Michigan Rep. Conyers Reads Playboy on DC Flight

The voters of Michigan’s 14th District have really found themselves a quality Congressman in Democrat John Conyers. A passenger sitting in the same row as Conyers on a flight to Washington, DC last summer took video of him apparently unabashedly flipping through a Playboy magazine. Way to go Michigan 14th, you’ve obviously elected a man of true character and integrity. Pelosi’s “drain the swamp” campaign apparently missed this particular gem.

Liberal Jack Cafferty: Nancy Pelosi is a "horrible woman"

Wow, you know it has to be bad when even liberals are noticing the breathtaking corruption and arrogance of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Nothing further needs to be said about the great video below the fold.

Senators Display Their Constitutional Ignorance on the Health Care Issue

Democrats have demonstrated that they have no reservations whatsoever about trampling underfoot the Constitution in their quest to implement some form of national health care system. One of the most disturbing provisions in the health care bill working through the Senate is the requirement that all Americans purchase health insurance or potentially face fines and jail time. CNSNews asked several Democratic Senators to identify the part of the Constitution that gives them the authority to make this mandate. The following were some of the responses, as reported by CNSNews:

Senator Reed (D-Rhode Island) responded as follows:

Let me see, I would have to check the specific sections, so I’ll have to get back to you on the specific section. But it is not unusual that the Congress has required individuals to do things, like sign up for the draft and do many other things too, which I don’t think are explicitly contained [in the Constitution]. It gives Congress a right to raise an army, but it doesn’t say you can take people and draft them. But since that was something necessary for the functioning of the government over the past several years, the practice on the books, it’s been recognized, the authority to do that. 

Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas) apparently believes that “Congress has the authority to force individual Americans to buy health insurance because the U.S. Constitution ‘charges Congress with the health and well-being of the people.’”

Senator Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) deferred to the lawyers when questioned:

“Well, we’re very lucky as members of the Senate to have constitutional lawyers on our staff, so I’ll let them answer that.” 

“But what I will say is that most certainly it is within Congress’ jurisdiction to come up with a way to have a health insurance funded with shared responsibility, is the way I like to, you know–government has a responsibility, individuals have a responsibility and business has a responsibility.”

The scariest thing about this is that it doesn’t seem to have ever occurred to these Senators to question whether they have the constitutional authority to mandate purchasing health insurance. We are truly in trouble if constitutionality is the farthest thing in the minds of our congressional leadership when deliberating legislation. The truth is that Congress has no right or authority whatsoever to require that we purchase health insurance. The proper role of government, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, is to secure our unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property (rendered “pursuit of happiness” in the Declaration). Instead of securing our rights, this mandate plunders and violates them. If we aren’t allowed the liberty to make financial and health decisions on our own without government interference, how can we possibly say we are free? The proper role of government is to protect and defend our unalienable rights, not attempt to be our caretaker.

If there is one good thing to result from the liberal takeover of our federal government a year ago, it’s that Americans can now see what liberal governance looks like. I believe that the more the radical, left wing leadership in Congress and the White House push authoritarian, nanny-state policies, the more they seal their fate in the 2010 elections.

Democrats Accuse Joe Wilson of Being Motivated by Racism

Talk radio host Mark Levin has said that liberals are obsessed with two things: sex and race. I couldn’t agree more. Liberals are always obsessing about sex, whether it is pushing the limits of decency in public and the media, agitating for more sex education at younger ages, or conjuring up new rights based on sexual behaviors and preferences. The other liberal obsession, race, reared it’s ugly and well-worn head once again today thanks in part to the perennially ridiculous Jimmy Carter, who claimed that “racial politics played a role in South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s speech to Congress last week and in some of the opposition the president has faced since taking office”. Carter commented as follows to NBC News:

“I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he’s African-American . . . I live in the South, and I’ve seen the South come a long way, and I’ve seen the rest of the country that shares the South’s attitude toward minority groups at that time, particularly African-Americans.”

“That racism inclination still exists, and I think it’s bubbled up to the surface because of belief among many white people — not just in the South but around the country — that African-Americans are not qualified to lead this great country. It’s an abominable circumstance, and it grieves me and concerns me very deeply.”

Carter continued with the following:

“I think it’s based on racism. There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president . . . The president is not only the head of government, he is the head of state. And no matter who he is or how much we disagree with his policies, the president should be treated with respect.” 

As disgraceful as these comments are, even more ridiculous were comments made by Representative Hank Johnson, a Democrat from Georgia, regarding Rep. Joe Wilson. The following is from FOX News:

Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst last week drew new recriminations from his colleagues Tuesday, with a member of the Congressional Black Caucus suggesting that a failure to rebuke the South Carolina Republican would be tantamount to supporting the most blatant form of organized racism in American history. 

Making an obvious reference to the Ku Klux Klan, Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., said Tuesday that people will be putting on “white hoods and white uniforms again and riding through the countryside” if emerging racist attitudes, which he says were subtly supported by Wilson, are not rebuked. He said Wilson must be disciplined as an example.

Liberals absolutely cannot let the issue of race go. Will there ever come a day when the scourge of slavery and institutionalized discrimination will be buried forever, never to be dredged up? Or is the charge of racism just far too tempting a way for liberals to demonize their opponents? The comments by Carter and Rep. Johnson are absolutely disgraceful and inexcusable. We will never be free from the legacy of racism as long we tolerate irresponsible race-baiters that continue to saddle our society with guilt for the sins of the past.

Senator Barbara Boxer Gets Taken Down a Few Notches

How the heck did Barbara Boxer get elected to the US Senate anyway? Even the San Francisco liberals who overwhelmingly voted for her have to be embarrassed by her latest gaffe. In a recent hearing in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Boxer plays the racial politics game and elicits a strong response from Harry C. Alford, the head of the Black Chamber of Commerce. Alford apparently expect to testify about the specifics of energy policy, yet Boxer apparently was only interested in getting him to fall in line with other black groups like the NAACP. Check out the video below, and feel free to cheer out loud at how Alford brings Boxer down a few notches.

If there is one thing worth noting about Boxer, it’s that she is incredibly arrogant. Check out how she handled this exchange with a General in the US military:

Amazing, isn’t it? Maybe Boxer should consider how hard the General worked to get where he is instead of talking to him as if he’s a bratty teenager. In the military, addressing a woman as “ma’am” is a sign of respect. Boxer is wrong to take offense to it and even more wrong to publicly chastise him for it.

Representative Randy Forbes on Our Judeo-Christian Heritage

Representative Randy Forbes, a Republican from Virginia, recently made some great comments on the floor of the House of Representatives regarding the Judeo-Christian heritage of our nation. See the video below the fold.