Proposed health care reform is unconstitutional

I know it's silly of me to still care what the constitution says, but for what it's worth....

CNS News as been going around asking various Democrats about the constitutionality of mandating the purchase of health insurance.

Forcing people to buy health insurance as a condition of lawfully abiding in this country is unconstitutional. The way you can tell is first by actually reading the document, and second, by how Democrats avoid answering the above question, and when they do, they give an incoherent response.

Nancy Pelosi was asked, her response: "Are you serious?"

Senator Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island tried to compare mandating the purchase of health insurance to the draft. That, of course is a stupid analogy, because the Constitution grants the authority to congress "To raise and support armies" and "To provide and maintain a navy". I'm guessing the Air Force is not mentioned because of the lack of planes back then. Anyway, the loony response of the gentleman from Rhode Island is here.

And then we have Ben Nelson, a Democrat Senator from Nebraska that essentially claims to be too stupid to answer the question.

And there's more on their website.

I think the real problem is that most Democrats, and certainly the hard left Democrats don't care what the Constitution says. They can't come out and say it directly, but actions speak louder than words... at least that's what my mom used to say, and she was a pretty smart woman.

What do You Call Someone Who Kills in the Name of Allah?

I love how Greg Gutfeld begins this Gregalogue. "Denying the role of militant Islam in the Fort Hood atrocity is like staring at a shark bite and thinking bicycle."

Major Hasan Communicates with al Qaeda, FBI Knows About It, FBI Does Nothing, People Die

I just wanted to share this post from the Weekly Standard. Fort Hood jihadist Nidal Hasan communicated with Anwar al Awlaki, who is an active recruiter for al Qaeda, 10-20 times since last December. The FBI knew about these communications and did nothing because it was consistent with his "research." Meanwhile the FBI says, "there is no information to indicate Major Malik Nidal Hasan had any co-conspirators or was part of a broader terrorist plot." The FBI knew that a Major in the Army was in frequent contact with an al Qaeda recruiter and they did nothing. Let's not jump to any conclusions. I'd recommend reading the entire post. My favorite quote from Thomas Joscelyn of the Weekly Standard is "How dense can the FBI be? Yes, all of the pieces of Hasan’s story still need to be put together. But to say there is no evidence of a 'broader terrorist plot' is myopic to the point of absurdity."

The price of political correctness

Maj. Nadal Hasan, the perpetrator of the Ft. Hood massacre last week had some troubling beliefs as posted earlier in this space, and outlined in part in this article.

Among other things, he posted the following about a suicide bomber under the screen name NidalHasan: "“To say that this soldier committed suicide is inappropriate, it’s more appropriate to say he is a brave hero that sacrificed his life for a more noble cause.”

So how is it possible that all the warning signs were ignored? In my opinion, the answer is obvious. Political correctness. There are certain protected minority groups that everyone in this country knows you shouldn't say anything bad about. I think the Army in this case is a victim of being politically correct, that is, the constant worry that legitimate concerns will be brushed of as "racist" or "profiling".

Had this man been Catholic, or Lutheran, or Methodist, or Mormon, he would have been sniffed out immediately. But since he's Muslim, everyone has to treat him with kid gloves, careful not to offend, because the PC police are out there ready to pounce on anyone who has a concern about a protected minority member.

Political correctness cost us 13 American lives, and another 30 wounded. That is a heavy price to pay.

Fort Hood Shooting Easily Prevantable

Nidal Malik Hasan killed twelve soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas. Hasan was a Major and a psychatrist. These deaths were preventable as Hasan had obvious warning signs that he was a dangerous individual. He attended a Muslim Community Center. He is a Muslim and his former imam described him as “very devout.” Six months ago federal authorities were concerned about some internet postings that he made. He glorified suicide bombers comparing them to soldiers who jump on a grenade to save their comrades. Col. Lee, a retired officer who worked with Hasan told Fox News of some comments that Hasan made. Hasan claimed that Muslims had the right to raise up and attack Americans. When a soldier was murdered in Arkansas by another Muslim Hasan was happy. He suggested that people should strap bombs to themselves and blow up Time Square in New York. These deaths were avoidable, Hasan should not have been allowed to continue working in the military.

