Americans for Prosperity has produced a video greeting for President Ronald Reagan’s birthday today that contrasts President Obama’s 
pessimism, big government policies, and class warfare rhetoric approach to that of the Gipper’s free market policies.

President Reagan launched his effort to return America to greatness with
simple but profound words during his first inaugural speech on January
20, 1981: "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem." From there he put words into action passing historic tax cuts and cutting back on onerous government regulations. 

As a result of President Reagan’s free market policies, our nation enjoyed the second longest peacetime economic expansion in history with 21 million new American jobs, exploding personal incomes, broad-based prosperity and renewed optimism for our nation.

Consider President Obama’s very different approach: higher taxes, reckless government spending, and job-killing regulations and red tape — all in pursuit of a liberal ideology. The results are exactly what you’d expect: anemic economic growth, massive new debt, high unemployment, and a reduced workforce.

Tim Phillips, President, Americans for Prosperity writes, "Happy Birthday, President Reagan. We miss your optimism, your love of America, and your belief in the power of freedom."  Click here to see the video on YouTube.

What word describes a President who knowingly and deliberately decreases the nation’s access to energy by stopping an oil pipeline that will not cost the taxpayers a penny and will generate 20,000 jobs?
 
# Who imposed a moratorium on oil production in the Gulf of Mexico that cost an estimated 12,000 jobs;

# Whose EPA is causing coal-fired plants that provide electricity to shut down;

# Whose administration has put uranium-rich lands off limits to mining to fuel the nuclear plants that represent 20% of the electricity the nation uses?

What word describes a President who knowingly and deliberately plans to cut the Pentagon budget by half a trillion dollars or more in the next decade?
 
# Who will force the Army to cut as many as eight of its 45 brigades;

# Who has announced that seven of the Navy’s cruisers will be decommissioned sooner than planned;

# Who will leave the Navy with a fleet of fewer than 230 ships if “sequestration” cuts another $500 billion by next January;
 
# Who appears to believe that the next war can be fought with drones?

The President takes an oath found in the U.S. Constitution that says, “ I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
 
What if he ignores the Constitutional limits on presidential powers?
 
Even in matters related to recess appointments, Barack Obama has shown an indifference to the Constitution and has appointed “czars” who largely went unvetted by the U.S. Senate and who presumably have more power to effect policy than the Secretaries of the various executive branch departments.

In March, the Supreme Court will hear a case against Obamacare brought by 28 State’s attorney generals who say that it is unconstitutional.
 
Whether by reason of intent or stupidity, President Obama is causing this nation to be systematically deprived of sources of energy vital to the economy and the welfare of Americans. He is undermining the ability of the nation to defend itself in the event of an attack and to project force throughout the world to maintain peace in the face of those nations that threaten it.
 
While declaring himself the protector of the poor and minorities both have become poorer and both have experienced unemployment at rates far higher than any other element of the population.
 
He has swelled the ranks of those dependent on government handouts. He is the “food stamp President” and he yet may become the “soup kitchen” President if he is reelected.
 
Americans have lost more wealth since Obama’s inauguration than during the 1930s Great Depression era. Their homes are worth less, their wages have either fallen or stagnated, and they are paying more for all their needs, food, gas, and other necessities.
 
Having driven the nation’s debt to the highest in its history, doing more in three years than all previous presidents from Washington to Clinton combined, he is now asking Congress to raise the debt ceiling by another $1.5 trillion. He has done this despite the first, historic downgrade of the nation’s credit rating.
 
He will not be impeached, but he must be defeated.

He is leaving Americans in the dark and unprotected.

© Alan Caruba, 2012 

Opinion: As I have written a number of times, our Founding Fathers were brave, great and noble men divinely inspired by God, but they were not the Lord. They had a lot on their plate in drafting the Constitution, and in many areas seriously erred. As important, no Constitution can function as our “legal bible” if the men who are empowered through our republican form of government to implement it are corrupt – and in fact a mirror of a decaying society. (That’s how we get “leaders” like Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama). 

In this regard, it was John Adams, a principled trial lawyer, colonial revolutionary, Founding Father and our second American president, who proclaimed just 13 days before signing the Declaration of Independence, that we can change our rulers and forms of government many times, but without ethics, morality and religion, we will not have a lasting liberty.
 
