Use religious freedoms to challenge Obamacare

OBAMA IS PREPARING TO SHOVE SOCIALIZED MEDICINE DOWN OUR THROATS. AND
IN ORDER TO DO SO, HE’S DECIDED TO BLOW UP THE U.S. SENATE. HE
ANNOUNCED THAT RATHER THAN FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE U.S. SENATE, WHICH
REQUIRE 60 VOTES TO END DEBATE ON ANY ISSUE, THE DEMONCATS WILL USE THE
WILL USE A METHOD CALLED “RECONCILIATION” TO PASS THE BILL WITH ONLY 51
SENATE VOTES. OBAMA HAS DECIDED TO USE THE NUCLEAR OPTION TO FORCE HIS
WILL ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. NOW YOU KNOW THAT THE DEMONCATS ATTACKED
THIS SAME METHOD WHEN THEY THOUGHT THE REPUBLICANS WERE GOING TO USE IT
IN 2005. BUT THAT DOESN’T MATTER TO THEM CAUSE THEY’RE IN POWER NOW.

ON TOP OF THAT HE’S GOING TO MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DON’T NEED HEALTH
INSURANCE PAY TO SUPPORT ILLEGAL ALIEN WHO DON’T PAY FOR HEALTHCARE AT
ALL. MAYBE YOU DON’T KNOW THIS, BUT MAKING INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS BUY
HEALTH INSURANCE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IT’S TRUE THAT ARTICLE I, SECTION 8
OF THE CONSITUTION GIVES CONGRESS THE POWER TO REGULATE INTERSTATE
COMMERCE. BUT IN ORDER FOR THIS TO APPLY, CONGRESS MUST BE REGULATING
SOME KIND OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. BUT A HEALTH-CARE MANDATE DOESN’T
REGULATE ANY SORT OF “ACTIVITY.” JUST BEING AN AMERICAN WOULD TRIGGER
IT.

THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME THAT BIG GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED TO FORCE
NONSENSICAL AND DRACONIAN REGULATION ON THE AMERICA PEOPLE. THIS WAS
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT’S APPROACH IN THE 1930W UNDER HIS SOCIALIST “NEW
DEAL” PROGRAM. BUT HIS DICTATORIAL SCHEMES CAME INTO CONFLICT WITH FOUR
JEWISH BROTHERS IN NEW YORK, THE SCHECHTER BROTHERS WHO RAN 2 KOSHER
BUTCHER SHOPS IN BROOKLYN.

ROOSEVELT CREATED THE NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION (NRA) DURING
THE DEPRESSION TO SOCIALIZE AMERICA. IT DREW UP ALL KINDS OF DETAILED
CODES FOR INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES, TELLING HOW FIRMS HAD TO DO THEIR
BUSINESS. THE SCHECHTER BROTHERS, THE KOSHER BUTCHERS FROM BROOKLYN,
FELL UNDER RULES WHICH SAID CUSTOMERS COULD BUY A WHOLE OR HALF COOP OF
CHICKENS, BUT COULDN’T MAKE A SELECTION OF PARTICULAR BIRDS. THIS WAS IN
CONFLICT WITH JEWISH KOSHER LAWS, WHICH REQUIRED THE REMOVAL OF
UNHEALTHY ANIMALS FROM THE STOCK. IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THEIR RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM. BUT THE COURTS FOUND THE SCHECHTER BROTHERS GUILTY OF ALLOWING
THEIR CUSTOMERS TO BUY INDIVIDUAL CHICKENS INSTEAD OF WHOLE COOPS AND
THEY ALL SERVED JAIL TIME.

BUT ON APPEAL, THE CASE MADE IT TO THE SUPREME COURT, WHERE THEY
FOUND IN FAVOR OF THE SCHECHTER BROTHERS BY A UNANIMOUS DECISION. THE
COURT HELD THAT FDR’S REGULATIONS WERE IN EXCESS OF CONGRESSIONAL POWER
UNDER THE COMMERCE CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND INVALIDATED THEM.
SPEAKING TO AIDES OF ROOSEVELT, JUSTICE LOUIS BRANDEIS REMARKED THAT,
“THIS IS THE END OF THIS BUSINESS OF CENTRALIZATION, AND I WANT YOU TO
GO BACK AND TELL THE PRESIDENT THAT WE’RE NOT GOING TO LET THIS
GOVERNMENT CENTRALIZE EVERYTHING.” THE SAME MESSAGE SHOULD BE SENT TO
OBAMA.

IT’S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT IN THE CASE OF THE SCHECHTER BROTHERS,
GOVERNMENT REGULATION CAME INTO CONFLICT WITH JEWISH DIETARY LAWS. IF
THEIR LAWYERS HAD TAKEN ANOTHER TACT, THEY PROBABLY COULD HAVE WON ON
THE BASIS THAT THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WAS BEING VIOLATED. BUT THIS TIME
AROUND, OBAMA THE DICTATOR HAS MADE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS FOR HEALTHCARE
INSURANCE. THE AMISH WON’T BE REQUIRED TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE.
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS WON’T BE REQUIRED TO BUY IT, AS MODERN MEDICAL CARE
VIOLATES THEIR RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS.

