8Nov/092
Remember, Remember the Seventh of November
In honor of the passing of H.R. 3962, a poem:
Remember, remember the Seventh of November,
The Socialist Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Socialist Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Pelosi, Pelosi, t'was her intent
To take all our freedom and every last cent.
A two-thousand page bill passed in the wee hours,
To solidify the government’s ever-expanding powers;
Freedom be damned for a sympathetic cause,
We’ll simply ignore age-old constitutional law.
Oh well, oh hell, the State is the master.
Oh well, oh hell, what an unmitigated disaster!
Here's hoping we can defeat this monstrosity in the Senate.
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November 21st, 2009 - 22:10
My response:
“Today we [decide] whether to even discuss one of the greatest issues of our generation,” Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said shortly before the vote. “Whether this nation will finally guarantee its people the right to live free from fear of illness and death, which can be prevented by decent health care for all.” “The Republicans “are frightening people,” said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. “Now is not the time to go wobbly in the knees. Now is the time to stand strong … and move this country forward.”
November 22nd, 2009 - 12:52
That’s a response? That’s just rhetoric. How does a person have a “right to live free from fear of illness and death?” How can any government guarantee it to him? This is a gross perversion of the concept of “rights.”
If I have a traditional right, say, against unreasonable search and seizure by the government, the right and method of enforcement are clear. The government can not conduct an unreasonable search or unreasonably seize me or my property. If it does, a court will not admit any evidence obtained in violation of that right, and a person may bring a civil action against the government for the violation of his right.
But what happens when the government creates a positive right that doesn’t restrain the government, but instead mandates what some people must do for others?
Think about what we’re trying to craft here. Do people have a right for others to pay for their abortions? Do people have a right to every conceivable medical procedure available? We can’t appeal to God or timeless knowledge to discover the breadth of this right; instead, we must appeal to brute force.
When the Founders crafted the Fourth Amendment, they were not creating anything. They were acknowledging a right intrinsic to all human beings – an inalienable right granted to us by our Creator.
How do you enforce this right? With mandates and coercion. With imprisonment. With a misappropriation of freedom.
How did we get to this point?
Health care is not a “right.” It is a perversion of government of the highest order. And as much as we might like to wistfully think of those dreamy Congressmen that will “finally guarantee its people the right to live free from fear of illness and death,” we desperately need to acknowledge that no government can or should guarantee such things.
Here’s hoping the filibuster holds.