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MASS MURDER IN THE UNITED STATES – What Is the Root Cause?


BLOG POST 2 - Mass Murder

There are no simple answers but there are some potential solutions and almost none of them coming from the Left in this country.  Sadly, there are virtually no answers coming from the Republicans either, but there are reasons and remedies for some of what happened in Las Vegas, at the Softball Field in Washington, DC and many of the mass shootings that have transpired in these United States of America.  I do not pretend to have the answers and may have none, but let me advance some ideas that I have through years of studying people, my faith, prayer, and what I have pieced together from many other sources.  If any of it resonates with you, wonderful and if not, then you are free to form your own conclusions or continue in a state of perplexity wondering Why and possibly laying blame at the wrong doorstep(s).

What do we know about the Las Vegas shooter?  At the time of this writing, not much other than his name, Steven Paddock and that he has a girlfriend who was out of the country at the time of the rampage, named Marilou Danley.  We know that he murdered almost 60 people and wounded over 500 more.  We know that he had about two dozen weapons in his hotel room and almost that many more in his residence along with thousands of rounds of ammunition and explosives or explosive materials.  We know he had modified the semi-automatic rifles to mimic fully automatic weapons with the “bump stock” and some reports have indicated that one of them might have been modified to full auto.  We know that he had no known criminal record, and reportedly no religious or political affiliation.  We know he was seemingly financially well off and that he was 64 years of age.  That tells us virtually nothing as to why he did this or what might have triggered this action.

It would be impossible to say this was simply an impulsive action or spur of the moment for the intricate details of the apparent planning suggests this was a lengthy developing plan and his target was specifically chosen for any number of reasons.   It also suggests that he was not alone.   It could be he chose this event because of a large number of potential victims.  It could be that he chose this music festival because it was an easy target.  It could be that he chose this event because they attendees were country music fans and as many on the left have suggested were probably largely Republicans and/or Trump supporters.  However, if he had no religious or political motivation that seems unlikely, but cannot be ruled out.

BLOG POST 2A - Most Wanted

His father was on the FBI’s most wanted list, having escaped from prison in 1969 and lived on the run until 1978 when he was arrested in Oregon. Is that germane?  I don’t know but it is another piece of the puzzle that cannot be summarily dismissed as inconsequential.  Until and if there is a real determination of his MOTIVE nothing can be overlooked, including the claim of ISIS that he was a recent convert and an ISIS Soldier.  The FBI and Law Enforcement determined that was not the case in just 36 hours and have gone a full year without determining the absence of any collusion between Donald Trump and Russia.  But, that is not my point in this.  My objective is to see if there is anything that connects the dots in the mass shootings in America, and much that is going on in our present society.  I believe there is something worthy of note.

Another piece of the puzzle is the fact that just before this event he wired large sums of money to the Philippines and his girlfriend was either in the Philippines or Japan.  How they don’t know for certain is a bit of a mystery but then we are talking about our FBI and considering some of their more recent faux pas I can understand.  Philippine authorities are looking into photos that indicate Mr. Paddock was in that country in 2012 or 2013.  What was his reason for being there?  Has he had any connection with International Terrorist or Subversive Groups?  I know the authorities have ruled that out but can it be ruled out?  Why do I say that?  Simply because ISIS has a very strong presence in the Philippines and they have claimed responsibility for the carnage.

BLOG POST 2B -Root Causse

But on to my thoughts on WHY and WHAT we can or should be focusing on.  It is not, as Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Kimmel, and the entire chorus of Leftist – GUNS and the NRA.  That is not the problem.  We can increase background checks and have more stringent gun laws and this man apparently would have been able to walk through all those doors with no problem.  Criminals do not care what the Law is but this man had no apparent criminal record, therefore, would have been able to purchase guns legally.  The NRA had nothing to do with this event and they are probably at the forefront of “gun safety” and “gun training” promotions.  They DO NOT run the Republican Party or Control Politics in this country.  That is a political talking point that is baseless.  We have the inalienable right of self-defense and the Framers and Founders believed the 2nd Amendment MUST NEVER BE INFRINGED UPON.  So, do I.

We can target MENTAL HEALTH and that will not resolve the problem, at least not with the present process and prescriptions being offered.  I suggest that it is a MENTAL ISSUE but not as most think. I believe it is an ATTITUDE PROBLEM that is being promoted, engendered, inspired, and enabled by our multi-generational thrust to make people Victims in our Society and to absolve them of all responsibility.  We have a growing number of people in our present society that take NO RESPONSIBILITY for the actions or how their lives have turned out.  They blame someone or something and are deeply entrenched in a Victim Mentality.  The Democrats and the Leftist are determined to encourage as many as possible to adopt this mentality and tell them to be angry and desire revenge or retribution and if they vote Democrat that party will avenge them.  That is conducive to a total collapse in our society.  We have 20% of college students now expressing their belief that it is acceptable and justified for violence to be committed against anyone not agreeing with their ideological positions and who offend them.

When a person accepts no responsibility, they have no moral bumper to provide a check to their retaliation and since they are not to blame and not responsible for what has happened in their lives they are absolved of any guilt for acting out in violence.  That is what we are seeing in ANTIFA, the riots of BLM, the KKK, and the Aryan Brotherhood and many other groups.  It is not simply white supremacy or black supremacy it is a pervasive attitude that I AM A VICTIM.  It is the attitude that says, “If I can eliminate you (whatever it is that has victimized me) I will be okay.”  This opens the door to such deception and destroys all moral moorings to the point that the only life that matters is their own and often they are willing to throw away that life to satisfy a desire for revenge and retaliation.

The hate that is being promoted today especially by those on the Left is the breeding ground for this mentality and is the root cause of events like Las Vegas.  We can pass all the laws we desire and the problem will not be resolved.  We can increase funding for Mental Health Treatment and the problem will not be resolved.  I saw a tweet from a preacher that said, “Let’s pray that only Trump supporters die.”  Hey, Preacher, you should never step into another pulpit until you have repented before God and the nation.  You are expressing a view that is completely opposite of the Bible that promotes love and forgiveness.  When people on the Left can say as did the former vice president at CBS that the country music attendees were likely Trump supporters and deserved no sympathy for being slaughtered.  She called Republicans “Repugs” short for Repugnant and many others have chimed in to express their belief that if you were at a country music festival you were an ignorant, red-neck, gun-toting conservative that deserved to die.  That is part and parcel to the problem.