SO HERE’S MY SUGGESTION: IF THEY CAN MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR THESE
RELIGIOUS GROUPS, LET’S FIND OTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS THAT THEY’LL HAVE TO
FIND EXCEPTIONS FOR UNTIL THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE EXEMPTED FROM THE
SYSTEM, THAT THEY WON’T POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT. LET’S THINK
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES:

• WILL RELIGIOUS JEWS BE FORCED TO PAY FOR MEDICAL CARE ON SATURDAY,
  THE JEWISH SABBATH, ON WHICH THEY’RE NOT ALLOWED TO RECEIVE MEDICAL
  CARE?
• WILL OBAMA CARE PAY FOR RELIGIOUS CIRCUMCISION IN JEWISH FAMILIES?
• DEVOUT MUSLIMS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF ALCOHOL?
  DOES THIS MEAN THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN OBAMA CARE
  PROGRAM WHICH COVERS ALCOHOL SWABS?
• THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. WHAT OTHER RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS DO
  YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE TO AVOID OBAMA’S SOCIALIZED MEDICINE
  PLAN?

AMERICA MUST ACT QUICKLY ON THIS, BECAUSE OBAMA IS SHOVING THIS
THROUGH THE SENATE AS WE SPEAK. OBAMA’S NUCLEAR OPTION FLIES IN THE FACE
OF OVER 200 YEARS OF SENATE TRADITION. REQUIRING ONLY 51 VOTES INSTEAD
OF 60 FLIES IN THE FACE OF THE INTENT OF THE CONSTITUTION. WHEN THE
FOUNDERS DESIGNED THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT, THEY MADE
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE BODY THAT WAS MEANT TO BE DIRECTLY AND
IMMEDIATELY RESPONSIVE TO THE VOTERS. THAT’S WHY THEY HAVE SHORT,
TWO-YEAR TERMS. THAT’S WHY THEY REPRESENT SMALL DISTRICTS AND HAVE A
MORE DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO THE VOTERS.

THE SENATE ON THE OTHER HAND WAS DESIGNED TO BE A MODERATING
INFLUENCE ON THE PASSIONS OF THE ELECTORATE. THAT’S WHY THEY HAVE SIX
YEAR TERMS, LONGER THAN THAT OF THE PRESIDENT, SO THEY COULD WEATHER THE
STORMS OF A POPULACE STIRRED UP BY A POTENTIAL DICTATOR. THAT’S WHY
THEY REPRESENT ENTIRE STATES INSTEAD OF JUST DISTRICTS. UNTIL THE EARLY
20TH CENTURY, SENATORS WEREN’T EVEN ELECTED DIRECTLY BY THE VOTERS.

EVEN GEORGE WASHINGTON UNDERSTOOD THAT THE SENATE WAS MEANT TO ACT AS
A BULWARK AGAINST THE ACTIONS OF THOSE WHO WOULD TRY TO QUICKLY IMPOSE
THEIR WILL ON THE NATION. IN A LEGENDARY CONVERSATION, THOMAS JEFFERSON
HAD RETURNED FROM FRANCE AND WAS BREAKFASTING WITH WASHINGTON AS THE
CONSTITUTION WAS BEING CREATED. JEFFERSON ASKED WASHINGTON WHY HE AGREED
TO HAVE A SENATE. “WHY,” SAID WASHINGTON, “DID YOU JUST NOW POUR THAT
COFFEE INTO YOUR CUP BEFORE DRINKING IT?” “TO COOL IT,” SAID JEFFERSON;
“MY THROAT IS NOT MADE OF BRASS.” “EVEN SO,” SAID WASHINGTON, “WE POUR
OUR LEGISLATION INTO THE SENATORIAL CUP TO COOL IT.”

THAT IS WHAT THE U.S. SENATE WAS DESIGNED TO DO – STOP BABY DICTATORS
LIKE OBAMA FROM RUNNING TOO HOT AND PUSHING THROUGH THEIR RADICAL
AGENDAS BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES HAD A CHANCE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT OBAMA HAS DECIDED TO BLOW UP OVER 200
YEARS OF SENATE TRADITION, BLOW UP THE INTENT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND
THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND BLOW UP THE ESSENCE OF THE CONSTITUTION IN ORDER
TO PASS SOCIALIZED MEDICINE WITH THE NUCLEAR OPTION.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COULD BE MORE THAN JUST A DEFEAT FOR
CONSERVATIVES OR REPUBLICANS. IF OBAMA SUCCEEDS IN DROPPING HIS BOMB,
IT WILL DESTROY THE VERY CORE OF THE CONSTITUTION. IT’S AN ATTACK
AGAINST EVERYTHING GUARANTEED BY THE BILL OF RIGHTS, EVEN THOSE
CHERISHED BY LIBERALS. BECAUSE IF OBAMA CAN DESTROY ONE PART OF THE
CONSTITUTION, HE CAN DESTROY ANY PART OF IT. AND DON’T THINK FOR A
MINUTE THAT SOCIALIZED MEDICINE WILL BE THE LAST STOP ON THE TRAIN BOUND
FOR PERDITION. © 2010 SPI

