2013-01

Support the Constitution

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
As a new Congress convenes for the first time today, every member will swear the following oath:  “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
President Obama will soon reiterate a similar commitment.  Yet, he has shown himself willing to play fast-and-loose with the Constitution.  He has refused to enforce laws he doesn’t like.  He has effectively made new ones by executive order without Congress’ assent.  It seems his attitude was captured in a recent New York Times article headlined “Let’s give up on the Constitution.”
Let’s instead hold our elected representatives to their oaths of office to abide by and protect our Constitution.  That document is, after all, what guarantees our freedoms and makes our country exceptional.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

Kicking the Defense Can

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.
Congress spent the New Year holiday kicking the can down the road while going off the fiscal cliff.  If this sounds like a new form of extreme sport, it isn't.  Neither is it an example of representative government attending properly to the nation's needs.
Of particular concern is the fact that one of the issues postponed for two months is whether the U.S. military is going to be subjected to further, catastrophic budget cuts.  Those now pending would devastate its ability to ensure the common defense and inflict a loss of as many as 1.3 million jobs on a still-struggling economic recovery.
Our government has no higher responsibility than protecting its people from all enemies, foreign and domestic.  We can't safely defer action needed to ensure it can reliably do that.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.