Normally, the lame duck Congress does very little. It may wrap up some unfinished business that was pushed until the end of the year, or perhaps rename some Post Offices or something like that. Not this time! No, this is the final window of rule for the radical Leftist liberals in the Democrat party, and they're savaging the country for all they're worth while they can. Think I'm exaggerating? Let's take a look at what they've done in the past few days.
Assumed control of the Internet
No one likes this. NO ONE. The FCC ignored all precedent of staying hands off, ignored previous Congressional legislation to prevent just this sort of power grab, and ignored a federal judge explicitly prohibiting the FCC from doing what they just did. The rule of law? It means nothing to these people. There will be significant legal challenges and battles yet to be fought, but make no mistake this is probably the most significant effort to revoke freedom of speech in recent memory and absolutely must be rolled back when the new session of Congress convenes.
Homeland Security will now conduct warfare on...climate change
I can't decide if this is hilarious or stupidity par excellance. Probably both. Not only has the very idea of man-made climate change been utterly disproven, but most Americans now oppose the idea of any climate change legislation, much less the kind of jobs-killing, economy-stunting, green-everything crap the environmentalist wackos want to pass. It's even more ridiculous, then, that the Obama administration is fighting this non-issue using the Department of Homeland Security.
We're mostly dedicated to protecting America from terrorism...
Speaking of DHS, Janet 'Big Sis' Napolitano recently stated in no uncertain terms that the U.S. government is working hard to protect Americans from terrorism...364 days out of the year. Hm. I wonder if they're going to tell us which particular day they're not going to give a crap? Or, maybe, she's referring to the day before Thanksgiving, when they turned off all the strip search scanners to avoid even more controversy. Either way, I'm not sure I've ever felt more secure and protected. How about you?
...But we'll probably not catch 'em all
The Department of Justice head recently said that he's most concerned about domestic terrorism from American citizens, and warned that eventually we'll have to be prepared to hear the 'bad news'. Could this be referring to the DHS declaration two years ago that radical right-wing extremists (people who were opposed to abortion, Obamacare, and anything else on their agenda) were their biggest concern? Are they preemptively offering an excuse because they know they're dismantling our country's ability to defend itself? If there truly is a threat from domestic American citizens, what are they doing to identify and stop these dangerous American citizens, and what are the common themes that connect all of them? Never mind the fact that the last 50 terrorists apprehended have all -- ALL -- been radical Muslims...we must keep groping and strip searching nuns and children at airports.
...Especially not if they carry guns
No joke. A guy accidentally carried a gun onto the plane in his carry-on bag, and the TSA didn't catch it. Seriously, at what point can we get rid of the sexual assaults and strip search scanners?
No crib for you!
Speaking of takeovers, the feds have declared that all cribs with a side that lowers will be illegal to sell...even second hand. Never mind that more babies will be dropped, that wheelchair-bound mothers will be in a bind, and so on. Like the FCC takeover, this is another example of an unelected bureaucrat invoking authority it doesn't have to make up unnecessary regulations that will have serious implications on our daily lives. At what point will Americans simply declare ENOUGH and kick the federal government back to its Constitutionally authorized role?
DADT
Don't Ask Don't Tell was repealed, much to the dismay of most members of the military. Gays will now be allowed to be openly gay in the military. Ironically, it's being hailed as a great civil rights achievement despite the fact that it was signed into law by Bill Clinton, a Democrat (because we all know that it's only Democrats who care about civil rights...except for the Republicans who passed the first two major civil rights bills decades ago over fierce Democrat opposition...forget about them). I'm curious as to how many gays will actually want to join up now. I'll also be shocked if it will be long before the ability to live as openly gay somehow morphs into the inability for anyone to say anything bad or negative about any military member who is gay. Just a thought.
Small farmers, kiss your future goodbye
The so-called 'Food Safety Bill' recently passed by unanimous consent. This bill essentially gives the FDA vast new powers to regulate all aspects of food production -- for safety's sake, of course -- and will add huge new hurdles for small farmers.
It's not your inheritance
Democrats don't believe your money belongs to you. If you somehow manage to store up a bunch of it for your children, then they believe it's especially not yours. Watch out for more taxation on inherited wealth.
Wastebook
Senator Tom Coburn has a special place in his heart for pointing out government waste. This year's list of the top wasteful uses of your tax dollars is a doozy.
Disarming America
The Senate voted to pass the new START treaty which would essentially cut back America's nuclear weapons and dismantle America's missile defense system. In return, Russia will be required to do absolutely nothing. Smart power! It's things like this that make me want to throw out Republicans right alongside Democrats.
Worst of all, the lame duck session isn't over yet. But at least the DREAM Act was killed.
All this madness is what makes me say that Americans are in the greatest danger when the federal government is in session.
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