Age of A- Quisling

The definition of quisling is a person who helps an enemy that has taken control of their country. In this case America's political enemy has been the social progressive Democrats and corporate lobbyist both eagerly trashing our Constitution, free enterprise and Judeo-Christian values. While the so-called opposition party of Republicans are being led by quislings in the House and Senate name Boehner and McConnell.

In fact, it might even be wrong to call them quislings for it assumes that they are turncoat conservatives when in fact they are the "SPOILS" (Selfish politicians only interested in legislating for special-interest).

Either way the American people are being treated as cattle while the corporate raiders use our representatives as paid ranch hands and rodeo performers (politicians in Washington) that rope, brand and fatten us up on promises, pledges and platitudes.   

Worse, than the quisling leaders are the silent following members in the House and Senate, that refuse to stand up against the Chamber of Commerce, lobbyist's bought, and insider trading establishment politicians.   

Senator Ted Cruz recently, confronted Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell on the floor of the chamber calling him a liar, because he had stated emphatically to the Senate that he made no deal with the Democrats on reviving the Export/Import Bank Bill in exchange for their support of the GOP Transportation Bill.

McConnell's lie became obvious when the only amendment allowed on the Transportation Bill was the Bank Bill, and all other amendments were rejected by the leadership as being  unrelated to transportation. (Hard to argue why the Export/Import Bank has any correlation to America's roads and bridges.) 

McConnell claimed "when there is overwhelming bipartisan support for an idea, even if I oppose it, it doesn't require some 'special deal' to see a vote occur on that measure. This is the United States Senate, after all, where we debate and vote on all kinds of different issues,..." but this poor excuse for self defense fails the sincerity test.

 Why? Because most Republicans oppose the bank and it was McConnell that used the "amendment tree" which is a procedural tactic, he had criticized Harry Reid for using when he was majority leader, and then he filed cloture on the Bill, to end debate.

If it looks like a lying duck, walks like a lying duck, quacks like a lying duck and has left scat all over the Senate floor like a lying duck,  then it must be a lying duck. 

More than ever before Americans are finally seeing the curtains fall down around the corrupt dealers in Washington, exposing their hollow souls and greedy egos, because of new forthright blood sent to Congress by grassroots American activism.

On July 24, when Ted Cruz of Texas stood up and called out the Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over his lies and capitulation to the Democrat Party in favor of renewing the Export/import Bank Bill better known as the crony capital corporate welfare program, the silence in the Senate was notable. 

A few days later on July 26,  Orin Hatch of Utah, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and John Cornyn of Texas stood up on the Senate floor and condemned someone for their lack of civility.

Was that someone the liar or the messenger? Were they upset with the someone that lied in leadership, or the someone that exposed the truth? Did they stand up for the American taxpayer and the Senator representing middle class constituents over corporate lobby interests or did they support the someone that sold out the 2014 voters?

Sadly and cynically these RINO SPOILS herded up to the Senate floor microphones and proclaimed support for the corrupt leadership, by calling for the messenger (Cruz) to be admonished. Perhaps voters in all states should be asking their Senators, if they stand with Cruz or corruption.

Coming into an election year that will have profound significance on the country's future and some might say, our last opportunity, to face a fork in the road, that either moves us further into decline or circles us back to common and familiar ground, we desperately need leadership with integrity.

We need principled representation. We need honorable public service. We need trust in office holders we hired. We need to bite the hands of all those political quislings, that are leading us to the corporate slaughter house. We need to ram our heads against the party pens and stampede Washington's K street congressional cartel until the voice of the people is heard loud, louder and loudest as our Republic intended.

The People's oval office is broken. The People's Senate is broken. The People's House of Representatives is broken. The People's judicial branch is broken. Yet, there is always hope, for WE THE PEOPLE are not broken.

Yes, our trust is damaged, yes, our cynicism grows stronger and yes our anger mounts with each election. But the American spirit, this intangible God given virtue that promotes a fiercely free foundation of righteous justice and individual liberty is not dead, not waning just quietly pondering when to arouse in fury.

