Thursday, March 31, 2011

Obama's One World

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. - Winston Churchill

By Ben Stein on 3.22.11 (American Spectator )

Maybe I missed something, but wasn't that The Constitution of the United States of America that we just laid to rest this weekend? It was buried in a private ceremony by Mr. Barack Obama of Chicago as he silently signed America on to the One World Government some of us have been worried about for decades.

Look at it this way: Where did Mr. Obama get the authority to commit United States forces to war in Libya? There was no declaration of war. There was no authorizing resolution by Congress allowing money to be spent on a war against Col. Gaddafi. As far as I know, there was no meeting of Mr. Obama and top leaders of Congress to discuss the subject in even rough form, let alone detail. There was no lengthy buildup in which the Congress was "allowed" to express the people's opinion on whether we want to be in a third concurrent war. There was just a vote by the United Nations Security Council, a very far from unanimous vote, and suddenly, the President's Secretary of State, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, solemnly announced that we were at war.

But, when did we amend the Constitution to declare that the United Nations had control over our military? When did we abolish the part of the Constitution that said Congress had the right to declare war? Now, I well know that in recent postwar conflicts, we don't have declarations of war. But we have Congressional debates. We have funding votes. We have a sense of the Congress or some kind of resolution. This time, zip. Nada. Nothing. Just France and the U.K. and Norway saying that it's time to go to war, and off America goes to war. And off Mr. and Mrs. Obama go to a South American "fact finding" trip for the POTUS and a fun sightseeing junket for the Obama girls.(I wonder if there has ever before in history been a national leader who sent his country to war -- and the same day went off on vacation. Has that ever happened before?)

Something's missing here. Libya and Col. Gaddafi were and are no threat to the United States. It is sad and cruel that the Gaddafi regime was murdering its own civilians, but so do many governments all across the world, including North Korea, Iran, the Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe, and Cuba. Are we going to war with all of them, now? Meanwhile, again, what the heck happened to the Constitution? Is this Mr. Obama's legacy to our children? The junking of the Constitution in the middle of the night and the turnover of our sovereignty to the United Nations? (By the way, this is the same UN where Libya until recently sat on the Commission on Human Rights.) Why aren't any questions being asked? Is the Constitution that meaningless to us? Are we that pitiful now? Are we willing to toss overboard the Constitution for the writ of the United Nations? I guess so. Sad days...

25 comments:

BOW said...

OT:
A friend of mine just started a new blog with similar interests and discussions. I invited him here as well. He is hoping to increase interest and traffic, as we all are, to discuss important issues of the day.

BOW said...

Good morning. It might help if I include a link!

Schteveo said...

As usual, Ben Stein is dead on. I didn't realize that the Dumbass Family had left the country. (again!)

I wish he would leave, and stay gone.

BOW said...

And now even AOL news is trying to sat gadfly is Jewish. Really? Is this so these idiots blame the Jews and Israel once again? And this is a story?

regularguy said...

Obama has completely disregarded the Constitution since day one...don't get me started!!

BOW said...

Go ahead, get started! Go for it....

BOW said...

Dude: Buddy- the link is like this (directly).

You'll get the hang of it!

Spider said...

So where's the link?

BOW said...

Here Spider:

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/31/the-mystery-behind-moammar-gadhafis-birth-some-say-hes-jewish/

BOW said...

BTW Spider, we need to do the carne and ethanol again this summer. Perhaps your palce in B'klyn. I'm reminded by Regularguy of when we were in Central Illinois of major carne carnage we partook in. You got to pick your own slab, pay for it, and toss it directly onto a charcoal grill and cook it to your own perfection all the while soaking the neurons in a distilled spirits bath.

John Jay Ray said...

Hi Fellas!!!

Schteveo said...

You went to central IL? I missed THAT memo!! Peoria? Bloomington?

Spider said...

Sounds like my kinda place!

"I'm ready when you are Sgt. Pembry".

If you guess the movie the above line comes from, you win the pleasure of having a great steak dinner with BOW and Spider. And, as an added bonus, you get the pleasure of picking up the check. No cheating now...

blue said...

Silence of the Lambs

Chronos the Wonder Pig said...

now guess which movie this line is from
"I can smell your c*nt."

B of W said...

Bloomington....a few years back

srk said...

C t w p:

The Blind Gigilo?

Schteveo said...

It takes a big nose to do that I'm thinking. Chronos, that's from the cult cartoon classic,

"Hortons Smells a C?unt!"

srk said...

If it smells like fish, leave it on the dish.

If it smaells like cologne, leave it alone!

srk said...

Interesting atricle in the Huffington Post. I usually wouldn't go there, but there was an nteresing observation, not surpising, interesting

srk said...

ohh. happy hr is affecting my typing. soon I'll look like snorphty. ew!

BOW said...

Spi: what's the name of that place in Bklyn you like?....might take the Mrs there tomorrow

Spider said...

blue said...
"Silence of the Lambs"

Excellent blue. You win! Remember, BOW and i like our steaks thick and medium-well. And the Martinis cold.

Chronos the Wonder Pig said...
"now guess which movie this line is from
"I can smell your c*nt."

Same movie. It was what Migs said to Clarice. Do i win anything?

Spider said...

Bill, it's Embers on 3rd Ave. (in the high streets)

BOW said...

Place has mixed reviews. I'll wait to go there with you rather than wife's B'day. They probably know you and treat you well.