Posted on 05/12/2011 5:04:07 AM PDT by scottfactor
A few days ago, a couple of the regulars who read and comment on the articles at Dakota Voice got into a discussion on one of the columns’ comment sections. They were discussing whether or not America has been taken over by a dictatorship. One of our resident liberals was quick to point out that Barack Obama was elected and therefore could not be considered a dictator. One of our conservatives coolly countered that Hitler was also elected. Yes, Obama was elected, and he had a whole lot of votes from dead people, illegal aliens, space aliens and Disney characters. Voter fraud is a cancer that has truly poisoned our elections, and I don’t know that we will be able to root it out; but, voter identification laws are a good start to taking back our vote, and we should demand them in every state.
I certainly do consider this Obama administration to be dictatorial. How many more times do we need to see Obama thumb his nose at the Constitution and the rule of law in America for us to understand that he is a man of lawlessness? There is no need for me to do the laundry list rundown of the outrages wrought by this administration and former Democrat Congress, because you have watched them happen one by one since Obama took office.
However, we know that U.S. administrations and congresses have been steadily walking away from the Constitution for at least a century. From that terrible year of 1913 that saw the creation of the monster called the Federal Reserve System, to Roosevelt’s New Deal programs of the 1930s, to the massive welfare state explosion of the 1960s, not to mention the countless freedom-robbing regulations enacted over the years, we have watched our federal government grow into the ravenous beast it is today.
It really is no surprise that all the overreaches of the federal government have combined to bring us to the point that we could now have such a contemptibly lawless man in the White House. Obama is a logical result of the citizens of America sleeping for a hundred years, while those in power were wide awake, stealing our freedoms and our money at every turn, all “for our own good,” of course!
Of all the despicable actions of this current administration, perhaps one of the most atrocious is the dictatorial legislation of socialized medicine, “Obamacare.” The communists who crafted it even gave it a deceptive name, as they do for all their wicked legislation: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. What a load of bunk!
This will be a disaster for our country, if we do not stop it. How long will people continue trying to implement communistic policies, thinking they will somehow work “this time”? They don’t work, will never work, and we cannot afford them.
Two of the current attempts by “We the People” to put a stop to this diabolical legislation have landed at the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. This is going to be a travesty of constitutional examination. We already know the three-judge panel is “in the bag” for Obamacare. The panel was supposedly selected at random, yet we see that one of the judges is a Clinton appointee, and two of the judges are Obama appointees (what are the odds of that, since this guy has only been in office a little over two years?!).
CNN reports that the judges have indicated their approval of the socialized medicine legislation, so we already know how this sham of a court hearing turns out. As CNN’s Bill Mears reported Tuesday on their website,
“A federal appeals court panel expressed strong support Tuesday for the sweeping health care reform bill championed by President Barack Obama. It was the first appellate hearing on the law's constitutionality.
The cases are a certain prelude to eventual Supreme Court review.
Federal district judges in Virginia had earlier issued conflicting rulings on the whether key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act violate the Constitution, prompting the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to now weigh in.
One controversial section known as the ‘individual mandate’ would require most Americans to buy health insurance by 2014 or face financial penalties.
All three judges hearing the case, named to the bench by Democratic presidents, suggested the law is valid, despite objections from the state as well as private groups and individuals.”
CNN calls the “individual mandate” controversial. Well, I guess you could say unconstitutional legislation by the federal government is a tad “controversial.” Of course, the Obama administration insists that there is absolutely nothing wrong with this excessive dictate.
As WorldNetDaily’s Bob Unruh reported on Tuesday,
“The acting solicitor general for the United States today claimed in a federal appeals court hearing that Congress has the absolute power to order citizens to purchase consumer goods if lawmakers believe there is a national problem the purchases would address.”
So, the federal government believes it has an absolute power to compel us to buy a product. Isn’t that just swell?! This is nothing short of dictatorial behavior from this communist administration.
I understand that the ultimate hearing on the constitutionality of Obamacare will be decided by the Supreme Court, but I’m not all that hopeful about the Supremes making the right call here. In Anthony Kennedy, the Court is one swing vote away from destruction for America’s health care system. And, when they do finally hear the case, will Obama appointees Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor recuse themselves? Yeah, right.
