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While watching the C-span coverage of the House of Representatives and their vote on the Senate health care bill, I became more and more depressed as the debate went on.   It is clear to all who have eyes to see and ears to hear that the majority of Americans do not want this bill.  All the polls have shown this. T he bill just passed by the House (219 to 212) still includes the Corn-Husker Kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, and federal funding of abortion.  Americans do not want these things to become law, but the Democrats have rejected the will of the American people.

With our government firmly rejecting the will of the people and seizing power that we the people have not given them via the Constitution, we are left with the question, “What can we do?”  What can we the people do when our representative government no longer represents us?  What can we the people do when our politicians have rejected the American ideal of self governance?  What can we the people do when our own hard earned tax money is used to buy votes?  What can we the people do when our government mandates what we must buy and which doctors we must see?  What can we the people do when our government rejects us?

This is a sad day for our country.  Our forefathers, who were mostly farmers and shopkeepers, fought a war against one of the largest and most powerful empires in history to create a representative republic focused on limited government and liberty.  My fellow Americans, we are no longer a representative republic.  We now have an oligarchy of Democrats ruling over us who reject our American idea of self governance.  This oligarchy does not care what we the people want because they have rejected the will of the people.  They have forgotten that all power rests in the people. They have forgotten that they work for us.  I think it’s time we jog their memory.

Our republic has been dealt a painful blow, but we cannot give up the fight.  We cannot give up the fight to reclaim our founding principles of self government and liberty. We cannot and we will not give up. I truly believe we can win and “that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

I’ve watched a lot of C-span in the last couple of weeks while the Senate was debating their health care bill.  I noticed a reoccurring theme from almost every Democrat Senator who spoke on the floor.  The theme was that health care is a right.  Sen. Harkin (D-Iowa) even went as far as saying health care is an unalienable right!  When did this happen?  When did a service or product become a right?  How is it even possible?  Health care can not be a right and I will explain why.

Reason 1

First, we must identify what a right is, or more specifically, an unalienable right.  Historically, Americans believed an unalienable right is one that is not given to us by our government but is inherent and given to us by our Creator.  In other words, we were born with unalienable rights and these rights can not be taken away.  This is illustrated in the Declaration of Independence,

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men…

According to the Declaration of Independence, the government’s job is to secure (meaning to protect) our rights, not grant them!

So we now know that an unalienable right is not given to us by a government but is something we are born with because it is given to us by our Creator.  This begs the question, “Are we born with a right to health care?” 

Our founding fathers were brilliant, educated men who debated vigorously about what the powers of the government should be. They came up with a Constitution, and later a Bill of Rights, which limited and numbered the powers of the government. These documents put many of the people’s rights down on paper with the expectation that these rights would not be infringed upon. When the government tries to restrict the rights of the people there will always be negative consequences. In this video, Dr. Hupp testifies before a Congressional panel about the effect a restriction on her 2nd amendment rights had on her and her family. She also educates our elected representatives on the true meaning of the 2nd amendment and the reason our founders placed it in the Bill of Rights. I know this video is old, and many of you may have seen it before, but it is a great reminder of why we must be vigilant and guard our liberties at all times. “Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel.” — Patrick Henry.

This morning, I was perusing the liberal area of the internet.  It’s that part of the internet where it’s a liberal utopia, and everyone lives in communes, has free health care, free housing, free food and free money (at least that’s how it is in their minds). While wading through the “George Bush is evil” articles and blog posts, I came across something that I found very interesting.  It’s from The American Prospect (boo, hiss).  The piece is written by Robert B. Reich, and he shares how two of his friends, Fred and Sally, view President Obama.

Here is what Mr. Reich’s friend, Sally, thinks about Obama:

My friend Sally also voted for Obama and still likes him, but she’s increasingly upset about his policies. “He’s giving away the store,” she complains, pointing to his penchant for compromise. “He gave Wall Street $600 billion in bailouts and doesn’t even want to regulate it, gave big polluters 85 percent of the cap-and-trade permits, and has promised the American Medical Association, Big Pharma, and private insurers whatever they want in return for their support of universal health care.” Sally says she voted for Obama because he promised to change American politics, but she thinks corporate interests are more powerful than ever.

Sally also doesn’t see why Obama is so bent on bipartisanship.

“Republicans haven’t helped him a bit so far, won’t help him, and he doesn’t need their votes, so why compromise with them?”

It seems that Sally thinks Obama is not liberal enough.  It’s a pretty scary opinion, since I think Obama is the most liberal person ever to occupy the Oval Office.  However, Mr. Reich’s other friend is the one who really scares me…