I don't care for broccoli much either!

The Constitution provides for equality under the law. By allowing some people (like the members of Congress) to opt out of the health care bill, this proposed law is unconstitutional. Everyone or no one should have the right to opt out of the bill.

these people do not believe in absolutes. the fastest growing religious organization in the US does not believe in absolutes !!! this is a trend that has been around for some time. they do not teach absolutes in school and in most churches as well. we are in a bloodless revolution NOW ! soon we will be in a real cutting ,fighting, bloody revolt ! the American people are easily duped and not well read. dictators thrive on the ignorance of people. we have not one leader. someone has to command...FIX BAYONETS !!!

The Patriot Post keeps writing or having articles that the current Administration and Congress are mnot acting within the bounds of the Constitution. If this is so, why can nothing be done about it? Why is there so much dispute whether its (social healthcare, for one) constitutional? Pelosi laughs and says it is, others say its not. It's one or the other, and if not why can't we, the military, the courts, or whoever remove these people from office? If not, why is there not some decisive action taken instead of just all this talk that it is not? Who has the power to do this? Must we come to arms?

With the continued government invasion into our lives, how long before the demagogues, with the ongoing aid of the mindless media, will determine that the American people are incapable of the intellectual decisions essential to electing our leaders and will thus scrap the electoral process for an appointment process?

And of course, those appointments will be made BY, FOR and TO demagogues and approved by activists judges appointed by these same demagogues.

If you want a clear and chilling explanation of what is going on throughout the world, but especially in America, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8LPNRI_6T8.

These columns and essays are enlightening, thought provoking, and educational. The problem, I opine, is that they merely reinforce the views of patriots, most of whom are conservative, who actually take the time read them. Of course, that's important and beneficial but it does little to enlighten the otherwise ignorant opposition because they won't bother to read them. That is indeed unfortunate.

This issue of the post seemed have a few more references to God than most. As time goes on and we watch our society decline it will become more and more evident that "In the beginning God" and all that flows from that fundamental truth will will be the crux of our national life as it is our personal lives.

The respect for our Creator, and yes, our relationship with Him will be for us, as it was for our founders, THE deciding factor of whether we continue as a nation or utterly fail.

Thank you, Chuck Colson, for stating with clarity the necessity of restoring moral values. The problem of morality in America, though, falls back to the nature of a compass. A compass must have something to point to: so that anyone, anywhere on the globe, can know precisely where magnetic North is, regardless of one's own personal preference. A people without a Moral North Pole, outside of their own preferences, will of necessity look to their own preferences and forever wonder why they are lost. If there is no God, then all that remains is our own personal preferences.

After seeing my (private) college lean even further to the left, I have changed my financial support to Hillsdale College. This is a small liberal arts college that requires a class in the Constitution in order to graduate. Also, the school takes no federal funds, including those embedded in student loans. The school publishes Imprimus, which contains excerpts from the excellent speakers who appear on campus.

Right and now we know that in common sense, that for a child to be under a desk is dangereous..they need to be in the isle , so when the roof caves and hits the desks, it will protect them instead of smash them..when one wants the reality, just think the opposite of the left :)...

Adolf Hitler campaigned for CHANGE, improving the economy, stabilizing the country. After election he took control of the media, industry, schools, the military, he persecuted the Church, people he didn't like, etc.

Sounds familiar to me.

Fluoride has some benefits, but some detriments; therefore, it is not up to the government, or the Dentists to decide that one side's choice is better for all people, but is the perogative of the individual.

Unless something has UNANIMOUS agreement a group decide should not decide - and not even then a government group, which should be restricted to its mandates.

That is one of the great problems of organizations giving money to lobbies, when not EVERYone in the organization supports that position.

While you are on the subject of authority, where is the Delegated authority to the civil servant -government workers to make or force our Consent ?

Protected groups and hate crimes are indeed a wiggly can of worms. What happens if a gay man assaults another gay man? Was that a hate crime? Must the attacker be a white, heterosexual male to be charged with a hate crime?

Can we have Christians added as a protected class? They seem to be quite persecuted and maligned these days for clinging to their guns and religion.

The very first precept of this article is WRONG! The government is bound by the constitution just as much as it ever was. NOTHING has changed in that repect, however, since the people have been so lax in holding them accountable, we have a lot of ground to make up. Lets get busy.

"What part of ...shall not be infriged... do that not understand?"

-NR

@Joe: Someone set us up the bomb.

