In a free society, one of our most closely guarded principals is the right to privacy. The founding fathers must have viewed this right as critically important to a free society because of the frequency with which it is referred to within the U.S. Constitution. Constitutional scholars recognize that the right to privacy is implied in the first, third, fourth and ninth amendments. They also state that the right to privacy was implied, and therefore, reaffirmed in the fourteenth amendment adopted in 1868; subsequent to the Dred Scott decision.
The ninth amendment is probably the most important of those listed because that is the amendment that guarantees the basic personal freedoms that have not been enumerated or specifically named within the bill of rights, thus prohibiting the Federal Government from restricting any personal freedom simply because it has not been specifically listed. I believe that the men that wrote the Constitution were not only geniuses, but that they possessed a rare ability to glimpse into the future.
They recognized that as the creativity of man evolves over time, there will be new thoughts, abilities and technologies that could simply not be taken into account at that moment in time. For example, the Constitution in its original form provided us with the architecture to protect not only speech and the printed word, but with the language that would allow us to protect the electronic transfer of information in the future by providing protection of unnamed rights under the ninth amendment. To provide us with such timeless protections, I fear they must have also seen the future of politics and the evil that would eventually reside there.
As much as the Constitution has implied our right to the freedom of privacy, the healthcare bill has implied the dilution of that right. Medical records that are now privileged information would, under the auspices of a government controlled healthcare system, become part of a Federal healthcare record system.
Yes, I know that the President has said this is not a plan that would eliminate private care in this country but if you refer to my previous post “The Trojan Horse of Healthcare”, I can only conclude that this is an empty promise and the course this administration is setting is a direct path to a massive, government controlled, single payer healthcare system. Of course, when that happens, I’m sure there will be more promises that the records will be safe and secure so why worry?
When I began this project I promised to embark on a search for truth in defense of our freedoms. What I have discovered has me truly frightened about the direction this country is taking and I am uncertain whether the Congress has the will or the power to fight it. Mr. Obama has made several curious appointments to key positions within the government and has surrounded himself with a host of special advisors that openly seek to radicalize the United States.
Even members of Congress have expressed grave concerns that the current administration has been using special advisors to circumvent Congressional oversight and has seriously jeopardized the separation of powers directed by the Constitution. No other President has ever ventured this far from the accepted structure of the three branches of government.
When Mr. Obama said in a speech prior to the election that “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming America…” his supporters cheered. I wonder if they realized at that moment that this was not the usual campaign rhetoric but a promise that we would eventually have to struggle to see the remnants of an America we once knew.
I have looked at several of these advisors in previous installments so let’s continue with more illuminating quotes from the people that the President has chosen as his circle of advisors:
Cass Sunstein, the “Regulatory Czar” says “Without taxes there is no liberty” and “There is no liberty without dependency…we should celebrate tax day.” An animal rights advocate, he also suggested we should “grant animals the right to bring suit” in a court of law.
Mark Lloyd, appointed by Mr. Obama as the Chief Diversity Officer, a newly created position in the FCC says that “…freedom of speech and of the press has become a distraction…” Mr. Lloyd is currently driving a program that will effectively shut down privately owned radio and television stations that do not pass his “diversity equation” by requiring fees (let’s just call it what it is, a conservative talk tax) equal to 100% of their operating budget. In the interest of fairness and diversity, those fees will be used to fund public broadcasting. Stations that cannot pay the fee will have their broadcast license withdrawn and sold to minority interests that better reflect his idea of diversity.
Rahm Emanuel, former DNC chairman and current White House Chief of Staff said “You never want a serious crisis go to waste.” This implies to me that this administration intentionally exploits the fears of the public to forward their agenda.
I really didn't understand the implications of his "crisis" remark until I heard of the "Cloward-Piven Strategy" which we will discuss later. However, you can certainly read the pricipals of Cloward-Pivens yourself to get a jump start in the discussion.
http://cloward-piven.com/
To continue, these are the people that the President has named as his advisors. We have to guess at whom else may be deeply involved in constructing policy because the White House refuses to release the list of visitors that every other President was more than happy to publish. It thought this President promised us greater transparency in government? That is obviously another broken promise because this is the most secretive President in the history of the United States.
The President has also tried to distance himself from his associations with other radicals in his circle such Bill Ayers and Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Regardless of their beliefs, it was Mr. Obama that was quoted as saying “the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties — says what the states can’t do to you — says what the Federal government can’t do to you — but it doesn’t say what the Federal government or State government must do on your behalf.”
I apologize for the intensity of this article. This is by far the most negative piece I have ever written and it has disturbed me deeply that no matter how much I tried, I cannot look at these quotes and these people without harboring a deep and abiding fear of them and their intentions.