 

Political and corporate thieves can pass legislation today, but they will always have to face the American people tomorrow. There will always be more believers of liberty than the controlling statists. There will always be re-ignition, even if we must restart in the ashes, because America is not a form for government it is a formula for freedom, and the recipe resides within each lawful citizen of our exceptional nation.

    

REAL PART OF THE DEAL!

Over and over again we read the political pundits and writers on both sides trying to define and re-define the Tea Party Movement and getting it wrong more often than not. Whether their erroneous characterizations are born from innate political prejudices (Democrats) or because of vainglorious jealousy, (Establishment GOP) the disinformation is flourishing once again amid a critical election.

The Democrats slam this patriotic movement as racist and bigoted, using media in their attempt to steer away independent voters, from identifying with these unwashed agitators. Meanwhile the establishment GOP paints the patriotic movement as a bunch of cynical naive conservative purists, that need to moderate their views. Now both political parties have another punching bag.

His name is Trump. He is not a Tea Party candidate, he is not a Tea Party favorite and he is not an extreme right wing conservative, yet he is gaining popular momentum. Why? 

He is bold, brash, blunt and most importantly unapologetic, standing up against the politically correct, gotcha-gaffe press. Unlike the over coached candidates that are taught to fall on their sword and bend over like a repentant child and take a whipping while begging for forgiveness. "The Donald" and his ego, does not play the submissive party mistress game very well, in fact, not at all.

Trump's plain talk popularity is growing, while the candidates that have disparaged his comments and claim him to be a flash-in-the-pan showman, are seeing their lunch be eaten by his campaign.

He is proud of his reputation as a successful business man, and even if there are those who would argue his prowess in that regard, (given his bankruptcies) he unabashedly defines his accomplishments by the undisputed thickness of his wallet. One might even suggest that his hubris, is twice the size of his real estate holdings. Yet given the current state of America's standing in the world, born from our apologist's in chief, it seems more than appropriate, indeed necessary, to have a president in Washington that brings back our nation's self-confidence. Trump certainly possesses the pomposity required.  

     

The problem with some of the other GOP candidates is that they are career politicians and panicky panderers. Their political advisors direct these politicians to act on the election stage to produce a conservative performance that we voters are expected to applaud and believe is genuine. But that choreographed and scripted dance of pretend is fooling less and less of a more savvy political audience.

Irrespective of what your opinion is of Trump and his bombastic vanity, you know he believes in himself, and that is as real as it gets. There is nothing phony about his bigheaded pride, and he has owned and worn it, out front and center, for many years.

The race is still early and the candidates are still germinating their appeal to the casual public not yet invested in watching the garden grow. Trump is peaking, trending and some might say shooting sprouts that won't bear fruit at harvest time. Perhaps he is just an early spring lettuce that might sour when the discussions turn from immigration and free trade deals to dealing with debt and federal government bloat, or maybe he will surprise everyone and flourish. No one knows what will happen with his campaign and no one should underestimate that he currently is sucking most of political oxygen away from the rest of the field.

There are three elements to the Trump appeal.  One, his larger than life self-assurance. Two, is his immunity to media, GOP rivals and corporation (Macy's) smear tactics. Three, and less talked about is his skill set as a mogul. 

His self-confident temerity would send the necessary and proper signal to leery allies and dangerous foes in the world that our American swagger was back. 

His retaliatory responses to a domestic press interested in defining conservatives by maligning them, is already raising his stock value. Recently when Trump was asked by NBC's reporter Katy Tur whether he uses his gun at a gun range, his response was refreshingly succinct. "That's none of your business. It is really none of your business."

When have conservatives seen or heard any GOP candidates handle the press with such dismissive candor? Reagan knew how to make the press laugh at their foolishness, and Trump just makes them look foolish. 

But his last set of skills, might be his most important set of prerequisites for a job that demands such a wide variety of abilities. No president can be a master of all the disciplines needed to command the oval office given the many responsibilities the position requires. We certainly have seen that a community organizer without any real business experience, be overwhelmed and inept at leading our country. 

Considering the complexities of what is entailed in managing and building multiple high priced projects, Trump comes to the job application with a far superior resume than the current White House occupant. Indeed, any good president needs to excel in the area of delegation. Trump is fond of saying "I know good people, I know the smart people." If we take him on his word, then we trust he will employ effective people which is key to managing a smart and competent executive branch. 

However, some past presidents have delegated too much and allowed personal loyalty to overtake their better judgment on the competency of some of their cabinet office holders and advisors. This is where Trump's "you're fired" reputation fills people with more confidence over his skill sets. We seem relatively assured that if he were POTUS, and if he did not initially pick the right person for a position in his administration, he would correct that error without batting an eye.

So according to the critics of Trump, his joke of a candidacy, his self-promoting wanna-be president style and his comb over, blonde haired embarrassment campaign, should be following the elephant dung trail of Jeb Bush and others and be bringing up the rear in the polls? But, instead he is leading the pack.

Bash and lambast all you want but if Trump is a thorn in the establishment's side, then he is popular. If Trump continues to make reporters look like gossiping schoolgirls, then his popularity will rise further. If Trump continues to be bluntly honest about the state of our government expressing the truth we already think , such as ("we are being led by stupid people") then he will grow his followers.

It is really simple and not complicated at all. The American people are tired of imposters and imposers. The imposters talk, but then never walk for the people, they only have loyalty to their corporate financiers. The imposers claim that they follow the Constitution when in fact they have allegiance not to its words and meaning but instead to the liberal statists lawyer's viewpoint only. Most of the GOP think that the Obergefell v. Hodges court ruling codifies it as law, while most conservatives know that unconstitutional rulings nullifies our obedience to law, especially when it infringes upon our Judeo-Christian morality.

Trump may be an "Apprentice" at the political table but so far his inadequacies or his exaggerated image of self has yet to scare off support from voters. That is no surprise given the political realm that has been rife with false promises, fake pronouncements and faux conservative chest beating by the pledge breaking Republican party. 

Trump may be a caricature candidate scoffed at by elite snobbish politicos but as boorish as he might come across, no one is arguing that he is a disingenuous sniveling poser. Like him or not, he is iconic. Like it or not he is currently trumping and towering over the other candidates. Like it or not, American voters are famished and thirsty for an American president that loves the country, protects its citizenry and keeps it real.

SCOTUS RULES TWICE THAT LAW MEANS NOTHING

The history of our country and its fidelity to our Constitution that protects inherent natural rights that no human or man-made mechanism ever authored, controls or has the hubris to deny the people just evaporated out of thin air a few days ago by the Supreme Courts rulings.

Federal tyranny that was so feared by the opponents of establishing a federal government (anti-federalists papers) argued that a centralized beast would not be contained by constitutional constraints. They contended that expecting adherence to the law was not enough protection for the people's rights knowing the egos of mankind and that in time central authority would devise rationale to allow it to operate outside the scope of its defined boundaries.

The Supreme Court in its marriage decision has effectively ignored their oath to our Constitution, ignored the history, purpose, intent and the complete ideology of American liberty. No longer are they content to be a referee interpreting the law to keep all sides honest to our founding principles, they have empowered to themselves without any authority the right to rule, dictate and most deliberately to disregard their oath to uphold the Constitution.

The 14th Amendment according to the court has trumped the Constitution. The ruling has effectively silenced and castrated the Bill of Rights' while opening the door for the court to tyrannically moralize American values it deems unacceptable regardless of the will of the people.

If the court wanted to grant legal status to gay marriage it could have ruled that all states needed to provide an equivalent to marriage in legal status such as civil union. In fact, most states already offer that provision. But instead, in an act of not just unconstitutional abandonment of oath, but as false gods, they arrogantly ruled a new definition to an historic religious union that pre-dates the modern world.

It is not just legislative activism it is far more troublesome than that, it is a denouncement of everything this nation fought and died for when we established a Democratic Republic in which WE THE PEOPLE are not governed by omnipotent dictators but rather govern ourselves.

Equally in the courts upholding of the ACA law we note a glaring inconsistency of how law was previously adjudged. For any jurist or lawyer to be able to redefine the meaning of words in order to win a favorable result, makes not only mockery of the law but reduces the power of law for any plaintiff or defendant seeking the words of law to assign them justice.

No justice can be had if law is interpreted by a mere siding of intent by a jurist to one party over another regardless of the language in a contract. When the legal language loses its invincible black and white power of arbitration then all people lose the ability to seek redress from swindle.

