op ed review 6/28
THIS WEEK’S NEWS
A bad week. Terrorist attacks on three continents while
Obama lights up White House in rainbow colors for “gay day”.
Supreme Court turns left:
Upholds the nationwide tax subsidies under Obamacare. The justices said in a 6-3 ruling that the
subsidies people currently receive do not depend on where they live, even
though the law says differently.
Justice Scalia said, "We should start calling this law
SCOTUScare." Using the acronym for the Supreme Court, Scalia said his
colleagues have twice stepped in to save the law from what Scalia considered
worthy challenges.
The opinion: 'In this
instance, the context and structure of the Act compel us to depart from what
would otherwise be the most natural reading of the pertinent statutory
phrase'...
Justice Scalia called the ruling that upheld Obamacare
subsidies as “pure applesauce” and “jiggery-pokery…….Words no longer have
meaning.”
Sen. Sessions: “This
Should Dispel Illusion We Can Rely on
Judges to Save Us”
Here’s an idea: A
House Republican on Thursday proposed forcing the Supreme Court justices and
their staff to enroll in ObamaCare. Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) said that his
SCOTUScare Act would make all nine justices and their employees join the
national healthcare law’s exchanges.
Then on Friday the Court declared that same-sex couples have
a right to marry anywhere in the United States. Justice Scalia said he is not concerned
so much about same-sex marriage, but about "this court's threat to American
democracy." Justices Alito and Thomas also dissented.
Chief Justice Roberts:
“Supporters of same-sex marriage have achieved considerable success
persuading their fellow citizens — through the democratic process — to adopt their
view. That ends today. Five lawyers have closed the debate and enacted their
own vision of marriage as a matter of constitutional law.”
Fiorina surges, Paul sags
in new GOP poll
Fox News Poll: Carly Fiorina Quietly Finishes in Top 10
Fiorina said at the Faith and Freedom Coalition´s Road to
Majority conference that “people of sincere faith make better leaders,” because
“faith gives us humility,” “empathy” and “optimism.” “The highest calling of
leadership is to unlock potential in others, and now we need a leader who will
unlock the potential of this great nation, and let us acknowledge, ladies and
gentlemen, that people of sincere faith make better leaders, because our faith
gives us humility.”
Just weeks away from possibly joining the 2016 race,
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker thrilled a crowd of social conservatives Saturday
night with a withering attack on President Obama’s record while putting his
potential GOP rivals on notice that he plans to run on his record as a
get-it-done governor.
Meanwhile, Socialist Bernie Sanders is gaining on Hillary
Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire.
“Clinton suddenly in tight battle with Sanders in
NH...”
The Pope’s science advisor is an atheist who believes in
Gaia, not in God.
Everyone complains
about taxes. But millions of American households apparently are doing something
about it: Picking up and moving. A CNBC
analysis of tax data and figures provided by two major national moving
companies shows that states with the highest per-capita taxes, for the most
part, are also seeing the biggest net migration out of those states.
Conservatives are better dieters than liberals. A study finds that “people who identify as
conservative perform better on tests of self-control than those who identify as
liberal regardless of race, socioeconomic status and gender.”
President Obama couldn’t resist exploiting the deaths in
Charleston to advance the gun control agenda, and he has a lot of company in
the Democratic Party, which is desperate to energize its voters as the 2016
election looms with a very unappealing presumptive nominee at the top of the
ticket.
Democrats use Confederate flag flap in South Carolina to
solicit donations
“Letting no tragedy go to waste”
Taxpayers slapped with $866,615 jet fuel bill -- for
Obama Earth Day speech...
Very little evidence that medical marijuana helps with the
illnesses that state laws have approved it for.
Sweeping New Hostage Policy Due To ‘Idiot’ At State Dept, WILL Harm Americans
Putin Tells Russians It's Their 'Holy Duty' to Be
Patriotic...(try saying that in America)…..
The age of Obama:
Faced with a shortage of U.S. Navy ships, the Marine Corps is exploring
a plan to deploy its forces aboard foreign vessels.
One year after outrage about long waiting lists for health
care shook the Department of Veterans Affairs, the agency is facing a new
crisis: The number of veterans on waiting lists of one month or more is now 50
percent higher than it was during the height of last year’s problems,
department officials say.
