James in Stafford, VA
Friday, June 29, 2012 at 12:28 PM

Ladies and gentlemen -- I myself was horrifically dismayed at Chief Justice Robert's decision yesterday, and quite frankly, nearly threw up on my keyboard over what I felt was a horrendous betrayal. However, after 24 hours, and listening as carefully as possible to many opinions all over the spectrum, I believe I've come to the following conclusions (abbreviated for a blog posting): 1. Chief Justice Roberts has maintained the integrity of the court in a highly charged environment by ruling both for and against key provisions; 2. He exposed, in a non-reversible way, what we have all known from the beginning -- it is a tax, even though many tried to claim it wasn't. In doing so, he exposes the opposition as duplicitous at best, and outright deceptive and lawless at worst. 3. He has directed back to the people the responsibility to take charge of their elected officials, and to hold them accountable. 4. Even though he has given the administration a great gift in upholding the ACA, he has given us an equally great gift -- exposing them for who they are -- socialists who do not hold true to their oaths and who love political power more than their country or Constitution. They will not be able to shed this albatross. 5. I liken it to a very dangerous game of chess. Chief Justice Roberts could have siezed his opponent's queen and put his opponent at severe disadvantage. But I think he's thinking bigger than just this move -- he's thinking about the whole "game". Instead of taking a queen, he sacrificed his own -- but because he sees the checkmate even in the sacrifice. The checkmate is, of course, voting the current administration out of office and taking back our government. Once done, we can repeal the law and fix the problems.

I want to write a whole editorial on this, but simply don't have the time. My boss does expect me to actually work for him instead of blogging.... But think about this -- there are the battles and there are the wars. Sun Tsu's quitessential philosophy that "all warfare is based on deception" applies here. Yes, the Chief Justice made a sacrifice play, supposedly giving the opponent a crucial win -- but he has a broader perspective in mind, and as much as I loath the ACA and all the usurptations it stands for, I believe that the Chief Justice has been incredibly shrewd, and has positioned us for checkmate. Let us not waste this opportunity! We must rally to the cause!