While Adams’ words ring true, and our decline can largely be attributed to a lack of principled political leadership in these perilous times, “We the People” need a legal, ethical and moral structure to advance our nation and pull it back from the brink of ruin.
 
During this political season, leading up to the 2012 presidential elections in particular, I find it nauseating to hear several of the Republican candidates declare that they are strict constitutional constructionists, as if the current Constitution was a be all and end all. It was a good start on our road to anticipated freedom, but it was, by definition, just a start. Over the course of the last 224 years since it was ratified by the states, serious structural flaws in it have emerged, such that additional amendments, 27 to be exact, have proved necessary.
 
But above and beyond amendments, a patchwork solution is no longer optimal. The Constitution needs to be reanalyzed, pulled apart and put back together – “reconstituted,” so to speak – to take into account the realities of the times we live in. Noble men are no longer in power, and are not likely to be in the near or distant future. We need a newly crafted Constitution that is just and not only promotes greater freedom, but also boxes in our corrupt leaders from pursuing their corrupt ways, and provides redress and empowers “We the People” to hold them accountable.
 
Many conservatives are fearful that calling for and holding a second Constitutional Convention would open the door to liberals and the far left to pursue their agendas. But I say, what do we have to lose? We have no real Supreme Court that enforces our current Constitution, much less believes in morals or ethics, and this current Constitution is neither respected nor obeyed by most of our leaders in the executive and legislative branches of government. It’s simply time to plug the loopholes with one coherent and forceful document – a Holy Grail, so to speak, to help restore and further our Judeo-Christian values and thus our posterity.
 
Here are just the top 10 reasons why a Constitutional Convention should be called and the following structural changes made.
 
First, given our experience in the last decades with traitorous and corrupt presidents, we need a mechanism to remove them from office quickly, before they do lasting damage, as Barack Hussein Obama has done in the last three years. The impeachment mechanism is not only too slow, it has never worked. Since our founding, we have never removed a president in this fashion. Tragically, removal only occurred through suicide, assassination, resignation or natural health causes. Perhaps we need a recall provision similar to what we see in California and other states with regard to governors. Other solutions should also be on the table.
 
Second, we need an independent Justice Department, in effect a fourth branch of government, not beholden to the president and the political and legal establishments. Currently, the Justice Department is part of the executive branch, and the attorney general, now the corrupt Eric Holder, is the handpicked lackey of the president. An independent Justice Department, such as exists in Israel, could hold corrupt leaders and others more accountable on behalf of “We the People.” Just last week, Israeli justice authorities criminally indicted for bribery one of that nation’s past presidents, Ehud Omert. This has never happened in the United States, because the Justice Department in effect works for and is beholden to the president and is fearful to confront other corrupt high establishment government officials. Only low- and medium-level officials are generally burned at the “stake of justice.” As a recent example, just ask Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, Scooter Libby, who was indicted, convicted and thus took the fall for the vice president and Karl Rove in the Valerie Plame affair.
 
Third, a new Constitution needs to specify that the government must balance the budget and not spend more than it takes in. Coupled with this, income tax levies need to specifically outlawed.
 
Fourth, as the current Constitution does not make specific reference to a right to life, this needs to be included in the new one.
 
Fifth, a true right of privacy, with the clarification that this right does not include a so called woman’s right to choose to abort an unborn child.
 
Sixth, there needs to be specified term limits for the president (one six-year term to lessening “politicking” to be elected to a second term), for congressmen, senators and federal judges. The proposed Constitutional Convention would hash out the realities of these imposed term limits, which would serve to keep fresh and hopefully less corrupt “talent” moving through our governmental agencies. This would help avoid the old proverb that “power (ultimately) corrupts.”
 
Seventh, the new Constitution could spell out that American citizens have what lawyers call legal standing, even if they themselves do not have a current “case or controversy,” to challenge unconstitutional, unjust and “illegal” laws. As it now stands, only some states allow for this – such as Florida, which allows taxpayers to sue to invalidate tax laws even if they are not being victimized.
 
Eighth, mandate that English is our official language.
 
Ninth, clarify that capital punishment is cruel and unusual punishment. Given the flaws in our justice system, it must be eliminated and in any event does not square with a pro-life Constitution. Life imprisonment is far more punitive if actually enforced.
 
Tenth, provide the judicial mechanism for “citizens grand juries” to indict and try government officials and others who violate our laws and ethics.
 
