Listening to Good Morning American this morning they announced that the government can legally track your cell phone. They said that the information stored in your cell phone was the property of your service provider and not yours therefore they could legally track your cell phone without violating your constitutional rights, BS. This is just another way to spy and try to control the American people. What's next are they going to tell you the signal to your TV is owned by your cable provider and be able to watch what your doing at home through a small camera implanted in your TV? They say it's in the name of National Security yeah right every American is a treat to the country. This is the same crap the FBI pulled back in the 60s during the protests to keep a file on everyone they wanted to by saying they were communist or a treat or an agitator.
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How the Tea Party Will Lose The 2014 Election
Yes, I do believe that conservatives will wake up in November 2014 to find that they have lost the senate and maybe the house; though I will admit we just might retain the house. Maybe.
All because there really is no Tea Party. There are the Tea Parties, plural and they don’t talk to each other. They each have their own agenda. They don’t even agree on their basic tenets. There is the “Tea Party Patriots” with a web site here that states their mission as being simply …to restore America's founding principles of Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government and Free Markets.
Then there is the Tea Party Command Center with a web site here with 15 ‘basic tenets’.
And of course the Tea Party express with six points in their mission statement. Their web site is here.
On each page if you want to see their mission statements for yourself just click on the ‘about’ link at the top of their home pages.
There are others but I think you get the point. Each of these has their own agenda and each goes after their own political ogres. And I am sure each will have their own favorite candidates to endorse. There is no focus within this hodgepodge of political theologies. They can’t even focus enough to get very detrimental Presidential appointees disapproved! Thomas Perez as Secretary of Labor??? WOW. If he has his way, forced unionism will be a federal law that will supposedly override any and all state laws, the tenth amendment not-with-standing. How about Obama’s socialist bed mate Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services overseeing the dreaded Obamacare.
Ok. OK. I’ll get back to the point.
With this much diversity among the so called Tea Parties, they accomplish nothing. The speaker of the house, a republican in name only (RINO) is touting the immigration reform acts as they come down from his new bosses in the senate. Who would have thought that a Speaker would go on national TV and call himself a “facilitator”. Gee I thought he was supposed to be the Leader of the majority party. I guess with the mind set of our esteemed politicians that just ain’t true anymore. He has other leadership issues and broken promises, but I said I would try to get back to the point of this blog.
The next point about the fractious Tea Parties is the local organizations. They, for the most part, are far from local in their focus. They want to be on the main stage so they go after national issues. The Tea Party in my own county even refuses to endorse candidates for public offices claiming that they are ‘educational and therefore can’t do that. I have some news for them. There are basically only two entities that can’t endorse political candidates. Any registered religious group due to the separation of church and state and any organization that receives the bulk of their funding from the tax payers such as PUBLIC schools. Private non religious educational organizations that don’t receive funding from the tax payers are completely free to do so. The local groups really need to focus on getting local issues made into laws. Want to take back the senate? Get behind a good conservative candidate and PUSH! Want to stop the amnesty? Deluge your own states senators and representatives with faxes, phone calls and letters telling them to represent their constituents. Now there’s a revolutionary idea. An elected representative representing. I would like to start a new Tea Party in my county. One dedicated to the two items of interest to our population. Political education of the issues of local interest and the backing of conservative candidates. We might call it the Local Tea Party, or some such.
It is up to us, the people that provide the Tea Party leaders with their incomes to make our individual voices heard and demand and accounting. Why can’t they sit down with the leaders of all of the national Tea Parties and work out a concerted effort on one or two issues and a bunch of national conservative candidates then FOCUS or lose yet another election and perhaps an entire nation. Let’s face it folks, WE THE PEOPLE pay these people too and they should reflect our needs not their own.
The government employees are so busy wheeling and dealing that they forget their duties to us. We are not worthy of any thought except if they can con us into believing that they stand for us so that we will vote for them. There is no running the government it is just campaigning, campaigning, and more campaigning. They do not want to have a budget because if they do not have one then they can not be held accountable and maybe loose votes. An on and on and on it goes. WHAT ARE WE TO DO? This stuff is not new it has been creeping up on us from the beginning.
America The Beautiful Now Has:
Obama The Great Golfer and Vacationer.....AND LIAR.....
Muslims Who Are America's Enemy.....
And A B.O.G.O. Congress.....
..And The American People Say To A Corrupt Washington:.....
"I'm your huckleberry..."
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In a sharp memo sent this morning to fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill, Senator Jeff Sessions argues that the GOP elite view on immigration--shared by President Barack Obama and Senator Chuck Schumer--is "nonsense." Instead, Sessions, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, advises his fellow Republicans to adopt a "humble and honest populism."
The Sessions memo begins, "The GOP needs to flip the immigration debate on its head. The same set of GOP strategists, lobbyists, and donors who have always favored a proposal like the Gang of Eight immigration bill argue that the great lesson of the 2012 election is that the GOP needs to push for immediate amnesty and a drastic surge in low-skill immigration. This is nonsense."
The senator from Alabama goes on to argue that Republicans will win big elections if they can appeal to "working Americans of all backgrounds." And he says that if this immigration bill becomes law, "Low-income Americans will be hardest hit"
Sessions's advice to his fellow Republicans is clear: Don't help Obama hurt America. The Republican-lead House is currently working on the Senate-approved immigration bill.
"Like Obamacare, this 1,200-page immigration bill is a legislative monstrosity inimical to the interests of our country and the American people. Polls show again and again that the American people want security accomplished first, that they do not support a large increase in net immigration levels, and that they do not trust the government to deliver on enforcement. The GOP should insist on an approach to immigration that both restores constitutional order and serves the interests of the American worker and taxpayer. But only by refusing any attempt at rescue or reprieve for the Senate bill is there a hope of accomplishing these goals," Sessions writes in conclusion.
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"Instead of aiding the President and Senator Schumer in salvaging a bill that would devastate working Americans, Republicans should refocus all of our efforts on a united push to defend these Americans from the Administration’s continued onslaught. His health care policies, tax policies, energy policies, and welfare policies all have one thing in common: they enrich the bureaucracy at the expense of the people. Our goal: higher wages, more and better jobs, smaller household bills, and a solemn determination to aid those struggling towards the goal of achieving financial independence."
