Have a Sip On Me: Fundamentally Transforming...into Communism!

I think we should all remember a certain song during these uncertain times: Revolution by the Beatles

Verse 3
"You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead..."

Yes Obama we've heard it from you before how you dislike the Constitution because it does not give enough power to the government, but that was its intention!! If the founders wanted an oligarchy or a communist regime they would have created a constitution or set of laws that fulfilled that objective. I know there will be plenty out there who will say “But Obama never said anything like that, you’re just a racist, fear monger!” Just for that reason I’ll let you hear it and read the transcription then tell me what you think, okay (Insert smirk and sarcastic overtones)!

OBAMA:

"If you look at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and its litigation strategy in the court, I think where it succeeded was to vest formal rights in previously dispossessed peoples. So that I would now have the right to vote, I would now be able to sit at the lunch counter and order and as long as I could pay for it I’d be okay.
But the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society. And to that extent as radical as people tried to characterize the Warren court, it wasn’t that radical. It didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it’s been interpreted, and the Warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. It says what the states can’t do to you, it says what the federal government can’t do to you, but it doesn’t say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn’t shifted. One of the I think tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court focused, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributed change and in some ways we still suffer from that."

I've highlighted the key statement by Obama from the 2001 interview that should be dissected further. For those who are unfamiliar with the Warren Court, it is the name given to the Supreme Court of the US that served from 1953-1969. This court was responsible for expanding judicial and federal power in ways unseen before. However, what many of you may remember most about the court is their involvement in ending racial segregation in the US. It is the expansion of federal and judicial power that is most important because according to Obama the court was not radical enough, in that, they did not broaden federal power sufficiently. One of the reasons the Warren Court was considered radical was particularly because they believed the constitution was a "charter of negative liberties;" in this regard, Obama shares a similar opinion.

I find it hard to consider the Constitution a charter of negative liberties when many believe it is the single greatest document ever created, myself included. Obama goes on to elaborate further stating "It says what the states can't do to you, it says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the state government or federal government must do on your behalf." To quote Mark Levin from his book Liberty and Tyranny "The Constitution and, more particularly, the framework of the government it establishes are not intended to address every issue or answer every perceived grievance. This is not a defect but a strength, because the government was intended to be a limited one." Mark Levin could not have said it any better. Obama believes the Constitution is a "charter of negative liberties" because it does not say what the government (state/federal) must do on our behalf. However, last I checked the Constitution does enumerate certain powers to the state and federal governments. The only problem I can see Obama having with the constitution is that it limits government power. In other words Obama dislikes the Constitution because it does not allow him to enforce his radical agenda. Unfortunately, that has not stopped Obama and his administration from going against the constitution since day one. You can also argue that Bush towards the end of his regime also took part in said activity i.e. bailouts.

Since Obama has taken office the power of the federal government has increased exponentially; whether within the financial market with the "stimulus" package or the nationalization of the auto industry. This should not come as a surprise, however, he did consider the constitution a "charter of negative liberties" so why would he obey it? What is even more alarming is the radicals that he has surrounded himself with; also known as czars. There is Van Jones a self avowed communist who in a book once wrote that he admired Chairman Mao Zedong. A man who over his lifetime carried out the killing of over 70 million of his own people; if you thought Hitler and Stalin were bad, Mao makes those two look like amateurs in comparison. Van Jones created a couple radical groups his most famous known as STORM. What was most alarming was they would protest carrying around posters of Chairman Mao because they looked up to him and his communist principles.

Does no one remember this Beatles song (Revolution):

Verse 3
"...But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be all right."

The Beatles were an important band within the political landscape, when the idea of revolution was rampant throughout this country. An idea that today disguises itself as change. In this song the Beatles believed in a Revolution and change but not the one many professed and continue to do so today. Take a look at the first line and what the Beatles believe if you carried around those pictures. We need that mentality today. We need to tell Obama and Van Jones "You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow!" How could the administration have a radical as the "green jobs" czar? Many within the administration and the media will try to deflect that question the same way they always do "well that was years ago; he was young then; he doesn't believe that now." If that were true then why do they associate themselves with other radicals, and continue to expand their radical agenda. There is a list of other radicals within his administration ,of whom I will not name in this article, but discuss more in depth in a later blog. Where this country is headed I'm not too sure. What I am sure of is this country is undergoing a major transformation; very far from the country our founding fathers had envisioned. Obama said it best when he claimed back a few days before his election: