Tenth Amendment Forum Mixes Candidates, Grassroots
In part two of our Tenth Amendment Forum coverage, we focus on California Gubernatorial candidate Chelene Nightingale. Like the Ron Paul presidential campaign three years ago, Nightingale’s message has resonated in social and alternative media. CATAC’s Bryce Shonka followed Nightingale with the event’s final statement. Behind the Tenth Amendment Forum was a collaboration between Gene [...]
Refreshing the Spirit of Liberty
It is remarkable just how much the situation of the states today resembles the situation of the colonies prior to the War for Independence with Great Britain. As our Patriot forefathers before us, we are met with a corrupt, distant government – theirs in London, ours in Washington, D. C. – intent on concentrating all [...]
A Not So Wacky Proposal
Jonah Goldberg, in the National Review, suggests what he calls a “wacky proposal” – one that readers of this website would likely find to be quite sane. I know I do. So here’s where that wacky proposal I mentioned earlier comes in. Let’s throw it all back to the states. Arizona can be an illegal-immigrant-free [...]
Immigration: Who Should Be In Charge?
In light of the Arizona immigration bill just signed into law, I’ve had some thoughts about this whole issue. And grant me this: I’m no lawyer, but I am a thinker…and I can read. Hang with me as I chew this over. Columnist Patrick J. Buchanan has a column in “Human Events” entitled Whose Country [...]
Chuck DeVore and Michael Boldin Talk State Sovereignty
At Sunday’s Tenth Amendment Forum in Woodland Hills, US Senate candidate Chuck DeVore and Tenth Amendment Center founder Michael Boldin delivered speeches on state sovereignty and the Tenth Amendment. DeVore explained why politicans must stand behind the constitution with consistency, even when they disagree with the social policy that might result. Boldin covered nullification- in [...]
Bubble Mentality: Rinse and Repeat
I read both of these stories back-to-back in recent editions of The Detroit News. Story #1 on the theft of electricity: On a recent sunny morning, Mark Johnson, head of DTE’s (Detroit Energy) revenue protection unit, drove through east-side Detroit neighborhoods pointing out illegal electric hookups. At a complex of 12 apartments on Whittier in [...]
The Boehner Question
I’ve heard from a number of people this week what a great Constitutionalist John Boehner is. My first thought is my normal reaction – if they’re in D.C., odds are 434-1 against them being a strict supporter of the Constitution. So what’s the big deal about J.B.? Well, yesterday he held a press conference in [...]
The Lehigh Valley Independent’s Tenther Coverage
Writing in the Lehigh Valley Independent, Jon Geeting uses Pennsylvania’s governor race to open a discussion about Tenth Amendment Advocacy. It is difficult to excerpt from Mr. Geeting’s article without losing context, so I’ll suggest that you go read it. It’s not very long. In summary, Mr. Geeting uses the recent dust-up that arose when [...]
An Open Letter To The Oregon Legislature
I have been blogging on this website for several months now, and it appears most of the legislature of the great state of Oregon simply ignores their duty to police the Federal Government’s enumerated powers and ensure they do not grow beyond their authorized scope (as set forth in the U.S. Constitution). Unlimited government is [...]
Arizona Has Spoken: Cease and Desist!
On April 22, 2010 the people of Arizona re-asserted their sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment. Even though they have already passed legislation to nullify a number of unconstitutional federal laws, the legislature of Arizona felt that it was necessary and proper to serve notice and demand to the federal government to immediately cease and desist [...]
Nullify Baby, Nullify!
We’ve been quite happy with the early results of our partnership with WeRefuse.com – calling on people to sign a petition in support of just one page of legislation, the Federal Health Care Nullification Act. As we reach our first goal of 10,000 signers, it’s good to know that another group found this effort compelling [...]
Getting the right gang numbers in D.C.
Many wonder how it is we can have political factions seemingly different while obtaining the same results no matter which party is in office. It is fairly clear if we look at the nuance comments presented by leadership from the supposed conservative side of the aisle. It is a business of who has the biggest [...]
Weld County, CO Health Freedom Rally
“All that is needed for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing” That is a paraphrased quote from Edmund Burke which says that it is not enough to recognize when something is wrong, but you have to do something to stop it. The evil in this case is the idea that there [...]
Why You’ve Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920
Presented by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., at “The Great Depression: What We Can Learn From It Today,” the Mises Circle in Colorado; sponsored by Limited Government Forum of Colorado Springs and hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Recorded Saturday, 4 April 2009.
Ron Paul Schools Chris Matthews
(h/t Lew Rockwell)
Sunday in CA – The Tenthers
This Sunday, Bryce Shonka and myself will be speaking about the 10th Amendment and Nullification to a group in Woodland Hills, CA (just north of Malibu). Also confirmed for the event are a number of 2010 candidates, along with Senate candidate, Chuck DeVore. Personally, I can’t wait until December…not just for my birthday, but because [...]
What’s a Guy Gotta Do?
To get listed on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hit List? The SPLC has put together an “alarming” report on the rise of patriot groups – telling us we should worry about them because they’re dangerous (to the regime, that is!) On this report is a list of 40 people – that they consider to [...]
Tea Party Crashers
From reading this article on the “crash the tea party” movement, http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/04/13-7 it seems obvious what Mr. Levin thinks about the population at large. It seems that he believes we all walk around wearing Nazi uniforms and spewing racial hatred. He can’t have been to a Tea Party rally before because he would have had [...]
Perspectives on Nullification
Some pretty good perspective on nullification – especially his points on the need for resistance to unconstitutional acts whether there’s a democrat or a republican in office. He’s right.
The State’s New Lifestyle Demons: Tanning and Salt
A lead story in the news this week has been the latest in a series of propaganda pieces on tanning beds: they are bad for you. The story now goes that tanning salons are bad because they attract people with addictive behavioral patterns. Some dermatology study was produced that will become another piece of ammunition [...]
Plan For Freedom
In a recent article, radio talk-show host, columnist for the Washington Times and president of the Edmund Burke Institute, Jeffrey Kuhner, asks the question, “Will America break up?”[1] Kuhner is not the only intelligent and reasonable person asking this question and predicting its reality. Igor Panarin, a professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian [...]
Apr 23, 2010 | Categories:Commentary, Liberty | Tags: Freedom, Independence | 1 Comment »