Jim Delaney's Blog – November 2011 Archive (4)

Rousingly addressed recently in Chicago by John Bachtell  of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) , the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protest has, unfortunately, been nagged by thefts, rapes, murders, shootings, brawlings, illicit drugs, and arrests for both public disorder and trespassing.



But, gee, what can you expect of a big crowd? There are bound to be bad apples. Were those Tea Partiers any better?



Anointed by big labor, openly supported by high-minded public figures like…

For me, the failure of the so-called “super committee” sharply illustrates the

overwhelming and disturbing reality that this country is, indeed, 

irreconcilably divided.



Many years in the making, this increasingly irreparable ideological  divide

separates  socialism and capitalism, statism and individual liberty.



And no matter how hard we try, like oil and water these competing ideologies can

never, ever  mix.



Deeply ideologically divided,…

No nation is immutable; historically, nations evolve and devolve. And there's no historical precedent which would uphold the assertion that America will be an exception to this rule.



And though our Founders had hoped their carefully crafted Constitution which created a confederated republic would remain intact in perpetuity, none deluded themselves into believing that, for better or for worse, the inherent depravity and falllibility of man wouldn't inevitably,…

I tremble with fear every time a serious constitutional question is put to the “Supreme Court”.



Obvious to all but the willfully ignorant or ideologically blind, over the years SCOTUS has evolved into an essentially unbridled power unto itself. Guided by the principle of "judicial supremacy" vs "constitutional supremacy", and tainted by politics, ideology and a sinister proclivity for social engieneering, it has morphed into an unelected, unaccountable,…