{"id":14862,"date":"2014-10-16T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T17:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/?p=14862"},"modified":"2014-10-21T14:00:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T21:00:16","slug":"the-do-nothing-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/the-do-nothing-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THIS COUNTRY??   How Can We Stop It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regardless of your politics; whether\u00a0conservative or liberal&#8230; \u00a0<em><strong>You NEED\u00a0to <\/strong><strong style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">read and share this&#8230; the future of this great country depends on it! \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em>http:\/\/wp.me\/p2EGlL-3RI<br \/>\n<em><strong style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Did You Know?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211;<strong>EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995<\/strong> allows the government to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>seize and control<\/strong>\u00a0the communication media. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\">(this eliminates the ability of <em><strong>citizens and news media<\/strong><\/em> to\u00a0communicate honestly with one another or the public, unless\u00a0<strong><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">specifically authorized by the government<\/span><\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Note of author<\/span><\/strong>: So only messages the government wants us to hear will get out.<\/span>\u00a0 That is the definition of an oppressive, dictatorship that wants to control the message. \u00a0China, USSR, N. Korea, etc\u2026 )\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is but one of many signed executive orders we&#8217;ll discuss, that are a direct threat to our most cherished rights and freedoms. \u00a0The citizens of this country need to wake up to what is happening in our government and how it can affect each and everyone of us!<!--more--><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Opinions can be debated. \u00a0But \u00a0FACTs are FACTs!<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWhat follows <strong><em>is not<\/em><\/strong> a right or left wing rant. \u00a0What follows are not simply political partisan\u00a0<em>opinions\u00a0<\/em>regarding actions of this or any other administration. \u00a0They include\u00a0incontrovertible\u00a0<strong><em>facts<\/em> <\/strong>of what is happening within our government, included are\u00a0the<em> <strong style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">actual EXECUTIVE ORDER numbers <\/span><\/strong><\/em>that you can examine yourself. \u00a0<strong>Don&#8217;t take my word for it<em><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Look them up for yourself. \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cumulative affect of these unprecedented actions\u00a0is the implementation of <strong><em>all inclusive, sweeping dictatorial like powers.<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0The FACT is that current and previous administrations have\u00a0embarked on a series of actions, decrees and executive orders, the likes and scope of which are destructive to the very principles upon which this country was founded. \u00a0Orders and decrees that put our most sacred rights and freedoms at risk. \u00a0See these articles\u00a0 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/are-we-on-the-way-to-a-dictatorship\/\" target=\"_blank\">Are we on the way to a dictatorship<\/a>\u201c? \u00a0<a title=\"On the Way to a Dictatorship II\" href=\"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/are-we-heading-for-a-dictatorship-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Way to Dictatorship 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Did You Know?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">-EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 allows the government to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>mobilize civilians<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0into work brigades<\/span>\u00a0under government supervision.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>This effectively allows the president to declare you to be &#8220;property of the state&#8221;, allowing them to do <strong><em>to<\/em> <\/strong>or <strong><em>with<\/em> <\/strong>you as it pleases&#8230; all with a stroke of the pen!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nNumerous massively disturbing\u00a0orders and laws have been proposed and enacted by this and past presidents. \u00a0However, to the degree they have been put in place\u00a0by <em>this<\/em> administration, they are\u00a0given a free pass.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This president\u00a0has unilaterally changed existing laws, ordered\u00a0the department of justice to not\u00a0enforce laws, used the power of the federal government to target conservative groups, on many issues he has knowingly lied to the public (keep your doctor, Benghazi, etc&#8230;). \u00a0 Amazingly, he now holds the record for actions that were unanimously deemed unconstitutional by the supreme court! \u00a0The list of unconstitutional, unlawful, overreaching actions and orders goes on and on.<\/span><\/em><\/strong> \u00a0However, the problem is much deeper than the acts or lies of this or past administrations. There is simply no longer accountability for\u00a0lies or illegal actions of politicians.<\/p>\n<p>The senate and president, blocks, refuses to vote, blames and uses the lack of passed legislation that they largely prevented, as the pretense to justify even <em>more<\/em> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>unilateral control, more executive orders and more power to the president<\/em><\/span>. This has effectively destroyed the balance of powers between the branches of government and ceded it unto one man\u2026 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>IN MOST PLACES, THAT\u2019S CALLED A \u201cDE FACTO\u201d DICTATORSHIP.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Partisan supporters and a biased media <strong><em>not only<\/em> <\/strong>ignore current ongoing\u00a0travesties of government, but when these facts surface, they actually twist, obfuscate and even\u00a0<em>justify\u00a0<\/em>them. \u00a0 Virtually no one agrees with the direction this country is taking&#8230; Ever wonder why unions ALWAYS support democrats? \u00a0Those who benefit\u00a0from\u00a0government handouts, bailouts or government jobs, will often support or ignore anything, as long they get their &#8220;stuff&#8221;. \u00a0The hell with the future of this country or our children.<\/p>\n<p>Through Ignorance, complacency and the unintentional support of destructive governmental actions are putting our future at risk. \u00a0A huge portion of our society is being lulled into a sense of security and well being, by persuasive soaring, disingenuous rhetoric. \u00a0, \u00a0There is a <strong><em>never ending societal narrative that is fed to the uninformed masses<\/em> that\u00a0<\/strong>justifies the non-stop\u00a0unconstitutional actions executive orders undertaken by our president and government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More than Justifying these actions&#8230; \u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Many\u00a0<\/em><em>actually applaud them\u00a0by asserting he had no choice:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The lack of action by our congress created the necessity for the president to \u201cstep up\u201d and take executive action.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The president is a \u201cpatriot\u201d for doing what must be done.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That the \u201cwill of the people sent a message\u201d \u00a0(It <strong><em>WOULD<\/em> <\/strong>be the will of the people, if they actually received\u00a0what they THOUGHT, they were voting for) However, in light of \u201ckeep your doctor\u201d, \u201ckeep your plan\u201d, \u201cBenghazi was caused by a video\u201d, the IRS scandal, NSA, Fast and Furious, etc\u2026 I could go on and on\u2026 Can anyone really honestly assert that his actions and agenda were really the will of the people?<\/span> \u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Were the people really sending the message that we want a president that would lie or at least, put up a constant impenetrable wall of smoke and obstruction\u2026 all for the sake of retaining power?<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em>Or were the people just duped? I think the latter.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>THE JUSTIFICATIONS AND &#8220;REASONS&#8221; ARE NOTHING BUT<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> <em>SMOKE AND MIRRORS.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nDo we have any chess players here? Three card monte? Ever watched a shell game? Whether most realize or acknowledge it, for years we have been\u00a0watching a combination of all three. \u00a0Some see it for what it is &#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>pure, non stop misdirection<\/em><\/span>&#8220;; unfortunately, most don\u2019t have a clue. \u00a0What\u2019s happening with this administration and senate is\u00a0little more than a <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>well played, but dirty game of misdirection\u2026. \u00a0<\/em><\/span>IT\u2019S A NEVER ENDING SHELL GAME PLAYED BY LIBERAL POLITICIANS\u2026 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Concentrate on the ball we show you\u2026 Don\u2019t worry about the other stuff.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">THE DO NOTHING CONGRESS!?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nLike a loveable 2 year old. No matter what happens, democrats\u00a0persuasively proclaim \u201cI didn&#8217;t do it, It\u2019s not my fault\u201d. \u00a0It\u2019s all the fault of the \u201c<strong>Do Nothing<\/strong>\u201d republican congress. \u00a0They take responsibility for <em>nothing<\/em> and blame others for <em>everything<\/em>!&#8230; they are even\u00a0blaming congress for Ebola! \u00a0 \u00a0Just a moment of\u00a0objective analysis leads to the inarguable conclusion that is is <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>B*** S***!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>FACT:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe fact is that <strong>bill after bill is passed by congress<\/strong>. Well over 200 during the Obama administration.<br \/>\nThen, as provided by our system of government, it\u2019s sent to our liberal dominated senate <strong><em>for a vote<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>which never occurs<\/em><\/span>), and if passed it goes to the president for signing or veto.<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The senate, NOT ONLY DOES\u00a0NOT PASS ANY OF THEM\u2026<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>THEY REFUSE TO BRING ANYTHING, OF NOTE, TO A VOTE.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>They won&#8217;t take it to a vote<\/strong><\/span><\/em>\u00a0even if the house passed it with bi-partisan support and they knew it would pass in the senate\u2026 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>especially if they know it would pass.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>WHY NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS IN THE SENATE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>It doesn&#8217;t matter<\/strong><\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>if a congressional bill is\u00a0good for the country, passing it is\u00a0bad for the Dems. \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span>There is no upside for them.<\/li>\n<li>If it <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>passes the senate<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>and is signed by the president, <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>the Republicans get some of the credit.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>If it actually<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong><em>does good<\/em><\/strong><\/span> for the country, people realize there is<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong> merit to conservative ideas.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>If it\u00a0<span><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DOESN&#8217;T\u00a0pass<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span> the senate, but <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>had the support of a substantial percentage of the people<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, it creates\u00a0problems for the democrat senators who have to explain <em>why they voted against it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>If it<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em> DOES<\/em> PASS<\/strong> <\/span>the senate and president then vetoes a bill that has <strong><em>support of the citizens<\/em><\/strong>, that is politically damaging!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Simply put, passing legislation that originates in the Republican house HAS NO UPSIDE FOR THE DEMOCRATS. \u00a0It is infinitely more advantageous to not allow any vote, while continuing to talk about the &#8220;Do Nothing Congress&#8221;. \u00a0Their goal is not to improve our country&#8230; it&#8217;s to retain their power.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>FAILING TO\u00a0PASS OR EVEN BRING TO A VOTE<\/strong>, <strong>REPUBLICAN LEGISLATION PROVIDES \u00a0FOR HUGE POLITICAL ADVANTAGE.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nTo successfully pull off this political monte, all that&#8217;s required is an apathetic uninformed electorate (<em>they have that<\/em>), a substantially liberal media that consistently\u00a0supports the\u00a0liberal agenda <em>(they\u00a0have that<\/em>), and a massive party wide failure of candor i.e. lies (<em>they\u00a0have that<\/em>)\u2026 but apparently, lying to the public\u00a0is a small price to pay to keep power.<em><strong> IT\u2019S ALL ABOUT THE POWER!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Pass Nothing and Blame the Republicans!<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nBy making certain nothing actually passes the senate, democrats can continue to tell the country that republicans are \u201cthe party of no\u201d. Surprise, if it\u2019s a bad policy that\u2019s bad for the economy and bad for the future\u2026 the vote <em>SHOULD<\/em> be no! \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>But the problem has nothing to do with \u201cno\u201d votes\u2026 it\u2019s the lack of the opportunity to vote PERIOD\u2026<\/em><\/span> <strong>AND THAT IS 100% CONTROLLED BY THE DEMOCRATS WHO CURRENTLY CONTROL THE SENATE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>WHY NOTHING IS PASSED<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nRealize, the<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong> leader of the senate<\/strong><\/em><\/span> (Harry Reid), has <strong>sole discretion<\/strong> as to what is brought to the floor for a vote. HE CONTROLS THE AGENDA.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>If the leader of the senate won&#8217;t bring it to the floor&#8230; it doesn&#8217;t get a vote. \u00a0It&#8217;s that simple! \u00a0No Vote&#8230; No Pass.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As long as nothing is PASSED that originated in congress; or more to the point, <em>EVEN BROUGHT TO A VOTE<\/em>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">the democrats can <em>repeat the mantra<\/em> that the conservative congress is the party of \u201cNO\u201d. <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>The fact is<\/strong>\u00a0most of the bills passed in congress <strong>had bi-partisan support<\/strong> and would definitely pass in the senate IF A VOTE WERE ALLOWED\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, <strong><em>by not allowing the bills\u00a0to even be brought to the floor<\/em><\/strong>, the democrats can continue to propound to the public the preposterous LIE\u00a0that all problems are the result of an impotent, actionless bunch of uncaring republicans. Democrats constantly blame congress for being a \u201cdo nothing congress\u201d\u2026 then, the mainstream liberal media, parrots this absurd narrative\u2026<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em> the fact is, Republicans continue to do their jobs, pass needed legislation with bipartisan support, as is their constitutional duty, send it to the senate&#8230; where it dies of neglect by the <strong>\u201cno vote\u201d<\/strong> senate. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This repeated failure of enacted legislation (due to inactions of the senate leader), is used to support the idea that the president MUST \u201cstep up\u201d, and for the good of the country, act through the use of executive orders, the likes and depths of which are unique to our history. Of course he must\u2026 he has an intractable \u201cdo nothing\u201d congress! It is sickening.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: there are legitimate reasons for executive orders\u2026 the desire to bypass the constitution is not among them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For anyone who questions that this is happening, please do just a bit of your own\u00a0research. \u00a0My issue is not so much the laws that are or are <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">not passed. \u00a0Even if I dislike the\u00a0legislation, I can accept it <span style=\"color: #000080;\">if it is handled\u00a0in an honest and\u00a0constitutionally\u00a0mandated process.<\/span> \u00a0 My problem\u00a0is that the political,\u00a0constitutional\u00a0process is being usurped by this administration.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The reality is that the congress IS doing it\u2019s job. The senate and president, blocks, refuses to vote, blames and uses the lack of passed legislation that they largely prevented, as the pretense to justify even <em>more<\/em> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>unilateral control, more executive orders and more power to the president<\/em><\/span>. This has effectively destroyed the balance of powers between the branches of government and ceded it unto one man\u2026 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>IN MOST PLACES, THAT\u2019S CALLED A \u201cDE FACTO\u201d DICTATORSHIP.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our country\u2019s freedoms haven\u2019t yet been completely destroyed, but regardless of how many people are aware of what is really happening\u2026 <strong>it is happening<\/strong>, inch by inch.<\/p>\n<p>As with 3 card monte, a good shell game or a well played game of chess\u2026 most people just don\u2019t get it.<br \/>\nThose that DO \u201cget it\u201d, better start trying to educate, those \u201cthat don\u2019t.\u201d, or soon, we will wake up and no longer be the land of the free.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/wp.me\/p2EGlL-3RI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regardless of your politics; whether\u00a0conservative or liberal&#8230; \u00a0You NEED\u00a0to read and share this&#8230; the future of this great country depends on it! \u00a0http:\/\/wp.me\/p2EGlL-3RI \u00a0\u00a0 Did You Know? &#8211;EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to\u00a0seize and control\u00a0the communication media. \u00a0(this eliminates the ability of citizens and news media to\u00a0communicate honestly with one another or the public, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2EGlL-3RI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14862"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14874,"href":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862\/revisions\/14874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}