Fundamental Transformation? Andy Stern Speaks Out Against Checks and Balances
- Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:06am by
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Is this what fundamental transformation looks like?
In an op-ed on the Huffington Post, former SEIU president Andy Stern decided to get all “Founding Fathers” with his audience. He went back, way back, to the time of male, powdered wigs and the Federalist Papers. His thesis: you know those checks and balances the old guys put in place? Yeah, they’re just kind of getting in the way of change.
“American democracy has layers of power and responsibility, which James Madison rationalized in Federalist, no. 51 as a check against possible tyrannical rule,” Stern writes. “Our Founding Fathers saw fit to divide power between two strata — state and federal. Then, within the federal structure, they codified a trifurcation of power to ensure that no single branch came to dominate government; and while power has ebbed and flowed between branches, the system of checks and balances has provided stability, and kept tyrannical rule at bay.”
But today, he goes on to say, that system is just so, well, old:
Now, however, in the midst of the transformative change of globalization and this third economic revolution, those layers have become an impediment to making the changes necessary to keep America competitive in the world economy. Today, America crawls along at a snail’s pace. [Emphasis added]
I think he just said that our system of government, as laid out in the Constitution, is hampering his vision of a global economy. That would make sense, since Stern in the past has been all about the world coming together, so to speak. Remember, he’s the one who trumpeted the old Marxist phrase, “Workers of the world, unite!”
Stern goes on to name the problem “demosclerosis,” a term he once read in a book. That term means the “government’s progressive loss of the ability to adapt, credited as a side-effect of the postwar pluralist political system.”
See, it seems in Andy’s world America is outdated: It’s a 1776 runner trying to compete in a 2011 race. All we need to do is update a little. Give it some new legs. Hint hint. Wink wink. Nudge.
“Our democracy is frozen, calcified like arteries beset by arteriosclerosis,” Stern writes near the end. His remedy is to “recommit ourselves to both the common good, and common sense, rather than self-interest.”
Sure, that may sound nice, but it’s anti-capitalist. Anyone who’s taken an economics class knows that our system is based on self-interest rightly understood (SIRU). Marxists and communists have destroyed countries trying to get rid of self-interest. What Stern and the communists don’t understand is that self-interest in and of itself isn’t evil. It can be used for much good. And yes, selflessness is important, too — and we see it all over the place. But you can’t base an economic system on men being good and generous, because we’re naturally not.
Side note: doesn’t a lesson in selflessness from a former union boss, whose underling (Stephen Lerner) is now trying to collapse the economy, seem out of place? Just a thought.
Stern never returns to his earlier comments on checks and balances. It’s more like a seed, planted early in hopes that one day it will spring up. I’m sure we can expect some watering later. But it seems the more and more we uncover this whole hope and change thing, the more foreign it appears.
Foreign, now that’s a funny word. In Stern’s future, once we’re all “united” and together, it probably won’t exist. Just like the wisdom of those old powdered wigs.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:54amThe only ‘common good, and common interest’ he sees is the power he and his cronies can grab, as he also has planned the ‘necesarry liquidation of 25 million capitalist die hards’ when they would have taken power before, and proabably still. The system of checks and balances still exists to keep any and all tyrants from arising within the nation, even though we have one or more about to step forth and make their moves.
Report Post »CHICAGOTHUGBUCKET
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:52amThis Union cat is itching to load you into a boxcar for reeducation camps or worse “In the name of labor” the same as all labor leaders have in the past. Mao, Stalin and even Hitler who started his party as a Nationalist he German Workers’ Party name was changed by Hitler to include the term National Socialist. Thus the full name was the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) called for short, Nazi. Now this guy wants to go global with it! Yikes!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:51amget lost
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:48am“Andy’s world America is outdated: It’s a 1776 runner trying to compete in a 2011 race. All we need to do is update a little. Give it some new legs. Hint hint. Wink wink. Nudge.” This is why the constitution was based after God. God never changes. God is never out of date. Our constitution is the same.
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:47amImpeach Obama.
Report Post »vta
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:56amImpeach him on what grounds exactly?
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 9:12amHe could be impeached for violating the oath of Office. Using troops with out congressional approval, failure to register for the selective service (the ssn# on his registration was not his..) giving aid and comfort to the enemy, etc….
