Send Obama a Bill

In President Obama’s State of the Union address of January 24, 2012 he repeatedly asked Congress to send him a “bill”:

“Send me a bill” that bans insider trading by members of Congress; I will sign it tomorrow.

“Tear down regulations that prevent aspiring entrepreneurs from getting the financing to grow.  Expand tax relief to small businesses that are raising wages and creating good jobs. Both parties agree on these ideas. So put them in a bill, and get it on my desk this year.”

“Help manufacturers eliminate energy waste in their factories and give businesses incentives to upgrade their buildings. Their energy bills will be $100 billion lower over the next decade, and America will have less pollution, more manufacturing, more jobs for construction workers who need them. Send me a bill that creates these jobs.”

Two other times in the speech he asked for a “bill”, without using the word “bill”:

“It is time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas, and start rewarding companies that create jobs right here in America. Send me these tax reforms, and I will sign them right away.”

“But if election-year politics keeps Congress from acting on a comprehensive plan, let’s at least agree to stop expelling responsible young people who want to staff our labs, start new businesses, defend this country. Send me a law that gives them the chance to earn their citizenship. I will sign it right away.”

Congress, before sending Obama bills that he wants, WE THE PEOPLE want to send the President a bill for the following:

1. Cost of vacations, including travel, in excess of the average vacation travel of the last three Presidents.
2.  Additional costs resulting from the President and First Lady taking separate planes to the same location.
3. All costs associated with 90+ rounds of golf.
4. Cost of trip to NYC for anniversary.
5. Cost of the increase in health insurance of all Americans in 2012.
6. Cost of the two black buses purchased for the President’s bus tour.
7. Cost of the entire black bus campaign tour.
8. Cost of all trips that included a campaign stop and/or fundraiser.
9. Cost of trip to Copenhagen to attempt to bring Winter Olympics to Chicago.
10. Cost of all “Hollywood” parties at the White House.
11. Cost of flying in a personal trainer week after week.
12. Cost of all Czars.
13. Cost of 18 of Michelle’s 22 personal assistants.
14. Increase in the deficit during the time the government has operated without a budget.

Mr. President, please include with your payment a copy of your original birth certificate, your college transcripts and an explanation for your Connecticut social security number.  Payment is due in 30 days.

Generic Republican's State of the Union

Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Congress, honored guests, and fellow citizens:

I ask all members present to hold their applause to the end.

The state of the union is not good. The economy is barely growing, unemployment is still too high, government spending is out of control, our national debt is larger than our economy, our credit rating remains downgraded, the price of gas is rising, domestic energy production is shrinking, our Attorney General is a joke, the Fast and Furious gun smuggling program resulted in the death of an American, Iran is close to producing a nuclear weapon, class warfare rhetoric is dividing the nation, our President has time for 90 rounds of golf, our Executive Branch is loaded with out of the closet Marxists, illegal immigration is being promoted, Obamacare if not repealed will ruin the healthcare system, crony capitalism has reached outrageous levels, we have been without a budget for 1,000+ days, entitlements have not been reformed, home prices are depressed, the Middle East is in political disarray and the list goes on and on.  Not since the War Between the States has our nation been so divided.
 We are living in a post-Constitutional America.  No attempt is being made by the Democrat party to follow the Constitution.  The Republican controlled House refuses to de-fund the government.  DC is doing whatever it wants to do, un-fettered by the limits of the Constitution. Our liberty is being eroded each and every day. 

(Fortunately our news media is doing everything it can to hold the President and Congress accountable for their actions.  Excuse me?  Louder I can’t hear you?  The media is what?  It’s not helping to hold the President and Congress accountable?  Well that stinks.)

Until we elect Constitutional Conservatives at every level of government the state of the union will not improve. We need a President, Senate and House of Representatives that will take their pledge to defend and protect the Constitution and then actually protect and defend the Constitution. 

(How great would that be!  Or is that asking too much?)

The Constitution is for everyone.  It protects the unalienable rights of all people regardless of their background.  It promises that our Federal Government will have limited, enumerated powers and that all other powers remain with the States or the people. 

(Why is this so hard for Democrats, Liberals and Marxists to understand?)

This upcoming election will determine whether we can restore America to a Constitutional Republic.  If the current President is giving a state of the union address next year then we will have lost.  If Harry Reid is still the Senate majority leader next year then we will have lost.  If John Boehner is still Speaker of the House next year then we will have lost.

(And once we lose we will never win again. We will be like the Chicago Cubs.)

We began the revolution in 2010.  The early victories will be meaningless if we don’t add more Constitutional Conservatives in 2012.  We need to support these people during the primaries and in the general election later this year.  On Election Day, when given the choice between any Democrat and a Generic Republican, you must vote for the more conservative of the two.  That will always be the Generic Republican.

Save Money, Vote Generic!  We can’t afford anymore name brand Liberals or RINOs.

Thank you, God bless you and God bless the United States of America.

