Picking up with the closing remarks of his article, an economics prof from John Hopkins has this
to say as a word of warning to all that Obama is and hopes to accomplish in his
last three years:
. . . . . . . . Mr. Obama
is moving our government away from its traditional system of checks and
balances and toward the one-man-rule that dominates third world countries. He
has said that he wants a fair country—implying
that, as it stands, the United States is not a
fair country—an unprecedented calumny committed against a country by its own
leader.
What country
does he think is more fair than the United States? He has three long years left
in which to turn us into a fair country. Where does he intend to take us?
Mr. Obama got his conception of a fair country
from his teachers. A fair country is an unfree country
because it is regimented to prevent anyone from rising too high. Their ideal is
egalitarianism, the notion that no one should be any better, higher, or richer
than anyone else. Combined with a dollop of totalitarianism, egalitarianism has
replaced communism as the dominant ideal in our most prestigious universities.
Mr. Obama and his colleagues are the product of those universities, and they
have their marching orders.
The most
important point is that Mr. Obama does not consider himself bound by the
Constitution. He could not have made that more clear. He has drawn a line in
the concrete and we cannot ignore it.
Those who
currently hold political office, and who want to keep our system of government,
need to act now. Surely, rejection of the Constitution is grounds for
impeachment and charges should be filed. In addition, there are many other
actions that Congressmen can and should take—actions that will tell Mr. Obama
that we have seen where he is going and we will not let our country go without
a fight.
At the close
of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked what form
of government had been created. “A republic,” he replied, “if you can keep it.”
We are
losing it. If Mr. Obama’s reach for unprecedented power is not stopped, that
will be the end. Everyone who values his life and liberty should find some way
to say “No!” “Not now!” “Not yet!” “Not ever!”
M. Northrup Buechner is
Associate Professor of Economics at St. John’s University, New York.
Editor;s notes: I would only add this Michelle Obama description of her husbands intentions:
May of 2008, MICHELLE OBAMA, speaking Puerto Rico: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."
Smithson quotes from academia when it furthers his agenda, disdains it otherwise. M. Northrup Buechner is a Randian ... an extremist. No wonder that guy, even at his age hasn't been able to gain the rank of a Full Professor. heh
ReplyDeleteMore name calling and personal attacks, when faced with facts you cannot deal with. Oh, by the way, Obama is believed (by you and other loyal disciples) to be a scholar and professor of the US Constitution when he only taught "summer school" at Columbia, never wrote a peer-reviewed paper on the subject, never wrote a book on the subject (he only writes about himself, you know). We do not have any of his lectures and more than this, exactly what was written by Buechner that you find inaccurate or disagreeable? Forget who wrote the piece, the words are right on and compared to Michelle's comments, something you Marxists should both admit to and be proud of.
ReplyDeletehypocrisy runs deep.
ReplyDeleteFASCT The highest food stamp usage in America is in Owsley County, Kentucky which is 99.22% white & 95% Republican.