tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post7484043079879567269..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: The Power to go to WarAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-38821837285521338072013-09-13T15:05:29.791-05:002013-09-13T15:05:29.791-05:00I'd never thought I'd live to see the day ...I'd never thought I'd live to see the day when a Russian leader is dictating foreign policy to our own president. It is reprehensible how far our country has fallen. And it’s finally nice to see what side you lefties are on. It's definitely not America's The Truth Will Set Us Free! https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492147261012006205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-37775220851459968772013-09-13T14:45:34.162-05:002013-09-13T14:45:34.162-05:00So the First Wookie wants the American people to d...So the First Wookie wants the American people to drink more plain water! Aren't we <b>LUCKY</b> to have a First Wookie like her!<br />Thank God we have a First Lady like Madam Moocher who has pushed Americans to eat healthier, who does jumping jacks every morning, take plenty of vacations, exercise’s more, and doesn’t take any crap from Royalty like the Queen of England. Now she says we should "drink up" too. But she’s not referring to Wine, or Booze, she is purposing us to drink plain water. And more of it.<br /><br />The first lady, an health fanatic who loves French fries, big juicy hamburgers and shakes, and whose butt and biceps are envied by women everywhere, is now getting behind a campaign being launched Thursday to encourage people to drink more plain old-fashioned water. <br />This is the same Moochie Obama who told ABC News’ Robin Roberts last year, “I love burgers and fries, you know? And I love ice cream and cake. So do most kids. We’re not talking about a lifestyle that excludes all that. That’s the fun of being a kid. That’s the fun of being a human.”<br />Whether it comes from a faucet, an underground spring, a rambling river or a plastic bottle, she said, the message is: "Drink up.<br /><br />The asinine shit that come out of bed wetting dipshits like these Marsist’ is stunning.. She needs to get her own life, and stay out of ours!<br />I wonder how much "plain water" the First Wookie drinks before gobbling her Lobster and Caviar.<br />And here's the problem with socialism: any self-righteous fool with a modicum of authority can interfere in your life for any purpose said fool deems necessary for your own good.<br /><br />The belief that people need to be herded like cattle lies at the heart of modern progressivism.<br /><br />It would be funny to watch the wrath of would-be commissars is it wasn't so inherently dangerousThe Most Interesting Man in the Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139603300668910468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-34860470631931715192013-09-13T12:33:21.345-05:002013-09-13T12:33:21.345-05:00By the way, our new found friend Putin forgot to m...By the way, our new found friend Putin forgot to mention that he sent the carrier killer moskva missile cruiser<br />into the theater today.. Hows that for trust?<br /><br />The man made a monkey (pardon the expression, no pun intended) out of ObamaSperamus Meliora; Resurget Cineribusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-64364907934758981702013-09-13T12:32:40.363-05:002013-09-13T12:32:40.363-05:00By the way, our new found friend Putin forgot to m...By the way, our new found friend Putin forgot to mention that he sent the carrier killer moskva missile cruiser<br />into the theater today.. Hows that for trust?<br /><br />The man mad a monkey (pardon the expression, no pun intended) out of ObamaSperamus Meliora; Resurget Cineribusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-20921331823534071312013-09-12T23:36:24.937-05:002013-09-12T23:36:24.937-05:00Years ago at Columbia University I studied the War...Years ago at Columbia University I studied the War Powers Act in detail. I largely concluded that it is unconstitutional for the Congress to bind the Commander in Chief in the exercise of his duties. This is not to say that Congress plays no role and they certainly can exercise the power of the purse. Nor is the Congress required to officially approve every act by the Commander in Chief.<br /><br />Frankly, Obama could have bombed Syria without going to Congress. He did so in Libya and hardly anyone noticed. He only went to Congress to give him someone to blame.<br /><br />Now look at the mess we are in. Congress cannot legislate presidential leadership.Mike's Americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-11178394401645018842013-09-12T22:34:46.643-05:002013-09-12T22:34:46.643-05:00how dare we accuse da Leader of being a war monger...how dare we accuse da Leader of being a war monger..how racist of us!...(sarc tag off)<br /><br />have a blessed weekend my friend:)WomanHonorThyselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211851365273181636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-8576197349993483062013-09-12T20:42:43.910-05:002013-09-12T20:42:43.910-05:00Perhaps our weakness in foreign policy causes us t...Perhaps our weakness in foreign policy causes us to rely too heavily on a military crutch? We have not exactly shown ourselves to be brilliant in the last decade.<br /><br />TammyTammy Swoffordhttp://tammyswofford.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-71556170793709015672013-09-12T20:33:27.288-05:002013-09-12T20:33:27.288-05:00Right Truth: "a year ago"? How about w...Right Truth: "a year ago"? How about when he said we shouldn't go into IraQ after Saddam gassed 300K Kurds, right!?<br /><br />Great piece, Sam.<br />I agree with Mustang 100%.<br />I must say, however, as a more emotional shoot-from-the-hip blogger; I think we all think it's okay for a president to go to war if we trust him and we don't if we don't.<br />no? Not the best way to think, but............it's human!