America In Danger – The Blog

With the absence of Mr. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden is tooting his own horn about his part in the un-Constitutional bail out scams in which Goldman Sachs personnel have been given the reins in controlling which of their competitors are allowed to fail (Bear Stearns) and which of their debtors (AIG) are bailed out with tax dollars.

Mr. Biden is singing his own praises about the good that he has done in this scam while the realities set in that the economy would have recovered on its own, and that allowing the failure of poorly managed companies would have opened opportunity in the markets for smaller well managed companies.

Mr. Biden seems to forget this: “I, Joseph Biden, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

Little he has done since he took office is toward the protection and preservation of our Constitution. The Constitution is a limitation on government power. What he, Mr. Obama, the Senate, and the House are doing is exactly the opposite. They are increasing the power, scope, and size of government – all of which can only be done with the sacrifice of individual liberty and wealth.

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Charles Rangel ranks right up there with Tom Delay, Newt Gingrich, Barbara Boxer, and a host of other corrupt congressmen and senators who seem to keep getting elected. Now Mr. Rangel has stooped to a new low in his attempts to frame the health care debate in racial terms and also putting a religious slant on it. Rangel says it’s an attempt to deny health care to blacks and asks “Why can’t we get what God has given us?” Mr. Rangel may be able to convince some of his racially biased supporters but the reality is that most people know big bureaucracies can’t efficiently or effectively administer programs that must consider individual needs. In a collectivized health care system or any system dealing with masses of people, the needs and desires of the individual are sacrificed for the good of the bureaucracy.

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Looks like the hole is getting deeper for Senator Charles Rangel. Not only has he hidden assets, bank accounts, and income, a house in the Dominican Republic, and free trips paid for by lobbyist but now he’s ignoring calls for his resignation amid ethics probes. Mr. Rangel is the poster boy for fat-cat corruption in Congress. If the truth be known, Mr. Rangel probably got wealthy by using his position and power as a U.S. Congressman.

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