This current Congress, the 112th, has shown that they are the tamest bunch of legislators to grace the halls of the Capital since the inception of our Republic. The “go along to get along” mentality has caused an erosion of liberty, the likes of which our nation has never seen. From the moment that Obama burst on the scene, he has threatened Congress in one way or another, challenged their authority at every turn, and usurped a good measure of their Constitutional powers along the way with barely any objection from them.
Obama has managed to use intimidation upon many of his political opponents with great effect as evidenced by his past political campaigns that have sought to win not by persuasive arguments for the benefit of the people but simply disgracing his adversaries and leaving him the only man standing. This abusive method of electioneering is the Chicago “trademark” of politics that’s been perfected by Illinois politicians for generations and is know as the “Chicago Way.”
Why would Obama change his style now that he is on the national stage?
The better question is: why has Congress accepted such abhorrent and abusive behavior from our president?
Why have they ignored the glaring question of who Obama is? After all, this man has his finger on the nuclear trigger, and we know essentially nothing about him; not his grades from elementary, junior-high, or high school or his college transcripts from Occidental, Columbia, or Harvard. We do not have any thesis or any writings to speak of from his college years, no testaments from friends and acquaintances during this time on who and what he is as a person, much less his true self. We have no stories from previous girlfriends on the man himself other than “Julia” who has been admitted to be a composite; we could continue this list in perpetuity, and we would be no closer to knowing anything definitive about the man or his beliefs.
It is as if he is a mannequin in a department store window being dressed for the appropriate season and style for whatever is fashionable at the time to whoever is the latest audience of his fleeting machinations.
How is it that a charlatan who has the thinnest of résumés and an even thinner skin can bamboozle or intimidate our entire Congress?
Why do they continue to do his bidding by approving spending bills that waste tremendous amount of taxpayer funds and resources without any accountability from this administration or from Congress itself? Trillion dollar deficits for every year since 2009 is not anything to be proud of, much less to be complicit in. Why would they pass the “Presidential Efficiency and Streamlining Act” that eliminates Senate approval for certain presidential appointees, giving even more power to Obama while neutering Congress and willfully abrogating their oversight responsibilities?
The Fast & Furious scandal is nothing more than an illegal criminal enterprise that has left hundreds of people callously slaughtered by viscous narco-terrorists, and all that it results in is a mild and meaningless rebuke of a “Contempt of Congress” citation. Then we have the crown jewel of Obama’s corrupt legislative initiatives: the PPACA (aka Obamacare) which left the entire rule-making responsibility to federal bureaucrats.
This health care legislation is so egregious that federal agencies are making rules that abrogate basic Constitutional rights by caveat without any recourse of the citizens to seek redress, except in the federal courts for violation of their First Amendment rights. An honorary mention needs to be made to the last NDAA, which eliminated two crucial and pivotal Constitutional guarantees (Habeas Corpus and Posse Comitatus) and allows for the indefinite detention of citizens without charges. It also sanctioned the use of the military for domestic law enforcement purposes, usurping the police powers constitutionally granted to the various states.
How is any of this in the public’s welfare when Congress completely abrogates any oversight responsibility for the legislation they enact, and the citizens’ only recourse is through the courts?
Obama is acting in a supra-legislative manner by declaring new immigration and other laws in deference to current federal statutes, or redefining what these laws mean and whether he and his administration will or will not enforce them. These are all “acts” that are impeachable offenses as the Constitution is clear in Article II Section 3 on the duties of the president in these matters. When we look back at the impeachment of Nixon and Clinton on such minor offenses as rising to the level of impeachment against these glaring violations of fundamental law, then the only question that comes to mind is the difference must be in Congress itself.
How is it that we have fallen so far and so quickly into anarchy and that one man, Obama, has the ability to redefine law and morality for an entire nation (and our current Congress stands idly by wringing their hands as we descend into lawlessness?) If history is any judge of these acts, then either a terrible retribution is at hand and will be administered by the rule of law, or the citizens in this nation will act (as they are the ultimate arbiters of our destiny.) If these legislators fail to act, this Congress will be turned out along with Obama at the next election for their acts of cowardice, and their names will go down in history as traitors to our American way of life for their obvious acts of betrayal.
We can hope Romney will usher in a cleansing of the halls of Congress with his election, and men of sterner stuff will be elected along with him as they start the important work of rebuilding a nation torn asunder.
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Time to demand Obama’s college records
Why doesn’t Romney stand up to obozo and demand his college records? Is he gonna be a wimp, too. Our cowardly Congress is probably complicit with obozo and his criminal adiminstration. You can go to: freedomwatchusa.org if you want to help remove obozo from office now. Too many people are doing nothing in Congress. That’s the only reason why obozo has been so successful in destroying our freedoms/liberties. Cowards rule America!! What a shame!!
No, the ruthless Democrats rule America, the coward Republicans lets them get away with it.
By “caveat”? Didn’t you mean “by fiat”“?
This is not a snark. I endorse your message, and I want it to be taken seriously. Therefore (quoting Cromwell), “in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken” when you use a word that sounds nice without taking a moment to look it up and make sure that it means what you think it does.
