Who Says 'A' Must Say 'B' --WFB, Jr.

William F. Buckley, Jr. often admonished people that who says ‘A’ must say ‘B.’ The gist being that ideas and thoughts have logical natural consequences. Sometimes these consequences are not what the person had in mind when postulating ‘A.’ Many conservatives today make the argument (and quite correctly I might add) that the health care reform bills winding their way through Congress are patently unconstitutional. I believe that this position is correct within the scope of Article 1, Section 8 and the 10^th Amendment. The federal government simply lacks the authority and power to engage in these activities and to compel citizens to do or not do certain things relative to health care. The states, on the other hand would be free to pursue universal health care plans within the confines of their borders and according to their state constitutional dictates. Having posited all of this, now who says ‘A’ must say ‘B.’ Under these same U.S. constitutional proscriptions I believe that Medicare and Social Security must also be viewed in the same light; unconstitutional. They simply are not specific enumerated powers of the federal government under Article 1, Section 8. And please don’t bring up the preamble, the general welfare clause, the necessary and proper clause or the interstate commerce clause. These attempts to subvert the clear language and intent of Article 1, Section 8 have been debated to death and handily dispatched. In addition, I realize that various Supreme Courts have ruled several times in the past to uphold the constitutionality of these programs. This merely speaks to the fallibility of the court. The court is composed of mere mortals and numerous courts have been reversed and nullified. I maintain that the court is every bit as political as the executive and legislative branches. Justices are appointed by Presidents to further the administration’s agenda. And over time I believe that justices embark upon crusades for their own personal agendas. To believe that the court is painfully objective and unbiased in its decisions and rigorously faithful to the actual text and original intent of the Constitution is at best laughable and at worst dangerous. Thus, I call upon my fellow conservative revolutionaries to carry our crusade against a federal health care takeover to the next logical step of disbanding Medicare and Social Security (hopelessly bankrupt as they are) and giving the states the opportunity of taking over these types of programs if they see fit.

Nuggets

• So the buck stops with Barry...and so does the change...and anything else he can squeeze out of you.
• Watching this administration is like looking at a Salvador Dali painting. Everything looks sort of familiar but it's all distorted and bent out of shape.