Technically, the following is an elegy, rather than a eulogy. A "eulogy" is a laudatory speech or tribute, for one recently departed....an "elegy," on the other hand, is a kind of serious reflection, typically a lament.
So...this is a combination.
The following is a description of one of the poisons that ended this great nation.
1. When I think of the abstract "America," I'm filled with pride for the concepts memorialized in our founding documents, the Declaration, and the Constitution. Today, that "America" no longer exists.
Instead, the people have installed Barack Obama, who uses corruption of those documents as his personal to-do lists.
2. There are so very many lies, unconstitutional acts, power-grabs, that a review of one sorry chapter make the point most clearly.
3. "It took eight long months for Americans to finally hear testimony from someone who was actually on the ground in Libya the night the U.S. compound in Benghazi was ambushed by terrorists linked to al Qaeda. For eight months, the White House had obfuscated the truth, delayed hearings and pressured potential whistle-blowers to keep quiet.
Then, on May 8, three highly respected State Department officialsGregory Hicks, Mark Thompson and Eric Nordstromtestified under oath before a House committee. .... testimony directly contradicted the Obama administrations claim that no State Department official in Libya requested military support during the attack. In fact, multiple requests HAD BEEN MADEand rebuffed.
4. On the same day three whistle-blowers told the truth about Benghazi, IRS director Lois Lerner also testified before a congressional committee in Washington..... about the status of the investigation of the IRSs handling of non-profit organizations
5. The next day, Lerner suddenly had MUCH MORE to say about the investigation and the Inspector Generals report, which was due to be released at any time..... a public apology for the agencys targeting of Tea Party groups.
a. ... she contacted Celia Roady, a lawyer friend in Washington, to see if she would ask a question about the investigation during an American Bar Association conference on May 10.... In response to the planted question by Roady, Mrs. Lerner confessed that conservative organizations had indeed been targeted and that some of these groups had been bombarded with questions that were far too broad. Within minutes, this staged exchange ignited a firestorm of media coverage, both from the left and the right.
6. .... the unbelievable timing of this scandalous revelation. The IRS started targeting conservative groups three years ago. Lois Lerner knew about the unfair targeting as early as June 2011....
a. The New York Times actually applauded the IRS for concentrating on Tea Party groups. Taxpayers should be encouraged by complaints from Tea Party chapters applying for nonprofit tax status at being asked by the Internal Revenue Service to prove they are social welfare organizations and not the political activists they so obviously are, the Times editorialized on March 7, 2012.
7. In May of 2012, according to Reuters, an internal IRS review finally addressed the unfair targeting of Tea Party chapters. Lois Lerner, Steven Miller and IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman were all well aware of this internal review. They were all involved in a series of steps taken to correct the problem.
a. And they all chose not to tell Congress about this abuse of power.
8. According to the Inspector General Act, the IG is required to immediately report to the appropriate congressional committee whenever he or she uncovers something particularly serious or flagrant.
a. .... the inspector generals report, prepared by government watchdog J. Russell George... carefully kept all details of his investigation from Congress, despite numerous requests for updates.
9. .... May 22, when asked about why he chose not to inform Congress about the abuses he discovered, George said it would have been impractical and counterproductive to do this before the report was completely finished. He said, To ensure fairness and to ensure that we are completely accurate with the information that we convey to Congress, we will not report information until the IRS has had an opportunity to take a look at it to ensure that were not misstating facts.
10. George also testified that he notified senior Obama administration officials about his investigation back in June 2012. And yet Congress had been kept in the dark about the serious nature of the scandaleven as late as May 8, 2013, when Lois Lerner testified under oath that there was nothing new to report about the investigation." https://www.thetrumpet.com/article/10769.20.156.0/world/government/never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste
Compare the actions of this administration with the words of James Madison, who wrote the following in Federalist #51:
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary... A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.
So, the checks and balances are needed because folks are not angels.
Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Barack Obama.
Three tyrants who despise checks and balances.
The thugs who killed America.
So...this is a combination.
The following is a description of one of the poisons that ended this great nation.
1. When I think of the abstract "America," I'm filled with pride for the concepts memorialized in our founding documents, the Declaration, and the Constitution. Today, that "America" no longer exists.
Instead, the people have installed Barack Obama, who uses corruption of those documents as his personal to-do lists.
2. There are so very many lies, unconstitutional acts, power-grabs, that a review of one sorry chapter make the point most clearly.
3. "It took eight long months for Americans to finally hear testimony from someone who was actually on the ground in Libya the night the U.S. compound in Benghazi was ambushed by terrorists linked to al Qaeda. For eight months, the White House had obfuscated the truth, delayed hearings and pressured potential whistle-blowers to keep quiet.
Then, on May 8, three highly respected State Department officialsGregory Hicks, Mark Thompson and Eric Nordstromtestified under oath before a House committee. .... testimony directly contradicted the Obama administrations claim that no State Department official in Libya requested military support during the attack. In fact, multiple requests HAD BEEN MADEand rebuffed.
4. On the same day three whistle-blowers told the truth about Benghazi, IRS director Lois Lerner also testified before a congressional committee in Washington..... about the status of the investigation of the IRSs handling of non-profit organizations
5. The next day, Lerner suddenly had MUCH MORE to say about the investigation and the Inspector Generals report, which was due to be released at any time..... a public apology for the agencys targeting of Tea Party groups.
a. ... she contacted Celia Roady, a lawyer friend in Washington, to see if she would ask a question about the investigation during an American Bar Association conference on May 10.... In response to the planted question by Roady, Mrs. Lerner confessed that conservative organizations had indeed been targeted and that some of these groups had been bombarded with questions that were far too broad. Within minutes, this staged exchange ignited a firestorm of media coverage, both from the left and the right.
6. .... the unbelievable timing of this scandalous revelation. The IRS started targeting conservative groups three years ago. Lois Lerner knew about the unfair targeting as early as June 2011....
a. The New York Times actually applauded the IRS for concentrating on Tea Party groups. Taxpayers should be encouraged by complaints from Tea Party chapters applying for nonprofit tax status at being asked by the Internal Revenue Service to prove they are social welfare organizations and not the political activists they so obviously are, the Times editorialized on March 7, 2012.
7. In May of 2012, according to Reuters, an internal IRS review finally addressed the unfair targeting of Tea Party chapters. Lois Lerner, Steven Miller and IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman were all well aware of this internal review. They were all involved in a series of steps taken to correct the problem.
a. And they all chose not to tell Congress about this abuse of power.
8. According to the Inspector General Act, the IG is required to immediately report to the appropriate congressional committee whenever he or she uncovers something particularly serious or flagrant.
a. .... the inspector generals report, prepared by government watchdog J. Russell George... carefully kept all details of his investigation from Congress, despite numerous requests for updates.
9. .... May 22, when asked about why he chose not to inform Congress about the abuses he discovered, George said it would have been impractical and counterproductive to do this before the report was completely finished. He said, To ensure fairness and to ensure that we are completely accurate with the information that we convey to Congress, we will not report information until the IRS has had an opportunity to take a look at it to ensure that were not misstating facts.
10. George also testified that he notified senior Obama administration officials about his investigation back in June 2012. And yet Congress had been kept in the dark about the serious nature of the scandaleven as late as May 8, 2013, when Lois Lerner testified under oath that there was nothing new to report about the investigation." https://www.thetrumpet.com/article/10769.20.156.0/world/government/never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste
Compare the actions of this administration with the words of James Madison, who wrote the following in Federalist #51:
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary... A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.
So, the checks and balances are needed because folks are not angels.
Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Barack Obama.
Three tyrants who despise checks and balances.
The thugs who killed America.
