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Will the Constitution Survive King Barack the Transformer?
Flopping Aces ^ | 11-25-14 | Vince

Posted on 11/25/2014 12:23:11 PM PST by Starman417

What makes a tyrant? Dictionary.com defines tyrant thus: A sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.

In 1776 the 13 American colonies declared independence from just such a tyrant. Eleven years later the same 13 states came together to write a Constitution that was specifically crafted to thwart the emergence of a new tyrant. The laws were to be written in Congress, where discussion, debate and competing factions would keep them from consistently favoring one constituency over another. In turn those laws were to be executed by the President whose constituency was the whole country. That separation of powers and duties has been the key to keeping the United States as a free, democratic republic without a tyrant for over two centuries.

Tyrants rarely adhere to constraints on their power being imposed by anyone or anything, Constitutions included. If they did, they wouldn’t be a tyrant in the first place. At the same time they often don’t brook the slings and arrows of enemies very well either. After all, what self respecting tyrant can allow subjects to feel free to criticize him? Tyrants also often seek to hide what they are doing. Whether it’s a war against someone who has something the tyrant covets or the implementation of a controversial new law, tyrants often choose to obscure the truth of their desires in order to gain the acceptance and acquiescence of their subjects rather than tell them the truth and deal with possible rebellion. Basically tyrants usually do exactly what they want, regardless of what anyone else thinks… but sometimes they feel compelled to lie about it.

Barack Obama seems to have excelled in all of these areas of Tyranny 101. In the first place he sees little constraint on his power. The endless waivers, delays and changes to Obamacare are easily the most impactful example of Obama’s disregard for the Constitution’s direction that Congress writes the laws. Follow that with his “Executive Order” on immigration essentially providing amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and it removes any sheen of Constitutionality. Indeed, Barack Obama is on record 22 times having said he didn’t have the Constitutional authority order amnesty. But he went ahead and did it anyway.

Obama also shines in his treatment of his enemies. This week proof emerged that the administration worked to spike stories by Sharyl Attkisson that were critical of its handling of the Fast and Furious program. Not content with just getting stories spiked, the administration also decided to selectively criminalize the practice of journalism itself when it named Fox News journalist James Rosen as a possible ''co-conspirator'' in a criminal investigation of a news leak. Add to that the IRS’s intimidation of Tea Party groups and anyone who’s just a bit critical of the tyrant president might just want to start checking under their beds and in their closets before they go to sleep at night…

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: constitution; obama; tyrant

1 posted on 11/25/2014 12:23:11 PM PST by Starman417
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To: Starman417

To answer the thread title, NO - the Constitution has already been rendered null and void by the Oligarchy now ruling us.

Meanwhile the “Opposition Party” is busy figuring out how to appease Dear Leader while pretending to be an opposition party to placate their detested base.


2 posted on 11/25/2014 12:25:28 PM PST by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: INVAR

What’s a “Constitution”?


3 posted on 11/25/2014 12:39:36 PM PST by QuisCustodiet1776 (Live free or die.)
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Thank you for referencing that article Starman417. Please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

I wish that patriots would wise up to the idea that the Constitution was arguably derailed as far back as the ratifications of the 16th & 17th Amendments, particularly the 17th Amendment when state lawmakers foolishly gave up their voices in Congress.

4 posted on 11/25/2014 12:40:19 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: Starman417

We have a constitution?


5 posted on 11/25/2014 12:52:39 PM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: QuisCustodiet1776
What’s a “Constitution”?

Well, it's an obstacle to Social Justice - a Charter of Negative Liberties written by racist White slave owners for the purpose of enslaving black people and stealing the foundation of our country from the Muslims who landed here first.

Because His Heinous Obama I is NOT an emperor, he must act as an emperor to overcome the overt racism and injustice this document continues to perpetrate by the Bitter Clingers that still cling to it because it is where Whites get their White Privilege Power.

So Obama will act, because Congress fails to do his bidding and he has legal precedent from all the other presidents before him to ignore the Charter of Negative Liberties.

6 posted on 11/25/2014 12:59:55 PM PST by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Starman417
 13 states came together to write a Constitution that was specifically crafted to thwart the emergence of a new tyrant.

They did more than that. They worried that the day might come where the Federal Government wormed it's way out of all the constraints they built in. So they gave the States a way to by-pass the whole rotten edifice. With 66 out of 99 state houses now Republican and with Obama's illegal hordes tilting the balance back to tyranny in two years the time to use this is NOW. We may never have another chance. Ever.(Click on graphic for more info)

7 posted on 11/25/2014 2:33:52 PM PST by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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To: Amendment10
I wish that patriots would wise up to the idea that the Constitution was arguably derailed as far back as the ratifications of the 16th & 17th Amendments, particularly the 17th Amendment when state lawmakers foolishly gave up their voices in Congress.

Exactly! We don't have the original anymore. It's been amended 17 times since the Bill of Rights. Many of them have been disasters. They have been used in ways far beyond their original intentions or claims. That is why new amendments are necessary, to undue the damage the extra ones have caused. I have no doubt future tyrants will find ways around any solutions we come up with today but the first one last 2 centuries and after using Article V it's going to take them centuries to undo it again.

8 posted on 11/25/2014 2:43:46 PM PST by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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To: Amendment10
I wish that patriots would wise up to the idea that the Constitution was arguably derailed as far back as the ratifications of the 16th & 17th Amendments, particularly the 17th Amendment when state lawmakers foolishly gave up their voices in Congress.

Exactly! We don't have the original anymore. It's been amended 17 times since the Bill of Rights. Many of them have been disasters. They have been used in ways far beyond their original intentions or claims. That is why new amendments are necessary, to undue the damage the extra ones have caused. I have no doubt future tyrants will find ways around any solutions we come up with today but the original has lasted 2 centuries. After using Article V it's going to take them centuries to undo it again.

9 posted on 11/25/2014 2:47:26 PM PST by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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To: Nateman

How I posted twice I can’t say. I only post once!


10 posted on 11/25/2014 2:50:08 PM PST by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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