Roland Burris is the legal Senator from Chicago

I have read the constitution. I have read the section on Congress and the Senate, and I see no where in the U.S. Constitution that gives Senator Harry Reid the power not to seat the person nominated to fill the seat of President Elect Obama -- Roland Burris.

Of course there's no surprise here, as liberals (notice I didn't say Democrats) have disregarded the Constitution many times in just the past eight years alone, and I've documented many of those instances right here on this blog.

Federalized Healthcare is unconstitutional, The McCain/ Feingold act was unconstitutional, the failed auto bailout, the banking bailout, Activist judges, and this is just a recent list.

Roland Burris recently said in an interview, "If that's to say something wrong with the governor, then you all have to deal with that, but the governor is still the governor of Illinois and still has the power. As a matter of fact, the governor just signed a directive that Rahm Emanuel's seat will be filled by special election, and the secretary of state signed that document. What's the difference?"

Burris is right: Governor Blagojevich of Illinois is still the Governor, he has not even been formally charged with any crime and is therefore officially not guilty until found guilty by a trial of his peers, and all the powers of any other governor are still the powers of this governor. Therefore, Senator Harry Reid is on thin ice rejecting this man.

It almost seems to me they are treating one of their own, a loyal liberal democrat, the same way they treated former House Majority Leader Tom Delay. According to the Constitution, you are innocent until proven guilty. But Delay was treated as though he were guilty until he finally gave up his seat.

Then again, the Senate does not have the Constitutional power to reject a nominated Senate appointee. He has no choice but to seat the Roland Burris. The law states an acting govnernor has a right to choose the person to fill a vacated seat in his state.

Again, I'm not saying whether I like or dislike Mr. Burris, because that's not the issue here. I'm not saying whether I like or dislike the Chicago Governor, what's at issue here is the Constitutional duty of the Senate.

Fight for lower oil prices, SIGN THIS PETITION

I just learned that Brazil started digging for oil under the Atlantic ocean and is now completely independent of foreign dictators for its energy.

Funny thing about this is it's completely illegal in the U.S. to dig under the Atlantic Ocean. Just imagine how cool it would be if the leaders of this great country stop the craziness and allow American Oil companies to dig for oil where they can find it so we too could stop relying on foreign dictators.

Not only would this be great for our economy, it would be great for national security purposes; that would be two birds with one stone. Not only that, but the price of oil would go way down because we would control our own supply.

So why is it we can't dig for oil anyway? Oh, yeah, environmentalist wacko lobbyists have control over lawmakers in Washington.

Let's stop the craziness and dig for our own oil.

That in mind, Newt Gingrich has made us aware that Congress next week is set to debate a bill that would raise the price of gas even more in an effort to fight global warming. This is called the Warner-Lieberman global warming bill.

Newt writes that, "its supporters are as misguided and out-of-touch with the American people as the supporters of last springs immigration amnesty bill - and we all remember how that turned out,"

As part of his American Solutions campaign, he has started a petition with the goal of getting 100,0000 signatures to show Congress what the American people really want, and to hold the Senate "accountable if they fail to allow America the freedom to use its own energy resources instead of relying on foreign dictators."

If you agree with this as much as I do, make sure you link your readers to the petition.

Sign the petition. Click here to sign the petition. Go now.