U.S. CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS

The following are the Amendments to the Constitution. The first ten Amendments collectively are commonly known as the Bill of Rights.

Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment 3 - Quartering of Soldiers. Ratified 12/15/1791.

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings. Ratified 12/15/1791.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment 6 - Right to Speedy Trial, Confrontation of Witnesses. Ratified 12/15/1791.

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Amendment 7 - Trial by Jury in Civil Cases. Ratified 12/15/1791.

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791.

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution. Ratified 12/15/1791.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People. Ratified 12/15/1791.

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.

Amendment 11 - Judicial Limits. Ratified 2/7/1795.

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

Amendment 12 - Choosing the President, Vice-President. Ratified 6/15/1804.

The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;

The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;

The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.

The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

Amendment 13 - Slavery Abolished. Ratified 12/6/1865.

1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 14 - Citizenship Rights. Ratified 7/9/1868.

1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.

3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.

5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Amendment 15 - Race No Bar to Vote. Ratified 2/3/1870. History

1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 16 - Status of Income Tax Clarified. Ratified 2/3/1913. 
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

Amendment 17 - Senators Elected by Popular Vote. Ratified 4/8/1913. 

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

Amendment 18 - Liquor Abolished. Ratified 1/16/1919. Repealed by Amendment 21, 12/5/1933.

1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Amendment 19 - Women's Suffrage. Ratified 8/18/1920.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 20 - Presidential, Congressional Terms. Ratified 1/23/1933.

1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.

4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.

5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.

6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.

Amendment 21 - Amendment 18 Repealed. Ratified 12/5/1933.

1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

3. The article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits. Ratified 2/27/1951.

1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President, when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.

Amendment 23 - Presidential Vote for District of Columbia. Ratified 3/29/1961. 

1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 24 - Poll Tax Barred. Ratified 1/23/1964.

1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 25 - Presidential Disability and Succession. Ratified 2/10/1967.

1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

Amendment 26 - Voting Age Set to 18 Years. Ratified 7/1/1971.

1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 27 - Limiting Congressional Pay Increases. Ratified 5/7/1992.

No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

OBAMA’S FASCIST-SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT IS A FAILURE

His claims of transparency in government are a total lie. His use of absolute totalitarian power to force Congress to pass a health care plan that was stuffed with lies and provisions that will oppress the elderly segment of our society, and to pass that plan against the will of the proletariat, is an absolute trashing of our Constitution. Yet, he did so unabashedly and defiantly.

The money that he squeezed out of a compliant Congress to bail out banks and mortgage companies, to buy major companies, to “stimulate” the economy… that money that he and his henchmen promised on the graves of their grandmothers would be returned to the treasury… has yet to be accounted for. Tim Geithner, the tax-cheat Secretary of the Treasury who is in charge of those funds has yet to make a report. A mob-style scandal of corruption is emerging that he and his goons cannot possibly continue to cover up. 

This President has flagrantly violated the Senate’s authority to examine the credentials and to approve key government appointments by hiring key aides, otherwise known as “Czars,” to surround himself with and to help him dictate executive policies. In that crowd, he has known Communists and left-wing socialists, as well as a number of former Goldman Sachs executives who were in charge of that company when it allegedly ripped off hundreds of investors.

He has totally and completely failed to even start to address the unemployment issue in this country. Instead, he has spoken of the necessity to control expenses while adding trillions of dollars to the national debt. He took days to even recognize that there was an environmental problem in the Gulf and several more days to engage himself in dealing with it.

Our President is presiding over an obvious decline in national security and a burgeoning immigration problem. In his incessant diatribe against all segments of American society, he has single-handedly reopened deep racial wounds and he has pitted all segments of society against each other.

All we have to do is to look at Greece to see where this President and his agendas are leading us.  We should be ashamed of ourselves for electing him. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, objectively submitted.

GOOD READING FOR ALL AMERICANS

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Preamble

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Article I

Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.

No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

Section 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.

Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.

No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.

The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of Honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

Section 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.

Section 5. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.

Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.

Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

Section 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time: and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

Section 7. All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

Section 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Section 9. The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear or pay Duties in another.

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Section 10. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Article II

Section 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:

Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.

The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Section 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

Section 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

Section 4. The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Article III

Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

Section 2. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;--between a State and Citizens of another State;--between Citizens of different States;--between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.

Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

Article IV

Section 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.

Section 2. The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.

A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.

No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.

Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.

Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.

Article V

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

Article VI

All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwith-standing.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

Article VII

The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth 

In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names, 

George Washington--President and deputy from Virginia
New Hampshire: John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King
Connecticut: William Samuel Johnson, Roger Sherman
New York: Alexander Hamilton
New Jersey: William Livingston, David Brearly, William Paterson, Jonathan Dayton
Pennsylvania: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Thomas FitzSimons, Jared Ingersoll, James Wilson, Gouverneur Morris
Delaware: George Read, Gunning Bedford, Jr., John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, Jacob Broom
Maryland: James McHenry, Daniel of Saint Thomas Jenifer, Daniel Carroll
Virginia: John Blair, James Madison, Jr.
North Carolina: William Blount, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson
South Carolina: John Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler
Georgia: William Few, Abraham Baldwin

THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE AMENDMENTS

The Amendments will be posted Wednesday, May 12th

THEIR PLAN: DIVIDE AND CONQUER - OUR PLAN: EDUCATE AND RESIST

Here I go out on a limb again, but the last time I did this, I was proven to be correct. Who would ever have thought in the year 2000… just ten years ago… that this country would be in the mess that it is in today? Who would have imagined that race issues might divide this country again?

This is not something I ask just anybody to do… only those who I like. So, consider yourself lucky when I ask you to go where you never thought you would ever go: I want you perched out on the limb with me. I want you to pretend that it’s just you and me with no one else around and that we are going to have a really far-out “what if” conversation, in private. You can be yourself.

Let’s start by examining our President and what has been happening to our country since his election in 2008; the two months that came immediately after his election and prior to his inauguration do count, because our illustrious President Bush virtually abdicated his duties and turned the helm over to Obama and his team in mid-November.

Now, ask yourself: “Why would he do that?” Could it be that they have the same ultimate agenda for this country?

But, as the ad says, I digress.

Let’s revisit what has occurred over this span of time with respect to issues of:

Racism

Health Care

TARP

Stimulus

Cap & Trade

Financial Reform

Bailouts

Takeovers in the Corporate Sectors

Immigration

Middle East Wars

Israel

Immigration

Czars

All of these issues within 18 months are or have been on the table. Each and every one of these issues has been divisive and has marginalized and fragmented segments of our society. There have been so many heated issues on the table and yet, they keep on coming, one right after the other, even on top of each other. Why? Why are not these issues being taken in measured and deliberate stride? Is someone deliberately trying to wear down our resistance by overwhelming us with “emergencies?”

Why is it that this President monopolizes so much time on television? Is there a reason why he is constantly in our faces? Why is it that he openly controls the news coming out of the White House and has no compunctions about trying to silence the major network, talk radio and the entire Internet?

Why is it that he gets caught in lies, fabrications, misrepresentations, and disinformation and, when caught refuses to discuss, but goes on to the next new “emergency?” Why is it that he wags his finger and glares in contempt at those who challenge?

By the way… the Immigration uproar is another big lie. All Arizona did was to take the language of existing Federal law and codify it into Arizona law and now you have everyone running around screaming “racist” and discrimination and profiling. It’s the same damned law. The more I see of this type of propaganda, the more I become convinced that my initial assessment of the whole game plan way back in early 2009 was correct; they are deliberately dividing this country and pushing us into an internal civil war or revolution so that they can “intervene” and overthrow the Constitution and take over under the pretext of a national emergency.

Remember “Cling on to your guns and religion?”

Did you know that Puerto Rico has three times turned down statehood but, that the Obama Administration and its cohorts in the Congress have implemented a brilliant plan to shove statehood down Puerto Ricans throats? Why?

I know that you are busy in your life and that you, like me, have entrusted our elected representatives to govern our nation according to its Constitution that our forefathers gave their blood for. But, if I were to point out to you that each and every one of the above steps has been taken by despots intent on taking over total control of a country and imposing their will on its citizens, would you at least take a moment to ask yourself: “What is this President up to?” Could it be that this is where he is heading with his “change?”

For the very first time in our nation’s history, we have a President who talks transparency and deals from secrecy. We know nothing, absolutely nothing about who he is, where he came from, and where he is going. He voted “Present” in the Illinois State Legislature and the Senate, for the brief time he attended. We know absolutely nothing about his academic background other than where he says he attended.

