Oh, how far-removed we are from what now seems like the “innocent” Bill Clinton days when all we had to worry about was the various definitions of the word “is”. And now, after watching President Obama’s second term inaugural address, it is clear we have a president who calls into question the meaning of the word “liberty.”
It is incomprehensible that this former constitutional lawyer would argue during his speech that America has evolved to the extent that “our founding documents” no longer require us to “define liberty in exactly the same way.” But then again, it’s not so far-fetched considering what he’s done so far as well as the radicals he’s wrapped his life around. Some in the mainstream media have pondered if compromising with Republicans will be part of his second term agenda; but based on his address, the short answer is “no.” Put on your seatbelts; we’re headed for four more years of divide-and-conquer politics. The carnage will be immense, considering that the majority of Americans are not far-left radicals.
Clearly, our founders defined liberty as the right of individuals to pursue their own interests with minimal interference from a limited government. To suggest otherwise either shows a lack of understanding of America’s founding principles or a disregard for the same. Obama seems intent on widening the already colossal ideological divide.
And herein lies the complexity of a community organizer turned president: his ideology contradicts the constitution he is sworn to uphold.
If the ultimate goal is to shake up, tear down, and fundamentally transform America into the collectivist society Obama’s honey-filled words dripped of, he will do so without the support of half the country. As the rest of us find ourselves scratching our heads trying to figure out where the constitutional authority exists to achieve this transformation, Obama moves forward, motivated by a ludicrous notion that the Constitution must change because times have.
Obama’s inaugural speech words echoed similar thoughts from his book “The Audacity of Hope,” suggesting the Constitution “is not a static but rather a living document, and must be read in the context of an ever-changing world.”
At least he is consistent. On WBEZ-FM in Chicago 12 years ago, Obama attempted to make a case for wealth redistribution and social justice, suggesting it would be found in what the Constitution did not say. Citing a previous court case, Obama said “the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties” mandating “what the states can’t do to you” and “what the federal government can’t do to you, but it doesn’t say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf.”
And he’s lived in the gray ever since. Black and white have given way to ever-expanding shades of gray so much that listening to a policy speech from the president requires an interpreter. The inaugural speech was replete with duplicitous and eerily conservative phrasing like “equality” to conceal wealth redistribution and “safety” in “the quiet lanes of Newtown” to mask expanded gun control.
It might be time for citizens to grasp an understanding of what our founders meant when they wrote and spoke about liberty. Let me leave you with former congressman Ron Paul’s definition: “Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks…Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety…Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen, and a false government security blanket beckons.”
I still believe. How about you?
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It doesn’t take a Conspiracy to follow the trail of deceit and lies from a Miscreant who claims to be “transparent”. ObOzo hid his entire life behind legal maneuvers put in place by his globalist handlers, designed to roadblock anyone seeking information about his past, his associations, his nationality, his linage, his place of birth. But most importantly, His “Constitutional Ineligibility” to be President.
HE LIED, THE MEDIA LIED, and continues to LIE to this day.Does ObozO really believe Americans won’t try and look up “FACTS” about him, especially when it was so readily apparent that the MSM were providing cover, smearing people who questioned obOZo’s “LACK OF CREDIENTIALS” this only served to draw more attention to the issue….Ironically, the more people dug, the more things DID’NT ADD UP.
Anomalies on EVERY document concerning his past, His refusal to provide proof to the contrary, only deepens people’s suspicion, and finally, an adoring MSM cabal of disciples on the ready to do oBoZO’s bidding, there were plenty of examples to Americans that…”Something was Rotten in Denmark”.
The most disturbing of all, because let’s face it, “One Man does not a Country make”, has to be the utter incompetence and outright betrayal by our Congress, that they sat on their hands and did not question or investigate Obama’s Credentials and past is Reprehensible.
This is an indication of just how far off in the weeds we are as a Republic, or, “whether our Votes matter at all”.
This is a Constitutional Crisis, and what it REALLY means, is that we are a rudderless Nation,Which no longer bases its Laws or Government structure within the framework of the Constitution or its “Authority” that our Founders Intended.
And you wonder how an Aberration and Fraud like Obama could be foisted on America, so easily, that, is exactly the reason.
This could only happen if those in power ALLOW it to happen. In short, America was Hoodwinked by the Far Left of the Democratic Party, aided by NWO elites like Soros and many other Liberal Progressives, (communists in the MSM) with an agenda to destroy our Constitutional form of Government and turn America into a NWO Puppet of Globalists, of Soros, our Congress, Bilderbergs,UN, CFR, Clintons, Bush’s, et al, tearing down PIECE BY PIECE our established form of Government, they circumvent our system of Laws and Constitution, and with it, Americans rights as a “Free and Self Determining People”. It is not by chance, that OBoZo has the assistance of a complicit or incompetent Congress, they have all but succeeded in their looting and destroying our Republic. As far as ObOzo’s part, it reeks of the Cloward-Piven strategy. This is the Tyranny our Founders warned us of and the People shoud fear the rise of Totalitarianism and/or Marxism in our Nation.
