EAGLE FREEDOM LINKS -- The Beatles Edition - 11-9-11

                                                EAGLE FREEDOM LINKS 

American Perspective - Businessman nails OWS protesters 

Atlas Shrugs - Ya Don't Say?! 

It Don't Make Sense - In uncertain times, size does matter 

A Conservative Teacher - Tea Party and conservatives are the counter-culture today - Occupy Wall Street simply fights for the establishment? 

A Pissed Off Irishman - Woman charged with pimping teen at Obama-endorsed Occupy New Hampshire Rally 


Acts of the Apostasy - Sister Patrica: On Seven Quick-Takes Friday

Adrienne's Corner - Rudy Giuliani... 



Always Catholic - Be "Always Catholic"... invite all to our "family reunion" - Catholics Come Home announces ad campaign on major networks 

Always On Watch - Footage that the Mainstream Media Will Not Air 

Amusing Bunni's Musings - Mentals ratchet up the mayhem!

Barking Spider - EU referendum: new e-petition 

Barracuda Brigade - U.N. report to show evidence of Iran's nuclear weapons program advancing 

Battle Beads Blog - What's Really Important? ..... The Eucharist, rosary, and confession 

BBCW - Mike Church's excellent description of an article 5 constitutional convention 



Black Or White Is A Choice - A real life experience expressed to the miscreants that judge bank folks as miscreants 

Blog de King Shamus - The enduring genius of occupy wall street, part deux

Bread Upon The Waters - If these were global warming graphs, we'd all be vaporized 

Can We Keep Our Republic? - Obama DOJ response to fast and furious 

Catholic Once Again - All Saints Day Nov. 1 

Commentarama - So much for shovel ready projects 

Common Cents - RIP: Andy Rooney passed away last night 



Conservative Hideout 2.0 - Occupy Portland protester charged with pushing cop in front of bus - their media head threatens more of the same 

Conservative Perspective - 2011 election watch: Ohio 

Creative Minority Report - The abortionist signed her birth certificate 

Don't Tread On Us - Mormonism & Socialism 

Down Under On The Right Side - Maybe now western leftists will get it

Eye Of Polyphemus - Us House reaffirms "In God We Trust" as US motto 

Fuzzy Logic - "All he has to do..."



Global Domination Through Applied Inactivity - Political divorce decree

Hack Wilson - Video: Wall Street protester says "pay my college tuition for me" 

HolyCoast.com - One year from today can be the end of an error 

Innominatus - Time for another one of *those* posts 

Jo-Joe Politico - link to a good interview by Thomas Sowell 

Just a Conservative Girl - Don't look now, but Newt is gaining in the polls 

Laughing Conservative - Hissy McFit arrested 



Left Coast Rebel - (Video) South Park take on #OccupyWallstreet Protests

Let The Truth Be Known - A Moment with Our Father Our Lady of Fatima - An Orthodox Catholic version 

Legal Insurrection - Tin soldiers and Trumpka coming 

Libertarian Republican - Now they're censoring "Iranian terrorist" our of 80's movies 

Lisa Graas - Santorum: "Obama's naive Iran policy has put Americans in grave danger" 

Lone Star Parson - All Saints, All Souls 

Maggie's Notebook - Bill Clinton wants 3 terms for presidents - after time off after second term 



Milton Wolf.com - My Washington Times latest: Save America: Repeal Obamacare 

Mind Numbed Robot - How to steal power - Bill Whittle (video) 

My Daily Trek - Girl Scouts open to everyone - even boys 

Nonsensible Shoes - Can the GOP compromise on taxes? 

NoOneOfAnyImport - It came from Nashville 

Obama Cartoons - Worst president 

Pedaling Fast & Trying To Keep Up - Hey Occupy wall street... I am the 53% 



Political Realities - Freddie Mac loses billions, requests billions from treasury

Proof Positive - Ron Paul, apologist for dictators 

QUICKWIT - Another Country's government that will soon run out of other people's money 

Random Musings by Cliff - Tea Party vs. OWS graphics 

Randy's Roundtable - General should be promoted, not fired 

Rational Nation USA - Real conservatism and classical liberalism... on the same page 

Reaganite Republican - Second veteran injured at occupy Oakland: violence and mayhem reign 



Right Klik - The race card: to play or not to play? 

Robbing America - The essence of a good debate: leave the press out 

Sancte Pater - Abortionist pleads guilty to murder after killing dozens of newborns at "House of Horrors" clinic 

Sentry Journal - Friday Ramblings late edition: Liberty is about the power of choice

Solid Rock Or Sinking Sand - Crossdressing 7-year old boy allowed to join girl scouts 

Standing On My Head - What I love about the Catholic Church - 8 

STOP MARXISM - Why do the left wingers hate babies 



The Audacity of Logic - How did Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' predict an America spinning out of control? 

The Blog - Cat Blog Friday 

The Catholic Knight - Tea Parties versus OWS Protests - What the establishment doesn't want us to know 

 The Camp Of The Saints - Can't you smell that smell? 

The Conservative Lady - Air Force Academy accused of religious intolerance - they choose to back away from charity 

The Country Thinker - Ohio overwhelmingly rejects Obamacare mandate: a huge grassroots victory 

The Daley Gator - Governor Walker calls a Christmas Tree a Christmas Tree; Leftists appalled 



The Last Tradition - Soldier home early from Iraq surprises fiance by running to her on Kansas Chiefs football field 

The Libertarian Patriot - Steve Kroft catches Nancy Pelosi with her hand in the cookie jar 

The Malcontent - Proving once again that Barack Hussein is a anti-semitic product of his mentor Reverend Jeremiah Wright 

The Observatorium - Hypocrisy 

The Other McCain - Karen Kraushaar, serial victim 



The Republican Mother - Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution: The Cliff notes 

The Sci-Fi Catholic - Now if we can just make people understand that the whole field of social psychology is a fraud, we'll be in good shape

The scottcarp Dream - Reagan statue vandalized 

The Wyblog - Joe Biden, Penn State, and Glee

TOTUS: Conservative Political Commentary - Israel is Alone!  

Tu Ne Cede Malis - Biblical Deck of Cards 

Virtual Mirage - Just FARCing around 

Warning Signs - The Third Party Jinx

We The People... - Pics of the day  

Western Hero - Bonfire of the insanities 

Woman Honor Thyself - MMA experts foil robbery 

Woodsterman - Top 12 Reasons 

Zilla Of The Resistance - The Resistance Benevolence Society 

Herman Cain Is On Fire For America!

H/T SecularStupidest 

Dangers that Executive Powers Pose on Liberty & Freedom

Ever since it has to come to light that the President is sneakily adding end of life counseling under the guise of regulation after that amendment in that piece of legislation was previously rejected by both the American people and Congress I have been thinking and am asking the question, what specifically gives the president the authority to add something without the consent of the governed or Congress?  I have been pondering over how much President Obama has overreached and usurped powers which are reserved elsewhere.  Progressives want to control every aspect of our lives and have advanced their vision rapidly over the past two years. They are trying to decide which ways are easiest to control the masses - the “sheep” - and how those items on their agenda can be implemented  without citizens catching onto their scheme.  Progressives want to use back-door policies to control our lives. The President in coordination with other progressives have issued a great many regulations and laws under the guise of security, safety, education, internet fairness, and health care and this has ultimately led to our liberty and freedom being diminished greatly.  Much of Obama’s usurpations of powers were done under the guise of instituting regulations, without congressional oversight and those so-called regulations were used as a cover to institute new policies.  Obama has viewed his powers as president very broadly and has abused his power as president on a number of occasions.

John Carey over at Sentry Journal has written a thought-provoking article which touched upon the possibility for the need of an Article V Constitutional Convention which would focus on the clarification of the commerce clause, or the need to repeal one out of a few choice amendments, or the possibility of adding an amendment which would grant States the right to repeal any law or regulation of the United States so States can take back their rights which are guaranteed by the constitution.  I am not quite sure whether a Constitutional Convention would work since there are so many liberal activist judges who ignore the Constitution.  I think it is an option worthy of thought and discussion which may work if the details are worked out.  There is no doubt the Federal government needs to be reined in some capacity. The Federal government has metamorphosed into a leviathan which has squeezed and sucked the life out of States’ rights. The Ordinance Power grants the president the authority to issue regulations, proclamations, and executive orders. I believe that the Ordinance Power needs to be clarified so progressive presidents like Obama (I hope not another one like him is ever elected again but we had Carter and look who we got later on) cannot have any wiggle room to act like kings, usurp power, and  institute new policies instead of enforcing existing ones.  In article 2 Section 3 the Constitution states that the president “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed” but this does not mean that presidents have been given the authority to add anything extra which wasn’t already passed by congress.  The End of Life Counseling or “Death Panels” in Obamacare were taken out after their was outcry by the public and now Obama is going to be adding the End of Life Counseling via regulations.  This is not merely enforcing the rule of law or making sure that laws are faithfully executed but rather is making an addition which was not in the final version of the health care bill which was passed by Congress and signed into law by the president.

As much as I agree with John that the Federal government needs to be reined in I am not sure I agree with his assessment that the commerce clause is one the biggest threats to the American people. It is a big threat but I believe that the powers of the president -Ordinance Power-  are the powers which have the most capacity to endanger and encroach on our liberty and freedom.  I believe these powers need to be clarified and limited.  I think that Congress should be a check on the president by giving their authorization to any regulations and executive orders that either the President or those in government agencies such as the EPA want to implement.  IMO, recess appointments need to stop also.  If it is impossible for Congress to give a certain appointee their approval then they must not be fit to represent the American people in whatever position they have been nominated for.  Although, there is the problem of the opposite Party blocking appointees approval regardless of how qualified the appointee is. 

President Obama most recently has added (or plans to) end of life counseling under the guise of Medicare and Medicaid regulations, three Democrats on the FCC voted to enact the equivalent of the fairness doctrine but for the internet instead of radio, instituted green gas regulations through the EPA since he couldn’t get Congress to pass Cap & Trade, named recess appointments such as U.S. ambassadors and the head of Medicare and Medicaid, Donald Berwick.  And, these are just the power grabs committed by the president since July of 2010.  In addition you have progressives like John Podesta advising the president to ignore the will of the American people and institute policies via federal agencies. 


Congress needs to do its job and use the Congressional Review Act to engage in oversight to reign in and stop the president’s power grabs. The Republicans in Congress intend to give Obama a fight over the new EPA regulations.


The Federal government, federal agencies and most importantly the president needs to be reined in with both congressional Oversight and either an amendment clarifying and limiting the powers of the president and federal agencies or through a Constitutional Convention such as John suggests.