Using his words, “Let me be clear,” I want to say I’m not a “birther,” one of those who claim he was born in Kenya and therefore cannot be President. Nevertheless, what is it that he is hiding when he spends millions of dollars of his own money in legal fees to keep his actual birth certificate from being published? Does his birth certificate say that his parents were from another planet? Did he have a brain transplant from a donkey? Why the secrecy? Why?

Our nation cannot currently be taken over by a despot masquerading as a Messiah because our citizens own guns. But, if the “divide and conquer” approach pits blacks against whites, conservatives against liberals, Christians and Jews against Moslems, doctors against Congress, capitalists against progressives, Caucasians against Hispanics… and the pressures mount to the point of anarchy in the streets, would not a President be justified in calling in the troops, declaring a national emergency, and confiscating guns? History proves it has been done before in this same methodology.

Okay, out here on the tree limb, just why would some guy like Obama want to be the dictator of the United States? What if that happened? Well then, since we’d be dealing with advanced socialism, Marxism, and fascism, who would be left to stop a global New World Order; Switzerland? Is that… could that be the “fundamental change” we were promised?

By the way… did Barack Hussein Obama ever, ever go into any detail about what he had in mind with “fundamental change?” And, did the media or the press ever, ever question him on that? Why not?

All of this now begs the question, if this is all about divide and conquer, what do we do now? If this is as sinister an agenda as it might be, what do we do about it now? Why did we laugh when someone way back when suggested that there was an organized scheme in place to bring the world in a “New World Order” and that the Republican and Democrat oligarchy was all in on it?

Our ability to do something has to depend on multitudes of numbers of people involved. We need the power of the people and in order to convey to them the facts as they are and to educate them as to the history of the country and of the historical events leading to births of Fascist governments elsewhere in the world, we need to communicate. Did you ever stop and consider this question: “Why do we need a Congress and a Judicial system to read and interpret the Constitution in light of the ‘ongoing changes of society’ when the original framers of the Constitution included an amendment process that would allow us… we the people… to have a say so in changes to what our Constitution says as our world evolves?” Just what does this “living and breathing document” Obama keeps repeating actually mean?

Nothing; it’s smoke and mirrors. It’s NOT a living and breathing document, it’s a hard and fast rule designed to create a government and to provide the citizens with guarantees of a fair and just society and to protect them from despots. If we want to change what it means or what it says, we have the right to use its mechanism to amend it. Otherwise…..

What this all means is that we must educate ourselves and each other; we must resist any agenda to change the foundations upon which this great country were built at every turn. We must remove from office in November everyone; every single elected office in Washington must be turned over. We have to get rid of Pelosi. Elect another Democrat in her place, I don’t care. She must go. So do the Nelsons and the McCains of the country; they all must be removed. They have all become liars and manipulators and part of our problem. We would like to believe some of them are good, but this is the time for us to follow the words of Spock: “Trust no one.”

That’s it; I’m done. Pass me a twig or two.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

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Angry illegals threaten war between Mexico and United States.  Vandalism erupts.  Calls in Phoenix to "Burn This Racist City." 

Isn't this a fine kettle of stew?  They are here illegally and now they are threatening us about how to run our country. 

How many of these goons are members of the S.E.I.U. or the AFL-CIO? How many of them are following the lead of Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson?  

Obama will save us.  He will gather Nancy and Harry together, along with some of his closest and most trusted advisers from Goldman Sachs, and they'll figure it out.  

Let's see now... A billion here, a billion there, billions and trillions everywhere!  That'll do it! 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

OBAMA: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

Back in 2008 when then Senator Barack Hussein Obama was a mere candidate for the Presidency, several legitimate news sources questioned the practices of the campaign fundraising machine. There were, for example, many stories about multi-millions of dollars in foreign contributions coming into the campaign coffers. There were tales about money going out of the campaign coffers to fund ACORN activities.