The President is just plain wrong about the Constitution. The powers that the founding father intended the Federal government to hold are clearly enumerated within the document. The powers that the President is now seeking to usurp were clearly reserved for the States and the people as stated by the Tenth Amendment. The “negative language” to which the President refers was carefully crafted to keep a potentially corruptible strong central government neatly in its place. We know this is true. Since the inception of this country, the rights of the people were clearly proclaimed to have existed without the consent of government. As such, the bill of rights is not a document that grants our rights, it is a document designed to deny the Federal Government the power to restrict those rights.
The Firearms Freedom Act recently passed into law in Tennessee to preempt Federal firearms legislation under consideration. In response, the ATF issued a letter informing Tennessee officials that “Federal law supersedes State law”, which renders the Firearms Freedom act inconsequential. This is only the first shot in the assault on our Second Amendment rights. The same Constitutional scholars that recognize the implied right of privacy within the Constitution also agree that the Second Amendment was included in the Constitution as the guarantor and guardian of all other rights in that precious document. Without the means to defend those rights, they will simply cease to exist.
Rep. Henry Waxman of California is quoted as saying "If someone is so fearful that they are going to start using their weapons to protect their rights, it makes me very nervous that these people have weapons at all." Let’s face it; only someone that intends to deny us our rights and freedoms would be fearful of the people that would stand to defend them. By the way, Henry Waxman is one of the crafters of the climate bill that promises to deny us our rights and freedoms in the area of energy consumption and energy choices. Now that’s interesting.
If Liberal Congressmen, the President, and the President’s advisors have so little regard for the rights that are named and enumerated, how do you think they feel about the ones that are only implied and left up to the honest interpretation of law?
So, how could medical records be used once they are Federalized? Well considering the radical nature of the people involved anything is possible. Maybe your payments under Universal care would go up a few dollars for every five pounds you are above the accepted height to weight ratio. Perhaps they would be used to force behavioral changes that the Healthcare Advisory Board deems in your best interest. They could even be used to prioritize your position in the waiting lines for health services based upon your value to society once Ezekiel Emanuel’s “Complete Lives” system has finally been implemented. Since I do not possess the mystical foresight that the founding fathers had at their disposal, I’m sure there are even darker possibilities that I just don’t see.
There is not doubt that Mr. Obama is keeping good on at least one promise; that he is fundamentally changing America. There are even those that are still cheering to spite all of the ominous warnings. It is because of them that I will use a quote from my grandson’s favorite movie “Star Wars”.
“So this is how liberty dies; to thunderous applause.”
Senator Padmé Amidala
The ninth amendment is probably the most important of those listed because that is the amendment that guarantees the basic personal freedoms that have not been enumerated or specifically named within the bill of rights, thus prohibiting the Federal Government from restricting any personal freedom simply because it has not been specifically listed. I believe that the men that wrote the Constitution were not only geniuses, but that they possessed a rare ability to glimpse into the future.
They recognized that as the creativity of man evolves over time, there will be new thoughts, abilities and technologies that could simply not be taken into account at that moment in time. For example, the Constitution in its original form provided us with the architecture to protect not only speech and the printed word, but with the language that would allow us to protect the electronic transfer of information in the future by providing protection of unnamed rights under the ninth amendment. To provide us with such timeless protections, I fear they must have also seen the future of politics and the evil that would eventually reside there.
As much as the Constitution has implied our right to the freedom of privacy, the healthcare bill has implied the dilution of that right. Medical records that are now privileged information would, under the auspices of a government controlled healthcare system, become part of a Federal healthcare record system.
Yes, I know that the President has said this is not a plan that would eliminate private care in this country but if you refer to my previous post “The Trojan Horse of Healthcare”, I can only conclude that this is an empty promise and the course this administration is setting is a direct path to a massive, government controlled, single payer healthcare system. Of course, when that happens, I’m sure there will be more promises that the records will be safe and secure so why worry?
When I began this project I promised to embark on a search for truth in defense of our freedoms. What I have discovered has me truly frightened about the direction this country is taking and I am uncertain whether the Congress has the will or the power to fight it. Mr. Obama has made several curious appointments to key positions within the government and has surrounded himself with a host of special advisors that openly seek to radicalize the United States.
Even members of Congress have expressed grave concerns that the current administration has been using special advisors to circumvent Congressional oversight and has seriously jeopardized the separation of powers directed by the Constitution. No other President has ever ventured this far from the accepted structure of the three branches of government.
When Mr. Obama said in a speech prior to the election that “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming America…” his supporters cheered. I wonder if they realized at that moment that this was not the usual campaign rhetoric but a promise that we would eventually have to struggle to see the remnants of an America we once knew.