Here's a copy of the full memo:
Memo: How The GOP Can Do The Right Thing On Immigration—And Win July 29, 2013 To: Republican Colleagues From: Ranking Member Jeff Sessions
The GOP needs to flip the immigration debate on its head.
The same set of GOP strategists, lobbyists, and donors who have always favored a proposal like the Gang of Eight immigration bill argue that the great lesson of the 2012 election is that the GOP needs to push for immediate amnesty and a drastic surge in low-skill immigration.
This is nonsense.
The GOP lost the election—as exit polls clearly show—because it hemorrhaged support from middle- and low-income Americans of all backgrounds. In changing the terms of the immigration debate we will not only prevent the implementation of a disastrous policy, but begin a larger effort to broaden our appeal to working Americans of all backgrounds. Now is the time to speak directly to the real and legitimate concerns of millions of hurting Americans whose wages have declined and whose job prospects have grown only bleaker. This humble and honest populism—in contrast to the Administration’s cheap demagoguery—would open the ears of millions who have turned away from our party. Of course, such a clear and honest message would require saying “no” to certain business demands and powerful interests who shaped the immigration bill in the Senate.
In Senator Schumer’s failed drive to acquire 70 votes, he convinced every single Democrat in his conference to support a bill that adds four times more guest workers than the rejected 2007 immigration plan while dramatically boosting the number of low-skill workers admitted to the country each year on a permanent basis. All this at a time when wages are lower than in 1999, when only 58 percent of U.S. adults are working, and when 47 million residents are on food stamps. Even CBO confirms that the proposal will reduce wages and increase unemployment. Low-income Americans will be hardest hit.
Spread the word.
P.S.: Over the weekend Rep. Paul Ryan sent out a very different message when he floated his plan for a path to citizenship for millions of "undocumented Americans" (Ryan's term). Roy has more in his blog.
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***********TEXAS: CALLING ALL COWBOYS, ***************
Our home has become a target of the Muslim Freak, it is time they learn this is not a place they want to come to. They have stated "we are above your law" from this day forward Texans must protect their heritage from this disease called "Islam". As well as the Obama Regime New Third Riche.
"A speech by a representative of Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, who declared that Texas was an awful place and that Islam was the answer."
Proud Texan: Elevengun
If there is a revolution, A forcible overthrow of a government or social order for a new system, it will NOT be started by “We The People”.
It will be PREVENTED by “We The People”. We will defend our Constitution and current form of government from the government who wants fundamental change to our system and lifestyle.
Our Constitution is our only protection from tyrannical government who would change our current system without changing the Constitution. The Constitution can only be changed via Article 5 of the Constitution.
Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
Our Constitution and our Declaration of Independence gives “We The People” the process and duty to stop the government from taking shortcuts to mandate changes and or deviances from the power and laws that are currently in place without following the process mandated in Article V of the United States Constitution.
The process is set out in Article V of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence.
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, the Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power.
The Bill of Rights
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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.
Declaration of Independence (Partial Text)
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Our Declaration of Independence is as valid today as the day it was codified to separate us from the tyrannical rule of the British King.
We have fought wars, police actions and pseudo wars or military actions to protect ourselves and other countries from dictators, despots and tyrannical governments. The people of the U.S. who are police officers, military personnel, retired military, ex-military, hunters, concerned citizens of all races (religious or not) and those who want to retain our 200 year way of life (that possess firearms) make up the largest armed resistance in the world. These people will resist the revolution to change our Constitution without invoking and completing the process of Article V (see above).
This is our right and our duty under the Constitution.
To reiterate, “We The People” will not start a revolution, but we sure as hell will defend our Constitution with our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor from those who would attempt CHANGE or social order for a new system without the process defined in Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
Liberals, progressives and communists this is not a warning – this is a fact. S.A.K. 2013
If there is a revolution, A forcible overthrow of a government or social order for a new system, it will NOT be started by “We The People”.
It will be PREVENTED by “We The People”. We will defend our Constitution and current form of government from the government who wants fundamental change to our system and lifestyle.
Our Constitution is our only protection from tyrannical government who would change our current system without changing the Constitution. The Constitution can only be changed via Article 5 of the Constitution.
Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
Our Constitution and our Declaration of Independence gives “We The People” the process and duty to stop the government from taking shortcuts to mandate changes and or deviances from the power and laws that are currently in place without following the process mandated in Article V of the United States Constitution.
The process is set out in Article V of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence.
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, the Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power.
The Bill of Rights
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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.
Declaration of Independence (Partial Text)
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Our Declaration of Independence is as valid today as the day it was codified to separate us from the tyrannical rule of the British King.
We have fought wars, police actions and pseudo wars or military actions to protect ourselves and other countries from dictators, despots and tyrannical governments. The people of the U.S. who are police officers, military personnel, retired military, ex-military, hunters, concerned citizens of all races (religious or not) and those who want to retain our 200 year way of life (that possess firearms) make up the largest armed resistance in the world. These people will resist the revolution to change our Constitution without invoking and completing the process of Article V (see above).
This is our right and our duty under the Constitution.
To reiterate, “We The People” will not start a revolution, but we sure as hell will defend our Constitution with our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor from those who would attempt CHANGE or social order for a new system without the process defined in Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
Liberals, progressives and communists this is not a warning – this is a fact. S.A.K. 2013
A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous
Allow me to begin by explaining a few things about myself. I am most politically incorrect. I hold a few things as tenets of my American citizenship.
One: This is and was intended to be a Christian nation.
Two: Muslims and the muslim religion are something to be feared and distrusted.
Three: This country was founded on the principles of freedom and individual responsibility.
Four: An ignorant electorate is a very dangerous thing.
Now let’s take a look at those tenets in order
This country was founded and by Christians. Yes they wrote into that marvelous document we know as our Constitution. Yes they wrote into the first ten amendments, better known as the Bill of Rights, and into the very first of them these words: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; …” but there is no way they intended that to be interpreted as the outlawing of governmentally sponsored and approved religious symbolism or practices on or near governmentally supported institutions. Thomas Jefferson ,our third president and author of the Declaration of Independence and founding father certainly knew of that amendment when he began holding church services in the White House after he was elected. A tradition that lasted for fifty years.. Nor were they ignorant of them when they inscribed out money with “In GOD We Trust” and placing various references to God on many of our government buildings in Washington DC. I am of the firm opinion that the Supreme Court was way out of bounds in declaring school prayer unconstitutional.