<br />Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-345629467633404012013-09-12T18:04:28.791-05:002013-09-12T18:04:28.791-05:00Staying out of war should always be the preferable...Staying out of war should always be the preferable things to do. But there are times when good men must stand up to evil and protect the innocent. The problem with Syria is that the Christians are the innocent group that no one talks about. Assad vs al-Qaed-linked terrorists seem to be the only concern. The chemical weapons have been used before, so why wasn't Obama concerned back then, approximately a year ago?<br /><br />Debbie<br />Right Truth<br />http://www.righttruth.typepad.com<br /><br />Right Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274108313586611205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-83622871503764091692013-09-12T12:39:22.776-05:002013-09-12T12:39:22.776-05:00I dissent here. Studying history and law I have m...I dissent here. Studying history and law I have my own thoughts. I will say that we should stay out of Syria. We have enough on the home front to deal with and people are miserable here. We cannot afford to feed school age children enough to concentrate in school but we can afford another preemptive strike? It is mind boggling. Where are peoples sensibilities? As far as I see it is time we stop telling Israel what to do and let them lose to do what they should have done long ago. Nuke all these arises!Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845520038316676855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-27397119933921583802013-09-12T11:47:02.600-05:002013-09-12T11:47:02.600-05:00At the time of our founding, one man did not have ...At the time of our founding, one man did not have the power to put his finger on one trigger and destroy the world. At the least kill millions. It is absurd to think that as long as there is time to get congressional approval and not under imminent threat that we should not do this. He could go wacko, then what.Bunkervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427978686579892380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-43148244040276768522013-09-12T11:18:27.450-05:002013-09-12T11:18:27.450-05:00@FT --- First out of practical reality comes des...@FT --- First out of practical reality comes desire and perceived needs, ideas follow, then theories, then laws, then practical reality.<br />-------<br />And since you live in a system of state capitalism, profit trumps all this stuff.<br /><br />Can't make the scene if you don't have the green.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-62118154678290702662013-09-12T11:05:34.757-05:002013-09-12T11:05:34.757-05:00It just might be asked "Just what is Islam ?&...It just might be asked "Just what is Islam ?" one of the answers that may be given is that Islam is a political/religious /cultural system of tyrannical mind control that has power over the lives of millions of people around the world. With that stated it's therefore fitting to site the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson who declared "I have sworn upon the alter of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of mam."Walter Sieruknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-72919846129184624172013-09-12T11:04:53.978-05:002013-09-12T11:04:53.978-05:00A very thought provoking post! I think the Founder...A very thought provoking post! I think the Founders were correct, but the People have faltered in their elections of corrupt men. Lots to chew on.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03977090801334626461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-33472106254438752782013-09-12T10:57:13.123-05:002013-09-12T10:57:13.123-05:00Yesterday being the twelfth anniversary of the Sep...Yesterday being the twelfth anniversary of the Septerber 11, 2001 affront against both humankind and America. It's very important that we never forgot the evil that the forces of Islam's militant jihadism did on 9 /11. It' therefore also important that for the future we keep a balanced view on things. In that we must not live in fear or be afraid to go places or do things because of ant jihadist threats. For to live in fear would make the jihadist enemy happy. Nevertheless eventhrough we need not live in fear we still need to keep aware of our surrounding for thins that seem not to look quite right. As in "What's wrong with this picture ?" For example, the Tee-shirt vender who at Times Square was some smoke come out of that parked van and then let a police officer know about it. As it has been said "If you see something, say something." To put in another way, Thomas Jefferson had explain something which applies even more today then in his own time. For Mr. Jefferson stated "Let the eye of vigilance never to closed."Walter Sieruknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-91759397305295133652013-09-12T10:42:39.586-05:002013-09-12T10:42:39.586-05:00First out of practical reality comes desire and pe...First out of practical reality comes desire and perceived needs, ideas follow, then theories, then laws, then practical reality.<br /><br />In truth our laws and system of governance are only theoretical, intellectual constructs that sprang from a certain native-born cultural ethos built on Tradition.<br /><br />Elements foreign and highly antithetical to that ethos have for many reasons become full participants in a process not of their own invention -- <i>a process to which they are innately hostile</i>. <b>These hostile elements have been extremely successful in learning the mechanics of our system and mastering all its rules while remaining aloof from the spirit that initiated and nurtured it into greatness. Learning all the rules has enabled these foreign elements, who remain coldly immune to the spirit of or founding, to manipulate our system and cleverly twist and warp the meaning of our laws and traditions to suit purposes for which they were unintended.</b><br /><br />For good or for ill (mostly the latter, I fear) REALITY trumps THEORY every time, because AUDACITY and INTELLECTUAL AGGRESSION unburdened by qualm or conscience, motivated only by the ruthless determination to WIN no matter what it costs OVERPOWER Politeness, Restraint, Decency, Consideration, and the Need to Examine possible CONSEQUENCES and RAMIFICATIONS before taking action.<br /><br /><br /><i><b>"Democracies are most commonly corrupted by the insolence of demagogues."