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A Further Perspective
The Sebelius Precedent: Time to Regulate Liberalism?
Kansas votes to tax abortions — should labor unions be taxed as well?
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Sarah Palin.
A highly accomplished woman who has served in business, run a city, run a state and been a vice-presidential nominee, Governor Palin is also the mother of five children and has often discussed how she wrestled personally with the issue of abortion when realizing she was carrying Trig, a Down syndrome baby. Who better to bring a government-mandated balance to the taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood and lead the 50 percent of conservatives who will be mandated to serve on the Planned Parenthood board than Sarah Palin?
Then there’s that stalwart of legal liberalism — the American Civil Liberties Union. Following The Sebelius Precedent, what’s to keep a future conservative administration from deciding that the ACLU is philosophically unbalanced? And removing the group’s right to run itself according to its own cherished liberal views of American life and law?
And so on and so on. Right through the long list of liberal’s sacred beliefs.
Come to think of it — perhaps the easiest way to do this is redefine liberalism and call it exactly what it has become: a religion. Replete with its cherished sacraments of global warming, abortion, labor unions and whatever else is in the liberal equivalent of the Bible — regulate all of it.
And tax it.
This would be funny if in fact the consequences of what the Obama Administration is actually doing with the Catholic Church weren’t so far reaching.
But the attack on the Catholic Church isn’t funny. It is in fact an attack on religious liberty.
And, while liberals may not yet realize it, it is precisely the kind of attack that can be turned around on those who launched it. Just as the Kansas legislature is doing by taxing the liberal article of faith that is abortion.
Otherwise known as The Sebelius Precedent.
About the Author
Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.
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Darin| 5.29.12 @ 6:32AM
If liberals can justifiy government regulation (and taxation) of conservative institutions (e.g., the church), conservatives can use the exact same justification (and taxation) of liberal institutions (e.g., unions, abortion, etc.).
When the first link of the chain is forged, we are all bound by it. Even the non-religious must understand that this attack against the Catholic church is an attack against all. That it is the first tear in shredding the Bill of Rights for EVERYONE.
Conservative Not Republican| 5.29.12 @ 10:20AM
Lord is a commie. He wants to regulate everything.
scotchieguy| 5.29.12 @ 1:00PM
Ah, I think the satire went right over your head.
rcb| 5.29.12 @ 1:29PM
thank you
jstwndring| 5.29.12 @ 5:12PM
"Lord is a commie. He wants to regulate everything."
-------------------------------------------------------
No, just leftism. We want to destroy the Democrat party. We are being open about it. We're not hiding behind the facade of "objectivity". We are at war with the DemocRat Party with the goal of destroying it, utterly.
Is that clear enough for you?
TLP| 5.29.12 @ 1:00PM
Look at that picture of Frau Sebelious. Like Der Furher's Propaganda Minister - Jay Carney - can't you picture her in a nice Crisp Nazi SS Uniform, with that sweet Skull and Crossbones on the Hat.
Do you know any Woman, who is so invested in Death, and Depravity?
She CRIED, upon hearing of the Righteous Execution of the One Man Infanticide - TILLER THE KILLER. She seeks to put a man whom Hamas believes was sent by their God of Blood, and Death, and Murder, and Subjugation - Barack Hussein Obama - whom they've given the name - ABU HUSSAIN - (Son of the Father) - in charge of our very LIVES, from the day we're Born, until HE DECIDES when we should be left to Die, clutching our Government Issued PAIN PILL.
The very same man who voted THREE TIMES, to deny Medical Attention to Babies, BORN ALIVE, in spite of their Abortionist's best efforts to kill them in their "Mother's" Womb. Preferring to let them die, ALONE, in the dark, in some filthy, unlit utility room, at their Murderer's place of business.
I don't know any MEN, who are that Cold, and Heartless, let alone, a WOMAN, who should know better.
When I look at her, I see DEATH, standing behind her, in the shadows.
I remember that MARX once said that the MURDER of 300 Million would be acceptable, if it meant that his Dream of a World where THE STATE was the Alpha and the Omega, could be more easily put in place.
When I look at her, I see Mengele, I see Mao, I see Hitler, and I see Pol Pot.
I see a woman who has CHOSEN to "Gain the whole world" in exchange for her "Immortal Soul".
She gets up in the Morning, goes to work, and comes home to dinner, and a good night's sleep.
She is without Remorse, without Compassion, and without those things that Define our Humanity, and separates us from the lesser Beasts on the Planet.
Simply put: She's a MONSTER.
I look foreward to her, well deserved COMEUPPANCE.
Don't you?
Joellen| 5.29.12 @ 1:29PM
Tim, your comments should be read by all, including Kathleen's Catholic Bishop. This would also apply to Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, all the Kennedy's and any other CINO who has their blood stain hands in government.
PJ| 5.29.12 @ 5:55PM
Sebelius' bishop in Kansas (Naumann?) has told her not to receive Holy Communion after the many private meetings they had in the past where he explained the Church's teachings on abortion. And she has complied.
rcb| 5.29.12 @ 1:33PM
Tim,
I don't know who you are or where you are from but your words cut like a razor. spot on. thanks
TLP| 5.29.12 @ 2:02PM
Thank you.