The Muslim religion has as one of their tenets that infidels that cannot be converted must be killed. I cannot be converted. I have reason to distrust and fear any and all Muslims. AND I do. This says nothing of the fact that the largest of the muslim sects- The Shiites - has formally declared a “jihad” against America which is tantamount to a declaration of war.
The first Amendment to the Constitution states in full “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” I take that to mean I am allowed to write this blog and say what I choose or to give a speech on any topic and on any street corner of these United States without government interference. Were you aware that a man and his wife were detained, in handcuffs, inside a national park, Liberty Park ironically, for the act of handing out pamphlets regarding the Constitution of this country? It is true. Look it up.
And the last point regarding an uninformed electorate. One minor example I’ll give you is the recent “Overpass” rallies held by many Tea Party organizations around this nation. The county I live in doesn’t have an overpass so the local Tea Party held theirs by the side of one of the major highways in the county. That organization received this post on it’s Face Book page. "Your display on Route 19 today is an embarrassment to the state. I hope those unfortunate enough to have seen it don't think the entire community shares your hatred for the President of the United States." She is apparently unaware that one poll shows that fifty seven pct. of AMERICAN voters disapprove of that president and a growing faction (Hovering near the 50% level) believe he has committed crimes deserving of impeachment. She is unaware that a majority of her fellow citizens in West (By God) Virginia feel that way. Then there are the people who get their information about the state of this country only from the mainstream media. Even true idiots don’t limit themselves to one source of information. Gad woman, WAKE UP.
This one fact leads us to a very dangerous situation for Americans. Obamacare is so feared by the informed public that even agencies of the federal government are protesting being covered by it. Just as an aside I have a good friend in the corporate world whose insurance premium has already doubled and they are looking at more increases every few months. All because of Obamacare. My personal physician has opted out of the Medicare system because of it and now sees only privately insured or cash customers. I am one of those people covered by Medicare so I don’t get to see a Dr. very often these days. Just can’t afford it. I could go on about the liberal overreach and destruction of freedoms as well as the encroachment on our Constitution, but I will save that for another day.
That ends the rant for today. If you want to comment or take exception to these words, my email address is here for your enjoyment.
Why did McCain Presidential Campaign Silence Palin discussion
on Rev. Wright and domestic terrorist Bill Ayers?
When truth is prevented from ever reaching the ears of the American public during a presidential campaign the consequences can often be tragic. Consider the case of the 2008 mainstream media cover up and strict avoidance of Obama’s long time connection to Black Nationalist minister Jeremiah Wright and his firebrand racist comments. The media shackled the truth and allowed then U.S. Senator Obama to skate all the way to his election as president.
What is even worse was former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin’s recent revelation that the John McCain presidential campaign actually banned her from talking about Rev. Jeremiah Wright or anarchist Bill Ayers. Think about the repercussions of how an informed American public could have at least had the opportunity to discuss as well as evaluate this information with the fullness a vice presidential candidate’s focus would have offered.
Typically it is the vice presidential candidate who is given the task to reveal the underbelly of the opposition’s campaign and bring attention to issues that a presidential candidate seeks to avoid discussing.
But instead of engaging in a fully spirited public campaign discussion that would have given Sarah Palin the ability to point out these glaring inconsistencies she was silenced. She is right to be appalled. The nation needed to see a presidential campaign question how a former community organizer from Chicago’s south side managed to have his state senate campaign launched in the living room of the co-founder of the violent anti-war group Weather Underground.
The nation needed a Republican presidential campaign demand the details on how Obama embraced the racist-laden preaching of Rev. Wright. Instead, Palin was forced to stand on the sidelines and watch the McCain campaign throw the towel in without even a whisper.
What this did in effect is to undermine the ability as well as the intelligence of the American people to make a determination to evaluate the fitness of a presidential candidate who offered shadowy explanations for his past record of radical and socialist associations.
The mainstream media was given a pass by the John McCain campaign to not look deeper into Obama’s past associations because they wanted to write a narrative that was actually race-based. McCain campaign appeared to not want the truth about a known radicalized element in Obama’s past; because it would somehow upset the voters he was seeking to convert to support his election as president.
All day we face…the political waste…without a hint of ‘culture’—cool, clear, ‘culture!’
The lyrics of the old song ‘Cool, Clear, Water,’ by the ‘Sons of the Pioneers’ seem the perfect backdrop to the political wasteland that this nation has been experiencing for so long; it seems our destiny.
The events of our current experience, the Zimmerman fiasco, the absolute rejection of the Republican Party to represent this nation’s interests, the use of racism as the catalyst for this continuum of the nihilism toward this absolutely wonder of a nation never identified better than by our ‘nation’s father’—George Washington—as nothing but a miracle, inundate us.
Yet there is a problem and it as if all of these happenings are events that the majority of our society, the citizens of this nation, seems oblivious.
One of the most absolutely ignorant comments ever made in the political environment was, ‘you didn’t build that!’ As we are inundated with absolute illiteracy of reality from this present administration and government, we just accept it as the dribble of their constant verbal articulation of senseless tripe.
Yet it emphasized the reality of our nation’s ‘relativism’ of reality we are now inundated. It is as if our society…from their illusion of reality…began with government, and from that came the society—the culture—the civilization of this nation. How can this absolute fallacy even be presented without abject objection is beyond rational comprehension? There has never been known in any society, anywhere on this planet, at any time any society that did not begin with the commonality of society. Culture first, resulting in then a government as it is the projection of the requirements; the mores, the morals, and the religion of that society; as identified by Montesquieu so long, long ago.
The why’s of many other societies we will never know? Why is there societies of kings; we speculated because of the law of the jungle, might is right. How do societies begin with the melding of man’s desire for acknowledging a spirit, his religion, interwoven with the society of governance of his society? Yet we find it in many societies we as civilized man today would find uncivilized. The examples are many, the Aztec society of human sacrifice, or the dementia of islamism a society where man’s very existence isn’t even considered, only held in contempt. Yet they exist.
