http://www.nytimes.com/...
the assertion by the Senate minority leader last week that the House could not take up a plan by Senate Democrats to extend tax cuts on households making $250,000 or less because the Constitution requires that revenue measures originate in the lower chamber. Why should anyone care? Why should a lame-duck House, 27 members of which were defeated for re-election, have a stranglehold on our economy? Why does a grotesquely malapportioned Senate get to decide the nation’s fate?
I'll tell this "40yr constitutional professor": That Damn Piece of Paper is not a quaint "suggestion".
You see it's this mentality that gave us the Patriot Act, The Animal Enterprises Act, The John Warner Defense Act, the NDAA which has lead to secret court hearings, secret renditions, secret legal interpretations, secret spying on citizens, the targeting and killing of American Citizens without charges, judge, jury or trail.
It's this mentality that lead to the Federally coordinated crackdown on OWS.
It's this mentality that allowed for the torture of Bradley Manning and claimed "it was for his own protection"!
It's this mentality that has led the highest attorney in the Nation to redefine "due process":
https://www.commondreams.org/...
Holder said "that a careful and thorough executive branch review of the facts in a case amounts to 'due process' and that the Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection against depriving a citizen of his or her life without due process of law does not mandate a 'judicial process.'"
The one thing that defines our Nation is the rule of law, as enumerated in the Constitution. When it becomes arbitrary, then it ceases to be legitimate.
This Orwellian orator has just crossed a line. Hell, let's just ignore the 13th Amendment shall we?
"Voluntary servitude is so passe! The riff raff needs to be conditioned and controlled, for their own good! After all, serving your corporate overlords should be mandatory, they pay taxes, provide and define your purpose in life and give us all that we need as a society, fueling our civilization!" It's for the common good, come now you do understand, right?
UGHHHHHHHHhhhhhh!
/rant
Someone pinch me and tell me I'm just having a bad dream and I'll wake up soon!