DLA For Sunday 020611

Boldness and Right.

Hey folks,

Time to award the Display of Logic Award. This is another one of those, is there any doubts? Yes, this winner of the Display of Logic Award displayed not only the ability of understanding of Truth and Rightness, but the courage to stand up for it. The ability to do the Right thing.

He came to work, doing what he has done for years. A case was brought before him that questions that validity of the Rule of Law, the Constitution, and the limitation of the Federal Government.

He looked at all the evidence before him, and he Ruled the only way he could. The Government over reached it's authority, and that they backed themselves into a corner by not allowing a severability clause, in which case something could be removed if deemed unconstitutional, then the whole thing must be thrown out.

His name, is Federal Judge Roger Vinson. The Case is Obamacare. More Specifically the Mandate for every American to buy Health Insurance. The problem is, the Federal Government cannot mandate, or command, anyone to by ANYTHING. They simply do not have that Authority.

Now the fact that this Administration is simply trying to ignore this, doesn't change the fact that this one Judge, KILLED Obamacare. Regardless of what happens in the future, this Judge EARNED the Display of Logic Award.

Congratulations Judge Roger Vinson. THANK YOU for doing your job, and for doing it well. Thank you for being bold enough to Rule in favor of the Constitution, even if it does go against the Administration. Keep up the good work.
Peter

Sources:
OPNTalk - Judge Agrees With Obama, Strikes Down Obamacare

Judge Agrees With Obama, Strikes Down Obamacare

You read that correctly.

Hey folks,

Happy Tuesday to you. Do not fret, the From the energy Front is coming right up. But first, I love this. Most of you know, that there are more than HALF of all the States, actively suing the Federal Government, over Obamacare.

Well, the one in Florida has just been decided. The Judge, Federal Judge Roger Vinson, agreed with, and even QUOTED Obama, then struck down Obamacare. Not kidding folks. According to The Washington Times - Judge uses Obama’s words against him

In ruling against President Obama‘s health care law, federal Judge Roger Vinson used Mr. Obama‘s own position from the 2008 campaign against him, when the then-Illinois senator argued there were other ways to achieve reform short of requiring every American to purchase insurance.

“I note that in 2008, then-Senator Obama supported a health care reform proposal that did not include an individual mandate because he was at that time strongly opposed to the idea, stating that, ‘If a mandate was the solution, we can try that to solve homelessness by mandating everybody to buy a house,’” Judge Vinson wrote in a footnote toward the end of his 78-page ruling Monday.

Judge Vinson, a federal judge in the northern district of Florida, struck down the entire health care law as unconstitutional on Monday, though he is allowing the Obama administration to continue to implement and enforce it while the government appeals his ruling.

How many of you knew that Obama said this? How many remember all the contradictory things Obama has said? That's what the New Media is here for. To remind you. Just wait, the Left will be blaming Talk radio on the Judges decision. Just wait.

The footnote was attached to the most critical part of Judge Vinson‘s ruling, in which he said the “principal dispute” in the case was not whether Congress has the power to tackle health care, but rather whether it has the power to compel individual citizens to purchase insurance.

Judge Vinson cited Mr. Obama‘s campaign words from an interview with CNN to show that there are other options that could pass constitutional muster including then-candidate Obama‘s plan.

During the presidential campaign, one key difference between Mr. Obama and his chief opponent, then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, was that Mrs. Clinton‘s plan required all Americans to purchase insurance and Mr. Obama‘s did not.

Congress eventually included the individual mandate in the bill it passed, and Mr. Obama signed that into law in March. Since then, he and his administration have defended its constitutionality, arguing the mandate is the linchpin that brings in more customers to insurance companies, which in turn allows those companies to expand the availability and lower the cost of coverage.

Much of Judge Vinson‘s ruling was a discussion of how the Founding Fathers, including James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, saw the limits on congressional power. Judge Vinson hypothesized that, under the Obama administration‘s legal theory, the government could mandate that all citizens eat broccoli.

White House officials said that sort of “surpassingly curious reading” called into question Judge Vinson‘s entire ruling.

“There’s something thoroughly odd and unconventional about the analysis,” said a White House official who briefed reporters late Monday afternoon, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Like what? He listens to Rush Limbaugh? {Laughing} Just wait folks. Just Wait.

As you can see, it really is not good in Lib Land. EVERY Liberal Agenda is being challenged from Obamacare, EPA Authority, Amnesty, the attacks on the First and Second Amendments. EVERY Agenda. And they are LOSING every time. So far, the new Republican Controlled House is sticking to their guns and promises. This sure is interesting to watch. Be right back with the "From the Energy Front."
Peter

Sources:
The Washington Times - Judge uses Obama’s words against him