Term Limits - But That's Unconstitutional

At the townhall Senator Specter was asked to vote for term limits. He sluffed it off saying that the people can subject him to term limits by voting him out, but the usual response to this is that they are unconstitutional. Government takeover of industry is good but term limits are bad. Here are a few things that were unconstitutional until we amended the Constitution to include them.

Amendment XVI - Federal income tax
Amendement XXII - Term limits for the President

I find it interesting that they can amend the constitution to take a third of my paycheck, and they can amend the consititution to limit the term of the president, but limiting their own terms is so sacred that no constitutional amendment could even be considered.

We also have issues that are covered under the Constitution that are ignored. We've been acting as if the 10th amendment was repealed without ever voting to do so. The Legislative and Judicial branches just pretend it doesn't exist. The 10th amendment has very simple wording, perfectly clear and uncomplicated, but we can't seem to understand it.

Amendment X - The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

If we are going to follow the Constitution, as I absolutely believe we should, then we must follow it all and not pick and choose what we will follow and what we will ignore. By picking and choosing we compromise the document as a whole and that is something we cannot afford to happen.

Obama Proposes Constitutional Amendement to Make Himself King

President Barack Obama petitioned Congress today for a Constitutional Amendment to change the presidency into a monarchy. Stating that he has been ordained by God and chosen by the people to institute a change in the way our government functions, he requested that, from now on, he be referred to as His Royal Highness.

King Barack as he will now be called, went on to say that the leadership of the nation is far too important to be trusted to a bunch of rednecks and hillbillies clinging to their God and their guns. A cheer went up from Congress with this pronouncement as he mirrored the thoughts of so many there. Immediately after the teleprompter quit scrolling, the draft of the new amendment was begun. There was, of course, some argument from the right side of the congressional aisle as the "party of no" objected to this latest advancement in our country's governmental policies. Luckily there are not enough of them to stop the amendment from passing.

The final bill is expected to be presented, voted on and passed on Tuesday. The King's new sceptre and crown have already been ordered and will be shipped from China as soon as they are completed.

Any attempt to stop this new amendment will be considered sedition at best and treason at worst. Having shown such an admiration for Britain's interrogation techniques in the past, King Barack is adopting the traditional British punishment for treason. This means that those convicted of treason will be dipped in hot oil, disemboweled and drawn and quartered. However, they will not be water boarded as that has been determined to be too extreme.

Long live the King.