The Supreme Court refused a request to fast-track this case. It is granted that the Court rarely fast-tracks cases, but this is a crucial situation in our nation. Although this law is clearly unconstitutional, the Court should quickly take up the case and hopefully give an honest ruling, because this legislation is already costing businesses and other entities large sums of money to implement. The law is currently doing some of the damage it was designed by the communists who wrote it to do.
The Obama administration has every intention of moving forward to impose this noxious legislation on the American people. The lawless Obama administration does not give a rip about the rule of law or the will of the American people—the majority of whom want nothing to do with the dictatorial Obamacare. If the Supreme Court were to declare Obamacare unconstitutional, I wonder if this administration would cease and desist its implementation. Good question.
Yes, Obama is indeed governing like a budding dictator. We have seen efforts at the state level to put a stop to his lawless administration and the outrageous legislation that came out of the Democrat Congress, but at almost every turn, we are stopped in the courts, or Obama simply ignores the rule of law, as he did when Congress voted in mid-April’s budget compromise to oust some of Obama’s “czars,” and Obama, after signing the budget deal, told Congress to take a hike, because he’s keeping his “czars.”
We have seen the Obama administration’s dictatorial behavior clearly in the wake of state attempts to get control of the illegal alien invasion of the United States. Arizona and Utah bravely passed state immigration laws only to see them blocked by federal judges. The Obama administration then sued Arizona to stop the state from doing what the Obama administration won’t do—protect America’s borders.
Now Obama is running around pandering to illegal aliens on his campaign trail! This guy is absolutely devilish! His mouth is full of lies! His purpose is to continue flooding our nation with uneducated, Third-World, illegal aliens who he wants to make “legal,” so they can be a permanent, underclass, Democrat voting bloc.
That’s why his administration is viciously fighting state attempts to put a stop to the illegal alien invasion. Yes! We are being invaded as we speak. It’s been going on for years. In order to stop the voice of conservatives, who are now wide awake and quite alarmed, the communist Left must dilute our vote with these illegal aliens and all the voter fraud they can muster.
The Obama Justice Department is a peach of an example of lawlessness, which makes a complete mockery of the word “justice.” They not only refuse to enforce federal immigration laws to protect our borders, they also refuse to defend federal law that rightly defines marriage as between one man and one woman. They refuse to prosecute black criminals guilty of federal offenses (New Black Panthers, anyone?). Basically, the Justice Department under Eric Holder acts as the administration’s personal goon squad to sue or otherwise bully anyone who opposes the Obama administration’s policies.
I could on, but I don’t want to retch all over the keyboard. The case can clearly be made that America is currently languishing under a growing dictatorship of Barack Obama and his buddies. As bad as things are right now, there is no way Obama should be able to win re-election without massive—I mean massive—voter fraud. And, if we have a 2012 election and he does not win, do you think he will step down from power? Don’t laugh. I’m serious.
It would explain the lack of opposition from both parties currently in power.
For the NWO Demonrats, it’s not how they play the game, but whether they win.
As long as the Stroker Regime continues to act like Street Thugs and the current GOP treats them like Choir Boys, we are doomed.
Boehner and company need to realize that when you take a pocket knife to a gun fight, you will always lose!
FYI, the NWO has plenty of RHIOs (aka moderates) too.
It’s always good we’re watching our backs on this dictator thing. That said, I read the same type of worried essay about Bush on Leftist blogs.
Fact is, both sides are concerned about way too much Presidential power and we should be.
The founding fathers gave us the second ammendment for just such reasons. There is not a dictatorship yet that couldn’t be ended by either the ballot box or the ammo box. We’ll just have to wait till 2012 to see which one this will require.
If the republicans in the house grow some balls the whole obamacare thing (and every one of obama’s other attacks on us) is moot. The HOUSE originates all spending. If they don’t fund it it doesn’t matter what obama wants.
I had to think about your question. My answer is a very loud NO, ALL are stopped in the end. Every man or woman can be stopped and Obama and his thugs will be stopped, it’s just a matter of time.
Hitler was NOT elected chancellor, at least not according to William Shirer, author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
How Hitler Became a Dictator
by Jacob G. Hornberger, Posted June 28, 2004
Whenever U.S. officials wish to demonize someone, they inevitably compare him to Adolf Hitler. The message immediately resonates with people because everyone knows that Hitler was a brutal dictator.