BLOG POST 2D - Enemy Within

If we are going to turn the corner on this type of situation in America it is going to require us as a society to return to a mindset that has been around since the beginning of man, “You are responsible for you and must be accountable for your choices.”  If life hands you a lemon don’t simply suck on the sour fruit, turn it into lemonade and determine that this too is temporary.  If you blame others for your difficulties you will never learn to overcome them and will always be an angry retaliatory person and doom yourself to the plight you blame others for.  I am not saying that if you try harder, work diligently, and refuse to blame others your life will magically be transformed into success.  No one owes you anything and no one is responsible for you – THAT IS YOUR JOB. 

We need to stop the insanity in our classrooms, that of the Hollywood Elitist, the political activist, and the politicians and begin anew to teach personal responsibility and accountability.  We need to strive to teach our children that no matter your ethnicity, religious affiliation, political persuasion or socioeconomic status you are the most significant piece of success in life’s puzzle.  We need to teach our kids to dream big dreams and inspire them to strive to achieve those dreams with a spirit of thanksgiving and respect.  We need to teach them to be motivated by what others have but never become envious and covetous to the point that they blame others and hate those who do not look like them or are in the same socioeconomic condition.  We need to teach them the truth of the words of our Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness…” 

We can return to our founding principles and in my view, to God, and although we will not stamp out evil, we will move much further toward reducing the type of carnage that was witnessed in Las Vegas than any Gun Control, Gun Confiscation or any mandates from government about how we are to think, speak, or live.  Only a few decades ago this type of behavior and mentality was extremely rare, but today it is becoming the norm rather than the exception.

lease forgive me for being so lengthy but I felt that I needed to weigh in on this in one setting rather than in a series of posts.  God bless you and God bless America is my prayer and desire!

 

Part II – – WHAT IS THE MOST CRITICAL THING A PRESIDENT DOES???


BLOG POST 1 - Presidential Duty

Last time we considered some foundational principles and addressed the Constitutional Principle laid out by the Framers and Founders that “The Three Branches of Government Are Not Co-Equal.”  Now, let’s move on to some other Constitutional Principles and consider how our misconceptions, largely advanced by the judiciary have virtually shredded our American Constitution and stolen the Republic from us.

Constitutional Principle Number Two – – The Judiciary Is Not Independent.  Who advanced that idea?  The Judges were the first and foremost in the planting of that understanding in the minds of elected officials and the citizens of the United States of America.  It was a power grab, intentional or unintentional but a power grab and usurpation of Constitutional Power and Authority.  It must be exposed.

John Dickinson, a signer of the Constitution wrote: “What innumerable acts of injustice may be committed, and how fatally may the principles of liberty be sapped, by a succession of judges utterly independent of the people?”  Thomas Jefferson affirmed this view and his words make it plain that the judiciary was never intended to be independent.  Mr. Jefferson wrote to one judge as a reminder of the Constitutional guidelines: “It should be remembered as an axiom of eternal truth in politics that whatever power in any government is independent is absolute also… Independence can be trusted nowhere but with the people in mass.”  The Framers and Founders NEVER intended any of the Three Branches to be Independent of the People but to be amenable to the people.  That was the design and intent of the Framers and Founders that all three branches be always amenable to the people and never be independent of our view or voice.  Impartial but never independent!

Constitutional Principle Number Three – – Judges Do Not Have Lifetime Appointments.  I know, I know we deem and every politician declares that Judges, especially the Supreme Court Justices have LIFETIME APPOINTMENTS.  That is not what the Constitution says and it behooves us to investigate and understand what it actually says and insist that our elected officials also understand and adhere to the Constitution.  Our Framers and Founders were appalled by the British system’s judicial abuse and sought to guard against it.  In that system, the judges were independent of the people and had lifetime appointments.  What our Constitution actually says is “The Judges, both the Supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior.”  [Article III, Section 1].  Please note the last part of that sentence, “during good behavior.”  That is not meant to define a Lifetime Appointment.  In fact, the idea was to make it easy to remove a judge that did not behave himself.  If a judge, any judge including the justices of the Supreme Court steps outside his Constitutional authority or demonstrates bad character or bad behavior he/she can and should be removed.

In the early years, everyone seemed to comprehend exactly what this clause meant and why it was there.  U.S. Senator John Ewing Colhoun who served during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson said: “We all fully and at once understand what is “good behavior” in a judge…if he acts contrary, it would be misbehavior, and the Constitution, in that case, has given a remedy by impeachment.”  Today, it is insisted that the only way to remove a judge and engage in judicial impeachment is in the most extreme cases.  Who deemed that to be the policy?  Judges of course.  Our Framers and Founders believed the bar should be set so low that it would be easy to remove a misbehaving judge.  They deemed that necessary to keep the judiciary within their constitutional bounds.  They believed this so strongly they placed six separate clauses in the Constitution directly or indirectly dealing with impeachment.  There is historic precedence for impeaching a federal judge including issuing an order that contradicted an act of Congress; engaging in judicial high-handedness; drunkenness; blasphemy; excluding evidence from a trial, and much more.

Constitutional Principle Number Four – – Judges Do Not Have the Final Word About the Constitutionality of a Law.  James Madison declared: “Nothing has yet been offered to invalidate the doctrine that the meaning of the Constitution may as well be ascertained by the Legislative as by the Judicial authority.”  Thomas Jefferson explained: “Our judges are as honest as other mean and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps.”  Therefore, it was the expressed view of our Framers and Founders that the judiciary was not the final authority on Constitutionality.  They think they are but according to the Constitution and the explanations of our Framers and Founders, THEY ARE NOT!

The Constitution permits “judicial review” but under a strict and limited role.  The Federalist Papers: “There is not a syllable in the plan [the Constitution] which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the SPIRIT of the Constitution.”  They sought to protect us from broad judicial reviews and sought to keep the judiciary tightly constrained within a narrow view of any particular matter.  Thomas Jefferson eloquently argued against any judge having the final word on a law.  He said: “The opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make the Judiciary a despotic branch.”  He warned against making the judiciary the “ultimate arbiters” of all constitutional questions.”  James Madison concurred: “Refusing or not refusing to execute a law, to stamp it with its final character…makes the Judiciary department paramount in fact to the Legislature, which was never intended and can never be proper.”  BUT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

What do we do?  What can we do?  My, first course of action is prayer.  However, we must put legs on our prayers and seek to elect officials who will appoint or approve ONLY members of the judiciary who will follow the Constitution in its original intent and never usurp the authority or power of the other Branches of Government.  We need judges who will both understand their clearly defined role and willingly stay within their Constitutionally limited parameters.  Remember this in 2018 and 2020 when you vote.