If you are with me, feel free to applaud now.  If you are against me, please read Mark Levin’s Ameritopia.

Go Rogue Mr. Prime Minister

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

The Right Honourable Mr. Stephen Joseph Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
Langevin Block
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A2

Dear Prime Minister:

You recently received a letter from my best bird friend, @politijim.  While his letter was excellent, I believe it falls short of providing a timely solution to the Keystone Konumdrum.  We the People of the United States need oil in the worst way.  We need to find a way to build our pipeline regardless of our silly Presidential politics.

Mr. @politijim suggested that you give this once great country some time to replace our Teleprompter-Reader-in-Chief with a real Commander-in-Chief.  He believes, as do I, that when that happens the pipeline will get built.  However, I don’t think either of our countries can afford to let this project sit idle for a year.  I am suggesting to you, and by copy of this letter to the Governors of the States of Montana, South Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas, that we begin construction immediately.

Prime Minister Harper, if you seek to sell oil, if you seek prosperity for Canada and the United States, if you seek conservatism: Come here to our border!  Mr. Harper, open the gate-way to your oil!  Mr. Harper, tear down Obama and let’s build a pipeline!

It’s time to Go Rogue Mr. Prime Minister! 

While on the surface this may seem like a very radical action, I can assure you it is not.  Our nation is currently in the process of being fundamentally transformed.  What we once thought of as our unalienable rights are now a few laws away from being erased forever.  Some actions that we thought were legal are now illegal and other actions that we thought were illegal are now being allowed without prosecution.  Not since the days of the Wild Wild West has lawlessness been so well protected. 

As you are well aware, our country has done very little to control the flow of activity across our southern border.  Every hour of every day there are multiple pipelines of people, drugs, guns, criminals, terrorists & who knows what else, streaming into the USA.  Every State that tries to toughen up its laws to stem the flow of illegals is served with a law suit by our Golfer-in-Chief.  Why should we treat our Canadian border any differently?  To do so would be racist, right? With the importing of your oil having been deemed unwelcome that is the signal to begin “sneaking” it in. (Wink, wink.)    

I see no down side to Canada by beginning this project now.  As @politijim so brilliantly detailed, outside of an act of war, your relationship with our country couldn’t get any worse.  By the time the Obama administration figures out we have begun this project, if they actually do figure it out, our Campaigner-in-Chief will be busy trying to get re-elected, leaving him insufficient time to direct his “laser like focus” on stopping the Keystone Pipeline. 

To the Governors of the States which this pipeline will pass through, it is time to rid the toxins from the ground along the route of the Keystone Pipeline.  Yes, the contamination is leaking into your water systems and is causing a rise in ratings for MSNBC.  It must be cleared now before it infects the whole nation.  Once you have removed the contaminated soil you will need to bury many pipes, the specs for which will follow soon.  These pipes will prevent any further contamination to any other soil.  Note that is very important that these pipes be connected using the best leak proof products available in today’s market. We don’t want anything to get inside them.

Mr. Prime Minister, I am sure you are concerned about what the fallout would be if the press catches wind of what we were doing.  Please don’t worry about this. The media in our country works for our Liar-in-Chief, spewing on his behalf more nonsense than there is oil in your city of Hardisty.  No one with any real intelligence takes what our media says seriously.  (In fact, some of the best journalism about the United States comes from websites based in Canada.)  So if the press finds out and if they call you, just tell them you’ll talk after our Food-Stamp-Provider–in-Chief provides a real birth certificate, an explanation for his social security # and releases his college transcripts.

Another concern you might have is will the President stop the flow of oil by capping the pipeline?  He might try, but we are not very good at it.  We couldn’t cap the leaking oil well in the Gulf.  We keep blowing through our spending cap like it is monopoly money.  And all of our ball caps are made in other countries. 

(There is one thing that we have become good at capping, our economy.  Our Vacationer-in-Chief has every Marxist Czar working in our government placing its proverbial “boot on the throats” of capitalism, free enterprise and the rights of the individual.  His decision to not allow the building of the Keystone Pipeline is part of his “Boot on the Throat” policy.)

My little bird friend, @politijim, offered your country something for your trouble.  I would like to sweeten the pot.  In addition to all that has been offered, how would you like for Canada to be the country at this year’s Summer Olympics to win the most medals?  Just say yes and we will arrange for O Canada to be the most played song in London this summer.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns.  We’re ready to roll when you are.

With All Sincerity,

@GenericRepublican

A Generic United States Citizen

cc:

Governor Brian D. Schweitzer
Office of the Governor
Montana State Capitol Bldg.
P.O. Box 200801
Helena MT 59620-0801

Governor Dennis Daugaard

Office of the Governor
500 E Capitol Ave
Pierre, SD 57501

  

Governor Mary Fallin

Oklahoma State Capitol
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Room 212
Oklahoma City, OK 73105

Governor Rick Perry

Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428

I'm a Tebow Believer

(with apologies to Neil Diamond)

They thought he was done after the Gators.