Jim| 5.29.12 @ 5:58PM
in full agreement - some may see you as too harsh, i say good job, about time
Seek| 5.29.12 @ 4:09PM
A bit over the top, wouldn't we say?
Boar Hunter| 5.29.12 @ 6:21PM
I would say, no. Since our Government now chooses to label veterans and members of the TEA Party or any who simply quote the words of our founding fathers as terrorists, I suspect TLP chooses to moderate his comments.
I am willing to bet he is holding back a great deal of what is truly in his heart and mind.
This inherent "fear" of our Government by individuals simply expressing their disagreement with the direction our Government is taking us should, in and of itself, clue any right thinking American into just how far our Government has over reached.
Teaghan| 5.29.12 @ 9:18PM
She is the Angel of Death.
Appleby| 5.29.12 @ 6:41AM
If we're going to destroy the country, why not destroy the WHOLE country? Time to pull the whole place down around our ears! Paging Samson!
gore4545| 5.29.12 @ 11:48AM
Look at Lord's photo.
The expression around the eyes and the mouth. Anyone thinking "demented'?
In my opinion, there is certainly an expression of dementia on that peculiar face. Anyone agree?
Tiger| 5.29.12 @ 11:50AM
Yes, I've thought that myself. It's a crazy look on his face. I've wondered why he chose that particular shot for his blog.
Surely he has a photo where he appears more sane.
Jeffrey Lord| 5.29.12 @ 11:59AM
Tiger....
I've actually had the same thought. It doesn't look demented when shaving....Snapshot not supplied by me but taken by someone from an appearnce on Lou Dobb's show.
Actually, I look like Brad Pitt.
Only One Mediator Christ Jesus| 5.29.12 @ 3:06PM
Hahaha! Good sense of humor you've got there. :^)..
Tiger| 5.29.12 @ 3:30PM
To be fair, Mr. Lord, you don't look all that crazy, and I can imagine that from another angle you might show a slight resemblace to Brad Pitt. Why don't you submit another photo for us to consider? We would like to see a front-on view.
Ben Stein is posting a photo that was taken years ago. I saw a recent photo of Ben a few months ago, and he looked like how I imagine Henry Kissenger will look when he's laid out in his casket.
Horror of Horrors!
Boar Hunter| 5.29.12 @ 6:35PM
Dear Mr. Lord;
To me, your photo looks like it was taken while you ponder in a confused state, why anyone in their right mind would allow someone as ignorant and vile as Allan Combs to speak on National Television.
However, with that said, as, "you can't judge a book by it's cover" I choose to ignore the photo and look to your articles for inspiration. They are among the most intelligent and carefully drafted arguments on any subject I have ever had the pleasure to read.
Thank You Sir!
Only One Mediator Christ Jesus| 5.29.12 @ 3:08PM
Appleby,
Since you live in Canada (good), please stay there. Though it is a pity that you can vote in our elections. Why don't you just put us out of our misery and be done with it: join the Democrat party.
oldfart| 5.29.12 @ 6:52AM
Mr. Lord is correct in his analysis. However, that being said, the Progressive/Liberal individual, such as Ms. Sebelius, and Mr. Brownlie, exist, in their minds in an alternate quantum reality, where rules that are passed on groundlings do not exist on their home, Mount Olympus.
Von Mises Jr| 5.29.12 @ 8:34AM
Wisconsin was their Garden of Eden for socialism. And the national liberal organizations are ceding its loss one week from today. Quite a wake-up call.
Gary B| 5.29.12 @ 12:55PM
Yes, and if that happens, even more panic will set on in the Left. Thanks to the Internet and Liberals running out of other people's money, their time-tested arguments are falling on ever more deaf ears. And, as Mr. Lord has illustrated, using their own words and logic against them is just plain fun. Watching their wheels come off is entertainment of the highest order.
Von Mises Jr| 5.29.12 @ 1:09PM
It is a roller coaster watching Marxist try to destroy the country but laughing at their stupidity that manifests itself often. Sometimes I get belly laughs, and then I remember they are the enemy.
Gary B| 5.29.12 @ 8:23PM
Right. If it wasn't so darned serious, it'd be even funnier.
kwan| 5.29.12 @ 6:53AM
Resistance is futile the Catholic Church will be assimilated...Borg Queen Kathryn Sebelius. As we've known all along ObamaCare has absolutely nothing to do with health care and everything to do with the control of the population.
Jack London| 5.29.12 @ 7:14AM
There is no 'attack on the Catholic church'. The church is specifically exempted from regulation. What are not exempt are universities and hospitals, because they are not churches (and of course guess what - they get massive tax breaks).
Jeffrey, if you want to start a tax crusade how about getting Mitt Romney and his cronies to pay a decent rate on their unearned income.
Darin| 5.29.12 @ 7:20AM
"The church" is so tightly defined that Jesus and his disciples would not have qualified. Get your facts straight before you downplay this. And stop changing the subject. That's how children react.
The fact here is that the Obama administration is treating Christians the same way they are treated in Muslim countries. Christians in Muslim countries are prohibited from evangelizing and serving those of different faiths.
TLP| 5.29.12 @ 1:52PM
He's named after the Muslim Prophet, and HIS HORSE, for God's sake.