God, bless you and God bless America is my desire and prayer!

 

WHAT IS THE MOST CRITICAL THING A PRESIDENT DOES???


BLOG POST 1 - Duty of Government

Everybody and I mean everybody has an opinion and everybody may be right to a degree.  In my opinion one of, if not the most critical thing a sitting President can do is his appointments to the judiciary.  Before, you dismiss that allow me to lay the foundation for my assertion in an article or two.  If at the end of my argument you still disagree that is perfectly fine and I encourage you to be active in the advancement of that which you deem most important or critical.

I believe that the Bible is quite revealing regarding the importance of “good, honest, and righteous judges” who serve the nation.  In 2 Chronicles 19:6-7 – “He said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the LORD who is with you when you render judgment. 7 “Now then let the fear of the LORD be upon you; be very careful what you do, for the LORD our God will have no part in unrighteousness or partiality or the taking of a bribe.”   In fact, the Book of Isaiah expounds on a major remedy required for the restoration of a nation lies in the Judges.  The Bible, I believe makes a clear connection between the righteousness of the nation and the actions of those sitting on the judicial bench.  If I am right, that would make the appointment of federal judges one of the most imposing and necessary duties of the President.  Who the president chooses has the power to shape the nation for good or bad and restore it to constitutionality or push it toward anarchy, despotism, and tyranny.

The Framers and our Founders recognized the incredible power of judges and the long-term consequences of bad judges and thereby placed numerous restraints on the judiciary.  Restraints that have long been forgotten and usurped by the judiciary and allowed by the Legislative and Executive Branches to our hurt as a nation.  Our Founders argued that the greatest safeguard to Liberty was an INFORMED POPULACE and sadly, most citizens have no clue as to the importance or the power exercised by judges in today’s society and politics.

Judges over the past century have far exceeded their constitutional authority and Congress has largely accepted their renderings, without question.  Many people believe that if the judiciary rules on a matter that is the final word and even when they legislate from the bench many believe that is within their scope of authority and power.  IT IS NOT!  It was not Congress but the Courts that decreed that “Abortion on Demand” was a national policy, not Congress.  The Supreme Court had to strike down several constitutional “anti-abortion” laws in 46 States to make that ruling.  Same-sex marriage was not a legislative act but a judicial ruling where the courts ordered States to set aside centuries of American laws which defined marriage as between one man and one woman.  The prohibition of prayer in schools and the removal of the Ten Commandments and many other religious expressions or items was not via the path of legislation but the ruling of the courts.  Isaiah 1:26 comes to mind that the righteousness of a nation is directly connected to the decisions of its judges.

Thanks to many others who have labored in the study of this matter for decades including David Barton and Wall Builders I want to discuss Four (4) Constitutional Principles that every American and voter needs to be aware and contemplate. If we are going to see the Republic restored to its rightful Constitutional position and status we must become aware of the importance as well as the limitations of the judiciary and insist that our Representatives, Senators, and Presidents follow the Constitution and give us Judges who will explicitly follow the Constitution.  We need to return to a true system of Checks and Balances in the Three Branches of Government.

Principle Number One – – The Three Branches of Government Are Not Co-Equal.  The Federalist Papers were written to give clarity to the meaning and intent of the newly written Constitution.  The desire was for every citizen to know and understand the meaning and intent of the clauses within that document and to explain the concepts upon which they were based.  James Madison declared: “The FEDERALIST may fairly enough be regarded as the most authentic exposition of the heart of the federal Constitution as understood by the body which prepared and the authority which accepted it.”  THAT IS CRITICAL but LOST in today’s world.

According to the FEDERALIST PAPERS, the weight they gave to the various branches was that the Legislative Branch’s authority necessarily predominates the others.  They deemed the Judiciary the weakest of the three branches and sought to keep it so. Today, the Judiciary may be the most powerful via the erosion of the Constitutional checks placed upon them and their infringement upon the Legislative and Executive Branches powers and authority.  The Framers wrote a Constitution that made the Judiciary so weak that the general liberty of the people could never be endangered from that quarter.  That was their intent but that is a far cry from the reality of today.  THAT MUST CHANGE and can only change as WE THE PEOPLE become informed and the President appoints Constitutional Judges who will refrain from usurping the authority of the other branches.  Will that happen?  You tell me.

The Founding Fathers and the Framers never intended the Three Branches of Government to be “co-equal” because they foresaw the potential problems within each branch and sought to make the Legislative Branch the most powerful because it was the most directly connected to the people.  There is much more I want to address and will do a follow-up article and hope to address several other Constitutional Principles we need to become aware of and insist that our elected officials abide by.

God, bless you and God bless America is my prayer and desire!

 

SHARED BLAME…


BLOG POST 1A - Shared Blame

There is much on the national scene to talk about that is troubling including the protests, the incessant attack on our system of government and anything that even remotely connected to Constitutionalism and Conservatism.  There is something new every day and virtually every hour that cries for our attention and begs to be addressed in the name of sanity.  However, I want to talk about SHARED BLAME on something other than what is in the news and on Social Media – DEBT, DEFICIT, and SPENDING on a National Level.  This is something that will sink our Republic and it cannot be laid at the feet of one political party or the other but shared by them and if we are honest it is us too.

I believe that the greatest threat to our national economy and prosperity as a nation is the out of control government spending.  Let me be more specific, it is the government’s violation of its authority to SPEND.  That authority is clearly enumerated and defined in Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.  In 2017 the federal spending will exceed $4 TRILLION and that should cause trepidation in every American’s heart, but doesn’t.  Social Security will exceed $1 TRILLION, Medicare over ½ TRILLION and Medicaid almost ½ TRILLION.  That is about $2 TRILLION OF THE $4 TRILLION the government will spend this year alone.  How is that sustainable?  Then factor in the various social programs that includes food stamps, unemployment compensation, child nutrition, child tax credits, and supplemental security income and student loans and there is another ½ TRILLION.  Basically, Social spending by Congress makes up about two-thirds of the federal budget.

Before you attack me over some of those items let me ask, “Where is Congress getting the money for that kind of spending?”  There is no Congressional Santa Claus, Genie in a Bottle, Magic Beans, or Golden Goose from which they can painlessly and freely garner that kind of money.  So where does it come from?  You know the answer already. It comes from those of us who PAY TAXES.  When government commits to giving an American or whomever they choose to give funds to they must forcibly confiscate each dollar they spend from some other American citizen.  What would you call it when one is forced to pay or serve the purposes of another?  I do believe that would be a classic example of slavery.

Many of the politicians, by their actions, demonstrate utter contempt for our Founding Fathers, the Framers of our American Constitution, and the Constitution itself.  Before you argue that is an overreach let me remind you of the 1794 Congress and the argument of James Madison against their action.  That Congress appropriated $15,000 to help French refugees who had fled insurrection in Saint-Domingue, present-day Haiti.  James Madison, one of our Founders and Framers stood on the House floor and said, “I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article in the federal Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.”  If you examine what is happening today you will agree that the majority of federal spending is on “objects of benevolence.”  James Madison also argued, “Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.”  He and the Framers were opposed to the spending we are engaged in today.  They, as do I, considered benevolence to be the responsibility of individuals, families, communities, and churches NOT the federal government.

Thomas Jefferson declared, “Congress (has) not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but (is) restrained to those specifically enumerated.”  Madison agreed saying, “If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one.”  They believed and intended the “General Welfare Clause” to be limited to ONLY those powers and duties specifically enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 and everywhere else in the Constitution.  They DID NOT BELIEVE that Congress was authorized to meet the infinite needs of the general welfare.  Government is not to be our source of sustenance but our own labor is. 

We often blame the politicians for the spending problem and they are to blame but WE must SHARE THE BLAME.  We let them do it, often by reelecting them after they voted to violate the spirit and intent of the Constitution.  We have allowed politicians to use their power to take what is rightfully one citizen’s and give it to another for whatever purpose.  There is no politician today who has the courage or Constitutional commitment to argue as did Madison or Jefferson.  They know that if they did they would NEVER be elected or reelected.  There are too many American people hooked on the government gravy train to allow that politician to ascend to power.

It will take a revolt of sorts by WE THE PEOPLE if we are going to stop this runaway spending train and stop this legalized theft by the Federal Government.  By revolt, I do not mean a hostile takeover of the government as in sedition but at the ballot box and inspire those within our ranks who are not seeking a political career but desiring to serve as a Citizen Representative and willing to protect and defend the Constitution to run for office, give them our backing, and work to elect them.  How many would it take?  A Majority of both Houses.  Is that Possible?  Not under the current political climate of today and the Entitlement Mentality and Political Correctness that prevails.  How can we achieve it?  By education as many as possible, by diligently engaging in prayer, and becoming involved in the process.  America cannot afford any more spectators we must have participants.  THE NATIONAL DEBT IS DESTROYING US MORE THAN ANY OF THE FACTIONS MAKING NOISE TODAY!

God, bless you and God bless America!

I’VE LISTENED AND I STILL THINK IT IS DISRESPECTFUL AND DANGEROUS…


BLOG POST 1 - Respect the Flag

Someone said to me, “Your problem is you are not listening to the players who are taking the knee during the National Anthem.  Because, if you did you’d understand and agree with them.”  Well, I’ve listened to Greg Popovich, Lebron James, Mike Tomlin, Colin Kaepernick, and more on the Left than I care to name and each of them painted a picture framed by Leftist rhetoric and not based in reason.  I have listened to the arguments that President Trump is somehow violating the 1st Amendment Rights of the players to kneel and disrespect the American Flag during our National Anthem but NO ONE on the Left is defending His 1st Amendment Right to declare is disagreement with their actions.  I Listened and Still Disagree With Them!

Coach Tomlin was incensed over the lone Steeler who came out and respected the flag and insisted that the players did not ask for this.  Seriously, coach?  That is exactly what you did when Kaepernick and others began the process and expressed their disrespect for America, our flag, the police, etc.  You claim that you are not being political but focused on football, but if that were true then you’d simply PLAY FOOTBALL not attempt to make a statement of disrespect for America, Americans, our Flag, our System of Government, and every person who has fought in the real uniform for your Freedom.

Some of the players are now issuing a statement that they are not disrespecting the flag and support the police and their protest is about unity and equality, not disrespect.  That dog won’t hunt either because by joining Kaepernick’s protest which was based squarely on those things you say you are not disrespecting, you are disrespecting both the flag and police.  I would never want to restrict anyone’s 1st Amendment Right of Free Speech but if we are going to be consistent FREE SPEECH must be a two-way street and the fact that the President, myself, and millions of others disagree with your actions should have your support of our right to voice our disagreement.  Why are you not defending our right to speak?  I guess, in your view, it is only those who agree with your point who are allowed to speak their minds.  HOW IS THAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH?

Lebron James suggested that anyone who voted for Trump made a mistake and he is sure they now regret it.  NO, Mr. James, I do not!  I would regret not having voted to defeat Hillary Clinton and the Obama policies being advanced even more vigorously.  Coach Popovich suggested that America is an embarrassment to the entire world because of President Trump and he and Mr. James both believe that it was IGNORANCE that elected Mr. Trump.  I say to both of you, I’ll gladly stack my intelligence and the millions of those who voted NO on HILLARY against yours.  The fact that you are a professional basketball player, a professional coach, a Hollywood elite, a Media Mouthpiece, or activist does not make you intelligent or right.  You have a right to your opinion and I have a right to mine.  Your right does not supersede mine nor mine yours.  That is the beauty of the Constitution of these United States and the 1st Amendment, we can THINK and SAY in a peaceful setting what we think.

I like what Coach Lou Holtz had to say on the matter.  He said that the President had every right to express his disagreement with the protests and that the unity of the team should be focused on winning not politics.  I like what former NFL Great Jim Brown had to say to the protesters.  He is an activist and a very vocal one, but he disagreed with disrespecting the flag and said that if they wanted to be activist be activist but the football field was the wrong place to do it.  Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys may believe that he is on the side of right when he and his team gather on the field, lock arms, and kneel before the anthem and then during the anthem, rather than showing respect they stand with arms locked.  He said that was a show of unity not disrespect for the flag.  I disagree!  It was a statement that you are unified in the spirit and purpose of the protest and desirous of making a political statement rather than playing a sport that was designed to be entertainment for the fans and a livelihood for the players and coaches.  You lost me, long before this, but this is the final nail in the coffin of my NFL and virtually any professional sports support.

The Leftist desire to paint all of the Trump supporters as ignorant and uncouth needing, someone, to care for them.  A recent poll indicated that 20% of college students now believe that it is justifiable to commit acts of violence against anyone saying or doing something they disagree with.  That is a recipe for anarchy and such an eruption of violence and chaos we may never recover.  ANTIFA and other groups hide behind masks, believe they are justified in taking baseball bats to anyone disagreeing with their Leftist ideology.  It is considered racist to say, “All Lives Matter.”  Colleges and Universities are creating “safe spaces” for their fragile leftist and launching an all-out war on the Constitution and the right of EVERYONE to be able to exercise their FREEDOM OF SPEECH.  Cities and even states are seeking to provide sanctuary to ILLEGALS and subject their citizens to the inherent dangers of that action and attitude.

If you are a defender of the Constitution, a Christian, or a Conservative you are considered their enemy and a growing number within their ranks believe that you must be eradicated.  If you disagree with the Climate Change / Global Warming claims you are an ignoramus, a member of the Flat Earth Society, and a greater danger to the world than terrorism.  In fact, they believe you are a terrorist because you do not bow at the Altar of their Religion.

There have been and will continue to be things I do not like about what President Trump does or says, but he is the duly elected President of these United States.  He campaigned on positions, promises, proposals, and ideas that I support and my anger is not directed toward him for the failure of many of them to be implemented.  It is not solely directed at the Leftist Democrats but at the Cowardly Republicans and Traitors who are determined to undermine and defeat him.  I welcome the victory of Judge Roy Moore in Alabama over the Establishment Candidate Luther Strange.  That is a breath of fresh air for me and gives me cause to hope.  Senator Corker of Tennessee is facing a Primary Challenge and rather than face potential defeat he has announced his retirement at the end of his current term.  I pray that more will do the same and we will elect Constitutional Conservatives to their seats and begin steering the Republic down a Constitutional Path.

God bless America and God bless you!

 

THE CONSTITUTION IS MEANINGLESS TO THE LEFTIST…


BLOG POST 2 - Meaningless to the Left

Yes, I said it and stand by that statement.  No, I do not mean every rank-n-file Democrat but those in Washington, DC are the Democrats and Leftist of which I refer.  Likewise, the Bible is anathema to them, so it seems.  Both ideological stances are troubling to me as a Christian, an American, a Vietnam Veteran, a Patriot, and someone who loves Freedom.  This has been going on a long time in the DNC and is becoming more prominent and less obscure as they openly attack in direct conflict with the Constitutional guidelines they have sworn to uphold, protect, and defend.

One example is the confirmation hearings of Notre Dame Law School professor Amy Coney Barrett, whom the President has nominated for a federal appeals court slot.  Senator Dick Durbin not only wrote a question regarding the nominee’s Catholicism and beliefs but then challenge her in the Senate hearing about her “orthodox” Catholicism.  The Constitution expressly states that NO RELIGION, not even the orthodox liberalism of the leftist, should be a prerequisite for holding a federal office.  Senator Durbin suggested the Professor Barrett would be unable to overcome her faith in exercising the duties of a federal judge.  She answered Senator Durbin in writing, “Any kind of conviction, religious or otherwise, should never surpass the law.”  But, that was not sufficient for Senator Durbin or his Democratic cohorts as Senator Diane Feinstein countered with, “When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws are that the dogma lives loudly within you, and that’s of concern when you come to big issues that large numbers of people have fought for, for years in this country.” 

 Dogma?  Exactly what are you referring to Senator?  I believe it has far less to do with her religious beliefs than the fact that she has a demonstrated record of staunchly defending the Constitution, which Senator Feinstein does not.  One could presume that Senator Feinstein’s larger problem with Professor Barrett is that she clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia and therefore likely takes the Constitution very seriously. That is problematic for the Leftist Democrats.  The Senator likely was disturbed that the Professor holds views considered heresy to the Leftist regarding abortion and same-sex marriage.  Are those the big issues that Senator Feinstein is referring?  The ever-present Senator Al Franken chimed in about speaking honorariums received from religious-liberty nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom and compared the group to the late Cambodian leader Pol Pot.  He questioned her judgment.  I had to laugh at that.  For the Senator from Minnesota to question anyone’s judgment is cause for a deep belly laugh or a good cry.

Senator Bernie Sanders has also been in the mix in the Democrat, religious tests on all nominees.  This past summer he raised religion because he was upset that Russell Vought, the nominee for Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget had written an article criticizing the platitude that everyone worships the same God.  In Senator Sander’s mind that was clearly a ‘thought crime’ of the highest magnitude and cause for immediate disqualification.  He expressed that Vought was an Islamophobe because he believes that the only path to salvation is Jesus Christ.  He then, asked, “What about the Jews?  Do they stand condemned too?”   Senator Sanders only uses Jewishness when convenient and has demonstrated a lack of support and respect for the nation of Israel.  I must ask, “What does religion have to do with crunching numbers in the OMB?”

I totally agree that it is important to find out if a nominee’s religious or any ideological views CONFLICT with the Constitution.  However, to assert that belief that Jesus is the only path to salvation, that everyone does not worship the same God, and that the presence of Catholicism or any other religious belief is of such concern that the nominee is to be disregarded is troubling.  I believe that it is the ideological view or “dogma” of the Leftist Liberal Democrats that is incredibly hostile to any and all orthodox faiths and originalist views that is the problem, not the other way around.  If a person serves as a judge, they must uphold the law and if they cannot uphold the law based on their religious views they should recuse themselves from the hearing.  However, holding “orthodox” religious views is not and should never be a disqualifier for holding a federal office.  I realize that the religion of liberalism finds any other religion offensive but if we are going to abide by the Constitution religion neither qualifies or disqualifies.  Democrats if you knew the Constitution you would drop your rhetoric and attack.   Wait, you may know it but you do not believe it and want to reinterpret and revise it to accommodate your ideological position so you continue your attack.  After all, it was your Party that has sought to ban God from everything government and the public.

I am concerned about the disregard for the Constitution and the growing silence of the Republicans when the Democrats launch their attacks.  I am not asking that everyone believe as I do but I am asking that everyone honor and respect the Constitution.  I am asking that my faith and religious convictions not be used to attempt to disqualify me from involvement.  I believe that for America to survive and thrive we must honor, respect, and adhere to the Constitution.  I believe that if find anything in the Constitution offensive to our convictions we should work to amend that guiding document.  If a person’s religious beliefs is a qualifier or disqualifier is the absence of religious beliefs also to be a litmus test?  If that is the case, then I suggest we would have no one qualified for any office.  That is not practical but the Left only want those in office or positions who adhere to the Leftist Liberal Democrat ideological positions.  IT IS CLEAR TO ME THE REASON THEY DO WHAT THEY DO.