Reject their Tyranny, Liberalism, (communism), these People reject your freedom, we must reject their subversion of our God Given Rights and Constitutional gurantees.
“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.” – Thomas Jefferson
AMEN! TEXAS
Every word out of the mouth of Colin Powell is deliberate in the extreme.
The Obama camp is really sweating the upcoming release of information by Sheriff Joe’s volunteer Cold-Case-Posse to put Colin Powell out front in an effort to get out in front of Sheriff Joe’s upcoming release of new information on Mr. Obama’s criminal usurpation of the presidency and attempt to discredit those who believe the evidence that Mr. Obama is a fraud.
Timing is Everything!
PPSIMMONS has announced on a YouTube video that investigators will soon be releasing new information uncovered in the ongoing investigation into the usurper-in-chief. The new revelations are said to be big–real big–and the timing of the release appears to be coming right before the Feb. 15th conference of the Supreme Court.
Could the timing be deliberate so as to deny the Chief Justice the luxury of sweeping aside Orly Taitz’s case which will be among those being considered by the court in the Feb. 15th conference?
The Big Question:
Who is the well known personality who PPSIMMONS reports will be a part of the release of the upcoming revelations?
My guess: Donald Trump. If he shows at the press conference and doesn’t even say a word ALL the major news media lap dogs will still be compelled to attend and cover the event.
Atty. Larry Klayman’s case in Alabama is another one to watch. Famous defender of the Constitution, Judge Ray Moore, was re-elected to the Alabama Supreme Court.
The battle to defend the Constitution is not over by a long shot–perhaps a very long shot.
It never ceases to amaze me that people actually believe O was teaching Constitutional law when NO one in the class he was supposed to have attended — remembers him..??
That was another smoke screen. He was never considered a professor. He did seminars that the professors didn’t want to be bothered with.
Also let me add. They tried to find some of these participants and no one has come forward. That may not be true either.
kEEP IN MIND THE THE WORD ‘PEACE”, USED IN COMMUNIST DIALECTICS, IS DEFINED AS
“NONE RESISTANCE TO COMMUNISM”
WHAT ARE WE THE PEOPLE GOING TO DO? HOW LONG DO ”WE” PUT UP WITH THIS? OUR COUNTRY IS UPSIDE DOWN AND NOTHING IS DONE..HE IS A COMMUNIST, SO WHAT’S NEXT….
Thank you all for commenting!!
Obama’s definition of ‘Liberty?’ — DESTRUCTION!! DESTRUCTION! AND MORE DESTRUCTION! of innocent human life, the elderly, sick and disabled and of our God-given liberties/freedoms contained in the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of independence. Obama is a “one-man wrecking ball.”
This country, and so many of this countries once respected institutions, are being influenced and/or run by Fabians, Marxist, commie, fascist, dictatorial, morons.
I am sure that there are many who would call me a moron for lumping those philosophies together but I in return would infer they ought to look in the mirror and then think about what all those philosophies have wrought on the earth and when all is said and done in history they have all wrought exactly the same in the end; slaughter, famine, and despair.
We need to get these commie, fascist, Islamic terrorist coddling bunch of scum out of power in these United States.
Then we need to work our tails off to get all of our freedoms and rights restored.
We are the only hope left for this planet and for all those down trodden and less fortunate to look to as their hope for true freedom and all that it brings.
We must stay united and take the hope, the light, and the right of freedom to every last corner and dark alley and to every last soul in this world.
Everyone should go to http://www.oathkeepers.org you will find people actually working. Rhodes and Mack video’s. Also go to YouTube, search for Jessie Ventura video’s, Jessie actually filmed the concentration camps already set up and a lot more. I received this email from TeaParty.org today. PLEASE READ IT ALL: A senior military leader said Obama is using a new “litmus test” in determining who will stay and who must go in his military leaders. Get ready to explode folks. “The new litmus test of leadership- will you fire on US citizens or not”. Those who will not are being removed,” On Sunday General James Mattis, head of the United States Central Command, “was told to vacate his office several months earlier than planned.” Concerns over US troops being given orders to fire on American citizens in the event of mass gun confiscation first arose in 1995 when hundreds of Marines at 29 Palms, California were given a survey as part of an academic project by Navy Lieutenant Commander Ernest Guy Cunningham which asked the Marines if they would, “Fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the United States government.” The survey was subsequently leaked because many of the Marines who took it were shocked by the tone of the question. The US Military has clearly outlined innumerable civil emergency scenarios under which troops would be authorized to fire on U.S. citizens. In July 2012, the process by which this could take place was made clear in a leaked US Army Military Police training manual for “Civil Disturbance Operations” (PDF) dating from 2006. Similar plans were also outlined in an updated manual released in 2010 entitled FM 3-39.40 ” Internment and Resettlement Operations”. Military assets will be used to “help local and state authorities to restore and maintain law and order” in the event of mass riots, civil unrest or a declaration of martial law. On page 20 of the manual, rules regarding the use of “deadly force” in confronting “dissidents” on American soil are made disturbingly clear with the directive that a, “Warning shot will not be fired.” Given that second amendment advocates are now being depicted as dangerous terrorists by the federal government and local law enforcement, Garrow’s claim is sure to stoke controversy given that Americans are seeing their gun rights eviscerated while the federal government itself stockpiles billions of bullets.
