The New King George

             As I reread the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, I was struck by the similarities between so many of Thomas Jefferson's enumerated "oppressions" of King George's tyranny and President Obama's growing list of unconstitutional mandates and executive orders.  Let's just take a few examples.  For the sake of brevity, I have shortened quotes from the Declaration of Independence.

            "He [King George] has refused his Assent to Laws..."  Remember how  Obama overrode Arizona's laws to control illegal aliens?

            "He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws..."  Obamacare is just one example of the Federal Government usurping the states' prerogatives.

            "He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly..."  Obama cannot dissolve the House, but he has bypassed it repeatedly with legislation of his own.  His EPA mandates, for example, skirt Congressional decisions on "Cap and Trade."

            "He has obstructed the Administration of Justice..."  What better example do we have than his invoking executive privilege to prevent facts from coming out on "Fast and Furious."

Obama's MO is to obstruct, delay, and stonewall until every scandal goes away.

            "He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone..."  Instead of "Judges" substitute Eric Holder's and his sycophantic compliance with Obama's wishes,  no matter how extra-legal.

            "He has erected a multitude of new Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people..."  How many tsars has Obama created?  Does the IRS harass his political enemies?

            "He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution..."  The most recent example is Obama's support of the UN's arms control treaty to supersede the 2nd Amendment.

            "For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us..."  In this day and age that's not necessary.  All you need are drones overhead and the NSA checking phone records and reading our emails.  Does the Associated Press and James Rosen ring a bell?

            "By imposing Taxes on us without our consent."  Consider Obamacare's mandate on obligatory  health insurance, which the Supreme Court defined as a tax.

            "For...altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments."   Obama's stated purpose is to fundamentally alter the nature of our government.  He is well on his way to making the United States a Socialist country.

            Let's note that as part of the Declaration's conclusion, it says, "A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant,  is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." 

Jefferson was referring to King George, of course, but how much of King George would  Jefferson see in Barack Obama if the author of the Declaration of Independence were alive today?