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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1659 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/10/reclaiming-the-constitution-part-v/feed/ 1 In 1804, the United States Supreme Court claimed absolute control over the Constitution, declaring only it could decide the Constitution&#8217;s meaning and neither the president nor Congress could...<br/> <br/> The truth as I see it™ <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rJZVlA0k0clSTEO8rwXjWcbO8cs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rJZVlA0k0clSTEO8rwXjWcbO8cs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rJZVlA0k0clSTEO8rwXjWcbO8cs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rJZVlA0k0clSTEO8rwXjWcbO8cs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=B4CmuaGez14:99u61g4Gn8Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=B4CmuaGez14:99u61g4Gn8Y:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=B4CmuaGez14:99u61g4Gn8Y:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?i=B4CmuaGez14:99u61g4Gn8Y:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=B4CmuaGez14:99u61g4Gn8Y:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=B4CmuaGez14:99u61g4Gn8Y:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craigbosley/~4/B4CmuaGez14" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/10/reclaiming-the-constitution-part-v/ http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~r/craigbosley/~3/iq2lLiGCASk/ http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/10/unlimited-power-part-iv/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:09:02 +0000 webmaster@craigbosley.com (Craig L. Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1646 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/10/unlimited-power-part-iv/feed/ 0 &#8220;If you can&#8217;t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.&#8221; &#8211; W. C. Fields Though I hope this quote refers to the following Supreme Court rulings, some might suggest it...<br/> <br/> The truth as I see it™ <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZNvUgY-xLxVua396zNl0BpFOETo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZNvUgY-xLxVua396zNl0BpFOETo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZNvUgY-xLxVua396zNl0BpFOETo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZNvUgY-xLxVua396zNl0BpFOETo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=iq2lLiGCASk:qY5NBOJid-o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=iq2lLiGCASk:qY5NBOJid-o:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=iq2lLiGCASk:qY5NBOJid-o:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?i=iq2lLiGCASk:qY5NBOJid-o:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=iq2lLiGCASk:qY5NBOJid-o:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=iq2lLiGCASk:qY5NBOJid-o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craigbosley/~4/iq2lLiGCASk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/10/unlimited-power-part-iv/ http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~r/craigbosley/~3/0oFdadw4-uk/ http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/09/unlimited-power-part-iii/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:02:17 +0000 webmaster@craigbosley.com (Craig L. Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1626 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/09/unlimited-power-part-iii/feed/ 1 Bill of Rights,Great Depression,Law,Supreme Court,Supreme Court of the United States,United States,United States Congress,United States Constitution Since ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791, the Supreme Court has found a constitutional answer to every case brought before it. Doesn't it seem unlikely that a document prepared in the 1700s could address all issues for more than two hundred yea... Since ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791, the Supreme Court has found a constitutional answer to every case brought before it. Doesn't it seem unlikely that a document prepared in the 1700s could address all issues for more than two hundred years? We currently have nine justices, none elected by the people, all appointed to their office for life, who claim absolute control over the United States Constitution. Is this what the founding fathers and the states intended? With their fear of government, why would they give unchecked power to any branch of the federal government? During the 1930s and 1940s, President Franklin Roosevelt intimidated the Supreme Court, coercing it into giving unlimited power to the United States Congress. With two rulings, the court neutered the United States Constitution, ruling that it actually does not provide for a limited government. Roosevelt was demanding more control of the economy to bring us out of the Great Depression but he needed to expand congressional powers to do this. Although Congress near-blindly passed whatever legislation he proposed, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional eight of his first ten programs. Infuriated, he and his party proposed amending the Constitution to get what he wanted, their platform saying, "If these problems cannot be effectively solved within the Constitution, we shall seek such clarifying amendments as will assure the power to enact those laws." But he dismissed this plan because "it would take months or years to get substantial agreement upon the type and language of an amendment. It would take months and years thereafter to get a two-thirds majority in favor of that amendment in both houses of the Congress. Then would come the long course of ratification by three-quarters of all the states." The process was too long and he feared he might not get what he demanded. So he claimed that "in the last three national elections an overwhelming majority of (the American people) voted a mandate that the Congress and the president begin the task of providing protection (from another Great Depression) - not after long years of debate, but now." With his interpretation of a mandate, he was determined to find a way to modify the Constitution without an amendment, concluding that he needed to "infuse new blood into all our courts." So, he proposed expanding the Supreme Court by six justices, providing "a reinvigorated, liberal-minded judiciary necessary to furnish quicker and cheaper justice." Though his "court-packing" scheme failed, the court got the message and decided to protect itself rather than the Constitution. In 1936, with Butler v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that the "general Welfare" clause of the Constitution was actually an enumerated power of Congress. The court gave Roosevelt the constitution he demanded, agreeing that Congress could pass any legislation it determined was for the "general Welfare of the United States." The court added that challenging Congress would "naturally require a showing that by no reasonable possibility can the challenged legislation fall within the range of discretion permitted to the Congress." Realizing the staggering power they just gave Congress, Justice Roberts said, "How great is the extent of that range, when the subject is the promotion of the general welfare of the United States, we need hardly remark." But to grant this unlimited power to Congress, the court ignored one of the "rules of construction" about how people enter into legal relationships. The Latin translated rule says, "Words should signify something - they should be understood to have force." The founding fathers would not have violated this rule by giving Congress unlimited power to do anything it determined was for the "general Welfare" followed by a meaningless text listing specific powers. They would have omitted such an unnecessary list. Nonetheless, Roosevelt got his new constitution, no need for an amendment, Craig L. Bosley, MD no 4:59 Since ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791, the Supreme Court has found a constitutional answer to every case brought before it. 