An NFL QB he wouldn’t be.

None will look to draft him.

He’s played his last game.

There’s no chance will see him on Sundays.

Then we saw him play; now we are believers.

He’s so good; he’s blowing our minds.

We’re in love, we are believers!

He is a leader for our time.

They all thought his motion wasn’t quick enough.

No one thought he’d have the skill to win.

There’s no use in tryin’,

No matter how he prayed.

Catch a bus back home or take a train.

Then we saw him play; now we are believers.

He’s so good; he’s blowing our minds.

We’re in love, we are believers!

He is a leader for our time.

None will look to draft him.

He’s played his last game.

There’s no chance will see him on Sundays.

 

Oh then we saw him play; now we are believers.

He’s so good; he’s blowing our minds.

We’re in love, we are believers!

He is a leader for our time.

Yes we saw him play; now we are believers.

He’s so good; he’s blowing our minds.

Said we are believers, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(We are believers)

(We are believers)

Said we are believers, yeah

(We are believers)

Said we are believers, yeah

(We are believers)

Hammer Time?

Is this statement by President Obama on January 5, 2012 the final nail in the coffin of our Constitutional Republic?

“But when Congress refuses to act, and as a result, hurts our economy and puts our people at risk, then I have an obligation as President to do what I can without them.  I’ve got an obligation to act on behalf of the American people.  And I’m not going to stand by while a minority in the Senate puts party ideology ahead of the people that we were elected to serve.  Not with so much at stake, not at this make-or-break moment for middle-class Americans.  We’re not going to let that happen.”

Stunning.

This statement was made in the context of the President making an unconstitutional appointment of Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  The appointment was unconstitutional because it violates Article II, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution which says:

“The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.”

The Senate was not in recess on January 5, 2012.  In order for the Senate to be in recess Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution says:

“Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.”

The House did not consent to a Senate adjournment. Therefore, every three days the Senate must hold a session.  The last session it held before January 5^th was on January 3, 2012 and it held a session on January 6^th.

There have been two Presidential impeachments by the House in our nation’s history.  The first took place in 1868.  The primary charge against President Andrew Johnson was his violation of the Tenure of Office Act.  This act, which no longer exists, required the President to seek the advice and consent of the Senate to remove someone that was previously appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

Johnson was at odds with Secretary of War Stanton.  He removed Stanton without first seeking the consent of the Senate.  (Johnson believed that the Tenure of Office Act, which passed over his veto, was unconstitutional.)  He then filled the vacancy with Lorenzo Thomas, also without the advice and consent of the Senate. The House convened shortly after Johnson’s actions and drew up eleven articles of impeachment. Ten of the eleven articles were directly related to different aspects of the violation of the Tenure of Office Act.  Article of Impeachment 3 read as follows:

“That said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, on the 21st day of February, in the year of our Lord 1868, at Washington in the District of Columbia, did commit, and was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office, in this, that, without authority of law, while the Senate of the United States was then and there in session, he did appoint one Lorenzo Thomas to be Secretary for the Department of War, ad interim, without the advice and consent of the Senate, and with intent to violate the Constitution of the United States, …”

President Obama’s actions on January 5, 2012 are very similar to what President Johnson was impeached for 134 years ago.  In fact, by filling in the blanks, I find that I am able to draft the one and only article of impeachment required today:

That said Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, on the 5th day of January, in the year of our Lord 2012, at Washington in the District of Columbia, did commit, and was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office, in this, that, without authority of law, while the Senate of the United States was then and there in session, he did appoint one Richard Cordray to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ad interim, without the advice and consent of the Senate, and with intent to violate the Constitution of the United States.

Regardless of whether a conviction can be achieved in the Democrat controlled Senate, impeaching the president for this flagrant, unlawful act is the absolute duty of the House.  The Tea Party members that we elected in 2010 all talked about the need to protect and defend the Constitution.  Was that just talk or are they going to act?

It is Hammer Time! We either put the hammer down on this lawless president through impeachment or we hammer shut the coffin that contains our Constitution.  

Where is the Power?

The constitutional question regarding clean air is not whether we will have it; the question is who defines the issue and gets to make the laws or rules.  The choices are the Federal Government, State (and Local) Governments or We the People.

Madison wrote, in Federalist Paper #45, “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.”

The powers delegated by the Constitution are listed, primarily, in Article I, Section 8.  If there is not an enumerated power that references this issue then we look at the 9^th Amendment which says, “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people” and the 10^th Amendment which says, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” 

Question – Is there an enumerated power regarding clean air?  

Answer – No.

Therefore the States or the people get to define and legislate standards for this issue.  If we want the Federal Government to define and regulate this issue there is a process for amending the Constitution, which we have done 17 times since the first 10 amendments were adopted.

Everyone should read the Constitution, the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers.

(For your convenience you can substitute any issue for clear air and not a word of this changes, unless it is an enumerated power.)