Today’s “Weekender” continues the mini-analysis of Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
Defining and punishing pirates and international lawbreakers: Hmmm, how have we done with those Somali pirates? Pretty unevenly, don’t you think?
To declare war, letters of marquis and disposition of captured lands and water: Big failure here. We haven’t had a formal declaration of war since 1941 even though it seems as if we’re constantly fighting. The whole muddle with Gitmo could be clarified if we were legally and constitutionally at war.
Raise and support armies and budget for them no more than two years: Ok
Raise a navy and create rules and regs for military: done
Rules for calling the militia for domestic purposes and to repel invasions: The militia as presently designed includes the Guard and the Reserves: Misused
Training the militia, officer corps and responsibilities of states: distorted because of recent over-deployment.
Congressman Steve King of Iowa and Congresswomen Michele Bachmann of Minnesota have both spoken out and introduced legislation to stop the $105 billion that Obama, Reid and Pelosi snuck into the Obamacare legislation to get it rolling. So far, Boehner, Cantor, et al have been eerily silent. They must not allow that illegal appropriation to stand. It must be eliminated. It can be addressed through the next Continuing Resolution by eliminating it, and if the President vetoes it, the government stops. Bring it on. Let it happen. Stop that monster….now.
The situation in the Middle East gets murkier and murkier. Even the Saudis have their protests, but have taken a much harsher line. They are NOT our friends. I don’t trust them or their camels.
The book is going well. Actually, it will be ten small books (Think “Common Sense” without the sense) that will be merged into a larger volume when all have been completed. First one is nearly completed, and will go to editing sometime next week. “The Cornerstone of Liberty” coming soon.
The battle that the states are having with public employee unions continues. What the media and most pundits overlook is that the federal employees do not have collective bargaining or binding arbitration. Even though public safety personnel are involved in this issue, the real battle is with the teacher unions and the Democrats.
Buckeye men downed Northwestern 67-61 to go to 30-2 and advance to today’s Big Ten semifinal at 1:40pm on CBS.
Don’t send any emails to Jim Tressel.
Newest book in my personal library: Basic Economics, 4th ed. by Thomas Sowell. I really enjoy how his brain works.
Consider this: If we had the Fair Tax, there would be no IRS, no income tax. Just as important, there would no tax free non-profits. Everyone would pay the Fair Tax. Churches therefore would not be in danger of losing the tax-free exemption for speaking out on issues. The primary reason that I support the Fair Tax is because of liberty…freedom for us to choose how to spend our own money, and freedom for the Church to speak out. Liberty has been underrated for far too long.
The weather that we’ve had at the little Pat-Ch of Paradise here in Wood County has been warm enough for me to get an itchy gardening finger. But yesterday morning we got a little more than an inch of snow, so the itch has gone dormant for a while.
We’ll be attending the NCOC meeting at Camden Falls in Tiffin on Thursday. Looking forward to eating great chow at Carmie’s and seeing good friends and Robert Owens again.
There will be a big seminar/rally on April 9th in Sandusky. We are scheduled to speak. For the moment everything is tentative. We’ll pass on more info as it develops.
Get your ballet slippers on and LEAP FORWARD tomorrow. Your magnificent government has discovered a way for you to save time…that’s why they call it DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. Like most government operations, you have to give it back next fall. These are the two days of the year that I really loathe digital clocks.
Have a wonderful and blessed weekend. Littlestuff-minoosha will return on Monday.
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