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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1617 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/09/the-beginning-of-the-end-part-ii/feed/ 0 congress,Federal government of the United States,John Marshall,Supreme Court,Thomas Jefferson,United States,United States Constitution,United States Supreme Court Three Supreme Court rulings changed our lives, making our Constitution near irrelevant. One gave the Supreme Court unlimited, unchecked power; the other two gave Congress unlimited power. The first ruling created the concept of judicial review, Three Supreme Court rulings changed our lives, making our Constitution near irrelevant. One gave the Supreme Court unlimited, unchecked power; the other two gave Congress unlimited power. The first ruling created the concept of judicial review, which ... Craig L. Bosley, MD no 5:17 Three Supreme Court rulings changed our lives, making our Constitution near irrelevant. One gave the Supreme Court unlimited, unchecked power; the other two gave Congress unlimited power. 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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1608 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/09/the-path-to-socialism-part-i/feed/ 0 Bill of Rights,Federal government of the United States,government,Law,Supreme Court,Supreme Court of the United States,United States,United States Constitution "We do not have socialism. We have regulated capitalism." - ISJ reader comment Is that true? Is it all or none? Or is the path to socialism a process so slow that each individual step is logical, masking the eventual outcome and encouraging inattentio... "We do not have socialism. We have regulated capitalism." - ISJ reader comment Is that true? Is it all or none? Or is the path to socialism a process so slow that each individual step is logical, masking the eventual outcome and encouraging inattention and indifference until it's too late? More important, if we are not yet socialist, is our federal government still the limited government the founding fathers created with the United States Constitution? Does it still respect state's rights? Does it still respect individual rights and freedoms? Before answering, remember that this past summer the Second Amendment was upheld by only a 5-4 vote of the Supreme Court, a constitutionally guaranteed right only one political appointment away from revocation. Is this what the founding fathers intended for the federal government they created? Or, did they intend something different, something limited, something not at all like our federal government? What was the purpose of the United States Constitution? Why did the states create a federal government and what did they want it to do? The states had some common needs, like defense, they realized could be more efficiently managed as a national unit rather than individually. But they only intended the federal government to oversee a limited number of things on their behalf, demanding the government they created remain subservient to the states, which were subservient to the people? Although the Constitution lists the limited powers of the federal government, in 1791 the states added the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, because they wanted to better clarify the people's and the state's rights. Keep in mind that these rights are not the same as privileges granted by the government. Our rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the government cannot amend or revoke them, although the Supreme Court came perilously close this summer. Moreover, with the Tenth Amendment, the founding fathers intended to prevent the federal government from usurping powers not in the Constitution - "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." With ratification of the Constitution and these amendments, neither the people nor the states abdicated control to the federal government. Instead, if you will, the states employed the federal government to perform certain tasks for them, outlined in a contract - The United States Constitution. Has the federal government been a good employee? Has it honored the terms of its contract with the states and the people? In the 219 years since the Bill of Rights, only 17 amendments have been added to the Constitution; only 17 times has the federal government admitted it needed an amendment to address an issue before it. Is that logical? Do you believe the founding fathers were so brilliant that they capably addressed all but 17 issues? Instead, maybe the founding fathers knew they could not address all that was to change, and in anticipation of needed changes to the Constitution, they gave us Article V, a mechanism to amend it when needed. Perhaps they also appreciated and valued the sanctity of the United States Constitution, intentionally designing it to be cumbersome to amend, requiring the agreement of two-thirds of each house of Congress and three-fourths of the states. Perhaps they recognized that something as important as our Constitution should not be amended lightly, should not be amended at a whim, should not be amended as political fortunes dictate. Would they be appalled with the irreverence and irrelevance our federal government shows the Constitution, reducing it to a constitution in name only. Would they be appalled that our federal government ignores the Constitution with its legislation and Supreme Court rulings, offering only a passing nod to the document they swore to uphold and defend? What happened? Craig L. Bosley, MD no 4:48 &#8220;We do not have socialism. We have regulated capitalism.&#8221; &#8211; ISJ reader comment Is that true? Is it all or none? 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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1597 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/09/socialism-by-force/feed/ 0 Columbia University,Frances Fox Piven,Karl Marx,New York City,New York Times,Rahm Emanuel,United States,United States Supreme Court "The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher Former Prime Minister, Great Britain Failing to learn, our government continues unabated towards socialism, convinced it knows best, "The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher Former Prime Minister, Great Britain Failing to learn, our government continues unabated towards socialism, convinced it knows best, the Constitut... Craig L. Bosley, MD no 4:55 &#8220;The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people&#8217;s money.&#8221; Margaret Thatcher Former Prime Minister, Great Britain Failing to learn, our government...