This
scandal that the general public still does not understand brought down a
president and led to the Watergate Congress which threw away the victory in
Vietnam and solidified the Progressive control of Congress until 1994.
Today we are confronted with contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law
that makes the Watergate Scandal look like the tempest
in a teapot that it actually
was. How many people died as a result of the Watergate Scandal = 0.
How many have died as a result of the Fast and Furious debacle = at least 200 and still counting including an American law enforcement officer.
How did Richard Nixon disrespect, disregard or violate the Constitution in the
Watergate Scandal = 0 (although his use of Executive privilege did spark a constitutional
crisis). How many times has Barack Obama disrespected, disregarded or
violated the Constitution during his time in office = at least twice as
documented below by making recess appointments while Congress was still in
session and refusing to enforce laws.
There is
an old saying, “That’s good enough for government work.” This saying
comes out of the big government make-work programs of the 1930s and has been
used ever since as short hand for “Approximate is close enough,” which might as
well be the new national motto. In societies that rob Peter to pay Paul
the stage before all the Peters change their names to Paul is typified by
government bean counters picking winners and losers. This process
discourages producers and encourages non-producers assuring you get less of the
former and more of the latter. As an educator I have a belief that if you
don’t teach someone to do something right you are teaching them that doing it
wrong is acceptable.
If
Congress does not assert its place as a co-equal branch of government, the
Imperial Presidency of Barack Obama will continue to usurp power. From
recess appointments while Congress is in session to refusing
to enforce the laws of the land
this President is fundamentally
transforming our system of
government. Not through the amendment process, but through a campaign of
unconstitutional and therefore illegal actions designed to buy him enough votes
for a second term. Whether it is through the money
laundering schemes that are
government negotiations with public service unions, pork
barrel payoffs to political
donors, or back-door
amnesty this is nothing more than buying
votes:
a time-honored Chicago tradition. Combine this with a campaign to resist
any attempt to verify who is voting and the stage is set for an election that would make any managed
society proud.
His
supporters may call it the Audacity
of Hope Campaign, but if it is successful it will be the audacity
which crushes any hope of limited government, personal liberty, and economic
freedom. The dreams from his father will become the nightmares of our
children and grandchildren. With no authority Mr. Obama is attempting to
rule by decree. Executive orders have previously been used to direct the
Executive Departments how to implement laws. Mr. Obama is using them to
legislate, and that is in direct contravention to the separation of powers
clearly outlined in the Constitution.
President
Obama has built a shadow
government that parallels and is
standing ready to supplant our constitutional government. He has
appointed more
Czars than most of his
predecessors and these Czars are not just advisers they are actually tasked
with duties that under our traditional American governmental structure have
been the responsibility of Cabinet Secretaries. These Czars are not
confirmed; they are anointed, and none of them are accountable to anyone but
the President. Even though Congress voted to defund his Czars, President
Obama has said he will ignore that part of the Budget and keep
them anyway. A cult of
personality surrounds him typified by a compliant media which fawns over his
every action and defends his every transgression.
As if to add
icing to the cake the Obama Administration has invoked Executive Privilege to
support Attorney General Holder in his refusal to surrender all requested
documents in the Fast and Furious Scandal.
What national security issues could there be in this matter? If the documents proved that the operation
really did start under the Bush administration as Mr. Holder contends does
anyone doubt they would have been on the table yesterday? Either the President is attempting to
protect his Attorney General, some member of the White House staff or
himself. Either way this may eventually
provide a real similarity to the Watergate Scandal. Though in this case the cover-up could not be
worse than the crime it could lead to enough fallout to make his own supporters
leave a sinking ship to avoid the stigma of a failed presidency and a looming
constitutional crisis.
If this
slide into tyranny is not stopped it will continue. If it is not protested it
will be accepted. I know there are not enough Senators to convict but if
these blatant attacks upon the checks and balances are not punished, at least
by the shame and reproach of an Impeachment Resolution, they are being silently
condoned. Speaker Boehner stand up and lead the House! Don’t just
make a speech; present a case. Don’t just give us a photo op; give us a
fighting chance to save this great experiment in human freedom.
If you
don’t stand for something you will fall for anything. America it is time
to stand up to this Southside Chicago bully, and let him know he can’t have our
lunch money anymore, and he can’t subvert our Republic either at least not
without us protesting and using every legal means available to stop him and preserve
limited government.
We, the
lovers of freedom and the supporters of limited government cannot merely wait
the clock out on the Obama presidency. Because if he wins another term
with all these affronts to constitutional government unchallenged combined with
a campaign based upon class warfare and the redistribution of wealth he and his
statist backers will declare it a mandate for more of the same, on
steroids. An oligarchy of the perpetually re-elected veneered over a
permanent nomenclature of federal bureaucrats will easily fall in line behind a
complacent and complicit media to cheer the new order as the soft tyranny of
the central planners tell us what is best for us and then forces us to say
thank you.
Protest
the lawless Progressive counter-revolution! Contact you Representative
and demand an impeachment hearing to investigate President Obama for the High
Crimes of subverting the Constitution.
He should be investigated for:
·
making recess
appointments while Congress was still in session
·
for ignoring his
obligation to enforce the laws of the land in the areas of Immigration and the Defense
of Marriage Act
·
for incorrectly using
a claim of Executive Privilege to cover up reckless and possibly criminal
activity in the Fast and Furious scandal.
Act
today! Contact your Representative and
let them know patriotic Americans want this tyranny ended and limited
government restored. Keep the
faith. Keep the peace. We shall overcome.
Dr. Owens teaches History, Political Science, and Religion
for Southside Virginia Community College. He is the Historian of the Future @ http://drrobertowens.com © 2012 Robert R.
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