I Can See Clearly Now!

I just had a revealing Twitter exchange with a woman who is a criminal defense attorney of 35 years in San Francisco and a self-described unrepentant liberal. She initially responded to my complaints about Barack Obama by reminding me that he was elected by a majority of Americans and telling me that I should just get over it. I replied that if a mob does a stupid thing, it is still a stupid thing. There ensued a discussion about democracy, majority rule, the Constitution and a republican form of government. While she avowed her understanding and allegiance to the Constitution and the concept of republican government, all of her arguments trumpeted pure democracy and majority rule. I'm not sure if she was being intentionally disingenuous or really did not understand her contradictions. Either way, it's very disconcerting. I am coming to believe that liberals, Democrats, the ruling class; whatever you want to call them simply believe that if a party or politician wins a majority of support they can go forth and do whatever they darn well please. They believe that winning a majority gives them permission to ignore and subvert the constitutional constraints and limits on their power to do things to the minority. That is pure democracy, which is pure majority rule, which is mob rule, which is tyranny. She was aghast that I would label pure majority rule as mob rule. She felt that I was disavowing the Constitution. How could she have passed Constitutional Law 101? It is this mentality that has lead to the bastardization, misinterpretation and misapplication of the rather narrow Interstate Commerce Clause to give unlimited carte blanche power to the federal government. At the same time they must completely ignore Article 1, Section 8 as if it does not even exist. Liberalism is indeed a mental disorder. It is the ability to hold two diametrically opposing ideas in the mind at the same time with no stress or anxiety. If the Interstate Commerce Clause does give the feds unlimited power to act however the majority chooses, why on earth did the Framers bother to write Article 1, Section 8? Sort of begs the question. It is because the Framers did not intend for the Interstate Commerce Clause to anoint unlimited power upon the federal government! They saw it as merely a means to prohibit the various States from erecting unreasonable limitations to the movement of goods across their borders to and from other States. AND THAT's IT! That understanding is why the Framers then went on to write Article 1, Section 8 to specifically describe the powers and limits of the federal government. The two portions of the Constitution were not mutually exclusive in the minds of the Framers, BUT THEY ARE TO LIBERALS! To liberals, Article 1, Section 8 limits the power of the majority which is why they simply act as if it does not even exist in the Constitution. They vest all of their energy and interest in their bizarre interpretation of the Interstate Commerce Clause because in their minds that gives the majority unfettered power--WHICH IS WHAT THEY SEEK! This woman has made it all perfectly clear. And it doesn't matter whether this mindset is intentional or instinctual, the outcome is the same. And the outcome is just as dangerous, which is why we must resolutely oppose it at every turn.

When It Comes To Health Care, Here's HOW!

The announcement that the federal government wants to have everyone's BMI by way of their electronic medical records mandated to begin in 2014 under ObamaScare may just be the "shot heard 'round the world" in this battle over government take-over and conrol of the nation's health care system. The proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back. While on its face it may seem a trifle, the implications and what it reveals about this adminsitration is nothing short of ominous. In true fascist fashion they are all about knowing everything and controlling everything. Period. It's really no more complicated than that. This little BMI announcement is just the camel getting its nose under the tent. (Seem to be a lot of camel references. Well it's appropriate, camels stink!) Time to talk about getting off of the health care grid. Why not set up private clinics/hospitals on Indian Reservations, free of government oversight and control? They already have hotels, golf courses and casinos. People could take their whole family for a week, get their checkup and coronary bypass surgery while the family plays and relaxes. It would be a financial boon to the Reservations (a form of reparations from the evil white man usurpers of the early colonial years) and a way to get your medical care without waiting in line and signing your firstborn male child over to the feds. All done in secret. How could Obama say no to the Indians? And as an added bonus he could get cheap cigarettes to boot!

Stamping Out Service

So I'm in line at the post office on Saturday at 11:20am. There are about three of us waiting and two clerks working with two customers at the windows. I am finally the next in line. The lady at the nearest window walks off and I start walking to the window with my one letter to buy one stamp. The clerk, without saying a word places the "Window Closed" sign in his window, turns around and walks off (probably to take his union required break). I slink back into line and wait for the one remaining clerk to call me forward. And these folks wonder why they get such a bad rap in the blogs? Duh. Even more scary is that this is the mentality that will run ObamaCare, if we allow it to go into practice. Had this been a FedEx agent they would probably have been fired on the spot, and rightfully so. You see, when there is competition for your business customer service is king; but when there is no competition customer service is just a nuisance. God help us.

Hold the Milk and Pass the Cookies

It is madness to let the federal government have the final say on what the Constitution says and means, vis-a-vis federal powers. The States wrote the Constitution which created the federal government to handle a few specifically described communal needs on behalf of the States. That's it. It was not created to usurp their power and authority over the myriad issues concerning the citizens of those various States. And the federal government certainly was not granted authority to determine what it's powers should and would be over the States and the citizens. That would be madness (just look around us). That which is created can never be greater than that which creates it. The States are not beholden to the federal government; the federal government is beholden to the States. To permit the President, the Congress and the Supreme Court to determine and have final say over what the Constitution says and means and what their powers and authorities are which derive from it, would be like putting children in charge of the cookie jar. Soon there are no more cookies and the kids have tummy aches. Well, our federal government has drained our treasury dry and the nation is quite sick. But don't expect the federal government to fix itself and relinquish power back to the States. Our only hope is for the States to resume their rightful authority and put the federal government back in its place. Soon. Very soon.