My vote for Hero of the Day goes to Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s Attorney General.  Within five minutes of President Obama signing the Health Care bill into law; Cuccinelli filed suit in federal court challenging the law as unconstitutional.  Here is a good synopsis of Virginia’s argument, as reported in yesterday’s Washington Post.

“Within five minutes of President Obama signing the bill at a White House ceremony this morning, state solicitor general E. Duncan Getchell Jr. and Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation Wesley G. “Wes” Russell Jr. headed to the elevators of their sixth-floor office in Richmond and strolled outside, where they were greeted by television cameras, for the short walk to Richmond’s federal courthouse.

The suit argues that the legislation’s mandate that individuals purchase health insurance exceeds the federal government’s power to regulate interstate commerce under the U.S. Constitution. And it asserts that Virginia has standing to sue over the issue because of a new state law that prohibits the mandate in the state. “The collision between the state and federal schemes also creates an immediate, actual controversy involving antagonistic assertions of right,” Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli writes in the suit.

“The status of being a citizen or resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia is not a channel of interstate commerce; nor a person or thing in interstate commerce; nor is it an activity arising out of or connected with a commercial transaction. Instead, the status arises from an absence of commerce, not from some sort of economic endeavor, and it is not even a non-economic activity affecting interstate commerce. It is entirely passive,” the suit reads. “While the United States Supreme Court has not adopted a categorical rule against aggregating the effects of any non-economic activity in order to find Commerce Clause authority, thus far in our history, it has never been held that the Commerce Clause, even when aided by the Necessary and Proper Clause, can be used to require citizens to buy goods or services.”"

As happens with most anyone who challenges this president, Cuccinelli’s charactor is being assaulted, today by The Washington Post, who subtly assert that Cuccinelli is no more than a tea partier with a powerful office.  Interesting assertion, as up to 37 other states, some controlled by Democrats, are preparing to challenge the law on similar grounds.

Virginia and other states who will challenge this law have it right.  The federal government is exceeding its authority in seeking to mandate the people buy a goods or services.  For his efforts, we applaud Ken Cuccinelli.

Here is the list of names for those most responsible for this nightmare bill.

Please work to defeat these people come November.

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My friends, elections have consequences.  

I suspect that there are a lot of so-called independent and moderate voters tonight asking themselves what in the hell is happening to this country.  They wonder how a run-away Congress is able to unilaterally ram something so unappealing as this health care bill down our throats.  They bemoan the lack of balance in government and cringe at the specter of what lies ahead.  They complain that this is not what they signed up for.

And then there are those who actually support this new law.  But I’m not speaking to those folks.  I have enough on my plate without having to deal with imbicilic stupidity.

But for those who voted for this president and this Congress, and who now wonder how it came to this, let me provide some clarity. 

You damned fools; it is your fault.  What did you think would happen if you elected this man?  Many, including me, told you how it would be.  We pointed out how all signs pointed to a democratic-socialist as president.  We told you he would be a tax-and-spend ideologue the likes of which we have never seen.  But did you listen?  No.  Rather, you closed your eyes and voted for two words.

Hope & Change.

Empty words really.  And maybe that was the genius of it.  Give the people two empty words and let them project anything they wanted onto them.  You who elected this man created a myth.  The man you voted for did not, does not, and will never exist.  Every bit of evidence we had at the time belied a president just like the one we got now; one who thinks the government knows best and should be omnipresent in our lives.  We told you so.  But instead of considering the facts, you CHOSE not to see what was before you.

This president is an unmitigated disaster.  This Congress is an unmitigated disaster.  This new law is an unmitigated disaster.  And I believe this will become even more clear as time goes by.  Don’t believe me now?  Don’t worry, you will.

That being said, there is still hope.  If after observing the manner in which this president and Congress have behaved on this bill and other actions, if you have reached the conclusion that government is exceeding the scope of its authority, if you believe they are not representing your priorities, AND if you feel you have sufficiently removed your head from your rectal cavity; prepare yourself – we have work to do.

