This post explains the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights â the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution â and provides a scorecard on the extent of the loss of each right. http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/0...ampaign=Feed:+TheBigPicture+(The+Big+Picture)
Big government statists have found a new target for their outrageous outrage: the E-cig. New Yorkâs new Mayor de Blasio is all wee-weed up about that nasty 2nd hand water vapor. Now, Dick Durbin and his Democrat friends in the Senate donât even want you to see an E-cigarette on TV.... http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/73447391783/boo-hoo-senator-dick-durbin-and-his-democrat-friends
Progressives, this should shock and worry you just as much as does the presidentâs political opponents. As weâve noted several times on this site, we do not have a king. We have a president who, by definition, as the word might suggest, has the power to âpresideâ, not rule. But what does Obama say about his power? He says heâs got an executive pen and heâs not afraid to use it to, in essence, write laws. This is indistinguishable from having an active monarch. From CBS: Calling for âall hands on deckâ to assist the economy, President Barack Obama is urging his Cabinet to identify ways to keep his administration relevant to people struggling in the up-and-down recovery. With two weeks left before delivering an economy-focused State of the Union address to Congress, Obama is picking up the pace of his jobs message and demonstrating how he can advance his economic agenda administratively and through his ability to coax action from important interest groups. âWeâre not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that weâre providing Americans the kind of help they need. Iâve got a pen and Iâve got a phone,â Obama said Tuesday as he convened his first Cabinet meeting of the year. Obama continued: âAnd I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions⦠â¦âOne of the things that Iâm going to be talking to my Cabinet about is how do we use all the tools available to us, not just legislation, in order to advance a mission that I think unifies all Americans,â... http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/73413682412/obama-on-executive-orders-ive-got-a-pen-to-sign Of course, the article doesnât mention anything about the problems that might be associated with having one person who gets to impose his will on a supposed free people. Rather, it goes on to imply that if Congress, wasnât so unwilling to âcompromiseâ and let the president do whatever he wanted to do, he wouldnât have to use this executive order. Unbelievable. For those of you who are Obama supporters, remember, this isnât a left vs. right issue (in reality, things rarely are but especially this). What if our next president is someone with whom you disagree vehemently? What if they wanted to, by executive fiat, impose their religious views on you or reinstate prohibition or anything other random thing that was a their pet issue? Would you be angry about it? I would submit that you would suddenly become fans of liberty and the Constitution again. But this is what happens in countries that have kings. The kings get to impose their will. Our founders knew this. They had experienced it first hand. They knew that in order for liberty to flourish, they must eliminate the monarch. They were so committed to this belief that they took up arms and fought a war to advance it. And we are throwing that away to advance our personal political agendas. Progressives, itâs time to become principled on this issue. I implore you to reject Obamaâs unprecedented use of executive power, even when you agree with the actual content of the executive order. After all, we donât have a king. We have a president.
Odumbo and the Left have built a voting majority by wealth transfer to the parasite class... who don't give a crap what the government does... so long as their monthly check keeps rolling in. We'll all pay dearly for this... including the parasites.
Got this email, not sure how dated it is. Very interesting... Makes ya wanna move there, doesn't it? (Not!) A wonderful state with zero Republicans - The State of Illinois . Some interesting data on the 'state' of Illinois ... There are more people on welfare in Illinois than there are people working. Chicago pays the highest wages to teachers than anywhere else in the U.S. averaging $110,000/year. Their pensions average 80-90% of their income. Wow, are Illinois and Chicago great or what? Be sure to read till the end. I've never heard it explained better. Perhaps the U.S. should pull out of Chicago ? Body count: In the last six months, 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago . 221 killed in Iraq ; AND Chicago has one of the strictest gun laws in the entire US. Here's the Chicago chain of command: President: Barack Hussein Obama · Senator: Dick Durbin · House Representative: Jesse Jackson Jr. · Governor: Pat Quinn · House leader: Mike Madigan · Atty. Gen.: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike) · Mayor:Rahm Emanuel · The leadership in Illinois - all Democrats. · Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago . · Of course, they're all blaming each other. · Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any! · Chicago school system rated one of the worst in the country. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any! State pension fund $78 Billion in debt, worst in country. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any! Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any! This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois . And he is going to 'fix' Washington politics for us? George Ryan is no longer Governor, he is in prison. He was replaced by Rob Blagojevich who is, that's right, also in prison. And Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned, .. and that's right, he and his wife both are in prison also. The Land of Lincoln , where our Governors and Representatives make our license plates. What? As long as they keep providing entitlements to the population of Chicago , nothing is going to change, except the state will go broke before the country does. "Anybody who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Donât forget Detroit , another great example of a Democratic empireâ¦; PART 2â Oklahoma OKLAHOMA - may soon have plenty of new residents! THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING, AND TRUE ... PLEASE READ IT! Oklahoma is the only state in which Obama did not win even one county in the last election... While everyone is focusing on Arizona âs new law, look what Oklahoma has been doing!!! An update from Oklahoma : Oklahoma law passed, 37 to 9 an amendment to place the Ten Commandments on the front entrance to the state capitol. The feds in D.C., along with the ACLU,said it would be a mistake. Hey this is a conservative state, based on Christian values... HB 1330 Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway. Oklahoma recently passed a law in the state to incarcerate all illegal immigrants, and ship them back to where they came from unless they want to get a green card and become an American citizen. They all scattered. HB 1804. This was against the advice of the Federal Government, and the ACLU, they said it would be a mistake. Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway. Recently we passed a law to include DNA samples from any and all illegal's to the Oklahoma database, for criminal investigative purposes. Pelosi said it was unconstitutional SB 1102 Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway. Several weeks ago, we passed a law, declaring Oklahoma as a Sovereign state, not under the Federal Government directives. Joining Texas , Montana and Utah as the only states to do so. More states are likely to follow: Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Carolina's, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi and Florida. Save your confederate money, it appears the South is about to rise up once again. HJR 1003 The federal Government has made bold steps to take away our guns. Oklahoma, a week ago, passed a law confirming people in this state have the right to bear arms and transport them in their vehicles. I'm sure that was a setback for the criminals The Liberals didn't like it -- But.... Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway. Just this month, the state has voted and passed a law that ALL driversâ license exams will be printed in English, and only English, and no other language. They have been called racist for doing this, but the fact is that ALL of the road signs are in English only. If you want to drive in Oklahoma , you must read and write English. Really simple. By the way, the Liberals don't like any of this either Guess what... who cares... Oklahoma is doing it anyway.