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Showing posts with label Individual Mandate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Individual Mandate. Show all posts
I was just going through some old photos in the SACSTW Historical Archives, and found this one that I sentimentally call "The Great and Yakking Sahib". Now, on with the countdown!
A ruling on round 3 of Obama vs. The U.S. Constitution appears to be forthcoming this week from SCOTUS, possibly even today. This is the last scheduled week of the Court's term, and a ruling is also expected on Arizona's controversial immigration legislation. Nothing more important than the Obamacare decision will happen in the country this week. It is literally a fork in the road for the nation. If Obamacare is upheld, then Dear Leader and his statist cronies have the green light to continue "fundamentally transforming" America. SACSTW will continue to stay on top of this story as it develops during the week.
Here is a story that tells you all you really need to know about Barack Hussein Obama. We all know that he "loves" Hispanics, particularly the 60-70% of them that are solid Democrat voters. He has railed about the inherent racism of securing our borders, blasted the GOP for being anti-Latino, and even sued the state of Arizona to curry favor amongst Hispanics. Obama feels a close bond with his brown-skinned brethren, and holds them close to his heart......unless they have silverware. Last Friday, Dear Leader made an appearance at a luncheon of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in Lake Buena Vista, FL. An announcement was made towards the end of the meal that all silverware would have to be turned in to Secret Service personnel before Obama entered the room. So all you lib Latinos out there, Barry loves ya, but he still thinks one of you might try and shank him with a dessert fork in the rope line. Next time you see him, why don't you ask him if he made George Clooney and Sarah Jessica Parker turn in their forks too. Read the full story here at politico.com.
In what I can only assume is a completely fabricated crime update, the Chicago Tribune is reporting that 2 people were killed (including a 13 year old boy) and 13 wounded in 12 separate shootings within the city Saturday night. I say fabricated because as we all know, there are no more guns on the streets of Chicago after the Police Department conducted their annual Murder Weapon Turn In and Evidence Disposal Gala on Saturday afternoon. If the Trib is correct in its reportage, then we are left with the conclusion that liberal feel-good shams like gun turn-ins are colossal wastes of time, resources, and Other People's Money. What?....you didn't think Rahm Emanuel was kicking in the 100 bucks per piece on Saturday did you?
Hey, here's a candidate for the worst thing I've ever heard. Last year, Loretta Robinson's son Justin was killed by a drunk driver in Greenville, SC.. By the way, the drunk driver, Anna Gonzalez, is an illegal immigrant who has been in this country for 12 years and has never had a driver's license. If that isn't outrageous enough, Ms. Robinson received a bill for $50 from the city for cleaning the street of her son's blood. So.....it's not enough to just allow illegal immigrants into our country, provide them healthcare, education, employment... Now we have to pay to clean up after them when they murder our children. Anybody had enough yet?
Oh gee, I don't know what makes me think this is a bad thing.
The Arab Spring that swept Hosni Mubarak from power in Egypt was roundly hailed by Dear Leader as the beginnings of freedom, tolerance, and equality in the Arab world. Uh, not so much. Muslim Brotherhood puppet Mohammed Morsi won the presidential run-off election in Egypt over the weekend. If you are a U.S. citizen or a Christian of any nationality in Egypt, run, don't walk to the nearest embassy and get out of the country. It is lost.
Let's end on a more lighthearted note this week.....I was trying to do some research on amphibious assault over the weekend, but all I could find was this....
Amidst all the finger pointing, death threats, and general mayhem going on in Sanford, FL this week, let's not forget that meanwhile our constitutional republic has been fighting for its very life.
Recapping Obama vs the Constitution to this point.....
Round 1 saw the Constitution deliver a sharp jab to Obama, rocking him back on his heels. Dear Leader rebounded in Round 2, forcing his recess appointments past the Constitution's defenses. Bloodied but unbowed, the venerable champ now takes aim at the "transformational" upstart in Round 3- Obamacare.
After 3 days, the arguments before the Supreme Court on Obamacare have ended. Most observers in the court room have indicated it has been a very bad week for Dear Leader and the obamination that is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Monday arguments centered around whether the fee imposed on those who don't comply with the individual mandate is in fact a penalty or a tax. This is a critical point, as it gives the Supreme Court its standing to render an opinion. If the fee is deemed a tax, then SCOTUS can not rule on it until someone has actually paid the tax, which won't occur until 2014. If the fee is a penalty, then the court has the ability to rule on it now. Throw out the lawyer-speak, and let's examine those two words. A tax is a sum assessed based on a citizen's actions, ie the purchase of a vehicle, the earning of income, the ownership of a home. A penalty is assessed for a citizen's inaction, i.e. the failure to file a tax return, the failure to comply with local codes, etc. If we allow the government to "tax" us for actions we don't take, then we have lost what little freedom we have left.
Tuesday was the real centerpiece of the case, with discussions of the constitutionality of the individual mandate taking center stage. U.S Solicitor General Donald Verrilli argued Obama's case. Undercover SACSTW correspondents were able to smuggle out video of Verrilli's appearance before the court, Verrilli is the one in the white trunks...........
The Obama administration maintains that the individual mandate is permissible under "the commerce clause" of the U.S. Constitution (Article 1, Section 8). The clause reads.."[The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes;". Commerce of course, is economic activity. Buying, selling, manufacturing, shipping, etc. Commerce is not economic inactivity. An individual who does not buy health insurance is NOT participating in commerce. It is as simple as that.
The individual mandate in Obamacare is the most venomous threat to our liberties that the progressive left has ever concocted. It was summed up beautifully by Justice Kennedy when he said that the individual mandate "changes the relationship of the government to the individual in a very fundamental way". You bet it does. If the individual mandate is upheld by the court, then the great American experiment is over.
Yesterday, the court heard arguments about the "severability" of the individual mandate. In other words, if the mandate is properly struck down as unconstitutional, does that invalidate the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Of course it does. Some on the left would have you believe that the individual mandate can just be "carved out" of Obamacare, leaving the rest of its odious and onerous provisions standing. That's like the car dealership telling you they can lower the price of your new car by selling it to you without wheels. The mandate is what allows Obamacare to function, without it the entire bill must be abandoned.
Make no mistake folks, this is it. This is the fight for the very existence of the American way of life that Barack Obama has been itching for since he said this 5 days before the 2008 election..
The future of our nation, the oceans of blood we have shed for our freedom, the chance for our children and grandchildren to live as free citizens of the greatest nation on Earth, all of this now hangs in the balance.