The mid-term elections this November is our opportunity to retard the advance of this socialistic government and to place some well needed checks and balances back in government.  Barack Obama isn’t going anywhere until 2012.  We must work to defeat the democrats in the House and Senate so we have a more balanced government until then.

I will be posting a list of every House member who voted for this P.O.S. bill in the coming days.  We must then begin the work of getting every one of them fired.

It is said that in a democracy, the people get the government they deserve. 

I hope you are enjoying it.  I sure the hell am not.

My friends, I have been away forever it seems.  The last time I checked-in was on the eve of a few elections that went our way.  That was a bright, although brief, time. 

Seems like forever ago.

I had to log on to encourage you in the strongest terms to do all that you can to defeat this health care bill set to be voted on Sunday (subject to change).  I believe this legislation represents the gravest threat to our well being and way of life in America I have witnessed in my four and a half decades.  And as I type, the success or failure of it rests on the edge of a straight-razor. 

The good news is I think it can still be stopped.  Why?  Because I have taken to lurking on leftist blogs who are plugged in to the Democrat party.  According to them; the dems are not there yet. 

But to defeat this bill, we need to do all we can. 

- Call the undecided representatives and tell them to vote no on health care – You probably won’t get through, but let’s keep the lines jammed anyway shall we?  You can try e-mail as well.  The pressure is what has kept them at bay up until now.

- Show up in Washington tomorrow – There is one final tea party planned for Saturday at noon.  If you live in the Washington area do your best to attend.  The more people, the more impressive, the more pressure on the wavering House members.

- Be aware of what will happen if it passes – First of all, I don’t believe it will ever go back to the Senate for the reconcilliation fixes if it passes in the House.  They are pulling a fast one on this.  If this thing passes Sunday (or whenever), President Obama will sign it and that will be that.  The promise of the Senate action is to provide cover to the House members who live in purple districts and who will assert they voted for the corrected version but the Senate dropped the ball (as if either version if palatable to the majority of Americans). 

- But if it does pass and Obama signs it - The next battle will be fought in court.  Mark Levin and the Landmark Legal Foundation and others have prepared a brief that will be filed in court immediately after a successful House vote that uses the “Deem and Pass” rule.  Levin asserts the execution of the rule will violate Article 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution.  This could be a big deal if it gets to the Supreme Court.  Additionally, a group of states are set to sue the federal government over the constitutionality of the legislation. 

- Pray it does not pass, or that Levin wins – Here’s the thing; I have to believe these knuckleheads know they are going to lose the House and maybe the Senate behind this stuff.  And if this be the case, they may be content to cram as much as they can through before getting thrown out of Congress next year.  Reports are that if Obama can get it done using “Deem and Pass,” we could see the same tactics for Immigration, Cap & Trade, and every major piece of legislation on his agenda.

Hey gang, just popping in for a minute.  Sorry I’m not around much these days, but I have the Redskins stuff taking pretty much all of my time.

I wanted to come on to tell you, the good people of Virginia, New Jersey, and New York 23 to make sure you get out to vote tomorrow. 

I have been saying since March that there is a groundswell return to conservative values out there, and tomorrow is the first chance there is to demonstrate it.  Send a message in these elections.  this could very much echo on the hill where health care is being debated.

Make us proud.

When I saw this I was livid.  Almost 24 hours later, I still am.  I showed this to J-Mack, a self-proclaimed liberal.  He was appalled. 

“We don’t do things like that in America,” he said.

This smacks of the indoctrination of our children, and is utterly and completely inappropriate.

And the ultimate insult is that they have the children sining to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Replublic.

For those of you educated within the last 15 years in this country, this was the battle song sung by elements of the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War.  In modern times, it is immediately associated with the Union, you know, the folks that sacrificed 360,222 of their sons so that all men might be free.

How dare anyone try to place one man on par with such a struggle. 

This country was built on the notion that individuals are equal.  We fought a war over it.  We don’t suffer royalty, and we don’t idolize our leaders.  We don’t bow to them, or hold them in higher regard than that of the common man.

We are a nation of, by, and for the people.