Tipping Point - A majority faction has gone too far

The events of the last couple months ought to give us pause. We have leaders that demand that members of Congress vote on a bill before they can read it, they freely admit they make the rules up in the House as they go along, they believe they can "deem" a bill passed, they believe an executive order can change current federal law, they do all this with no regard for the minority party in the Congress or the majority of the people in the country.

There are those within the democratic party that claimed that life was sacred at the moment of conception and that no federal funds should be used to fund abortion, and yet they vote for the bill. The lie is exposed. There is no such thing as a pro-life democrat. There is no such thing as a democrat with principles. Anything that furthers the power and influence of themselves and their party is a worthy endeavor.

We have a new massive program added, with only half of it paid for with higher taxes the rest on fictional Medicare cuts. As history has taught us, it will likely cost much much more. As basic social science teaches us, it will not lower premiums, will not improve care, and won't lower the deficit.

Democrats are far more than simply too far left for the country, they have intentionally ignored the U.S. Constitution. President Obama, Pelosi, and Reid care very little for this country, the apologize for it throughout the world, they criticize its people, its businesses, its habits, and even the manner in which they talk about public issues. And what disgusts me is that the University of Chicago paid Barack Hussein Obama to teach Constitutional Law to law students. And conservatives are just paranoid of liberal universities and faculty? Hardly. Obama's regard for the Constitution is just above the scribbles on a notepad. But what makes it more clear, is that: if the United States was such a great country, and the Constitution such a perfect political charter, why has such transformational changes, ground-shaking reforms, and outright defiance of the Constitution been required for what is a PUBLIC SUBSIDY!

We are not talking about an existential threat to the country, it is not slavery, it is not war, it is not political oppression or tyranny. We are not talking about women's suffrage, conscription, Prohibition, or social security. We are talking about paying for 31 million people to get Health Insurance. Not healthcare, health insurance. We are mandating that Americans buy health insurance, whether they like it or not. It is a taking. It is a perversion of the Commerce Clause authority. It stretches the hand of the central government farther than it has ever been stretched before. Every one of our Founding Fathers would be outraged by the events of the last couple months. They would be standing outside the Capitol Building with actual pitch forks, ready to tar and feather Pelosi, Hoyer, or Stupak.

And yet they applaud inside. They know these things, they are not stupid. They just don't care. The Constitution is a dusty old document with only marginal relevance. Power, control, and dependence is what they want. It has been done numerous times in the world. the fact that there is no Gestapo does not make it any less true. No tyrant freely admits he intends to oppress the people before he does so.

You want proof of their lack of care, look at the poor African American communities in Chicago, Detroit, or Philadelphia. For decades, they have been run by liberal democrats cut from the same cloth as Obama and Pelosi. And today, they are poor, in some cases poorer, they still live in what we call ghettos, and they still march and demand this and that from an unfair country. Socialism does not work. The democratic model does not work. We know this and we have known this for a while. But we just feel so damn cruel and guilty for not supporting these wasteful, ineffective, and ambitious social programs.

Well, read Federalist #10. The majority faction has been more than happy to overrun the minority here in order to get their way. They care little for process or rules. They expand their power and authority over all at the expense of all. But as long as you are within their dependent patronage armies, you will get taken care of. As the country slowly descends into economic ruin as did Argentina, Japan, and others have before us, we will all slowly become more miserable, hopeless, and weak.

That is our future under this President and this Congress. Unless they are defeated and their efforts repealed, our country will see its fall in 5-10 years rather than a few decades.

The undemocratic democratic Party

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/2010/03/hoyer_process_only_interesting_to_us.html

According to Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer, Americans don't care about the process only results. He used his own phrasing of course but that his the essence of his statement. And it is probably the most undemocratic and un-American sentiment that one can have.

Consider this, the Founding Fathers had difficulty agreeing on a Constitution because of PROCESS. They weren't arguing about policy, they were arguing about process! Taxation without representation? Well that is a process problem. Detaining foreign combatants without Miranda or bringing charges? That's process. When Hoyer states that Americans don't care about process he is completely wrong.

James Madison and others worked so hard on the process the Constitution would set up for lawmaking in Congress. They knew that the deliberate process would be slow and would be frustrating and cumbersome at times, but that was their intent. In fact, they stated the very opposing position of Hoyer, the process is MORE IMPORTANT! Obviously they wanted an effective process that made the country free, prosperous, and secure and therefore built the necessary energy and authority into it. It was a major departure from the Articles of Confederation in that way. So in effect, the energy and decisiveness is exactly where it was intended to be Mr. Hoyer. Current circumstances are completely irrelevant.

This is the attitude of American liberals. The Constitution is a "living document" and must evolve with the times because things are different now, we are different people and this is a different world. It must be made more flexible and more amenable to the results the American people want. That is the argument. The Founding Fathers would disagree. Any flaws or weaknesses in the Constitution that make it ill-suited to the changing times, can be fixed through legal processes such as lawmaking or Constitutional Amendments. This would preserve the integrity and meaning of the Constitution without turning it into a relativistic document that means what it "needs to mean" for us to make progress. We did not end slavery, establish women's suffrage, establish equal protection, or lower the voting age through a Supreme Court decision or some legislative trick.

Unfortunately, the Constitution has been weakened since the 1930s. We even had a President expand the size of the Supreme Court to get HIS interpretation. This more flexible interpretation of the Constitution has led to a power grab by the federal government and a slow and gradual erosion of individual rights.

Ambitious tyrants and oppressive groups always make this argument. The Constitution, the law, or some group is getting in the way of progress and harming the country. We need a strong, centralized, and effective government unhindered by such processes. In fact, Madison addressed this in the Federalist Papers in #10. This is essentially tyranny by the majority. The esoteric processes, as Hoyer would describe them, protect minorities from the potential tyranny of a majority faction. In this case, the democratic party.

These procedures, rules, and Constitutional provisions do indeed make it a challenge to govern the country. And rightly so. That was its purpose. Instead of trying to side-step it, bitch about it, or outright violate it, the majority must work with the minority even when it dominates with such majorities in both Houses and control of the White House. The United States was not built on the theory that elections decide policy and that the loser must step aside. Far from it, elections just give one faction a momentary advantage, nothing more. And I think the moment of Pelosi, Reid, and Obama is ending soon.