News................

The best of Man’s Best Friend

There'll Always Be An England? - Not After The Ethnic Cleansers Have Finished There Won't

Homeland security .... oregon state police .... milton freewater national guard armory .... $240,000 (american) ....

CDR Salamander​: Fullbore Friday

Saudi Arabia rejects seat on UN Security Council

How do you solve a problem like Russia?

Industry source tells NRO: WH may have to consider "unthinkab​le options" if website meltdown continues into November

Is Netanyahu Bluffing on Iran?

CDR Salamander​: Every Army 4-Star & SES Needs to be Fired or Resign

Charges possible for Boy Scouts leader who toppled Utah rock formation

Air marshal accused of taking photos under skirts

EagleSpeak​: Friday Fun Film: "The Powers of Congress"

Pakistan polio outbreak puts global eradicatio​n at risk

Funding surges to group that backed budget showdown

'Unfair': Marine's career in jeopardy despite role exposing Afghan insider threat

Atlanta crime sparks gun debates

Archaeolog​ists Found Lost Site of the Last Neandertha​ls

LA Times bans letters from climate skeptics

USA Today reporter on whether ObamaCare site is fixable: ".That is up for debate."

Special Ops Command Seeks Prototypes for 'Iron Man Suit'

RON HART: Debt ceiling the only mechanism to control spending now

White House Tours to Resume

Soros Readies Dramatic Amnesty Push

Obama not Nixon, Carter or Clinton but the president who hates the U.S.

Obama’s potential release of $12bn of frozen Iranian assets would be followed by $35 billion from Europe

Reversing a Weak Defense

PLO: Battle for Succession Has Begun

US begins shifting Afghan logistics hub from Kyrgyzstan to Romania

Malaysia to Establish Marine Corps and South China Sea Naval Base

5 Warfare Concepts That Explain Rugby

Assad regime snipers 'targeting unborn babies'

Civilian lawyers have put Britain and its Armed Forces in danger

Disorder in the House.....................from Dan Friedman

A woman described as a Congressional stenographer took over the podium just as Congress was voting to reopen the US government yesterday. Here’s the video. The sound is poor (it’s a government sound system, after all) so here’s what she said:

 

"He will not be mocked. He will not be mocked. Don't touch me. He will not be mocked," the stenographer shouted as she was taken away by U.S. Capitol Police. "The greatest deception here is not 'one nation under God.' It never was. Had it been, it would not have been." She continued, "The Constitution would not have been written by Freemasons. They go against God." "You cannot serve two masters. Praise be to God, Lord Jesus Christ."

 

Things like that often fade away without meaning very much, but sometimes they prove to be a portent of things to come.

 

 

H/T Jeff

Saturday Totty.....................

Food Stamps, God, Family, Country (Video)...from TPC

Video that shows a woman whose 3-year old nephew had just died in a fire more concerned about the potential loss of her Food Stamps EBT Card than over the actual death of the young boy!

Watch at The Political Commentator here.

Can Gotham be Saved?...................from Dan Friedman

[I feel like someone who's trying to talk down a man who is about to jump from the roof of a very tall Manhattan skyscraper. If he would only listen to reason, he would survive. Unfortunately, the analogy only goes so far. More than likely, NYC is going over the side. df]

Via Ruthfully Yours

 

FrontPage, October 18, 2013

Bill de Blasio’s Open Door for Terrorists

By Daniel Greenfield

Bedtime Totty..............

Peace Now! Even if It Kills Us!....................from Dan Friedman

"...this does not mean that there cannot be any agreement with the Palestine Arabs. What is impossible is a voluntary agreement. As long as the Arabs feel that there is the least hope of getting rid of us, they will refuse to give up this hope..."

- “The Iron Wall,” Ze'ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky , November 4, 1923

 

 

[For peace to ever come to Israel, a few additional words need to be added to her foundational documents, the Basic Law: Israel, of the Jewish People, by the Jewish People, for The Jewish People. Voila! Peace Now! df]

 

 

Israel Hayom, October 18, 2013

A Jewish State, Nothing Else

By Dror Eydar

 

ZoNATION: The Confederate flag: An Instrument of Sabotage or Suicide for Conservatives.