The course of history of mankind is based on the societies based on more than race, more than environment, but on the foundations of agreement with the society’s standards, the mores, of what that culture would accept…and assimilate.
From these basic foundations came the design of what they, as the citizens, would accept as governance. This exists in every socially stable society known to man even to this day. We do not have to speculate what is required to make a homogeneous society where the apex of social liberty and freedom exist. For we have example after example today on this planet to verify what works; and what is an absolute abject failure. The only problem we as rational man have is when we reject, we refuse to examine, we live in some illusion of relativism…that what we believe is fact…trumps facts based on reality. We apply our emotions of social engineering, our abstract desires, above the facts versus fallacy of some utopia of our illusion. If we but take the reality of fact, the empirical history of man’s journey of existence, the answer is obvious. Societies that retain, a culture of their design, exist as long as that culture remains intact. Those society’s that reject this reality, attempt to create that which is not the culture of the society, fail. They are washed away as flotsam of mistakes and attempts of man that had no base, had no foundation, and were missing the culture of the society to preserve. For it is the culture of mankind that is the sinew holding society together, even when that society makes great mistakes that are often immeasurable.
It is this wonder of the culture of this nation that created an environment of liberty unknown to mankind. So unique that the result of the culture, designed and created, a government based on the very foundation of natural law of nature’s God. It is a simple foundation…that the liberty of man…is the only requirement that government should provide, through application.
Yet we have forgotten, or have been so dumbed down, in today’s illiteracy, show an absolute ignorance in our society as if we cannot even understand the words we use.
Our culture’s destruction began long ago. The most destructive nail in this nation’s coffin was the passage of the ‘civil rights—racism’ of the bill signed by Lyndon Johnson on ironically July 2nd, in 1964—the same day the our declarative…the Declaration of Independence…was initially signed in 1776.
Now why did this destroy our culture? The answer is in the wording of ideals written in that same Declaration of Independence. For in that independence this nation stated, based on natures law and nature’s God, that all men are created equal. This is fact; it is one of those truths that are self-evident.
Yet this simple wording was completely destroyed by the substitution of the description of ‘equality’ vs. ‘equal.’ All men are created ‘equal’—but that has nothing to do with all men are endowed to exist in some utopic…communist…concept of ‘equality.’ There are no two men, humans, on this earth who are endowed with equality. Our intellect as of all men is different. Our compulsion to accomplish an objective, in all men, is different. Our belief in what direction our lives should take, what we believe in and accept, and the efforts of our family, our society, our environment and what we do individually is different. There are no two men on the face of the earth the same. To believe such would be to accept that a singular identifiable atom, from all the rest, of the hydrogen could be found among all the molecules of water that exist on the surface of this planet.
Yet in this illusion of using legislation to create this fallacy of equality, not an environment of equal—the whole culture, the whole society was condemned.
The last and most destructive of all nails in the coffin of the American culture was signed into law on Oct. 3 1965 by Lyndon Johnson. That death bill to destroy this nation’s culture, the immigration bill and nationality act of 1965.
Now here is the fallacy of our cultures destruction. The immigration acts initiated in the 20’s were never designed to be based on racism. The bill in 1965 was totally based on racism, and the rational of the bill was—that the immigration bills before were based on racism. This is the greatest fallacy ever sold to the American people; except the concept that Hitler’s Fascism is the diametric of communism, when they are identical, with different application.
The design of the first immigration policies was to do what? Preserve the existing, proven, and developed culture of this nation. Was this decision sensible? Let’s take the reality of every society that has homogeneous social civilization. Every nation with societal harmony has one thing in commonality—they are determined to preserve their culture. We see it in China, in Japan, and in Austria, even the nations of ideology of Iran, Saudi Arabia, and our neighbor to the south, Mexico. Every country that has escaped the problems of attempting to coagulate different cultures, and different ideologies, different theologies, and different theocracies believing that there is a possibility of creating a homogeneous society is—and has been proven—not only impossible, but an adventure into insanity.
So when the tsunami of immigration occurred—the intelligent decision was to insure that those who came to this nation would be of the same social experience of civilization as the English idealism that existed. How do we identify those from those nations with the same culture—we identify those nations with the same history. As such it was the nations of European culture, governance, and history that had the foundations to assimilate into the American experience—as they had the same cultural foundations.
Were they right? What have we learned by using only racism as the basis of allowing those of cultures not ours into this nation? Think of the reality, in Texas we have whole communities that have been here for multiple generations where English is not spoken. We not only don’t have assimilation, we have the destruction of the educational system in some insanity of advancing illiteracy in two languages. Even our government signs are corrupted in languages other than English. How can we have anything like a homogeneous culture with this scenario?
Yet there is no example of the failure of this insanity of forgetting who we are, and what this nation is, than the allowance of opening the doors of our nation to those of cultures diametrically opposed to our form of philosophical idealism. Those who not only are not of our principles, our foundations, but in the theocracies of their dementia are disdainful of our culture, and our miracle of a society of liberty.
There are none who are of this ideology that can ever be Americans, swearing allegiance to that which they hate. Sadly in their demented ideologies lying to those of our culture is accepted, and honored.
The examples of those who represent this charade are plentiful. The man from Turkey who has lived in this nation for years, an American citizen, when notified he has not completed his obligation of armed service for Turkey, takes a sabbatical from his American job, in his American society to return to Turkey serving his true nation’s choice obligation. The Chinese who are citizens of this nation, advocates of the economic wonders they have achieved, while only desiring the strength and power of this nation be weakened below the power of China.
Once we have immigrants who came to this nation not for the economic environment, but for the idealism of the philosophy of liberty and protection from government preserving their freedom. We see their names in the rows and rows of tombstones—German names—who died to preserve this nation against the totalitarianism of the communism under the guise of fascism. We find row after row of Japanese names, those who died to preserve this nation from the same totalitarianism. Their names and many others are strewn around this world, as eternal symbols that it is the idealism, the culture of this nation they died for. They did not die for the economics of our society, or the altruism of government entitlement. They died for the preservation of the culture, the principles of this marvelous nation.
