Time to Vote!
Early voting has started today across the Lone Star State. We don’t need any more RINOs in Washington DC, so don’t procrastinate. David Dewhurst is pulling out all the stops, and hurling more garbage at Ted Cruz. Sarah Palin posted a message to Facebook earlier today reminding us to support Ted Cruz and you should check it out. Remember, you can help Ted Cruz overcome the disinformation of David Dewhurst by going to his website here.
Now get out there and vote, Texans!
What Fiscal Responsibility Looks Like
Politico is reporting that Senator Rand Paul(R-KY) has returned one-half million dollars to the treasury unspent. This was roughly 16% of the allocated operating budget for his Senate offices, and it represents an unusual act in terms of ordinary government practice. In most government operations, every last dime is spent, right down to the penny, in order to justify a demand for even more in the budgeting process for subsequent years. The freshman Senator from Kentucky, and son of Texas Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron Paul said the following at a news conference in Louisville, presenting a symbolic check to the tax-payers:
“I ran to stop the reckless spending. And I ran to end the damaging process of elected officials acting as errand boys, competing to see who could bring back the biggest check and the most amount of pork.”
He continued:
“I hope this sets an example for the rest of government – at all levels,” he added. “We can carry out our duties in a fiscally responsible way. Government can be both smart and efficient. We are proving that – and trying to convince the rest of Washington.”
That’s fantastic. If we could only get the rest of Congress to match this, we could save something in the range of a quarter-billion dollars. Of course, I won’t be holding my breath and neither should you. There is talk of Paul possibly seeking the presidency in 2016, but that’s been speculation. In any event, it is nice to see at least one Senator is living up to his promises to cut federal spending, and while the amount is trivial in the context of a $1.5 trillion federal deficit, it’s also true that it’s another half million that our children won’t be forced to repay someday. Of course, this is a symbolic act in terms of the news conference, but I think it’s a positive development that for a change, a member of the Senate took the notion of making cuts even when it hits their own operations budget.
This stands in stark contrast to a FoxNews report that Barack Obama has requested an additional $1.2 Trillion in money we don’t have.
Obama and Cordray
The Daily Caller is reporting that Obama is ratcheting up the pressure on the matter of the “recess appointments” that were not during a recess. Now he’s asserting that his appointee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, will have full powers of his office despite the fact that the plain language of the law says otherwise. The 2010 law that established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau includes a section that says many of the bureau’s new powers are to be held by the secretary of the Treasury “until the Director of the Bureau is confirmed by the Senate.” Until then, those powers are supposed to be retained by the Secretary of the Treasury. Those extra powers include the authority to write regulations for non-bankfirms, such as payday lenders.
Said Obama during his Friday visit to the CFPB:
“Now that Richard [Cordray] is your director, you can finally exercise the full power that this agency has been given to protect consumers under the law.”
The law requires that Obama’s nominee first be confirmed by the Senate to have all of these powers. Since no such confirmation has occurred, it’s clear that Obama is again flouting the law. This is an outrage, and every concerned citizen should be incensed, and they may be, but it seems few are concerned, because the mainstream media is not covering this story. Most Americans remain ignorant of this controversy. This is one instance in which conservatives and Tea Party folk should be getting the word out. It’s time to yell at your members of the House and the Senate, but perhaps more importantly, it’s time to tell your friends and family. This President is taking dictatorial powers, and our Congress sits on its hands as the United States is reduced to the status of a banana republic. The reason for Congressional inaction is simple: Your fellow Americans aren’t demanding it, I suspect mainly because they don’t know about it. That should be something you can change.
What Stinking Constitution?
Barack Obama’s tyrannical actions must be challenged. This is going to be in the form of what Donald Rumsfeld once explained when he said to cat-calls: “You go to war with the army you have – not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.” We are now in that sort of fix. John Boehner is a weak leader, at least in terms of his willingness to make waves or engage in battle, but this is no time for whimpering. President Obama has openly declared by his actions of Wednesday that the Constitution is fungible, and that he has no need to obey it due only to a technicality otherwise known as the law. This cannot be permitted to go without challenge, and whether the United States Senate will take it up or not, the Speaker of the House must move to begin impeachment proceedings on the basis of Barack Obama’s willful disobedience of the US Constitution. Members of Congress must assemble to denounce him, and this must be brought to the light of day. What Barack Obama has hereby argued is that the constitution only matters when he permits it to be the controlling legal authority, but that in all other cases, it is secondary to the whims of his willingness to enforce or abide by the law.
