Comrades it was fun living in a free country for a while, but the communists have won. All hail king doosh. This decision means that john roberts is dumber than nancy pelousy.
This decision means that all you holding out on Romney had best go ahead and jump to his side, because Help Me Obi-Wan Mitt Romney; You’re our only hope!
I’m just going to say it: I think someone got to the SC and there was some sort of blackmail.
Roberts should rightfully go down in history as the man who singlehandedly took down the United States of America.
However perhaps, finally, the unchecked powers of the Supreme Court can finally be challenged. The last thing the Founding Fathers ever envisioned was nine un-elected people holding a position of massive power for life, without a proper process of review by other branches of government. The Supreme Court was never intended to have much power over anything, and they didn’t even have their own court until 1935, as the Founding Fathers didn’t give them much power or importance. Unfortunately, the decision in Marbury v. Madison, in which Chief Justice John Marshall staged a massive power grab, announcing that “judicial review” by his own court would now be the final decision on all matters, has long needed to be challenged and revised by the other “equal” branches of government. Instead, good people have sat by as radical socialists like Ruth Bader Ginsberg have been allowed to rule over the land unchecked.
Instead of Americans worrying about which president is going to appoint which co-dictator-for-life to the Supreme Court, the next mission of the Tea Party needs to be to pressure Congress and a Republican president to address “judicial review” and restore the courts to an equal branch of government, complete with a review process, and perhaps term limits.
Harvey, may I suggest that, in light of the current state of siege which this country is under, that the flag displayed in the left column either be inverted, as a sign of distress, or that it be replaced by the Jolly Roger-for we’re all in thrall to freebooters now.
There is no political humor in this. So, imo, our beloved IMAO writing team is forgiven if they can’t muster a single snarky comment about it.
A brilliant nephew of mine just wrote:
“Wow, the supreme court is really a bummer… I guess being an American isn’t what I thought it was. Where should we move to? The wealthy are bailing, maybe we should too. So bummed out by The Supremes…”
I am equally bummed and shall now go cultivate my potatoes and count my ammo.
Putting a small, dessicated cherry on top of this judicial excrement sundae: SCOTUS struck down the Stolen Valor Act.
So go ahead and brag about having served, as a seven-star general, in Afghanistan, Panama, and the Phillipines, flown P-40s in China next to Claire Chennault as you polish up your thirteen Medals of Honor, five CIBs, & SEAL Budweiser. Put a gif of a Ranger tab and jumpwings on your Facebook pages, along with a jpeg of your camo-painted scowling mug.
Yep, as that Scottish-born latenighter is fond of saying, it’s a great day for America.
Harvey, it’s exactly that line of thinking that makes us so necessary. You can’t do something just because we haven’t told you not to do it You need to wait until we tell you you have to do it.
As one of our mentors once said, “That which isn’t forbidden is mandatory.”
No kidding PPACA could have been framed as a tax, but the whole point is that it wasn’t, so SCOTUS had to rewrite the law in order to make it fit their sophistry.
Dear lord, I can’t believe Nancy Pelosi was right. It’s like I’ve entered a bizarro US.
I’m disappointed, but there’s but two directions to go from here: give up on PPACA, or use it as a rallying cry to elect a Congress that will resurrect the Constitution by amendment. Can you imagine amending the Constitution with the text of existing amendments just to wipe out crazy precedent?
Well they just read the decision, so I’ll be having several beers. Could we please turn off moderation for cursing? Just for today?
Comrades it was fun living in a free country for a while, but the communists have won. All hail king doosh. This decision means that john roberts is dumber than nancy pelousy.
to redistribute a phrase, from Michelle , I’m not sure I’m an American anyone.
This decision means that all you holding out on Romney had best go ahead and jump to his side, because Help Me Obi-Wan Mitt Romney; You’re our only hope!
I’m just going to say it: I think someone got to the SC and there was some sort of blackmail.
I’m not sure I’d oppose burning of the American flag anymore – what does it even stand for? Someone correct me, because I want to be wrong.
So the feds can mandate anything as long as it’s a “tax”?? Are there any limits to federal power?
It’s a moot point now.
