AFTERBURNER: How to Steal Power

Bill Whittle gives liberal America a lesson in the US Constitution. From the General Welfare clause to the Commerce Clause, Bill Whittle tells you how progressives misconstrue the Constitution to authorize unlimited government power. Have liberals like Obama destroyed the social compact? Find out.

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[superlucci]

@GlassAgate There is no such thing as gay rights because there is no such thing as collective rights.

We all have rights as individuals living in the United States, we dont get any extra rights simply based on our sexual orientation.

[Atreus21]

Thumbs up if you subscribed to Pajamasmedia because of Afterburner.

[HumbleWillis]

Bill, if you want to return to constitutional government, there is only one candidate to vote for in the upcoming election: Ron Paul.

All other candidates are invested in the status quo corrupt government.

[superlucci]

@N330AA Oh I agree with you. We dont have a free market, and I would probably say its very far from it.

I wish it were though

[N330AA]

@superlucci I'm aware cancer survival is very good in the US. Cancer is just one thing like LE so it's no point rejected one and choosing the other though. In general the UK system is ranked slightly better all things considered (too long to explain). Either way, if you're paying twice as much, you'd hope for significantly better really wouldn't. From what i have read though a lot of poor regulations in the US make it's health care not exactly free market.

[superlucci]

@N330AA Life expectancy does not mean you have a better medical care system.

We AMericans are naturally going to be lower since we our Obese. We dont really care about our health. We dont take care of ourselves like jogging or eating healthy foods.

Go compare the cancer survival rate of Britain to the United States. Ours is higher. That is proof of a better medical care system.

Now should the cost be lower? Sure why not. Have a free market.

[realworldbycj]

@canofsand If you're suggesting that our modern day politicians are intimidating your bureaucratic politicians into doing things that aren't right. But yet beneficial to us as Americans. Well, you're half right...in that we do have bureaucratic politicians who are hell bent on getting THEIR way. These are the very politicians we're trying to get rid of. Namely, Harry Reid, Obama, Poloci, and the list goes on.

[realworldbycj]

@Atreus21 Well that and Zonation, and Klaven on the Culture.

[realworldbycj]

@superlucci FINALLY someone who gets the point. I've been saying that since the first passed Proposition 8. A lesbian woman has the same right as any other American woman, to marry any man of her choosing. And vice-versa. Yet they call it equal rights. That is a right that I simply do NOT want to have personally. Thanks for your comment.

[N330AA]

@canofsand I said earlier that both countries have the same problems and that is lefties just voting in the party that will give them more money they didn't earn. Thankfully the Conservatives are back in power here.

I would like to add to that ideally one day, health care could be completely private here, that's when the costs come right down so it is affordable. Until i see an example of a better run system which is privately funded i'd be inclined to stick with the current one we have though.

[N330AA]

@canofsand And yes a few more annoying statistics for you to absorb. In the US the murder rate is 5 times (That's right, 5 times) of what it is in the UK and most of Western Europe. No one's saying ban guns outright in the US (and they're not banned in the UK btw). But can you really sit there and say your gun laws are fine, whilst at the same time the country has a murder rate way way ahead of any other developed country in the world?

[N330AA]

@canofsand Ignore the horror stories, they are not representative of the norm and there are plenty of horror stories from the US too. Britain pays half of what the US does on health care per person and yet we have a 2 year greater life expectancy. The trend is similar in most of western Europe and other developed countries like Austalia. The US's system is a staggeringly cost ineffective system - that's not even up for debate.