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:18amWe have elections for this. Remember the nation did blindly elect this guy. I think Obama is just a reflection of the constituency. You might want to think about impeaching the voter before aiming at their choice candidate.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:11pm@VTA,
Second time you have asked this type of question. Are you going to add any deep thoughts to this discussion or just more questions? Perhaps you don’t have any deep thoughts. Guess we will wait and see….and, I think several have already answered your questions, “on what grounds?”. You just can’t, or don’t want to, see it.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:41pmBeckofile wrote:
We have elections for this. Remember the nation did blindly elect this guy. I think Obama is just a reflection of the constituency. You might want to think about impeaching the voter before aiming at their choice candidate.
@Beckofile
There you have it in a nutshell. IMPEACH THE VOTERS
To register to vote, one should have to pass a test that is at least as difficult as the test to become a citizen.
If immigrants have to pass a test in order to gain the right to vote, so should we all.
Why should some dolt that can’t tell you who the VP is, be allowed to have a say in the direction of the country.
If you don’t care enough about educating yourself on our history, the constitution, etc., then don’t vote.
An ignorant vote is a dangerous vote. And boy do we have a lot of ignorant voters. (This is what “democracy” looks like)
Hey hey…
Report Post »Ho ho….
If you’re a dummy…
Please don’t vote..
Igno Ramus
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:43pm@THERIGHTSOFBILLY—–I didn’t serve in the armed forces of this great country to see us go backwards. If you had done some investigation, you would have, no doubt, learned that what you propose was the law of the land in most of the JIM CROW SOUTH. I am a proud southerner. Speaking for my ancestors, my family never had the means nor the inclination to own or work slaves.
Report Post »Some of my ancestors were in law enforcement during the early to mid 1800s. To my knowledge, no member of my family ever supported the fugitive slave act nor did they pursue their duties strenuously to return runaways to their supposed ‘rightful owners’. My family fought on both sides during the Civil War, and I have heard it termed ‘The War of Northern Agression’. NO ONE IN MY FAMILY EVER fought for slavery as we found it abhorant to Christian teachings and thought. SHAME ON YOU for even suggesting that we return to the dispicable practice of denying any person of their Constitutionally gauranteed RIGHT TO VOTE.
Voting is NOT a priveledge, it’s a RIGHT. No one has the right nor the power to tell me or anyone else how to vote, and just WHO THE HELL are you to judge someone elses right to vote. You, my friend need (desperately) to study US history and the Constitution. DAMN!
Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:11amSorry Igno,
No offense intended, but I stand by my OPINION.
And is not a racist opinion. I am also a Southerner, and I don’t care what color, race, faith, gender, or age a voter is, I only care that they are informed enough to cast an intelligent vote.
How about we just hang up half blue / half red dartboards instead of voting machines and let the chips fall where they may?
I take offense to your last paragraph Sir. I have done plenty of studying.
May I suggest that you “Do your own homework” and study a bit more.
You may be surprised at what you discover.
Oh, and by the way, I believe one of our Founding Fathers had some interesting “OPINIONS” about what he referred to as, “A well informed citizenry”
I hope to hear back from you in future topics.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:18amSorry, forgot the “DAMN”
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:45amYea…why can’t we just elect a “King”. Let’s bring back crowns, thrones, and most importantly be-headings….to those who disobey….“The King”. Liberals always long for a tyrant. Thus their love affair with Castro, and Chavez
Report Post »OperationWTF
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:45amIsn’t this Sedition? Andy Stern being a frequent visitor to the WH and being so close to Obama only leads to one conclusion. Andy Stern and Barrack Hussain Obama are working together to destroy the United States. Throw in a dash of Trumpka, a sprinkle of Sunstein, a dollop of Reid, and a pinch of Samantha Powers and you have the end of America and it’s being planned in the Oval Office. I think any (small “p”) president that is associating with people that are so openly anti-American should be impeached.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 9:16amThey are trying to do everything they can before the election…..and I mean everything
Report Post »NetGear
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:25pm@OPERATIONWTF ~ Did a text search for “sedition” before I posted. Low and behold, someone else sees it the same way. Glad I’m not alone. SEIU (and those similar) is an organization steeped in the traditions of applying sedition, on local as well as federal levels. In fact, their leadership cut their teeth on perfecting the different approaches to acts of sedition when they were in their salad days at Berkley and other socialist/progressive hotbeds of the 60s. So yes, I think it’s sedition as well, and when they took it from (on average) marching and carrying signs to physically confronting peace officers then it‘s time they’re *all* treated as seditionists.