</b></i> <br /><br />~ Aristotle (382- 322 B. C.) <br /><br />We've known this since nearly four-hundred-years before the birth of Christ -- at <i>least</i> -- and still each Civilization, each Empire, each Nation, each State, each Society, each Organization sooner or later falls into the same old pit. <br /><br />The Serpent in the Garden of Eden, let loose and free to do his worst after The Fall, slithers amongst us always -- the original Snake in the Grass.<br /> <br /><br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-20984019244481780202013-09-12T10:05:31.318-05:002013-09-12T10:05:31.318-05:00People of other countries have benefitted from US ...People of other countries have benefitted from US intervention. Not true about the government, but true about the people. My country is one of these; were it not for US interventions in Haiti, my people would suffere even more. Thank you America. Louis H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18301694575991500936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-33722799980307671982013-09-12T09:25:24.077-05:002013-09-12T09:25:24.077-05:00It is true that we do not have a direct democracy,...It is true that we do not have a direct democracy, but at the same time, we the people simply cannot allow the president to take this country into a war that is predicated on false or misleading information or circumstances. It is too high of a price to pay. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230399044647334018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-8694384412772611232013-09-12T08:43:14.184-05:002013-09-12T08:43:14.184-05:00Yeah, they way they did with Bush, eh?Yeah, they way they did with Bush, eh?Liberalmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612454539046863752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-71519999365685037912013-09-12T08:43:13.670-05:002013-09-12T08:43:13.670-05:00I actually do not see the War Powers Act as uncons...I actually do not see the War Powers Act as unconstitutional. It does not contravene any constitutional provision. What it does, in my opinion, is clarify Congress’ sense of the Constitution’s intent. I do not wish to see a president having to govern, as a chief executive must govern, by committee, but neither do I wish to see an “imperial” presidency—one that believes it does not need the opinion or concurrence of Congress or Court.Mustanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388694472897425202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-51439778135710378032013-09-12T08:42:52.656-05:002013-09-12T08:42:52.656-05:00As for the Founding Fathers, they all seemed to be...As for the Founding Fathers, they all seemed to be of the opinion that the USA should stay OUT of foreign affairs whenever possible, and war only if the other guy starts it. This would have been a good policy, and was followed for awhile. In keeping with that wish- to stay out of foreign affairs- I believe checking the executives power to wage war fulfills that wish. Congress is much less likely to get anything done, good or bad, then the executive. And if the goal is to NOT go to war, then they are better at it (that is, doing nothing).<br /><br />In terms of power, the idea of the Founders was to NOT have a King right after getting rid of one, and thus they limited the presidents power. A King's ability to go to war at the drop of a hat is well know, well recorded, and well hated in countries with a monarchy (in history, at least). Its actually one of the biggest monarchy powers, and one of the most abused. King's have little to no skin in the game, and being on an ivory tower, never feel the repercussions of their actions (besides not getting elected, but a second term president is immune from that fear). <br /><br />Why the Founders never said it clearly? It may have to do with how annoyed they were with the Continental Congress during the Revolution. IIRC, it was pulling teeth to get them to do ANYTHING, much to every army officers dismay. Whether or not it backfired on the army, I dunno. But I would imagine any man would want to avoid having to go through that amount of bureaucracy incompetence again, and thus, they left it vague. Not willing to outright ignore Congress... not willing to go through that nonsense again in their lifetimes. Just a theory, though.<br /><br />-Wildstar<br /><br />PS The President usually knows absolutely nothing about the military (in modern years!), so the less they mess around with it, the better in my mind! Wildstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04824904561080806597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-24166503340769091132013-09-12T08:20:17.282-05:002013-09-12T08:20:17.282-05:00The War Powers Act is probably unconstitutional; b...The War Powers Act is probably unconstitutional; but it has never been tested at the Supreme Court. It is, therefore, the law of the land and every president must abide by it or else Congress will say: "Shame on you, Mr. President".<br /><br />We need to do better!Jim at Asylum Watchhttp://conservativesonfire.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-88249289744250806892013-09-12T06:48:44.552-05:002013-09-12T06:48:44.552-05:00Sam,
One of your best posts ever! Thank you.
A c...Sam,<br />One of your best posts ever! Thank you.<br /><br />A couple of points from me....<br /><br />Thomas Jefferson governed more as a Statist than as the limited-government man he was before becoming President. Why? I have my own theories, but I'm interested in hearing what others have to say about the change in Jefferson.<br /><br /><i>By leaving this description vague, I believe the founding fathers trusted subsequent generations to work out their differences in a civilized manner.</i><br /><br />Our Founders missed the boat on that one, IMO.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-88550950009843540372013-09-12T03:33:05.256-05:002013-09-12T03:33:05.256-05:00Only in a perfect world would I want to see one pe...Only in a perfect world would I want to see one person have the authority to act militarily without Congressional approval. The world is A LOOOOONG WAY from perfect and our CIC is even further away!Average Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211406136371011324noreply@blogger.com