Thomas Jefferson

"We must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and comforts, in our labor and in our amusements...if we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy."--Thomas Jefferson


"America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. "
--John Quincy Adams
US diplomat & politician (1767 - 1848)

“Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation”
-James Madison at the Virginia Ratification Debates
"With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators."

- James Madison's Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831


Monday, March 28, 2011

No Matter What He Says, Libya Operation is UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

And take your pick on who "He" is! That's right, whether you are referring to Barack Obama or any neo-con so-called Conservative that sees nothing wrong with sending our military on an offensive mission NOT authorized by the Congress or the Constitution.
Let's get a few facts straight:

There is NOTHING in the Constitution that gives Obama--or any other President--this authority. Our Founders were quite clear on this point as they knew that the bias of the President was to declare war and therefore vested this power in the Congress for declaring war and the President to then, and only then, to manage the war!

The US military is NOT the world's police and should never be used in a half hearted humanitarian mission!

We CANNOT AFFORD this action or any other right now! This 6 day war has already cost the US $600 Million in 6 days!

We do not have any vital national interest there and Libya poses NO imminent threat to the United States.

We do NOT even know who the so-called "rebels" are! We are so quick to go in and fight an unlawful war and support supposed anti-government forces when it is quite possible that the replacements are as bad or worse than the government we supposedly want to change.

We should fear GREATLY that we will soon be involved in other unlawful actions such as in Syria. The very fact that Hillary Clinton has come out and "assured us" that Syria is "different" and that every circumstance is "unique" should scare the hell out of all of us! The military industrial machine of the left and right are in full force and may quite soon run us all over. Clinton, Obama, and all others in power that support this action or are complicit in it need to be crushed!

THE CONGRESS MUST DEBATE THIS ISSUE AND THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION! and IF THEY ARE TRUE TO THEIR OBLIGATION, THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY CUT OFF ALL FUNDING TO THIS ACTION AND FORCE THE PRESIDENT TO FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION!
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