Report Post »SnowWolf
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:42am“The Constitution was written by Geniuses to Govern Idiots” and never so telling as today
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:42amPerhaps, it was easier to recognize tyranny when independence was newly won!
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BoilitDown
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:40amSo…Andy Stern thinks it would be a good idea to scrap a major cornerstone of the Constitution and transform America to an authoritarian regime. I assume that Stern proposes a socialist regime with one group of bosses of one party.
Report Post »Look, if Stern doesn’t like our Constitutional form of government, I’m sure we could throw together a fund raiser to relocate him somewhere else on the globe. That should also be provided with a contract that he cut all ties with the United States. I hate seeing someone so discontented with his neighbors so let’s help him find a new neighborhood so that he may pursue his own happiness elsewhere.
The problem is that Stern hates the world and will always be a trouble making malcontent. It’s his own mental problem that should never have been inflicted on any other human being.
Igno Ramus
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:13pmFundraiser? For this POS? You gotta be kidding! He’s Loooooow-d-e-e-e-e-e-d-uh! Kick his butt out and make him pay his own damn freight!
Report Post »Silat
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:39amWhat a waist of oxygen!
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:34amSince when does a marxist care about anyone or anything except their own hide and their own power. These people need to realize that this is America, a republic of free thinkers. Yeah, you go America.
Report Post »Chasvs391
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:31amThis guy needs a good kick in the teeth. It’s what Unions understand the best. The biggest MF out there wins!
Report Post »momsense
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:02amOr the most corrupt !
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 2:02pmCan’t agree, actually it’s the golden rule “whomever has the gold, rules”. If troglodytes like Stern are permitted to continue, then our dear Republic shall descend to survival of the fittest, and those troglodytes have been working out in preparation. It’s been two decades since I studied under Grand Master Durant, Wish you were here sosho.
Report Post »justice
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:26amHey Stern, guess you did not figure on the Tea Party coming in numbers. Keep your eyes wide open.
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:25am… and you don’t think that Stern is fully committed to his own self interest as an inside member of the Politburo?
Report Post »peezee
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:24amEvery minute this thing spends outside a jail cell is a miracle. In a just world he would be writing his memoirs in solitary.
Report Post »vta
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:55amWhat would he be arrested for?
Report Post »nostromo
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:24amAnytime anyone invokes the phrase “common good” you know they just want you to give up your dreams, goals and aspirations to help them achieve theirs.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:46amSo true ……and give up your money & property
Report Post »gorohm
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 9:01amI just re-read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” this week and when I read these comments by Stern it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. He could have lifted his phrases directly from the book. I do believe this is the start of a major push towards pushing the “common good” phrase to get anything done they want. We CANNOT let this happen!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:47pmGOROHM “The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.” she was ahead of her time
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:22amend checks and balances – it was Hitler’s Enabling Act that ended checks and balances and establiahed him as a Dictator.
When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany his first priority was to pass the “The Enabling Act”. In effect, the enabling act gave the Chancellor Powers normally reserved for the legislature. “The Enabling Act” gave the Chancellor (the Executive Branch) the power to make and void laws, thus confirming Hitler as a dictator.
Mr. Obama, it seems, is assuming the powers granted by the “Enabling Act” without bothering to change the Constitution or seek legislative approval.
The question is not whether the “Defense of Marriage Act” is good or bad legislation. It is the responsibility of the Congress to nullify bad laws, not the prerogative of the President. Of course, if the President finds a law unjust or bad he has the power to request Congress to make legislative changes.
The questions are:
• Can the President of the United States fail to enforce law passed by the Congress and signed into law by an earlier President?
• Can the president enforce “executive orders” (the expansion of the EPA powers to control carbon dioxide emissions is an example) that have not been passed by the legislature?
The answer to both questions is apparently yes! The President has failed to enforce immigration laws and is currently expanding the powers of the bureaucracy without the sanction of Congress. The powers to make new laws and void existing laws were conferred on Hitler by the “Enabling Act”. Mr. Obama has just assumed those powers.
