Who Killed the Constitution

Both Democrats AND Republicans have systematically and habitually violated the Constitution through their support of:

The Department of Education
The Federal Reserve
The war on drugs
Medicare
The Environmental Protection Agency
Social Security
The Department of Homeland Security
Government funding for the arts, scientific and medical research, and space exploration 
The National School Lunch Program
Food stamps
Foreign aid
The TSA
Military action without a declaration of war
Pell Grants
CAFE standards
Federal anti-discrimination laws
The Food and Drug Administration
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Medicaid
The federal student loan program
The Department of Agriculture
The National Flood Insurance Program
The Small Business Administration
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Section 8 housing vouchers
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Women, Infants, and Children Program
Head Start
Planned Parenthood
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program
AMTRAK
Agricultural subsidies
The Interior Department
Health and Human Services
The Labor Department
The Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Energy Department
The Commerce Department
The Department of Transportation
The Food and Drug Administration
The Labor Relations Administration
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The Export-Import Bank
The Army Corps of Engineers
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
The Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Office
The Bureau of Land Management
The National Endowment for the Arts
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
The National Endowment for the Humanities
The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
The Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
The Tennessee Valley Authority
Mediation and Conciliation Service
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The U.S. Mission to the United Nations
The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Interagency Coordinating Committee
The National Ocean Service
The Vietnam Education Foundation
The Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency
The Financial Management Service
The Council on Environmental Quality
The U.S. Botanic Garden
The Defense Commissary Agency
The Office of Scientific and Technical Information
The Marine Mammal Commission
The Defense Acquisition University
The Indian Arts and Crafts Board
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency
The Voice of America
The Railroad Retirement Board
The Rural Housing Service
The Institute of Peace
The U.S. Access Board
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
The Domestic Policy Council
The Council on Environmental Quality
The Geological Survey
The Forest Service
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Western Area Power Administration
The Economic Adjustment Office
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
The National Flood Insurance Program
The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
The Government National Mortgage Association
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
The Employment and Training Administration
The Innovation and Improvement Office
The National Capital Planning Commission
The Election Assistance Commission
The European Command
The Office of the Federal Register
The Energy Information Administration
The Office of Community Planning and Development
The National Technical Information Service
The Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
The Federal Communications Commission
The Office of Refugee Resettlement
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
The Peace Corps The Trade and Development Agency
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
The Federal Financing Bank The Bureau of Reclamation The Surface Transportation Board The National Agricultural Statistics Service
The Open World Leadership Center
The Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
The Southeastern Power Administration
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
The National Health Information Center
The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
The Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Federal Interagency Committee on Education
The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
The Institute of Education Sciences
The TRICARE Management
The Inspectors General Office
The Inter-American Foundation
The International Trade Commission
The Job Corps
The National Marine Fisheries Service
The National Interagency Fire Center
The Multifamily Housing Office
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
The Stennis Center for Public Service
The National Defense University
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Legal Services Corporation

Despite what you may be thinking, I did not make up any of those agencies. THEY ARE ALL REAL! THEY ARE ALL UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

Donald Trump Scares Me

So far I have been able to find three reasons why people plan to vote for Hillary Clinton:

1. She is a woman and her election would be historic. 
2. She is a Democrat.
3. Donald Trump. Because he is mean, scary, unpredictable, unlikable, and/or crazy and he often employs a harsh tone, they see no other alternative but to vote for Hillary.

Meanwhile back in the real world, Hillary continues to prove that she is dreadfully under-qualified for the office of the presidency (eerily similar to her former boss, and current office holder). Look how well things have turned out for the country!

• She never started a business. 
• She never managed a company. 
• She never had to make payroll. 
• Her claim to fame is her husband. 

Her entire life is one lie on top of another.

• She lied about Whitewater. 
• She lied about the women who Bill Clinton’s sexual abused. 
• She lied about the women with whom Bill had consensual sex. 
• She lied about Hillarycare. 
• She lied about being broke when her and Bill left the White House. 
• She lied about landing in Bosnia ‘under sniper fire’.
• Her carpet-bagging Senate seat was a lie. 
• She lied about Benghazi. 
• She lied about the email servers. 
• She lied about the Clinton Foundation. 

She is corrupt, conniving, dishonest, untrustworthy, shady, and, on top of that, a bitch! Consider . . .