If you haven’t kept up with this issue, or like so many, haven’t heard a peep about it, let’s make it simple to understand: What’s at stake is our constitutional form of government, and the checks and balances about which you may have been taught when you were a child in school. Those checks and balances provide that presidents do not possess unlimited authority to act without reference to the other co-equal branches of government. What the President has done in this case is to make a “recess appointment” without the Senate actually being in recess. In so doing, he is violating the law, and he has more than one motive with this plot. Obama intends not only to give a new hand-out by virtue of mortgage write-downs for qualified persons, but also to set the precedent for undermining all law.
This is extraordinary, and for the President to undertake this action is a treason against the United States Constitution. What he is attempting to do is to pull the rug out from beneath his opponents by buying off enough of the electorate to swing the vote in his direction, and he’s willing to violate the law to carry it out. This sort of reckless indifference to the rule of law is unprecedented in American history, and it cannot be stated loudly enough or often enough that it must be opposed by every American, but particularly our political leadership. This demonic assault on the separation of powers embodied by our Constitutional Republic must not be permitted.
Congress must act. We haven’t the luxury of waiting for an election. Every member of Congress must stand and in one voice denounce this violation of law. Every American should be upset by this, because what it means is that one man, Barack Obama, has arrogated to himself the power of law. Ladies and gentlemen, let none persuade you that this had been a trivial matter. Presidents swear an oath to uphold the Constitution, and here, Barack Obama has taken it upon himself to simply ignore the law. At the American Center for Law and Justice has an excellent piece on the specifics here.
Let none be mistaken: Your lives are under attack by this action as surely as by the act of a foreign aggressor. If you’re not writing and calling and raising a ruckus, what you’re doing is to participate in the surrender of our nation. This isn’t just another act by Obama in defiance of some statute, or some judge’s ruling, all of which are bad enough to impeach him, but instead a direct head-on assault upon your US Constitution. Why do so many shrink from this? I realize the media is downplaying it for the most part, so it’s not really caught on with most people who aren’t even aware of the situation, much less its details. This, I submit to you, is when you can be most effective if you’re inclined to fight for your country. Pick up the phone, call your Representatives and Senators, call your friends and family, and call anybody you know who will give you a few minutes of their time.
Explain to them the simple facts, direct them to the ACLJ link above, and make it known that this is a serious issue with which we must contend. I read many oaths in the comments section, some of which do not get published because they’re too profane, but a constant theme is how you will fight for the country. This is one of those times. It’s Friday, and the press is putting the week to bed, but if you wanted to, by Monday morning the country could be a sea of uproar over this issue, with or without the media’s reporting.
I have long feared that for too long, this nation has suffered a surplus of sports fans and a dearth of active citizens. I would hate that my surmise had been proven correct over an issue of such glaring national effect. Will we have the rule of law, or the rule of one man? It’s time for you to decide. It’s time for you to place those calls. It’s time to make the start of a resistance to a growing, grasping dictatorship. Unopposed, he will grow to love his newly discovered power, and he will make ever greater use of it.
Ted Cruz
In 2012, the Republican Senatorial primary will come down to a fight between former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz and current Lt. Governor David Dewhurst. Dewhurst is the guy who was for the In-State tuition for illegals before he was more recently against it. He supported an income tax for Texas. Meanwhile, Cruz has been a strong advocate of liberty, and has won landmark cases before the US Supreme Court. I support Mr. Cruz unreservedly over David Dewhurst, who is another Austin big-government Republican who likes to hang out with all the liberals at all the cocktail parties among the “liberal smart set.” Mr. Cruz appeared on Mark Levin’s show during the final hour on Wednesday’s show.
It’s time to take Texas back for conservatives. Mr. Dewhurst isn’t a fair representative of Texans or conservatives, but now we have a chance to correct all of this because when Mr. Dewhurst seeks a seat in the US Senate next year, we can send him back to Austin for a couple years longer until we finally ditch him in 2014 in favor of a Tea Party candidate.
Ted Cruz looks like a promising up-and-comer in the conservative movement. Texans should pay particular attention to this primary race. He’s got the endorsement of Jim DeMint, and Rand Paul among others.
I encourage you to learn about Ted Cruz at his website.
To hear the full interview with Ted Cruz, listen below:
To check out Mark Levin’s audio archive, go to his site and click the Audio link on the menu.