Today the spokesman for most who are immigrants into this nation, who are not here to become Americans, who do not share our ideals, who do not have our tacit beliefs, that this is a nation designed as a wonder; this is our strength, our miracle.
There is no greater example than the statement, taken completely out of context so often said; ‘we are a nation of immigrants.’ That is a fact; we are a nation of those who came to these shores to share in the wonder of this remarkable nation. How ironic that then this statement follows, which is the greatest lie ever—it is our diversity that makes this miracle. This is a lie beyond lies. For the inverse is the truth. It is what this nation, the idealism and philosophy of our wonder, which is the gift this nation gave to the immigrants that is the wonder. It is not what they gave this nation; it is what this nation gave them. For there is nothing outside of the English experience that is America; we are the apex, in our design, of their destiny. Our error is we have forgotten that culture, that harrowing journey to reach where we are.
There is no greater spokesman for far too many who enter this nation than the statement by the Boston bomber. Who when asked how he could swear allegiance to this nation, gaining citizenship, then kill his fellow citizens of this nation answer with the greatest truth ever spoken by any of the islamic ideology; ‘I lied!’
When this nation rejected the ‘League of Nations’ the greatest identifier of this nation was stated by Warren Harding. His simple worlds to the world are the true identifier of the separation of this nation’s culture from all others. ‘We are not of you, and you are not of us!’
That is America. This nation is more than just the shining light on the hill representing liberty. It is the last hope of mankind ever rejecting the slavery of totalitarian sovereignty of government—strangely the exact genesis of this nation’s existence. We cannot preserve, we cannot survive, we cannot ever be the wonder this nation is, unless the reality, that harsh simple truth is recognized and remembered. ‘We are not of you, and you are not of us!’ when dealing with the world.
Dan Short
Today in this nation; the government of the United States is currently imposing upon the citizenry ‘slavery’ to an extent unknown in the annals of empirical history known to mankind—while that same citizenry in silent ignorance raises no voice, nor action of rejection. Yet the wonder of this nation—before this intrusion, this assault upon the natural rights of all men— was identified long before this nation’s existence, less we forget; or sadly so few ever comprehended!
Edmund Burke...the people of the colonies are descendants of Englishmen.... They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas and on English principles. The people are Protestants... a persuasion not only favourable to liberty, but built upon it....from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron... keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government,—they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood that your government may be one thing and their privileges another, that these two things may exist without any mutual relation,—the cement is gone, the cohesion is loosened, and everything hastens to decay and dissolution. As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons of England worship freedom, they will turn their faces towards you. The more they multiply, the more friends you will have; the more ardently they love liberty, the more perfect will be their obedience. Slavery they can have anywhere. It is a weed that grows in every soil.
They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But, until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you
As a black conservative tea party activist, I am extremely excited about Bill O'Reilly’s recent series of commentaries and TV shows addressing the hypocrisy and exploitation by the American race industry that has and continues to devastate the black community.
O'Reilly boldly called out all of the usual suspects, Sharpton, Jackson, the Congressional Black Caucus and Obama.
Eric Holder and others on the left have been whining and arrogantly scolding us saying, “We need an honest discussion about race in America.” Whenever despicable race hustlers such as Holder suggest that we talk about race, it means they want to further the false narrative that America is still racist and somebody needs to get paid; more entitlements, growing government bigger and increased deficit spending.
Well, O'Reilly called Holder and company's hand and “honestly” addressed race in America and the Left are out of their minds with rage. Why? Because like the famous line in the movie, the Left “can't handle the truth”.
In fairness, Rush Limbaugh has been taking enormous heat for courageously and honestly addressing race issues in America for years on his radio show. However, O'Reilly is the only white host on a number one TV show with the stones to address the huge elephant in black America's living room. Why is black America a mess?
O'Reilly tells it like it is: fatherless homes, out-of-wedlock births, high rate of school dropouts, drugs, crime and high unemployment in the black community.
Arrogant racist white liberals have been patting themselves on the back for their superior compassion for minorities for years. Their crappy entitlement programs and insulting lowered standards have clearly destroyed the black family.
In reality, O'Reilly and Limbaugh are the guys who are expressing real compassion for black Americans. The first step to fixing a problem is to acknowledge that there is one.
Laura Ingraham guest hosted on the O'Reilly show. In her discussion with a black pundit, Ingraham stated that Al Sharpton's hypocrisy injures blacks. The idiot pundit's reply was , “How dare white people tell us who our leaders should be.”
What a racist stupid response. I thought, “Madam you and your ilk are the problem. You are the reason why blacks continue to die via black on black crime, suffer broken families and end up in jail. Get off of my TV you vile human being!” Yes, I grabbed my remote and muted her.
Folks, my passions are high because this is serious business. Black lives are being destroyed while white limousine liberals feel good about themselves and black liberal sell-outs get rich.
Meanwhile, the mainstream media or generation-of-vipers as I like to refer to them, punishes and seeks to destroy anyone who dares to honestly address the issues fueling the extinction of blacks in America.
Yes, with blacks killing blacks in record numbers and half of black pregnancies ending in abortions, we blacks are well on our way to self-induced genocide.
O'Reilly's revelations about what has gone terribly wrong in the black community are not new. Myself along with other black conservatives have been fighting on the front lines writing articles and books, giving speeches and more confronting these issues for years.
But with the mainstream media's boycott of black non-liberal voices on TV, exposure of our ideas have been extremely limited.
O'Reilly's rant has unquestionably brought the source of the problem and our ideas front and center. Finally, a broad audience of Americans, black and white, have a rare opportunity to hear the truth.
I am prayerfully optimistic that O'Reilly's “honest” conversation about race will spark positive change; saving black lives and the futures of black youths.
Thanks Bill. Keep those right-on commentaries comin' white boy.
Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American
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As a True American, I like many of you have a deep concern in regard to the path this Tyrannical Government has chosen to take us.
I fully agree with this article as I feel personally that many Americans or in denial through fear of the U.S. Constitution and the power it grants to "We The People"
Ladies and Gentlemen, at the end of the day and when the dust clears it is pertinent that we understand clearly what our founding documents mean to us.