But how many people know how Hitler actually became a dictator? My bet is, very few. I’d also bet that more than a few people would be surprised at how he pulled it off, especially given that after World War I Germany had become a democratic republic.
The story of how Hitler became a dictator is set forth in The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William Shirer, on which this article is based.
In the presidential election held on March 13, 1932, there were four candidates: the incumbent, Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg, Hitler, and two minor candidates, Ernst Thaelmann and Theodore Duesterberg. The results were:
Hindenburg 49.6 percent
Hitler 30.1 percent
Thaelmann 13.2 percent
Duesterberg 6.8 percent
At the risk of belaboring the obvious, almost 70 percent of the German people voted against Hitler, causing his supporter Joseph Goebbels, who would later become Hitler’s minister of propaganda, to lament in his journal, “We’re beaten; terrible outlook. Party circles badly depressed and dejected.”
Since Hindenberg had not received a majority of the vote, however, a runoff election had to be held among the top three vote-getters. On April 19, 1932, the runoff results were:
Hindenburg 53.0 percent
Hitler 36.8 percent
Thaelmann 10.2 percent
Thus, even though Hitler’s vote total had risen, he still had been decisively rejected by the German people.
On June 1, 1932, Hindenberg appointed Franz von Papen as chancellor of Germany, whom Shirer described as an “unexpected and ludicrous figure.” Papen immediately dissolved the Reichstag (the national congress) and called for new elections, the third legislative election in five months.
more at: http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0403a.asp
Hitler was appointed chancellor like one of Obama’s czars was appointed. Hindendburg was tired.
Hitler is not the only example. Other dictators are also “elected.” Venezuela’s Chavez and I’mADumbNutJob in Iran come to mind. The point was that dictators most certainly can be “elected.”
And, if you take away the voter fraud on the Left in America, it would likely be very interesting to see how many American citizens in reality voted for Obama in 2008. The 2012 election, if it happens, will be the really telling one. Millions of people who voted for that fraud now realize the mistake they made. Obama should not be able to win a second term, but if he does “win,” we’ll know the fix is in.
Will Obama go quietly?
This “Hitler was Democratically elected” thing is largely a myth. He rose to fame for his trials in the Beer Hall Putsch, when he held a gun to the head of a party leader to demand his loyalty. He was made Chancellor of a minority government, the only Nazi to be given an important position. Then the Nazis burned down the Reichstag; other political parties were banned. The Nazis performed marginally better in the undemocratic election, but still wound up far short of a majority. The power-balancing Center Party was tricked into supporting the constitution-destroying Enabling Acts, which exalted the Chancellor into a much more powerful role in German politics WITHOUT AN INTERVENING ELECTION.
Strange coincidence: Hitler was ineligible to be elected President, having been born an Austrian who had never properly attained citizenship.
The 64-thousand-dollar question!
Are people who will not fight for their freedom entitled to freedom?
Again, you restate that Hitler was “elected.” He was not elected. Facts are stubborn things. You have to step back and check your ideology at the door.
Actually, I stated that Hitler was “appointed” by Hindenburg shortly after the 1932 election.
What I did not say, which is also the case, is that Hitler was later “re-elected” when only the Nazi party was allowed, so yes, he later most certainly was “re-elected.”
My point, as I said, is that sometimes dictators ARE “elected.” Hitler was not a “perfect” example; he ran in 1932 and did not win the popular vote. The later Nazi German elections were a sham, just like America’s elections are turning into, due to voter fraud.
Thank you for pointing out that Hitler never won a popular election. I had to reread that part in the book (The Rise and Fall)Later on in that chapter Shirer tells of how all political partys were illegal except the Nazi.
Coming to a country near you.
If you and other people were a little more up on their history, you'd recognize instantly the forms of the French grand gabelle, the infamous Salt Tax -- the most-hated tax in all human history, except perhaps for the Turks' "toll of boys".
You're living in a fool's paradise, FReeper.
That line is like the line at the end of Ship of Fools, that authoress Kathryn Ann Porter gives the elderly Jew disembarking from the ship, when he says of the Nazis on board, "What can they do, kill us all?"
His out-of-town origins gave him a broader view of things, a 30,000-foot perspective as it were, much more flexible and inclusive than that of all those narrowminded, typical Germans, bitterly clinging to their Bibles and their Lutheranism.
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