Douglas V. Gibbs

Classical Centrist

Listeners to my Constitution Radio program on KCAA 1050 AM on Saturdays at 2:00 Pacific often email me to ask questions about things I say on the show. One of the most common questions is my reference to myself as a Classical Centrist.

Obama’s Dr. Ben Carson Problem

The Democrat Party has hoisted Barack Obama up as some kind of liberal, god-like, superhero. Barry has been very happy to fill the britches of such a false god, but as some kind of anti-hero that, armed with his arrogance, can destroy federal budgets with a single bound. To the horror of Republicans, even no-nos like gun control and stomping all over freedom of religion has proven to be areas this president is willing go after. Like every cloud-skipping false-prophet, however, Barry Sotero has his own kind of Kryptonite.

What Our Society Has Become

Today's democrats are often called "socialists" by their opposition, and though that is probably true, what today's progressive liberals truly are is something worse. These people are statists, which are people who believe that only the ruling elite understand how a society should be run, and that it is up to them to engineer that society so that eventually it becomes a peaceful utopia equipped with equality, fairness, and a share-and-share alike attitude. Heaven on Earth, I suppose you could say.

Obama’s Power

President Barack Obama is like no other liberal progressive democrat we've seen before. Before he was inaugurated in 2009 conservatives recognized the danger to this country he posed.

Education and the Constitution

Radio Veteran, Billy Montana, a seasoned radio voice originally from terrestrial radio, invited me to be a guest on his radio program, Talk America USA, and when he asked about my endeavors, I mentioned that I teach a Constitution Class in Temecula, California on Thursday Nights. One of the attendees is a lawyer, and he has stated that I teach more about the Constitution than does law school. In fact, when Constitution Studies begin in law school, the Constitution is never opened. Constitutional Law is based not on the Constitution, but on the opinions of judges regarding the Constitution, a.k.a. case law.

Debt Ceiling and the 14th Amendment

In June of 2012, Nancy Pelosi proclaimed that the 14th Amendment makes the federal Debt Limit unconstitutional. According to the House Democrat Leader, Barack Obama could avoid the whole debt-ceiling showdown with Republicans by simply invoking the "obscure constitutional provision" in the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution. According to Pelosi, the statutory borrowing limit is inconsistent with Section 4 of the 14th Amendment, which states that "the validity of the public debt of the United States ... shall not be questioned." Her suggestion comes a year after Bill Clinton said he'd use the 14th Amendment if he were Obama in a 2011 speech.

The Wrong Side of History, The Right Side of Reality

There is an old saying: "History is written by the winners." That is not always necessarily so. History is often written by the well funded, the most devious, and in today's society, whoever controls media and the education system. History, however, can be discovered if one is willing to look, and for America, our history has always flowed through the United States Constitution.

Let’s Not Give Up On The Constitution

As my nephew reviewed his history book, he became excited when he noticed an entire chapter of the text book was dedicated to the United States Constitution. Like his Uncle Doug, Branden loves history, and has studied extensively the various Founding Fathers, and the Constitutional Convention.

Social Justice, and the Constitution

"The utopian schemes of leveling (re-distribution of the wealth) and a community of goods (socialism scheme of central ownership of production and distribution), are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown. These ideas are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government unconstitutional. Now what property can the colonists be conceived to have, if their money may be granted away by others, without their consent?" -- Samuel Adams, Boston Gazette, April 4, 1768. “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” -- Thomas Jefferson

Barack Obama won the election of 2012 with a number of strategies in place, and the one that made the largest impact was his offer of the federal government as the giver of gifts from the treasury, at the expense of the producers in society. In other words, the redistribution of wealth. The liberal left calls this Social Justice. The Founding Fathers called it despotic and unconstitutional. Today's conservatives call it communism.

