All I hear is IMPEACH OBAMA! Do all you folks, good intentions notwithstanding, understand that impeachment is only part one of a two step process. Let's say for the sake of argument that you are able to get the Republican House to impeach (indict). What then? The case moves to the Democratic Senate for trial. Do any of you seriously believe that the Democrats are going to convict Mr Obama of anything? The man could slaughter a month old infant on the WhiteHouse lawn and you couldn't get a conviction in this Senate. He is untouchable by any Constitutional means.
I need to do some research as to just what can be done. I for one would love to see 10-15 million real Americans march on Washington DC and physically remove him from his castle under citizens arrest. March his butt to the supreme court for a trial. If the court balks, remind them they can hear the case or stand beside him as traitors. Then if convicted, expedite punishment as called for under the laws for treason. The Constitution gives the people (exclusively) the right to terminate this form of government and to institute "such forms as serve their needs." This right is not vested in the legislative, the judicial or the executive branches, but rather in the people as sovereigns. The federal government is supposed to be the low man on the totem pole, not at the top.
Learn how our government is "supposed" to work. Don't guess or look to others to tell you what to do. Study like I have and learn how it is supposed to function. Read the Constitution. Read the Federalist and anti-Federalist Papers. Then, study the ratification speeches and conventions that were the precursor to the birth of the US as a country. LEARN DANMIT! Read the speeches and letters from such as Washington, Franklin, Jefferson and Adams. Study the speeches of Patrick Henry and the writings of Sam Adams. We are far past the time where we can afford to have people who don't understand their rights as ordained by GOD and codified by the Constitution and the amendments thereto. Don't trust the media in any form. They are collectively a pack of chronic liars and hypocrits. Use the internet like we do here and learn, learn learn.
I am as frustrated as any here. I am appalled at the liberties that others take with my liberty and GOD given rights. Unlike what I suspect are most here, I do have an understanding of how things are supposed to work. Seventy one years of life have enabled me to witness the decline and fall of liberty in America. I understand what happened and why it will continue to happen until the few real patriots stand up and scream "ENOUGH! WE WILL STAND FOR NO MORE!" Have you noticed how few congresspeople and senators have town hall meetings any longer? They are afraid to face the soverign people and be taken to task. Out of sight, out of mind. In Washington they are insulated from the masses they rule ... or so they think. They and the executive will never be afraid or compliant so long as they are safe from confrontation on a very personal level. No, don't advocate the overthrow of the government. Rather, advocate the return of the government to its rightful owners, the people.
Please forgive my bitter sounding rhetoric. I am old and depressed. Public apathy has destroyed my faith in my fellow Americans. Is there anyone left to fight the good fight and bleed if necessary to preserve the greatest political experiment in the history of mankind? Is there a leader in deed as well as word who can lead us out of ths mess? I fear not.
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Mr. Koch, I have written on this topic more than once with a couple of my blogs posted here. (See "Bad Time to Impeach" and "IS OBAMA IMPEACHABLE") There is a remote possibility of a successful impeachment and trial IF conservatives can take back the senate next year. That is actually becoming a reality,by the way.
I too, am a 71 yr old vet that is depressed about the digression from the constitutional pathway. If we ignore the constitution for much longer I fear that it can never be repaired.