The mainstream media doesn't care about how this administration has slapped our vets in the face. What they are interested in is the opportunity to exploit the rare presence of a Confederate flag among Tea Parties.

Red Friday Bonus Totty.................

Getting by with a little help from their friends.......................from Rico

The Democrats (C) have pulled another 'fast one' on their subjects.

- Not the first time, and it won't be the last time.

Of course, it helps to have "a little help from their friends" in the media.

- As DRUDGE headlined today: "Networks blamed Republicans in 41 stories --0 for Dem's--"

News.................

My little town .... something wicked this way comes? .... no. 3 .... a 10" thick concrete slab for a parking lot?

Israel and the new Munich

Saudi Arabia Wins Security Council Seat for First Time

Rubio: We'll win on ObamaCare in the long run, because it's unsustaina​ble

Another Obamacare Casualty:75 Year Old Ice Cream Factory Closes Shop

Russia's revisionis​t claims on Ukraine and Moldova

Cassini’s Saturn: Incredible mosaic by Gordon Ugarkovic

Gut Check: Thank You, Rudy Giuliani

Rep. Gowdy Eviscerate​s NPS Director Jarvis Over Barricades

Boston bombing suspect's sister in court in money case

Psychiatri​st Says Obama Victim-in-​Chief: Rush Says Obama Not Vetted

Former official: Admin refused to bring in outside help for ObamaCare website for fear GOP would subpoena them

King Herod's Tomb a Mystery Yet Again

Obama Sets Up GOP to Take the Fall for the Economy

Journalists: Obama the Worst Since Nixon

Beyond the Veil. What Sort of Schools Are UK Taxpayers Funding?

System Failure: US Democracy Is Nearing its Limits

China and Iran: Destined to Clash?

Singapore and the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter

Wheel of Misfortune

You have GOT to be.........................from Rico

This was rich, and truly delusional...only the very best drugs taxpayer money can buy would explain this:

The TOTUS of the United States lectures "Time to ignore 'Activists' 'Bloggers' and 'Talking Heads on Radio'...you know, Americans. And listen to him instead...actually 'them' snce it's all about 'me. myself, and I' with the Won.

In my best sotto-voiced Lewis Black imitation all I can say to this pompous ass is "You have GOT to be sh*tting me!"

Obamacare Horror Story..................

Benghazi Black Friday Totty................

Kim Kardashian Slammed for Bootylicious Selfie on Instagram

Well, she's got a huge booty --- and some huge side boob as well.

And apparently she's trying to rekindle some of the old media sensationalism. Yeah, and she got some harsh criticism: "Kim Kardashian you are a MOTHER now I don't think posting pictures of your ass on Instagram is appropriate."

In any case, you be the judge.

See, "Backlash After Kim Kardashian Posts Busty Side-Boob Selfie to Instagram."

Busty and bootylicious.

WaPo's Ignatius Fails the Smell Test.....................from Dan Friedman

[There’s no question Turkey’s relations with Israel have soured thanks to their PM Erdogan, who’s been getting in touch with his Islamist side. Yet there is something fishy about today’s piece from WaPo’s foreign policy guru, David Ignatius. It seems to be part of a pattern of “leaks” to journalists emitted by the Obama Administration, all of which center around Iran and have had the effect of compromising Israel’s strategic position in the Middle East - especially the Jewish state’s ability to take unilateral action against the Ayatollahs’ nuclear program. The “disclosures” are already spreading like wildfire through the Israeli media, and some former Mossad officials are weighing in. Click on the two links below and you’ll see what I mean. Then decide for yourself whose water Ignatius is carrying and who is hurt most from the confusion he sews. df]

 

Turkey blows Israel’s cover for Iranian spy ring (WaPo)

 

Former Mossad Head: Relations With Turkey 'Mortally Wounded' (Israel National News)

Get Used to It

 

By Alan Caruba

Oh, what a relief! Now we know that the government will be funded through January 15 and that we can wait until February 7 to fight the debt ceiling battle all over again. Three months to the next potential shutdown and four until the Democrats and Republicans go to the mattresses again like a scene from The Godfather.