May God, bless you and my God bless America again!

FREEDOM OF “APPROVED” SPEECH…


BLOG POST 6 - Free Speech

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”  Can I ask you Leftist, Snowflakes, ANTIFA, BLM, Democrats, Hollywood Elites, and anyone else who wants to usurp and suppress that right WHERE and I emphasize WHERE DOES IT SAY “APPROVED” SPEECH?  Just in case you cannot decipher the words in the first amendment IT DOES NOT.  It says plainly “Freedom of Speech” and that includes ALL speech.  It does not matter to the Constitution whether you like it, agree with it, or approve it everyone has or is supposed to have Freedom of Speech.

Although it does not specifically say it, Freedom of Speech would imply Freedom of Thought too.  I know that is troubling to the Snowflakes, Leftist, Democrats, ANTIFA, BLM, and Hollywood but God created us with the ability to THINK and that is exactly what we should be doing.  Rather than parroting the authorized soundbites why not use some cognitive reasoning and THINK.  Examine the facts, consider the consequences of what you say and do not say and become a defender of the Constitution.  I know that would be virtually impossible for those on the Left as expressed by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams as he declared, “I thought once that everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world would be a better place, I was wrong about that.”  He and many on the Left are joining the “Approved Speech” definition of Free Speech rather than the Constitution’s wording.

But who determines what is “Approved Speech”?  Ah, there is the rub because if you say anything deemed wrong by the Leftist and offend one of the Snowflakes, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will immediately brand you a “hatemonger”, “racist”, “bigot”, or one who suffers from some phobia.  The Left will seek to destroy you not simply censor or silence you but destroy you.  I often wonder what our Framers and Founders such as Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Washington, and Madison would say about what is happening today in the out of control political correctness that has permeated our society.  I think I know because I have read and studied the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and read many of their writings.  They believed, I am convinced, that Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press, and Freedom of Religion were cornerstones for our Republic and its long-term success and survival.

Today, we not only have the federal government with its nose in every facet of our business we have the activist, leftist, liberals, snowflakes, and other groups doing so as well.  They somehow seem to believe that it is their right and duty to monitor ALL SPEECH and anything that is deemed UNAPPROVED, by their definition and ideology, is to be banned.  Where does that end?  At what point do they determine they have stifled our Constitutional Rights enough and leave us alone?  I can answer that in one word, NEVER!  When a segment of our society is allowed to engage in violence and call it Freedom of Expression as part of their First Amendment Rights in attacking anything that disagrees we are up the proverbial creek without a paddle and the smell is growing more noxious all the time.

The Leftist are not satisfied in targeting SPEECH they want to control THOUGHT as well.  Exactly how they are going to accomplish that is somewhat a mystery but to them Unapproved Thought is VIOLENCE and if they think we are thinking wrongly they feel justified in attacking us physically, politically, financially, and in any other way possible.  After all, we engaged in UNAPPROVED THINKING and that is a very serious crime, at least to the snowflakes of our society.  How is it even remotely reasonable to declare that anyone saying, “All Lives Matter” is hate-speech and is an act of violence thereby justifying a counter attack of violence by ANTIFA, BLM, or any other Leftist group?

If we spoke against anything Barack Obama did or said, we were subjected to violence and certainly could expect to be branded as someone awful and a person to be shunned and destroyed.  Today, you are permitted to say anything you desire about Donald Trump, even calling for his murder, the rape of his wife and daughters, and as one famous chef said, “I’d poison him” yet nothing is done.  Those people are not charged with a crime, denounced by the Left and sadly by too few on the Right and are often praised as being heroes or patriots.  HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? 

A NPR/PBS News Hour/Marist poll reported that 62% thought the Confederate statues, should remain, while only 27% believed they should be removed and even among blacks there was a 44% plurality saying leave them alone.  Yet, the government, city councils, ANTIFA, BLM, SPLC, and other groups are demanding they be taken down.  Here in Texas they are taking them down, renaming schools, and claiming there is an overwhelming outcry for that action.  Yet, poll after poll indicates that is a fabrication and distortion of the truth.  I guess the “squeaky” wheel does get the grease, but I suspect it is the Leftist in power in those cities and on those school boards who are taking advantage of an opportunity to please the Snowflakes.  Some of them are simply cowards thinking if they do this the Left and MSM will love them.  But where does it end?  What is going to be deemed UNACCEPTABLE next?

As an America, a Vietnam veteran, a patriot, a Christian, and a lover of Freedom and a defender of the Constitution I WILL NOT SUCCUMB to the unconstitutional and immoral demands that I adopt the PC version of Accepted Speech.  I do not mean to disrespect anyone or their right to say or believe what they believe but I will not sit silently while my faith and my nation are under siege from Marxist, Socialist, Communist, Leftist views.  I will continue to call for reason.  Let me stir the pot a bit more and ask, “If we are going to allow the removal of all things connected to the Confederacy claiming it is disconcerting to a segment of society, a symbol of racism, and an inducement for violence are we also going to remove the statues of the Leftist?”  If the answer is no, why not?  Do they not offend a segment of society?  Do they not inflame the rhetoric and thereby are a possible catalyst for violent behavior?  Do some not consider them racist and a symbol of the suppression of Constitutional Rights?  I am not saying they are or are not any more than I say that about the Confederate Statues but if we are going to sanitize our society and history, let’s go all the way and let all the schools be called “Schools” with no name because any name you find will offend someone.  America, we must stop this insanity and return to following and interpreting the Constitution as it was written and intended otherwise we doom the Republic.  I CANNOT PASSIVELY WATCH MY NATION DESTROYED.  

            God, bless you and God bless America and I pray that you will wake up, stand up, speak up, and step up becoming involved in the restoration and preservation of the Republic we were given.

           

IS THERE CAUSE FOR CONCERN???


BLOG POST 2 - DEEP STATE

Some have suggested that the Deep State is making dangerous inroads of influence in the Trump Administration and we should all be concerned.  I have asked myself, “Is there cause for concern?”  I must confess that there are some signs of the creeping influence of Globalism in this administration and that does concern me.  I would also say, that by and large, I believe that the President is committed to keeping as many of his campaign promises as possible.  One significant problem, in my view, is the left-leaning of some family members especially Ivanka and Jared.  I know she has the ear of her father and apparently, Jared does as well, possibly more than any of his other children and more than some of his closest confidantes.  I am not ready to call it a loss but with each new situation regarding firings or resignations, there are questions.

