Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are constantly talking about restoring our Constitution. They want to get our Constitution back. I did not know that it had gone away. They have created this aura that since Barack Obama was inaugurated somehow our Forefathers have been affronted. Aside from the crazies who claim that President Obama was born in Kenya and is not a citizen, and therefore sits in the presidency in violation of the Constitution, I am at a loss to know what it is they are talking about. Other than the health care legislation, which faces a legitimate challenge on the basis that it requires all citizens to buy insurance and does not come within the power of Congress to tax, I know of no other claim, no less a legitimate one, that the current administration has violated the Constitution.
What I find remarkable is the suggestion that the president's agenda (whether successful or not) of caring for the poor, the sick, the elderly, the uneducated and the unemployed has somehow dishonored the country and poses a danger to it. Apparently in the eyes of Glenn Beck these "socialistic" goals are un-Christian and are to be feared. I do not pretend to be an expert on the Bible, but I thought those precepts were the very foundation of Christianity. Do they become less so because they are provided by the government?
There will be strong disagreement over the size of the crowd which attended the Beck rally and who or what brought them there. Without impugning those who attended, the greater the size of the crowd, the greater should be our fear -- not the phony one he has created. They have been convinced that there is a danger out there that does not exist. If our honor was lost, it was through the invasion of Iraq, wire tapping of American citizens, the torture and rendition of suspected terrorists, imprisoning persons for years without charges or hearings, allowing greed to prevail over regulation and our woeful response to Hurricane Katrina. If those were the good old days for which Mr. Beck and Ms. Palin yearn, then he is right, we all should start praying.
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-the Muslim CITIZENS of America, who after nine years, are again being persecuted and painted with the same brush because of the actions of wack-o political terrorists from another land
-the Hispanic CITIZENS of America, persecuted for looking like and speaking the same language as illegal immigrants
-the average working Joe and Janet, oops - probably NOT working, who have had their world turned upside-dow
One of the ways this country honors the sacrifice of military members is with the Purple Heart. But Beck has his own medal, the Badge of Merit - he's resurrecti
In announcing his medal on his radio show he said that the Badge of Merit was more meaningful than the Purple Heart because it was for doing something of honor and integrity - you really put your neck out - something of real merit - not just getting shot.
Way to honor those troops.
And your point about the uproar on the right if a liberal had done such a thing as this "restoring honor" rally is well taken. But actually we kind of lived that uproar for 8 long years. The rally was called "having an opinion that wasn't in lockstep with the Bush administra
"The Judge, Judges without Facts"
Again Judge - Beck has spoken against Bush more times than I've heard him speak for. I know I did, and I voted for the guy. No body said who lost the honor, when, or anything specific. Why not encourage it? I can easily ask why didn't someone on the left take it upon themselves to do something like Glenn did?
Having been a Judge are you just gonna let the Health Care Reform Bill slide? I didn't know the Constituti
Nonsense, is what that is. From you.
My opinion, and, no; I do not care what you think about my opinion. Save your fallacies for your flunkers.
I mean "Faith, Hope, and Charity" should only be promoted by people like you.......
So what happened? and what happened to the infamous 9-12? A complete about-face and this new Faith, Hope and Charity theme was last-minut
Very perceptive and interestin
I want my miracle! :-)
(And his plan was to franticall
When I was young 14-thru high school age my Dad was out of work almost for 4 months at a time during strikes by the labor unions ,against bad practices till contracts were ironed out, my Dad got 200 dollars a month ,plus we had to go on food stamps, Family of 4,, How do you pay your bills for 3 children??
He worked at the same company 38 years, my point is EVERYONE at some point in their life need help, In this dog eat dog atmosphere are you that naive to think ,people will help by choice,not hardly,plu
We all clearly benefit from public education; the more education among us all, the better. Surely you would not say the same thing about welfare.
