If there is one thing that can be said, it is that the appointment and confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have been polarizing. The vaccine, big government, “Nanny” state cult ideologues despise him, while the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA), limited government, medical freedom-loving advocates embrace him without question. But, there is a middle, straight and narrow group of individuals, granted few and far between, who are evaluating what is happening based on the Constitution for the united States of America. These individuals are seeing and exposing what is happening and the detrimental effect it can have on the entire population of the united States.
Just as some authors cite the “left” for having “Kennedy Derangement Syndrome” (KDS), these same authors exhibit “Kennedy Sycophantic Syndrome” (KSS), which many on the “right” suffer. In the following piece at American Thinker by John Klar, he highlights a conversation with his neighbor, who exhibits KDS, while he himself falls into the KSS category. But, where does all this fit in the context of the law – The Constitution for the united States of America?
Here is what Klar, an author, pastor and attorney, had to say.
Sufferers of Kennedy Derangement Syndrome (KDS) pathologically reject beneficial policy prescriptions if they are recommended by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Mr. Kennedy challenged toxic dyes in children’s food. He seeks to improve soil health, conduct more thorough studies of pesticides (and novel drugs), restrict pharmaceutical advertising, restore the integrity of captured regulatory agencies, enhance the quality of school lunches, and undertake a host of other initiatives to improve Americans’ health.
These should not be controversial or partisan in nature. Yet they are, solely because of the name of the person who proposed them.
The adage “Hate the sin, not the sinner” is thus turned on its head. This is a pattern in KDS, TDS, and MDS (Musk Derangement Syndrome). Upholding law and order, eliminating graft, and ending wars are all anathema to leftwing sufferers of these demonstrable mental illnesses. A curious commonality to all three conditions is that there a) must be only one political party in America, and b) adherents must kowtow to every single issue in Borg-like conformity.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along with all the agencies under it’s umbrella – Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Disease Control (CDC), National Institute of Health (NIH), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) etc., as well as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which cover the policies in the first paragraph, are all unconstitutional agencies operating outside the law of the land – The Constitution. By that very nature, what these agencies do are null and void. The Constitution for the united States of America did not authorize Congress or other branches created by it any power or control over health, health care, regulation of products, the environment, food, etc. Regardless of whether or not Kennedy’s policies are good, bad or indifferent, no constitutional authority exists for these agencies. The legislative or executive branch “created” these agencies outside their lawful authority.
The Constitution clearly declares that all states are guaranteed a republican form of government (Article IV, Section 4) and powers not granted to the created united States government are reserved to the States or the people, respectively (Tenth Amendment).
Yes, Kennedy “challenged” toxic food dyes in children’s food. But, the people can do that for themselves by pressuring industrial food production companies through petitions, boycotts, and State and local government, which is where it should be done instead of through an unconstitutional agency.
“He seeks to improve soil health, conduct more thorough studies of pesticides (and novel drugs), restrict pharmaceutical advertising, restore the integrity of captured regulatory agencies, enhance the quality of school lunches, and undertake a host of other initiatives to improve Americans’ health.” These have been pet projects of RFK Jr. for certain. However, these projects do not belong at the federal level, but at the State and local level.
When it comes to soil health, the soil in Iowa is very different from the soil in Georgia. Restoring soil health in Iowa would be different than restoring soil health in Georgia. Georgia soil is acidic red clay that packs hard, becoming like concrete. Farming in Georgia soil is very different than farming in Iowa soil. The framers recognized the best solution for the freedom of any people is best left, not to a central government, but a small government more responsive to maintaining the freedom of the people. This is why the Constitution limited the powers authorized to the three branches of the created united States government. Who better to determine what is best for the soil than the people who live there? This is why the States and the people retain control over their own agriculture.
Thorough studies of pesticides should be left to independent, unaffiliated scientists and some at the university level. It’s the same with “novel drugs”. The US government is not authorized by the Constitution to perform any of those “duties”. Following the same train of thought and the Constitution, where did the Constitution authorize any branch of US government to restrict any industry advertising? It’s not there.
The Constitution does not grant any authority over school lunches to the US government, period. Whether or not schools provide lunch for students is left to the States or the people locally, per the Constitution. Remember, the Constitution is one of limits on power and control. If it is not mentioned in the Constitution, the US government has zero authority to infringe or usurp that control from the States or the people. Enhancing the quality of school lunches falls to the people, not any government. Did anyone not learn that lesson with Michelle Obama?
None of these unconstitutional agencies have ever been “regulatory” in nature. Therefore, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to restore any integrity in any unconstitutional agency operating outside the Constitution. The real question is “did these agencies have any integrity at the outset?”