That is why he does the things that he does.
He INVITES the Muslim Brotherhood over to his House, for Tea, and $1.5 BILLION in Cash. Plus he's put them in place in the TSA, the DOD, the FBI, and HOMELAND SECURITY.
Plus, hand you heard him say SQUAT, about all of the Christian Churches that have been BURNED TO THE GROUND, or all of the CHRISTIANS who have been MURDERED, in his old Stomping Grounds?
No.
Of course not.
"The Muslim Call to Prayer is the most Beautiful sound in the World."
Excuse me while I PUKE.
Seek| 5.29.12 @ 4:12PM
Who's changing the subject?
The new mandate doesn't punish Christians or Christian institutions. It simply applies a health care mandate (one which I don't support, by the way) to nonprofit groups affiliated with religious bodies as it does to non-sectarian nonprofit groups. To construe the rule as "anti-religious liberty" is too narrow; it's simply anti-liberty.
When Christians play the victim, they can be as fatuous as blacks claiming to victims of "racism."
PJ| 5.29.12 @ 6:11PM
The Catholic Church is duty bound by Christ to administer charity & education to everyone who wants & needs it regardless of race, creed, sex. Catholic colleges, hospitals, orphanages, etc... are the charitable arms of the Catholic Church. These organizations are self-insured & have employed persons of other religions who freely choose to work for these Catholic institutions. BTW many of the institutions have the local bishop's "seal of approval" for lack of the true term, that authenticates their Catholicity.
benny havens| 5.29.12 @ 7:24AM
15% on money that has already been taxed is a great deal for the government. Maybe you would prefer taking all the money from the people.
JP| 5.29.12 @ 9:15AM
So, I take it that once a person leaves a Mass or church service they longer practice thier religion? Almost all of the Catholic societies that run charities (soup kitchens, homeless shelters, women's shelters, orphanages, schools and colleges) do so from religious principals. But, they will not involve themselves in charities if it means they must take part in Sin. And what Obama's HHS Mandate means is that they will be forced into particiapting in Mortal Sin in order to help people. These organizations, which provide billions in charities to the poor and disadvantages, will close up shop before they do that. And people like you can feel good about yourselves.
The Free Excercise of Religion does not end at the pews. The Founders and the Courts realized this. But Progressives like you not.
Jack London| 5.29.12 @ 10:40AM
"The Free Excercise of Religion does not end at the pews."
No one is forcing anyone not to practice _their_ religion. What the constitution says is that the state will not establish religious dictates on the general population, who work in many thousands in religious sponsored organisations. If you don't accept this you are not true to the constitution, and also I can't see why you could have an objection say to a wacko religious organization taking over a hospital and denying anyone - an employee on insurance or a patient - a blood transfusion, or to ignore any employment law they don't like. How would you feel if they only employed white people as a religious thing?
Calvin| 5.29.12 @ 10:52AM
The fascist instincts the left continue unabated.
George S| 5.29.12 @ 11:07AM
"True to the Constitution"
Where oh where in the Constitution does the president have the power to dictate what services an insurance company can offer within state boundaries? Don't tell me it is the equal enforcement of the law -- this regulation is created by the both the HHS and executive order -- because Congress did not write this law, it passed it off to rule making. Another true to the Constitution act. And, the HHS rule is a police power. Yet again, another true to the Constitution.
Jack London| 5.29.12 @ 11:42AM
George, you're talking about something different than the establishment of religion - more related to the ACA and the mandate. Here's a good paper that explains why 'there is no provision in our Constitution that prohibits Congress from regulating inactivity when exercising its enumerated powers'. In other words, it can be constitutional if things are 'reasonably related to other enumerated powers' and Congress has the power to regulate commerce of something so vitally important as healthcare.
http://www.stanfordlawreview.o.....onal-chaos
TLP| 5.29.12 @ 2:06PM
So, you would agree that A Crèche, or The Ten Commandments, or a Christmas Play at a Public School, should be okay, right?
Right?
Of course you do, if you actually adhere to YOUR OWN ARGUMENT.
But, of course, you DON'T, do you?
From the Desk of Media Matters| 5.29.12 @ 2:08PM
Jaquelina Jeffersonia Moscow Barney Jeffersonia Fecal Rachel Jeffersonia Maddow Jay Jeffersonia Carney Hilary Jeffersonia Rosen Hillary Jeffersonia Rodham Wilhelmina Jeffersonia Clinton Albelina Jeffersonia Gore Jean Jeffersonia Francois Jeffersonia Keffy Paula Jeffersonia Krugman Josephina Jeffersonia Robinette Jeffersonia Biden Nancy Jeffersonia Patricia Jeffersonia Pelosi Penelope Jeffersonia Dreadfulina Jeffersonia Axelrod,
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots are having difficulty processing how utterly stupid a lying idiot you are.
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots are familiar with co-author of your linked cited source Eric Segall through his contributing blogs at Puffington Host, where blogs such as this can be read:
"...normally I write in this space about such mundane matters as... Today, I have a different subject: What happened to Billy Joel? ...Billy Joel's songs and concerts have played an important role in my own spiritual journey."