Nancy Pelosi does not care about the Constitution

Nancy Pelosi cannot believe that she is asked a question about that out-dated Constitution. "Where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact individual health insurance mandate?" Her response, "Are you serious?"



I know where it says that Congress does not have the authority to do this. It's called the tenth amendment. "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."

Some of us are serious about the Constitution. Unfortunately, most in Congress who have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution could care less what it says.

Obama: Don't Worry About the Taliban

I’ve been really busy with school lately so it’s been hard to update this blog. The one area that I had a little hope that Obama might not be absolutely horrible is in regards to Afghanistan. But then some bad signs have been coming. General McChrystal was appointed in June and before Obama’s trip to try to get the Olympics Obama had only met with him once. Gen. McChrystal made a speech about what needs to be done in the war. He said that he needed 40,000 more troops to accomplish the mission. He needs more troops to secure the Afghan population. In a counterinsurgency the focus needs to be on the security of the population more than on just killing terrorists. As the population becomes more secure, they would be less fearful and more likely to give us useful information. Joe Biden on the other hand thinks that we should switch to a strategy of using drone missiles and rely on special forces operations against al Qaeda. Gen. McChrystal says that this strategy would lead to “Chaos-istan.” Joe Biden is also the genius who thought it would be an excellent idea to split Iraq into three countries, one for the Sunnis, one for the Shias and one for the Kurds. Completely ignoring the fact that such a decision to split the country would need to be made by the Iraqi people and not by the United States. He gave some crappy advice then and continues to do so to this day. The civilian population needs to be secured.

Obama then got mad that General McChrystal made his advice publicly. Maybe if Obama was willing to meet with Gen. McChrystal earlier then he would not have had to make his advice publicly. After his comments, Gen. McChrystal was ordered by Obama to come to Copenhagen where Obama was busy trying to get the Olympics for Chicago. They had a twenty-five minute conversation on Air Force One. Breaking down the time that would be spent on actual talking, you could split that time in half if you don’t count the time that Obama was saying “uh.” So that leaves twelve and a half minutes.

Obama still would not make a decision about sending more troops. Meanwhile, people are dying while the One is thinking. Then comes some news yesterday, that Obama is going to focus his efforts on al Qaeda and not on the Taliban. Obama’s team says that we will let the Taliban have a political future in Afghanistan and even maybe let them have control over some of the country. They say that the Taliban is not a threat to us only al Qaeda is. So the goal will no longer to be to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda, it will be to defeat al Qaeda and prevent them from getting a safe haven there.

The thinking of Obama and friends has some major flaws. The Taliban will not be satisfied with having any political future in Afghanistan that is short of running the country. The violence will continue until they are defeated or if they achieve their goal. But even if they do achieve their goal, their method of governance would be continually violent against Afghanistan’s population. There is no reason to believe that they won’t protect al Qaeda after they gain power of the country, which is seeming more and more likely. Al Qaeda will then use Afghanistan to set up training camps and to plan attacks against the United States and other targets. The Taliban and al Qaeda cannot be separated no matter how much wishful thinking that the Obama administration uses. If we stop fighting the Taliban that does not mean they will stop fighting us. Before the election Obama called Afghanistan the “good war.” Before the election Obama criticized Pakistan for making treaties with the Taliban. Now the Taliban apparently isn’t a threat and Obama is not willing to do what is necessary to win this war. If we stop fighting the Taliban all of the American soldiers who have died fighting in Afghanistan will have died in vain. Obama has repeatedly demonstrated his weakness to the world. President Obama’s weakness, indecision and ineptitude is truly worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize.