Some Genuine "Un-American" Activities for Nancy Pelosi to Worry About

The Independent Institute's Mary Theroux suggests "a few other, arguably more egregiously un-American activities" that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might want to focus on instead of smearing the ObamaCare protesters:

Torture …why is the Obama administration fighting in courts in San Francisco, Washington and London "to keep an official veil of secrecy over the treatment of a former prisoner who says he was tortured at Guantanamo Bay," and why is Secretary of State Hillary Clinton threatening "to limit U.S. intelligence-sharing with Great Britain if the [British high] court disclosed details of [his] treatment in Guantanamo"?…

Bail-Outs and Stimulus Legislation ?"The American Way" used to be that those who worked hard, were honest, and served their fellow man did well, and those who didn't went broke. Now, those who work hard and save lose their shirts in a government-fueled trainwreck and get taxed to bail out those who took on risky ventures and paid themselves fancy bonuses to boot….??

Immunity from Legislation? Isn't the immunity Congress gives themselves from labor, healthcare and other laws (not to mention the aforementioned exemption from TSA checkpoints) decidedly un-American, where all are supposed to be equal before the law?

Whole thing here.

Comments

[Xeones]

No, no, and no, Mr. Root! And i bet you were wearing swastikas as you typed this! Swastikas!

[guy in the back row]

Who is this author, some facist?

[Xeones]

Who is this author, some facist?

Yeah, and probably a fascist, too!

[CoyoteBlue]

Mary Theroux? Sounds like a nazi name.

Or gualish.

[?]

RASCIST

[Griff]

Hello, mr Geithner...this is the IRS and we're hear to discuss your tax situation...no need to worry. Everyone forgets !

[SugarFree]

Mary Theroux

Sounds Vichy to me.

[P Brooks]

Mary Theroux wants to oppress the Speaker of the House with her fascist pettifoggery and sexist slanders.

[Tbone]

1/09 Hope and Change

4/09 Hope for Change

7/09 Hope for (spare) change

10/09 No hope of any change

The agenda is unfolding nicely.

[Pro Libertate]

Save us, Nancy, save us!

[The Libertarian Guy]

Pelosi loved it years ago when Dems were raising a ruckus:

http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2009/08/video-nancy-pelosi-to-protesters-in.html

[Mike Laursen]

Isn't the immunity Congress gives themselves from labor, healthcare and other laws (not to mention the aforementioned exemption from TSA checkpoints) decidedly un-American, where all are supposed to be equal before the law?

But they're Super-Americans!

[Hazel Meade]

Isn't the immunity Congress gives themselves from labor, healthcare and other laws (not to mention the aforementioned exemption from TSA checkpoints) decidedly un-American, where all are supposed to be equal before the law?

But wait! Congressmen are selfless self-sacrificing souls, tirlessly devoting themselves to an unprofitable life of civil service. Not like those evil profit seeking bastards out there in the private sector.

[Rabble Rouser]

A CITIZENS PETITION TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

WHEREAS, ALL citizens of the United States of America are equal
before the law; and
WHEREAS, citizen executives, judges and legislators serve at the behest of
their fellow citizens to well and faithfully uphold and protect the Constitution of the
United States of America in order to secure the liberties of ALL citizens; and
WHEREAS, both past and present legislators have proven to be unfaithful in the
performance of their Constitutional duties by excusing themselves from the
provisions of the laws they have passed:
NOW, THEREFORE, it is proposed that the following Amendment be added
to said Constitution:

PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. XXVIII TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
No law, levy, fine, statute or plan shall be enacted by the Congress
of the United States from which any person in any branch of the
government of the United States, Executive, Congressional or Judicial,
is excused; all citizens shall be equally affected by and subject to
such laws, levies, fines, statutes or plans.

[Rabble Rouser]

James Madison, Federalist No. 57:

"If it is to be asked, what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discrimination in favor of themselves and a particular class of the society? I answer: the genius of the whole system; the nature of just and constitutional laws; and above all, the vigilant and manly spirit which actuates the people of America, a spirit which nourishes freedom, and in return is nourished by it. If this spirit shall ever be so far debased as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate anything but liberty."

[LobaAzul]

Rabble Rouser,

Yeah, like they give a crap about what's in the Constitution.