<br/> <br/> The truth as I see it™ <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-eXasDMFFnL5Wmr74Iob-eiBqzQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-eXasDMFFnL5Wmr74Iob-eiBqzQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-eXasDMFFnL5Wmr74Iob-eiBqzQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-eXasDMFFnL5Wmr74Iob-eiBqzQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=X7BCMHGL310:S9MWv8AFSwk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=X7BCMHGL310:S9MWv8AFSwk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=X7BCMHGL310:S9MWv8AFSwk:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?i=X7BCMHGL310:S9MWv8AFSwk:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=X7BCMHGL310:S9MWv8AFSwk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=X7BCMHGL310:S9MWv8AFSwk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craigbosley/~4/X7BCMHGL310" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/09/socialism-by-force/http://media.blubrry.com/craigbosley/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.craigbosley.com/podcast/20100906.mp3 http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~r/craigbosley/~3/1Er3uRrkdzo/ http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/09/going-home/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:36:37 +0000 webmaster@craigbosley.com (Craig L. Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1586 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/09/going-home/feed/ 2 Christmas,Emergency department,family,High school,Nebraska,Omaha Nebraska,Parenting,Swimming pool For several months, I have been spending some time working in an emergency department in a suburb of Omaha, Nebraska; a few weeks ago taking a day off and driving 210 miles to the small town where I was born a little over 60 years ago, Holdrege, For several months, I have been spending some time working in an emergency department in a suburb of Omaha, Nebraska; a few weeks ago taking a day off and driving 210 miles to the small town where I was born a little over 60 years ago, Holdrege, Nebraska. It was 52 years ago that we moved from Holdrege, and this was my first visit since that move. Following my brother's directions, I found the home where I was born and lived in during the first months of my life. I asked the owner if I could see the home and take a few pictures. It was a yellow painted cinder block house of about 500 square feet, little changed from 1950. And just a few houses down the street were the homes my dad built during summers off from teaching high school history and coaching high school basketball. Both homes were still there and by comparison, they were "huge," nearly 700 square feet. I talked with the owner of the brick front home I lived in and she gave me a tour, showing me where they removed a wall, adding one of the bedrooms to the living, dining and kitchen area to create a great room. She also showed me the original oak hardwood floors they discovered when they were replacing some carpet about 15 years earlier, the oak as tight as the day dad laid it 60 years ago. My oldest brother helped dad pour the concrete foundation, mixing and pouring one wheelbarrow load at a time. Dad did everything himself, except the electrical, the plumbing and digging the foundation. Still decorating a wall in my garage are many of the tools dad used to build those homes. My oldest brother told me the reason dad built two homes. The first was the larger of the two because dad thought he could afford the mortgage payment. When he realized he could not, he put it up for sale and built a smaller home next door, the one I remember living in. Dad asked $22,000 for the larger home, but it was not selling. One day, a man offered him $20,000 and dad agreed. When the realtor listing the home learned about this, he came to the house, relieved when dad told him he had not signed any papers because that meant dad was not legally bound to the agreement. The realtor told dad he could get $21,000 for the home, but dad explained that he could not accept the higher offer because he gave his word. The realtor, not realizing the discussion was over, pressed his argument for the higher offer. According to my brother, dad finally got "fed up" and told the realtor in very understandable language to get out of his house. The $1,000 dad turned down to honor his word? It was equal to about six months of his income. The homeowner also showed me what used to be my bedroom window, which faced the backyard. Mom's mother, grandma Gerbeling, lived with us, and although I did not know anything was wrong at the time, she had Alzheimer's and became one of my best friends. Whenever I got in trouble, and it seemed I did with some regularity, dad would send me to my room. Shortly after, Grandma would sneak in to my room, the two of us able to open the window so I could "escape." Then, when dad would head out the backdoor to "fan me," all four foot ten inches of Grandma would run behind him hollering, "Don't you touch him. Don't you touch him. I did it. I did it." Looking around the backyard, I could still see the aluminum ringed, 3-tiered strawberry patch in the backyard, along with the large garden that dad maintained with his rototiller. When I was about 3 years old, dad could not keep the rototiller running. Finding dirt in the gas tank, he told me if it stopped one more time I would get "fanned." Mom said I came running into the kitchen, telling her I knew it would stop again and I needed her to spank me so when dad came in she could tell him I had already been spanked. In fact, she said I made her spank me three times, each time telling her it was not hard enough to convince dad. Living in the home next door, the one dad sold, were the Fowlers. Craig L. 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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1573 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/08/spoiled-dependent-entitled-indentured-enslaved/feed/ 2 Education,England,Indentured servant,Lyndon B. Johnson,Politics,Poverty,Slavery,socialism,Star Parker,Uncle Sam,United States,War on Poverty Are spoiled children born that way? According to British writer Roald Dahl, "Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents." Spoiled children have parents who give them everything they want instead of teaching them to earn wh... Are spoiled children born that way? According to British writer Roald Dahl, "Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents." Spoiled children have parents who give them everything they want instead of teaching them to earn what they want, instead of teaching them responsibility and independence. Quite simply, parents of spoiled children fail to heed the advice of "The Country Parson," Frank A. Clark, who said, "The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them." Well, my dad did not have a problem teaching us how to get along without him. He supported my dreams, saying I could do anything I wanted and I could have anything I wanted. All I had to do was pay the price, which always involved sacrifice and hard work. He saw many of the complexities of life as relatively simple, work hard and pay your own way. And if you want more? No problem; work more. How well is our parent government teaching us to get along without it and to stand on our own? Is it teaching us responsibility and independence? Is it teaching us to work hard and pay our own way? Or is it teaching us to depend on it for our wants and needs, teaching us we cannot get along without it, and spoiling us all the way to socialism? More than any other president, Lyndon Johnson led this charge with his "War on Poverty" he claimed would "lift people out of poverty." His plan included massive numbers of welfare programs, which, rather than lifting people out of poverty, taught them to depend on the government for their needs rather than standing on their own and paying their own way. And to ensure that people did not try to regain their independence, the government changed the name from welfare to entitlement. We are entitled to this or that from the government. Moreover, we cannot feel bad receiving an entitlement; it's a right. Have decades of entitlements "lifted people out of poverty?" No. They created perpetual poverty, perpetual poverty through dependence on the government. Political commentator Star Parker wrote a book about government entitlements, "Uncle Sam's Plantation," comparing entitlements to Southern slave plantations. Our socialist-minded politicians created lifetime entitlements, not short-term aids to "lift people out of poverty." The government designed entitlements as career choices, not as a means to gain independence, not as a means to "get along without it." The government designed entitlements not only to last a lifetime, but also to be passed on to the next generation like an inheritance. The socialist-minded politicians created perpetual poverty, perpetual entitlements, perpetual indentured servants, servants Ms. Parker writes, who are dependent on "Massah Uncle Sam." Ms. Parker "found her way out" of welfare entitlements, moving from the indentured servitude of socialism to "wealth-producing capitalism." But, as she writes in a recent column, the government is back on the path to socialism, back on the path to "Uncle Sam's Plantation" where people remain dependent. And this path to "Uncle Sam's Plantation" is short and our government understands this all too well. It courts the entitled votes, the dependent votes. It promotes bussing the entitled to the polls. It promises ever more entitlements in exchange for votes. It cannot deport illegal aliens because they are 12 million potential entitled voters. The government does not court the votes of dreamers and builders. It fears them. It fears dreamers and builders. It fears responsibility and independence. And it works to suppress those traits by "sharing the wealth" with those who are entitled to it. Spoiled. Dependent. Entitled. Indentured. Enslaved. This is what the government needs; otherwise we might dream of leaving the plantation of "Massah" England, "Massah" South, or "Massah" Government. The price of getting our wants and needs met for free? Our freedom. The founding fathers thought the price too high. Craig L. Bosley, MD no 4:29 Are spoiled children born that way? 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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1565 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/08/things/feed/ 0 Attractions,Games,Home Depot,Mother's Day,Recreation,Roller coaster,Steve Martin,Theme Parks In the movie "Parenthood," the family's grandmother offered advice to her son who was distraught; he quit his job and his wife was pregnant. Of life she said, "You know, it was just so interesting to me that the roller coaster could make me so frighten... In the movie "Parenthood," the family's grandmother offered advice to her son who was distraught; he quit his job and his wife was pregnant. Of life she said, "You know, it was just so interesting to me that the roller coaster could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited and so thrilled all together! Some didn't like it. They went on the merry-go-round. That just goes around. Nothing. I like the roller coaster. You get more out of it." Steve Martin looked at her like she was nuts, but was she trying to tell him something important, something that more than 90 years of life taught her? The current poor economy has affected most of us to some extent. There are things we used to do that we no longer do. There are things we used to buy that we now postpone. Looking at a potential purchase, my son told me that he and his wife ask if it is a want or if it is a need; they only buy needs. I tried it. I don't like it. How was I to know that a new fly rod is a want rather than a need? The economy changed the rules. What was affordable a few years ago is not so affordable now. My 14-year-old vehicle with 130,000 miles is good for another 100,000 miles. And the fly rod? Well, maybe it was a want rather than a need. But does that mean the new Colt 45 is also a want rather than a need? How many things do we need for happiness? How many toys must we buy to find it? Which new thing will be the one that gives it to us? What catalog sells it? What store stocks it? Didn't we work hard? Don't we deserve it? Just tell me how much it costs. When the economy was good, did we give up times of happiness for more time working so we could buy what we thought we needed for happiness? Sounds a bit odd, but could it be true? Is it possible to find happiness without seeing every new movie as soon as it is released? Is it possible to find happiness without a new fly rod or a new gun? How often do we need a new car? How many times a month do we need to eat out? How big a home? How many toys? How many things? What did we do before we learned about the things we needed to be happy? Was I happy when I lived on Kraft macaroni and cheese? Was I happy selling "my stuff" to pay for tuition and books? Maybe fly rods, guns and other things are not the source of happiness. Art Buchwald suggested, "The best things in life aren't things." Is he right? Could it be that simple? Maybe happiness is in my backyard having lunch with my wife. Maybe it is a Sunday afternoon picnic in the park followed by holding hands while walking through the zoo, no schedules. Maybe it is getting a hot dog from the vendor who is sometimes across the street from the courthouse, eating it while sitting on the grass watching traffic. Maybe it is an early morning mountain bike ride, seeing a moose along the way. Maybe it is a standing date with my wife to go to a movie on any "dollar" Tuesday I am not working. Was grandma right? Do we want the merry-go-round when the real fun in life is on the roller coaster? Do we need to spend more time together and less time buying things together? There is a difference. My wife and I do carry over a tradition from the "hard" times. On Mother's Day, we go to church, get a hotdog at Home Depot for lunch and go to a movie. Am I cheap? Probably, but could this be the happiness we are trying to find with the "things" we buy? You decide. Printable Page (http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/20100823-Things.pdf) (http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=dbd7903f-46d6-46b9-bbe8-7d6e60a46007) Craig L. Bosley, MD no 3:51 In the movie &#8220;Parenthood,&#8221; the family&#8217;s grandmother offered advice to her son who was distraught; he quit his job and his wife was pregnant. Of life she said, &#8220;You know, it...<br/> <br/> The truth as I see it™ <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wiBC0D9OoyPc_d3ONeTcteXFj2E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wiBC0D9OoyPc_d3ONeTcteXFj2E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wiBC0D9OoyPc_d3ONeTcteXFj2E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wiBC0D9OoyPc_d3ONeTcteXFj2E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=rW8yHrLQzB0:bVD29EksMEQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=rW8yHrLQzB0:bVD29EksMEQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=rW8yHrLQzB0:bVD29EksMEQ:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?i=rW8yHrLQzB0:bVD29EksMEQ:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=rW8yHrLQzB0:bVD29EksMEQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=rW8yHrLQzB0:bVD29EksMEQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craigbosley/~4/rW8yHrLQzB0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/08/things/http://media.blubrry.com/craigbosley/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.craigbosley.com/podcast/20100823.mp3 http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~r/craigbosley/~3/rY3OwYXkHm0/ http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/08/is-the-arizona-law-a-burden/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:45:27 +0000 webmaster@craigbosley.com (Craig L. Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1558 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/08/is-the-arizona-law-a-burden/feed/ 2 Alien (law),Illegal immigration,Judge Bolton,Law,Mexico,United States,United States Department of Justice,Winston Churchill Those opposed to Arizona's illegal alien law praised Judge Susan Bolton's ruling against it as a victory for immigration rights. Really? What did the Arizona law have to do with immigration rights? Wasn't it about illegal aliens? In fact, Those opposed to Arizona's illegal alien law praised Judge Susan Bolton's ruling against it as a victory for immigration rights. Really? What did the Arizona law have to do with immigration rights? Wasn't it about illegal aliens? In fact, according to the USA Today, many illegal aliens were so worried about the law that they were preparing to self-deport if it was upheld, proof that enforcing federal law would solve much of the illegal alien problem by promoting self-deportation. But, Judge Bolton listened to the Justice Department's claim that the Arizona law would interfere with foreign relations, specifically with Mexico. Is the Justice Department fearful the United States would upset Mexico if it started sending some of the 12 million illegal aliens back home? I am sorry, but should we care? The offended President of Mexico, who arrogantly chastised our country when he addressed our Congress, willingly enforces his own federal law that requires local Mexican authorities to check the immigration status of all foreigners who come to them for help. How do his police decide who is a foreigner so there is no discrimination like he claims will occur in Arizona. In her ruling, the judge added that the Arizona law would "likely burden legal resident aliens." How? The Arizona law only requires legal resident aliens to follow federal law and carry proper documentation. But she claimed it could be a burden because it could lead to harassment of citizens and legal immigrants. Is it reasonable for a judge to rule against a law because it might be abused? Doesn't law enforcement have the ability to abuse any law if it chooses? Where is her logic? The judge also cited a 1941 Supreme Court ruling that a state could not impose a "distinct, unusual and extraordinary" burden on legal resident aliens, saying a Pennsylvania law led to "indiscriminate and repeated interception and interrogation by public officials." Is that what the Arizona law would allow? Would it allow "indiscriminate interrogations," or was it specific, allowing authorities to check immigrant documents only when law enforcement was enforcing other laws? Did the judge claim something in the Arizona law that was not there and then rule against it? Perhaps the federal government and the Judge need to learn from Sir Winston Churchill who said, "Sometimes it is not enough to do our best; we must do what is required." Arizona did its best with a federal government that ignores our border with Mexico, except for seeing 100,000 potential voters illegally cross our southern border each month. This view is supported by recently leaked administration memos that speculate on how to "reinterpret" the law to grant citizenship to illegal aliens without the approval of Congress. Do you think they can get that done in time to collect the debt of 12 million new voters in November? Rather than working to deport illegal aliens, our politicians are courting the votes of 12 million people who are here illegally. Well, Arizona did listen to Churchill and after doing its best, it did what was required and it enacted state law to enforce federal law. It enacted nothing counter to federal law, only complimentary. It just could no longer suffer the negligence and hypocrisy of the federal government. Of Bolton's ruling, Chapman University law professor John Eastman said, "The claim that just simply having your law enforcement enforce federal law is a violation of federal law, that’s just ludicrous." Thanks to Judge Bolton, I now understand that enforcing federal law is against the law. But the judge left in place the part of the Arizona law that allows it to prevent cities from becoming "sanctuary cities" that openly defy federal immigration law. Do I understand this correctly? It is against the law to enforce federal law, but it is also against the law to defy it. Printable Page (http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/20100816.pdf) Craig L. Bosley, MD no 4:15 Those opposed to Arizona&#8217;s illegal alien law praised Judge Susan Bolton&#8217;s ruling against it as a victory for immigration rights. Really? 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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1528 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/08/lead-follow-or-get-out-of-the-way/feed/ 1 Afghanistan,George S. Patton,Soviet war in Afghanistan,Taliban,United States,United States armed forces,War in Afghanistan (2001–present),Warfare and Conflict General George S. Patton said, "Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way." Mr. President, are you listening? We are nearing the end of the president's second year in office and, as he promised, things have changed in Iraq and Afghanistan. General George S. Patton said, "Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way." Mr. President, are you listening? We are nearing the end of the president's second year in office and, as he promised, things have changed in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the question is not if things have changed, but have they improved. The decision to go to war is political. The decision to end a war is political. But war itself is not. The president is expert at politics; the military is expert at war. The president must balance political realities with military realities. And during peacetime political realities often carry more weight than military ones. But during times of war, if military realities cannot carry more weight than political ones, should we even be at war? The president, as commander-in-chief, must provide his troops the resources needed to succeed. And not just to succeed, but also to succeed minimizing loss of American life and secondarily, minimizing loss of innocent civilian lives. Isn't doing anything less a failure of command? Is the president conducting the war in Afghanistan as it should be? Or is he allowing politics to supplant competent military judgment at the expense of American lives? Does the president understand the realities of war? The Civil War's General Sherman explained war saying, "War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is the sooner it will be over." But President Obama has ended two key American strategies, suggesting he might not understand. The military previously provided excellent air support for the ground forces, minimizing the loss of American lives while maximizing success. But, there were civilian deaths because the