On the Death of the Constitution

Yesterday President Obama finally allowed himself to be interviewed by Fox news' Brett Baier. I am currently reading Boomsday by Christopher Buckley. Buckley's book is about a young blogger who takes on the coming Social Security crisis by suggesting that seniors "Transition" at a certain age and that they be rewarded by the government with tax breaks and last vacations. The absurdity of the suggestion is intended to jump-start a national conversation on Social Security reform. When a senator gets a hold of the idea and sponsors a bill, he starts cutting deals to get support for his bill and things really start to spin out of control.

This story is hilarious for its absurdity, but it is scary because Obama's interview on Fox could have been in this book for its absurdity. The bad news is that yesterday was real life that is going to effect all of our real lives. We must stop this congress from voting on anything because they do not care what is in whatever they vote on as it will all be "deemed" to be about health care. I am not making this up as much as I wish that I were. There is a link on the Drudge Report.

Watch it three times. You won't get it all the first time. On the second time, you will catch the sleight of hand and the ought right lies. The third time you will have time to look at Brett Baier. He looks incredulous toward the end as the President make one crazy statement and assertion after another. Watch for the "earthquake in Hawaii" as an example of states that needed the money in the Louisiana payoff. Louisiana need the payoff because they are, five years later, still suffering from Katrina. The big problem with that little deal is that they will not get the money for four more years. NINE YEARS and they still need help???? If this is the case, they don't need more than money; they need a new population that knows how to run a state and take care of themselves.

I have sent emails, but today I am going to spend my time helping to melt the phone lines in Washington. I have a fear that this is going to happen anyway. The way it will pass will have nothing to do with the process set forth in the Constitution. The bottom line from the President yesterday was that whatever they vote on, they will be voting on health care. Does this mean that next week, after we think we have defeated this and the President is off to another foreign country tour on our dime, the congress will have a vote on something, and we will wake up in the the morning to find out they have passed health care, and the President has signed it electronically from the Southern Hemisphere. They would put it into law by executive order if they could.

Watch for more. Get on the phone. If you live on the right end of the country, get in your car and go to Washington and button hole a congressman.