Does the Right Even Know What Our Constitution Says?

For the last 6 months we keep hearing people on the right shouting out accusations of unconstitutionality against President Obama and the Democratic Majority Congress. We have even had the Republican Minority Leader in the House and embrarrasment to Ohio, John Boehner quote The Preamble of the Declaration of Independence claiming it was the Constitution.

Yet here is the reality. A majority of American Voters chose Electors to put Barack Obama in office as our President. In addition those same voters choose to give control of the House and Senate to Democrats. Just as the Constitution prescribes. So what does the right do? Try to find every possible way to nullify the results of one the basis of our democracy an election. They have done so by claiming ridiculous things like the birthers or making accusations of election Fraud by Acorn, which by the way not a single case of such has ever been proven in any court of law.

Speaking of Courts of Law, another basis of our Constitution, the "Right" is now screaming that Attorney General Eric Holder plans to use the constitutionally mandated courts and rule of law to try the terrorists behind 9/11. Our court system and rule of law has worked for this country for over 200 years. Should we allow this act of Terrorists lower our constitutional standards?

So why does the right hate the constitution? I for one love it, I trust it and I will not stay silent when those on the right try to use the Constitution when its convenient and ignore it when its not. In fact I have actually read it, unlike most that wave it like a flag at the parties of the ignorant promoted by Faux News.

Keep in mind in the last several decades it is the right that has tried to ammend the constitution for every pet issue that comes up, not the left. Flag burning, Abortion, Gay Marriage are examples. Thank goodness we had wiser men behind creating it and the rules for ammending it in the first place.

Biggest Embarrassment to CNN Dobbs is Gone

After years of damaging CNN's unbiased credibility, Lou Dobbs announced he was leaving the Network last night. I personally began writing and complaining to CNN as long as 2 years ago as Dobbs continued to convert his show into a right wing propaganda hour which primary purpose seem to be to promote his books.

In recent years he has gonna further and further to the right injecting his far right views into almost every story he reported on. This has led to an uprising of viewers that have created sites such as dropdobbs.com which I link to from this blog.

Though it was clear that Dobbs was damaging CNN not only in credibility but ratings as well, he attempted to spin his exit as his choice to find a way to further push his racist right wing agenda. Apparently the constraints of working for a network that wants unbiased factual coverage was too restraining for him. He of course has his radio program, and of course all know that facts or bias is not a restraint any anchor on Faux News has to concern themselves with. So clearly there are places for him.

When I heard this news this morning at 6 am which is way earlier then I normally get up, I was suddenly wide awake in bed with a huge grin on my face, this is indeed a good day for CNN and America.

BSC Michele Bachman leads Ignorant Crowd

Well known bat sh*t crazy Congresswoman Michele Bachman leads a crowd of Faux News inspired tea baggers today at Capital Hill. They of course are trying to reinvigorate the August events by shouting things like "socialism" and "government takeoever" none of which of course has any resemblance to anything in the actual health care reform bill to be voted on.

The Crowd estimate is around 3500. I can be assured who are not there are any of the 14000 that are losing their health insurance today, or any of the 1998 filing bankruptcy today due to health care costs, or any of the 123 Americans that will die today because of lack of insurance.

Keep up the stall tactics and ignorant political games Bachman it keeps getting you more press while more Americans die every day.

Oh on a humorous side note, somewhat BSC Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis just called Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal "main street journalism" while quoting it as proof against health care reform.

BSC Conservatives suffer Humilating Defeat

So all the Bat Sh*T Crazy, Faux News Factually challenged, Limbaugh Loving, Palin following, Corporate sponsored "grass roots" screaming right wing wackos, took to the streets to fight for the soul of the RepubLIEcan party in the little upstate 23rd Congressional District in New York. They had Sarah Palin writing on her face book page about it, they had their designated propaganda network promoting it daily, the right wing blowhards shouting over the radio waves. Dick Army and his "grass roots" corporate funded FreedomWorks making 30,000 phone calls. They were so effective that the actual Republican candidate for the seat resigned, leaving them with a proven uninformed on any significant issue "true conservative" to hold the seat.

The result? For the first time in over a century the New York 23rd Congressional District will now be represented by a Democrat. Well done!

Hmm, perhaps I should donate to Freedomworks so they do more of this. Ok maybe not.

Enough of Joe (Weaselman) Lieberman

The attention whore Senator Joseph the Weasel Lieberman is at it again. Apparently he can't stand that moderates like Olympia Snowe and others are taking away all his attention. So the weasels latest is to threaten he will block Health Care Reform if it contains a public option.

Forget the fact that the only reason this traitor still holds a chairmanship and is allowed in the Democratic Caucus is that supposedly he agrees with democrats on all issues except military related ones. Well he has now proven that to be a lie as well.

This weasel will do anything, say anything to get attention. He has back stabbed democrats over and over again including the democrats in the state that elected him. I was against threatening taking chairmanships away from other Democrats over health care votes, but Weaselman is no democrat, kick his ass out now and forever. He has screwed us over for the last time.

But Seriously, Art Schlichter?

I am on the same side of most issues as progress Ohio 90% of the time. Issue 3 is one issue on which we disagree. But boy have they jumped the shark highlighting a video of Art Schlichter as a spokesman against issue 3. Making Art as some sort of a victim in the first place is hard to swallow but where his reported addiction began was at horse tracks. The last time I looked those have been legal in Ohio for decades. He lost his career and hundreds of thousands of dollars to mob bookies betting on sports. Though I have seen legal sports books in Vegas, never have I seen those in any casino in Michigan, Indiana, West Virginia or Pennsylvania and I doubt seriously they will be involved in Ohio's four casinos. Art gambled illegally that's why he went to prison. It is unlikely having legal casinos would have changed his fate in any way whatsoever.


So they want to make the argument that gambling is gambling and it all should be stopped to protect "victims" like Art Schlichter. Ok well lets ban all cell phones because wasn't stealing a cell phone that started Maurice Claret's, slide? How about bringing back prohibition after all there are alcoholics and drunk drivers. While we are at it lets ban peanuts and all peanut butter, is risking the consequences to those that have peanut allergies really worth the rest of us being allowed to have a Reese's cup?

Gambling is there, it will always be there. There are some that are irresponsible with it. Yes even some that have an addiction. But that is no reason to outlaw it for the rest of responsible society in Ohio or anywhere else.

Yes on Issue 3.

The Best Speech on House Floor I Have Ever Seen

Yes I am a CSPAN geek. Often I have it on throughout the workday and find it good background noise as often very little is said of interest. Often when something is of interest it is negative. Often I write posts negative posts on my blog based on those.

But I have something different. Last week Congressman Alan Grayson had a followup speech to his well reported "Die Quickly" speech. This one made the most sense and had more truth in it then I have heard any Congressman or Senator speak in years.

We need to support people in Congress like this. Donate to Alan Grayson's campaign