Topic: President Obama’s Immigration Power Grab
November
20, 2014
Today we get to see two radically different views of how
government should operate in action. On
the one hand we have Congress which has been elected to represent us in making
decisions and carrying forth our republic.
On the other hand we have President Obama and his supporters that are
absolutely sure they know what is best for you, me, and our nation. They are willing to take action unilaterally
to force their ideas on us by circumventing the senators and representatives
that we elected to make those decisions.
Their methods include changing the rules in the senate if necessary to
get their way.
This is the stark difference in views of government. Is government instituted by God as stated in
the Declaration of Independence with our rights coming from him with citizens
being held responsible for their actions towards each other and towards their
governments or is government instituted by men who give whatever rights they
want to the citizens? Are decisions to
be made by the masses through their elected representatives or by a few who
“know what is best for the masses” since the masses are obviously stupid and
don’t understand what needs to be done to keep them “safe” and protected from
every consequence that can be envisioned in this world? The real questions becomes: “Are the citizens
of the United States paying enough attention to know what is going on as power
is concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer people with more and more laws
and regulations passed that will eventually make all of us criminals?”
Those who would concentrate power in the hands of a few –
whether the few are educated or not – would have a nation where the few rule
such as England before wars were waged to reduce the power of the king or that
of dictators in other nations. In these
nations the few control the law and its application while the average citizen
is powerless to make any change to the government.
The founders of our nation – mostly common folks or locally
prominent members of society met and decided that we needed a nation that
recognized God as the granter of our rights rather than the government. This government was to make decisions based
on the will of the majority of citizens who elected representatives to
congress. This process was expected to
be slow and cumbersome because important actions would need to be debated and a
consensus developed through discussion and compromise. The rules were set such that the minority
could not be run over in the majority’s rush to impose their views on the
minority. Mr. Reid, Mrs. Pelosi, Mr.
Obama and ilk have lied to the American people (you can keep your coverage,
doctor, “We have relied heavily on his ideas” but “I don’t know who he [Jonathan
Gruber] is” and “we borrowed extensively from Dr. Gruber in crafting Obamacare”,
etc.), modified the rules to avoid the very safe guards our forefathers
developed to protect the citizens of this nation. The rules were designed to safeguard us so
the majority couldn’t impose their will on the minority or take unilateral
actions to impose their will on the rest of the nation without debate (i.e. executive
orders).
The founding fathers of our nation envisioned a nation where
important decisions were discussed, debated and decided over a time period that
was long enough for the nation to come to some type of agreement on the question/problem
prior to action being taken. The most
decisive issues of today were decided either by one party ramming legislation
through (Obamacare) or by Supreme Court action (abortion). If these decisions had been made through
bi-partisan action over a period time long enough for the nation to come to
grips with the decisions we could have moved on with less animosity and
anger. It is when one party (whether
Republicans, Democrats, the President, or the courts) tries to impose its will
on those that disagree through manipulation or force that the American people
become divided and begin to shout at one another. Obviously there are those in every decision
that are disappointed and may not agree with the outcome but they are fewer in
number and less bitter than if the “majority” imposes their will on the “minority”
without sufficient debate and discussion.
Our founding fathers knew what happens when the few reign
over the many and set up a government to limit the potential for that to
happen. In the last 6 years we have seen
our government make significant movement towards a government where the few
have, through manipulation of rules or unilateral actions, imposed what they
have “decided” is best on the citizens of America regardless of the desires of
the majority of Americans.
Mr. Obama, Mr. Reid, and Mrs. Pelosi have attempted to impose
the will of the few on the citizens of this nation and it has not been received
much better that King George’s tax on tea.
It is time for Mr. Obama and his sidekicks (Pelosi and Reid) to review
the founding of America and understand again (or for the first time) why this
nation was founded and that their attempts at unilateral action are in direct
opposition to the very fundamental beliefs of those that founded this
nation. I strongly believe that this
nation is better when Congress and the President remember they are representing
all of the people of this nation (the minority and the majority) and take
actions based on what the people want rather than what the far left (or right)
members of their parties demand. This
nation was founded by compromise and debate and it has served us well for 200+
years. The actions of the few (whether
that’s Democrats, Republicans, the Supreme Court or the President) to seize
power should not be tolerated nor supported by any of the citizens of this
nation. The process of government set up
by our founding fathers should not be bypassed for political expedience by any
citizen, member of Congress, judge, political party or president.