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots are familiar with the other co-author of your linked cited source Aaron E. Carroll through his contributing blogs at Puffington Host, where blogs such as this can be read:
"Pass the [Obamacare] bill. There -- I said it. Before you start screaming at me from the Left, take a deep breath. My bonafides on robust reform are pretty solid. I've... I even appeared on the 'Colbert Report' last summer to talk about single-payer health care. I'd rather have that; we're not going to get it right now. They should pass this bill."
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots are having difficulty processing MM staff won yet another bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrot office pool with your cited source.
Again.
Don't stop discrediting and embarrassing even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots with your utter idiotic lying stupidity.
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George S| 5.29.12 @ 2:47PM
No, "reasonable" only applies to points of law -- such as reasonable doubt, reasonable suspicion, reasonable fear of your life when someone is beating the back of your head in a stand-your-ground state -- and does not apply to constitutional interpretation of what is not written nor on record in any constitutional debate transcripts. What the Congress is doing with the health care law is regulating economic decisions as opposed to commerce.
Let me splain... when you walk past a gun shop and choose not to buy a gun, you have made an economic decision that you want your money more than you want the gun. That is an economic decision that affects both you, the gun store owner and the yet unnamed recipient(s) of the money that would have went to purchase that gun. Who gets your money is none of Congress' business because no commerce took effect.
Now, if you made the economic decision to purchase the gun, you enter into a contract with the gun store owner and you exchange wealth -- he gets your labor receipt (cash/check or credit card) and you get his labor (waking up in the morning to open a store that gives you access to the thousands of people's labor who made the gun, who made the factory that made the gun, who made the factory equipment for the factory who made the gun... (google "I, Pencil").
NOW Congress can regulate -- background checks, gun registration, safety courses, etc. Once the wealth was exchanged, commerce was born. Now there is something tangible to regulate.
Or, look at it this way: "regulate" means to make regular, to function as intended. A water regulator adjusts water pressure so your plumbing fixtures function as intended. Plumbing codes require them; but if you have no plumbing in your, say, garage, can you be fined for not regulating water to non-existent fixtures? It's not rocket law.
Jack London| 5.29.12 @ 3:44PM
All fine, except in health we have a strategic issue that is overwhelmingly in the interests of the nation for a federal solution. In the absence of single payer, which is far more sensible, we have the insurance mandate, previously frontline GOP policy and which I'm pretty sure will be found constitutional given the precedents and strategic imperative for Congress.
George S| 5.29.12 @ 5:01PM
... and 'health' was not an issue in 1789? The Constitution makes no provisions that it can be violated for "strategic issues" nor does the Constitution allow for Congress to force Americans to enter into commerce. If the people truly wanted single-payer then they have a funny way of showing it when they got their first chance to respond to Pelosi, Reid and Obama -- the electoral massacre of 2010. Which ties in very well with the fact that Obama didn't campaign on single-payer or the mandate infested PPA in 2008. This was passed against our will giving rise to the Tea Party (not Obama's skin color FYI) which will make its presence felt this election cycle also. Now, just exactly how does the Constitution protect this tyrannical power grab is a mystery to me but you can see the strategic differences.
From the Desk of Media Matters| 5.29.12 @ 6:04PM
Jaquelina Jeffersonia Moscow Barney Jeffersonia Fecal Rachel Jeffersonia Maddow Hilary Jeffersonia Rosen Josephina Jeffersonia Robinette Jeffersonia Pelosi,
Even our bottom rung MM mindless retarded MM staff is amazed we the office proletariat more (OPM) equals won the bottom rung MM mindless retarded MM staff office pool with one of your all-time most pathetic statements:
"All, fine, except in health we have a strategic issue that is overwhelmingly in the interests of the nation for a federal solution"
Dude.
Stop discrediting and embarrassing even our bottom rung MM mindless retarded MM staff.
Even OPM equals know you well enough to win some serious c--MMstaffgottago--
tonypal| 5.29.12 @ 11:11AM
Presumably in this alternate universe, individuals would not be free to choose a hospital that actually performs blood transfusions or caters to non-whites.
Darin| 5.29.12 @ 11:39AM
Jack, read the First Amendment before you open your mouth. "Congress shall make no law pertaining to the establishment of religion ... nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof." What is being done is a blatant attack on the free exercise of religion by forcing religious institutions to comply with mandates prohibited by their faith. Catholic hospitals are required by law to see anyone needing care in the emergency, but this does not conflict with their faith of helping those in need. Forcing the same hospital to provide contraception, abortion, and sterilization (the mandate includes all 3) is in direct violation of their faith. Intelligent people understand this. Apparently you do not.
Jack London| 5.29.12 @ 11:50AM
A hospital is not a church - you do realize that? They don't carry out mass in an operating theater. As I asked, would you allow any employment law to be ignored in the name of a religious sponsor? Fine - but the right way to go about this is to amend the First to remove the establishment clause so that religion leaders can make our laws.
victor| 5.29.12 @ 4:35PM
Jack Nodnol:
"but the right way to go about this is to amend the First to remove the establishment clause so that religion leaders can make our laws."
Obviously what we have here is failure to communicate.
The First Amendment applies to the government — to protect individuals from government intrusion.
It means that no Federal, State or Local Government official can infringe on your First Amendment Rights.