Last week, Gloversville Mayor Dayton King warned that any federal gun confiscation program could lead to a “Waco-style standoff” in rural areas of America.
WHY has he not been impeached yet????
I just want to say, Well put, Susan.
His words were weasally. You captured that well.
Please continue to keep your clear eye on this whole thing, and report your reflections on it all. We’ll need all the mindful comments that we can get, as things heat up to a confrontative state.
Unfortunately it matters not, what I believe, because there is not a single Senator or Congressman that will honor their oath of office. What any one of us believes, does not matter, what is, is, and what is, is frightening. America is on a path of total and complete transformation, and I believe ultimate destruction, driven by someone that has been brought up, in his own twisted world, having used drugs, and participated, according to Lawrence Sinclair, and other’s, in homosexual activities, would anyone expect anything different from such a person?
Obama was a community organizer, that lost his law license, as did his wife, for reasons that we are not aware of, however, knowing the difficulty involved in becoming an attorney, loosing it must have resulted in serious infractions, on both of their behaves.
Obama was swept into the White House on “Hope and Change,” a program that was designed by his Propaganda Minister, David Axelrod, we saw what the first four years of his tyrannical rule brought us, more debt than all of the other presidents accumulated since George Washington. The American people were duped, in the second presidential election, it was stolen, based on millions of fraudulent votes, and even with all of those fraudulent votes, Obama was only able to steal the election by only 400,000 votes.
That might seem like a whole lot, but when you consider that the voter registration rolls contain over 24 million names of individuals, that should no longer be there, along with an additional 1.8 million names of individuals that have passed away, coupled with millions of American’s that are registered to vote in more than one state, 400,000 votes, can easily be manufactured, as I suspect millions of additional votes were fraudulent, to guarantee that Obama remain in power, to allow him to further transform America, into a frightening new world.
There is an old saying, people tend to surround themselves with people that are somewhat similar to themselves, is taste, in interest and most important in ideology. Lets take a look at the king of people that Obama surrounds himself with. Starting with Valerie Jarred, back in Chicago she was the equivalent of what is known as a slum lord, she is also Iranian and I have little doubt that her political views are any different that are Obama’s when it comes to the Muslim Brotherhood and Israel.
Obama has filled many key positions with individuals that also support the Muslim Brotherhood, his out going Secretary of State had Huma Abedin as her Chief of Staff, and Abedin’s entire family, including Huma herself, was at one time closely associated with the woman’s version, of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Obama has come out openly in support of the rebells, that are fighting to depose the Syrian president, having recognized the rebels as the Syrian people’s choice. The problem is who are the rebels, and what is their ultimate goal? Obama also supplied weapons to the rebels in Syria, and when the rebels needed a little additional military assistance, Obama launched an air war with our Air Force without any Congressional approval.
The rebels in Algeria that kidnapped many innocent individuals, along with a number of American citizen’s in Algeria, were overcome by the Algerian military at the gas refinery. At the last count over eight bodies were found including three American’s. It was also learned that many weapons that were found were weapons that at one time were in Libya. I have little doubt that a great number of our Military in Afghanistan, have either been killed or seriously injured, by many of these weapons that found themselves in Libyan, and Syrian hands, at one time or another.
al-Qaeda, are Muslim extremists, that are formed mainly by Sunni Muslim’s, from all over the world. Their objective is world domination, and they are closely tied to the Muslim Brotherhood. Mohammad Morsi, the president of Egypt is a Sunni, and he is also closely tied to the Muslim Brotherhood. Barack Obama Senior, was a Sunni Muslim, as in all probability so is Barack Obama Jr.
Obama is on a number of mission to transform America, he also I believe, intends to completely destroy the Republican party, to insure that there will be nothing left of the Republican party, in the 2014 elections, insuring that there will be no opposition in the House of Representatives, and or the Senate, giving him complete and ultimate control, to allow him to push through all of his agenda’s, with no opposition, none whatsoever.
On the top of his agenda list, will be Res 15, which once passed, would eliminate the two four year terms, that a president can remain in office. Without any opposition from what would then be a non existing Republican party, he would be assured a win, and remain in power for as long as he wishes, which I believe will be throughout his lifetime.
We can thank of Members of Congress, for having sat on the side lines, as Obama and his dysfunctional Administration methodically went about destroying the American way of life, and having done absolutely nothing to honor their oath of office, to protect the American people, from all enemies, both foreign, and domestic.
This is obama’s way of saying he had his fingers crossed when taking the oath of office, therefore it doesn’t count if he fails to follow the constitution.