Freedom-Fighters Forum

Luke AFB is west of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded by civilization that complains about the noise from the base and its planes, forgetting that it was there long before they were. A certain lieutenant colonel at Luke AFB deserves a big pat on the back. Apparently, an individual who lives somewhere near Luke AFB wrote the local paper complaining about a group of F-16s that disturbed his/her day at the mall. When that individual read the response from a Luke AFB officer, it must have stung quite a bit.

The complaint: Question of the day for Luke Air Force Base:

Whom do we thank for the morning air show? Last Wednesday, at precisely 9:11 A.M, a tight formation of four F-16 jets made a low pass over Arrowhead Mall, continuing west over Bell Road at approximately 500 feet. Imagine our good fortune! Do the Tom Cruise-wannabes feel we need this wake-up call, or were they trying to impress the cashiers at Mervyns early bird special?

Any response would be appreciated.

The response:

Regarding ‘A wake-up call from Luke’s jets’ On June 15, at precisely 9:12 a.m., a perfectly timed four- ship fly by of F-16s from the 63rd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base flew over the grave of Capt. Jeremy Fresques. Capt Fresques was an Air Force officer who was previously stationed at Luke Air Force Base and was killed in Iraq on May 30, Memorial Day.

At 9 a. m. on June 15, his family and friends gathered at Sunland Memorial Park in Sun City to mourn the loss of a husband, son and friend. Based on the letter writer’s recount of the fly by, and because of the jet noise, I’m sure you didn’t hear the 21-gun salute, the playing of taps, or my words to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques as I gave them their son’s flag on behalf of the President of the United States and all those veterans and servicemen and women who understand the sacrifices they have endured..

A four-ship fly by is a display of respect the Air Force gives to those who give their lives in defense of freedom. We are professional aviators and take our jobs seriously, and on June 15 what the letter writer witnessed was four officers lining up to pay their ultimate respects.

The letter writer asks, ‘Whom do we thank for the morning air show? The 56th Fighter Wing will make the call for you, and forward your thanks to the widow and parents of Capt Fresques, and thank them for you, for it was in their honor that my pilots flew the most honorable formation of their lives.

Only 2 defining forces have ever offered to die for you….Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

Lt. Col. Grant L. Rosensteel, Jr.
USAF

By James Baldwin – 28 December 2009

Well, why not? Nobody was killed, right? And the president is telling us not to worry because he and his Homeland Security Secretary are on the job, right? Didn’t they increase airline security after the maniac Islamist tried to kill all of those airline passengers and the crew? And, we have to keep this airliner incident in perspective; the bomb didn’t go off, did it? Didn’t a very courageous passenger leap onto and subdue this man so that he couldn’t set the plane on fire? So, as Janet Napolitano has so eloquently put it, “The system worked”, right?

Has anyone ever heard a more absurd declaration? “The system worked!” I think a poll should be taken of the passengers whose lives were spared through the hand of God preventing the bomb from actually exploding. Do they think the system worked? The truth is that the system failed them miserably and this administration is absolutely incompetent. Everyone standby.

Mr. Obama, the centerpiece of the current Washington, D.C. clown act, has told us that the perpetrators behind this act of terrorism will be found and, “…will be brought to justice!” But, isn’t it his administration that is still considering prosecuting the C.I.A. agents who, while working within the approved legal parameters, used water boarding to obtain information vital to protecting WE THE PEOPLE? Mr. Obama is allowing the prosecution of Navy SEALS for punching, during his apprehension, a known terrorist who thinks nothing of killing and mutilating innocent people. In return for mass murder the terrorist got a fat lip; so obviously disproportionate to his crimes! Yes, let’s prosecute the heroes rather than the demons. That will certainly prove that this administration is serious about catching and prosecuting those behind this terrorist act. I am certain that Obama’s words caused those dastardly people to just tremble in their turbans. Standby for more.

While Mr. Obama probably believes that it is his guidance and the ever alert people on his staff that spared the lives of those passengers, it was nothing more than incredible great fortune that the bomb malfunctioned; in other words, the hand of God and intercession of guardian angels worked this miracle. I wonder if there were any atheists aboard. It would be interesting to talk with them today. But, standby for more.

It is no comfort to think that this administration will not allow secret forces to remain highly secret so that they might do their jobs. Should these forces be successful, any terrorist captured will be brought to Illinois and receive constitutional protections guaranteed only to WE THE PEOPLE, the citizens of the United States Of America; the same constitution, country and people that the terrorists are hell bent on destroying. Once they are on U.S. soil how long will it be before the A.C.L.U. is bringing writs of habeus corpus against the U.S. claiming that terroists can not be held in a federal prison if “they have not been found guilty of any crime”? We can look forward to the federal court circuses and the disclosure of secret information and sources as the Obama justice department proceeds with their prosecutions.

Now, don’t we all feel better? Let us pray.

Michael Connelly, Ret. Constitutional Attorney

Well, I have done it! I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009. I studied it with particular emphasis from my area of expertise, constitutional law. I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed law that were being discussed might be unconstitutional. What I found was far worse than what I had heard or expected.

To begin with, much of what has been said about the law and its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the media are saying. The law does provide for rationing of health care, particularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession.

The Bill will also eventually force private insurance companies out of business, and put everyone into a government run system. All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be made by federal bureaucrats, and most of them will not be health care professionals. Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled by the government.

However, as scary as all of that is, it just scratches the surface. In fact, I have concluded that this legislation really has no intention of providing affordable health care choices. Instead it is a convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to the Executive Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been contemplated If this law or a similar one is adopted, major portions of the Constitution of the United States will effectively have been destroyed.

The first thing to go will be the masterfully crafted balance of power between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Government. The Congress will be transferring to the Obama Administration authority in a number of different areas over the lives of the American people, and the businesses they own.

The irony is that the Congress doesn’t have any authority to legislate in most of those areas to begin with! I defy anyone to read the text of the U.S. Constitution and find any authority granted to the members of Congress to regulate health care.

This legislation also provides for access, by the appointees of the Obama administration, of all of your personal healthcare direct violation of the specific provisions of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution information, your personal financial information, and the information of your employer, physician, and hospital. All of this is a protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures. You can also forget about the right to privacy. That will have been legislated into oblivion regardless of what the 3rd and 4th Amendments may provide.

If you decide not to have healthcare insurance, or if you have private insurance that is not deemed acceptable to the Health Choices Administrator appointed by Obama, there will be a tax imposed on you. It is called a tax instead of a fine because of the intent to avoid application of the due process clause of the 5th Amendment. However, that doesn’t work because since there is nothing in the law that allows you to contest or appeal the imposition of the tax, it is definitely depriving someone of property without the due process of law.

So, there are three of those pesky amendments that the far left hate so much, out the original ten in the Bill of Rights, that are effectively nullified by this law It doesn’t stop there though.

The 9th Amendment that provides: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people;

The 10th Amendment states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are preserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Under the provisions of this piece of Congressional handiwork neither the people nor the states are going to have any rights or powers at all in many areas that once were theirs to control.

I could write many more pages about this legislation, but I think you get the idea. This is not about health care; it is about seizing power and limiting rights. Article 6 of the Constitution requires the members of both houses of Congress to “be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution.” If I was a member of Congress I would not be able to vote for this legislation or anything like it, without feeling I was violating that sacred oath or affirmation. If I voted for it anyway, I would hope the American people would hold me accountable.

For those who might doubt the nature of this threat, I suggest they consult the source, the US Constitution, and Bill of Rights. There you can see exactly what we are about to have taken from us.

Michael Connelly
Retired attorney, Constitutional Law Instructor
Carrollton , Texas