Such arrogance, was Mr. Obama’s statement that he would not enforce the “Defense of Marriage Act” is actually declaring himself a Dictator?
Are we going to allow him to get away with it? Could this the end of the American Revolution?
May God bless and preserve the Republic. http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:36amGood Post.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 9:33amGood post!
Report Post »BlazerBlazer
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 9:56amVery good…
Report Post »coalfired
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:07amWhat has to happen before Impeachment or Treason becomes an issue?
Report Post »How many times do you have to ignore and or step on the constitution before charges are brought forth?
I guess when you surround yourself with communist fellow travelers, you become insulated and arrogant.
Read “Radical in Chief” by Stanley Kurtz…..great incite into BO’s communist/socialist backround.
Beckofile
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:11amYou said it very well without calling anyone a name. Good Job! My exact thoughts. Just dictate some small changes and if the folks don’t care just ratchet up the scope of dictates until the Congress is useless.
Report Post »Dagger82
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:33amMethinks the tactic is called “The Overton Window.” Hmmmm….where have I heard that before?
Report Post »leary1
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:05amexcellant post
Report Post »DieHardPAtriot
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:01pmI wouldn’t say the end of the American Revolution….we still have the results only they are being riddled by socialism. With the government shut down in the bulls-eye and having read a very recent article about a Marxists style demonstration on May Day..is pushing the wrong buttons and if the original Revolution that brought about our system of government didn’t sink in these liberal-Marxist fogged brains they just may push the wrong button in their flurry to destroy this nation and trigger the Second Revolution without words. We the people are fed up with being ignored when we are exercising our right to have our grievances redressed and being labeled racists, potential terrorists, and the such for being true to moral values and standards. Obama and his gangsters has been firing shots at America and its citizens far too long. Before we realize it we will be in a Civil War. I hope not!…. so someone in the White House and his crooks had better start working for the people …the majority that is and of coarse legal ones
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:41amgreat post!! just like to say that i would love to meet this lunk. let me show this boy child what real power persuasion is. he likes to talk tough when he’s surrounded by his goons. see if he’ll face off with someone and try it.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:21amWatch Connecticut and its union struggle. Silent in the press because of Democrat Governor, Democrat House and Democrate senate.Governor yesterday threatened to lay off 20,000 of 43,000 union employees
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:19am“in the midst of the transformative change of globalization and this third economic revolution, those layers have become an impediment to making the changes necessary”
Report Post »Hitler thought so too Andy, that’s why he burned the Reichstag. What do you plan on burning?
jdawg
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:03amIndependence Hall, maybe?
Report Post »TheSoundOf Truth
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:29pmImpeach Obama because he serviced as the head of the UN security counsel. According to the Constitution, the president may ONLY be the head of the Union, and not another governing body at one time.
Obama is guilty of treason for serving as head of the UN Security counsel.
Report Post »NYHuguenot
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 2:50pmAndy’s just repeating what Obama said before the 2008 election.
Report Post »“The Constitution is an impediment to what must be done”
joe conservative
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:15amExactly, and let’s not forget that this guy was the most frequent visitor to the white house in the first 2 years of the Obama administration. I guess we are supposed to believe that much like Rev. Wright, Obama has never heard Stern say these things before. This video does a great job of summing up the whole Lerner thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myECZFA0iHI
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:15amAll these people that want to fundamentaly change our system. I thought the founders got it right the first time, guess I was wrong. It seems that Mr Franklin was prophetic. When asked what sort of Government they had given the American People he replied:”A Republic, if they can keep it.” Sorry Ben I guess we blew it, we allowed these Progressive to subvert and destroy the system and now we and our children will pay the price.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:20pm2nd Amendment of the US Constitution says otherwise. Stay informed and educated on our principles and all will be well. There will be a bumpy ride but we as Americans shall prevail…..
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 7:53pm@CEMERUS Our constitution is being shredded as we speak (or type). This government is going to fail because the people only squeal when it hurts. and for most of them, the great majority, it doesn’t hurt yet. When it hurts it will be too late for most of them. We have a government run by law breakers. the one supposedly immovable branch of government is being stacked to destroy the Constitution – and when Barry gets reelected in 2012 – he will more than likely be able to add two more of the socialist progressives that do not believe in the Constitution to the court. And all he really needs is one more to render it powerless to protect the people from the government as set forth in the Constitution.