Hillary Clinton says, “Success isn’t measured by how much
the wealthiest Americans have, but by how many children climb out of poverty.”
So why did she charge a $200,000 speaking fee to a charity that helps poor
kids?
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THIS WEEK’S FEATURED COLUMN
6/26 Leah Barkoukis
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal slammed the Supreme
Court on Friday after its ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which
legalized same-sex marriage.
“The Supreme Court is completely out of control, making laws
on their own, and has become a public opinion poll instead of a judicial body,”
the 2016 presidential candidate said in a statement.
“If we want to save some money, let’s just get rid of the
court,” Jindal added.
The 5-4 ruling, which forces all states to recognize
same-sex marriage under the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection
Clause, will fundamentally transform the institution of marriage, he later
said.
“Marriage between a man and a woman was established by God,
and no earthly court can alter that,” he added.
Jindal also echoed Franklin Graham warning today that the persecution
of Christians is coming with this ruling.
“Hillary Clinton and the Left will now mount an all-out
assault on religious freedom guaranteed in the First Amendment,” he said.
“Regardless of your views on marriage, all freedom-loving
people must pledge to respect our first amendment rights,” he added.
Chief Justice John Roberts was particularly concerned with
the religious freedom aspect of the ruling as well.
“Many good and decent people oppose same-sex marriage as a
tenet of faith,” he wrote in his dissenting opinion, “and their freedom to
exercise religion is—unlike the right imagined by the majority—actually spelled
out in the Constitution.”
Christians “better be ready,” Graham warned.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2015/06/26/jindal-lets-just-get-rid-of-the-court-n2018094
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FROM OTHER COLUMNS
"Let me speak
slowly so Hillary can understand."
-Governor Bobby Jindal
The Media’s Racist Attacks on Bobby Jindal
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GLOBALONEY
What has a Papal Encyclical calling on the world to end its
use of fossil fuels and to pray to God for the success of the global “climate
summit” in December got in common with the Greek euro crisis, the ominous rift
between the West and Russia, and the shambles Europe is making over the
desperation of African and Syrian refugees to find safety this side of the
Mediterranean? They are all different aspects of the two greatest acts of political
make-believe of our time.
More nonsense from Prof. Paul Erlich: Welcome to the 6th mass extinction (which you caused, of course)
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/06/20/welcome-to-the-6th-mass-extinction-which-you-caused-of-course/
Recycling loses money for cities:
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LEFTIST WATCH
FBI files obtained by Judicial Watch reveal that the dad,
maternal grandpa and father-in-law of President Obama’s trusted senior advisor,
Valerie Jarrett, were “hardcore Communists” under investigation by the U.S.
government.
Farrakhan: “I Don’t Get the Debate Over Confederate Flag,
‘We Need to Put the American Flag Down’”
Administrators of the University of California system think
referring to America as a ‘melting pot’ is somehow offensive—and want teachers
to stop using that and many other innocuous phrases. Fifty years after the birth of the free speech
movement at the University of California, Berkeley, officials across the UC
system are encouraging faculty and students to purge mundane, potentially
offensive words and phrases from their vocabularies. Administrators want
members of campus to avoid the use of racist and sexist statements, though
their notions about what kinds of statements qualify are completely bonkers.
“America is a melting pot “……”I believe the most qualified person should get
the job,” are all phrases that should raise red flags, according to the UC
speech police. Saying, “There is only one race, the human race,” is offensive
because it denies “the significance of a person of color’s racial/ethnic
experience and history.” “America is the land of opportunity,” implies
that “People of color are lazy and/or incompetent and need to work harder.”
“Only Difference Between Dylann Roof
and Bill Ayers Is Legitimacy Among the
Left”
There’s nothing like a big-money fundraiser for House
Democrats to bring President Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
closer together. Mr. Obama and Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, made a show of
mending fences Friday night at a fundraiser at the home of billionaire
environmental activist Tom Steyer overlooking the Golden Gate bridge in San
Francisco.
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ISLAM
ISIS Drowns Prisoners in Cage, Kills via Explosive Necklace
in New Video
Beheading and explosion at US owned factory in
France…head hung on fence, covered with arabic writing.