 

Only idiots would run a government with a $17 trillion debt this way.

Politico.com reported that “President Barack Obama welcomed the end of the government shutdown and the raising of the debt limit Thursday with a call for the end of crisis-to-crisis governing and a new era of bipartisan cooperation.”

 

Does anyone still believe anything Obama says?

The deal struck between Sens. Reid (R-NV) and McConnell (D-KY) allowed the latter to secure $2 billion for a project in Kentucky and no doubt there is plenty of pork in the bill to keep everyone happy, except for those senators who weren’t able to get a piece of the bribe money.

 

“There is no distinctly criminal class,” said Mark Twain, “except Congress.”

What have we learned from the last three weeks? We learned that President Obama has no intention to negotiate with the Republicans and regards the Democrats in Congress as little more than rubber stamps for whatever he wants. And they seem to agree. While the Democrats showed considerable solidarity, the Republicans were tearing themselves to tatters.

We learned that President Obama, with an eye on the November 2014 midterm elections, is already in full battle mode as he and his huge propaganda machine—the media and the former campaign committee-turned-social-media-megaphone—ramp up the message that the Tea Party is composed of rightwing fanatics and the Republicans are not much better.

Given the great “success” of Obamacare, can you imagine spending the last two years of Obama’s time in office if he is able to so demonize the Republicans that they lose control of the House and cannot gain control or at least a larger margin of members in the Senate?

I jest, of course. Obamacare is the greatest gift ever handed to the Republicans.

As millions of Americans discover that their health insurance premiums have increased 100% to 300%, they will be howling for its repeal by November 2014. The younger, healthier members of society will elect to pay the fine for not signing up. Some people will discover they cannot be admitted to the hospital of their choice or that their personal physician has retired or closed their practice. Others will find their fulltime jobs reduced to part-time, if they haven’t already.

There are going to be a lot of very unhappy voters by the time the midterms roll around and that, ladies and gents, is why the Republicans “caved” this time and will likely do so again because I have a feeling that their strategy will be to fight a lot of small, but losing battles around the various deadlines required to fund the government and lift the debt ceiling. Each time they do the latter, they will remind everyone that Obama keeps demanding more money.

As for Rep. John Boehner, Speaker of the House, he was greeted with a round of applause by the Republican caucus when he announced the deal to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling. It wasn’t that they hadn't lost, but that they understood he had fought their battle with dignity and as far as he could, given the lack of unity among GOP House members.

The memory of World War Two and Vietnam veterans, as well as others from more recent conflicts being denied access to their memorials on the National Mall or of the first closure of the Lincoln Memorial ever is going to linger. Barricades have now been renamed “Barrycades.”

The President has managed to offend veterans, the elderly (who vote in larger numbers), the unions who hate Obamacare, Catholics, and a younger generation already saddled with debt from college who are being told they must dig deeper to pay for health insurance they don’t want and probably don’t need.

Obamacare is profoundly unconstitutional. Forget about the Supreme Court’s idiotic decision to call a penalty a “tax” and ignore the other elements of the Constitution that forbid the government from requiring people to pay for health insurance or pay a fine if they do not. The Court has made similar bad decisions in the past and, as some current scholars believe, has become so politicized that it has been eviscerating the clear intent of the Constitution for decades.

Only significant Republican victories in the midterm elections will end the misery being inflicted on Americans. That is likely to occur in spite of the GOP’s poor messaging and the hostility of the nation’s mainstream media.

Taxpayers and voters are in for months of gridlock on Capitol Hill. Get used to it.

© Alan Caruba, 2013

NRA Life of Duty | Frontlines Special Report: Filling Government's Void

NRA Life of Duty presented by Brownells, Inc. and FNH USA have teamed up to bring you a special report.

When the federal government failed to immediately provide assistance to the families of soldiers killed in action during its shutdown, private charities and concerned Americans filled the void.