I’m just curious as to why no one ever followed up on these stories. Just where did that foreign money come from? Was any of it S.E.I.U. money, or Goldman Sachs money or AIG money or other large donations funneled through some auspicious foreign source? Could it even be that some foreign government sent in a large chunk of money in anticipation of some international favor down the road? I think it was Moammar Ghadafi who said at the time that the whole Arab world was getting behind Obama. I know it’s none of my business because I’m just a lowly pissant, and that’s probably why the Federal Election Commission decided to give the Obama organization a blanket “pass” on its campaign financing, right? I mean, even though the FEC had admonished the campaign many times over its practices and although some “shady” contributions had to be returned in 2007 and 2008, the FEC announced right after Obama was inaugurated that no investigation of his finances would be conducted.

As for the ACORN thing, I did hear something about that organization providing electrical work for staging of some campaign rally, or something like that. ACORN is well-known for its electrical expertise, among other things, isn’t it?

Way back when, a “peach of a guy” by the name of Anthony Rezko supported Obama when he ran for the Illinois State Senate. In 2003, when Obama decided to run for the U.S. Senate, Rezko held a campaign kick-off and fundraising party at his mansion. A few months after Obama won his Senate seat, money moved from one Nadhmi Auchi to Rezko and both Rezko’s wife and Obama ended up buying adjoining land on the same day; Obama’s was his new house, Rezko’s was a “garden plot.” Later, as Rezko was under indictment, Obama purchased part of the “garden plot” to add to his own property in a deal that was under banking investigation amid allegations that the land appraisal was “doctored.” Whatever happened to that story?

Rashid Khalidi, an avid pro-Palestinian supporter, got $75,000 from Obama and William “Bill” Ayers and the Woods Foundation. Later, Khalidi hosted a fundraiser for Obama and still later, while the Obamas were frequent dinner guests with the Khalidi family, Obama gave him a totally warm send off as he was preparing to leave Chicago for New York. Khalidi even sponsored a page on Obama’s Presidential Campaign website. When pressed about his relationship with Khalidi, Obama denied the relationship and threw Khalidi under the bus. How does that story end?

Nadhmi Auchi is one of Britain’s wealthiest men with a longest list of shady associations and deals and who had extensive ties to Saddam Hussein, who he helped bring to power. Auchi is a convicted felon in France. Auchi yielded great power over Rezko. Auchi was the source of a very large sum of money which went to Rezko just before Rezko and Obama made their great land deal. One Joseph Aramanda Sr., an associate of Rezko, reportedly received a $375,000 kickback in the deal. As a side note of interest, the land and Obama’s house were purchased from a Chicago doctor for…. $375,000 less than the asking price. Did anyone ever follow that tale up?

Remember the infamous Bill Ayers, husband of Bernadine Dohrn? Together, they were quite an item in the Weathermen Underground when they bombed the World Trade Center. Unrepentant Ayers has many times said he wished and still wishes he could have done more. Dohrn was employed at the Chicago Law Firm where Michelle L. Robinson was employed and where, as a matter of further coincidence, Barack Obama became employed. This nice and cozy relationship blossomed over the years with Bill Ayers serving on several committees and boards along with Rezko and/or Obama. Upon learning of Obama’s decision to enter politics, Ayers and Dohrn hosted a party at their house to kick off the political journey that led Obama to the Presidency. Although he had previously admitted it and although that party is well documented in several major newspapers, Obama denied that the party ever occurred during a McCain-Obama debate. What about that? 

And, as Obama stepped into the Oval Offfice, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich stepped into deep dung amid charges he was selling Obama's former Senate seat and that Obama was trying to dictate the winner.  What ever happened to that?  Why the big White House cover-up?   

I guess with the media we have these days, we never will know the answers to these questions, not that it matters.  Or does it? 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

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The election season is warming up and the mud slinging is beginning.  If I've learned anything about politicians, it's that they tend to sling mud when they are not able to address the issues or when they fear their opponent's abilities to win. 

Look for the mudslingers and cross them off your list of potential candidates. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

NOVEMBER 101: WHO DO WE VOTE FOR?

If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a million times: “I’m so confused; I don’t know who to believe anymore.” Actually, when I hear those words, I am encouraged because, just a year ago, these same people were adamant in their denial, insisting that Washington was doing the right things and that the country was not headed for problems. Even as we got into the heat of the health care debate, they defiantly stood their ground, and the President’s, by insisting that we had to do something.

That they have come to the point of questioning what the truth is, is a gigantic leap forward. Granted, they are now facing the frustrating task of trying to catch up with the rest of us, to assimilate information…good information, and to reach sound conclusions.

I empathize with their frustration. When I awoke one morning to discover that the Republican Party was not the answer to everything that ails America, when I realized that, just like the Democrats, there was no limit to their level of corruption or lack of ethics, I was disillusioned and heartbroken. I rebelled, just like the Obama believers and the rest of the Democrats have rebelled. When your belief bubble bursts, just who can you trust?

So, are you just going to run around in frustration, or are you going to go ahead and have hot, sensuous sex? Why not? Jump in; this “soak and poke” hot tub has plenty of room.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a Democrat, Republican or independent; we all agree on some basic things. Our government is not listening to us. Spending is out of control and our national debt is in crisis. We need a good national health care policy, but what got shoved down our throats is not what it was represented to be and does not solve the problems. The power of the people is being usurped. Both the Democrats and the Republicans have done a damned poor job of representing us in Washington.

Yes, there are other fundamental issues that divide Republicans and Democrats, but we can agree on many things. Now, we are faced with upcoming elections in November and where do we start, how do we decide how to vote to clean this “culture of corruption” in Washington up? And, it is a culture. It has been ongoing for decades and has involved both parties.

The only way to change a culture is to shock it into reality. Right now, THEY are the ones in denial. THEY are the ones who think they are entitled to behave as they have been behaving. THEY are the ones who think they are the high potentates of our country and we are the pissants. But, our government is a government of the people and our elected representatives are supposed to be our servants.

How do we shock them into reality?

Turnout. We have to turnout in November in the masses to vote, regardless of party. And, we have to turnout every damned incumbent we can. Every House seat is up for grabs. Let’s turn them all out… every last one of them, Republican or Democrat. Let’s clean the slate and start new. Only a third of the Senate seats are up for grabs, but we can turn those guys out of office, too; I guarantee you the remaining two-thirds, faced with such results, will get the message.

So will the White House.

If we end up with the exact same numbers of Democrats and Republicans that we have in Congress right now, but every one of them is new and every one of them is a true American patriot who has the spine to stand on their principles and for what their constituents believe and to uphold our Constitution, we will have pushed one big wind of fresh air into our nation’s Capitol. We can do that.

Start now in the primaries. Let’s not wait until November. If you have a Democrat incumbent being challenged, vote for the challenger. If several people are vying for the same nomination, pick the one with the least political experience and the most business acumen. Same for the Republicans. Whatever you do, don’t return the incumbent to Washington because he or she has been infected by the “culture” bug.

When we get to November, it will be ideal if we have a new Republican facing a new Democrat so that we can make wise decisions based on who is best for the job and on our values instead of who we dislike the least. God knows that we have been faced with those decisions for many years… who we hate the most or dislike the least as a basis for our vote. What a “change” we can make if this happens!

Being successful in this means we have to get off our duffs and pay close attention to the candidates. Forget the ads; every politician running is going to either lie or omit some facts. They will make promises they know they cannot keep. What we need to see are politicians who will debate the issues on their merits instead of avoiding the issues and simply slinging mud. “I don’t care what an asshole the opponent is, I care about YOU and what your intentions are in meeting MY expectations. I’m the boss, Mr. or Ms. Candidate, and YOU are the prospective employee. Show me, tell me who you really are and spare me your opinion of your opponent, because I’m going to find those facts out for myself.”

Don’t be frustrated. Don’t be embarrassed. Don’t be intimidated. YOU are in charge here; YOU’RE the boss. And, you should be proud of yourself for admitting that you need to dig into this game and to learn the rules and the stats.  Just like football and baseball, you need to study it to be good at it. You need to get to know the players and you need to start planning now for an election-night block party.  In fact, why not have some pre-election parties?  Invite some friends over and just talk about some of the issues you have and who could best win the game for you. 

Let’s take our country back and get ourselves back into the game.  We can do it. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

HOW TO END NATIONAL DEBT

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As it is, Congress has absolutely no constraints when it comes to spending our money.  If there's not enough money to go around, they simply raise taxes or institute new taxes.  If they can't raise taxes, they print more money.  I cannot remember any occasion in the past 40 years where the government has actually reduced spending on anything.  

I propose that we freeze all government wages for the next 10 years, including Congress.  The next step is to create a bonus pool.  Out of every dollar that they decrease the federal deficit based on actual spending, (not budgeted spending), we'll take 25% or 30% and throw it into the bonus pool.  At the end of each year, we'll divide the pool up among Congress and government employees. 