The checks and balances of our three branches of government have been exposed to be a sham of collusion rather than defenders of our constitutional Republic. The American people have tried to elect representation that honors the pledges and promises they make on the campaign trail only to find that once elected, they instead ignore their constituents while they sit on the lap of corporate and Wall Street lobbyists, whoring our liberties for personal and party wealth.

What we as Americans should find most offensive about these latest rulings by a politicized court is the useless notion that new law will remedy lawlessness.

Another Amendment to the Constitution? Really, so the court can ignore it, in the same careless disregard as they have the 9th and 10th Amendments? Or a repeal of Obamacare that would do nothing to protect against future odious laws passed by the legislature and upheld by a legally blind court? A new marriage contract named God's Covenant that excludes the state from participation? Surely they will find a way to evince state power over private endeavors of liberty, that is what Obamacare did, forced individual citizens to buy a product.

There is really is only one remedy now for the people. Nullification by the states and civil disobedience until sanity returns to office holders.

It seems ironically eerie that we are in the midst of a debate about the banning of the Confederate flag, which in any thorough reading of the conditions set before the Civil war was as ripe for a peaceful outcome to the slavery issue rather than the destructive outcome yet that is what a corrupt Congress allowed to manifest in 1861.

The south had conceded the moral ground ideological on slavery years before succession and implored and impeached the Congress to help them end slavery in a way that was not economically punitive on the southern states alone. They asked for grandfathering, they asked for price controls on their farm commodities and they asked for federal education money to supply freed black slaves with trades and skills.

All of these proposals were reasonable and yet unreasonably rejected by a corrupt Congress lobbied and bribed by wealthy textile manufactures that wanted to lower their commodity costs by hoping plantation bankruptcies would allow them to buy these farms and exclude the middle men. The south argued that slaves to be freed should be counted in the census to afford the south more Representatives in the House than they currently were allotted so as to arrive at a fairer national sacrifice to the whole country that shared the guilt of national immorality.

All proposals were denied causing succession and the Civil war that killed many Americans needlessly.

Today, we have a Congress completely beholding to globalist corporate interests, an Executive branch that re-writes laws by executive order and fails to enforce laws it ideological disagrees with in a blatant abuse of power, while the Supreme Court has made recent political not legal decisions as immorally incomprehensible and reprehensible as the Dred Scott case of 1857. The majority of the judges on that court were pro-slavery when they ruled that a free black man was not considered an American citizen. Which is why we have a 14th Amendment (1868) precisely to correct a monumentally flawed Supreme Court decision.

Who would have imagined that 147 years later the 14th Amendment would be used by the court to redefine marriage and silence the voice of the people's referendums on a long standing moral and religious institution with not righteousness but against the creator's intent.

This decision is not just wrong from a ideological debate, it is as wrong a precedent against State Right's, individual rights and America's whole democratic Republic structure created to insure usurpations of authority would not trample people's liberty and independence from state control.

For those liberals espousing this decision as a celebration of democracy, take note, this wrong minded decision was made by five unelected jurists that struck down the duly cast ballots of real democracy by throwing away the results of our State referendum process and nullifying the votes of millions of citizens.

If this time you agree with a court, that trashed the majority opinion, ignored our federalism, usurped a power not enumerated to them and decided above the will of the people, will you also agree to the next encroachment by government ruled by that same court that tramples your beliefs?

Perhaps maybe in the near future if this un-tethered to the Constitution Supreme Court, decides that your right to privacy is so limited, it allows the government to place camera's in your home under the guise that the state needs to defend you from terrorists? Will you be waving in approval then?

Let me leave all to read three quotes by the author of our Declaration of Independence as we celebrate the 4th of July.

"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure." (Thomas Jefferson)

"The great object of my fear is the federal judiciary. That body, like gravity, ever acting, with noiseless foot, and unalarming advance, gaining ground step by step, and holding what it gains, is engulfing insidiously the special governments into the jaws of that which feeds them." (Thomas Jefferson)

"The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working under ground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric. They are construing our constitution from a co-ordination of a general and special government to a general and supreme one alone." (Thomas Jefferson)