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“Tyranny” is defined as arbitrary or unrestrained use of power. It has arrived. Let’s take a look. The leading debate today is Obama care. Poll after poll prove that the American people do not want it. Sure, we want health care reformed but wait, “reform” is defined as the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. That’s the Webster’s College Dictionary definition. I used the same dictionary to find the definition of “tyranny.” Wait a minute, maybe “reform” is the wrong word. Our current health care industry is not wrong. It is not corrupt, well except for the medicare and medicaid fraud which Washington sings about all the time saying “we’ll fix it, as long as you let us take over one sixth of the economy.” Health care is not unsatisfactory either. We have the best health care in the world. I know, I know, some people can’t afford it so to them it’s unsatisfactory they argue. Is it unsatisfactory that I can’t afford a Rolls Royce? It is if you call Health care unsatisfactory. But in reality, it’s not. Even worse, if I show up at a Rolls Royce dealer and tell them I really need one but can’t afford it, they, unlike our health care system, would laugh in my face. In our “unsatisfactory” health care system, I’d get treated. Sounds pretty satisfactory to me. So, I’ve decided, we shouldn’t use the word reform unless I am given a Rolls Royce. We should use the word “improvement.” Sure we want to improve health care. I thought we Americans wanted to improve everything? What we don’t want is one sixth of our economy taken over by a bunch of incompetent buffoons in Washington lead by Obama. So, great, the majority of Americans don’t want Obama-care, we live in a democracy, so they won’t pass it right. I wish! O.K. Tyranny check number one. OBONGRESS (my new term for the current congress lead by Obama) is using their power unrestrained by democratic principles. That’s the unrestrained use of power. Again, strike one!

Is it an arbitrary use of power? Let’s go to the Dictionary. “Arbitrary” is defined by Webster’s as subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely on one’s discretion. Uh Oh, Obama and Congress, OBONGRESS, strike two on the tyranny test. OBONGRESS wants Obama-care. The majority of American people don’t want it. OBONGRESS doesn’t care. It is their unrestrained will to pass it, so bingo, strike two! By the way, don’t forget, the restraint that they should be controlled by is the people, well, in a democracy. They are not. This could be strike three, but I’ll give them a break and call it a foul ball.

So OBONGRESS is unrestrained by the majority desires of the people. They are acting according to their own will. It is arbitrary. Just check out the gifts to unions and government workers that were gifted in the back room out of sight of the people in direct contradiction of Obama’s promise to have transparency. Obama is a liar. How do I know this? Again, Webster’s College Dictionary. “Lie” is defined by Webster’s as a false statement made with the deliberate intent to deceive; a falsehood. Something intending or serving to convey a false impression. Remember Obama said eight times he would allow the cameras into the negotiations? Remember Obama said that it would be a new transparent Washington? Now if he meant these things, wouldn’t he be at the podium with his teleprompter explaining why he broke his word? And breaking his word is bad enough, just about everybody has not kept a promise in their lives. But if it’s just that, just breaking your word, a decent human being explains what happened. Not Obama. Why? Because his explanation is this; he lied. He is a liar. And no teleprompter in the world can explain it away. So, Obama is not even restrained by his own words or put another way, the truth. He is by definition, acting arbitrary. Strike three. Can you imagine an employee who mislead you, lied, and never even hinted at an explanation? You don’t have to, it’s our President.

So we have an unrestrained arbitrary liar as our President. But does this make him, by definition, a tyrant? Let’s look at what doesn’t restrain him or OBONGRESS.

1. Truth and Honesty.
2. Democracy.
3. The will of the people.
4. The Constitution.
5. The press.

These are hard facts. Now let’s flip things around and ask this question. What if Obama were honest and said here’s my plan? “I’m going to take over one sixth of the economy. I’m not going to keep my word. I’m going to do this in secret. And as far as what the American people want, I don’t care, I’m acting according to my own unrestrained will. And finally, I will not be restrained by the Constitution.” What if he were honest? He wouldn’t be president, that’s what.

We are in a crisis but it’s not a financial crisis, a climate crisis, or a health care crisis. Think about this: Each of the solutions proffered by Obama and OBONGRESS for these alleged “crisis” include massive growth of government, redistribution of wealth, increased taxation, massive new debt, massive increased government control, and all of these things, contrary to what the people of this nation want. Ouch.

The real crisis we are facing is a government crisis. We are by definition being ruled by an unrestrained tyrant. Sure, he hasn’t set up concentration camps or overtly attacked the constitution, but what if we behave as Americans and live by our principles? What if we just say no. Then what? I’m not sure, but my uncertainty both scares and amazes me. Where has our America gone? How did we let it happen? How do we explain it to our children? I’m trying to figure it out, but presently, like many, I’m mostly stunned.

God Bless America which I’ve decided is not a place anymore, not a geography, not even a government. America is a a set of God Given principles that can be taken anywhere because God gave them to us, not some government or individual or tyrant. And one more point OBONGRESS, do you really want to mess with God. You may have the Black Panthers and Acorn on your side in November, but it would be contradictory to assume you have God on your side when your words, policies and actions conflict with God given principles.

We’ll see if I am right in November. I pray so.

That’s my Reetzality for the day.

Thanks for the Read.

Brett Reetz

Note: In my list of five things that don’t restrain OBONGRESS my enemies, yes enemies (I think it’s great to disagree, but when you disagree on something as fundamental as our American principles, you become an enemy of sorts) will argue that “hey” they got elected. True. But they have threatened to use reconciliation to pass health care. Reconciliation is a procedure used for budgetary matters. It is not to be used for fundamental change. The people voted people in who created “reconciliation” for budget matters. Thus, to the exent OBONGRESS uses it to fundamentally change our country, misuses it actually, they are violating democratic principles. Let’s do a basic analysis. OBONGRESS is threatening to use a law in a manner for which it was not intended to pass legislation that will fundamentally change our country in a way that is opposed by the majority of Americans. See, unrestrained by democracy.

Next Point. My father always told me that we were a nation of laws and not men. I finally, after years of almost daily debate with my father, a law degree, and much thought, admitted that he was right. But what do you know? It now appears that I was right. It appears that way to my father as well. What he should have said is that we “should” be a nation of laws rather than “are” a nation of laws. Because we’re not a nation of laws. Here’s the example of the week. The Attorney General is ignoring the law and not prosecuting the Black Panthers for voter intimidation. Here’s another example: Where’s the IRS? Shouldn’t they be prosecuting the tax cheats in Washington? Of course not, the tax cheats are in the “in” crowd in this nation, sadly now, of men.