I have looked at several of these advisors in previous installments so let’s continue with more illuminating quotes from the people that the President has chosen as his circle of advisors:
Cass Sunstein, the “Regulatory Czar” says “Without taxes there is no liberty” and “There is no liberty without dependency…we should celebrate tax day.” An animal rights advocate, he also suggested we should “grant animals the right to bring suit” in a court of law.
Mark Lloyd, appointed by Mr. Obama as the Chief Diversity Officer, a newly created position in the FCC says that “…freedom of speech and of the press has become a distraction…” Mr. Lloyd is currently driving a program that will effectively shut down privately owned radio and television stations that do not pass his “diversity equation” by requiring fees (let’s just call it what it is, a conservative talk tax) equal to 100% of their operating budget. In the interest of fairness and diversity, those fees will be used to fund public broadcasting. Stations that cannot pay the fee will have their broadcast license withdrawn and sold to minority interests that better reflect his idea of diversity.
Rahm Emanuel, former DNC chairman and current White House Chief of Staff said “You never want a serious crisis go to waste.” This implies to me that this administration intentionally exploits the fears of the public to forward their agenda.
I really didn't understand the implications of his "crisis" remark until I heard of the "Cloward-Piven Strategy" which we will discuss later. However, you can certainly read the pricipals of Cloward-Pivens yourself to get a jump start in the discussion.
http://cloward-piven.com/
To continue, these are the people that the President has named as his advisors. We have to guess at whom else may be deeply involved in constructing policy because the White House refuses to release the list of visitors that every other President was more than happy to publish. It thought this President promised us greater transparency in government? That is obviously another broken promise because this is the most secretive President in the history of the United States.
The President has also tried to distance himself from his associations with other radicals in his circle such Bill Ayers and Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Regardless of their beliefs, it was Mr. Obama that was quoted as saying “the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties — says what the states can’t do to you — says what the Federal government can’t do to you — but it doesn’t say what the Federal government or State government must do on your behalf.”
I apologize for the intensity of this article. This is by far the most negative piece I have ever written and it has disturbed me deeply that no matter how much I tried, I cannot look at these quotes and these people without harboring a deep and abiding fear of them and their intentions.
The President is just plain wrong about the Constitution. The powers that the founding father intended the Federal government to hold are clearly enumerated within the document. The powers that the President is now seeking to usurp were clearly reserved for the States and the people as stated by the Tenth Amendment. The “negative language” to which the President refers was carefully crafted to keep a potentially corruptible strong central government neatly in its place. We know this is true. Since the inception of this country, the rights of the people were clearly proclaimed to have existed without the consent of government. As such, the bill of rights is not a document that grants our rights, it is a document designed to deny the Federal Government the power to restrict those rights.
The Firearms Freedom Act recently passed into law in Tennessee to preempt Federal firearms legislation under consideration. In response, the ATF issued a letter informing Tennessee officials that “Federal law supersedes State law”, which renders the Firearms Freedom act inconsequential. This is only the first shot in the assault on our Second Amendment rights. The same Constitutional scholars that recognize the implied right of privacy within the Constitution also agree that the Second Amendment was included in the Constitution as the guarantor and guardian of all other rights in that precious document. Without the means to defend those rights, they will simply cease to exist.
Rep. Henry Waxman of California is quoted as saying "If someone is so fearful that they are going to start using their weapons to protect their rights, it makes me very nervous that these people have weapons at all." Let’s face it; only someone that intends to deny us our rights and freedoms would be fearful of the people that would stand to defend them. By the way, Henry Waxman is one of the crafters of the climate bill that promises to deny us our rights and freedoms in the area of energy consumption and energy choices. Now that’s interesting.
If Liberal Congressmen, the President, and the President’s advisors have so little regard for the rights that are named and enumerated, how do you think they feel about the ones that are only implied and left up to the honest interpretation of law?
So, how could medical records be used once they are Federalized? Well considering the radical nature of the people involved anything is possible. Maybe your payments under Universal care would go up a few dollars for every five pounds you are above the accepted height to weight ratio. Perhaps they would be used to force behavioral changes that the Healthcare Advisory Board deems in your best interest. They could even be used to prioritize your position in the waiting lines for health services based upon your value to society once Ezekiel Emanuel’s “Complete Lives” system has finally been implemented. Since I do not possess the mystical foresight that the founding fathers had at their disposal, I’m sure there are even darker possibilities that I just don’t see.
There is not doubt that Mr. Obama is keeping good on at least one promise; that he is fundamentally changing America. There are even those that are still cheering to spite all of the ominous warnings. It is because of them that I will use a quote from my grandson’s favorite movie “Star Wars”.
“So this is how liberty dies; to thunderous applause.”
Senator Padmé Amidala
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