As stated here it may be the difference between living a life of Freedom and Liberty or slavery.
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I feel a tremendous responsibility to write this article though I am a little apprehensive. Thinking about the possibility of rising up against our own government is a frightening thing for many of us. I am not Johnny Rambo and I will be the first to admit that I do not want to die. The reason I feel compelled to write this, however, is simply because I don’t think the average American is equipped with the facts. I feel that a lot of American citizens feel like they have no choice but to surrender their guns if the government comes for them. I blame traditional media sources for this mass brainwash and I carry the responsibility of all small independent bloggers to tell the truth. So my focus today is to lay out your constitutional rights as an American, and let you decide what to do with those rights.
About a month ago I let the “democracy” word slip in a discussion with a fellow blogger. I know better. Americans have been conditioned to use this term. It’s not an accurate term and it never has been a correct term to describe our form of government. The truth is that the United States of America is a constitutional republic. This is similar to a democracy because our representatives are selected by democratic elections, but ultimately our representatives are required to work within the framework of our constitution. In other words, even if 90% of Americans want something that goes against our founding principles, they have no right to call for a violation of constitutional rights.
If you are religious you might choose to think of it this way… Say that members of your congregation decide that mass fornication is a good thing. Do they have the right to change the teachings of your God? The truth is the truth. It doesn’t matter how many people try to stray from it. Did I just compare our founders to God? In a way I did, but please note that I am not trying to insult anyone. For the purpose of the American Government our constitution and founders who wrote it are much like God is to believers. It is the law. It is indisputable.
Our founders did not want a “democracy” for they feared a true democracy was just as dangerous as a monarchy. The founders were highly educated people who were experienced in defending themselves against tyranny. They understood that the constitution could protect the people by limiting the power of anyone to work outside of it much better than a pure system of popularity. A system of checks and balances was set up to help limit corruption of government and also the potential for an “immoral majority” developing within the American People. We have forgotten in this country that we are ultimately ruled by a constitution.
Why is a democracy potentially just as dangerous as a monarchy? Let’s look at something that Benjamin Franklin said because it answers that question more fully and succinctly than I can.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -Benjamin Franklin
Even 230+ years ago our founders were perceptive enough to realize that democracy was a dangerous form of government. How so? Because the citizens of a country can become just as corrupt as any government. We have seen evidence of this throughout history. Ask Native Americans and African-Americans if this population can become corrupt.
I think in 2012 we are seeing evidence of what Franklin was trying to tell us. Just because a majority of people may support certain ideas it does not mean that those ideas are just. In simple terms, just because most Americans love our president and voted for him, it does not mean that he has the power to go against our constitutional rights.
Next I’d like to review the text of the second amendment. It is very clear. This is the law of this land. So when Senator Feinstein or President Obama talk about taking your guns, you need to think about something. Are they honoring their sworn oath to uphold the constitution?
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
This is a pretty clear statement. The fact is that it took 232 years for the Supreme Court to even rule on this amendment because it has never been successfully challenged. In 2008 a case of Columbia v. Heller the Supreme Court ruled that a handgun ban in Washington D.C. was unconstitutional. One also has to take this into consideration. The Supreme Court supports your right to own guns. If you want to research this decision further you can start here.
For those who try to debate the spirit of the 2nd amendment, they are truly no different from people who will try to take Biblical quotes out of context to try to support their immoral decisions. The founders were very clear on the intent of the 2nd amendment. Let me share a few quick quotes here:
The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. -Thomas Jefferson
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence … From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to insure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable . . . the very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that is good. -George Washington
The Constitution shall never be construed….to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms. -Samuel Adams
I could find hundreds of quotes like these. This country was built on the right to bear arms. It was built on the rights of an individual to bear arms, regardless of what his government or neighbor happened to think. This is crystal clear. Ironically the people who voice their opinions against this right have their free speech protected by your guns. Without guns in this country, all other amendments become null and void, simply because “We the People” will lose our power of enforcement.
We need to keep this in mind as our “representatives” try to push gun bans. I don’t care if 99% of people are in support of gun bans (which is far from the case), it is a violation of our constitutional rights, plain and simple.
A constitutional republic protects the rights of the individual even when their ideas are very much in the minority. If I were the only person in America who believed in the 2nd amendment, I would still be within my rights to call upon it. You would all think I was insane and possibly celebrate if I was gunned down, but in the end I would be the only true American among us.
Our framers were very clear on this. If my government comes to take my guns, they are violating one of my constitutional rights that is covered by the 2nd amendment.
It is not my right, at that point, but my responsibility to respond in the name of liberty. What I am telling you is something that many are trying to soft sell, and many others have tried to avoid putting into print, but I am going to say it. The time for speaking in code is over.
If they come for our guns then it is our constitutional right to put them six feet under. You have the right to kill any representative of this government who tries to tread on your liberty. I am thinking about self-defense and not talking about inciting a revolution. Re-read Jefferson’s quote. He talks about a “last resort.” I am not trying to start a Revolt, I am talking about self-defense. If the day for Revolution comes, when no peaceful options exist, we may have to talk about that as well. None of us wants to think about that, but please understand that a majority can not take away your rights as an American citizen. Only you can choose to give up your rights.
Congress could pass gun ban legislation by a 90%+ margin and it just would not matter. I think some people are very unclear on this. This is the reason we have a Supreme Court, and though I do not doubt that the Supreme Court can also become corrupt, in 2008 they got it right. They supported the constitution. It does not matter what the majority supports because America is not a democracy. A constitutional republic protects the rights of every single citizen, no matter what their “elected servants” say. A majority in America only matters when the constitution is not in play.
I just wrote what every believer in the constitution wants to say, and what every constitutional blogger needs to write. The truth of the matter is that this type of speech is viewed as dangerous and radical or subversive, and it could gain me a world of trouble that I do not want. It is also the truth. To make myself clear I will tell you again. If they come for your guns it is your right to use those guns against them and to kill them. You are protected by our constitution.
