Ah, hello there! You're back for more from the mind of the Political Chicken? You must be sick! Ha! I have been thinking and praying about the SCOTUS decision on the ACA or better known as Obamacare. Such a misnomer since Obama doesn't care! Ugh! But I digress.
Like some of you, I was on Twitter and in front of the television listening and waiting with baited breath to hear the verdict on this monstrosity of a bill. I had listened to several different talk radio shows and read many different blogs and opinion pieces and had my own opinion about how the SCOTUS ruling was going to come down. Almost NONE of the opinions I had heard prior said that the whole entire bill would be ruled as constitutional. No wait, scratch that. NONE of the opinions said that Chief Justice Roberts and the four other justices who decided with him would act as legislators from the bench! When the verdict was read, I thought like many of you, hurray, the individual mandate has been struck down! Then not two seconds later, that feeling of elation was followed by a feeling of betrayal and panic and then depression. How could they? I just kept thinking that and still occasionally that thought will enter my mind. Or better yet, how could he? By my estimation, Chief Justice Roberts could have killed what is known as the great American experiment last Thursday. Just. like. that.
Now, whether or not Roberts was bullied into changing his mind at the last moment or however he came to his decision doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. It is what it is. Like many of you, I am wondering what do we do now? What's next for America? What's next for my family and yours? I personally have a young family, three children under the age of nine. What's in store for them? Will they know the freedoms that I knew as a child or will they be entrenched in a war to get their freedom back? I pray it's not the latter.
That's where the tea party and an involved citizenry come into the picture. I have been involved for the past three years or so, which isn't very long, but it sure feels like it! Now is when we need an army of conservative warriors. No, not the kind with bullets and guns, but the kind armed with information and the willingness to get off the couch and make some phone calls for your favorite candidate and knock on doors to get others involved and engaged. (Okay, I'll let you sit on the couch and make phone calls.)
I would like to share a link with you to show how important it is to talk to your neighbors about what's happening to the world as we know it. Click here to read about how uninformed we really are.
I personally was like those people three years ago, before Obama got elected. Now, sadly, politics is my life, my world and where I have made most of my friends, which is the good part, of course. I can't imagine anyone not caring about what the Supreme Court had to say about the health care bill. I love my country, I love my family and I love my freedom. I will not sit idly by while some supreme court justice with an agenda rips all of those things away from me.
On a more personal note, for those of us looking for the proverbial 'silver lining' on this decision, here it is. Perspective. I hope this puts into perspective all of the things that are truly important in life. In order of importance for me are my personal relationship with God, which has been neglected I must confess, my husband and my children and my immediate family. Freedoms definitely rank as well. So this fourth of July, enjoy a slice of watermelon, a hot dog and some fireworks. Hug your kids and kiss your spouse and thank God for all that you have. Happy Fourth, ya'll from the Political Chicken!
The breadth of the "general welfare clause" in the preamble of the Constitution has been used by liberals,statists, and Judge Roberts to undermine the intent of the Founders. Below is a quote from James Madison on the fallacy of misinterpreting the preamble.
ReplyDelete"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare,
and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare,
they may take the care of religion into their own hands;
they may appoint teachers in every State, county and parish
and pay them out of their public treasury;
they may take into their own hands the education of children,
establishing in like manner schools throughout the Union;
they may assume the provision of the poor;
they may undertake the regulation of all roads other than post-roads;
in short, every thing, from the highest object of state legislation
down to the most minute object of police,
would be thrown under the power of Congress.... Were the power
of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for,
it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature
of the limited Government established by the people of America."