Judge Napolitano on why Bush's and the GOP's Patriot Act should be repealed (h/t Kenny's friend). Simple reason: it violates the Constitution, it makes us less free and it makes us unsafe.
Showing posts with label us constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label us constitution. Show all posts
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Saturday, December 25, 2010
If the Constituion Were Drafted Today, What Would Be Americans' Chief Political Value?
If the Constitution were drafted today, I doubt it would look much like the document drafted in 1787. Back then, the rule of the federal government was limited; just a small tax on whiskey led to an armed revolt in Pennsylvania in 1791; states collected religious taxes; the majority of the elected elite believed in federalism and states' rights; and a large percentage of Americans opposed a central bank. Today, some of these ideas are being renewed, but Progressivism, socialism and state power have become the dominant values of a nation devoted first and foremost to financial interests and the privileges of Wall Street.
If the Constitution were drafted today, and were it to reflect the average American's beliefs, it would first and foremost require a two party system, with both parties committed to big government and to logrolling of special interests' economic benefiits. Rights to property would be subjected to the right of the two parties to steal and murder on behalf of the financial and corporate community. All economic transactions would be required to subsidize Americans' greatest goods: General Motors, Goldman Sachs, George Soros and Paul Pelosi.
Most important among Americans' political values is the prominence of two nearly identical political parties, both strongly committed to theft and violence. The unlimited rights of eminent domain; government's right to mismanage the nation's wealth; the president's right to wiretap; and the harm that freedom of speech might do to Congress and to corporate interests would be important elements, as would the right of the Supreme Court to compel you to be an atheist and to give your land to inept developers and the two parties.
If the Constitution were drafted today, and were it to reflect the average American's beliefs, it would first and foremost require a two party system, with both parties committed to big government and to logrolling of special interests' economic benefiits. Rights to property would be subjected to the right of the two parties to steal and murder on behalf of the financial and corporate community. All economic transactions would be required to subsidize Americans' greatest goods: General Motors, Goldman Sachs, George Soros and Paul Pelosi.
Most important among Americans' political values is the prominence of two nearly identical political parties, both strongly committed to theft and violence. The unlimited rights of eminent domain; government's right to mismanage the nation's wealth; the president's right to wiretap; and the harm that freedom of speech might do to Congress and to corporate interests would be important elements, as would the right of the Supreme Court to compel you to be an atheist and to give your land to inept developers and the two parties.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Michelle Obama Describes Barack as a Kenyan in 2007
Article II, section I of the US Constitution states that the president must be a natural born citizen. The meaning of natural born is subject to numerous interpretations. These have been debated elsewhere. In the video below (h/t Contrairimairi) at around 2:00 minutes (fast forward because the speech is painfully dull and the tape is of poor quality) Michelle Obama describes Barack as a "Kenyan." This is intriguing because he had spent several years in Indonesia, not Kenya.
Perhaps the Democratic Party media's indifference to Mr. Obama's citizenship originates from its ignorance of basic facts. Recently, a professor I know who reads the New York Times and scoffed at "birther conspiracy theories" was surprised to learn that the Constitution mandates that the president be a natural born citizen. In other words, this individual has a master's in law from Harvard; reads the New York Times and other Democratic Party media; but was ignorant of basic information, information that any decent high school student should know, about the Constitution
Given the media's incompetence and their readers' poor information base and dismal lack of citizenship skills, it is not surprising that the New York Times's readers can be convinced that it is not constitutionally mandated that the president be a US citizen. Woe is us.
Perhaps the Democratic Party media's indifference to Mr. Obama's citizenship originates from its ignorance of basic facts. Recently, a professor I know who reads the New York Times and scoffed at "birther conspiracy theories" was surprised to learn that the Constitution mandates that the president be a natural born citizen. In other words, this individual has a master's in law from Harvard; reads the New York Times and other Democratic Party media; but was ignorant of basic information, information that any decent high school student should know, about the Constitution
Given the media's incompetence and their readers' poor information base and dismal lack of citizenship skills, it is not surprising that the New York Times's readers can be convinced that it is not constitutionally mandated that the president be a US citizen. Woe is us.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Contrairimairi Calls for New Party
Dear Mitchell,
You are ABSOLUTELY right!
When I spoke to my sister last, I had told her that I have made a promise. If the GOOD LORD smiles just one more time on this Country, and does NOT allow BO to be elected, I intend to do my best to become extremely active in trying to sort this mess out. She told me,......"I have made the same promise........"she added, "I don't think we're alone......."
If anything is going to change, the time to start is now, and regardless of the outcome of this election, I will keep my promise, which is why the whole court thing came up in the first place.
Mitchell, I cannot at this point tell you what is going on with my family, but when I do.......suffice to say, that if you think you are angry now.......Just Wait! You ain't seen nothin' yet!