Within 10 years, we can be a debt free nation.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WHAT NEXT? FOCUS ON OUR FUTURE

Here we stand at the crossroads of America, now knowing all too well that our government is in the hands of far left radical extremists who are intent on dismantling our country as we know it. There can be no doubt at this point that the many steps they have taken are the steps of a novice President or an ill-informed or inept Congress; instead, their path is deliberate, well-orchestrated and planned.

It is not that we wanted him to fail as a President, but Obama has proven himself to be a traitor to our American ideals; his thirsty quest for power is self-evident proof of his calloused disregard for our roots and our culture. It is his failure, not ours, that has quelled the dreams of those who followed him, admired him, voted for him and stood by him. Now he stands defiantly, already claiming victory and daring us to try and do something about it.

In other blunt words, those of us who love our country, its history and everything it stands for are now engaged at war with those who don’t. And, it IS a war; we can no longer pretend to ourselves that it is anything less. We are in a fight for our survival against those who mock our guns, our religion, our capitalism and our free will; they tread upon the honor of those who died defending and making America what it is.

Time is of the essence; we can no longer afford the luxury of pretending to ourselves that we are facing anything less. They are absolutely determined to achieve their goals and they have proven themselves to be a formidable enemy. I may be the Paul Revere of the 21st century but, this time it is not the British who are coming, it’s the radical left-wing Marxist Progressives, and their objective is to seize the power of self-governance and the will of freedom from the hearts and minds of the people. They are well on their way to achieving their goals.

The time has come for us to make a commitment to ourselves, to each other, and to our country that we are willing to give everything we have to the cause of winning. This means every free minute of every hour, every spare dollar in our purses and wallets, our homes, our cars, our furniture and even, if necessary, our lives… must be devoted to our cause. Surely, we would hope that we can defeat them at the polls in November soundly enough to end the war peacefully, but we must also understand that if we fail in this endeavor, things could get real ugly.

To be successful, we must turn our journalism into words of encouragement for those who are willing to get down in the trenches and into the enemy faces, to put in the hours, to raise the money, to choose and back the candidates to win in November. We must turn our voices from words of disgust and hatred for what is being done to us into positive words that will help us to achieve victory in November.

We cannot rely on the Republican Party; they are in disarray and lack of leadership. We are going to have to do the homework necessary to determine who the candidates are we will back; be they Republican, Democrat or Independent they must be patriotic to the restoration of our Constitution, the strength of our economy and the future of our liberties and freedoms. They must seek to restore the values of a just and honest society and they must be willing to listen to and abide by the will of the people.

We must stand up and, as I have said countless times, we must work elbow to elbow, shoulder to shoulder, in an endless and relentless battle to eliminate the “regime” of Progressive Marxism and Socialism from the powerful corridors of Washington. Only when the objective has been achieved and the enemy has been defeated can we return to our political two-party system. Until then, we must set those differences aside in the common and mutual interests of winning this war. We must be the unified militia of resistance.

There is much to be accomplished in a very short period of time. It appears to me that our best beginning is join with the American Tea Party and to support them in their efforts for November, because they are well down the road of this battle already and we must not waste any time; time is not on our side. We must not stray from the road back to democracy. We cannot let their rancorous words deter us from what must be done.

This is a call to action. This is a call to join the grassroots army of Americans who are already on the front lines. This is a call from our forefathers on behalf of our children. We cannot, we must not, fail. Don’t even give it a second thought; just do it. Join us. Let's walk the walk. Let’s roll!

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

HOW DO AMERICANS ANSWER THE OBAMA AGENDA?

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There are several nationally syndicated talk-show hosts and other news outlets who follow this blog.  Tune in Saturday for MY AMERICAN OPINION on how we Americans, regardless of political affiliation, can work together to win this war.  And, it is a war, let's face it.  It is a war for the survival of our basic beliefs and the foundation of American values.  

Don't miss it. 

WHITE HOUSE DISCUSSING 20% VALUE-ADDED NATIONAL SALES TAX!!!

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Paul A. Volcker, a chief economic adviser to President Obama, says that a 15-20% value-added national sales tax, in addition to the rising income taxes, proposed Cap and Trade, and state sales and income taxes, is necessary to cover the costs of the national debt and new Health Care Program.  

