I've been conciously avoiding a lot of the national news stories, precisely because there are so many talented bloggers who cover those stories so well. But this is too much to ignore: by ruling that Chrysler's sale to Fiat can proceed, the Supreme Court has effectively wiped its feet on the Constitution.
You remember the Constitution, don't you? It was a social compact designed to limit the rule of the central (federal) government, and protecting pre-existent rights. It expressly stated that any power or authority not specifically delegated to the central government was reserved to the States, from whence its authority was delegated.
But no more. By rejecting the argument that the federal government has no authority to upend the rule of law, and thereby setting aside centuries of contract law protecting investors, they have declared that the rule of law is over.
We now must face the fact that the country has entered an era wherein the "law" is whatever the government says it is. There are no protections; there are no rights; there is only federal edict.
You say I've gone too far? Ask yourself this: if a business contract (like the one between Chrysler and its investors) can be set aside with the stroke of a pen, or the word of a ruler, and those who were guaranteed a return on their investment are shown the door ... then who will EVER invest in any company, ever again?
This - all by itself - could have the effect of destroying the economy by removing stocks & bonds as investment vehicles. Please think about it. And then do the right thing. Support those who still believe in the Constitution, and in what America stood for, just a few short years ago.
Psalm 22:27-28: “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he ruleth among the nations.”
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wrote about the same thing earlier tonight. I hate to see what is happening...but I saw it coming and just hope I am prepared for it...I figure I need another couple of thousand rounds....
How about the law of nature.
come on Rev. you know the one... where the weakest and (unfortunately) older or elderly are taken.
It is going to come to that. I can see it, and I also predict it won't be pretty.
GuyK - sorry I missed your earlier post. I usually try to keep up with your posts.
Up - Under the rule of man, which the administration is ramming down our throats, the old, the infirm, the weak, will receive least of all. Unless of course they're a privileged minority under the "redistribution of wealth to its rightful owners." I just haven't figured out by what "right" someone else is entitled to anything I have earned - unless I choose to give it to them.
I understand the principle of Charity that Christ taught. This however was voluntary and Christ never forced people to live a certain way. He allowed them to choose.
I see this redistribution of wealth as a pervision of something that Christ taught.
I am really hoping that by 2010 not to much damage has been done and we can get some good people back in Congress to not only stop where we are going but to come back around 180 degrees.
I think for that to happen though it will mean we will have to get rid of alot of the old guard who have made politics a career.
Take for example the two horrible senators we have here in Utah that keep getting reelected. I think they are gonna have a hard time come next election though. We have to decent representatives in the form of Chaffetz and Bishop.
It saddens me that the SCOTUS ruled in such a way. At the point rule of law is no longer in effect and the government routinely changes the rules we play by, we should change our name to the Socialist Bananna Republic of America.
I agree with Lucky - hoping that by 2010 not to much damage has been done .... what I don't understand is - everyone I know voted for the "good guys" how did the "bad" guys still get in?
Because of the electoral college. We need more of the good guys to live in California and New York.
Deedee & Lucky - yes, the electoral college worked in favor of the large-metropolis states, last fall. There have been times when the electoral vote made winners of a candidate who received fewer popular votes.
However, many commentators alleged wide-spread voter fraud during last fall's election. If true, that would have played a large role, too.
I keep trying not to look. The first salvo was the AIG contracts that the federal government negated. When that went over without a hitch, they decided they can keep escalating.
When contracts and the Constitution are no longer valid, the entire system falls apart. It scares me.
Teresa, it should scare EVERYONE. That it doesn't is proof of the 'dumbing down' of the country through liberals in power & their willing accomplices in the teachers' union.
Our people don't even know what has been stolen from them, because they never knew what they had to begin with.
I never realized how our education system had become full of liberals and saocialist until I picked up a real history book and read how things were really supposed to be. It only gets worse in college. I am looking forward to the day after I retire(which is many moons from now) and I will take college classes so that I can provide a voice of reason, without having to worry about the grade a teacher will give me.
Just so you know, both of my daughters are home-schooled. The older girl graduated high school last year; the younger is 13 and is on track to graduate at 16.
I took one look at the "history" books & decided to teach their history classes myself, correcting as many of the errors & omissions as I could.
One book had 14 pages on Sacajawea & one paragraph on that evil white man, George Washington. Deliberately disgusting & treasonous omission.
Both my girls have aced their history tests, under my instruction. Just sayin'.
I've often thought of home schooling. The biggest thing for me would be how willing the Mrs. is for doing it. We both went to public school and I don't mean to be offensive here Paul, but alot of home schooled kids seemed kind of wierd.
However, I recently spent alot of time with women who homeschooled most of their kids and over they were pretty decent children. Yeah, they had their quicks but what kids don't. The biggest thing for me would be them missing the socialization that happens at school. But all of this is coming from a guy who has of right now no children.( So I know nothing I just have ideas)
Have you read the "5000 year leap" Paul? That was the history book that helped me realize how much of what I was taught in school was simply wrong or blown out of proportion.
Lucky: the whole "missing the socialization" thing is an argument originally thrown up by those liberals (not accusing you, just saying) who opposed home-schooling on the ground that it takes a village - and apparently "professional" teachers - to raise a child.
Nonsense. My girls are both quite well-adjusted, and spend much time socializing outside of a school setting. The only thing "missing" is the chaotic behavior that comes from being forced by a nanny state to spend 8 hours/day in the company of uncivilized children which the nanny state won't let educators control.
My older girl went out on her 16th birthday, on her own volition, and got a job at a local fast-food place. She worked there until she graduated, and became a shift supervisor. They were held up at gunpoint one evening, and she was the only one who didn't come unglued. Well-adjusted indeed.
The younger girl spends several hours each day hanging out with the neighbors' girl (same age) and seems quite well-adjusted, too. She's writing her own cookbook and wants to attend culinary school when she graduates at 16.
Haven't read that book yet - but the synopses I've seen seem like a lot of info I already have access to. But then I was taught history originally by my parents, who got their learnin' back when books still had accurate info. That, and I read. A LOT.
Paul,
It is a stero type that is perpetrated by the education system. I have met a few "unique" home schooled kids. On average though they seem to go to college sooner, understand things better, and have a broader knowledge based in truth.
The point of socialization for me has nothing to do with being raised by a village but rather getting to know the other people your age and learning how to work in groups.
I'm not saying this is necessary. Personally I hate group projects whether they be at work or at school. Myself and one or two others seem to do most of the work while a few free loaders just tag along.
If my wife was willing to I would advocate home schooling. But since I will be working and hopefully she will be at home with the kids that choice in a large part is up to her.
I just feel sorry for my future children's teachers when they try to cram socialist dogma down my kids throats and hopefully (cross my fingers) my kids tell them Utopian worlds only exist in Disneyland or when the Lord Jesus Christ is here to personally reign and rule this world.
Rev Paul.
I too was sickened by the Supreme Court decision. The rule of law is dead in America. It is now the rule of government. Just exactly what the left has always wanted.
Where are the conservative patriots?
I think we're all still in shock at what amounts to a betrayal by the high court. I never expected it from the current crop of justices.
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