Posted by
M. E. Ward on Saturday, October 17, 2009 11:44:27 AM
Chairman Mao receives praise from a White House CZAR.
In his column, “
A Tidal Wave Is Brewing,” October 12, 2009, Henry Lamb makes the following observation:
“Tidal waves often follow earthquakes. And earthquakes often follow ground tremors. Seismic tremors are being recorded in cities across the nation. In nearly every city where a Democrat had the courage to hold a town meeting, the earth rumbled.”
On September 12, more than a million people politely paraded through Washington DC, while Democrats and some Republicans chose to look the other way. Next November, these people will take their families, their friends and their neighbors to the polls.
“These are the people who are the tidal wave that can clean up the corruption in DC,” says Henry.
“These are the people who vote.”Every year for the past 15 years, Rep. John Shadegg has been trying to get a bill enacted that would simply require legislators to cite the constitutional authority for any legislation proposed (the Enumerated Powers Act, HR450). Even though HR450 has 52 co-sponsors, it will never get to a floor vote because the Democrats will not allow it.
Coincidently, as Mr. Lamb points out, “This bill would not be necessary if the Democrats would simply follow their own rules. House Rule XIII (3)(d)(1) requires:”
"Each report of a committee on a public bill or public joint resolution shall contain the following: A statement citing the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed by the bill or joint resolution."
Rules of procedure in the House of Representatives are routinely ignored. Requiring every bill or resolution cite the constitutional authority for the proposed legislation would grind the sausage making of legislation to a halt.
Remember when Nancy Pelosi (November 16, 2006) stood on her pedestal and proclaimed: "This leadership team will create the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history,” then set out to ignore House Rule XIII (3)(d)(1)?
“Ignoring a House rule is a minor offense, compared to the corruption that Ms. Pelosi readily accepts when it affects her Democratic colleagues,” says Mr. Lamb.
Here’s just some of the corruption Nancy continues to reward by her failure to take action:
Charles Rangel has failed to report his income from rental property in the Dominican Republic; has used rent-controlled housing facilities for campaign activities to avoid more than $7,000 in rental payments, and much, much more.
John Murtha provides a treasure trove of investigations into all sorts of abuse of power. Murtha's earmark list contains big rewards for the same companies that appear on his contributions list.
Maxine Waters completely ignores the conflict of interest rules by using her influence to set up meetings between the Treasury Department and her friends at OneUnited Bank -- which, incidentally, wound up with $12.1 million in bailout funds.
Mr. Lamb goes on to state, “Corruption is not limited to Democrats, by any means; they just seem to be better at getting away with it.”
President Obama promised to clean up the corruption in his administration, and then proceeded to appoint people who had failed to pay their taxes, or were caught up in some kind of investigation. Remember his rigid Executive Order outlining a high bar of ethics his appointees would have to meet? Well he then proceeded to ignore this high bar and waive the requirements for several appointees.
“It is pure corruption to deliberately give the appearance of high ethical standards, and then completely refuse to apply those standards” says Mr. Lamb. Some people call it “organized crime,” falling under the purview of the RICO Act.
Congressmen, who arrogantly refuse to answer questions, want to increase taxes, blindly spend uncountable billions, take over health care, energy and the rest of the market place, are having targets placed on their backs by individuals and organizations all across this land. Mr. Lamb states, “What's needed is a tidal wave to wash over Washington to clean out every politician -- regardless of party affiliation -- who seeks personal power over constitutional compliance or personal profit over public accountability.”
The only way we can get back to a constitutional form of government is to make sure the people we send to represent us follow the rules that were set up to protect us from totalitarianism. Passing the Enumerated Powers Act, HR450, and enforcing House Rule XIII (3)(d)(1) would be a great place for the new class of representatives to start if the tidal wave elects them into office next November.