We the People
created and live in a society of a growing majority who:
- Insist that citizens do not have the right to bear arms and defend themselves against violent criminals and persons with lethal intent; yet blames firearm ownership of instigating the type of mentally unbalanced person or persons who commit crimes like in Aurora, Colorado and Newton, Connecticut – and other recent similar incidents. They believe that only law enforcement (and military) should own certain weapons they designate, when in fact that law enforcement officers usually show up after the dirty deed is committed, and criminals in our courts receive better treatment than victims and their families.
- Christian owned companies, like Hobby Lobby and Mardel religious books are being forced by the federal government to provide health care that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency contraception pills. Our society has allowed the election of politicians who appoint judges and justices who do not uphold the Constitution and its amendments, in this case, specifically, the First Amendment religious rights to exercise beliefs and doctrine of religions. The Supreme Court ruled on December 28th in the Hobby Lobby and sister-company Mardel that they must provide employees with access to copay-free contraception as part of its health-care plan. Hobby Lobby is willing to pay a million dollars a day in defiance by declaring civil disobedience for religious liberty. As represented by the majority vote to keep President Obama in office, along with his political colleagues, who suppress rights of many for the rights of a few – disregard constitutional law in just mandating such laws, and have transgressed against their oaths of office in both the Supreme Court, the executive branch (president) and the legislative branch (Congress). The people by majority of vote in election 2012 have agreed to this unconstitutional policy and behavior of this administration and this Congress.
- On December 28th,
Justice Sonia
Sotomayor, who was condemned for being an activist and prejudice
towards matters concerning Hispanic
radical organizations and not conforming to constitutional law, denied
the Hobby Lobby and Mardel religious book company a
request for an injunction while their lawsuit is pending. She stated that the
stores failed to satisfy the demanding legal standard for blocking the
requirement on an emergency basis – despite the mandate obviously being
unconstitutional and against the First
Amendment. Sotomayor stated that the companies may still challenge the
regulations in the lower courts. US District Judge Joe
Heaton stated that churches and other religious organizations have
been granted constitutional protection from birth-control provisions but
that Hobby Lobby and Mardel are not religious
organizations” – despite being owned by Christians who are exercising
their religious beliefs. Judge Heaton’s ruling claims that individuals are
not authorized exercising religious beliefs, only religious organizations.
The First Amendment disagrees. Individuals own Hobby Lobby and similar
businesses, and it is their right not to conform to unconstitutional
mandates. Government controlled health care in itself is unconstitutional.
The majority, according to Election 2012, agrees that increasing taxes on the wealthy, now approaching 50%, is the solution for diminishing the national debt, when it is reckless SPENDING that has caused it. The majority of our society now believe after years of rhetoric from the Democrat Party and socialist organizations that the wealthy must pay for their income distribution policies and programs. On the percentage basis of the tax system the wealthy automatically pay more in dollars, however, if the issue is about how much the wealthy pay, then it is time to get rid of deductions within the income tax system – not have a progressive tax or increase taxes upon a portion of Americans who make a definitive amount yearly. An example of wasting tax payer dollars, in recent news, CNS News reported that the Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, has announced a $2.2 million grant to be used in strengthening budding labor unions in Haiti and Peru. …
The taxpayer money will fund projects organized by the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center, which aims to build a global labor union movement.
This is all part of the globalization movement that Bush and
now Obama are pushing for. In recent news, it was announced that the United
States will continue to contribute one-fifth of the United Nation’s regular
budget, approved by the assembly without a member recorded vote. That comes to $5.4
billion in the next two years to an organization whose agenda is to
become the world government body by members who are not elected by any people
of any nation and counters the Constitution of the US and its amendments.
American society approves of this behavior and agenda for the state so by whom
they elect for president and members of Congress. In turn, judges and justices
are appointed that will lean toward political philosophies and the policies of
the present administration rather than based upon what the US Constitution
actually states. In addition, certain judges and justices are coming out in the
open and denouncing the Constitution they swore to uphold and protect when
taking their oath of office, like Justice
Ginsberg when interviewed by Egyptian TV.
Solis stated that the taxpayers’ money:
…grant will help organizations in Haiti and Peru engage in productive, effective negotiations and employers on behalf of vulnerable workers.
This issue is not just representative of a government that
uses taxpayer funds for foreign matters and benefit of other nations, but also
demonstrates the bankrupt policies of the foreign affairs of the United States
in which it interferes with internal affairs of other nations. Our government knowing that there is a self-induced "Fiscal Cliff" looming over our heads, spends taxpayer dollars for the plight of citizens of other nations, while unemployment remains an unacceptable level and cost-of-living is pushing US back into a Recession. The United
States government has contributed 22% of the total regular budget every year to
the United Nations since 2000. It is no wonder our national debt is so high. Just
like citizens and parents within our society should be exercising themselves as
role models, that is what we should be doing nationally and internationally. A
role model does not have to interfere with internal affairs of other nations
nor economically support it using taxpayer dollars. Technically, our government
is expanding its income and wealth redistribution policies to other nations –
with our tax money. This is nothing new with government and here is another
example of wasting taxpayer dollars – and this is only ONE department out of
many: Labor Department awarded $35 million
to address child labor in seven countries in Africa, Latin America, and
Indonesia. All are methods and agendas to expand US labor unions worldwide – a private
entity that government has no business mandating policies and legislation for,
much less taxpayer funding. American society allows this because of who they
choose to elect to operate OUR government.
