Nonsense. On Jan 17, 10:44 am, "Sumerian.." <[email protected]> wrote: > Hail King > Obama: President for life By Drew Zahn, > January 16, 2009 > > Rep. Jose Serrano, > D-N.Y. > As Inauguration Day approaches and Barack Obama prepares to assume his first > term as president, some in Congress are hoping to make it possible for the > Democrat to not only seek a second term in office, but a third and fourth as > well. > > The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary is considering a bill that would > repeal the Constitution' s 22nd Amendment prohibiting a president from being > elected to more than two terms in office. > > Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., earlier this month introduced the bill, H. J. Res. > 5, which, according to the bill's language, proposes "an amendment to the > Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of > amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an > individual > may serve as President." > In the past, some presidents have been critical of the 22nd Amendment, > including Eisenhower, Clinton and Reagan. > > In 1807 Thomas Jefferson, however, warned that presidents not bound by term > limits could use their popularity and power to become kings. > > "If some termination to the services of the chief magistrate be not fixed by > the Constitution or supplied in practice," Jefferson wrote to the Legislature > of > Vermont, "his office, nominally for years, will in fact become for life; and > history shows how easily that degenerates into an inheritance. " > > Presidential term limits, however, were not "fixed by the Constitution" until > ratification of the 22nd Amendment. Congress passed the Amendment on March 21, > 1947, shortly after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the first and only > president to be elected to more than two terms – in Roosevelt's case, four. > The > Amendment was ratified by the required number of states on Feb. 26, 1951. > > The 22nd Amendment states, "No person shall be elected to the office of the > President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, > or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other > person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President > more than once." > > The Amendment limits presidents to a maximum of eight years in office – or, > under unusual circumstances, such as succession following the death of a > president, a maximum of ten years in office. Should Rep. Serrano succeed in > repealing the Amendment, Obama would be cleared to run for an unlimited number > of terms, restricted only by the vote of the electorate. > In order to achieve repeal of the 22nd Amendment, Serrano's proposal must be > approved by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress and ratified by > three-quarters of the states' legislatures. > > H. J. Res. 5 is not the first attempt by Serrano to repeal the 22nd > Amendment. In 2003, Serrano introduced H. J. Res. 11 to the 108th Congress to > accomplish the same purpose. A similar resolution, H.J. Res. 25, was also > proposed the same year and received co-sponsorship from a bipartisan group of > six other representatives. In 1987, during Reagan's term of office, Earl > Michener, R-Mich., also proposed a repeal of the 22nd Amendment. > At the current time, H.J. Res. 5 has not tallied any cosponsors and has been > referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. > > Prior to Franklin Roosevelt, presidents honored the precedent established by > George Washington, who – though widely popular – refused to run for a third > term > of office. > Thomas Jefferson, who became the second vice president of the U.S. after > Washington declined to run for a third term and who then later became the > third > president, not only affirmed following the Washington's example, but also > foresaw the eventual passage of the 22nd Amendment. > > "General Washington set the example of voluntary retirement after eight > years," Jefferson wrote in an 1805 letter to John Taylor. "I shall follow it, > and a few more precedents will oppose the obstacle of habit to anyone after a > while who shall endeavor to extend his term. Perhaps it may beget a > disposition > to establish it by an amendment of the Constitution. " > > In the same letter to the Legislature of Vermont where he warned of a > presidential monarchy, Jefferson further explained why he refused to run for a > third term. > > "Believing that a representative government, responsible at short periods of > election, is that which produces the greatest sum of happiness to mankind," > Jefferson wrote, "I feel it a duty to do no act which shall essentially impair > that principle; and I should unwillingly be the person who, disregarding the > sound precedent set by an illustrious predecessor, should furnish the first > example of prolongation beyond the second term of office." > > WND attempted to contact Rep. Serrano about his reasons and argument for > repeal of the 22nd Amendment, but phone calls to his communications director > were not returned. > > THINGS TO REMEMBER > WHILE READING NEWS STORIES... > Sequence of events > leading to the appearance of Antichrist. Daniel > 7:7-8: > 1) The hundreds of nations > throughout the world are reorganized into 10 supernations (Verse 7); 2) > Antichrist arises (Verse 8a); > 3) Three of the original 10 > supernations is totally plucked up and destroyed (Verse > 8b) > > > The following feared > and/or expected events will not occur until all 10 supernations are > finally and completely established. > 1) The economy will not > collapse until all 10 of these supernations are formed. This is not to say > that > the economy will be spared pain and agony as our leaders take us through the > transition to a Fascist Economy, but a complete collapse will not occur until > the final supernation is completed. > 2) World War III will not > break out until all 10 of these supernations are formed; 3) The dissolution > of the American government, the > suspension of all our guaraneteed liberties and the beginning of prison for > dissidents and/or Patriots will not begin until after World War III begins; > 4) Guns will not be > confiscated until after World War III begins; 5) Forced vaccinations which > will reduce our > population dramatically will not begin until after World War III begins; > 6) Appearance of Antichrist > and his False Prophet will not occur until after World War III ends. > Consistent > with the prophecies of Matthew 24, this coming global war will produce the > Masonic Christ (Antichrist) . etc... > *** > > *North America; Australia, South Africa, > and the rest of the market-economy of the developed world; > Eastern Europe, including Russia; Latin America; > Tropical Africa are not yet formed; South and Southeast > Asia (on its way but not yet > formed) > > JOIN! > SOLDIERS4JESUStalk DISCUSSION GROUP > > ======= > S1000+ > ======= > > --- On Sat, 1/17/09, GeorgiaAnn <[email protected]> wrote: > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. 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