• She was fired from the House Judiciary committee investigating the Nixon Watergate scandal because, “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality” and she hasn’t stopped lying since. 
• She will continue Obama’s fundamental transformation of America. 
• She will pack the Supreme Court with more Elena Kagan’s and Sonia Sotomayor's. 
• She will continue to increase illegal immigration and refuse to enforce immigration law.
• The $100,000 cattle futures trading gain.
• The numerous accounts of her cursing at state troopers, Secret Service Agents, and subordinates. 
• Her $300,000 speeches. 
• The Marc Rich pardon. 
• The Travelgate scandal.
• The mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of many Clinton associates. 
• The renting of the Lincoln bedroom.
• She laughed about defending a child rapist. 
• She was opposed to gay marriage before she was for it.
• She was anti-illegal immigration before she was for amnesty.
• Illegal contributions from foreign nations. 
• She will increase federal gun control rules. 
• She will take us to war. 
• She will be susceptible to blackmail due to her hacked emails.
• She will continue to grow the number of Americans on welfare. 
• She will continue growing the national debt. 
• She will continue the Federal Reserve’s out-of-control monetary policies. 
• She will claim to fix the economy by spending more on “infrastructure, roads, and bridges”. 
• She put the final nail in the coffin of the coal industry. 
• She will increase regulations. 
• She will raise taxes. 
• She admires Margaret Sanger. 
• She is a disciple of Saul Alinsky. 

But she is a woman and her election would be historic. And because Donald Trump is mean, scary, unpredictable, unlikable, and/or crazy and he often speaks in a harsh tone, he is disqualified.

Recovering Republican and the One-Sided Coin

As a recovering Republican I am acutely aware of one-sided political analysis or opinions. We should never accept either from our media outlets or our friends.

Below is a Facebook conversation that took place between me and a "friend" recently. It serves as a shining example of how many of us think when it comes to politics. We think in terms of teams. If my team does something wrong, I ignore it. If the other team does something wrong, I constantly point to it while bashing and berating those who "play" for the other team.

Here is a summary of the initial post followed by some direct quotes: Trump sucks. Republicans suck. Christians who support Trump suck. Black Lives Matter is only after equal justice. Islam is a religion of peace. Radical Christianity should be feared. The KKK supports Trump therefore Trump is a racist. If you support Trump or are a Republican or a Christian who supports Trump or you disagree with anything that was said, you should de-friend me on Facebook. No debate is necessary. I almost forgot, no analysis or opinion is offered on the elephant in the room, Hillary Clinton.

If you can support Donald Trump and all of his racial tactics and the preaching of his hatred or any other type of hatred you can kindly remove yourself from my Facebook friends list. I don’t have time for the hate.

Trump is constantly speaking and playing on the fear and hatred of Americans.” A lot of you claim to be a Christian and can still support him. God truly preaches against hatred. Read some of these scriptures.

You claim Hillary Clinton is a liar and a murder but yet you are the ones who support the senseless killings of young black youth and say that the ‪#‎blacklivesmatter‬ movement is a hatred movement and will say all lives matter or blue lives matter. Yes they do all matter but the movement is not about hate it is about equal justice for the senseless violence.

Trump preaches on the fear of Americans and terrorism by saying only one religion preaches hate or that only one or two races are coming to America and raping, robbing, and killing Americans. Christianity doesn’t preach Hatred and neither does Islam. Hate comes from the Devil and the false teaching from any religion.

Some of the worst terrorist in America came from Radical Christianity. There are numerous radical Christian the worst of them all and they support Trump is the KKK don’t need to say much more about them. Trump has retweeted numerous untrue post from KKK members that were untrue and then say all he did was retweet it. Let’s make America White again. I am not trying to debate anything you want to say just remove yourself because you support the hatred and violence that comes out of his mouth. Guess what he lies too. 

Me:

I have no problem with people getting on their soap boxes. I do it all the time. You are a good person and mean well. My only issue is the one-sided nature of your speech.

I will not defend Donald J. Trump because I believe the over-reach of the federal government in general and the executive branch specifically is at fault for much of what ails America today. My guess is you felt similarly about Mitt Romney and John McCain. Neither of them were saints. Both had lots of flaws as did candidate Obama and President Obama.

My problem is you crucify Trump and choose to ignore Hillary Clinton's record other than to point the finger at those who call her a liar (which she clearly is) and a murderer (not sure I've seen claims that she kills people).

The problems in the country lies in the lack of state and local control. They are addicted to federal dollars, which come with strings attached. Those strings rarely serve the local people's best interest. The president (whoever it is) should be looked upon with suspicion and/or concept because of the power he or she wields over the 330 million Americans. We fought a revolution to rid ourselves of a king and now we find ourselves saddled with another one who resides at Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C.