I meant it as the definition for the people to act “a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices” and “a modifying or cautionary detail to be considered when evaluating, interpreting, or doing something.” After all the administration (regime) is interpreting this horrid legislation in the most egregious manner possible and to the detriment of the people on the whole.
From Merriam Webster definitions a & c.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caveat
However “fiat” would have been a better word for the thought I wanted to convey, thanks.
The connotation of warning (in the sense that “caveat” has a link to the old Latin “cave canem” – “beware of the dog” – found in the ruins of private homes in Pompeii) isn’t what federal thugs commonly intend, any more than an old protection racketeer’s “Nice place you got here; I’d hate to see sumthin’ happen to it” was a genuine expression of concern for the visited person’s place of business.
What the bureaucrats do is to threaten the private citizen on the basis of their ability to exercise uncontested the police power in our society, entirely too damned often in an arbitrary manner violating the rule of law.
“Do as I dictate or else.”
And in this representative republic of ours, the Constitution does not empower a dictator or his legates.
worry about what we have in front of us and forget about mistakes with writing numnutt to tucci 78 what damn country are you from Italy
The words “caveat” and “fiat” are Latin in origin.
Not “Latin-American,” but rather “Latin” as in the language of ancient Rome.
Hm. You’re yet another product of “public education,” ain’tcha?
re: “We can hope Romney will usher in a cleansing of the halls of Congress” –Don’t count on Romney changing a thing for the better.
Debra J.M. Smith
A Congress of cowards? He obviously is referring to the Republicans, you won’t find a better group of fighters than the Socialist Democrats, they will fight to the end to pass their agenda, never compromise, when they do is just to go back one step and then three foward.
On the other side the “defenders” of the Constitution are nothing more than a bunch of establishment boys who’s only agenda is to “compromise”s and when they fight dirty is only when they fight the Tea Party.
No balls boner is a coward !!!! Why else would he cry about nothing !!!
I agree with this article. I have been writing about the Congress of Cowards, for some time and I do not see it getting any better. To be fair it must be stated that the House has tried to pass legislation over and over again which would benefit the American People, but dirty Harry Reid always blocks it. The Senate is another matter.
The dumbocrats in the Senate are intentionally blocking any legislation or any criticism of Obama and the administration. In the House it is pop eyed Nancy Pelosi who is the Obama mate. In the next election we must not only elect a President but we must clean out the Senate and put legislators in there who will honor their office. Romney has to get tough and stay tough. He must be flexible enough to seize any opportunity, like the Chick fil A escapade. He disavowed that because he said his campaign did not include that.
What these idiot Congressmen and Senator’s seem not to understand, by them doing nothing to rid the US of Obama, they are sealing their own fates. Has anyone ever seen a Congress in China, Russian or Iran, they don’t have them, nor will America or whatever BO ends up calling it when he steals another presidential election. Mitt Romney is too much of a nice guy. The way he is running his campaign reminds my of how the RINO Senator McCain ran his campaign when he refused to go after Obama and his ties to Reverend Wright on the premise that he wants to run a clean campaign. Personally I think that McCain was a set-up,he was chosen by the GOP because they knew that McCain was a lousy presidential candidate and that he could not win against Obama’s Chicago Destruction Machine. I ask think that Mitt Romney was chosen by the GOP for similar reasons, he is a very wealthy Mormon and that means that he has two serious strikes against him, by the majority of American people, before he even gets near the plate.
When are you people going to wake up? THEY ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AGAINST US!
What upsets me is why out those 60 new representatives sent to Washington they couldn’t find two to file charges of Treason.
B.S.
THE REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE ARE NOT PUSH-OVERS, AND NEITHER ARE THOSE SENATE REPUBLICANS.
THE PROBLEM IS OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS.
OBAMA CREATES A “DREAM ACT” FOR WHAT “HE” LABELED “ILLEGAL ALIEN” CHILDREN BROUGHT INTO THE USA BY THEIR PARENTS. FIRST OF ALL, PRESIDENTS HAVE NO POWER TO CREATE LAWS WITHOUT CONGRESS. A “DREAM ACT” BY A PRESIDENT IS NOT LAW.
SECOND, TO GET THIS PROMISE OF AMNESTY FROM OBAMA THEY’D HAVE TO PAY $465 AND PROVE THEIR CLAIMS. HOW DO THEY PROVE IT WITHOUT GIVING UP THEIR PARENTS? THERE IS NO SAFE HAVEN FOR ALL THE ‘ILLEGAL ALIEN’ PARENTS.
WITH OBAMA STARTING WITH AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL “DREAM ACT”, FEDERAL COURTS MAY BE UNABLE TO CHARGE THE PARENTS IN THIS SCHEME OF ENTRAPMENT.
FOR THE RECORD OF THE 112TH CONGRESS,
the House has sent 16 Jobs Bills to the Senate.
The Senate led by Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) have done nothing because Senator Reid will not place them on the Senate calendar.