There has been much discussion about Constitutionality. Folks have stated that this or that is not constitutional. If what everyone is stating is correct, there is a mechanism to correct the fault. The folks in Congress and the White House must be sued in Fedreal Court for violation of the Constitution. A smart attorney, or set of attorneys must be capable of finding ways to do such a thing. Until such a suit is brought, and the appeals are brought to the Supremes, we will continue to suffer the consequences. We must fight fire with fire. Comment?

Why isn't it a responsibility of the attorney general of the U.S. to take steps to see that the Congress does not willfully enact legislation that is patently unconstitutional?

Is it going to be up to a private citizen, or group of them, to get these unconstitutional acts before the Supreme Court?

Our choices in this country are boiling down to two: accept Marxist Globalism or fight another revolution.

I am of the strong opinion that when one takes an oath to protect our Constitution ('so help me God')and then tears away at it, that person(s) has forfeited the legitimate right to the office the oath affirms.

The current government is, in my opinion, quickly becoming entire illegitimate - and in that case, we have a duty to fight.

As someone lately penned: Live free or die fighting.

A dispassionate review of congress's track record makes a powerful argument against a government option for health care. It would be regulated to the point of uselessness. Government regulation of the post office has it running at a multibillion dollar deficit. It can be brought into the black only by taking more money from us taxpayers. Congress's takeover of Social Security in the '60s has run it nearly into insolvency. It most likely won't be able to be saved given their gross mismanagement. Medicare is almost broke. Congress's over-regulation of the housing industry has caused the worst recession since the great depression of the '30s. The fact is, congress's regulating health care to the point they have so far is the major cause of the many problems inherent in the system now. Because a large number of lawmakers are trial lawyers, lack of tort reform has drastically increased the cost of medical care to everyone. For example, Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards made $32 million dollars suing doctors and hospitals. If you give them 30% of the total, which is the typical trial lawyer's take from a big money lawsuit, they raised the cost of medical care by more than an immediate $94 million dollars by themselves. Multiply that by the take from thousands of overly lucrative lawsuits, add in the explosion in the cost of malpractice insurance and the increased costs of practicing "defensive medicine" and you can see what congressional "oversight" has cost us. Then there's congress's refusal to allow shopping for insurance outside state lines, effectively killing competition and artificially driving prices up. Given all that, you should start to get a pretty good idea about how well a government option would work for us. As an afterthought, I will ask that if the plan isn't good enough for those who want to shove it down our throats, what would make anyone think it's going to be be good enough for us?

" one would not expect to find a Bill of Rights in Heaven; it would be an affront to God."

So? Given the exaulted opinion The One has about himself, is it any wonder why he considers the Constitution outdated? After all, it only limits what the government is allowed to do. He can't have that. It would be an affront to constrain The One.

(there should be a sarcasm font)

In the article today was a comment by "Gary" that asked the question, "Is there any state institution that teaches a basic civics class today?"

Well, I have been the instuctor for 11 years at San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardino, CA that requires a class entitled Politics 100 which is a basic US Government/US Constitution class. I salute the college for allowing me to teach this basic class and I can assure everyone the students received a top quality class. The Patriot Post folks would be pleased at what I taught the students. Thank you Mark and staff.

I buy broccoili because I like it and want it, not because the government wants me to. I dare them to try to force me to buy Brussels Sprouts!

The liberals have done their best to remove God & religion from our lives. Now that we have no morals or respect, they want government to do what religion did, instill the fear of being watched and then punished. Government is a VERY poor excuse for justice.

Frank Weir is correct in his post. We have the right to redress. If the greivance is not corrected to our satisfaction, we then have an obligation under the Constitution to take up arms against the Tyrants. Right now we have been declared the "Enemy" by a Democrat Congressman from Florida. To me this is a declaration of war against everyone that objects to the current administrations' policies. The words spoken by Congressman Grayson have not been uttered about law abidding American citizens by an elected Federal official since 1861. To declare someone your enemy means you will take any action including incarceration or death to stop them from their course. The lack of denouncement of these words by the White House or other Democrats is very disturbing.

The further we allow them to stray from American principles and ideals, the harder it will be to bring them back. Socialism does not play by any rules but its own! Expect changes in the way elections are held. Expect to be called out if you are not a Democrat/Socialist supporter. Every patriot needs to read the words of Socialist leaders of the past, you must know what they are doing and what they will do next. We will reach a nexus in this country within the next three years, I only hope that the Patriotic heart of America is strong enough to prevail over an internal Socialist takeover. God be with us!

