I
got it: Obama was able to convince a majority of Americans he was a better candidate
than Mitt Romney. Clearly, Obama is our
President, with three years left in his presidency. But let me be equally clear: Obama is not our
king! … and America is not his kingdom!
Obama
has a ‘king complex’ … thus he has vowed to use “a pen and a phone” to advance
his agenda – which translates into more executive orders as a means of bypassing
the people’s elected representatives in Congress. It’s self-evident that Obama does not respect
the Constitution’s intent for separation of powers. No president in recent history has done more
to expand the power of the executive branch of the federal government than has
Obama. Whatever your political
persuasion, this is not good for our constitutional republic.
It’s
interesting that this unconstitutional power-grab by the president is being
pointed out by people, to their credit, who are identified with the political
left. In early December, noted law
professor Jonathan Turley, who teaches at Georgetown University, appeared
before Congress and was questioned about Obama changing laws without going
through Congress. (BTW: Turley, a
liberal, is known to have voted for President Obama.) Here was an exchange between Turley and
Congressman Bob Goodlatte:
REP. BOB
GOODLATTE (R-VA): Professor Turley, the Constitution, the system of separated
powers is not simply about stopping one branch of government from usurping
another. It’s about protecting the
liberty of Americans from the dangers of concentrated government power. How does the president’s unilateral
modification of acts of Congress affect both the balance of power between the
political branches and the liberty interests of the American people?
JONATHAN
TURLEY: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The
danger is quite severe. The problem with
what the president is doing is that he’s not simply posing a danger to the
constitutional system. He’s becoming the
very danger the Constitution was designed to avoid. That is the concentration of power in every
single branch.
What
Obama has been doing with Obamacare is taking White House ink and changing
dates of implementation … as set-forth in the Affordable Health Care Act. [27 changes as of the date of this posting
… and counting.] The problem is he does
not have the authority to do that. If he
wants the dates changed he is supposed to go to Congress and appeal to them to
change the law … which he can then sign.
In
addition to Turley’s warnings that Obama is moving toward lawlessness, we have
this from Editorial Editor of the New
York Times, Jill Abramson: “I spent 22-years of my career in Washington and
covered presidents from President Reagan on up through now, and I was
Washington Bureau Chief of the Times during
George W. Bush’s first term. I dealt
directly with the Bush White House when they had concerns that stories we were
about to run put the national security under threat. But, you know, they were not pursuing criminal
leak investigations. The Obama Administration
has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any
previous administration in our history. It’s
on a scale never seen before. This is
the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever
dealt with.”
We
will now see if either of the other branches of government (legislative or
judicial) will stop Obama from expanding his kingdom with his pen and his
phone. Maybe the administration’s series
of self-inflicted damage – such as lies like “If you like your insurance and
doctor you can keep your insurance and doctor … period” will put an end to this
tyrannical administration.
Once
before America declared its independence from tyranny – that of King George III. At that time, the spiritual emphasis
manifested so often by the Americans during the Revolution caused one
Crown-appointed British governor to write to Great Britain complaining that: “If you ask an American who is his master,
he’ll tell you he has none, nor any governor but Jesus Christ.” In the minds of our former patriots was
their motto: “No King but King Jesus!”
What’s
the motivation of today’s patriots? If
it’s just politics, then only the political personalities and party platforms will
change for an election cycle. That won’t
do anything to save America from the absolute power of those who rule in
tyranny. No, only a God-inspired spiritual
revival across this nation will save it!
That’s what served to arouse the patriots of our founding era. Our forefathers understood that true liberty
is only found in King Jesus who has set us free from that which entangles us
with a yoke of bondage. Freedom was
understood as a gift of Jesus. Any
different understanding by today’s patriots will never result in true liberty
and justice for all.
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
P.S.
– Happy Birthday to our 16th President – Abraham Lincoln – born 12 February
1809 in Hodgenville, KY
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