Report Post »smalldog
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:14amA global order? Aren’t the global empires created by the British, Chinese, French, Muslims, what people have fought against for centuries?
Self interest of the ruling class? Everything for the elite? One only has to look as far as the old East Bloc countries for examples. Nothing for the working class, the best and no waiting for the elite party members. Closed membership rosters – not everyone could apply. The best practices of racism, discrimination, favoritism in action.
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:13amI thought you already did a story on Lucifer…
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NancyBee
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 9:05amAin’t that the truth!
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:24pm“ Man is basically good ”. If that’s your opinion of mankind you had better do a study on the goodness of man or the lack of it. Man is basically evil. It’s his inherited and depraved nature. The Apostle Paulo said there is NOTHING GOOD within mankind. The Prophet Jeremiah said man’s heart is wicked and perverted. Just look around, take a good look, and then tell me if man is basically GOOD or BAD.
Report Post »leftcoastslut
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:48pmMatthew 24:4-8
… and Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in My name saying, ‘I am the Christ’, and will mislead many. And you will be hearing of wars, and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not the end”.
“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs”.
…merely the beginnings.. if you are not ready, i hope you have the strength to hold on or at least get down on your knees now and accept Jesus as your saviour.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:12amStern is a “here and now” figure trying to compete with gentlemen such as Ben Franklin’, Thomas Jefferson’ and George Washington. FAT CHANCE ON THAT.
Report Post »Andy, go do something honest and essentially good for ALL Americans. Not just your Union THUGS.
Anti_Spock
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 9:57amOur founding fathers would have either; a). Tar and feathered him. Or, b) Dressed him in a red coat uniform with a 5 second head start.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 9:58amThere‘s a little thing that komrade Andy didn’t figure on—–the will of the people. This guy ought to be charged with treason ten time over. One more reason to vote GOP in 2012. Let the sty cleaning begin !
Report Post »AriBenTZion
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:24amAndy, how about we “chuck” your A S S instead?
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:26am10-4!!! Every time I here Stern, I get this urge to purchase a tub (no typo) of Preperation-H!!!
Report Post »TheLascone
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:49amTake a hike Unions !
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freedom12
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:27amWhat the heck does a labor leader know about governments? Does he realize that those checks and balances are the reason for this nation’s success. What a fool! What scares me though is the fact that there are people that believe this. ;-(
Report Post »rosegrower
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:43amTo use union vernacular, Stern would say it “ain’t my job” to do something good for the American people. Thugs pay his paycheck, so he owes them their due (and believe me, I wouldn’t double-cross a gang of thugs.)
Report Post »RJO
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:45amAmen to that Pointy Ears! By the way….all of this treasonous activity (including Soros and his minions) is being IGNORED by the Lamestream Press!
WHY?
There are two explanations: They are as ignorant as we suspect they are……OR
They are A PART of the assault on our system of government
Now…most naive Americans would laugh at the second option (maybe the first as well)…but, again, WHY the silence? I truly believe that there are enough Liberal/Progressive/Marxist sympathizers within the LameStream media to make sense of why so much IS NOT BEING REPORTED!!
If this IS the explanation….we are in a deeper hole than first believed. I’ve often asked WHY Obama gets off Scott-free in media news coverage (ObamaCare to the dozens of other force-fed disasters to our Republic)?
A STRONG AND LOUD SUGGESTION TO GLENN BECK – It will take time and a lot of effort – but it’s long overdue that a thorough and complete series be done (radio/television) on the “Treasonous Accomplices in the National News Media.”
Glenn would be HAMMERED for doing it!!! But it’s something that MUST be done…by SOMEONE to expose the depth of this attack on our country!