My hope is to begin a new party called...."The Conservative Party". And it would be JUST THAT! I had an e-mail on my old p/c which I wish I could retrieve. It was all about Judeo/Christian principles, and the founding of this Country. It talked about the "minor" percentage of people who are attempting to destroy those founding principles with such nonsense as removing Manger Scenes from public places. It also spoke of all the "Most Important Places" where we evidence the Founding Father's dedication to "One Nation Under GOD". There were pictures of the Ten Commandments at the Supreme Court, etc.
I am so tired of being railroaded by no accounts! My brother, the one who REALLY wants me to file the law suit despite the fact they could run my bill into the millions, says we need to rededicate the Constitution as it was initially, and then remove the parts the Founding Fathers didn't like, but were compelled to enter to guarantee passage. He thinks it's time to start again, and take out ALL the garbage. I think the original Constitution would be a great basis for the underpinnings of a new party dedicated to conservative Americans.
I do think we need to consider insuring that not a single lawyer is allowed to be elected as it should be maintained it is a SEVERE "conflict of interest"! (Just a personal thought on my part.) Have you ever seen the ad where the firemen are running Congress? More like the vision I have of ordinary people passing straightforward laws, and NO.....I repeat NO multiple bills passed together to insure that protecting "arrow manufactureres" NEVER again becomes part of the necessary baggage to pass critical legislation. What an OUTRAGE!
The Party would also mandate TWO terms in office, with a guarantee that once served, that person could NOT hold another office for a minimum of ten years, and all would be bound by the same "benefits" as regular Americans, i.e. no pension till retirement age, and mandatory paying into SS just like everyone else......same tax situation. etc.
We actually have been discussing some of this as you can see.....
We MUST begin organizing, and it MUST be now. There is no other way to get out the word if we procrastinate. I don't know who will be elected, but I do know that the promise needs to be kept regardless.
I appreciate any thoughts you may have on any of this, but one other promise that I feel I MUST keep. It has been one of my goals as an adult in my private life, but it MUST move to a larger arena.......that is protection of our most vulnerable aspects of society, our elders, and our children. I think if their protection and safety remain a strong vision, whatever happens will be much more right, ( in BOTH senses of the term!) than what we have going today.
Sincerely,
Mairi
You are ABSOLUTELY right!
When I spoke to my sister last, I had told her that I have made a promise. If the GOOD LORD smiles just one more time on this Country, and does NOT allow BO to be elected, I intend to do my best to become extremely active in trying to sort this mess out. She told me,......"I have made the same promise........"she added, "I don't think we're alone......."
If anything is going to change, the time to start is now, and regardless of the outcome of this election, I will keep my promise, which is why the whole court thing came up in the first place.
Mitchell, I cannot at this point tell you what is going on with my family, but when I do.......suffice to say, that if you think you are angry now.......Just Wait! You ain't seen nothin' yet!
My hope is to begin a new party called...."The Conservative Party". And it would be JUST THAT! I had an e-mail on my old p/c which I wish I could retrieve. It was all about Judeo/Christian principles, and the founding of this Country. It talked about the "minor" percentage of people who are attempting to destroy those founding principles with such nonsense as removing Manger Scenes from public places. It also spoke of all the "Most Important Places" where we evidence the Founding Father's dedication to "One Nation Under GOD". There were pictures of the Ten Commandments at the Supreme Court, etc.
I am so tired of being railroaded by no accounts! My brother, the one who REALLY wants me to file the law suit despite the fact they could run my bill into the millions, says we need to rededicate the Constitution as it was initially, and then remove the parts the Founding Fathers didn't like, but were compelled to enter to guarantee passage. He thinks it's time to start again, and take out ALL the garbage. I think the original Constitution would be a great basis for the underpinnings of a new party dedicated to conservative Americans.
I do think we need to consider insuring that not a single lawyer is allowed to be elected as it should be maintained it is a SEVERE "conflict of interest"! (Just a personal thought on my part.) Have you ever seen the ad where the firemen are running Congress? More like the vision I have of ordinary people passing straightforward laws, and NO.....I repeat NO multiple bills passed together to insure that protecting "arrow manufactureres" NEVER again becomes part of the necessary baggage to pass critical legislation. What an OUTRAGE!
The Party would also mandate TWO terms in office, with a guarantee that once served, that person could NOT hold another office for a minimum of ten years, and all would be bound by the same "benefits" as regular Americans, i.e. no pension till retirement age, and mandatory paying into SS just like everyone else......same tax situation. etc.
We actually have been discussing some of this as you can see.....
We MUST begin organizing, and it MUST be now. There is no other way to get out the word if we procrastinate. I don't know who will be elected, but I do know that the promise needs to be kept regardless.
I appreciate any thoughts you may have on any of this, but one other promise that I feel I MUST keep. It has been one of my goals as an adult in my private life, but it MUST move to a larger arena.......that is protection of our most vulnerable aspects of society, our elders, and our children. I think if their protection and safety remain a strong vision, whatever happens will be much more right, ( in BOTH senses of the term!) than what we have going today.
Sincerely,
Mairi
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