My fellow Americans, we need to get off of our fannies and stop all of this bullshit.  Enough is enough.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

DISCUSSING WITH LIBERALS

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Conservative: “There is no way that our economy can absorb the kind of debt that is being added by the Health Care Bill.”

Liberal: “You want everybody to die.”

Conservative: “The manner in which the bill was passed is unconstitutional.”

Liberal: “You’re a terrorist.”

Conservative: “Just because Obama wants it doesn’t make it right.”

Liberal: “You’re a racist.”

Conservative: “It does nothing to address the malpractice insurance problem.”

Liberal: “You’re worse than Astroturf.”

Conservative: “These bribes, threats and back door deals are totally unethical.”

Liberal: “Shut up and get out of the way.”

Conservative: “Polls show that the vast majority of Americans still oppose the Bill.”

Liberal: “You spat on me!”

Conservative: “The legislation violates state rights.”

Liberal: “So, cling on to your guns and religion!”

Conservative: “Thank God for the Tea Party.”

Liberal: “They're irrelevant!"

Conservative: “I like Sarah Palin.”

Liberal: “You %*TL &;)@#$ GD PIECE of S**T!”

Conservative: “Have a happy Easter.”

Liberal: “I don’t need to listen to your religious fanaticism! You can’t talk that crap in public!”

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

ATTENTION BARRY, NANCY AND HARRY: We Americans Have HAD It With Your Sick Style Of Governance

We the people… WE…THE PEOPLE… WE, THE PEOPLE! Yes, dammit….the people down at the ends of your pious, lying noses require your attention. Who are we? We’re the ones who run this country. You, despite your egotistical beliefs that YOU are the ones who run the country, are the real pissants in the American scheme of things.

Does that language and truth offend you?

Good! YOUR language, actions and lies offend US. You have proven yourselves to be traitors to the will of the people.

Although you assert otherwise, you work for us. Your Marxist diatribes, your outright lies, misinformation, disinformation and devious ways are not acceptable and will no longer be tolerated or allowed.

I repeat: We will no longer tolerate or allow your bull.  You have violated the terms of your contracts. 

Start packing your bags. Don’t worry about wrinkles. 

If you don't like the message, that's your problem, not ours.  

That’s OUR AMERICAN OPINION, with no respect intended.  You lost it. 

HEALTH CARE STENCH

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Less than two weeks after Health Care legislation was manured past public opinion, ominous details and hidden agendas are beginning to ooze out.  And the Democrats who voted for it are pretending to be surprised.  


One of the hidden provisions gives the President power to nationalize doctors and other medical professionals.  Did you know that?  Another tells states they will have to absorb additional costs and orders them to raise taxes to cover those costs or to face federal funding cuts.  That is a blatant violation of states rights.  Under this scenario, we can expect that Rahmbo is on the horn to governors and attorneys general from the states that are filing legal actions right, telling them to drop their litigation or they are going to lose highway funds and ARA grants.  And, of course, there's the outright nationalization of the student loan program without any debate or discussion in Congress. 


Then there's the disturbing fact that Stupak and the ten others who were against the bill on the basis of the paid abortion issue filed for $4.7 billion in earmark legislation the day after the health bill was passed.  Now comes news that Obama wants to open of the gulf and part of the Atlantic Coast for oil exploration; not revealed was the fact that he intends to close down some fields in Alaska.  Who would benefit from this?  Louisiana and Mary Landreau, for one.  Who would be hurt?  Alaska and Sarah Palin.  


Finally, and on the same subject, major companies and corporations are now analyzing their businesses to determine how best to deal with the enormous hits they are taking to their bottom lines as a result of the loss of tax breaks for providing insurance programs to their employees and retirees.  Will they lay off?  Will they raise prices?  Will they ship more jobs overseas?  Will they drop company health benefits altogether and force employees to far-less coverage on the government system? 


I continue to say that this legislation is the worst piece of legislation to ever be passed by any Congress in the history of this country and, since Obama knew what he was doing in the process, I believe there are grounds for impeachment here.  Those are strong words, I know.  But, we need to be made full cognizant of everything hidden in these 2,700 pages of legislation; who knows what other wonderful jewels Pelosi, Reid and Obama tucked away in there? 


That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.