President Paul Issues New Executive Order

11/20/2018 Washington DC 
©KansasThinking 2018

Faced with recent losses in the 2018 mid term elections, President Rand Paul will announce today that he has to act now. Congress will not act so he said he has a pen and a phone and will act on his own. The obvious unspoken credit given to his predecessor's controversial actions on immigration in 2014.

The President stated that "heavy burdensome IRS laws and regulations are crippling the  American economy even further and congress will not act to resolve it." And that "Action must be taken" said Paul. He announced today in front of the Federal Reserve office in Kansas City, MO that he will issue an executive order that orders federal law and IRS enforcement officers to stop enforcing the laws regarding tax debt collection and non payment punishments. Virtually ignoring laws that have existed for decades.

Of course this will result in a drastic reduction in revenue coming in to the government so President Paul has announced that beginning with the next fiscal budget, office like the EPA and the NSA will have their available funds cut in half. Also funding for things that Paul opposes like millions to PBS and NPR, millions to Planned Parenthood will be eliminated.

What Constitution?

"But when Congress refuses to act, and as a result, hurts our economy and puts our people at risk, then I have an obligation as President to do what I can without them."

President Obama on January 4, 2012.

Uh, NO !

Wow, that is perhaps the most troubling statement ever made by this president. So many to choose from but this one is frightening. This is not the first time he has made a statement like this. Now I admit that congress is for the most part inaffective, that does NOT give the President the right to bypass congress to get done what he feels is the right thing to do. Under the United States Constitution, one individual does not have that much power. You would think that a constitutional scholar like the president would understand the limits of power provided by that document. But how can we be sure when we have never seen any of his writings or opinions (they have not been released).

Not to get into the details of this particular piece of legislation (look here is you'd like to) but this is a clear disregard of the constitution and it's limits on power of the three branches of government. Because of open election results, one branch thinks this is a bad bill and is blocking the completion and implementation. Exactly how it is designed to do. The president does not have the power and authority to bypass congress and implement dictatorial actions to accomplish what HE thinks is the right thing to do.

I started to write here about main stream media, but this is beyond the media. This is the peoples problem. We are the ones that need to be outraged and fearful of such power grabs by any form of government, especially ours. Like most government entities, you give them an inch and they take a yard. Does America really want ONE person to have the power to affect millions of people with one signature?

That is not the America I know, how about you?

Americans, it is 2012... time to stand up.

Medal Dis-Honor

Yesterday, the President made a huge flub that the main stream media will not tell you about. President Obama in his remarks to troops at Fort Drum Thursday told the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division about the time he awarded the first Medal of Honor to someone not receiving it posthumously. The medal, he said, went to an alive Jared Monti. The only issue is that Jared Monti died in service in Afghanistan, and did in fact receive the medal posthumously.

I searched abcnew.com, and msnbc.com and found no mention of this. Imagine if someone like Bush had made this mistake, do you think you would have known about it? Remember when they made a big deal about Bush leaving a press conference through the wrong door? This man forgot his very FIRST Congressional Medal of Honor presentation he gave to the soldiers surviving parents. How do you think they felt after seeing that? In my mind this shows that the award presentation meant little to him and how little that soldiers sacrifice moved him. Just words prepared for him by a staff writer, not words he truly did not feel with his heart. You would think that this should have been an occasion that would have left a strong impression about being the Commander In Chief and the vital role he is responsible for.

The least we can do for our honored dead is to remember them. (correctly)

Add this to the list of things that move me to assist in removing him from office in 2012. See the videos below, first the mistake yesterday, and then the actual presentation.

June 2011



March 2010

United 93 and January 2009

I came across "United 93" on TV over the weekend. I watched in both amazement and sadness. This is a powerful movie that I am not sure I could watch in the theatre without the tension breaks offered with commercials.

This movie made me realize again that there are people in the world that hate us enough to plan a day like 9/11 and pull it off almost flawlessly. They are still out there and still hate us. A couple of moments from the story affected me the most were the accounts are from real people on the ground. The Verizon supervisor saying the Lords prayer with one of the passengers, and the young lady talking to her mom for they both knew it would be the last time they would hear each others voice.

I know people always throw out the argument about seeing these images and hearing these stories as painful and inappropriate but it seems to me these have never lost the importance to Americans. What would we do in that situation? I can say I am not sure and I also never hope I have to find out. This country is filled with amazing people from all walks of life and all political beliefs but the message is for all of us. Freedom has never been kept without struggle.

The struggle goes on and this election is an example of that struggle in how to protect the country. If we were forced to elect our next president on ONE issue alone... I would pick national security above others because what good is great health care, low taxes and a great economy IF the country and it's citizens are not safe? Would I feel more comfortable choosing the protection of the John McCain policies or those or Barack Obama? No question in my mind... country first means America first.

We don't have to rely on one issue for the election, but let's not forget about the safety or our country. This is America and whoever is inaugurated in January 2009 should keep the above paragraph in mind. We can all agree America is the greatest country in the world and as the seasons begin to change, the election season is what really makes this country the strongest in the world...

Let's ROLL !!
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