My mom says I need to respect Obama because he's in authority, no matter how much of an idiot he is. And for a while I couldn't make it past that argument. But I have solved the Authority Problem. I now have the answer for the eager masses of teens who willingly immerse themselves in the political world. Um.
Anyway, I realized that the Founders NEVER referred to the President as the ultimate law or authority of the land. They always referred to the CONSTITUTION as such. I don't have to respect Obama because 1) he's not the authority and 2) he doesn't respect authority. It's actually my duty as a citizen, and my duty, in respect to the Constitution (the authority) to do everything I can to hinder, impede, and otherwise halt the Obama Train of Opressive Recession.
So I have every right (under the Bill of Rights, which is part of the Constitution [which is the authority]) to use my freedom of speech to call Obama a liar, a terrorist, an illegal immigrant, a tyrant, and whatever I please.
That's my right, to say something about it.
It's my duty to do something about it.
To solve America's little authority problem.
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