You may or may not like Steve Bannon, but from all I can gather in research and reading and listening to his enunciated beliefs, his patriotism and the role he played in helping to galvanize the Trump campaign impressed me.  I, as do others, believe that he has the intellectual ability, the spine, and vision to place a roadblock in the unprecedented and unchecked growth and expansion of the behemoth federal bureaucracy that now exists.  He apparently was forced out of the White House by some of the more moderate-liberal globalist minded members of the administration.  Yes, I know he reportedly resigned and both he and the President suggest it is to allow him a more unrestrained venue to lead the fight from outside the administration.  However, the Deep State believes it succeeded in having him removed.  Are they, right?  If so, that should be of great concern to all of us. 

William Marshall, in his recent article, “Has the Deep State Won?” suggested a comparison to Great Britain during WWII and their fight against the Nazis had Winston Churchill resigned.  His question was, “Could England have survived?”  My answer is, “No, they could not.”  I don’t think it is a fair to compare Bannon to Churchill or the current situation with the fight against Hitler and Nazi Germany but it does raise questions that we need to consider.  Bannon, I believe, holds the view that is consistent with our Framers and Founders that government answers to the people, not vice versa.  The voices in the President’s ear are too often voices that, at least somewhat, embrace the Establishment view of government and are not opposed it its growth and power.

But moving beyond Bannon and others who embraced views consistent with the Constitution and Limited Government, this administration has a golden opportunity to expose the fraud, ineptitude, malfeasance, incompetence, and criminality of the previous administration.  Will he bring that to fruition?  Not with people like H.R. McMaster in the NSA.  Judicial Watch has battled the Obama administration in court seeking the release of Freedom of Information requests that keep being hidden and stonewalled.  Sadly, the Trump DOJ has not taken the necessary steps to release documents that are legally allowed and would advance the cause of Constitutional Conservativism and provide a direct hit on the Deep State and expose the corruption in Washington like little else.  My concern is why they have not?  The whitewashing of Benghazi has troubled me from the beginning and the Trump administration owes it to the public to fully disclose the truth behind the non-response of the Obama Administration and the Clinton State Department in that attack.

I have recently discovered that the Deep State bureaucracy through the State Department’s Agency for International Development (USAID) has been granting MILLIONS to George Soros-sponsored hard-left non-governmental organizations that seek to undermine pro-American governments in several countries.  Is the President aware of this?  I don’t know, but someone in his administration is and the persons at the head of that list should be the Secretary of State, the director of the NSA, and General Kelly his chief of Staff.  Are they?  If not, why not?  Is the Deep State that efficient in hiding its activities or is it so entrenched it does not have to hide?  Both are of concern to this American.

There are rumors that Bannon and others are planning to launch a media network to replace Fox News which is becoming increasingly liberal and assuredly moderate in its position.  If he does and is successful then he could possibly be a powerful voice outside the White House in the fight against Big Government, the Deep State, the DC Swamp, and political elitism.  There are judges and ambassadors, holdovers from the Obama administration who are ultra-liberal hardcore leftists that should have been replaced within the first month of this new administration but certainly nine months in.  The MSM, the Democrats, the Deep State, the Leftist, the Establishment Republicans, and the Never Trumpist are working 24/7/365 to end Trump’s presidency or at a minimum make it impotent and incapable of addressing the promised agenda.  The Deep State believes it is winning and from what I see in Congress and some of the changes in the Trump White House, I am concerned.  No, I have not given up hope and believe that the President has and is doing some good and am praying that enough people will put pressure on the Republicans in Congress to get behind the campaign promises to effect positive change and action going forward.  We can make a major impact in the mid-term elections in 2018 and in 2020 we could make significant strides in REPLACEMENT of the Statist to put the Deep State on notice that we are serious and will not give up or give in.  It is truly up to us and for that reason, we must PRAY earnestly, WORK diligently and tirelessly, and VOTE without fail.

            God, bless you and God bless America is my prayer and desire!

 

OUR FRAGILE SNOWFLAKE SOCIETY…


BLOG POST 1 - Snowflake

As I have watched what has been happening across America, listening to the MSM, the various activist, and observing the cities and University campuses a question keeps coming to mind.  That question is, “Are we truly so fragile as a society that we must have the ‘safe spaces’ and ‘provided counseling’ when someone advances an idea that opposes our own?”  I do not mean to issue a blanket categorization or direct that question toward most of Americans but those who are at the forefront of the Political Correctness that is ravaging our nation and society are my targets.

When any University is willing to completely shut down a gathering of fraternities and sororities because someone threw a banana peel in a tree rather than a trash can that is a danger signal.  This act (the banana peel) apparently caused such trauma in the heart and mind of a student he went to the administration and told them he felt threatened and needed a “safe space”.  The action was immediate and the University announced they would be providing “safe spaces” and “counseling” for those who felt threatened by the dreaded banana peel and the gathering canceled.  God forbid if it had been a bomb, I’m not sure they could have recovered.

When there is rioting at Berkley University causing the University to cancel conservative speakers because the students don’t want to hear someone exercise their 1st Amendment Right of Free Speech because it disagrees with their views, we expose a deep societal problem. Conservative Ben Shapiro’s planned speech at Berkley prompted the MSM and University official to declare that “Berkley is bracing for Shapiro’s appearance and are providing “safe spaces” and “counseling” for those who feel threatened by a conservative viewpoint.”  Are we that fragile?  I am serious!  Are we that fragile, so filled with anxiety, insecurity, political correctness, lacking in self-esteem, and have such a sense of entitlement that we need to be protected from any views opposite of our own, even when our views are not our own but those of the string pullers we follow?

If we are THEN…  Then what?  If we are there is truly the need for “counseling.”  If this is the case then those who are so traumatized that they need a “safe space” to color in their coloring books and sing Kumbaya NEED SERIOUS COUNSELING.  They need it because somebody in the lives has failed them miserably.  They need it because they are sick in a way that makes them a danger to themselves and society as a whole.  Part of growing up, becoming responsible adults, and learning the necessary skill of interacting with others is learning to accept different opinions and views.  No, I did not say embrace them, endorse them, or agree with them but tolerate them and recognize that as human beings, created by God.  As American citizens, we have the right to THINK and BELIEVE what we choose.

