Posted on 10/13/2011 9:11:34 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. told The Daily Caller on Wednesday that congressional opposition to the American Jobs Act is akin to the Confederate “states in rebellion.”
Jackson called for full government employment of the 15 million unemployed and said that Obama should “declare a national emergency” and take “extra-constitutional” action “administratively” — without the approval of Congress — to tackle unemployment.
“I hope the president continues to exercise extraordinary constitutional means, based on the history of Congresses that have been in rebellion in the past,” Jackson said. “He’s looking administratively for ways to advance the causes of the American people, because this Congress is completely dysfunctional.”
“President Obama tends to idealize — and rightfully so — Abraham Lincoln, who looked at states in rebellion and he made a judgment that the government of the United States, while the states are in rebellion, still had an obligation to function,” Jackson told TheDC at his Capitol Hill office on Wednesday.
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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Rep. Kaptur was on CSpan this morning saying we needed ‘state controlled capitalism’.
I’m increasingly proved right to put my business in ‘slow roll’ mode.
Am I right in thinking that this means that he's accusing Obama of already stepping outside the Constitution?"
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HA!! They HATE that we smashed them in the last election so much they can’t stand it!
That tells me they know EXACTLY what to expect next year and they intend to CHEAT LIKE MAD!
My thoughts:
Oath—Constitution-traitors-hanged by the neck until dead.
Think what Jr. really means is unconstitutional action.
Trust me Jesse, that is not a good idea.
5.56mm
Probably the finest scrool the libs could possibly have.
I see the moronic apple didn’t fall far from the race-baiting idiot tree.
HAHAHAHA...I like that one
Jesse Jackson Jr.
This road apple did not fall far from the tree did it...
He and Joe Biden are tied in that arena. :-)
Yes, I thought he said immediately after the vote that he would do it administratively.
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Jesse, let me help you and 0bammie out a bit on this one. What ya’ll need to do has already been written up, and I think it’s exactly what ya’ll have been looking for. It’s called Directive 10-289, and I’ve included it here for your convenience:
“In the name of the general welfare, to protect the people’s security, to achieve full equality and total stability, it is decreed for the duration of the national emergency that:
Point One. All workers, wage earners and employees of any kind whatsoever shall henceforth be attached to their jobs and shall not leave nor be dismissed nor change employment, under penalty of a term in jail. The penalty shall be determined by the Unification Board, such Board to be appointed by the Bureau of Economic Planning and National Resources. All persons reaching the age of twenty-one shall report to the Unification Board, which shall assign them to where, in its opinion, their services will best serve the interests of the nation.
Point Two. All industrial, commercial, manufacturing and business establishments of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth remain in operation, and the owners of such establishments shall not quit nor leave nor retire, nor close, sell or transfer their business, under pentalty of the nationalization of their establishment and of any and all of their property.
Point Three. All patents and copyrights, pertaining to any devices, inventions, formulas, processes and works of any nature whatsoever, shall be turned over to the nation as a patriotic emergency gift by means of Gift Certificates to be signed voluntarily by the owners of all such patents and copyrights. The Unification Board shall then license the use of such patents and copyrights to all applicants, equally and without discrimination, for the purpose of eliminating monopolistic practices, discarding obsolete products and making the best available to the whole nation. No trademarks, brand names or copyrighted titles shall be used. Every formerly patented product shall be known by a new name and sold by all manufacturers under the same name, such name to be selected by the Unification Board. All private trademarks and brand names are hereby abolished.
Point Four. No new devices, inventions, products, or goods of any nature whatsoever, not now on the market, shall be produced, invented, manufacturerd or sold afer the date of this directive. The Office of Patents and Copyrights is hereby suspended.
Point Five. Every establishment, concern, corporation or person engaged in production of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth produce the same amount of goods per year as it, they or he produced during the Basic Year, no more and no less. The year to be known as the Basic or Yardstick Year is to be the year ending on the date of this directive. Over or under production shall be fined, such fines to be determined by the Unification Barod.
Point Six. Every person of any age, sex, class or income, shall henceforth spend the same amount of money on the purchase of goods per year as he or she spent during the Basic Year, no more and no less. Over or under purchasing shall be fined, such fines to be determined by the Unification Board.
Point Seven. All wages, prices, salaries, dividends, profits, interest rates and forms of income of any nature whatsoever, shall be frozen at their present figures, as of the date of this directive.
Point Eight. All cases arising from and rules not specifically provided for in this directive, shall be settled and determined by the Unification Board, whose decisions will be final.”
The only good this course of action might do is show us how quickly a President can be impeached. His own party would scalp him in Congress. It isn’t going to happen.
Hmm, wonder how many calls like this we can expect to hear next year...and how many goons we’ll see lining up to support it.
In other words, the overthrow of the US government; become a dictator. Junior should be strung up for such subversive advocacy.
“I hope the president continues to exercise extraordinary constitutional means, based on the history of Congresses that have been in rebellion in the past,” Jackson said.
I didn't realize the 2008 elections were a proper third world one man, one vote, one time plebiscite.
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