A private company is not a government or state and therefore is not subject to the requirements of the First Amendment.
"Any employment law"
Those are not delegated to the Federal Government, but left to the States according to the Ninth and Tenth Amendments.
W| 5.29.12 @ 4:30PM
The problem is that HHS bureaucrats decide what is a Church to receive the so-called protection. What massive tax breaks do universities and hospitals receive?
In some states they do not pay the real estate tax but pay an assessment. But that is a state not federal matter. They do not pay income tax on profit because they are non-profit or not-for-profit, but they pay the employer FICA tax.
This is the problem with the income tax. You believe that the power to tax, and give deductions and credits, entitles the govenrment to control anyone who files a tax return.
You want to increase the 15% dividend and capital gains tax rate to what level?
ggoblue| 5.29.12 @ 7:14AM
i love the whole concept of turnabout...
lets give the ny times a dose of the "privilege" argument they love so much...
you have the right to hand out your paper and put whatever you want in it....but selling it is a privilege, and subject to govt regulations...
Only One Mediator Christ Jesus| 5.29.12 @ 3:18PM
IF they are accepting government funds in order to run their paper, wouldn't it be subject to gov. rules & regs?
How can they have it both ways?
Do not depend on government ~ is not the borrower slave to the lender? Or in this case, free money?
POST American| 5.29.12 @ 7:20AM
'Regulate' ---appears to be on the Tavistock
term circulation for subversion short list these days.
Putting aside the latest reports on the 'on the
go' moves to handover the internet, lock
stock n' NSA barrel to the private, unelected,
capstone USURY banking, Globalism
and EUGENICS borg 'UN'----for 'regulation'
Sibelius need not be 'regulated' --simply
called out for what she is, and likewise
the 'hidden masters' she so plainly serves.
IF we had any kind of a press --NONE of this
would be a problem.
-----------HUAC ---A.S.A.P
----------------and Nuremberg ----is ---NOW!
Nancy in NC| 5.29.12 @ 8:16AM
Isn't it ironic that Sibelius and Pelosi are Catholic?
Von Mises Jr| 5.29.12 @ 8:36AM
They were born to Catholic families, but they are socialist totalitarians and nothing more or less.
Appleby| 5.29.12 @ 8:57AM
My thoughts exactly -- they are pseudo Catholics who give the whole religion a bad name.
Von Mises Jr| 5.29.12 @ 9:30AM
They are not even Catholics. They are communist. You can only have one true religion, and Christianity is not it for Pelosi, Sebelius or "BiteMe."
We know Obama's Black Liberation Theory is a combination of Marxism and Islamist. Communist and Islamist must hide their identity.
James Van Dorn| 5.29.12 @ 11:16AM
VonMissesJr: You are indeed a wise person who has seen through the Leftists and reveal at every opportunity, what they are all about! When Congressman Allen West made his STATEMENT about the number of COMMUNIST conressmen he was of course, correct! Most are Liberal Socialists, but as you have shown, many are hardcore COMMUNISTS. Thanks VMJr. Please continue blog. I follow your comments as you show geat insight to the problems we face today.
Von Mises Jr| 5.29.12 @ 11:38AM
James, I had the unbelievable privilege to meet Col. West on the Mall when the Supreme Court was hearing the OsamaCare case. He spoke to the crowd from AFP and turned up outside a GOP reception. Of course the RINO's did not invite him, but he strolled by and I got to shake a great man's hand. All I do is talk. He did the hard work.
James Van Dorn| 5.29.12 @ 1:08PM
Thanks again, VonMissesJr. I've known Allen West for over 20 years having served with him in the Army. Allen IS the real deal! Back in the Army, he demaded and got, the best from his junior officers, his non-commisioned officers and his soldiers. He also had a great love for his troops whether they were Black or White and did everything in his power to take exception care of them. This cost him his Army career as you may already know. Allen is one of the finest leaders I've ever known and his dedication to REAL EQUAL OPPORTUNITY is not based on some Liberal Socialist slogan, but on conservative values that create the environment in which anyone can excell by emplyoying dedication and hard work! I'm glad that you had the opportunity to meet a GREAT MAN of our times. I can't say enough about this truly fine gentleman.
TLP| 5.29.12 @ 2:08PM
Anyone who puts a GUN, anywhere near an Islamist's head, is okay in my book.
Von Mises Jr| 5.29.12 @ 3:12PM
I thought it was a bullet in the chair? I am not sure we are congruent with the meaning of the term "Islamist head," my friend TLP?
Von Mises Jr| 5.29.12 @ 2:10PM
The GOP is trying to redistrict Congressman West out of his House Seat. I urged him to run for the Circus Senate Seat in Florida. I wish he would.
Pelleas| 5.29.12 @ 12:36PM
"psuedo-Catholics???"
Who died and made YOU Pope--or , GOD....??
It's pretty damn scary , when a no-nothing jerk on the street has the nerve to question ANYONE else's religious beliefs or practices-- however orthodox or not . they may be
Gary B| 5.29.12 @ 1:01PM
You mean like the Obama campaign attacking Romney's religion? If anyone qualifies as a "no-nothing" jerk, it's Obama.
Pelleas| 5.29.12 @ 6:35PM
"Which" Obama "campaign" would...and could..THAT POSSIBLY BE.....???
