"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? It is feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American... [T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."

--Tench Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1788

 

Obama Commits to Signing UN Arms Trade Treaty While Congress at Summer Recess

Obama Commits to Signing UN Arms Trade Treaty While Congress at Summer Recess

 

"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?" --Thomas Jefferson (1781)

 

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States."

Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 1787

 

From today's Patriot Post:

Phony Shutdown Pain

First Family vacations are never cut.
Once the government shut down Monday at midnight, the Obama administration went into overdrive to make the "Republican shutdown" as noticeable and inconvenient as possible. National Parks were one of the more visible targets, though many of these remained open during the shutdowns in the 1990s.

Obama had Park Service personnel place Barackades at the World War II Memorial in Washington, though that didn't stop hundreds of veterans from visiting anyway. Just for good measure, Obama also closed the cemetery at Normandy in France. And he tried to blockade Mount Vernon, which is privately owned. That didn't work out so well.

Even the football game between the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy was in jeopardy of being canceled. Fortunately, however, sanity prevailed late Wednesday night given that the athletics programs of both schools are privately funded and don't rely on government money. "We could run our entire athletics program and conduct events as we always do without any government funds," said Naval Academy Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk.

Clearly, the White House thought the public would blame the GOP for these ridiculous closings. In order for Obama to beat his Republican enemies -- the ones his aide called terrorists "with a bomb strapped to their chest" -- his administration is authorizing high profile cuts to create as much public pain as possible. But it's the Democrats who look bad here.

Meanwhile, Obama doesn't share the pain. Even as the grocery stores on U.S. Army bases are closed, imposing a significant inconvenience on active duty military personnel and their families, the president's beloved golf course at nearby Andrews Air Force base remains open. And though Obama has issued a moratorium on National Cemetery flyovers to honor fallen warriors, he continues to use Air Force One and its entire contingent of additional Air Force aircraft and support crews to commute to political fundraisers, stump speeches and vacations, at enormous expense. It's not that we think Obama should book his flights on Expedia, but the fact that the commander in chief continues to use this most costly Air Force asset for purely political or pleasure trips while closing down memorials, cemeteries and grocery stores is disgraceful.

 

The government "shutdown" woes, over the care package issues, which has been forced upon us, comes to a head with some suffering (as is in any war where some people pay dearly for the masses collective benefit).

Bump...least we forget the actual issues that this administration has created.
So much more could be said about the multiple other catastrophes they have created.
I suport the stand that demonstrates that we (the people) will take no more of this.
You should too.

 

Post re-election this stands PROVEN.

 

"The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations." --George Washington (1778)

 

Fraudulent ObamaCare websites (other than Healthcare.gov, of course) are popping up everywhere, and the The Wall Street Journal has a helpful tip for those trying to enroll through the exchange: "[S]cam-artist pages ... are now pretending to be Healthcare.gov and are tricking people into divulging sensitive information or buying fake products. Important consumer warning: If an insurance shopping website is usable, it's not the federal government's."

 

"Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age may ill suit the wishes or the policy of another. The constitution is not subject to such fluctuations. It is to have a fixed, uniform, permanent construction. It should be, so far at least as human infirmity will allow, not dependent upon the passions or parties of particular times, but the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever." --Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833