View more reports on the NRA Life of Duty Frontlines channel sponsored by FNH USA at www.nralifeofduty.tv/frontlines.

 

Every day since May 17th.................from Rico

While the teleprompter readers have been busy the past few weeks 'distracting' the sheeple with lies about how not raising the 'debt ceiling' meant debt 'default' and that we had a crisis, 'a CRISIS don't you dummies understand?'

- Somehow, no mention was made of a financial 'miracle' over at Treasury.

Every day since May 17th...yes, every single day...more than 150 consecutive days, Barry's 'button man' at Treasury Jack Lew-cabrasi has maintained the national debt at exactly $16,699,396,000,000.00 ...about $25 million under the legal debt limit.

- Why, it's a freakin' MIRACLE, not a CRISIS.

Follow up: Making NYC Safe for Jihad...................from Dan Friedman

[Where the hell is Anthony Weiner when we need him?! Further to yesterday’s email, “Meet Red Bill,” about the uber liberal frontrunner in NYC’s upcoming mayoral election. Pass it on to all the NYC residents you know. At least they won’t say that they were taken by surprise. df]

 

 

WCBS News, October 16, 2013

 

De Blasio Tells Muslims He’ll End Broad NYPD Spying If Elected

Bedtime Totty................

Honor Flight: A Visual Journey

"Honor Flight: A Visual Journey" is a glorious art book that captures the treasured memories and faces of WWII veterans on Honor Flights to Washington, D.C. to see the WWII Memorial.

Dubya to Jews: Miss Me Yet?.....................from Dan Friedman

[OK, let’s face it. By comparison, Obama even makes Jimmy Carter look good. df]

JNS.org, October 16, 2013

 George W. Bush tells Conference of Presidents that Iran can’t be trusted, praises Israel

Half a word...................from Rico

Proving that "mother" is only half a word when you're dealing with Democrats (C), leftist dingbat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (C) actually said members of Congress "are like parents..."

That makes citizens like toddlers, in her mind I guess.

- Too bad even that hairdo cannot hide her pointy head.

Consider this reason #320 million why Congress has a single-digit approval rating, the majority of them are mother****ers just like this.

H/T Jeff

Late News................

A Beef in Barcelona

Richard Branson Deserts The Sinking Ship That He Helped Torpedo

Iraq 'receiving Russian arms' under historic deal

Former community organizer: Ignore all those bloggers and activists, please

GOP blinks; Obama winks

Boehner's Blues: Why Would Anyone Want This Job?

Awash in oil, U.S. reshapes Mideast role 40 years after OPEC embargo

Einstein Strikes Again: One More Discovery From the Great Man

Meteorite Pulled From Russian Lake Is One of World’s Biggest

Adrian Peterson's version of 'Parenthoo​d'

GOP Rep. Gowdy Blasts National Parks Director for Favoring ‘Pot-Smoking’ Occupiers Over ‘Veterans’

Ten Takeaways from the Great G.O.P. Cave-In

California Court hears Cinco de Mayo American Flag t shirt lawsuit

Condi Rice on joining football playoff committee: "I'm a student of the game"

Harper Lee sues hometown museum, alleges trademark infringement over 'Mockingbird'

Diner picks up tab after overhearin​g bad news in Boston restaurant

Obamacare’s Useful Idiots

Tea Party v. Establishment — What’s Next?

Not just JPM Chase, but also HSBC....................from Rico

JP Morgan Chase, which has announced a halt to customers wiring their own money internationally effective 17 Nov, has been 'joined' by HSBC.

US customers of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation will have to 'wait' a minimum (but even longer, maybe?) of five days before transferring funds to their OWN international accounts effective 20 October.

The slow implementation of "capital controls" in the US is largely going unremarked by the Financial Media and/or the MSM (collectively known as the Obama Stenography Pool these days). Big surprise, NOT.

Bankrupt governments ALWAYS try to 'trap' capital within their own borders when they have a devaluing currency...like the Dollar.