Friend:

My problem is with the racial tone of Donald Trump. He plays to the crowd. I also said they call her a murderer but yet the same ones will defend a cop who killed an innocent black man praising them. My problem is with the republican party claiming to be Christians but support a man that said he doesn't even ask God for forgiveness. You have never been pulled over because you fit the description, couldn't buy a house because they didn't want you in their neighborhood because you was black. I am not closed minded or have to vote democrat. And no I didn't feel the same about McCain or Romney. I do like McCain. 

Me:

Thanks for taking the time to respond to me. However, I am going to call you out again. You bash Trump. You bash Republicans and say nothing about Hillary. You are critical of Trump's tone. "He plays to the crowd." And Hillary does not? Obama did not? Kerry? Gore? None of the Democratic candidates "played to the crowd." The only reason we are having this dialogue is because we have both been played by both sides of the spectrum.

Who is this innocent black man killed by a cop? Are you referencing the guy in Milwaukee? Or are you making a broader point? I've never heard anyone "defend a cop who killed an innocent black man praising them." Who praises murder?

What I am in search of in this insane political environment is honesty among people who see the world differently. I certainly did not grow up in the same environment as you but how does that change the truth?

You say Republicans "claim to be Christians". Who said that? Look at the national Republicans. As a group do they act like Christians? They are no different than the Democrats in D.C. All they care about is power and control. That is why many of the establishment Republicans claim that they will vote for Hillary. They think that a President Trump will upset their apple cart. It's all about personal preservation of power. I'm pretty sure Jesus did not preach along those line.

Talk to me about the Democrats? Are you saying that it is ok for the Democrats to perpetually promise to take care of minorities by taking from the rich and giving to the poor when that promise never materializes?

Are you saying that, just because Democrats do not play the "Christian" card, they are off the hook when it comes to their personal behavior? You quoted a bunch of scripture in your original soapbox post but I do not understand why you do not hold the Democrats to the same standard as you do Republicans. The Democrats are the Party of "choice". They believe that a woman has the right to "choose" to terminate a human life. How can a Christian support that? I'm pretty sure there are a few scriptures in opposition to that.

Do you see how complicated this gets when you try to fit a square peg (Christianity) into a round hole (Democrats or Republicans). There is something bigger than these two destructive political parties. Again, I know you are a good person. All I am looking for is an honest and civil dialogue. And I will not accept your challenge to de-friend you just because I disagree with you. We already have too many Americans walking around with blinders on. Two more of us will not make the world a better place.

Trump vs. Hillary - Words More Dangerous Than Actions

Donald J. Trump is constantly bashed with subjective name-calling:

• "He is a racist asshole." 
• "He is risky."
• "He is a bigot."
• "He makes me nervous."
• "He scares me."
• "He is unfit."
• "He is unhinged."
• "He is crazy."

While Hillary Clinton is in fact:

• Responsible for the deaths of at least five people including a U.S. Ambassador.
• A habitual liar. 
• An unindicted felon. 
• Callous and heartless toward rape victims, babies in the womb, and victims of her husband's countless sexual harassment episodes. 
• A woman with no career accomplishments that qualifies her to run a small business much less be President of the United States.
• An influence peddler.
• Conniving
• Careless
• Reckless
• Corrupt
• Crooked
• Incompetent
• Dishonest

In addition:

• Hillary has never created a single job.
• She has never started a company; never made payroll. 
• She has been implicated in quid pro quo arrangements between the State Department and the Clinton Foundation.

Conclusion: Donald Trump's words are more dangerous to the nation than the actions of Hillary Clinton.

Article I, Section 8

Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution is 18 paragraphs long. It enumerates the limited powers the Constitution grants to the federal government. Here's a breakdown of the 18 paragraphs:

• 6 concern the military and the militia. 
• 4 concern money or taxes. 
• 1 concerns commerce. 
• 1 concerns naturalization and bankruptcies. 
• 1 concerns post offices and post roads. 
• 1 concerns copyrights and patents. 
• 1 concerns federal courts. 
• 1 concerns maritime crimes. 
• 1 concerns the governance of the District of Columbia. 
• 1 gives Congress the power “to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.”
  

• 0 concern marriage (gay or straight) 
• 0 concern health insurance 
• 0 concern the education of our children 
• 0 concern gun control 
• 0 concern labor laws 
• 0 concern abortion 
• 0 concern bailouts of corporations 
• 0 concern carbon dioxide emissions 
• 0 concern welfare programs 
• 0 concern farm subsidies 
• 0 concern drugs 
• 0 concern foreign aid 

Unfortunately the list goes on and on and on. The country as founded needs to be taken back or it's over!