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Originally Posted by TheDoc
(Post 16095807)
Listen boy... I know exactly what I fought for.
What Bonus regulations has Obama passed?
And what part of your rights have been trampled on or constitutional rights, by this administration?
Are you confused at who is still President?
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I'm a man but thanks for the compliment, I do look young for my age... you could start with a quick read of:
"To mollify Alexander Hamilton's and James Madison's fears about how a Bill of Rights might be used as a pretext to infringe on human rights, the Ninth Amendment was added that reads: "The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." In essence, the Ninth Amendment says it's impossible to list all of our God-given or natural rights. Just because a right is not listed doesn't mean it can be infringed upon or disparaged by the U.S. Congress. The Tenth Amendment is a reinforcement of the Ninth saying, "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." That means if a power is not delegated to Congress, it belongs to the states of the people.
The Ninth and Tenth Amendments mean absolutely nothing today as Americans have developed a level of naive trust for Congress, the White House and the U.S. Supreme Court that would have astonished the founders, a trust that will lead to our undoing as a great nation." -Walter Williams
There's a great place to start... Also, this is a fun statistic if only active and prior military were aloud to vote Ron Paul would have become president; he had the highest amount of votes and donation by far from military against all other candidates. Not only for the fact that he actually would bring the troops back home but also because, like our founding fathers, he believes and personal and economic freedom. The government has been over regulating industries for years causing issues and just generally WAY overstepping their authority. Rushing bills through, hiding verbiage at the bottom of other bills to slip them by, etc...
The problems certainly didn't start with Obama but he's compounding them at an alarming rate. I believe he has good intentions and he's a good person he's just economically clueless. He's spending money like a teenager with his first credit without any realization for where the money comes from. He's mixing business with government creating a fascist state. Buying 60% of GM?!... Benito Mussolini would be proud. The american tax payers didn't ask to be in the auto industry and this isn't the last time you'll see this type of stunt pulled.
Obama's health care plan also calls for the creation of a government run health care provider... once again bringing the government into business... once again back to early 20th century Italy. The government does not have the authority to create tax payer funded companies in direct competition with the private sector.
How about this "cap and trade" bill? A massive indirect tax on the American people to give Congress more money to play with. Taxing every bit of energy is one of the most effective ways to control _all_ economic activity...
They're cutting checks like there's no tomorrow under the guise of an economic stimulus package. You want an economic stimulus package? I'll give you one, it's called cutting federal taxes to a third of what they are now, pulling out of the middle east, and shrinking the bloated government down to a reasonable size. Giving everyone that much money they didn't have previously is much more important than propping up companies for bad decisions that they made. Consumers drive the markets when consumer spending is down... well look what's going on now. I fail to see how spending a dime on a failing company is more effective than directly increasing consumer spending as well as improving the entire working nation's quality of life. That type of economic stimulus carries weight and makes the country thrive.
Now I'm rambling but by now you should get the point... I'm disappointed to see a Marine end up as one of the sheeple. Buying into the hype of how everything is going to be great for you if you just fork over your cash without checking out the real facts. You're probably one of these people who believe the global warming propaganda as well... don't be too hard on yourself, the majority of Americans do as they're fed this crap by the government and the media.
But have you looked at the real facts or just listened in to what came across your tv? Last March, more than 700 international scientists went on record dissenting over manmade global warming claims. About 31,500 American scientists, including 9,029 with Ph.D.s, have signed a petition, that in part reads, "There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate." In fact, the earth has been cooling for the past 10 years... Prominent atmospheric scientists recently sent a letter to Congress saying, "You are being deceived about global warming. ... The Earth has been cooling for ten years. ... The present cooling was not predicted by the alarmists' computer models."
So why is the federal government still pushing "cap and trade"? Because it's all about government control over the economy not about any concern for the American people.
/endrant