These are just a few reasons why we need a Constitutional Convention and a newly rewritten Constitution. Lets retain what has proven to work in the old one and craft a new and improved version to keep our corrupt government establishment officials in check and provide the mechanism for “We the People” to save our nation. 

About the author: Larry Klayman is a former Justice Department prosecutor and the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch. His latest book is "Whores: Why and How I Came to Fight the Establishment." 

Three titans of talk radio Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, and Michael Savage agree; America is in a "Constitutional Crisis," the administration is "lawless" and America will see something "worse than Euro-socialism should Barack Obama be elected in 2012."

The question from many American Citizens is when will the Court System or Congress stop wishing away crimes and take action to impeach.  Every day this activity is allowed – Liberty and Freedom and our Lives are in danger. 

Mark Levin: ‘We Have a Constitutional Crisis’

On his radio show last night, Mark Levin said that President Barack Obama has caused a “constitutional crisis” by appointing members to the National Labor Relations Board and a director to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without going through the constitutionally required Senate confirmation process.
 
“We have a constitutional crisis," Levin said. "It is in fact a constitutional crisis."
 
"The President of the United States is trashing the Constitution now day in and day out,” Levin said.
 
At one point, Levin likened the explanation Obama made yesterday for appointing these federal officials without Senate confirmation to the "forthright statement of a dictator."
 
Listen to Levin’s full argument as provided by CNSNEws by clicking here.

Rush Limbaugh:  The Lawless Obama Regime

Rush Limbaugh came to the same conclusion as Mark Levin and the transcript of today’s show begins: All right, some people in the e-mail have taken exception with my description of Obama as "lawless" and acting outside the Constitution. Let me share with you a quote, and this is from a video. It might have been from yesterday out in Ohio, but it’s within the past couple days. Obama said, "When Congress refuses to act — and as a result, hurts our economy and puts our people at risk — then I have an obligation as president to do what I can without them." He got applause. "I have an obligation to act on behalf of the American people. I’m not going to stand by while a minority in the Senate puts party ideology ahead of the people that we elected to serve. Not with so much at stake, not at this make-or-break moment for middle class Americans. We’re not gonna let that happen."

Now, the Founding Fathers said this is exactly what’s supposed to happen! It’s called "the separation of powers," and it’s to make sure that things like this do not happen, that an all-powerful executive does not run roughshod over the government. But President Obama has just said: Because the Congress we want to do what I want them to do I’m gonna do it myself. That is extra-constitutional! That is not the way this government was set up. It was not the idea of the Founders. That’s acting outside the Constitution, and there’s no question about it — and the Obama campaign is claiming he’s doing all these recess appointments and things like this "to help the economy." Reuters again: "Hammering populist themes that show him to be a champion of the middle class, aides say the president will keep taking steps to show voters he’ll make moves on his own to help the economy if Congress refuses to act."

If Congress "refuses to act," it is his job to sit down and talk to ’em and make ’em act and get them to vote the way he wants. He does not have — unless they grant it to him (and they’re doing it, by the way) — the authority to run roughshod over them. But if they don’t stop him, he can do it. We can’t. Congress has to stand up for itself. Now, the Democrats run the Senate. I think they’re happy for this to happen. Dingy Harry loves for this to happen because they’re sitting there blaming it on the House Republicans who have no role in this. It’s an election year, so blame the Republicans for it. Folks, it is clearly lawless. If you regard the Constitution as law, this is lawless behavior by an out-of-control, rogue executive. This is what happens in banana republics, tinhorn dictatorships. In places like Venezuela, this is what happens — all under the guise of populism and helping the middle class.

Read more from the transcript and hear the audio click here.

Michael Savage: Here’s what America will look like if Obama wins

If Barack Obama wins in 2012, America is headed for something worse than a failing European-style socialist state, top-rated radio host Michael Savage said on his nationally syndicated show today.   “I have to tell you that if this man, God forbid, is the next president of the United States, we’re going to be living in something along the lines of – people say Europe. I don’t believe it’s going to be like Europe – I think it will be closer to Chavez’s South American dictatorship,” he told his “Savage Nation” audience.

Recalling his background as the son of an immigrant from Russia, who has been around awhile and seen a number of administrations, Savage said that if he had one message to leave, it would be a warning about what he fears is on the horizon.
 
