It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Politics/Legislation/Elections => Topic started by: oldcoastie6468 on November 26, 2013, 12:13:59 PM
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Obama's Disdain For The Constitution Means We Risk Losing Our Republic
By M. Northrop Buechner
Since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, he has changed it five times. Most notably, he suspended the employer mandate last summer. This is widely known, but almost no one seems to have grasped its significance.
The Constitution authorizes the President to propose and veto legislation. It does not authorize him to change existing laws. The changes Mr. Obama ordered in Obamacare, therefore, are unconstitutional. This means that he does not accept some of the limitations that the Constitution places on his actions. We cannot know at this point what limitations, if any, he does accept.
By changing the law based solely on his wish, Mr. Obama acted on the principle that the President can rewrite laws and—since this is a principle—not just this law, but any law. After the crash of Obamacare, many Congressmen have implored the President to change the individual mandate the same way he had changed the employer mandate, that is, to violate the Constitution again.
The main responsibility the Constitution assigns to the President is to faithfully execute the Laws. If the President rejects this job, if instead he decides he can change or ignore laws he does not like, then what?
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Those who currently hold political office, and who want to keep our system of government, need to act now. Surely, rejection of the Constitution is grounds for impeachment and charges should be filed. In addition, there are many other actions that Congressmen can and should take—actions that will tell Mr. Obama that we have seen where he is going and we will not let our country go without a fight.
At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked what form of government had been created. “A republic,” he replied, “if you can keep it.”
We are losing it. If Mr. Obama’s reach for unprecedented power is not stopped, that will be the end. Everyone who values his life and liberty should find some way to say “No!” “Not now!” “Not yet!” “Not ever!”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/11/19/obamas-disdain-for-the-constitution-means-we-risk-losing-our-republic/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/11/19/obamas-disdain-for-the-constitution-means-we-risk-losing-our-republic/)
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At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked what form of government had been created. “A republic,” he replied, “if you can keep it.”
Yes. The question from Mrs. Powell...
...so it was Franklin that started the whole "If you like your Republic, you can keep your Republic." ;)
Interesting.
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Hard to keep what so many are so willing to outright destroy.
::gaah::
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Or sell for as little as $9 per month.
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Or sell for as little as $9 per month.
And a free phone.
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Or sell for as little as $9 per month.
And a free phone.
...and free gasoline, and no house payments, and... (Huh? Oh. Never mind...)
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The next step in the systematic destruction of this country. It's not taught, it's not thought.
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The next step in the systematic destruction of this country. It's not taught, it's not thought.
It's learned by the crusaders against this nation, and blammo is the head instructor.
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The constitution is only part of what he hates about America.
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We are funding this tyranny.
This is why "they" won't allow the dollar to collapse.
When it does go down, all bets are off.
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The constitution is only part of what he hates about America.
The sheer fact that white people had something to do with it really sticks in his claw.
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The constitution is only part of what he hates about America.
I think he hates our whole country, from what we stand for and defend, to having a lifestyle in which we can take care of ourselves, to our "God given rights" he does not believe in.
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Considering his upbringing (and indoctrination):
- Indonesia
- Grandparents with no American values (Communist, Godless)
- Frank Marshall Davis
- Columbia (Cloward & Piven)
- et al
He has no basis for connection with the rest of us.
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Considering his upbringing (and indoctrination):
- Indonesia
- Grandparents with no American values (Communist, Godless)
- Frank Marshall Davis
- Columbia (Cloward & Piven)
- et al
He has no basis for connection with the rest of us.
I'm for a forceful and final disconnection from all this ilk.