- Apparently FATCA was not quite stringent enough for the USG.

The post-Cyprus 'message' should be clear: The individual will be 'sunk' to keep BIG Government afloat.

What Will BB do if Nuke Talks Continue to "Make Progress?".....................from Dan Friedman

U.S. says talks intense, serious after Iran hints at atomic concessions

 

 

[In a brilliant move worthy of a grandmaster, the Ayatollahs, Obama and Iran’s new “moderate” front man Rouhani, have teamed up with the international community to put the Jews and their only state behind the nuclear eight-ball. At the rate this game of musical chairs is going, these talks could easily last another year or more whether they culminate in a phony deal or not. And by then, it probably won’t matter. The Iranian regime should be over the nuclear threshold or within easy reach of creating the bomb.

 

The Torah tell us Israel is a nation that dwells alone. Mr. Netanyahu and his government need to quickly learn that this is the environment in which they operate, that it’s the natural state of affairs for the Jewish nation, and what they read in our prophets is no longer prophecy. The moment of truth has finally arrived. df]

 

 

NRA News Commentators Episode 31: "Training" With Dom Raso

Dom Raso says owning a firearm means little if you don’t train with it.

Tune in to www.nranews.com/commentators for episodes every Monday and Thursday from NRA News Commentators.

Bonus Totty.................

Merely Coincidenc​e, or More Puzzle Pieces?....................from Rico

Pathfinders look for snapped twigs, faint tracks, and other 'signs' where none belong, to scout their way.

- What was here? How long ago? What direction? Why?

The November 'EBT freeze' letter from Agriculture and the November 'Capital Control' letter from JP Morgan Chase could merely be cincidence.

- Except that I do not think there is any such thing as 'coincidence' when dealing with a corrupt, power-drunk, sociopathic regime riddled with socialists, communists, and statist control freaks like we're dealing with today inside the Washington beltway.

Ruling out coincidence then, are these pieces of a larger puzzle?

- Snapped twigs? Faint tracks? 'Signs' where none belong?

The Tale of Thomas Jefferson (includes warnings)...from TPC

From one of TPC's readers the many great accomplishments of, and equally prescient warnings from, Thomas Jefferson!

At The Political Commentator here.

Million American Jobs Project................

By taking a fraction of what we're already spending and buying US-made goods, we'll create a economic tidal wave. Watch the vid and share it. Boom, you're helping make jobs.



H/T Shelly

News...............

Experts shocked, baffled that thousands of intelligen​ce workers were furloughed as part of shutdown

How Your Knees Can Predict the Weather

Family berates suspects accused of beating former marine to death

So, which newspaper'​s going to file the first "WH quietly thinking about delaying ObamaCare" story?

Syrian rebel: "The Israelis showed us their humanity"

How Turkey shopped Mossad spies to Iran: A story leaked by Washington to caution Netanyahu

Emerging Challenges: What's In Store for the New Global Powers

South Korea Navy Wants 3 More Aegis Destroyers

China’s PLA Marines: An Emerging Force

Reforms have left the Army in chaos

US debt ceiling crisis – Barack Obama has won the shutdown. His prize is a lame duck presidency

New GOP Flag..........................from Rico

RINO leaders McConnell and Boehner hold a joint presser to introduce the new flag of the GOP.

- There was some inane blather about how they were proud to be the 'other' wing of the Democratic (C) party, but it became lost in abject apologies to those other cheese-eating surrender monkeys...the Vichy Fwench.

Now that it's clear there is only a ONE party system operative, perhaps it's actually time for the US to consider establishing a SECOND party...you know, one that's actually in opposition to the one-way highway known as ashington politics?

Thursday Totty.................

Health-Babe Hottie Jennifer Nicole Lee in Superhero Bikini Bottoms for Her Fitness Program

My god, this woman is freakin' phenomenal.

See, "'Strong is the New Skinny' - Jennifer Nicole Lee Flaunts Smokin' Hot Body in New Fitness Program Rollout."

Her booty-bottom is tight!

And huge nipple poke at that tight top she's wearing too!