FROM CHICKENS TO CHICKEN LITTLE – PART 1

OBAMA IS CLAIMING THAT THE SKY IS FALLING. WE’RE IN A HEALTHCARE
CRISIS, HE SAYS. AND SO AS A RESULT, HE’S GOING TO TRY TO MAKE YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO DON’T NEED HEALTH INSURANCE PAY TO SUPPORT ILLEGAL ALIEN WHO
DON’T PAY FOR HEALTHCARE AT ALL. AND IF THEY DON’T BUY HEALTH INSURANCE
THEY’LL BE FORCED TO PAY AN “EXCISE TAX” OF $1,500 A YEAR. WHAT HE WON’T
TELL YOU IS THAT MAKING HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS PAY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
PREMIUMS IS THE ONLY WAY TO FUND SOCIALIZED MEDICINE WITHOUT A HUGE
INCREASE IN TAXES.

NOW TO BEGIN WITH, MAKING INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS BUY HEALTH INSURANCE
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. NOW IT’S TRUE THAT ARTICLE I, SECTION 8 OF THE
CONSTITUTION GIVES CONGRESS THE POWER TO REGULATE INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
BUT THE SUPREME COURT HAS ESTABLISHED THAT IN ORDER FOR THIS TO APPLY,
CONGRESS MUST BE REGULATING SOME KIND OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. BUT A
HEALTH-CARE MANDATE DOESN’T REGULATE ANY SORT OF “ACTIVITY.” JUST BEING
AN AMERICAN WOULD TRIGGER IT.

THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME THAT BIG GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED TO FORCE
NONSENSICAL AND DRACONIAN REGULATION ON THE AMERICA PEOPLE. THIS WAS
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT’S APPROACH AS WELL. BUT HIS DICTATORIAL SCHEMES CAME
INTO CONFLICT WITH THE FOUR JEWISH BROTHERS IN NEW YORK, THE SCHECHTER
BROTHERS WHO RAN 2 KOSHER BUTCHER SHOPS IN BROOKLYN.

FROM CHICKENS TO CHICKEN LITTLE – PART 2

FDR THOUGHT TOO MUCH COMPETITION WAS KEEPING PRICES TOO LOW AND
DRAGGING THE ECONOMY DOWN. SO HE CREATED THE NATIONAL RECOVERY
ADMINISTRATION. THE NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION WAS PART OF
ROOSEVELT’S NEW DEAL PROGRAM TO SOCIALIZE AMERICA. IT DREW UP ALL KINDS
OF DETAILED CODES FOR INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES, TELLING HOW FIRMS HAD TO DO
THEIR BUSINESS. THE SCHECHTER BROTHERS FELL UNDER RULES WHICH SAID
CUSTOMERS COULD BUY A WHOLE OR HALF COOP OF CHICKENS, BUT COULDN’T MAKE A
SELECTION OF PARTICULAR BIRDS. THIS WAS IN CONFLICT WITH JEWISH KOSHER
LAWS, WHICH REQUIRED THE REMOVAL OF UNHEALTHY ANIMALS FROM THE STOCK.
THE COURTS FOUND THE SCHECHTER BROTHERS GUILTY OF ALLOWING THEIR
CUSTOMERS TO BUY INDIVIDUAL CHICKENS INSTEAD OF WHOLE COOPS AND THEY ALL
SERVED JAIL TIME.

BUT ON APPEAL, THE CASE MADE IT TO THE SUPREME COURT, WHERE THEY
FOUND IN FAVOR OF THE SCHECHTER BROTHERS BY A UNANIMOUS DECISION. THE
COURT HELD THAT FDR’S REGULATIONS WERE IN EXCESS OF CONGRESSIONAL POWER
UNDER THE COMMERCE CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND INVALIDATED THEM.
SPEAKING TO AIDES OF ROOSEVELT, JUSTICE LOUIS BRANDEIS REMARKED THAT,
“THIS IS THE END OF THIS BUSINESS OF CENTRALIZATION, AND I WANT YOU TO
GO BACK AND TELL THE PRESIDENT THAT WE’RE NOT GOING TO LET THIS
GOVERNMENT CENTRALIZE EVERYTHING.” THE SAME MESSAGE SHOULD BE SENT TO
OBAMA.

IT’S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT IN THE CASE OF THE SCHECHTER BROTHERS,
GOVERNMENT REGULATION CAME INTO CONFLICT WITH JEWISH DIETARY LAWS. IF
THEIR LAWYERS HAD TAKEN ANOTHER TACT, THEY PROBABLY COULD HAVE WON ON
THE BASIS THAT THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WAS BEING VIOLATED. AND COULDN’T
THE SAME ARGUMENT BE MADE TODAY FOR PEOPLE OF RELIGIOUS CONVICTION WHO
ARE REQUIRED TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE? IF A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST WHO
REFUSES ALL MODERN HEALTHCARE IS FORCED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO BUY
HEALTHCARE, ISN’T THAT VIOLATING THEIR FREEDOM OF RELIGION?