THE READING OF THE CONSTITUTION

YESTERDAY THE BIG MOMENT FINALLY ARRIVED: THE PROMISED READING OF THE HIGHEST LAW IN THE LAND, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. We here at the Alexandria Daily Poop think it's about time.

The need for this reading was made evident by the reaction to it by the Leftist scum. The Constitution was pooh-poohed as a "Document that is over 100 years old" - that is to say, obsolete. Scorn was heaped on those who "worship" the Constitution, and "legal scholars" ran on about the "complexity" and difficulty of interpretation of the Constitution, which was written so that an eighteenth-century teenager could understand the very plain English therein.

This is the Leftist take on the Constitution of the United States of America. When their favorite terrorist is being detained and prosecuted, it is the shining Beacon of Freedom and must not be touched, to be read word for word and taken literally. When one of its provisions gets in their way and blocks what they want to do, it becomes a "Living, Breathing Document" (which means that it says what they say it says, even if it says the exact opposite.) And failing that, it is a quaint old piece of parchment that has outlasted its utility, a relic of bygone days having no relevance to the modern world, until some guy who has been planning to kill innocent Americans in the name of "Allah" starts getting the business. Then it transforms into a Magnificent Protector of Liberty.

The reading of the Constitution at the opening session of Congress has the Lefties scared shitless. They nervously point at it as "merely symbolic". It's symbolic, all right. But there's nothing "mere" about it. Every word of the reading fell on their ears as the pronouncement of a death sentence falls on a murderer's. The new Representatives, products of the TEA party revolt, mean to turn the revolt into a revolution. The reading reminds everyone that the government is restrained by the Constitution, that the powers of these statist, leftist tyrant wannabes are finite and few.

And so they dismiss, ignore, even excoriate the Constitution. Representative John Conyers denounced it as a "racist" document (rule one: if someone or something disagrees with a Leftist, they're racist); bitching that the parts of the document which accommodated slaveholders were "redacted" from the reading (which they were, because the reading was a reading of the Supreme Law of the Land, and those provisions were nullified by several Amendments, which WERE part of the reading. Conyers wanted those provisions read so as to make it appear as though they were still effective, so as to make the case that such a "racist" document need not be obeyed unless he, a black man, says it ought to; and then only to the extent he says).

The Left has good reason for concern. But they cannot help themselves. Their open diplay of contempt for the Supreme Law and for their own countrymen - indeed, their own country - is being loudly and openly displayed. The Constitution was designed as a sword against their ilk, and they tremble as the conservatives and patriots unsheathe it.

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!!!!

STOP ABUSING THE CONSTITUTION

EVER SINCE THE DAYS OF THE FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION, politicians with a taste for Statism have used three sections of the Constitution to justify the restrictions they put upon We The People. We were of course not present at the forging and signing of Our National Charter, however we are very certain that the Framers did NOT intend these passages to be used as loopholes large enough to steer an aircraft carrier through.

These passages are the PREAMBLE; and the "INTERSTATE COMMERCE CLAUSE" and the "NECESSARY AND PROPER" CLAUSE" contained in Article One Section Eight of the Constitution.

FIRST. STOP QUOTING THE PREAMBLE AS JUSTIFICATION FOR ANYTHING. It is an introductory statement outlining the goals the Constitution and the Federal Government are established to attain. That the Preamble says for instance that one goal is to "Promote the General Welfare" DOES NOT GIVE CARTE BLANCHE TO DOLE OUT MONEY TO EVERY DEADBEAT ON EVERY STREETCORNER. Indeed, that is NOT the meaning of "general welfare" at all. That has more to do with ensuring that we live in a decent country and are free and nothing to do with giving some sad-sack a check every month to buy booze with and food stamps to buy Vienna wieners with. "To insure domestic Tranquility" is also not a blank check to for instance establish a police state so that there are no riots. And there is also something to the fact that the word "INsure" rather than "ENsure" was used. Our Founders were educated men, who knew what a word meant.

The Preamble has NO bearing on whether a certain act of government is in compliance with the Constitution. The Constitution's binding legal authority begins directly below the words "Constitution for the United States of America".

