With that said, I must share Judge Moore's article here. It is just another one of those "Twilight Zone" moments where everyday, ordinary Americans, like me, can't believe what clueless Congress has done....once again.
Excerpt:
The Democratic leadership forced the package through Congress without allowing for debate and without even giving the opposition sufficient time to read and evaluate the bill. It passed in the United States Congress by a vote of 246-183 in the House, with all Republicans opposed, and 60-38 in the Senate with three moderate Republicans providing crucial support. President Obama signed the bill yesterday. Described as costing $787 billion dollars, the Congressional Budget Office reports the actual cost will be $3.27 trillion dollars, stemming from an estimated $744 billion it will take to pay for the additional debt the legislation will create and $2.527 trillion in increased spending from new and expanded programs spawned by the bill.
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said that the legislation was poorly crafted and hastily designed, and that passage of the bill "will mark the day when our generation decided that we were not capable of enduring the consequences of our own actions and therefore future generations must shoulder the burden that we could not find the courage to bear ourselves."
But the threshold question should be, is this legislation constitutional? Article I, Section 8 of our Constitution authorizes Congress to tax and spend only "to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States." Because the Act in question only increases our indebtedness and does virtually nothing for our common defense, we must look at its impact on the "general" welfare. Congress' expenditures must by definition be for the general welfare of our nation as a whole, not the specific welfare of individuals, regions, or certain socio-economic or political groups.
Of course the bill isn't constitutional! But why should that matter? The usurper is suspected of not being constitutionally eligible anyway. Did that matter to Congress?
Excerpt:
An examination of the provisions of the economic stimulus plan reveals that it is pure pork, much of it designed to further left-wing causes. More than $3 billion goes to ACORN, a community organization already under federal investigation for voter registration practices. Thirty million dollars goes to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district in the San Francisco area to restore wetlands and in part to protect the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse. Then there is $200 million for a designated coal fired power plant in Obama's home state of Illinois, $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts, $200 million to provide computers to community colleges, and over $650 million to help consumers buy digital TV converter boxes. One billion dollars is allocated for educational programs, including courses on sexually transmitted diseases.
This bill has so much pork in it that if the money was spent on food - we could probably hold a luau in every American backyard for an entire year!
Did you see how much is going to ACORN??? And get this... Judge Moore reveals ACORN as "a community organization already under federal investigation for voter registration practices."
HOW DUMB COULD OUR CONGRESS POSSIBLY BE??
HOW AND WHY WOULD THEY ALLOW THAT TO STAY IN THE BILL?
THE RINOS IN THE SENATE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ASHAMED!
Judge Moore concludes:
The stimulus plan is more than an assault on our pocketbooks – it is an assault on our Constitution, our freedom and our faith.
Obama did [Christine: usurp the presidency] win. But with his first proposal, the American people lost.
Hat Tip:
WorldNetDaily
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Update:
Michelle Malkin has LOTS of details about OBAMACORN!
Love the new photoshopped acronym bumper sticker over there [photo at Malkin's blog courtesy Blind Mule] :
Association of
Corrupted
Organizations for
Registration of
Non-eligible voters
HA HA HA HAAAA!
Well....the guy they pushed the corrupted votes for is ineligible too! Imagine that!
Grrrrrr.....