- The decline of the
American family has greatly caused the decline of American society, and in
turn, advocates or produces candidates for public office who have reduced
family values and civic-moral obligations towards the Constitution of the
United States. It is proportionate to the rate of illegitimacy, which in
turn government promotes mass infanticide in its abortion program, divorce,
and unmarried couple households that do not adhere to the principles
of responsible parenthood as well as producing generations of those who
know nothing but a dysfunctional family environment and no responsible
role model to follow. A weak family unit will cause the decline in
established traditions and social conduct, weakening society and, in turn,
weakening the nation as a unified people. In addition, the poverty level
illustrates the decline of the family and increase in single-parent
families facing financial difficulties in an economic environment caused
by a government that has gone beyond constitutional limits established and
have promoted, through social programs and social engineering programs,
failing in their social experimentation. With poverty, crime increases.
Families that stay together, linking
marriage and a two-parent family nucleus is more healthy than divorced
and single-parent households. A study by the Columbia University shows
that single-parent households have a higher fatality rate than traditional
two-parent households. Laws through intrusive legislation has created an
atmosphere or attitude toward marriage in general as negative, and
promoting divorce as primary solutions to marital issues. Problems
of child abuse happen more frequently in single-parent households than
the traditional married two-parent household. Step-parent abuse is also
more frequent than traditional family nucleus in studies
within the United States as well as Canada and the United Kingdom. The
psychological health of children is reduced by dysfunctional
family units reported in studies dating from 1990 and beyond. The factor
of suicide rates also are affected in divorced families and dysfunctional
home environments. The importance of fathers in a household has been shown
to be a strong point in any society. Researchers have found that just like
mothers, fathers
make major contributions to a child’s development. Households
with fathers are also less likely to experience juvenile
criminal behavior. The family crises focuses upon lack of fatherhood,
and the American society’s failures focus upon the strength of the family
nucleus, and ultimately, individuals from that society are elected into
office at local, state, and federal levels – thus the government cannot
reform without society reforming with it. In order to do so, Americans
must insist that our government return to the established constitutional
republic created by the founders; as well as return the importance of
strong family units, responsible role models for children, and a
functional atmosphere that is strengthened by the importance of character
and values that constitute a healthy and established society. The decline
of America in many factors is the result of the declining family –
that contributes
to society and the maintenance of a government. For example, in recent
mass murder tragedies, the problem solving issues are focused upon
firearms, when in fact, it is society that requires to be examined
carefully and Americans unite in order to improve it – raising generations
to have values, a code of principles, and respect and maintain
constitutional law.
- Too many people in
American society denounce capital punishment for capital crimes, but at
the same time complain about overcrowding prisons, and yet agree that
government should continue to encourage and maintain alarming abortion
rates caused by a declination of American society in several ways, as well
as increased control over children in their education and standards of
living life. It is a society that states it is okay to murder pre-born
infants by tens of thousands because it is the right of the mother to
control or do whatever to her body. At the same time, these people deny
the right of citizens to purchase tobacco products without paying 100% tax
rates (should be no higher than any sales tax rate anywhere), and insist
they cannot exercise their rights in private businesses that has no
smoking restrictions or even, in a recent case within one’s own private
home and property. Meanwhile, alcohol remains a problem concerning
alcoholism and drunk driving; yet we know what prohibition does because we
have been through it before. These are issues for the society to address –
not government. Invariably, government messes things up because it looks
upon the issue from a collective frame of mind rather than individually,
just as individual freedom has been established by the amendments to the
US Constitution.
All these controversies are because of a majority of the
population that has contributed to the decline of American society, its
standards of education, lack of maintaining role models within families, and
not responsible or critical in who operates our government – paying too much attention
to political clubs called parties.
The first and foremost loyalty should be to our family units and the
Constitution of the United States and its amendments. Any politician who
complies and agrees with that deserves public office. It is not the quantity of
legislation passed, but the quality of legislation that is paramount in
effective and efficient government. Too many laws, too many regulations that
intrude upon the right of freedom of choice; however, that freedom must be met
with the responsibility of accepting the results of our choices and actions –
in government and within our society.
Is there ever a perfect society or government?
Of course not, but it should not deter us in any endeavor to
logically and constitutionally get those two areas back on track, and hold onto
traditions and principles that established a great nation like the United
States. The People did this, not the government as an elite entity. Two things
made the United States a great nation: (1) its vast natural resources, (2) the
People who exercised individual freedom and worked as a family unit in
obtaining what is important in life, respected the unity that makes nations
strong, disciplined and caring families; and respected principles of value, moral,
and civic duties and conduct.
Such a great post.
ReplyDeleteEverything you write here so fills me with dread for the future.
God bless you and yours and have a Blessed New Year. ♥