A healthy society is not made up of cookie-cutter views where everybody embraces and adopts the Politically Correct View mandated by certain groups or activists.  A healthy society has an open and honest debate on the issues.  Our, Constitutional and Inalienable Rights afford us the privilege of thinking what we choose, believing what we will, and peacefully declaring our views.  That is part of Freedom of Speech and the 1st Amendment.  There is no provision for people to cover their faces, take baseball bats and attempt to kill anyone disagreeing with them.  There is no provision for seeking to eradicate all thought, speech, and/or people of different skin color or views than your own.  The provision is that each of us, in a peaceful manner, has the right to express our views.  If you disagree then debate in a civil manner.  If you disagree and it upsets, you greatly do not attend the meeting where the views are expressed.  Any attempt to suppress Free Speech in the name of Free Speech is a diabolical perversion of our Constitutional Rights it should be condemned by both Left and Right, but it isn’t.

If you are so insecure in what you believe that you feel threatened to the point of needing a “safe space” or “counseling” to help you cope, your problem is you, not the opposing views.  The problem is inside of you.  Are parents raising children to believe they can demand that NO ONE speak anything they do not want to hear in their presence?  Are schools teaching that only the Leftist views of life, politics, and morality are acceptable?  Our government, learning institutions, some churches, and too many homes are enabling this kind of mindset and by doing so we are destroying ourselves.  America’s greatest threat is not evil powers on the outside attacking us but destructive views like those on display in the ANTIFA, the BLM, and all the Leftist Activist Groups.  Yes, views like the KKK and Supremacists are equally destructive and we should condemn them all and teach the next generation that it is okay to disagree.  We need to teach our children that someone holding a different view is not a mortal threat.  We need to teach our children to investigate for themselves and form views their own not those of some college professor, politician or angry activist whose focus is not the betterment of society but its destruction.  We MUST move away from SELFISHNESS and SELF-CENTEREDNESS and become responsible mature adults able to deal with diverse opinions without running for cover and insisting they be silenced.  Counter the arguments you disagree with by using and offering factual information do not simply resort to rhetorical and vitriolic talking points and resorting to violence.

America, we can recover but ONLY if we STOP THE INSANITY of allowing this to continue.  God, bless you and God bless America is my prayer and desire!

 

THE REAL ABUSER OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER WAS…


BLOG POST 2 - Power

Barack Hussein Obama, not Donald J Trump, in my humble opinion, is the abuser.  President Obama initiated the DACA program on November 20, 2014, via Executive Order as an effort to provide protection to children of illegals from deportation.  He had no authority to do that because immigration legislation is under the purview of Congress and His job is not to write legislation but to enforce the law.  His action was one of many acts that could be called a coup of seizing Congressional Power and making the Executive Branch a totalitarian and authoritarian branch not one of three branches with checks and balances.  Remember he said, “I am president and I can do what I want,” and “I have a pen and phone, and if Congress doesn’t act, I will go it alone.”  Neither of those statements is legally sound constitutionally but reflect the mindset of a Tyrant and would-be Dictator not an elected President of a Constitutional Republic.

The Constitution of these United States of America makes no provision for the President to set immigration policy.  His DACA order was designed to delay deportation of illegal immigrants and that authority falls under the oversight of the Immigration and Naturalization Services Department.  The federal rules for that department can only be set by Congress.  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution clearly states that ONLY Congress shall have the power “To establish a Uniform Rule of Naturalization.”  If goes on to affirm that all legislative powers shall reside in Congress, which is to be composed of a House of Representatives and a Senate.  Therefore, Mr. Obama, your actions were illegal, and Congress you shirked your duties in not challenging him and acting to provide such legislation to address the matter.  The judiciary also failed in this, although there were some rulings that clearly declared Mr. Obama’s actions outside the scope of his authority.  Yet, only now with the election of Donald Trump do we have anyone in Washington willing to do the right thing.  Congress hates his repeal of the Obama Executive Order and places the ball squarely in the court of Congress forcing them to do their constitutional duty.

Barack Obama publicly declared over 20 times that he had no such authority.  He knew he did not have the constitutional or legal authority to unilaterally change any immigration laws, BUT HE DID.  Several of his overreaches were overturned by the Supreme Court, but he continued and Congress sat on their hands even with Republicans in control of the House and later both Houses of Congress.  WHO IS TO BLAME?  Barack Obama and Congress are guilty.  The GOP Establishment has willingly gone along with Mr. Obama and the Democrats while shouting from the rooftops they were in opposition to his policies.  However, when given a golden opportunity to actually repeal many of his illegal acts, they resist and refuse to act.  WHERE IS MY BROOM?  They must go!

Barack Obama repeatedly bypassed Congress using Executive Orders to rewrite or amend, the rules regarding immigration and numerous other laws.  He changed the application, definition, and selectively enforced various laws ILLEGALLY.  Yet, there has been little more than a whimper from the GOP but when it comes to Donald Trump they join the chorus of the Leftist shouting ABUSE OF POWER or OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.  Where were the cries and action when Barack Obama was abusing his power and obstructing justice?  Do you remember during his first term, he immediately introduced the $800 BILLION American Recovery and Reinvestment Acts (ARRA) which allowed him to work around existing Federal Laws?  He used his army of bureaucrats and czars to rewrite existing laws.  That virtually made him a Dictator, not an elected American President subject to the other two branches of government in checks and balances.  He was fulfilling his expressed belief that he was president and could do whatever he wanted.  In that act, there is a sentence that sent red flags to the roof for many of us but ignored by Congress and often the Courts.  It reads, “The Presidents and the heads of Federal departments and agencies shall manage and expend the funds made available in this Act so as to achieve the purposes specified in subsection (a)…”   Simply, that meant that the President and his czars could spend money on policies chosen by Barack Obama and that is one of the ways that the former president raised the national debt by $10 TRILLION in just 8 years.

Those are just a couple of the dozens of actions he took to strip Congress of its power, bypass the courts, and ignore the wishes of the American people.  It should be no surprise the national credit rating was downgraded and the federal budget allowed to spiral upward out of control burying us in debt.  What his actions did was place the power of Washington in the hands of the Democrats and leftist because the GOP is showing no signs of being willing to STOP THIS, DRAIN THE SWAMP, and deal with the DEEP STATE.  Nobody in DC seems to have the intestinal fortitude or spine to deal with the mandatory spending and return it to fiscal sanity.  Congress has been complicit in this effort to diminish the role and power of WE THE PEOPLE.  We can only survive if we seriously investigate the corruption of Washington, deal with the Deep State, evict the Statist, and Drain the Swamp.  Most of Congress needs to be given the Left foot of Fellowship and sent home.  WHAT WILL WE DO IN 2018???

God, bless you and God bless America!