I live in a parish (5-6,000 people) that gave out nearly a half million $ to the poor and needy last year, all from freely donated funds. If the the government would stop trying to do this, how much more would be available to be given from individual
Excellent point! Thanks for the posting. Like Katrina's aftermath, it'll take years to restore the integrity of the USA and Beck and Palin are not even close to being part of that effort.
1. He's not a Republican
2. Being black is just incidental
3. People don't like change, and particular
4. Becks audience, are by and large the uneducated
On your question, "honor" appears to have been lost on exactly January 20, 2009 -- or to some, November 4, 2008. I believe most "tea partiers" would have a problem with the way Obama held a fork -- in other words, they don't care what Obama does because they'll always oppose it. If I remember correctly, the movement started during the 2009 tax season. If I recall further, the tax codes -- and bailouts -- of 2009 were left over from the Bush Administra
A new Gallup poll released Monday shows Republican
The news is so discouragi
The Gallup poll, coming at the end of a brutal August for Democrats and President Barack Obama, reinforces the rapidly forming prevailing view that the horizon is as bleak for Democrats as it ever has been.
The 51-41 percent edge Republican
"You have millions of Americans worried about the economy, jobs, deficits, their children's future, and we're out there talking about what - Bush, Iraq?" Chris Kofinis, a longtime Democratic strategist
No author was listed in the email sent to me - however the informatio
It would seem that you would be more worried about the message to you in the post, than whether I properly posted it.
Don't you have something to comment about on the actual message itself?
I don't always keep up with the numbers of Republican
If so, why are most people on your Huffie blog here blaming Bush for all the action (or inaction) that created the part of the mess that Obama inheritate
Could that possibly be why all these folks are riled up at Obama and the Dems? Have most of our woes come in the last 4 years?
second of all - the "control" was a slim majority. GWB found his veto pen and USED it.
so, perhaps you need to keep up with the numbers after all.
Good Morning!
You absolutely correct - the Dems have controlled both houses in the years 2007, 2008, 2008, and 2010 - almost 4 years.
But you are incorrect in your implicatio
In March 2006, President George W. Bush (43) set a 200-year record, becoming the most veto-less President since the early 1900s. The last President to exercise no vetoes at all was James Garfield, who held office only six months before being shot.
When President Bush had been in office 1,889 days, he had signed 1,091 bills and vetoed zero. President Monroe vetoed his first bill on day 1,888, 4 May 1822. Neither Adams nor Jefferson exercised a veto. Prior to President Bush, Garfield is the most recent president who failed to exercise executive veto power.
In his 2nd term, Bush used 10 vetos, the least number of vetos since Harding (6). By comparison
I repeat my question: "Could that possibly be why all these folks are riled up at Obama and the Dems? Have most of our woes come in the last 4 years?"
Your other comment was just simply ignored for the sake of civil debate. :)
Actually, see my comment above. And you do need to include two years of Bush with a Democrat controlled House and Senate, and the last 20 months of complete control by Democrats.
Now, other than hurling names, does anyone have some real statistics of how well financiall
After returning from yesterday'
Now I would expect that you would have many more comments than that - they were coming fast and furious yesterday and where are my comments from yesterday, and their responses.
I would truly hate if some hacker got in and destroyed all the remarkable posts!
Please let me know if you find a solution, and in the mean time I will see if I can find something else to cheer you up.... UTA Rebel
hmmm, so what is personal about asking where all the posts from yesterday went?
Why do you even respond if you don't have an answer?
Thanks for responding before I have to go do some honey-do's
Wish I had more time to sit here and talk with you over the reasons why, but I don't.
I believe a majority of voters just don't like Obama and the Democrat controlled Congress. There are many reasons ranging from personalit
I think that rather than being messiahs, Beck and Palin just provided a mechanism for upset voters of like minds to get together and not feel alone in their views. I attended one Tea Party just because a local TV station made a passing comment about it happening the next day. I enjoyed the rally, the speakers and the numerous people with whom I spoke. Those folks were just ordinary folks like my neighbors who were upset with the current administra
I totally missed the DC Rally, but I wish I had been there.