The court is out of order.
The whole government is out of order.
Shut it down.
@CarolyntheMommy The flag now represents the opposite of everything America used to stand for. Go ahead and burn it.
So the Supreme Court says Obama raised taxes on anybody who can’t afford health insurance. Is Warren Buffet one of those people?
maybe the next tea party will be American revolutionaries dressed as transvestites dumping Chinese medical supplies into the harbor.
It’s fun to live in the UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU S S A! – My ode to the It-Takes-A-Village People
That’s the best funny I got right now.
Welcome to the USSA (United Socialist States of America)!
Roberts should rightfully go down in history as the man who singlehandedly took down the United States of America.
However perhaps, finally, the unchecked powers of the Supreme Court can finally be challenged. The last thing the Founding Fathers ever envisioned was nine un-elected people holding a position of massive power for life, without a proper process of review by other branches of government. The Supreme Court was never intended to have much power over anything, and they didn’t even have their own court until 1935, as the Founding Fathers didn’t give them much power or importance. Unfortunately, the decision in Marbury v. Madison, in which Chief Justice John Marshall staged a massive power grab, announcing that “judicial review” by his own court would now be the final decision on all matters, has long needed to be challenged and revised by the other “equal” branches of government. Instead, good people have sat by as radical socialists like Ruth Bader Ginsberg have been allowed to rule over the land unchecked.
Instead of Americans worrying about which president is going to appoint which co-dictator-for-life to the Supreme Court, the next mission of the Tea Party needs to be to pressure Congress and a Republican president to address “judicial review” and restore the courts to an equal branch of government, complete with a review process, and perhaps term limits.
Harvey, may I suggest that, in light of the current state of siege which this country is under, that the flag displayed in the left column either be inverted, as a sign of distress, or that it be replaced by the Jolly Roger-for we’re all in thrall to freebooters now.
There is no political humor in this. So, imo, our beloved IMAO writing team is forgiven if they can’t muster a single snarky comment about it.
A brilliant nephew of mine just wrote:
“Wow, the supreme court is really a bummer… I guess being an American isn’t what I thought it was. Where should we move to? The wealthy are bailing, maybe we should too. So bummed out by The Supremes…”
I am equally bummed and shall now go cultivate my potatoes and count my ammo.
Hey now, you’d best check with us before growing your potatoes. Could violate the commerce clause, you know.
TS – Jimmy can cultivate his potatoes, although the administration reserves the right to tax him for doing so.
This is one of those occasions when the word gobsmacked applies.
Even my potatoes are gobsmacked.
Putting a small, dessicated cherry on top of this judicial excrement sundae: SCOTUS struck down the Stolen Valor Act.
So go ahead and brag about having served, as a seven-star general, in Afghanistan, Panama, and the Phillipines, flown P-40s in China next to Claire Chennault as you polish up your thirteen Medals of Honor, five CIBs, & SEAL Budweiser. Put a gif of a Ranger tab and jumpwings on your Facebook pages, along with a jpeg of your camo-painted scowling mug.
Yep, as that Scottish-born latenighter is fond of saying, it’s a great day for America.
Harvey, it’s exactly that line of thinking that makes us so necessary. You can’t do something just because we haven’t told you not to do it You need to wait until we tell you you have to do it.
As one of our mentors once said, “That which isn’t forbidden is mandatory.”
The very idea of a Constitutional Republic only lives on in a minority of minds.
No kidding PPACA could have been framed as a tax, but the whole point is that it wasn’t, so SCOTUS had to rewrite the law in order to make it fit their sophistry.
Dear lord, I can’t believe Nancy Pelosi was right. It’s like I’ve entered a bizarro US.
I’m disappointed, but there’s but two directions to go from here: give up on PPACA, or use it as a rallying cry to elect a Congress that will resurrect the Constitution by amendment. Can you imagine amending the Constitution with the text of existing amendments just to wipe out crazy precedent?
I still don’t believe in burning the flag, but i may go out and buy a few more just so i can fly them inverted.
Duke, I’ve come around. Go check out the latest post on IMAO. I think today might have been a goodISH thing long term.