Representative Steve King on default: Obama could be impeached

Via Blue's Blog

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Monday that President Barack Obama “would be impeached” if the nation falls into default.

“STOP talking about default,” he wrote on Twitter. “The 1st dime of each $1 of revenue services debt. Obama would be impeached if he blocked debt payments. C C & B!”

King is among the House Republicans who voted for the so-called “Cut, Cap and Balance” plan that would introduce a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget. The Senate last week dismissed the House bill.

King isn’t the first Republican to suggest that Obama should be impeached over the debt crisis.

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No Debt Ceiling Increase: Balance the Budget Now!

After weeks of intense negotiations and political maneuvering, President Obama and congressional leaders still don't have a debt ceiling increase deal. However, even the supposedly most conservative, most fiscally responsible plan, "Cut, Cap, and Balance," is not acceptable to strict constitutionalists, such as Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and The John Birch Society.

Click on the video of Ron Paul's excellent "Floor Speech on Debt Ceiling, July 19, 2011" at the left to learn more.

(Previously posted: Ron Paul, at his best, on the Debt Ceiling )

If you agree that Congress should vote against increasing the debt ceiling and begin taking steps immediately to balance the federal budget by cutting out unconstitutional agencies and programs to reduce federal spending drastically, contact your Representative and Senators and give them this message:

No Debt Ceiling Increase: Balance the Budget Now!

Thanks,

Your friends at The John Birch Society

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Gunwalker: Newell = "A blatant lie"

Via Sipsey Street Irregulars

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The public first learned about Fast and Furious in late January 2011 when U.S. Attorney Burke called a news conference in Phoenix to announce a 53-count indictment involving 20 suspects. The indictment alleged that from September 2009 to December 2010, the suspects bought hundreds of firearms to be illegally exported to Mexico.

To Newell, who was also at the news conference, Fast and Furious was a “phenomenal case,” the largest-ever Mexican gun trafficking investigation, a direct answer to the call to stem the flow of firearms south of the border.

A local reporter asked Newell about the rumors that ATF agents had purposely allowed firearms to enter Mexico.

“Hell, no!” he answered. Newell said that they could not follow everyone and that sometimes suspects would elude agents, which could result in guns getting into Mexico.

Peter Forcelli, an ATF group supervisor in the Phoenix office, watched the news conference on television. “I was appalled,” he later testified to Congress. “Because it was a blatant lie."

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NASCAR Pastor Prayer :)

Via The Bonnie Blue Blog

Lovefield

Via Cousin Colby

The best short film I've ever seen. (5 minutes)

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Lovefield combines elements of horror, suspense and drama to create a story that takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions.

Nullification: An Early Argument

Do the states have the power, or indeed the obligation, to nullify federal laws, if those laws are unconstitutional. We won’t presume to answer that question here. However, we will examine some of the arguments raised during the Nullification Crisis of 1832.

Some background is probably in order.

The debate centered around President Andrew Jackson’s Tariff of 1832. The South, and South Carolina in particular, saw this tariff as a nothing less than a means of transferring wealth to the northern states at the expense of the southern states. The tariff ensured that the prices for northern finished goods would remain artificially high by protecting them from foreign competition. At the same time, raw cotton enjoyed no such protection, and was sold at market value.

Interestingly enough, the debate pitted the Vice President, John C. Calhoun, against President Jackson, as the leaders of the opposing sides. Calhoun resigned as Vice President to take up his argument in the Senate, where South Carolina returned him.

Calhoun championed the notion of states’ rights and maintained that the unconstitutional federal laws could and should be “nullified” by the states as a legitimate means of defending not only their rights, but also in protection of the Constitution itself and the people. In support of his argument, Calhoun referenced the work of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, which pertained to the obligation of the states to ignore the odious Alien and Sedition Acts, enacted during the Federalist administration of John Adams. The salient portion:

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Nullification: An Early Argument

None To Lend Nor Give Away

Published in 1951, the writer’s assertion that Congress has no authority to "lend money or to give it away" is just as important to remember today as it was 60 years ago. James Madison's warning of paper barriers was echoed by another American president, Jefferson Davis, who wrote in 1881: "Of what value then are paper constitutions and oaths binding officers to their preservation, if there is not intelligence enough in the people to discern the violations, and virtue enough to resist the violators?"

Bernhard Thuersam, Chairman
North Carolina War Between the States Sesquicentennial Commission
www.ncwbts150.com
"The Official Website of the North Carolina WBTS Sesquicentennial"
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None To Lend Nor Give Away:

"The Constitution gives power to Congress (1) "to coin money" and (2) "to borrow on the credit of the United States"---but not to lend money, or to give it away, either at home or abroad. What is expressed in a Constitution is equivalent to a prohibition of what is not expressed. The powers over money mentioned are the only ones that the Constitutional Convention brought in from the world of inherent powers and fixed in the Fundamental Law.

Those specifications reject the theory of unlimited powers exercised by European monarchs in 1787. Not long before that, Louis XIV had kept Europe embroiled in wars by loans or grants of money to belligerent rulers. Did the Constitutional Convention, at least one member of which was born in his reign, intend to give that power to Congress? It did not say so. The power was therefore withheld by the people from their servants.

The United States is now, without authority---under a denial of authority---lending or granting money to Europe, and to the rest of the world. Postwar programs, 22 in number, for aiding foreign nations, in addition to the military aid program, have piled on top of the costs (330 billion) of (World) War II $30,757,000,000, according to Senator Byrd of Virginia, speaking in September 1949. Thus, the limitations of the Constitution become what Madison gave warning of---"paper barriers."

(Undermining the Constitution: A History of Lawless Government, Thomas James Norton, Devin-Adair Company, 1951, page 22)
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None To Lend Nor Give Away

Where's The Kaboom?

The Market Ticker
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We were promised an earth-shattering Kaboom by Timmy Geithner if he didn't get his deal by Monday.

Well, where is it? Hmmm.... I wonder if that "tanks in the streets" threat was as good as Hanky Paulson's, which of course Congress got conned by.

Inquiring minds want to know, and we'll explore it today with Tickerguy on Blogtalk.

http://blogtalkradio.com/marketticker at 3:30 Central today!

Breivik targeted next generation immigration proponents

I thought somewhat similar as soon as it was identified as a socialist camp.
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First of all, what happened in Norway is horrible. And my sympathies and prayers go out to the families of the victims.

Second, I’d like to address the media’s reporting of this unfortunate incident.

Apparently, Breivik didn’t just randomly target Norwegian teenagers on an island, as was first reported by the American media, but deliberately targeted the youth camp on Utoya island. These teenagers and 20-somethings were the elite of Norway’s ruling left-wing party, whereby Breivik attempted to “wipe out” the next generation of Labor politicians, whom he blamed for mass immigration.

- It seems that the NY Times and others are attacking the Norwegian blogger Fjordman, who writes in English and is extremely popular throughout Europe. It seems that Breivik quotes Fjordman extensively in his manifesto, although Fjordman has never advocated violence. Fjordman is quite saddened by the recent incident, but says that bloggers should remain committed to the truth. He writes:

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Federal Government Encourages Employers to Hire Foreign Grads

The math is pretty clear. Given the potential savings for employers, new foreign grads are also worth more than American veterans.

Read the rest of what should be a fairy tale.