Only One Mediator Christ Jesus| 5.29.12 @ 3:22PM
"Isn't it ironic that Sibelius and Pelosi are Catholic?"
Nope.
RCV| 5.29.12 @ 8:29PM
Isn't it ironic that Gingrich and Santorum and Hannity are Catholic?
Only One Mediator Christ Jesus| 5.29.12 @ 9:31PM
How is it ironic?
c. j. acworth| 5.29.12 @ 8:21AM
Of course the idea of turnabout sounds good, but remember, the pendulum will swing the other way again, for sure. Lets give up the idea of regulating those we disagree with and work on getting the Constitution re-elevated to the exalted position it should hold. That way no-one has to worry about who holds the reins of government this week.
Darin| 5.29.12 @ 9:14AM
Problem with this approach is it's naive. Liberals blatantly ignore the rules and make up new ones as they go. Working to enforce actually abiding by the law of the land is great, but the lawless must be held accountable.
Think of it as cleaning up a lawless town in the wild west. You had to take on the bandits and thugs to make the law work. Liberals are the bandits and thugs.
Truncheon| 5.29.12 @ 8:23AM
Make believe is for children.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 5.29.12 @ 8:43AM
Mr. Lord should be more circumspect in giving ideas for additional taxation to the left. Somewhere, Purp/Jefferson et al are now forwarding the memo to the commingled entity that is the White House & Obama/Biden 2012, arguing between taxing those who post on TAS and other blogs by the word or by the post.
Von Mises Jr| 5.29.12 @ 8:49AM
I don't know if the liberals can actually war game as far ahead as Mr. Lord gives them credit.
I think that they embrace "crony capitalism" (aka fascism) and syndicalism like happened when seventy percent of the Chrysler Bond Holders money was given to the unions.
But perhaps they finally realize that we are moving quickly towards communism and dictatorship. Best as I can determine, there are no "privileged" union workers in Cuba, Venezuela or North Korea, just as there were none in the USSR or Mao's China.
The assault on the Catholic Church may have made them realize that dictatorial and totalitarian government may not work out real well for them. There is the Ruling Class that will include Andy Stern and Richard "Bumpkiss" Trumka, but the rank-and-file are SOL.
Same for the liberal talking heads. The owners of the NYT and CNN may get a seat at the Politburo, but Chris "I got a tingle up my leg" and David "I like the crease in his pants and that's not all" Brooks may be starting to figure out that they are not that important after their yeoman work is complete. They can join the "Proletariat" or perhaps like Secretariat's lesser kin get sent to the glue factory.
Mimi| 5.29.12 @ 9:04AM
Obama choosing to go after the Catholic Church was and is his ticket to Waterloo! The seeds of his own destruction were planted and now growing wildly toward his demise!
He shows us truly his ignorance and lack of knowledge of the Constitution, how it works for the PEOPLE and maintaining the unique American Way.....
The Catholics and ALL religious people....70%? ++? are up in arms and lining up by the MILLIONS, non-voters, people who moved, are making the effort to get registered, to VOTE him and his minions out of office. This motivation will make the Nov. 2010 election look like an anthill.
The knowledgeable Bishops and Cardinals know what is at stake here for America and ALL it's people.... " Truth is Stronger Than Lies".... "GOOD is Stronger Than Evil" (Benedict XVI)
Cobalt| 5.29.12 @ 11:05AM
Some people think Obama's battle with The Catholic Church is no accident.
However, the Progressives who are running this administration are calling the shots in The White House, not Obama.
The Audacity Of Power: President Obama Vs. The Catholic Church
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ch.....ic-church/
TLP| 5.29.12 @ 1:56PM
TLP| 5.29.12 @ 9:46AM
Stop it.
It's the HEAD of the ROTTING FISH.
We need to end all of this Cinderella Bullsh*t, where this MFer is Concerned.
He doesn't meet with his Cabinet. He doesn't meet with Congressional Members of either Party. He has no friends. Apparently, he's NEVER had any. He's never had a REAL Girlfriend, just an Amalgam of the pictures that are already in the frames, when we buy them.
We're talking about President I. President ME. Our Military fights "On MY behalf".
Don't forget. HE killied Bin Laden. HE got Khaddafi, albeit, from the back of the bus.
The Economy is HIS, should something good occur. Should the opposite happen, he will gladly point you to the House where the last guy lives, these days.
He uses I, Me, Mine, in every speech he gives, more than A, And, The, and Is, COMBINED.
He is the Narccissists' Narccissist. He is THE ONE that we've all been waiting for. You don't believe me? ASK HIM!
He is the Alpha and the Omega. The Ying and the Yang. The Chi and the Id. And he has his Idolaters, well placed, in America's (so-called) Main Stream Media Outlets, so as to impress upon the rest of us, that, even though we can see that he is Naked, this Self Adorizing, Pomposity of a Buffoon EMPEROR, is actually, adorned in the Finest of Cloths, from the finest Haberdashers the world has ever known.
Please try to stay Focused on the Target.
I know that it's easy to succumb to your eye's desire to let themselves Glaze Over. Fight it. It's easy.
Think of Hillary in her underwear, lying underneath Alan and Purp, as they go at it.
