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Speaking on the House Floor last night, the brilliant constitutionalist, Sheila Jackson Lee, informed America that the Declaration of Independence guarantees the right to universal healthcare. Who knew?
Yes, the same woman who once asked a NASA administrator if a Mars rover would be able to send back photos of the place where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted the American flag, believes that healthcare – and education – are not only guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence, but by the U.S. Constitution, as well:
“If you read or quote the Declaration of Independence; we hold these truths to be self-evident that we have certain inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. One might argue that education and healthcare fall into those provisions of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Of course, the irony lost on Ms. Sheila is that whenever Obama opposes existing legislation – or legislation he supports is defeated in Congress – he has a nasty habit of circumventing Congress and the very Constitution of which she speaks. At any rate, Sheila Jackson Lee is one of those gifts that keeps on giving.
Well done, Ms. Sheila. Maybe Google Earth will be able to spot that flag for you.
Yes, the same woman who once asked a NASA administrator if a Mars rover would be able to send back photos of the place where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted the American flag, believes that healthcare – and education – are not only guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence, but by the U.S. Constitution, as well:
“If you read or quote the Declaration of Independence; we hold these truths to be self-evident that we have certain inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. One might argue that education and healthcare fall into those provisions of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Of course, the irony lost on Ms. Sheila is that whenever Obama opposes existing legislation – or legislation he supports is defeated in Congress – he has a nasty habit of circumventing Congress and the very Constitution of which she speaks. At any rate, Sheila Jackson Lee is one of those gifts that keeps on giving.
Well done, Ms. Sheila. Maybe Google Earth will be able to spot that flag for you.
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