Report Post »DYNA
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:48amDEMOCRATGIRL
Report Post »You are right. We are suppose to hold fast to what is good and to resist evil. By faith, possessing what has already been given to us as joint heirs in Christ Jesus, and by faith, resisting the evil that Jesus has already delivered us from. As He said “All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me”.
restorehope
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:55pmHow presumptious of Stern to think he is in the same league as the Founding Fathers. He is nothing more than a wolf preying on sheep, but he should learn a lesson from the story of the big, bad wolf. The majority of Americans are wise to what he is trying to do, and he can huff and puff all he wants, but he won’t be blowing our house down……ever.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:16pmBetter yet GET OUT OF THE USA!! I know this is tried and true but there are many places that “his economic utopia” exist today. Why try to change the USA and just take your sorry excuse for a United States Citizen to Ruwanda or Chad? Get fat and rich off the Capitalist Republic and then use that gain to destroy it?? I am sick of lunatics like this J Edgar Hoover missed several thousand commies!!! In my day the fashionable T-shirt was “Kill a commie for Mommy” NOT Che Guerro is a stoner’s gawd!!!!
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:24pmSo, Mr Stern, if our democracy is “frozen,“ where are all those ”unfrozen” proven democracies whose economies are doing so well?
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:53pmWow, got censered by the Blaze and then my house was buzzed by an unmarked helicopter to boot, it’s a good day.
Report Post »All I suggested was.
A.) get rid of the enemy within by using the court of law and deportation. And
B.) don’t support global corporations, barter and live practically.
Seems I pushed someones buttons, hmm.
Down2TheC
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 2:04pmThat’s right douchebag… the founders put those safeties in with guys like you in mind. Suck on it!
Report Post »Go transform some other country.
Ironmaan
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 2:06pmStern better watch himself. If he starts attacking checks and balances and we start moving in the direction of one branch rule, I.e dictatorship he is going to get the revolution he has been hoping for.
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Eliasim
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:10pmHow many people is it again who think we are having an election in 2012?
Report Post »Merlot
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:14pmThe only part I disagree with how it is stated in the article is that men are not naturally generous and good. I think any free society however is based on the fact that man is basically good and while acting in his own self interest he will also work to the benefit of others as their better survival is also in his own self interest. There is a smaller percentage of people that are “evil” though and bent on controlling and enslaving others, and keeping power out of their sole control is what the checks and balances are about. You cant turn over power to a “benevolent dictator” in hopes that he will remain benevolent.
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:28pmThat darn Constitution is such a pain in the butt.
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:31pmAndy Stern and his communist pals had better study the history of communism a little bit more. The first thing communist dictators do is order the execution of those “close friends and comrades” that helped him or her gain total power over a country.
The second thing communist regemes do is disband and outlaw all labor unions and imprison or execute their leaders. How are those labor unions doing in China, North Korea, Cuba, and Vitnam ?Not so good I suspect.
Report Post »trishywishy
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:51pmhe would’nt make a wart on their ass. this guy needs to be tried in a military court for treason.
techengineer11
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:55pmUPSETVET: Andy Stern and his pals are the inventors of Communism. Isn’t Andy Jewish? Was Marx Jewish? What about Sorros? The Regulation Czar? hmmm is there a pattern? What about 9 of the 10 which GB pointed out as most detrimental to the American Republic the past 100 years? lol When will you blind people finally realize that we are living under a Jewish Apartheid? lol We have been had!
Hollywood
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:34pmHow about Stern going and drinking a LOT of Sterno! He is SO braindead,he probably has. Deadass walking
Report Post »Hollywood
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 5:36pmWhy 5 seconds? You are WAAAYYYYY too fair to him!
Report Post »drmer
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 7:00pmThe founding fathers would put him on a boat to England, better yet in our time, a plane to
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rachany
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 9:56pmIt’s repugnant how these rats use language that can appeal to the standard american, things such as “keep America competitive”. I hope enough Americans can see through this kind of hipocresy and keep his kind away from power. I hope that the last experiment (choosing Obama) has cleared that matter.
I suppose that, since checks and balances are in the way of progress, the best thing would be two have a one party dictatorship, especially if that party is the Democrat.
Report Post »nptden
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:21pmWhat’s Andy worried about? The CHECKS the union gives to corrupt politicians not enough to give him the Balance he wants?..Guess he want’s a bigger cut….
Report Post »sjssb
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:19amBetter still tell us all how much your golden parachute you took with you out of the SEUI Vault when you retired from them! And don’t worry, the Leader of the Unions in the USA (Obammer)will replenish those funds you embezzled from the union members.
Report Post »Dave In Arizona
Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:17pm@PA PATRIOT
I don’t know how you can say that. I believe that Andy Stern is up there with the likes of Benedict Arnold.
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