That'll snap ya out of it.
Give the Devil his due.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 5.29.12 @ 6:16PM
"...He is the Alpha and the Omega. The Ying and the Yang. The Chi and the Id..."
(bowing down humbly)
Master.
Only One Mediator Christ Jesus| 5.29.12 @ 3:26PM
Well, Mimi. Let us hope and pray that that 70% or so you mention will actually see fit to cast their votes for the Republican nominee.
Maybe with posts like yours here they will come around.
God bless you,
Margie
Muffin| 5.29.12 @ 3:35PM
Margie!
Where have you been hiding? Hope you have not been ill! Glad to see you're back.
Time for you to kick some more a**.
Mimi| 5.29.12 @ 5:11PM
Wow...MARGIEso glad you are back! Love the new name!
Only One Mediator Christ Jesus| 5.29.12 @ 5:43PM
Thanks. Not sure I'm staying, we'll see.
Thanks, Muffin~ who are you? Never heard the name.
Oh, and.. you too can kick some a** ya know.. long as it's for the truth!
fmm| 5.29.12 @ 9:16AM
Really like the approach here as it highlights the biases in liberal thinking and would spread the pain around. However, the underlying acceptance is that control by centralized government would be even more pervasive, which is the liberal target to begin with. Better to return to a constitutionally limited government.
Ken (Old Texican)| 5.29.12 @ 9:30AM
Folks
We just gotta' send ALL these folks home in November. Get your dead-beat brothers in law off the couch to vote NOT OBAMA on election day.
OUR failure will assure the second American Revolution.
TLP| 5.29.12 @ 2:11PM
Obviously, Ken, you've got a Douche Bag for a Brother in Law.
Who doesn't?
NotALibertarian| 5.29.12 @ 10:02AM
Not only should union pensions be taxed, the tax should be so high that their recipients end up receiving roughly the same as seniors on Social Security.
Why are other people working until they are 70 and retiring on less so that union workers can retire at 55 and live on more?
Paul from SA| 5.29.12 @ 11:09AM
TAS: please limit articles to two pages. Splitting up a one-page article into 4 causes me to not read the whole thing (the ads take too long to load).
John2| 5.29.12 @ 3:41PM
Try this --Hit the "Print" button to see it on one page, without ads.
This does not cause it to print, it gives you one more chance to decide whether to print. Meanwhile, you can read it in full.
Paul from SA| 5.29.12 @ 11:10AM
We should tax union benefits to pay for union benefits.
James Van Dorn| 5.29.12 @ 11:12AM
This is a BRILIANT piece and a BLUEPRINT for a Conservative future in our nation. Whether or not the Supreme Court upholds the Obama/Sebelius attack on religious liberty, consevative legislations throughout our land need to plan, organize and attack LIBERAL SOCIALISM at every opportunity. The use of the TAX CODE is an excellent tool in the regulation of UNIONS, ABORTION CHAMBERS and the MEDIA. We also need to look at those bastions of Liberal Socialism called "universities." This is where so many young minds are poisoned with the lies of Liberal Socialism. The so-called "universities" are where so much anti-Americanism is driven into the heads of our youth, by the silver ponytail guys like Ayers, Dorn, Obama, Churchill, and other dedicated LEFTIST idealougues. We can save our nation from the ROT of Liberal Socialism, but we need to act fast! First and foremost, drive Obama out of power this coming November. He and "Jimmuh" can still runaround the world doing damage to our country, but maybe we can TAX that too! Hey, Liberals ALWAYS love more taxes, so why not let them acutualy PAY some taxes for once?
Rurik| 5.29.12 @ 11:24AM
Let's extend this idea just a little bit further. Why not lift the tax exempt status on Big Education, the endowments of places such as Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth and othre rich schools? And why not the trust funds of Big Foundations like Ford, Tides, Carnegie, etc? Let them paiy their fair share.
PattyMor| 5.29.12 @ 11:28AM
Let's not stop at the liberal bastions of unions, abortion clinics, and media. We need Luxury Taxes on leaderas of foundations and "charities" that earn excessive salaries, like the head of the Red Cross. You know O'Dismal wants to tax the rich, so let's sign on. If these people are serving "the poor" why are they collecting such high salaries? After all, we're only helping O'Dismal carry out his mission.
James Van Dorn| 5.29.12 @ 12:58PM
Well after all! If Obomba thinks that TAXES should be raised, then lets RAISE some taxes on the Liberal Socialist institutions who CLARLY are not paying ANY Taxes, let alone their FAIR SHARE. Let's get inside their heads, determine where their weaknesses are and TAX THE CRAP outa each and all of the Liberal Socialist bastions. As I wrote before, actually make the Liberal Socialists PAY THER FAIR SHARE, whatever that is.
Who Knows?| 5.29.12 @ 11:30AM
Democrats---stupid is as stupid does.
They’ve got what it takes to take what you’ve got.
Turn about is fair play.
“Fair” is their current rallying word?
Play ball!
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
There exists a plethora of recorded words, nowadays even taken with cameras, that merely need to be mined, and turned against the people who spoke them. Since most people are products of the dumbing down public school factories, the righteous call is for SIMPLICITY.
