As we provide some more quickie analysis of Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, we begin with the Congressional responsibility for the coinage of money. Oops, we may begin with it, but they gave up doing it (the last time) in 1913…for 98 years Congress has NOT fulfilled its Constitutional enumerated mandate. Not only do they not coin the money of the realm, but they provide no oversight into the mechanism to which they shifted the responsibility. Hopefully, Congressman Dr. Ron Paul will resolve that minor little error (sarcasm).
If Congress were fulfilling its responsibility for punishing counterfeiters, the staff and members of the Federal Reserve Board would be serving hard time with Bubba and Leon in a federal prison near you. The Congress has established the Post Office and Post Roads, and like everything else that Congress does, they lose huge sums of money and are outperformed by the private sector when they allow competition (Fed Ex, UPS)). The patent and copyright functions appear to be doing “OK” except for FDA malingering in the medicinal field.
The creation of lower courts was reasonably well done in the early years, but it has become so politicized that they are nearly ineffective. Congress can pull the charter of ALL the lower courts, then reform the districts and appoint new judges. I predict that will never come up at a leadership meeting. The clowns don’t seem to understand that whenever they do something correctly, it can be undone by a loony federal judge. Just fix it.
The GOP majority in the U.S. House has already exhibited the timidity that we have come to expect when Republicans are in power. Their view of “Bold” is that it’s a laundry detergent not an attitude. If I were Speaker, I would appoint 60 task-forces of 4 members each. Their jobs would be to identify programs, positions and bureaus for elimination. One of the groups would be assigned to the judiciary to determine how to cut and restructure the federal system. The GOP House is taking no proactive steps. Some individual members are, but the full resource of the GOP caucus has not been marshaled to undo the monster. When will they learn that merely maintaining government somewhat better than the progressives is not good enough? It’s because they love the power…love to spend your money…and they DO NOT FEAR US ENOUGH.
“Nullify Now!” Harriet Tubman Theater, 50 Freedom Way, Cincinnati…6:00pm tonight.
Big Ten (11+1) Women’s Basketball Tourney is underway.
Buckeye Men’s Team seeks to clinch undisputed regular season crown on Sunday at 4:00pm versus Bucky the Badger and his rowdy cheesehead fans.
Monday’s column is “Birth of a Nation.” It’s my take on the “birther” controversy.
Why did Fox News pull the contracts of Gingrich and Santorum because of potential conflicts regarding presidential runs, but have allowed Palin and Huckabee to remain? I believe that I could argue that Palin and Huck have better shots at the nomination that do the other two. Is it possible that Huckabee and Palin told Fox management that they definitely were not running? Hmmm. Could be a clue.
Does it seem as if there is a relationship between fiscal responsibility and courage? As we go deeper in the hole, political bravery diminishes accordingly. With the kind of courage exhibited by our politicians we would not have prevailed during the Battle of the Bulge.
From this point on we should stop blaming the cowards of the past for the mess we’re in. Now we should begin blaming the cowards of the present for not fixing things. If we continue to look back for blaming, we’ll give the current crop of cowards a free pass. We cannot afford to do that.
Happiness is having the right priorities and following through. The gnawing discontent that springs from not doing the right thing or not doing your best saps your energy and your joy.
Here’s a small book that will deliver some insights: Inclined To Liberty by Louis E. Carabini (2008) Ludwig von Mises Institute.
Here’s hoping that you enjoy an amazingly blessed remainder of the weekend. Go Bucks, Ladies and Gents. PJ, Dad’s thinking about you …a lot.
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