I’ve already thrown in my two cents on yesterday’s disappointing decision, and I was planning on ignoring the issue for a few days because I’m so irked by the result.
But they say laughter is an effective part of grief therapy, so let’s take some solace in these cartoons.
This first one is about the very serious issue of increased authority and power for the IRS.
Technically, the Supreme Court decision didn’t give the IRS any more power than it already had been given under the legislation, but the cartoon isn’t claiming otherwise, so it gets points for being accurate and (tragically) amusing.
By the way, here’s a cartoon making a similar point from back in 2010 when Obamcare was being debated.
Next we have a cartoon about Chief Justice Roberts and his new BFF status with Obama. I almost didn’t include it because Roberts deserves nothing but scorn, but I don’t want my feelings to interfere.
Speaking of Roberts, this next cartoon is accurate in many ways.
It’s designed to blame Bush for appointing a Justice who would put establishment approval before fealty to the Constitution, but I think it’s also true because Obama might not have won – and the Democrats certainly wouldn’t have picked up so many seats in the House and Senate – if Bush had not imposed so much statist legislation and weakened the economy, thus paving the way for big Democrat victories in 2006 and 2008.
And here’s a cartoon making the obvious point that Obama prevaricated.
I’ve saved my favorite for last, showing how the Supreme Court botched its responsibility.
But even though it’s my favorite of the five cartoons, I would make a change (just like I suggested alterations to a very good Chuck Asay cartoon back in April).
In this case, I also would amend this gem by replacing “economy” with “Constitution.”
I hope all these cartoons make you feel a bit better. If not, you can look at some R-rated Obamacare humor here, here, and here. And, just for the heck of it, here’s a PG-rated Obamacare joke to end on a more subdued note.
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Dan,
In his majority ruling, Chief Justice Roberts cites this precedent:
“every reasonable construction must be resorted to, in order to save a statute from unconstitutionality.” Hooper v. California, 155 U. S. 648, 657 (1895)
Whether his construction is reasonable is itself debatable, but how did it become the duty of the court to turn over every rock in search of a way to rule a law constitutional? Doesn’t this approach lead, through the erosion of decades of precedents, to wearing away all of the meaning and original intent of our founding fathers and the constitution? Doesn’t this mean the vicissitudes of Congress will eventually carry more weight than our Constitution? How is any other outcome possible? Hasn’t it happened already?
Not to worry Dan this is not even close to being over. You of all people know that, I will leave some links one here. The “Fat Lady” hasn’t begun warming them up. The Senate used their version if I’m not mistaken. Only the House has the power to tax not the senate? http://dancingczars.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/if-the-affordable-care-act-is-a-tax-does-that-make-the-law-invalid/
AND http://dancingczars.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/the-republican-recipe-for-repeal-of-obamacares-healthcare-denial-only-requires-51-votes-in-the-senate/ Enjoy I’m J.C.
Grieving is a stage in the process of healing. I don’t intend to ‘heal’
America’s electoral trajectory will now follow the European script.
To decline. And beyond!
Europeans are probably celebrating that at least one main competitor has taken the same irreversible road to decline.
Alas the three billion people that the west once left for dead in the ditch are now awakening. It will not take much awakening for three billion people to eclipse one billion lemming westerners who lost track of what brought them to their current prosperity levels in the first place.