SECOND; "TO MAKE ALL LAWS WHICH SHALL BE NECESSARY AND PROPER" is also cut-and-pasted by those who wish to justify whatever lunatic schemes the politiciand might want to push across. But as the REST OF THE CLAUSE MAKES CLEAR, "Necessary and proper" means to carry out the AUTHORIZED POWERS. For instance, you cannot decide that since (A) is needed - and therefore necessary - that it is "proper" to pass a law requiring it. At a MINIMUM, SOMETHING in the Constitution must put (A) within your purview, specifically. It doesnt matter WHAT you think. If it is not authorized, then it is not necessary nor is it proper. PERIOD.

THIRD; THE "INTERSTATE COMMERCE CLAUSE" IS THE MOST ABUSED CLAUSE IN THE ENTIRE CONSTITUTION. The classic example of this is Millard V Filburn, wherein a farmer was arrested and fined for growing wheat beyond his quota for the purpose of feeding his own family. The justification for this was that since farmer Filburn made his own flour rather than buy bread in "Interstate Commerce", then he was "affecting" "Interstate Commerce" and thus the Federal Government was authorized to fine him for growing more wheat than some official thought proper. This was upheld by the Supreme Court, which was full of shit; but ever since that decision the Federal Government has claimed jurisdiction forever over anything which has at some point in time "Moved in Interstate Commerce". This means for example that the Congress assumes that if paper and ink moved from one state to another, then what is done with that paper and ink may fall under Federal control. In fact, abuse of the ICC is the foundation of the lion's share of all the Statist legislaation that has been passed or proposed since the Great Depression.

WHEN ACTOR/COMEDIAN/ENTERTAINER W. C. FIELDS, AN ATHEIST, WAS ON HIS DEATHBED, his nephew walked in on him as he was poring over a Bible. Asked why such a crusty old non-believer was perusing the Holy Book, W.C. responded: "Looking for loopholes, my boy! Looking for loopholes!" A modestly funny story, to be sure; but that is the way too damned many politicians view the Constitution. And it has to stop.

REFUSE AND REBEL!!

HERE AT THE ALEXANDRIA DAILY POOP, We like to think of ourselves a the law-abiding sort of people. We only wish the present Congress and Executive were so obedient. Instead these folks look at the Constitution in the way an "atheist" lawyer leafs through the Holy Bible on his deathbed: always "looking for loopholes".
We could name many instances of this, but by far the one that most jeopardizes the Liberty enjoyed by the Citizens of These United States is the boondoggle-in-the-making known as "Obamacare". Nobody - least of all "President" Obama (judging from the argle-bargle he spouts during his public remarks on the issue) - knows exactly what "Obamacare" will consist of. It is currently three separate bills in two houses of Congress that not one person has read in their entirety. However ALL of them have as their centerpiece an "individual mandate" to buy health insurance .....OR ELSE.

Well. We suppose that is ONE way of making sure everyone is covered. Simply put out a Royal Decree that Ye Shall Be Insured. Sort of like a decree that starving is now illegal as everyone is required to buy and eat cake. The problem is, we fought a Revolution to do away with this sort of thing, and much blood has been spilled to maintain it. And to our way of thinking, the most heinous aspect of this patently un-Constitutional mandate is that it will be administered by that American version of the Geheime Staatspoliezie, the Internal Revenue Service.
That's right. If this abomination (Obamination? yes, we think - nay, we SAY so ) passes, you will recieve a 1040 (or variant) with a new box that will say approximately:

"PROVIDE THE NAME OF THE PROVIDER OF YOUR HEALTH CARE INSURANCE OR MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION AND PROOF THAT THE COVERAGE THEREUNDER IS IN THE MINIMUM AMOUNTS ON SCHEDULE IRS-1234-D5 (Healthcare Criteria) OR; IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENTER $2500 IN THE BOX BELOW "TAX DUE IRS" AND ADD TO "TAX DUE IRS"; WRITE THE SUM IN THE BOX MARKED "REVISED TAX DUE IRS" AND ENCLOSE CHECK FOR THAT AMOUNT"

This is wholly unacceptable.

We want to be VERY CLEAR on this issue. EVERY EFFORT must be made by EVERYONE to inform this Administration and the Congress that We the People will not STAND for this interference in our lives and this grab for our fortunes. This unspeakable transgression must be stopped dead and a stake driven through its heart.

BUT if it does pass and is signed into law, we at the Alexandria Daily Poop URGE every Patriot to write "KISS MY ASS" over the demand for provider information; and "COME AND TAKE IT! in the box where you enter the penalty. This if taken will be a step too far. Let us hope it does not come to this, but if it does, then we will soon find out who are MEN and who are SHEEP.