Brevity is STILL the soul of wit, so freedom lovers who garner face time on MSM media, when in a debate with rabid fools like Chris Matthews, have got to keep their focus, and learn to throw back at them rearranged sentences---you know, change one word, on the lines of what Lord is writing about.
Who WILL regulate the regulators?
There---see how easy it is?
Say you’re in a debate on McNeil-Lehrer, about this Obama attempt to regulate the Catholic church. Hammer home the point---who WILL regulate the regulators???
I regulate this---adios.
Petronius| 5.29.12 @ 11:36AM
Liberalism Is a Religion. I'd love for an incoming Conservative Congress to make it Law. Then the Separation Clause can be employed to repeal all liberal social engineering the state has no business inflicting upon Us.
Darin| 5.29.12 @ 11:42AM
It's actually been shown to be the religion called Humanism. The belief is man-centric, not God centric. Morality under Humanism is subjective, again shown by how liberals do not play by the same rules they force others to follow.
Pelleas| 5.29.12 @ 12:27PM
It's ACTUALLY TIME to tax ALL "Religious" Institutions-big and small--WTF should they prosper on the tax-payer's dime?
From the Desk of Media Matters| 5.29.12 @ 2:16PM
Detestably Perverted Degenerate Deviant Degenerate Abominably,
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots know readers put no credibility into the words of someone so irrational and immoral they detestably lie with a man as one lies with a woman abominably.
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots know you lack any integrity.
Even our other bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrots are not the least bit surprised MM staff won another bottom rung MM mindless retarded parrot office pool because of your post, however.
Again.
- MM staff
Who Knows?| 5.29.12 @ 12:51PM
Obama, the Man Of Change and Hope---let’s apply Soren Kierkegaard to him. From “Purity of heart is to will one thing”:
“Neither can he be said to will one thing when that one thing which he wills is not in itself one: is in itself a multitude of things, a dispersion, the toy of changeableness, and the prey of corruption!
In the time of pleasure see how he longed for one gratification after another. Variety was his watchword. Is variety, then, to will one thing that shall ever remain the same?
On the contrary, it is to will one thing that must never be the same. It is to will a multitude of things. And a person who wills in such a fashion is not only double-minded but is at odds with himself.
For such a man wills first one thing and then immediately wills the opposite, because the oneness of pleasure is a snare and a delusion. It is the diversity of pleasures that he wills.
So when the man of whom we are speaking had gratified himself up to the point of disgust, he became weary and sated. Even if he still desired one thing---what was it that he desired?
He desired new pleasures; his enfeebled soul raged so that no ingenuity was sufficient to discover something new---something new!
It was change he cried out for as pleasure served him, change, change!!!
And it was change that he cried out for as he came to pleasure’s limit, as his servants were worn out---
CHANGE, CHANGE!” pages 56-57
Bill| 5.29.12 @ 12:57PM
Obamacare will never be implemented.
JimP| 5.29.12 @ 2:05PM
Isn't the Catholic church itself to blame, in part, for this, or perhaps the local dioceses that promote the idea of social justice via paying taxes to the federal government? Let me hear from you readers who are Catholic. Perhaps I am under a misimpression.
If we as Christians push the idea that paying taxes is a form of tything for the purpose of doing our Christian duty, aren't we then replacing God with a secular government? In effect making government god? Isn't this blaspemous? It removes the individual choice to help the needy and replaces it with government force. How does that bring one closer to God and fulfill a duty or fill our hearts with compassion when we are FORCED to tythe? But the money doesn't go to the church of our choice to be used the way the congregation decides. It goes to a secular organization, run by mere mortals who then use the tythings to support people and things that are antithetical to Christianity. How could this possibly be what God wants us to do?
jstwndring| 5.29.12 @ 4:57PM
"Here's one Peter Brownlie:
The anti-abortion forces continue to use the power of the state to impose their views and impose their views even through the tax system."
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Seriously? Are you Democrats this freaking stupid? You can not be this stupid. Please, someone tell me Democrats are not this freaking stupid. Oh, dear God, they are, aren't they?
Hypocrites. All of them.
POST American| 5.30.12 @ 12:07AM
"Sin is NEVER still.
It's ALWAYS linked ---and ALWAYS
on the move. Our nativity was in Sodom."
-Jonathan Edwards
1722
For those of us scarred and stained
by the EUGENICS abortion 'cull-chore'
creation op ----high time to launch from
some place BEYOND the threshold of
unimaginably deep, God given repentance.
TIME to ABORT ---the 'POP' cull-chore
itself ---and those figures and insitutions
that create, direct and support it
(ie the capstone USURY andf EUGENICS 'benny violent' foundations and NGOs).
You might start yuor background with
a little study of Truman's greenlight to
the infamous Macy Group ---and their
assignment ---the 'RA--dick---ALL'
destruction of American culture
---back around 1952.
Remember too, that was abut the moment
Truman, under directives no doubt, betrayed
little Korea to partition and a MAO---ist
genocide op all its own.
Anyway ----PRO-active moves that MUST
include hurling the TV ---restricting the
PC from personal spaces ----turning off
the psychc driving Tavistock 'muse--sick'
------------and making eye contact with
those that ---are there.
"Two people make a universe."
D H Lawrence
They do!