A False Flag.

With the mass hysteria that the media has whipped up in the past several days, you'd think that the matter they spoke of was of great importance to life, liberty or property. Well, you'd be completely and totally wrong. The Confederate battle flag does stir up emotions in some folks, to be sure, but whether it is flying in South Carolina or Alabama doesn't, or perhaps more importantly, shouldn't matter to some one living in New York, Colorado, Oregon, Wisconsin or Maine. The Civil Rights Act was passed. All citizens are equal before the law. Each state should be left alone by the other with the exception of where those two states' interests intertwine. There, I said it.

The many flags of the Confederates during the Civil War.

Now, to what I'm referring to in the post's title. All this noise has helped cover up the fact that the Senate and House just sold the United States down the river when it comes to economic sovereignty. Senator Ted Cruz, in an op ed on June 23rd, for Breitbart.com wrote this, "As a general matter, I agree (as did Ronald Reagan) that free trade is good for America; when we open up foreign markets, it helps American farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers.

But TPA in this Congress has become enmeshed in corrupt Washington backroom deal-making, along with serious concerns that it would open up the potential for sweeping changes in our laws that trade agreements typically do not include." TPA stands for Trade Promotion Authority. Normally, as a free market guy, I'd be for the reduction of tariffs on US goods abroad. That is what the fast track TPA executive authority normally allows a president to do. Negotiate trade. Novel concept. This bill, which was not given to the public to actually read(no worries though, Marco Rubio(R ish FL) voted for it without reading it too), has since had portions leaked by Wikileaks. I don't agree with much of Wikileaks politics but someone has to shine a light on the roach colonies that are the current US Congress and Executive branch. Since there are very few tariff barriers left, this TPA is actually a passing of Congressional authority to the Executive branch to make sweeping changes to policies that concern immigration and heavy handed environmental constraints(against us, not so much for the other parties involved) and many other things that have absolutely nothing to do with trade and everything to do with diminishing the American standing in the world. Obama wouldn't support it if it didn't harm US interests. This bill seems to have passed with implicit terms that included a vote to reauthorize the Export Import Bank as well. This was done to buy the support of several Senators, including one Lindsey Graham(RINO SC) (Rush Limbaugh calls him Grahamnesty. It fits.). 

Knowing all of this, 60 US Senators voted to pass this authority to rewrite law to the president, thereby neutering themselves. Now, even those with a thirst for power in halls of the most deliberative body in the world are too glad to give that power to a despotic president. 

There are a few people to blame. Namely, Speaker of the House John Boehner(RINO OH), the architect of the secession from constitutional power in the House and Senate Majority Mitch McConnell(RINO KY), the same in the Senate. Both of these politicians have shown themselves to be nothing but the worst kind of politician. Just today, two patriotic conservative House members are in danger of losing leadership positions because they dared stand up to the Speaker. Speaker Boehner has sicced his attack dogs on Rep. Ken Buck(R CO). Erik Erikson, editor at Redstate.com wrote about this and explained that John Boehner is actually the one rallying his minions to force out both Buck and Rep. Mark Meadows(R NC) from leadership positions. Ted Cruz also explained that when he approached Leader McConnell, the Leader became visually perturbed by the questioning of the TPA and didn't want to hear any questions or concerns regarding amendments to it, like an amendment allowing the Ex/Im Bank charter to expire. McConnell, when challenged by a good conservative in Kentucky by the name of Matt Bevin, resorted to all kinds of distortions to hold onto his seat in DC. Bevin called McConnell on his inadequacies as a leader and so he was crushed by negative and misleading smear ads. Sounds like the Democrat tactic of asking a Republican when they stopped beating their wife.

This kind of cronyism has to stop. With the passage and signing of this bill, the Congress has effectively ceded their power to a President that has shown he has no love for this country and will do what ever he sees fit to bring us down a notch, so to speak. Why? Two things come to mind. Barry has naughty pics on both Boehner and McConnell(disgusting thought) or both leaders and many members of Congress have been bought and paid for by crony statist interests like the aforementioned Ex/Im Bank benefactors and the US Chamber of Commerce(an anti small business lobby, essentially). Frankly, I find a combination of those two theories to hold the most water. These men need to go.

I, along with many other conservative voters, want Speaker Boehner and Leader McConnell removed from their positions of power. They have done nothing but kiss the ring of the Dear Leader and allow the continued destruction of the constitutional republic that they were voted in to protect. They swear, after elected, to protect and defend the constitution of the United States. They have fallen woefully short and are derelict in their duty. I'm calling for anyone that has any dirt on these two men(or anyone that does their bidding) to spread it to the media. Find those pictures that the regime is using to blackmail them. Find anything on them that will make them squirm. Find something to get them to resign. I'll go about do my part too. The best solution would be amending the constitution to not allow them to stay in DC any longer with the addition of a term limits amendment, but in the mean time, let those of us conservative lovers of liberty get down in the trenches with these pigs and root them out. While you are at it, see what else can be dug up on any politician in DC. They should fear the voters, not look down upon us.

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More from Senator Cruz on this topic. 

Mark Levin's thoughts on TPA/TPP.

More on the TPA debacle.

This flag flying over a State or Federal Building is the only one that matters.