The flouride wasn't working fast enough and now we have the chemtrails to speed up the process.

(look that one up)

This one is important folks. There is lots more information at both of these links, but if you watch nothing else, watch these two.

Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty?

On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change skeptic, gave a presentation in St. Paul, MN. In this 4-minute excerpt from his speech, he issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty, scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMe5dOgbu40

Review the facts for yourself....

http://www.globalclimatescam.com/

Now, I think a better relationship with our elected officials is in order.

Here's a website that tells how to get a hold of them:

http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

They supposedly say that a face to face meeting is best,

then a phone call,

then a letter,

then an email.

That email is the worst and least paid attention to way of getting a hold of anyone.

But, if that's all you can do, then do it.

I'm definitely going to.

Maybe it's time all our states make ourselves sovereign states like Texas has and several others. We basically cede from the United States and form our own country out of these sovereign states.

Molly Ginger Pine

Aren't you glad you gave me your e-mail address??

Keith Olbermann Should read this article .

To concern ourselves now about usurpations of the Constitution by our elected officials is like trying to get the bullet back from a gun just fired. Too late, danger's on its way.

The Constitution hasn't mattered as a basis for considering the legality of policy since at least Lincoln, when he trampled it as if a bag of burning poo found its way to his doorstep.

The only option we have is to start over. Read into that what you will, but we're too far from what the Founders intended when the only light that shines on the Constitution is that for tourists to see the relic.

--Ian

Auburn, MI

I do not quite understand the need for a hate crimes law. Are not all crimes by their nature hateful. I understand the definition. It would be any crime comitted only because the victim was a race, religion, or gender hated by the criminal. Regardless of the motive, race, or gender a murder is a murder. What about double jeopardy? If one were aquitted of murder could you then be charged with a hate crime for the same murder? Black youths in Chicago killed a promising honor student black youth with a 2 X 4. Was that a murder or a hate crime? (And when will we begin registering 2 X 4's so this kind of violence will not happen again?) If you are wondering I am a conservative, Christian, moral, taxpaying, veteran. And gay. I will buy broccoli from time to time but only when I want it, not when BO says I should!

Part of the problem in our country is our government run educational system. Until we take back the education of our children by demanding that our history, truth and the facts be taught, we will continually face the same problems we face today.

I believe that the time has come to re-assert the document to which this introduction is attached, and to take whatever action necessary to reclaim our republic:

WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.

We were still doing those bomb drills in Houston, Texas into the 60's, but then again, Cuba wasn't so far away either.

Funny how we guarantee folks the right to a fair trial with a "court" appointed lawyer (if they can't afford one) but we don't think everyone has the right to a healthy life, with a government funded doctor if they can't afford one (and we are one of only a handful of developed nations that has this bizarre view of health and happiness). The real problem in this country is something the "founding fathers" knew little about - the unbalanced concentration of wealth by so few Americans- so much of our wealth is not used for the common good but tied up in the hands of 400 billionaire's - Obama's goal of wealth redistribution and trying to regulate the "free market" that has gone terribly out of wack is as "Christian" an idea as you could imagine - but you continue to be swayed by the ruling white class to believe otherwise. Don't be duped, lose your fear and embrace the change that will save this country.

I am dismayed that we here so little from our CEO's and other leaders of commerce regarding the federal takeover of private enterprise.

I love the emails that I receive. I love the commentary and my favorite is the humor. I am a Republican yet I did not like the Barrack jokes this week. Some of them were funny and some of them went way over the edge. I'm fine with making fun of his politics and his socialist ways but I am not ok with attacking his heritage at all!

Sweeney: Where does wealth come from? It has to originate somewhere, and it's certainly not from redistribution.

In the Founder's America we all have the right to *pursue* our happiness, not have it given to us by forcing others to do so. 400 billionaires doesn't begin to touch a budget measured in trillions. Where do you think the rest of that money comes from?

We all have to make choices in life; we can choose to make our own or have them dictated by others (that in itself is a choice). There's nothing keeping any of us from becoming billionaires, we've just made choices that we're not willing to sacrifice our lives to that goal.

Please look at this cartoon and if it works for you please send it out to your members.

This cartoon was made in 1948. It is long but worth the time to watch. Truer today than ever before, and Very timely.