As a “pastor”, Klar should know you cannot separate the sin from the sinner. God established the law, declaring what is sin and the punishment for it. The “sin” is not punished, but the sinner is for violating God’s law. Therefore, by engaging in lawlessness through his “policies” as HHS Secretary, essentially behaving as a tyrant, RFK Jr. is engaging in sin. Klar mentions “upholding law and order”. But, that would include obeying God’s laws first, then the Constitution. RFK Jr. is doing neither. Eliminating “graft” involves dissolution of unconstitutional agencies that usurped authority. Yet, he stumps for HHS and RFK Jr.
Endless war is a product of the capture of the Department of Defense, the US government, and other unconstitutional agencies by the military industrial complex and bankers under the guise of “spreading democracy and freedom throughout the world.” The enormous fact that the US is a republic is lost among the rhetoric. The US government polices the world, engages in egregious actions in other nations, and involve itself in the “business” of other countries to fuel the profits and interests of the military industrial complex and the bankers. The Constitution doesn’t authorize the US government to engage in any of this. The Constitution authorizes “defense”, not offense, and certainly not imposing “democracy and freedom” throughout the world.
Many on the Left today seek to undermine Kennedy’s efforts to deny pesticide manufacturers legal immunity for the cancers inflicted by their products, rid their own kids’ and grandkids’ baby foods and school lunches of heavy metals and pesticide residues, or remove unhealthy candies and high fructose syrup sodas from the diets of SNAP recipients in an effort to combat diabetes and obesity. They want tariffs to spike inflation; they want illegal gang members to distribute fentanyl; they want the war in Ukraine to continue.
This pattern of cognitive dissonance is common to all such oppositional derangements. If President Trump declared oxygen salutary, TDS sufferers would promptly seal their lips around tailpipes and inhale deeply.
Next thing you know, KDS victims will object to educating schoolchildren about the many health benefits of regular exercise… solely because Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recommended it.
No level of government is authorized to grant impunity from liability to corporations whose products can cause harm – period. Doing so is a violation of the Constitution by usurping powers not authorized. The food issue has previously been covered. Klar appears to advocate for the government to remove unhealthy candy and high fructose corn syrup sodas from diets of SNAP recipients to “combat diabetes and obesity”. In addition to the SNAP program being unconstitutional, isn’t that infringing on the rights recognized, guaranteed, and protected under the Ninth Amendment? Why just limit SNAP recipients and not all the people? Diabetes and obesity is not just a health problem plaguing SNAP recipients; it is a problem for the entire population. Granted, those items should be strictly limited in consumption, but it isn’t authorized for government to do that.
Most would argue that if government is paying the bills, it should get to determine one’s actions. This is precisely the argument against government engaging in unconstitutional actions and unconstitutional programs. It stifles freedom and promotes tyranny, leading to enslavement.
Another question Klar should ask himself is “Why are heavy metals and pesticide residue present in our food?” It’s because the unconstitutional, non-regulatory agencies allowed it through industrial corporate centralized food production, and the people have tolerated it.
The Constitution authorizes Congress, the legislative branch, in Article I, Section 8 to “lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, ….” Imposts are taxes or duties on imports. It is not tariffs that spike inflation. Inflation is a product of the fiat money system – currency backed by nothing. Illegal gang members distributing fentanyl is a product of the US government failing to enforce constitutional immigration laws, which the Constitution authorizes Congress to establish. And, any action in Ukraine or other nation that amounts to war is a usurpation by the executive branch since the Constitution only authorizes Congress to declare war. Continuing this roll, it was Trump who initiated Operation Warp Speed that saw everyone could run down and get a stab in the arm with a poison jab – TDS sufferers and TSS sufferers as well – even after Biden took office. Talk about derangements.
There is no one who would object to education on health benefits of exercise. However, exercise must be tailored to the individual based on their current health condition and best left to health professionals and those trained specifically in exercise. Most schools have physical education classes. Yet, adults need education as well. The real question should be, is government authorized to “educate” anyone on any subject? According to the Constitution, it is not.
So, while Klar claims those with KDS suffer from cognitive dissonance, he fails to recognize cognitive dissonance in himself from the KSS he exhibits. While stumping for RFK Jr., he supports unconstitutional agency and US government action to promote an agenda. The opposition to RFK Jr. by those who see what is happening is based on the unconstitutional agency and actions, which RFK Jr. perpetuates, as did his predecessors. To allow one man, regardless of unconstitutional party, to declare a public health emergency, reauthorize that emergency almost indefinitely, and initiate actions surrounding that emergency is unconstitutional and tyrannical. Looking at the total picture, it is Congress that created an unconstitutional agency and unconstitutionally authorized the agency to act. Every Secretary of HHS has taken full advantage of that unconstitutional power.
Klar basically advocates for a socialistic, communistic government style when it comes to health. This certainly is anathema to our Constitution and freedom. A “pastor” should know better.
Health is the responsibility of the individual – not government, insurance, or government agency. It is prudent to choose to be healthy. However, it is the freedom to direct our own lives and make our own choices based on informed consent that makes any directive from government on health a usurpation, an over-reach, and tyrannical. What is difficult to understand about this simple truth?
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