America’s In Trouble (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AK-Hzajs_0
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First Prayer in Congress http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrBs0JDqNic&feature=related
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“Prayer for America” by JoeDanMedia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDrRVlm5HOw&feature=related
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You are right, this congress is a bunch of cowards and so is Fox News, who I think is the most honest, so I can’t imagine why they are ignoring this. Everyone wants answers about the shooters recently but no one seems to care exactly who is Obama.
What is happening now is very similar to the way Adolf Hitler, democratically elected by the citizens of Germany, gradually, step by step, edict by edict, manipulation by manipulation, took power from their legislature. There was little push back against him and eventually he had amassed enough power to do away with them and anoint himself dictator. People think that it can’t happen here but I am watching it happen as the ball-less “leadership” of Boehner and McConell, always afraid of what the press and television “journalists” might say about them, tippy-toe around Obama. God help us if we don’t rid our country of these go along to get along cowards along with the communist in the White House.
When all of you understand as Larry and Debra Smith has wrote, you just may begin to see the depth and scope of the problems concerning government. ABSOLUTELY, congress is bought off by the bankers and there is ONLY about a hand full of congressmen that are patriots in the true sense of the word, Ron Paul being one. These few congressmen are NOT for sale to the bankers or anyone else, but work for proper government. Yet very few here can understand or even accept this.
Think for a moment at all the laws that Republicans has helped pass in congress that has benefited and helped Obama and the Democrats as well as the liberal and moderate Republicans. All the Executive Orders Obama has issued has only been possible because congress has let him. They originally gave the presidents this authority over time, starting with Lincoln who actually took the first step in setting the precedents. ObamaCare could have easily been defeated IF the Republican controlled House had ONLY refused to fund the program, yet “Boner” likes to claim that the House has voted over 30 times to kill ObamaCare. Similar goes for the NDAA that was passed earlier this year, and so many other things I can’t begin to name them all.
Until EWE SHEEPLE learn that that practically all of congress, including over 95% of the Republicans are bought off, none of you stand a rabbit’s chance in affecting the direction of this country. You better pay closer attention to Larry and Debra.
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
This article needs to be read by ALL Patriots. This article has had all of the fat trimmed off and is pure beef ! It targets every single point that has and is causing this nation to go into free fall. It sickens me to read how the very people we sent to Washington to protect us ans shield us from internal harm have facilitated, condoned and approved of the harm levied on the American people. CONgress has stood idly by and done nothing but cry and whine and retreat into a hole in the ground, trembling in fear of a skinny little homo runt. It’s such a shame that his world isn’t based on being a man. He would never have even gotten into the game on that alone. He is a sniveling , whiny, pouty game playing baby. Which says a lot about the bunch we have in CONgress huh ? And the fact is I don’t know if Mitt Romney has it either. So far I haven’t seen any fire come from his belly. And believe me this country is worth having a fire breathing dragon stepping to the podium. Time to stop this infantile little game that’s being played against America. Here’s exactly how I feel about the whole matter……..”I came here to chew bubblegum and kick some ass…….and I’m all out of bubblegum” !!!!
What do we say?
What to our Founding Fathers do we say
knowing we just slept our freedoms away
Would those in Gettysburg roll in disgust
Knowing the price they paid for us
Or the million plus that in uniform died
Seeing WE THE PEOPLE just run and hide
Or Americans standing in a reservoir frozen
and those in the jungles when their number was chosen
To volunteers all in Baghdad street fights
Or fighting in mountains all day into night
What do we say to those whom have borne the brunt
The Airmen, sailors, soldiers and grunts
What do we say while they’re standing far off and alone
While those that sent them from a House and a Dome
Ignore the OATH that troops stand for even through fear
And WE THE PEOPLE allow it like we just don’t care
What do we say to those that marched for rights of all individuals
not caring if we are white, black, conservative, or liberal
CIVIL rights is a gift from our beautiful GOD
not a house or dome decision given or taken with a nod
do we SUPPORT AND DEFEND and fire those in the House and the Dome
or do we listen to marketing schemes and just sit at home
sitting idly by while those that do get enraged
Like an ARMY doctor that we let them put in a cage
What do we say to those that divide us by color and creed
To feed their never ending hunger for power and greed
Will we stand UNITED for hard fought liberty won
Relieving ourselves of those that have un-become
WE THE PEOPLE draw a line in this nation full of Hallowed ground
In your Patriots heart I pray you again hear the sound
Battle Hymn of the REPUBLIC sounding our plight
Last chance House and Dome because next, we come to fight
The Lord Jesus is recorded in the Bible as having said to His Followers – more than anything else recorded of the Words He spoke, “Fear not.” It should come as no surprise that the representatives of this once Christian nation operate from a position of fear, for having turned from the Lord unto the wickedness of the lusts of their hearts, Americans are paralyzed by fear…, fear of being perceived as politically incorrect, fear of condemnation by the licentious liberal left or their neo-conservative, pseudo-republican counterparts. Some Christians still embrace Jesus’ command to fear not. One of them owns a Chicken joint named Chic-Fil-A. In the Book of Proverbs, right up in the first Chapter I recall, Words are written which, and I am quoting roughly from memory, ‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.’ It’s time for Americans to wise up.
Congress is complicit!