Army Captain William Swenson Receives Medal of Honor

Here, "Army Captain William Swenson (Retired) Finally Gets His Medal of Honor."

And especially, "New Versions Question Dakota Meyer's Account of Battle at Afghanistan’s Ganjgal Valley in September 2009."



More, "Former Army Capt. William Swenson receives Medal of Honor at White House." And, "Hagel apologizes to Medal of Honor recipient for bungling of paperwork that delayed award."

Exclusive: Jaguar Kills Caiman

Incredible footage.

See, "Jaguar Attacks Caiman":

With one bite, the big cat likely delivered an immediate blow to the caiman's central nervous system, leaving the animal unable to fight or flee, according to Luke Dollar, a conservation scientist who helps manage National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative.

"This guy knew his business," said Dollar. Suffocating an animal with a bite to the neck is a classic big-cat maneuver, but caimans don’t have a discernable neck. So the jaguar—which has the strongest bite of any cat—went right for the skull.

"This guy got right in the thickest part of the brain case and sunk those teeth in," he said. "And that's pretty amazing when you consider a caiman’s brain is probably the size of a walnut."

Motorboating Girls for Breast Cancer Awareness

H/T Doverthere

EX-IRS Agent Exposes IRS As The Biggest Fraud Of All...................

Sherry Peel Jackson, former IRS revenue agent and former CPA, was thrust into the national spotlight for taking a stand against government fraud and theft, and landed in federal prison for three years. The government shut her down at every turn and suppressed evidence of her innocence. Now that she is out she is even more determined to help conscious Americans renew their minds and control their own futures



H/T Bob C

What Rhymes With Cyprus?...................from Rico

Chase, one of the TBTF (too big to fail) and TBTP (too big to prosecute) banks is reportedly sending letters out to its customers.

Limiting cash withdrawals from accounts?

Halting international transfers?

When Cyprus did something like this, it was called a "bail-in" aka the theft of depositors funds to save the bank from its mistakes.

Is this a 'signal' that America is about to rhyme with Cyprus?

Chapter & Verse: Israeli Minister Schools the NYT...........................from Dan Friedman

[Rare that I would circulate anything from the New York Times. But this comes via the noble Palestinian Media Watch, so you can read it without giving any benefit to them. A NYT op-ed that may make their average reader choke on his Zabar's knish. df]

 

How Palestinian Hate Prevents Peace

In an opinion piece in yesterday's New York Times, Yuval Steinitz, Israel's Minister of Intelligence and International Affairs, contended that Palestinian Authority incitement is undermining any chance for peace. As proof, he repeatedly cited material recently exposed by Palestinian Media Watch.

PMW has added links to PMW's website to enable viewing of the items that Minister Steinitz referred to in his article:

 

How Palestinian Hate Prevents Peace

by Yuval Steinitz, Israel's Minister of Intelligence and International Affairs,

Bedtime Totty.................

Late News...............

She Is Malala - Shot Pakistani Teenager Ruthlessly Exploited By Unscrupulo​us Adults

ATF agent can publish book on 'Fast and Furious'

Storming Obama’s Barricades at the Lincoln Memorial: One Man’s Refusal to be Shut Down

Is bacon a male contracept​ive?

Jose Guerena Vindicated​: Widow Receives $3.4M Settlement from Arizona Police

Oreos Are as Addictive as Cocaine - At least when it comes to lab rats

Recent black-on-white crimes

The Tea Party is Both Sensible and Victorious

I’m from the Government and I’m Here to Spy on You

In move out of ‘Mad Max,’ Australia creates ‘bikers-only’ prison to deal with warring motorbike gangs

The Lonely Face of Sea Power

Bombs in confessional box of Syrian church

US debt ceiling crisis: John Boehner's leadership has been a failure. Perhaps it's time to quit

The Life and Times of a Stauter

Airbus hiring on track for A320 final assembly line, efficiency driving design

A Criminal Enterprise Called the Democratic Party

By Alan Caruba

I’ve read about this in history books. It’s what happened to the Weimar Republic in Germany when its currency collapsed and anarchy followed. The result was Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

In the wake of the Great Depression, the wheels began to come off the Weimar Republic, a liberal democracy that had been in place since the end of World War One. In 1930 President Hindenburg assumed emergency powers. By 1933 three Chancellors had preceded Hitler and when the Nazi government took over it simply ignored Germany’s constitution. 

