כי-הִנֵּה הַסְּתָו, עָבָר; הַגֶּשֶׁם, חָלַף הָלַךְ לוֹ הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ, עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ; וְקוֹל הַתּוֹר, נִשְׁמַע בְּאַרְצֵנוּ
For lo the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land" (Song of Songs 2:11-12)
The voice of the turtledove may be heard in the land now as the weather warms, but the voice of the people is not. Because in less cheerful matters, the Obama Administration continues to ramp up its assault on both American and Israeli Democracy. The Slaughter Rule will allow Obama to rule with a semimajority, thereby subverting the process. The attempt to ram through ObamaCare is a deliberate rejection of every poll and the Massachusetts Senate vote. And it is Obama's template for continuing to ram through his illegal plans for the United States.
The bill will break states. It will break companies. It will put a boot down on the head of the American economy. Which is exactly its goal. The Obama Administration is not interested in economic prosperity, it is interested in a government takeover. People who can make their own way and pay their own bills are poor candidates for a nanny state. No, the people have to be robbed, browbeaten, left helpless, and only then will they agree to have the chains put around their necks. Or at least stop fighting against them as hard.
That's the plan. And the ObamaCare Putsch is meant to send a message to the people that democracy will not get in the way. It's a Chicago-style legacy of intimidation that tells the people their votes are useless, except as counters to trade away to unions or organizations promising to represent their interests. It's the left's knife to the neck of democracy. It's the progressive fangs biting deep into the jugular of the American People, and sucking out the prosperity to nourish their network of entitlement organizations.
And the media, which has gone back to its chief role as Obama's press corps, are doing their part to ensure that only the voice of the liar in chief is heard in the land.
After the scandal has passed, ACORN is back. The media push is slowly underway for "Immigration Reform", to follow "Health Care Reform". Because if you call a whopping and illegal disaster, "Reform", that somehow makes it better.
Which means the real showdown is just beginning. This is no longer simply about left and right. It isn't even about whether ObamaCare is good or bad anymore. It's about whether laws will be passed through the rule of law, or by the fiat of a minority of radicals who have climbed to power subverting the American Republic and its Democratic tradition to get their way... by any means necessary.
Meanwhile, after the Obama Administration threw a well choreographed tantrum after Israel dared to build housing for Jews in established Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem-- Netanyahu tried to appease Obama with an apology and political gestures.
And in return, Obama's cronies are openly laughing at him and celebrating their victory. On the BBC (the Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation that helped spawn Al Jazeera), Hillary Clinton boasted that pressure on Netanyahu had produced results.
Joe Biden, who was supposedly deeply insulted by Israel's home building, meanwhile went on to make jokes at Israel's expense.
Because clearly that is not an insult.
Daniel Greenfield is a New York City writer and columnist. He is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and his articles appears at its Front Page Magazine site.