enemy cowardly hides in civilian areas behind civilian shields. And besides the bombing, Special Forces regularly executed night missions directed at selected Taliban leaders. The air support and the night missions were successful and saved American lives. But the president ignored Sun Tze's advice, "The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on." Air support for ground forces decreased more than 75% and the valuable and successful night raids targeting key Taliban leaders were nearly eliminated. Why? Why would the president reluctantly agree to give McChrystal more troops only to purposefully place them at unnecessary risk? The logic for the loss of air support? Now that we have more ground forces, we can forgo some of the air support that resulted in civilian casualties. The result of this decision? Newspaper headlines succinctly answer the question. Shortly after the policy change on air support they read, "Airstrikes in Afghanistan drop by almost half" and "Coalition eases up on Afghan airstrikes." Now that his policy has been in place the headlines read, "Afghanistan war toll hit high mark," and "U.S. military death toll in Afghanistan reaches 1,000." And why the dramatic decrease in Special Forces night missions? They are deemed "too violent" and too risky for the civilians in the homes hiding the targeted Taliban leaders. Aren't these encounters supposed to be violent, overwhelmingly violent? Well, how are Special Forces treated when they do their job? Remember the seal team that captured Ahmed Hashim Abed who was behind the ambush of four Blackwater guards in 2004, their bodies burned and dragged throughout the city, then hung from a bridge. The capture was violent, the seals risking their lives to capture Abed alive. And the result of this daring and heroic capture? Maybe congratulations? Maybe medals? Neither. Three of the seals faced charges because of the bloody lip Abed sustained. Mr. President, either bring our children home or listen to General Douglas MacArthur's admonition, "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." If you decide to keep our children there, then lead, follow or get out of the way. Craig L. Bosley, MD no 4:46 General George S. Patton said, &#8220;Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.&#8221; Mr. President, are you listening? 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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1491 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/08/rape-rape/feed/ 1 Domestic worker,Dominican Republic,Human trafficking,Illegal drug trade,Slavery,United States,Whoopi Goldberg,Women's rights Whoopi Goldberg said of producer Roman Polanski and his rape conviction of the 13-year-old girl he drugged and sodomized, "It wasn't rape-rape. It was something else but I don't believe it was rape-rape." Whoopi Goldberg said of producer Roman Polanski and his rape conviction of the 13-year-old girl he drugged and sodomized, "It wasn't rape-rape. It was something else but I don't believe it was rape-rape." Have our values so deteriorated that we no longer recognize rape? Polanski is a free man, living in Europe where the cultures are more enlightened, progressive, understanding and tolerant than ours, the very words used by our progressives when they demand we accept each new debased definition of right and wrong. Where does this attitude of "it wasn't rape-rape" lead us? What happens to our ability to see wrongs when the line of right and wrong is just a blur? If we cannot recognize rape, what other degradations of fellow human beings go unnoticed? Sindiswa had AIDS, tuberculosis and was three-months pregnant, left to die on a street, no longer of value. Less than a year earlier, a woman offered her a job in a neighboring town, only to sell her to a human-trafficking syndicate. She would die in the next few days while listening to the roars of the soccer fans at a World Cup match in South Africa where billions of dollars were spent preparing for the event. Human trafficking ranks second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable crime, generating billions of dollars each year. It spans the spectrum from ten-year-old girls sold into sex slavery to men and women sold as indentured servants, never able to pay their claimed debt. More than 30 million human beings are slaves in the world today, more than at the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade with the early American colonies. Children are favorite targets of sex traffickers because of their demand and because they can be more easily indoctrinated. Traffickers target them, recruit them, extract them from their home community and control them with extreme violence, often including repeated gang rapes. Every day the traffickers threaten to kill their families if they do not willingly comply. And when they are finally broken, finally compliant, they are sold. We like to think human trafficking only happens in places like Thailand, where travel agencies advertise "erotic sexual adventures." In 2003 the country had 11 million foreign visitors, about two-thirds unaccompanied men. Do you really think that millions of men were in Thailand just for business ventures? We convince ourselves this is just an Asian, European, Central American or African problem. That's where the human trafficking occurs. Really? The CIA estimates that more than 50,000 people are trafficked into or through the United States each year. Nena Ruiz, a retired Filipino schoolteacher was enticed to come to Hollywood to work for a wealthy couple as a domestic servant. She had her passport taken, spent years sleeping on a dog bed, worked 18 hour days and cooked gourmet food for the couple's dogs while she ate several-day old leftovers. The motion picture vice president's wife was sentenced to three years in prison. In the United States, human trafficking is more in the form of forced labor masquerading as domestic servants, agricultural migrant workers, hotel workers, construction workers and even strip club dancers. Just how difficult is it to "buy" workers in America? A business owner in any American city can make a phone call specifying age, race and number of women needed for a strip club and the women arrive within a few weeks. No problem. In 2009, a group of Missouri employers were indicted for human trafficking. They imported workers from Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines, charged them exorbitant fees for their travel, gave them substandard housing and leased them to big name hotels. The workers were indentured servants; they were slaves. This can't be true. Not in America. The domestic servant came here willingly and she could have escaped if she wanted. The strippers had to know what they were getting into and could have left if they wanted. Craig L. Bosley, MD no 4:49 Whoopi Goldberg said of producer Roman Polanski and his rape conviction of the 13-year-old girl he drugged and sodomized, &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t rape-rape. 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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1460 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/07/where-are-your-from/feed/ 1 Education,immigration,Los Angeles,Politics,United States,United States Congress,United States Constitution,United States nationality law The other day a friend and I were talking about immigration. He immigrated to the United States, is an American citizen but never refers to himself as a something-American, a hyphenated-American; he is just an American. The other day a friend and I were talking about immigration. He immigrated to the United States, is an American citizen but never refers to himself as a something-American, a hyphenated-American; he is just an American. My great-grandfather emigrated from Prussia in 1852. And like my friend, I don't consider myself a Prussian-American; I am just an American. My friend says people occasionally ask him where he is from, the question suggesting to him that they think he is a hyphenated-American with divided loyalties. Perhaps his mild accent or foreign sounding name prompts the question. But might I be asked where I am from if my last name were Gerbeling or if I had a German accent? Several years ago, prompted by his pronounced English accent, I asked a cab driver in Los Angeles where he was from. As I asked, I realized how easily the question could suggest I thought he was a hyphenated-American. His answer, like my friend's, was to tell me about the United States, "his" country, and how much he loved it. His response made me realize he was not a hyphenated-American, rather just another American like my friend and I. Maybe there are other reasons, more important reasons to ask someone where he or she is from. Perhaps values and attitudes about America are better reasons to prompt the question than accents and surnames. Although these two men are from different countries, as they described the United States I realized they were no longer "from" those countries, they are now Americans and they are from America. And to their credit, both men loved the United States without losing love or respect for their heritage, their homeland. As we discussed America, neither of them said anything about wanting a welfare government, neither said anything about wanting government programs offering "free" money. The cab driver came to America with nothing, dreamed of and built a cab company with several cabs, along with starting a limousine service. My friend came to America for the safety it offers, securing an education, now well educated . . . and safe. Both men are grateful for America's freedoms and opportunities, not wanting government guarantees, government subsidies or government help. Think about it, aren't these real American values, values our founding fathers risked all to give us? Don't these values define Americans and answer the question, "Where are you from?" On the other hand, are there people who claim they are Americans but whose values are so un-American that we do need to ask them, "Where are you from?" Are there Americans who have lost their understanding of who we are? Are there Americans who no longer understand freedom and opportunity? Are there Americans who see a benevolent, near-aristocratic country or a socialist country as the ideal we should aspire to become? Are there Americans who believe the welfare state should have been the founding fathers dream and their job is to make it so? Are there Americans who see government deciding what is best for us as the ideal? Are there Americans who think it's the government's job to solve all of our problems? Who are these people who claim to be Americans with such seemingly un-American values? Who would dare to distort the dreams of the founding fathers and the United States Constitution? Who would dare to spoil the greatest and most successful national experiment in the history of the world? The people with these values already have a national organization and are recruiting more followers daily. And like other fringe groups, they have their own geographic area where they meet to work on their agenda. But this group is subtle; some of them live next-door to us, pretending to be like us and unwilling to openly admit their values that are contrary to the Constitution. And they carry out their subterfuge from within, quietly. They call their group the United States Congress and we need to ask them, "Where are you from?" Printable Page Craig L. Bosley, MD no 4:24 The other day a friend and I were talking about immigration. 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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1363 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/07/subject-or-citizen/feed/ 2 Conservatism,Freedom of information,government,Government Operations,Great Britain,John Adams,Politics,United States "Oh posterity, you will never know how much it cost us to preserve your freedom. I hope that you will make a good use of it." - John Adams, second U.S. president American statesman Dean Alfange, born in Istanbul in 1899, "Oh posterity, you will never know how much it cost us to preserve your freedom. I hope that you will make a good use of it." - John Adams, second U.S. president American statesman Dean Alfange, born in Istanbul in 1899, reflected the values of an American citizen when he wrote, "I do not choose to be a common man; it is my right to be uncommon . . . if I can. I seek opportunity . . . not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the State look after me. I want to take the calculated risk, to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole; I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of Utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid, to think and act for myself, to enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say: 'This, with God's help, I have done.'" We faced the wrath of Great Britain and risked our lives for these values. We had been subjects. We demanded to be citizens. We knew the price of being subjects, of security. We knew the price of becoming citizens, of freedom. The founding fathers decided to pay that price for our freedom, for our citizenship. They willingly traded security for freedom. Do we still want to be citizens? Are we still willing to pay the price? Perhaps Alfange's words no longer matter, no longer are relevant. Perhaps the thought of a "mother" government deciding what's best for us and making decisions for us is what we want. Maybe the price of freedom is too high, the security of a subject preferable. Maybe we claim to want freedom, but really want "caveat" freedom, freedom with the caveat, "but only as long as." We demand independence - but only as long as handouts continue. We demand freedom - but only as long as it's easy, no hardship. We demand a government subservient to us - but only as long as it does not require us to sacrifice. We demand the freedom to dream and to build - but only as long as the government accepts the risk if we fail. We demand to experience the joys of life - but only as long as the government guarantees to build our "Utopia" if we cannot. We demand our pride and dignity - but only as long as government subsidies continue. If Alfange reflected today's values, might he disappointedly write, "I choose to be a common man; it is too hard to be uncommon . . . and I no longer can. I seek security . . . not opportunity. I expect to be a kept citizen, willingly humbled and dulled by having the State look after me. I will not take a calculated risk. I do not want to dream and to build. I will not risk failure to succeed. I will always barter incentive for a dole. The challenges of life are too hard; I want a government guaranteed existence. I have no interest in the thrill of fulfillment; I want the stale calm of Utopia. I will always trade my freedom for beneficence and my dignity for a handout. I will cower before my government and I will bend to its threats. It is now my heritage to crouch, ashamed and afraid, to no longer think and act for myself, to no longer dream of new creations and to no longer face the world and say: 'This, with God's help, I have done,' . . . because I traded my freedom to the government." I am a subject. Again. Printable Page (http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/20100719-Subject-or-citizen2.pdf) (http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=e42a8289-b2db-4893-b951-2387f713fc49) Craig L. Bosley, MD no 4:12 &#8220;Oh posterity, you will never know how much it cost us to preserve your freedom. 