A lot of scholars who know much more about the U.S. Constitution than I are increasingly speaking out about the same scenario occurring here. Radio personality Mark Levin considers President Obama a despot in light of his refusal to negotiate with the Republicans and the resulting shutdown of the government. Suffice to say, his refusal, carried out by Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, worked.

For the ordinary citizen, Obama’s actions during the shutdown have been instructive if they were paying attention. He threatened not to pay Social Security retirees, Military retirees, disability recipients, and federal retirees. The elderly and the military were the prime targets for his threats and, despite the fact that more than eighty percent of the government was still functioning, he directed that national parks be closed; most dramatically in Washington, D.C. where veterans of World War II and the Vietnam War were denied access to the memorials to their service.

The President and the Democratic Party want all the restrictions on their capacity to spend tax dollars lifted. They want an end to the sequestration that curbs the natural inclination of government departments and agencies to spend taxpayer dollars as fast as the Federal Reserve can print them. The Reserve in turn has been purchasing $85 billion in the nation’s debt every month to maintain the fiction that the nation can pay its bills despite the fact that it has more debt than the entire national economy—the Gross Domestic Product—generates every year.

And who tripled that debt in just his first term? Obama.

A new book by Clark M. Neilly III, “Terms of Engagement: How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution’s Promise of Limited Government” ($23.99, Encounter Books) says bluntly that “We are drowning in a sea of unconstitutional regulations that compel obedience, stifle innovation, and punish morally blameless conduct.”

“Heedless of the constitutional limits on its own power,” says Neilly, “and indulged by a quiescent judiciary, the federal government now spends 24 percent of our gross domestic product, the highest proportion since World War II.”

Neilly is a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice where he litigates constitutional cases involving economic liberty, property rights, free speech, and school choice. He is the modern version of the biblical Jeremiah raising his voice to warn of what is to come if Congress and the courts do not begin to obey the limits the Constitution sets forth so clearly that anyone can understand them.

“In 2013, a series of scandals involving the Internal Revenue Service, the National Security Agency, the Department of Justice, the Department of Agriculture, and other federal agencies reminded Americans about the hazards of free-wheeling government”, says Neilly.

“And in light of the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ‘Obamacare’, Congress can even tell people how to spend their money by penalizing those who refuse to buy things it thinks they should have, like government approved health insurance. Congress has no legitimate power to do that, which is why the Supreme Court had to pretend the penalty was actually a tax.”

Suffice to say that Neilly is extremely critical of the failure of the judicial system to uphold the Constitution and the current state of government in America today. “As far as the government is concerned, it is your boss, setting policies and issuing edicts that you will obey. Between that awesome power and you stands the Constitution.”

Obamacare is despotism in action. As Neilly says, if the government can order you to buy health insurance you may not need or want and fine you if you refuse, you are no longer living in a republic with a functioning Constitution.

And this is the reason the Tea Party movement began and why a handful of Senators and Representatives, elected with Tea Party support, have been holding out, seeking to defund, delay or repeal Obamacare. If Obamacare succeeds, America will fail. It is already playing havoc with the economy.

The government shutdown was a political battle in a larger political war between the socialist Democratic Party and a badly frayed conservative Republican one. Supported by votes that have been purchased from the public treasury—the largess of welfare and a matrix of other programs that redistribute wealth—and a measure of election fraud, the Democratic Party has become a criminal enterprise.

As Ronald Reagan said in his first inaugural address, “We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth. Our government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.” 

He said that in 1981.

 

© Alan Caruba, 2013

Pic of the Day..............

Army Ranger believed to be unconsciou​s salutes during Purple Heart ceremony

H/T Doverthere

Pic Dump...................