Quote from Heiser's blog:
His name? Cass Sunstein.
He’s not actually a czar yet. He has to be approved by the Senate (one of the few czars where that is the case). While everyone is set to talking about health care in view of the President’s scheduled speech, Congressional leaders are trying to approve him TODAY through a parliamentary tactic called cloture. If they can get 60 Senators to vote for cloture, Sunstein will sail through without the usual Senate hearings.
Why is he so dangerous? Well, for example, he believes the 2nd amendment is a lie; that closing down talk radio is not a violation of free speech (it’s actually “democratic”); and that animals (including your pet) should have the right to sue you in court. Think I’m making it up? I only wish I was. If you want more material, check out Mark Levin’s book, Liberty and Tyranny.
Here’s how the President and his fellow radicals will sell Sunstein: “He’s not going to change any laws.” That’s actually TRUE. But that isn’t the issue. His title will be “regulatory czar” which means he is the guy who throws all the switches in defining and tweaking the laws. For example, if he doesn’t want you to own a gun or eat meat (he is against that, too), then he will take a look at the laws governing gun purchase or animal husbandry and make it impossible for citizens and farmers to navigate the requirements successfully. Sunstein gets his way when you can’t afford meat at $35/lb and can’t afford a $1000 gun registration. No laws changed, but the desired effect is obtained. This would be his job, and as a Harvard law professor, it’s actually his specialty (hence his nomination).
The only way to stop the cloture motion is to contact your Senators and insist they oppose it. If this guy gets through, it truly is the end of the American lifestyle as you and I know it.
Some Sunstein quotes:
"We ought to ban hunting"
- Cass Sunstein, in a 2007 speech at Harvard University
"[A]lmost all gun control legislation is constitutionally fine. And if the Court is right, then fundamentalism does not justify the view that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to bear arms. "
- Cass Sunstein, writing in his book, "Radicals in Robes"
"Animals should be permitted to bring suit, with human beings as their representatives …"
- 2004 book Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions
"A system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily
in the interest of citizenship and
self-government."
-Cass Sunstein, arguing for a Fairness Doctrine for the
Internet in his book, Republic.com 2.0 (page 137).
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