Most of the articles I am reading on the subject are trying to give you clues without just coming out and saying it. I understand that because certain things in this country will get you on a list that you don’t want to be on. I may well be on that list. This blog is small and growing so I may not be there yet, but I have dreams. I also have my own list of subversives and anyone who attempts to deny my constitutional rights is on that list.
I am not the “subversive” here, it is the political representatives who are threatening to take away my inalienable rights. If they come to take my guns and I leave a few of them wounded or dead, and I somehow survive, I have zero doubt that I will spend a long time in prison and may face an execution. But I would much rather be a political prisoner than a slave.
If I go down fighting then I was not fighting to harm these human beings. I was simply defending my liberty and yours. It is self-defense and it is what our country was built on. We won our freedom in self-defense. We would not be ruled by a tyrannical government in the 1770′s and we will not be ruled in 2012 by a tyrannical government. There is no difference.
This is a case of right and wrong. As of now the 2nd amendment stands. It has never been repealed. If Feinstein or Barack have a problem with the constitution then they should be removed from office. They are not defending the constitution which they have sworn an oath to protect. It is treasonous to say the least. They would likely say the same about me, but I have the constitution, the founders, and the supreme court on my side. They only have their inflated egos.
I am not writing this to incite people. I am writing this in hopes that somehow I can make a tiny difference. I have no idea how many of my neighbors have the will to defend their constitutional rights. 2%? 20%? I am afraid that 20% is a high number, unfortunately. When push comes to shove many people may give up and submit to being ruled. I believe that our government is banking on this.
What I do know is that this country was founded by people who had balls the size of Texas and Patriotic Americans take shit off of no one, especially our own government. For evidence of that, you might research the Revolutionary War. My question is how many Patriots are left?
I would hope that our officials come to realize that, regardless of our numbers, we still exist because they are calling Patriotic Americans to action. They are making us decide if we want to die free or submit to their rule. I can not tell you where you should stand on that. I do know that it may make the difference between living a life of freedom or slavery.
You must start thinking about this because I believe that the day is coming soon and I personally believe it has already been planned. Not all conspiracy theories are hogwash. They may throw down the gauntlet soon and my suggestion is that you prepare yourself to react.
I mean no disrespect to our elected officials but they need to understand that “We the People” will not be disarmed. If they proceed then it is they that are provoking us and we will act accordingly. We are within our rights to do so.
For those who are in support of taking the guns, you need to ask yourself a very important question, and I am not just talking about the politicians, because if you support them, you have chosen your side.
Are you willing to die to take my guns?
We need to take back America and take it out of the hands of the politicians that are only in it for their own greed and their own agenda and not that of the American people. I served in the military many years ago and fought in Vietnam and I can tell you this this is not the America I fought for. I feel for the servicemen and women who serve today and lay their lives on the line for a government that does not support them, they are not fighting for the American way of life they are fighting for the greed of some politicians who are lining their pockets at the cost of American lives. With high cost's for food and housing and taxes and everything else and our freedom's slowly being taken away, we need to say enough is enough and put a stop to all this. We need to stand up and Take Back America!
Last fall President Obama challenged Mitt Romney to come clean and release his tax returns so voters would know whether he paid his fair share. I respectfully ask President Obama to come clean regarding the filing of his 1990 tax return when he signed a six-figure contract book deal with Poseidon Press. Failure to do so would be a violation of Title 26-Internal Revenue Code.
GQ Magazine’s November 2009 issue (www.gq.com) reported that President Obama signed a six-figure contract with Poseidon Press on November 28, 1990. The exact amount was reported as $150,000 by Christopher Andersen in his book Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage. According to Jack Cahill, Barack Obama was advanced $75,000 for the book. It’s not unusual in the publishing business to receive one-third to one-half of the contract value upfront. However, a $75,000 advance would have required a recent law school graduate strapped with heavy student debt to pay the IRS $25,000 four and ½ months later. Failure to do so would be a violation of Title 26-Internal Revenue Code. I have been a CPA over 33 years and I’m Certified in Financial Forensics. In 1988 I was hired by the Arizona House of Representative in the Senate Impeachment Trial of Governor Evan Mecham. My forensic analysis of an improper $80,000 loan from a political protocol fund to a car dealership justified the impeachment of Governor Mecham.
I reviewed the tax returns of both presidential candidates. (www.barackobama.com) During my analysis of President Obama’s 2001 Individual Tax Return, I found 10 math errors. All of the errors were simple arithmetic errors that would have been prevented with a computerized program such as Turbo Tax.
President Obama’s 2001 tax return wasn’t signed by a paid preparer and it would appear it was prepared by President or Ms. Obama. I determined that the Obamas prepared three drafts of their 2001 tax return. The first draft calculated an income tax liability of $79,000. This would have required taxable income of $271,000. In contrast, President Obama’s website shows 2001 taxable income of $250,000. President Obama ended up paying income tax on $21,000 of phantom income that resulted in sending Uncle Sam an extra $7,300. I think Republicans and Democrats will unanimously agree that President Obama is one of the greatest orators of our time. The same can’t be said regarding President Obama’s skill as a tax preparer!
Based on the fact that President Obama used bits and pieces from three different 2001 tax drafts, made 10 errors, overpaid his taxes by $7,300 by claiming $21,000 of phantom income, it would appear that President Obama lacked the accounting skills to competently prepare his tax return. If President Obama wasn’t proficient at preparing his taxes in 2001 it’s not a stretch to assume that he wouldn’t have been proficient in 1990.
I believe President Obama’s may have a skeleton in his tax closet from the mishandling of his est. $75,000 book advance from Poseidon Press in November of 1990. Only three tax scenarios exist: 1) filed correctly and paid the IRS $25,000, 2) reported income as passive, failed to pay social security taxes and owes the IRS $41,000 or 3) never received 1099 from the publisher, failed to properly report the income and currently owes the US Treasury $125,000.
I contacted the IRS and they indicated that the tax records may go back to 1990. Another method to determine if President Obama paid his “fair share” would be to verify his 1990 earnings with the Social Security Administration. American taxpayers can decide for themselves whether a young Barack Obama should be given a free pass or if he should be held to the same standard as all Americans
Obama's impeachment, how many people really want this?
Obama Impeachment: How Many Americans Really Want This?