“This is the most corrupt, incompetent, dangerous tyrannical administration in American history,” he declared.
 
“It’s not politics as usual. It’s not just Democrats versus Republicans,” Savage said.
 
Obama, he said, is “not a Democrat,” noting the president’s history of ties to Marxists and other radicals documented in his book “Trickle Up Poverty.”
 
“Obama has a long history of being at odds with American values and with America itself and the core principles of this country.” Savage said.

Read more and hear the audio click here. 

My two cents:

If the government does not abide by the Rule of Law then People of Integrity must demand it.

Op/Ed:  With less than a year left until the 2012 elections, it behooves Americans to review the past and make plans for the future. If we don’t, there may be no future, at least not one free people will play a part in. A fawning article from the AP, the source of much of the fodder for the leftist propaganda machine, spills the proverbial beans about what we can expect to see from Obama-Soetoro and his band of merry Marxists in the coming months (click here for the AP article).

Dramatically headlined, “In 2012, Obama to press ahead without
Congress,” it approvingly talks about how Obama-Soetoro is planning to
end-run Congress and the Constitution in 2012, continuing the use of
executive orders, administrative rules, and things like recess
appointments to illegally impose his radical Marxist and neo-fascist
agenda.

In addition, he plans to use taxpayer money to continue gallivanting around the country, campaigning while pretending to be doing government business. The AP “reporter” clearly approves of this lawless behavior. Not surprising, considering how the Ministry of Propaganda has covered up all the Democrat/Obama-Soetoro scandals over the past three years.

A brief look back makes it crystal clear that lies have replaced the Rule of Law for the Left. Dr. Alan Bates, MD, points out a few from Obama-Soetoro when he ran back in 2008:

“I promise 100 percent transparency in my administration.”
“I will allow five days of public comment before I sign any bills.”
“I’ll put the health care negotiations on C-SPAN so everyone can see who is at the table.”

He also reminds us about Obama-Soetoro and his “Attorney General,” Eric Holder, suing Arizona and Alabama for trying to protect the interests of Americans by enforcing immigration laws. 

For more detail on criminal activity by Eric Holder, read "Injustice" by J. Christian Adams, a former attorney for the Voting Rights Section of the Department of Justice, and consider as you do that racialists are currently in charge of justice in the United States of America.

Actually, the Injustice Department has become so corrupt under Eric Holder and Obama-Soetoro, that it, like the EPA, the departments of Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Health and Human Services, should be shut down, and its employees and the political appointees in charge subjected to thorough investigation, resulting in indictments, convictions, and maximum prison terms.

However, only a fool would expect anything different. Marxists and fascists are, by definition, anti-people, totalitarian statists, who see themselves as an enlightened ruling elite, completely above the law. What should be expected, though, is strong opposition from those who supposedly have been sent to Washington to represent us “ordinary” Americans, and who, hand on the Bible, swore an oath:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”

I am still waiting for the phonies in the House to pass a bill repealing ObamaCare. They couldn’t even bring themselves to defund it, and it’s not likely they will even bring the topic up, unless we do.

This is the same bunch that refused to make Obama-Soetoro obey the War Powers Act regarding his murderous war against Libya. Nor have they made any serious efforts to free the 28 budget-fixing bills held prisoner by Senate Democrats and establishment RINOs. Both the House and the Senate have been content to ignore the Constitution regarding the submission of a budget for the country for years, and it appears that this will not change this year, either.

The list goes on and on and on and on…

The point here is that we must – I repeat, must – rid ourselves of these spineless, self-serving parasites who are killing our country.

There are a few fine people in Congress, and we need to look carefully at them so we have standards to judge replacements for the rest by. Ones that come immediately to mind include:

Allen West (R-FL); Ted Poe (R-TX); Louis Gohmert (R-TX); Steve Pearce (R-NM); Joe Wilson (R-SC); Jim DeMint (R-SC); Rand Paul (R-KY); Marco Rubio (R-FL)

If a candidate for the Senate or the House doesn’t have qualities and a record similar to these guys, then find someone else to vote for. We can’t afford to put up with the status quo any longer.

As for the Republican candidates for president, only Bachman and Santorum are true conservatives. The rest are RINOs, fringe libertarians, and/or phonies. But the bottom line is that if we have real, Constitution-loving Americans in control of the Senate and the House, it "don’t mean jack" who is president.