Democrats to Curtail Free Speech

Byron York blows the whistle on Democratic legislation, about to be enacted by Congress, which purports to partially repeal the First Amendment:

"The [hate] crime bill -- which would broaden the protected classes for hate crimes to include sexual orientation and "gender identity," which the bill defines as a victim's "actual or perceived gender-related characteristics" -- passed the House earlier this year as a stand-alone measure. But it's never had the votes to succeed by itself in the Senate. So over the summer Democrats, with the power of their 60-vote majority, attached it to the defense [appropriations] bill."

"Republicans argued that the two measures had nothing to do with each other. Beyond that, GOP lawmakers feared the new bill could infringe on First Amendment rights in the name of preventing broadly defined hate crimes. The bill's critics, including many civil libertarians, argued that the hate crimes provision could chill freedom of speech by empowering federal authorities to accuse people of inciting hate crimes, even if the speech in question was not specifically related to a crime."

[The [hate] crime bill — which would broaden the protected classes for hate crimes to include sexual orientation and “gender identity,”]

PS 37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

PS 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

PS 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

PS 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

PS 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

PS 37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

PS 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

PS 37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

PS 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

PS 37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

PS 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

PS 37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

PS 37:13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

PS 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

PS 37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

PS 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

PS 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

PS 37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

PS 37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

PS 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

PS 37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

PS 37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

PS 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

PS 37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

PS 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

PS 37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

PS 37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

PS 37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

PS 37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

PS 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

PS 37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

PS 37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

PS 37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

PS 37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

PS 37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

PS 37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

PS 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

PS 37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

PS 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

PS 37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

“People get the government they deserve” Joseph D’Maistre

Gang, we HAD a shot at cleaning these places out this last election and, to borrow a phrase from the klintoon White House, WE BLEW IT!!!

While I, like many of you, am saddened that McCain and Palin couldn’t keep the Marxist Obamessiah out of the White House, let’s try to keep things in some kind of rational perspective: ACORN elected a president and vice-president, NOT a monarch.

For years, I’ve been amazed at this idiotic quadrennial fascination with the beauty contest known as the (cue the trumpet fanfare) “PRESIDENTIAL RACE.” Our inattention and/or apparent desire for a king or a strong man dictatorship has allowed our system to morph to the present quasi-monarchy from its original foundations as a representative REPUBLIC.

People, the most important thing we can remember about all of this is that the Founders constructed the system to put – AND KEEP — the KEYS TO THE FEDERAL CASH REGISTER IN CONGRESS and the current Gang of 535 could bring this out-of-control government spending and the steady usurpation of our freedoms to a screeching halt tomorrow at noon — IF THEY WANTED TO. Attila the Hun could occupy the White House and without the dough to hire the bureaucrats, buy the desks and computers, etc., etc. ad nauseum, Mr. Hun would be hamstrung. (See Article 1, Section 7 of the now largely moribund Constitution for details.)

But they DON’T — for a number of reasons: (And I cite the tax situation as but one example of the problem. Don’t get me started on the ENERGY and Algore’s gloBULL warming scam!)

1. They understand the need to vacuum the excess FRAUDS (Federal Reserve Accounting Unit Denominators) — there are no “dollars” circulating now! — out of circulation BEFORE the bulk of the dumb masses (say it really fast for maximum effect) catch on to the resultant inflation. If you question that statement, ask yourself why else would a criminal enterprise (the federal government) having the power to “create” “money” with the stroke of a pen NEED YOURS every April 15th?

2. The current Gang of 535 understands the need for the massive tax code (so-called because it is written in code by gnomes chained to posts in the cellars of K Street lobbying firms and understood only by their keepers) to reward their friends, punish their enemies and keep the rest of us under their thumbs with threats of draconian punishments should we run afoul of it. It is impossible to NOT run afoul of it.

3. While the dumb masses rant about the abusive practices of this top criminal enterprise’s subsidiary criminal enterprise (the IRS), members of the Gang can pose and posture for the cameras from time to time and declare that “something MUST be done to reign in the abuses of the IRS,” NOTHING WILL BE DONE until we clean house on Capitol Hill and get back to the HONEST, CONSTITUTIONAL MONEY called for at Art.1, Sect. 10. They’ve been playing a rigged game of 3 card-Monte with us for so long – and getting away with it – that, as Herman Cain’s book title declares – “They Think You’re STUPID.” And, hell, for MOST of the dumb masses, they’re right.

And THAT process starts in YOUR STATE and CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT by finding and supporting decent candidates — at ALL levels — who will go to YOUR state capitol and Malfunction Junction and do that house cleaning. Not marching on Washington (unless MILLIONS of pitchfork wielding folk crowd the Mall, the elites are amused by these things and the only folks who benefit from the finite patriot resources devoted to them are the airlines, hotels and restaurants in D.C.)...not sending “money” to the RNC (LOL!)...not writing poison pen letters to these current jerks...but THROWING OUT THE CURRENT JERKS you have identified as NOT having the country’s interests at heart and doing it as many times as necessary to get it done. And then watching the NEW GUYS like a hawk to make certain THEY don’t go bad from imbibing too much of that power Kool-Aid so popular in Disneyland on The Potomac.

A good news in the viability of this approach is that the controlled so-called national mainstream media have far less impact on these widely separated congressional races making it easier to get some good guys elected.

The bad news is that I can speak from personal experience about how the national PARTIES will survey all the contested congressional races and if they DO find a candidate they do not or think they cannot control running on their side, they’ll offer a “consultant” from headquarters to come in and ASSIST the campaign. In at least 4 cases with which I am familiar, the Republican National Committee TORPEDOED those campaigns so a good guy who might be more inclined to cling to the Constitution before toeing the party line didn’t make it to D.C.

And for you who, like a sad number of the dumb masses, THINK YOUR GUY IS OK, go to GRADEGOV at

http://www.gradegov.com/

for your guy’s voting record on taxes, spending or your personal hot button issues. You might be in for an unpleasant surprise.

I often get the strong sense that the American people have some sick and sophomoric yearning for a new ROYAL FAMILY or BENEVOLENT KING to make their lives what they themselves feel incapable of making them without some nanny-state sovereign. Throughout history, with few exceptions conspicuous because of their rarity, those systems nearly always become malignant and freedom founders and eventually fails. With the exception of America – the IDEA, not the place – most men who have walked the earth have lived as slaves.

As opportunities afford themselves (and this is one), I simply attempt to remind my fellow citizens of that history and what lies ahead if they continue in their ignorance of that history.

I could go on for volumes but you get the idea.

One final thought: With the exception of the guys who CLEARLY pass muster at GRADEGOV, RE-ELECT NOBODY!!!!!

Standing by for a record breaking flaming by the fanatics.

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