Joe Denson, Consitutionalist.

http://nationaljuggernaut.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-cartoon-seemed-far-fetched-in-1948.html

Did you know this was going on?

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652

Leave it to Canada to enlighten we Americans. Apparently Mrs. Obama collects assistants like her husband collects czars. It makes me sick to my stomach to see where this once great country is headed!

Thank you so very much for your VERY insightful articles and all you do for our wonderful troops. Reading your briefs and Mr. Alexander's essays keep me sane in an otherwise insane world. God Bless America!

I agree, There can be no other explanation how the American people lay down the rights, the rule of Law, and their sovereignty. It must be in the water! Little known fact that the truth of Sodium Fluoride is, that it is not even the chemical that promotes tooth and bone strength. The correct fluoride is Potassium Fluoride The stuff your body produces with good nutrition.

[QUOTE}The list of what a melodramatic Obama threatens or promises to do and what he actually does is endless." --Hoover Institution historian Victor Davis Hanson [/QUOTE]

The list does not have to be endless. We will have elections next year, where we will have a chance to put obstacles in Mr. Obama's way. We probably will have elections in 2012, when we will have a chance to put a stop to this cabal's distruction of our once great country.

As usual, a great article and biting satire.

Why do I not read Burt on Townhall.com any more?

Walter E. Williams quoted Prof. George Mason who said "The American people, along with our elected representatives, whether they're Republicans or Democrats, care less about what is and what is not permissible under our Constitution. They think Congress has the right to do anything upon which they can secure a majority vote, whether they have the constitutional or moral authority to do so or not."

Yet Speaker Pelosi's press spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, said asking Pelosi where in the Constitution was Congress authorized to mandate individuals buy health insurance was't a serious (or I suppose a patriotic) question. No wonder this retired veteran who owns Bibles and guns is an "enemy of the state."

Just wanted to drop a line and say how much I appreciate the quotes and editorials. I hope you all don't mind me sharing them. I am a pastor/patriot/veteran who has a great love for my country coupled with a great fear for where it is headed. I really use the ammunition you guys provide! Thanks again!

Madison rightly defended our freedoms to dissent (speech, association), but your comment on 'norms' is more to the point. I would contend that sufficient discursive 'norms' are not in place in this context (media, contending ideologies). At a recent meeting with some of the nation's top national security policy advisors, I saw several contentious strategies posited, but each quietly learned from the other, as none had any outside interests holding them as puppets - they all understood the urgency of action (every day, people are dying and our country is being challenged on multiple fronts), and therefore stayed on track with relevant discourse.

The media's challenge is that they see no urgency - the endless debate is what sells advertising. Conclusions only mean the death of an ideational franchise, and one less demon to invoke at the expense of action. So long as urgency of action is not a component of discourse, there is no reason at all to be talking. Everything else is fluff, and it is this fluff that should be widely called out as such. It's easy enough to identify by this definition.

I am not as well spoken as some, but my concerns are just as real. It is evident that this present administration and our congressional leaders have no respect for the Constitution or any document that limits their power. I honestly believe, that the administration has no loyalties to a political party. I believe that as soon as they achieve the power they are after, all other branches of government will be eliminated. Both Democrat and Republican should be watchful and wise.

"Merryl Redding

The liberals have done their best to remove God & religion from our lives. Now that we have no morals or respect, they want government to do what religion did, instill the fear of being watched and then punished. Government is a VERY poor excuse for justice.

Posted October 26, 2009 at 4:48:35 PM"

With much sympathy and respect I disagree.

Phase one: any god but God.

Phase two: Once God is eliminated, the gods that are left must duke it out in a horrific version of 'King of the Mountain' (see: "Sides of the north.")

Phase three: The winner would ultimately be the most experienced, most powerful, and wiley. (See: "Satan")

Point one: People are religious creatures. They could discard their flesh but not this truth.

Point two: One of the current names for the state religion is secular humanism. This has been so for some time. This is the party one must join to 'play ball'.

In essence, anything but Christ. We are our own 'gods'.

Antichrist = instead of or against Christ.

I know, I'm crazy.

When I look at the sane this knowledge makes me quite happy.

r.e.Burt Prelutsky's comments about nuclear attack protection procedures - a significant portion of serious injuries in nuclear attacks is attributable to impacts from collapsing buildings and windblown debris carried by the force of the explosion. Does he recommend that no precautions against that kind of injury be taken because they don't address radiation damage?