At least 27 dead after terrorists gunned down 'tourists on
sunbeds' on Tunisia beach: Families run for their lives and barricade
themselves in rooms at hotel packed with British tourists
ISIS Blows up historical shrines.
Iranian Parliament Chants “Death to America” – Votes to Ban
Nuclear Inspections
Obama laments Americans’ 'distorted impression' of
Muslims...
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SECOND AMENDMENT
Obama's New Standard for Owning Guns: you don’t get to buy one if you’re “angry
about something.”
Evaluating the Left´s Madness on
Gun Control
Guns don’t kill people, the Constitution kills people, at
least according to Karl Rove, Republican strategist and architect of George W.
Bush’s election and reelection as president. Rove embraced the liberal mantra
that there are too many guns on the street and went a step further and a step
too far, saying the way to avoid more tragedies is to repeal the Second
Amendment.
It’s hard to imagine how the massacre at the Emanuel AME
Church that left nine dead could have been worse, but a top Democratic
strategist says the shooting would have been a “horror” if the black
parishioners were armed.
After Dylann Roof, a troubled 21-year-old kid on
anti-psychotic drugs, opened fire on people in a Charleston, SC church,
President Obama asserted that “this type of mass violence does not happen in
other advanced countries.” Three days later, a 26-year-old Austrian man
ploughed his car into crowds of people. He then got out of his car and began
stabbing them with a knife. He killed at least 3 and injured 30.
The Pope steps in it again.
“Pope Francis is rapidly convincing me that he is not just a leftist,
but a dope. Speaking to a group of young people in Turin, he departed from his
script and launched into a rambling denunciation of, among others, arms
manufacturers.”
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ARTICLES
The government's job is simple: to protect freedom and
promote free markets. And the Republican Party — which currently controls both
chambers of the U.S. Congress — bills itself as the party of individual
responsibility and economic growth. Furthermore, in 2011 and again in 2015, the
GOP obtained its legislative power because the American people were fed up with
the Obama administration's overreach. Unfortunately, upon arriving in
Washington, far too many Republicans have decided to follow the path of
accommodation and appeasement rather than standing on principle — and standing
for the people who put them in office. This "go along to get along"
mentality — championed by far too many GOP leaders — has empowered Obama's
liberal, rogue bureaucracies on multiple fronts. One of these is the
"great Internet giveaway" — Obama's effort to surrender effective
control of the World Wide Web to a group of multinational corporate interests
and nonprofits (or if that fails, a United Nations bureaucracy).
“When Erasing Symbols
of Slavery, Don´t Forget the Democratic
Party”
Pope demands “climate change” action
Pope Francis said Wednesday that it may be "morally
necessary" for some families to split up..?
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NOTEWORTHY WEBSITES
Top 9 Quotes From Justice Scalia’s Scathing Dissent in King v. Burwell
Buttons have surfaced on social media from the Clinton 1992
campaign that featured the Confederate flag.
Interesting demographic maps of America
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HUMOR
Conan: Donald Trump says he´s running for president. Which,
by the way, traditionally means six more weeks of comedy……Conan: Trump has
pledged to be “the greatest jobs president that God ever created.” This from
the man who coined the phrase, “You’re fired!”…..Meyers: This is how nice the
New York weather is. I went outside without sunscreen for an hour, and I was
elected to run the Spokane NAACP…….Conan: Donald Trump has a personal fortune
of nearly $9 billion. Hearing this, Hillary Clinton said, “Wow! He must give
two speeches a day.”…….Conan: For the first time in over 140 years, a black
bear was spotted in Indiana. When questioned, the bear said, “Actually, I just
identify as black.”……Meyers: Chipotle plans to provide paid vacation, tuition
reimbursement and sick days for hourly workers. Great, but now your guacamole
costs $400. ……..Conan: A Federal court has ruled that the U.S. Postal Service
must reduce its stamp prices. The change in stamp prices is expected to affect
as many as seven Americans……..Meyers: A 100-year-old Pennsylvania woman said
the key to long life is drinking “a lot of booze.” Then, they checked her birth
certificate. Turns out, she’s 38.
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WISE WORDS
“Wherever the real power in a government lies, there is the
danger of oppression.”
-James
Madison
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