{"id":23066,"date":"2014-06-18T19:45:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T23:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23066"},"modified":"2014-06-18T19:45:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T23:45:32","slug":"i-thought-that-one-of-the-principles-of-our-republic-was-the-protection-of-individual-property-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23066","title":{"rendered":"I Thought That One Of The Principles Of Our Republic Was The Protection Of Individual Property Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Iraq collapses and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Barack Obama\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">President Obama<\/a> thinks about what to do, his administration has taken action on a truly pressing matter. Today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-patent-office-cancels-washington-redskins-trademarks-1403103213\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> is reporting that the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Global Trademark Search\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legalzoom.com\/intellectual-property-rights\/trademarks\/taking-your-trademark-overseas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"legalzoom\">U.S. Patent and Trademark Office<\/a> has canceled the trademark of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Washington Redskins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redskins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Washington Redskins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of last year I moved from Massachusetts to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"North Carolina\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=35.5,-80.0&amp;spn=3.0,3.0&amp;q=35.5,-80.0 (North%20Carolina)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">North Carolina<\/a>. As a result of that move, I became involved with a group of constitutional conservatives. I look at things now in the framework of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Constitution\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Constitution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">U.S. Constitution<\/a>. Aside from being unconstitutional, this is just tacky.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ijreview.com\/2014\/06\/148429-president-obama-stripping-washington-redskins-trademarks-owner-refused-give-team-name\/\" target=\"_blank\">Independent Journal Review<\/a> also posted an article on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>The article in the Independent Journal Review reported:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>This is how the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Obama administration\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/obama-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Obama administration<\/a> rolls. Get in a confrontation with the president, and some <del><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Internal Revenue Service\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">IRS<\/a> branch<\/del> patent office makes trouble for you. That\u2019s how \u201ccommunity organizers\u201d do business. That\u2019s the Chicago Way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The latest example? After Washington Redskins owner <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Dan Snyder\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dan_Snyder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Dan Snyder<\/a> made it painfully, abundantly clear that he believes their team name is a tribute to their historic legacy and an honorable reflection of the spirit they aim to incorporate, a lowly patent office clerk just went ahead and <a href=\"http:\/\/ttabvue.uspto.gov\/ttabvue\/v?pno=92046185&amp;pty=CAN&amp;eno=199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">cancelled their trademarks<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;The timing of this move is pretty convenient for the president and is a classic example of both the distraction politics this administration is good for and the lack of seriousness of his administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>This is clearly petty revenge served up by a president who has little regard for the law or respect for free speech. Just because you are \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/11\/14\/opinion\/smith-jfk-redskins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">offended<\/a>\u201d by something, doesn\u2019t mean you get to violate other people\u2019s rights. This move is obviously less about the Redskins than it is about the president\u2019s thin skin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Impeachment will not work because the Senate is controlled by <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.democrats.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Democrats<\/a> and there is no political will for it, but I hope enough people realize the damage this administration has done to the rule of law to vote the Democrats out of office and limit the damage that can be done in the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>Do you suppose anyone has the emails to show where this action originated?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Iraq collapses and President Obama thinks about what to do, his administration has taken action on a truly pressing matter. 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