April showers bring May flowers, but not for the Obama administration. Republicans across the country are calling for the president's head after his administration was rocked by several high-profile scandals. But how many Americans really want to see their commander-in-chief removed for “high crimes and misdemeanors?” The answer may surprise you.
What History Tells Us About Impeachment
A U.S. President has never been impeached and removed from office (Nixon likely would have been, but he stepped down before official proceedings could begin). Millennials will of course remember the trial of William J. Clinton, but that farce was brought to an end by a Senate acquittal. Nonetheless, the two events serve as bookmarks in public opinion – how supportive were the American people of impeachment? In Nixon’s case, very. One NBC/Associated Press poll conducted in August 1978 found 72% of respondents believed Nixon had committed an impeachable offense during the Watergate affair. During the height of the Lewinsky scandal, though, only one-third of America supported impeachment proceedings against Clinton (though this fraction increased as it became clear he would not be removed from office, thus the impeachment served as a reprimand, not an ejection).
Democrats also mulled impeaching George W. Bush. Again, public support was lacking. Only 36% believed the warrantless-wiretapping scandal of his second term warranted removal from office; in August 2007, 43% favored impeachment strongly or somewhat, but the majority (52%) still opposed any trials. If the public didn’t support impeaching Bush at the height of his unpopularity, can many favor removing Obama from office?
Republicans believe the answer is “yes.” Though they’ve been clamoring for impeachment since the Benghazi affair, reports that the Justice Department may have illegally seized phone records of journalists, and the ongoing investigation into the IRS’s alleged targeting of conservative groups have given the GOP more scandals than they know what to do with.
The Obama Administration's No-Good-Very-Bad Month
To be fair, the Republicans have claimed everything from Obama’s executive orders on gun violence to the Affordable Care Act justify removal from office. Americans are split on whether the current hysteria is legitimate — on Benghazi, 44% say the GOP’s concerns are fair, while 45% view the hearings as “political posturing.” As the Washington Post points out, those numbers are highly correlated to party identification. A further 55%, including Democrats and independents, believe the Obama administration is covering up pertinent facts. The Justice Department scandal has had less effect, with 52% believing the record seizures were justified. IRS-gate cuts across party lines, with majorities among Democrats, Republicans, and independents strongly disapproving of the activities in Cincinnati.
Interestingly, these numbers have not had an adverse effect on Obama’s public support. The same Washington Post/ABC News poll finds the president’s rating holding steady at 51% positive.
That’s important. It means that despite weeks of conservative hand-wringing and threats, the American public’s opinions on these scandals aren’t translating into disapproval of the president. Which means Republicans may have a hard time gathering the support they need to oust Obama.
Public Opinion to Republicans: "Not So Fast."
Current polling on whether Americans support impeachment is unreliable, at best. As Huffington Post pollster Emily Swanson points out, polling on this topic is difficult, since results are highly susceptible to variation depending on contact method and word choice. For example, a survey experiment conducted among a representative sample found that support for impeachment varied by nine points, depending on how the question was phrased. Further, opposition ranged from half to two-thirds of respondents, including almost 40% of Republicans. These numbers are fascinating: Even though a plurality of Republicans believes Obama was not born in the U.S. and virtually all of them rate him unfavorably, only 51% to 66% of the rank-and-file conservatives support impeachment proceedings.
These results indicate two important realities. First, Americans recognize that impeachment is an incredibly drastic action to take against a sitting president. Second, the GOP may be betting on the wrong horse.
When Speaker Gingrich and the House Republicans went after Bill Clinton, they didn’t just fail at impeachment. They lost five seats to the Democrats in the 1998 midterms, Gingrich resigned in embarrassment, and they damaged their brand, with almost 60% of the country disapproving of their party. They seem poised to repeat these mistakes, with members of Congress chomping at the bit to begin proceedings.
Given the fervent desire of the House delegation to remove Obama, perhaps the question isn’t “If?” but “When?” But Democrats need not panic quite yet, as the GOP does not control the Senate (and in my opinion, they don’t have the numbers to pull out a win in 2014). That renders any impeachment proceedings effectively neutered. But Philadelphia Post’s Joel Mathis makes a cogent point about the end results of such a maneuver: “if Republicans decide to impeach a Democratic president again … well, Democrats are probably going to take it personally. They’ll make an entirely rational political decision that there’s no reason not to obstruct, harass, and yes, impeach every Republican every chance they get … Why show restraint if Republicans won’t?” Indeed, one wonders if we would ever see the end of congressional gridlock if every incoming president has to defend against impeachment trials.
Whether the GOP decides to go down that road has yet to be seen (particularly with several high-profile members refusing to support such actions). But polling and history reveal a clear picture: Republicans beware.
As you can see from the information above, impeachment of Obama is strictly a numbers game for Congress. They are waiting for US citizens opinions to raise higher in these impeachment polls and voting base to take the Senate in 2014. Without the high public opinion for impeachment they will not act, however, we also need to work on getting the conservative voting base, Christian voting base and Black voting base out to the polls in 2014 in favor of our candidates, so conservatives can maintain the House and take control of the Senate, before we will see an impeachment of Barack Obama and his administration. From August 2013, we will have 15 months to raise public opinion and build the voting base needed to win the 2014 election. The only option we have for impeachment sooner, is if more Whistleblowers come forward with incriminating evidence. This is not looking good with the way Obama administration is going after the Whistleblowers. There maybe one chance, if Congress does promise Lois Lerner from the IRS, they will take no criminal action against her for her testimony. This, of course, is not what most of us want to see happen, she deserves to be prosecuted, but if her testimony has enough evidence to impeach Obama, she gets my "yes" vote. I believe, if she does testify against Obama, others will follow, if they receive the same deal from Congress. I feel sure her testimony will not only take out Obama, but will also take out some Democrat Senators, which would be a true plus for America.
We also need to vote out some Republican Senators while we working on this. We know who they are and that they work against us on almost every issue put before the Senate. I am at a loss to understand how they can work against their own base, only reason I can see that would benefit them to turn traitor to their party, is money. There must be personal monetary gain, as well as, monetary gain for their state to cause them to become such low life's, therefore they must go in 2014 also.
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