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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1274 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/07/sanctuary-cities-and-arizona/feed/ 1 Arizona,Attorney general,Federal government of the United States,Illegal immigration,immigration,Law,United States,World War II Among the limited powers of the federal government are matters of immigration and border security. However, the government seems unable to carry out these constitutional responsibilities, seemingly incapable of doing what the Constitution mandates. Among the limited powers of the federal government are matters of immigration and border security. However, the government seems unable to carry out these constitutional responsibilities, seemingly incapable of doing what the Constitution mandates. The federal government has ignored illegal aliens for decades, President's Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower the only presidents who seriously tried to solve the problem, Hoover during the depression, Truman following World War II and Eisenhower following the Korean War. Since then, illegal aliens have poured across our southern border, essentially unabated. And as their numbers rose, "sanctuary" cities passed ordinances banning use of municipal funds to support federal immigration laws, in essence aiding and abetting illegal aliens. They did this despite federal laws stating that "concealing, harboring, or sheltering illegal aliens" is a felony and also in defiance of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which states that cities could not ban municipal employees from reporting workers immigration status to federal authorities. Like these sanctuary cities that responded to the government's negligence, Arizona also decided to take action. But unlike the sanctuary cities that disregard federal law, Arizona decided to pass state laws supporting federal immigration laws. Although having no comments about sanctuary cities, the President did have comments about Arizona, saying it threatens to "undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans." What does the President think is unfair about securing our borders? What does he think is unfair about arresting and deporting people here illegally? Does the President think the Arizona rancher murdered on his own land did not have a right to the fairness the he so freely claims for illegal aliens? Did the President offer the same support to this American family that he offers illegal aliens? So, what does the government do about the sanctuary cities ignoring federal immigration laws while Arizona supports them? It sues Arizona, letting the sanctuary cities continue to do whatever they choose. Attorney General Eric Holder claims Arizona is interfering with federal immigration responsibilities, saying Arizona's law "will (negatively) impact the entire country's safety." How is a secure southern border a threat to our safety? The suit further claims Arizona is interfering with "the numerous interests the federal government must balance" and is "supplanting the federal government's immigration regime with its own state-specific immigration policy." Is it possible for Arizona to interfere with and supplant a regime and policy that is essentially non-existent? Maybe the Attorney General meant to say that since the federal government's policy is to ignore our southern border and to ignore the illegal aliens in the country, Arizona's attempt to enforce federal law really is interfering with federal policy. Why does the government have unlimited resources to sue Arizona but does not have the resources needed to secure our southern border and deport illegal aliens? Why would our government ignore its constitutional responsibility? Why would it allow up to 20 million people to live here illegally? Why would it continually promise to secure our borders with no intent to do so? Why would it sue a state trying to secure our southern border while ignoring cities that flaunt federal laws and harbor illegal aliens? Could our elected officials have less interest in the Constitution and more interest in the potential votes of 20 million illegal aliens? Are these 20 million potential voters an incentive for negligence? Could our Washington political aristocracy be more interested in themselves and their political parties than in our country? Does the federal government have an unofficial, unconstitutional policy of ignoring illegal aliens, of not securing our borders, Craig L. Bosley, MD no 4:32 Among the limited powers of the federal government are matters of immigration and border security. 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Bosley, MD) http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/?p=1248 http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/07/constitutional-coup/feed/ 0 Antonin Scalia,congress,David Souter,John Marshall Harlan,Supreme Court,United States,United States Constitution,United States Supreme Court " . . . the discretion of the judge is the first engine of tyranny." - - Edward Gibbon, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" Are we witnessing a non-violent coup of the United States Constitution, " . . . the discretion of the judge is the first engine of tyranny." - Edward Gibbon, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" Are we witnessing a non-violent coup of the United States Constitution, methodically carried out by the ... Craig L. Bosley, MD no 4:57 &#8221; . . . the discretion of the judge is the first engine of tyranny.&#8221; - Edward Gibbon, &#8220;The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire&#8221; Are we witnessing a non-violent...<br/> <br/> The truth as I see it™ <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SA_VtJ_YSQY0Doi_yBf6tS2ba8o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SA_VtJ_YSQY0Doi_yBf6tS2ba8o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SA_VtJ_YSQY0Doi_yBf6tS2ba8o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SA_VtJ_YSQY0Doi_yBf6tS2ba8o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=XFC0D9elHvE:ereZXcvvo9I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=XFC0D9elHvE:ereZXcvvo9I:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=XFC0D9elHvE:ereZXcvvo9I:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?i=XFC0D9elHvE:ereZXcvvo9I:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=XFC0D9elHvE:ereZXcvvo9I:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.craigbosley.com/~ff/craigbosley?a=XFC0D9elHvE:ereZXcvvo9I:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/craigbosley?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/craigbosley/~4/XFC0D9elHvE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.craigbosley.com/wordpress/2010/07/constitutional-coup/http://media.blubrry.com/craigbosley/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.craigbosley.com/podcast/20100705.mp3 Craig L. Bosley, MDnonadultThe truth as I see it™