1. Exactly where in the Constitution (C.) does it give the
Feds the power to use our military as the world's police
force? The War Powers Act does not supercede the C.,
nor does any other law. The phrase, "Commander-in-
Chief" does not negate the rest of the C. Using our blood
& treasure to quell insurrections around the world may
be commonly accepted in this country, but it's blatantly unconstitutional.
2. RE: the Justice Dept. memo authorizing the killing of
an American citizen without a formal charge or a trial---
The Constitution does permit "Letters of Marque and
Reprisal" (assassination orders) against enemies, BUT
THEY MUST BE ISSUED BY THE CONGRESS.
There are good reasons for that, but that's another story.
3. Fed Law and Judges often are used to subvert/pervert
the Fed Justice System. For a case in point, see the
excellent documentary Bidder 70, the story of Tim DeChristopher's
battle over an oil & gas leasing auction. In the court trial,
the Judge instructed the jury that they were not to judge
the law...he would explain the law to them. (All judges say
that.) Here's a quote from John Jay, the very first Chief
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: "The jury has the right
to judge both the law and the facts in controversy.". From
Samuel Chase, Supreme Court Justice: "The jury has the
right to determine both the law and the facts.". From
Harlan F. Stone, the 12th Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court: "The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause
which is to be decided.". There are many others of a similar
nature. The last civilian bastion of freedom in this country is
the right of a jury to nullify a bad law, but judges usually
claim
that jury nullification is illegal. Let's not forget that we once
had the following laws in this land: The Fugitive Slave Act,
The Indian Removal Act, and the Chinese Exclusion Act.
4. Supporting the dictatorship in Egypt is as wrong as wrong
can be. That regime has demonstrated over and over that it
does not believe in freedom.
5. The Office of President has been converted, especially by
Clinton, both Bush Boys, and Obama, into a virtual Kingship.
The Head of our Gov't (whoever it is) now thinks that the
Presidency is superior to Congress and the Courts. In actual
fact, it is co-equal. Unfortunately, recent Presidents have by-
passed the other two branches with impunity. [One
example:
Even though Congress was not in favor of it, Clinton sent
troops
to
Bosnia. Another example: in 1993, he gave Mexico $20
billion to bail out Wall Street banks... without the
approval of Congress.]
6. Iraq, again? Don't we ever learn? No matter what is
done,
as soon as we leave (again), the civil war will continue. How
many years have we "aided" the Iraq Gov't? How many
years have we "trained" the Iraq security forces? How
many?
I'm sorry, but enough is enough. It should be obvious that
there's another agenda going on. I leave it to you to figure it
out.
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Ours is a Gov't of "Enumerated Powers" [Google it]; if the
power isn't listed, the Feds don't have it. Furthermore, the
Constitution enumerates...it does not "imply". The
Executive Branch is out-of-control...especially because of
Clinton, Bush, and Obama, with their despotic concept of
the "Unitary Executive". The "updating" of the Constitution
must be done by the formal Amendment process or the
holding of a Constitutional Convention...no other way is legal.
If we're going to ignore the U.S. Constitution because the
document is not convenient, then I suggest we just throw
it out. Ignoring it, as has been done for decades, has the
same effect.
p.s. I'm not a Democrat or a Republican, nor a so-called
"Liberal" or so-called "Conservative". Those outdated
labels essentially are meaningless in this time of the
Oligarchy.
Be Well