Last Ditch Effort to Avoid Fiscal Cliff

Everyone's taxes are going up, and any deal will be a bad deal. Congress thinks a bad deal is better than the "fiscal cliff," which would be the expiration of the Bush Tax Rates, and the implementation of draconian cuts to the military budget. What the republicans are looking for is a compromise, but what the democrats have proven up to this point is that they don't plan to compromise. It is their way, or over the cliff. Besides, with Obamacare, the rich are going to get taxed heavily, whether a deal is struck, or not. The democrats win no matter what - deal, or no deal.

Unconstitutional Proposition 30 Ready to Make California the Highest Taxed State

On Election Day 2012, the voters in California voted for an increase in sales tax, and a massive increase in State Income Tax on the wealthiest in the State. The claim was that the money was needed for education, but in reality it is going to be used to help pay for rising pension costs. The unions are powerful in California, and ensured that Proposition 30 passed, and Proposition 32, which would have limited how unions fund their favorite politicians, failed.

The Light of America during the Storms of a Dark World

Life is full of storms, and it is those storms that can make us stronger, and help us in the building of our character - if we choose. We choose how to respond to storms. We can grow, or become darker. Society, it seems, has chosen darkness.

Obama’s Federal Government Behind Schedule Implementing Health Care Law

For a law of nearly 3,000 pages, the Affordable Care Act was poorly written. Since the law was thrown together in a manner aimed at appeasing special interests, the Health Care law itself has been an obstacle in its own implementation. With the avalanche of new regulations on the horizon, conveniently hidden from the American People (remember, Pelosi said we had to pass it to know what was in it), the stifling impact of the regulations coming that will kill jobs, plunge our economy into turmoil, and turn this nation into a totalitarian state is eclipsed only by the absolute chaos that accompanies the attempt by the federal government to implement this monstrosity.

Dealing with Obamacare

"There are going to be consequences," was the response by a Washington D.C. law employment attorney when asked about how the federal government will deal with businesses that do what they can to avoid the insurance mandate in Obamacare set to take effect in 2014. Businesses are saying that there likely will be cut hours, and layoffs.

Smoke and Mirrors Unemployment Number Drops Below 8%

My wife reported to me tonight about how a co-worker of hers was raving about Barack Obama, and proclaimed that news the unemployment rate dropped from 8.1% to 7.8% is proof that the President's policies are working.

The U.S. Constitution is a Contract, Not a Rule Book

Yet another email attack intended to confuse what people think about the United States Constitution has hit the web. The claim is that the idea the U.S. Constitution is a contract is a myth. The message further asserts that the Constitution, rather than being a contract, is a rule book, a set of instructions if you may, given by a bunch of delegates in 1787 to a soon-to-exist federal government.

Liberal Democrats 2012 Campaign of Fraud and Personal Destruction

My friend came to me and said, "I'm a Democrat, now." Excuse me? Was Albert defecting to the other side? Had he gone against a lifetime of Republican voting, save for his one foray into the third party idiocy when he voted for Perot?

9/11 Became Real at Ground Zero

The Eleventh Anniversary of the 9/11 Terror Attacks against the United States of America is upon us. Two hijacked jets struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center during the early morning hours of September 11, 2001. When the 110 floors of skyscrapers collapsed, among the missing were 343 firefighters bravely in the process of attempting to save as many lives as possible. In the weeks that followed was an unprecedented recovery effort at a site that became known later as "Ground Zero."

Kerry Washington’s Politics of Fear

September 6, 2012 - Kerry Washington at the Democrat National Convention: "Today, there are people out there trying to take away rights that our mothers, our grandmothers, and our great-grandmothers fought for. Rights that we fought for. Our right to vote. Our right to choose. Our right to affordable quality education. Equal pay. Access to health care. We the people cannot let that happen."

Romney Chooses Ideology with Paul Ryan Pick

Some members of the Republican Party are fearful of recognizing the truth. These "establishment" republicans believe all of the rhetoric that if they lean too far to the right the voters will run to Obama and the democrats. They believe that the independents want nothing to do with the right-left political spectrum, and are just looking for a bunch of moderates that have no position, no ideology, no plan other than to try to make everyone happy through non-confrontational politics.