marvel about was the local farmers who would help each other in times of trouble - sometimes to degrees which were inspiring - only to be angry when one of them got a penny per bushel more for their corn, or be resentful if a neighbor seemed to be living just a little bit better.
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, "equal outcomes" being one of the attractions of the trip.
Mr. niteowl77
Kiida like: The lyrics of of the Iowa Song in The Music Man:
Oh, there’s nothing halfway
About the Iowa way to treat you,
When we treat you
Which we may not do at all.
There’s an Iowa kind of special
Chip-on-the-shoulder attitude.
We’ve never been without.
That we recall.
We can be cold
As our falling thermometers in December
If you ask about our weather in July.
And we’re so by God stubborn
We could stand touchin’ noses
For a week at a time
And never see eye-to-eye.
But what the heck, you’re welcome,
Join us at the picnic.
You can eat your fill
Of all the food you bring yourself.
You really ought to give Iowa a try.
Provided you are contrary,
We can be cold
As our falling thermometer in December
If you ask about our weather in July.
And we’re so by God stubborn
We can stand touchin’ noses
For a week at a time
And never see eye-to-eye.
But we’ll give you our shirt
And a back to go with it
If your crops should happen to die.
This is why I keep saying that the 2010 election will be the tipping point in American history.
We either tip right, back toward the Constitution and begin the healing process (which will be messy).
Or we tip left, into Civil War II.
Choose your candidates wisely (or run for office yourself). Vote wisely. And good luck.
Sh*t, if these damned liberals, rino's, moderates republicrats all really love socialism so damned much, give every one of them a one way ticket to Cuba with the instructions that they never ever come back.
I believe we should have an Amendment to the constitution for the United States requiring every one who runs for office must take a constitution test. The test should be in three parts submitted not by any Federal or state employee but, by an independent source outside of any government influence.
A passing grade will be no less then 95%. Anyone running for president will be required to submit a valid birth certificate 6 months prior to running. It must be posted to the internet, newspapers and be opened to scrutiny if any doubt is suspected.
It's too bad that America's first 'black' president turned out to be a phony communist because the cause of the American black has been set back several generations.
It may be a few more generations before the chance to elect a negro president could happen.
We all should now know that negro leaders aren't all like Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell and Justice Clarence Thomas because the others have spent too much time on the Democrat-Communist (and now muslim) plantation. They want nothing more than the destruction to ashes of America and its rebuilding into the communist paradise they envision.
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