Can it stop bullets, Neo-style?
Cuz it's gonna have to if it keeps this up much longer.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Does anyone know who is running against this moron?
The sad thing is he’ll probably be reelected.
This guy comes across as a senile old codger who is wrestling with the first signs of alzheimers. He doesn’t need to be in a leadership position in this country.
My father served in World War II and served again, when recalled, in the Koran War. I have no doubt that my father is calling from his grave for us to expose and vote out arrogant Elitist, anti-American, anti-freedom, destroyers like Pete Stark from office. My father, I am sure, would consider politicians like Pete Stark a power-hungry traitor and a disgrace to all those who sacrificed to keep us free.
I know that I have no power in this struggle other than to wake up everyone I can to the premeditated and obvious destruction of our Constitution, the destruction to our security, the destruction to our economy, the destruction to our future, and the plotted theft of our freedom by the worthless human debris in this Regime and this Congress.
I know that Freepers and patriots join me in this struggle to expose these Elitist politicians and the dangers facing us.
No, it's past time to enact strict term limits to prevent politicians from believing that they are members of a special, ruling, elitist class.
If anyone hasn’t actually watched the whole youtube clip, it’s worth it. You’re just hearing part of the exchange on the radio. Kimberly does a great job of cornering the guy into stating what libs actually think of their power and of the Constitutional limits thereof.
As far as I know, Stark is the only elected Atheist in Congress. The view that human rights originate from God is rejected by Stark. This is why I believe that an Atheist cannot in good conscience serve in public office. According to the Declaration of Independence, the authors believed that it was the role of the government to protect those God given rights. If there is no God, as Stark believes, our rights come from the state (federal government). In this case the state is god and absolute. Stark is being consistent with his views although his views are in direct contradiction to those of the Founding Fathers. Stark is living proof of just how far we have deviated from our founding as a nation.
The arrogance of power from a taxpayer paid employee. He needs to be fired so he can crawl back under the slimy rock he came from.
And another one might be necessary if the ballot box does not provide relief either due to shenanigans or due to the "effectiveness" of public education.
Fortney was the product of a hand-job on a hot rock in August.
In order to defeat these ignorant so-called "progressives" and restore liberty, American citizens mush study and understand their Constitution's bounds and limits on government power.
The following essay is a beginning. It is from "Our Ageless Constitution."
The Constitution was devised with an ingenious and intricate built-in system of checks and balances to guard the people's liberty against combinations of government power. It structured the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary separate and wholly independent as to function, but coordinated for proper operation, with safeguards to prevent usurpations of power. Only by balancing each against the other two could freedom be preserved, said John Adams.
Another writer of the day summarized clearly the reasons for such checks and balances:
"If the LEGISLATIVE and JUDICIAL powers are united, the MAKER of the law will also INTERPRET it (constitutionality).
Should the EXECUTIVE and LEGISLATIVE powers be united... the EXECUTIVE power would make itself absolu te, and the government end in tyranny.
Should the EXECUTIVE and JUDICIAL powers be united, the subject (citizen) would then have no permanent security of his person or property.
"INDEED, the dependence of any of these powers upon either of the others ... has so often been productive of such calamities... that the page of history seems to be one continued tale of human wretchedness." (Theophilus Parsons, ESSEX RESULTS)
What were some of these checks and balances believed so important to individual liberty? Several are listed below:
HOUSE (peoples representatives) is a check on SENATE - no statute becomes law without its approval.
SENATE is a check on HOUSE - no statute becomes law without its approval. (Prior to 17th Amendment, SENATE was appointed by State legislatures as a protection for states' rights - another check the Founders provided.)
EXECUTIVE (President) can restrain both HOUSE and SENATE by using Veto Power.
LEGISLATIVE (Congress - Senate & House) has a check on EXECUTIVE by being able to pass, with 2/3 majority, a bill over President's veto.
LEGISLATIVE has further check on EXECUTIVE through power of discrimination in appropriation of funds for operation of EXECUTIVE.
EXECUTIVE (President) must have approval of SENATE in filling important posts in EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
EXECUTIVE (President) must have approval of SENATE before treaties with foreign nations can be effective.
LEGISLATIVE (Congress) can conduct investigations of EXECUTIVE to see if funds are properly expended and laws enforced.
EXECUTIVE has further check on members of LEGISLATIVE (Congress) in using discretionary powers in decisions regarding establishment of military bases, building & improvement of navigable rivers, dams, interstate highways, etc., in districts of those members.
JUDICIARY is check on LEGISLATIVE through its authority to review all laws and determine their constitutionality.
LEGISLATIVE (Congress) has restraining power over JUDICIARY, with constitutional authority to restrict extent of its jurisdiction.
LEGISLATIVE has power to impeach members of JUDICIARY guilty of treason, high crimes, or misdemeanors.
EXECUTIVE (President) is check on JUDICIARY by having power to nominate new judges.
LEGISLATIVE (Senate) is check on EXECUTIVE and JUDICIARY having power to approve/disapprove nominations of judges.
LEGISLATIVE is check on JUDICIARY - having control of appropriations for operation of federal court system.
LEGISLATIVE (Peoples Representatives) is check on both EXECUTIVE and J U DICIARY through power to initiate amendments to Constitution subject to approval by 3/4 of the States.
LEGISLATIVE (Senate) has power to impeach EXECUTIVE (President) with concurrence of 2/3, of members.
The PEOPLE, through their State representatives, may restrain the power of the federal LEGISLATURE if 3/4 of the States do not ratify proposed Constitutional Amendments.
LEGISLATIVE, by Joint Resolution, can terminate certain powers granted to EXECUTIVE (President) (such as war powers) without his consent.
It is the PEOPLE who have final check on both LEGISLATIVE and EXECUTIVE when they vote on their Representatives every 2 years, their Senators every 6 years, and their President every 4 years. Through those selections, they also influence the potential makeup of the JUDICIARY.
It is up to each generation to see that the integrity of the Constitutional structure for a free society is maintained by carefully preserving the system of checks and balances essential to limited and balanced government.
"To preserve them (is) as necessary as to institute them," said George Washington.
Footnote: Our Ageless Constitution, W. David Stedman & La Vaughn G. Lewis, Editors (Asheboro, NC, W. David Stedman Associates, 1987) Part III: ISBN 0-937047-01-5
This is our fault...that We the People have allowed our employees to forget who is supposed to be running the show...
Fortney’s grasp on reality has stretched way beyond its limits.
He's correct, the federal government can do most anything it wants to Americans...it's not constitutional, of course. Americans live in tyranny and don't even realize it...the federal government has discarded the constitution and is now illegitimate.
Can it stop bullets, Neo-style?
Cuz it's gonna have to if it keeps this up much longer.