At some point soon I expect Obama to use an executive order to appoint a horse to the Senate just as Caligula did. That will show everyone who's boss. But have no fear, McConnell will protest mightily. He'll say "you didn't give us enough time to modify the seating arrangements to accomodate our new equine Senator! Please, we need another 30 days before we can seat him."
“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”
Now that I've seen Obama, I know that Dr. Farris was actually understated. We are facing a level of pure evil that I was too naive to understand really exists. The mistake was not jumping from the rule of law to Obama's world; no one could be that foolish. The mistake was permitting FedGov to jump from the rule of law to a world in which Wickard v. Filburn was possible, and then from that world to the "Living Constitution", which set the stage for a complete dismissal of the rule of law. Now we have rule by decree - anarchy.
Our only hope for a peaceful restoration of constitutional government is to elect a president in 2016 who will roll back the mission creep in FedGov. Otherwise, it's time to give up on achieving the twin goals of peace and restoring freedom; we'll ahve to choose only one.