The Arrowood Dispatch

Obama is no friend of the Constitution. It is merely a nuisance to him. As President of the United States, he was sworn to uphold and protect the Constitution. He lied in his oath. Everyone knew he would because he had earlier stated that “Constitution is a charter of negative liberties.” Funny that I have never considered liberty to be a negative. This should be no suprise given his given his closeness with William Ayers (who stated that his terrorist group had not done enough even though they had bombed several American targets) and Jeremiah Wright (his pastor who said it should not be God Bless America, but God D— America).

The First Amendment states that Americans have freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, right of assembly, and the right to petition the government.

Obama’s First Amendment Assault began while his campaign for the presidency was being waged. Obama pulled out all of the stops as he made sure that neither his birth certificate nor his college records were released. This has created a firestorm of allegations that Obama is hiding that he is ineligible to be POTUS. The public must be able to firmly scrutinize those running for office. The press tried to go after a legitimate story, but Obama worked hard to make sure this did not happen.

Also during the campaign, Obama worked with officials throughout the US to limit free speech by bullying tactics. For example, in St. Louis officials threatened libel charges against people who spoke out against Obama. This went further than local officials even as Obama was able to persuade the Justice Department to go after the American Issues Project over ads that showed Obama’s associations.

A new bill has been introduced by Sen. Cardin (D-MD) named the Newspaper Revitilization Act. This act, among other things would give government control of newspapers by limiting one aspect of the free press that goes back to the foundations of our nation. Under the Newspaper Revitilization Act, the press would not be allowed to endorse candidates. Now I am one that thinks newspaper endorsements are stupid anyways, but that does not mean that the government should be able to limit this. An easy fix is for people to cancel subscriptions if they do not like the practice.

The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution gives Americans the right to bear arms. This is simply another nuisance for Mr. Obama.

During his campaign, Obama stated that he supported the Second Amendment. Obama did put an asterisk there, however, as he stated that it is subject to “common-sense” regulation. This just means that Obama believes that he can relegate this to pea shooters if he pleases. Don’t believe me? In the Illinois Senate, Obama voted to ban and confiscate semi-automatic shotguns used by hunters. He also voted to ban almost all rifle ammo. He also supports a 500% increase on taxes on guns and ammo. Furthermore, he supports a ban on handgun ownership. He believes that cities can ban gun ownership. His Attorney General of the US, Eric Holder, is even worse. I could go on and on, but you get the point.

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees against unreasonable searches and seizures. This goes back to Obama’s support to confiscate semi-automatics shotguns. Obama has a horrible record on this just as he does on most other constitional issues. Obama supported FISA which allows for secret courts to convene and issue search warrants. Think this is legit? Out of 22,990 warrants requested since the beginning in 1979 and going to 2006, 22,985 have been granted. Only 5 have been denied.

The Fifth Amendment allows for grand jury trials, no double jeopardy, the right to not incriminate yourself, due process, and the right to keep one’s property. On this one, I will focus on private property rights. This is where Obama has been hit the hardest. Obama has stated that he wants to redistribute wealth so that the wealthiest Americans and poorest Americans do not have such a gap between the two. That sounds all well and good if you do not understand freedom. John Locke stated a right to “life, liberty, and property.” Obama believes that this property should be more evenly distributed through government intervention. This is a socialist tenant. A lot of people are turned off by the mention of Obama and socialism, but those people do not really look into it. Search for the basic tenants of socialism and then look at Obama quotes. Do independent research and then you decide.

The last of the Bill of Rights that I want to deal with is the Tenth Amendment. This states that the “powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited to it by the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” This is not just one of Obama’s failures, but it is one of Washington’s failures. All of the bailouts and stimuli and all of whatever junk they are cramming down our throats has strings attached to it. This is being given to the states and forcing the states to do what Washington says. Obama is going to tell states what to do just as he does to companies. Obama wants the power to take over companies that have not even failed (not that taking over companies that have failed is much better), and don’t doubt that he will seek further executive control to systematically gain controls over what is going on in the states. While Bush was a menace to the Constitution, Obama will undoubtedly do much more harm unless he is placed in check or even removed from office.

If Obama succeeds, America fails.

*** Some of the rights in the Constitution were skipped because those are not current issues. For example, quartering of troops is not an issue at this time. However, given Obama’s record, do you think he would obey this if he felt the need to disobey it? Don’t doubt that the Constitution will be subverted to comply more with international law than to be based on our liberties and laws.***