Constitutional Breakdown
How the GOP-Dem Tax and Spend Compromise Throttles the Voters’ Will The impending taxing and spending compromise between congressional Republicans and Democrats and the Obama administration demonstrates how the federal constitutional system has broken down. And how the breakdown can sabotage democracy. Under the emerging terms, as reported in the press, the Republicans will receive [...]
Net Neutrality Isn’t Neutral at All
People are being hoodwinked into thinking that the government getting involved regulating the internet is a good thing. Who could be so gullible? People that read headlines instead of analyzing what the consequences will be once government gets involved; less access, more expense, and intrusion into the free market and best frontier for small businesses [...]
College Degrees From a Cereal Box
Yahoo Finance has published a good article on the student loan bubble-go-bust. Here’s an eye-opening snippet: Secondly, defaults have soared amid a difficult job market. In 2008, the most recent year for which data are available, nearly 3.4 million borrowers began repayment, and more than 238,000 defaulted on their loans. The number of loans that [...]
Remembering Pearl Harbor
The first thing I think of, oddly enough, is that World War II was the last time Congress and the Executive followed the Constitution on war powers. Congress declares war – and then the executive wages it. In WWII, this happened on 12-08-41 for Japan, and 12-11-11 for Germany. Police actions, AUMF’s, letting the president [...]
States Powers and Individual Rights: Deriving Governmental Powers
As a member of the Tenth Amendment Center, many might assume that the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is my favorite from the Bill of Rights. However, my favorite is the Ninth: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. [...]
Contacting Florida’s Sheriffs
The County Sheriff is the highest ranking law enforcement official in our counties. They will play an important part in the restoration of our sovereignty. This is particularly true in their role as defender of the citizens against the unlawful actions of general government agents or “Feds.” 2012 will see most Sheriffs up for reelection. [...]
Tuesday Is the Day
That is when the inflationist, bankist, Fedist Republican leadership in the House will give Ron Paul his due—chairman of the monetary subcommittee (or, rather, part of his due, since seniority means he should be chairman of the full committee). I think they will not dare deny it to him, though they might try to keep a [...]
Rep. Kingston’s Spending Cut Plan
An indicator of the incoming House Republican majority’s seriousness about cutting spending will be which members the party selects to head the various committees. Many of the members in line to chair committees leave a lot to be desired from a limited government perspective (see here and here). In particular, the top candidates in line to chair [...]
Is It Time For Breast-fed Babies like S. Korea To Grow Up?
International affairs have been dominating our news coverage as of late. So of course, multiple discussions have been going on just next door from here, at Facebook. I was about to jump in to the discussion myself, when I saw a comment that immediately jump-started the rusty gears of thought to begin cranking in my [...]
The Real Meaning of the S.510 Chamber Dispute
In case you haven’t heard, S.510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which recently passed the Senate, is probably going to be blocked by members of the House Ways and Means Committee for being unconstitutional. This is not a disappointing outcome, especially since a previous post on this website expressed opposition to this bill on [...]
Will Nullification Happen in Illinois?
In Illinois, the legislature recently convened its special session to complete unfinished business before the new legislature convenes early next year. While normally a dull, drab caretaking effort to tie up loose ends, the special session opened with a fiery battle for a reaffirmation of Illinois’ state sovereignty. The contentious issue debated was that of [...]
Health Care Freedom Act introduced in Florida Senate
From ChipleyPaper.com Republican State Senator Don Gaetz today joined Senate President Mike Haridopolos in sponsoring a constitutional amendment to affirm Floridians’ rights to refuse to participate in the federal health reform plan pushed by President Obama. The information came in a news release from Gaetz’s office. Senate Joint Resolution 2, known as the “Florida Health [...]
In Minnesota…A Solution or A Continuing Problem
The fact that we have a different majority in the MN Senate and the MN House for the first time in nearly a half century, does not necessarily guarantee any changes in an out of control tax and spend government! So what options do We the People have? How can we change things? We can [...]
Broad Brush = Broad Failure
The federal government approaches everything they do with the “broad brush” approach. It is one of the reasons the founding fathers were so against a large centralized government. They knew from history, experience, and facts that the larger the central government the more likelihood of a broad brush approach, and eventually tyranny and failure. It [...]
High-Speed Federalism Fight
In October, I speculated that the upcoming elections could be the nail in the coffin for the Obama administration’s plan for a nationwide system of high-speed rail. Indeed, some notable gubernatorial candidates who ran, in part, on opposition to federal subsidies for HSR in their states proceeded to win. However, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made it [...]
Hope and Change Indeed, Thank You Mr. Obama
After two very memorable years, we should all give thanks to the very unlikely hero. President Obama set out to change America in a fundamental way and he succeeded in very spectacular fashion. The magnitude of the changes are just now beginning to be felt, but I think the ruling elite in America have finally [...]
TSA Searches and the 4th Amendment
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” – [...]
How Nullification Was Used To Fight Slavery, in the Words of a Marxist Historian
From Marxist historian Eric Foner’s latest book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery (p. 134): “[A]s the New York Times pointed out, by nationalizing the right to property in slaves the Dred Scott decision made the doctrine of state rights . . . [slavery's] foe. A number of northern states had already enacted personal liberty laws that [...]
Mr. Kafka goes to Washington: TSA’s groping is torture
The TSA’s Kafkaesque groin groping and full-porn scanning, championed by Obama’s lackluster Cheney, Joe Biden, enters the realm of dominance, intimidation and sexual threat and knowledge that goes to the core of total government control: totalitarianism. It is the sickly sister to torture; Drusilla, the undead – torture without the physical pain but with the [...]
Remembering Rosa Parks
It was December 1st, 1955. A tired Rosa Parks took her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, heading home after a long day’s work. She refused to obey bus driver James Blake’s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. Her act of defiance became an important symbol of [...]
Sen. Allen Named Chairman of State Sovereignty Committee
State Senator Sylvia Allen has been appointed to the Chairman position of the newly-formed Border Security, Federalism, and State Sovereignty Committee in an announcement made by Senate President-elect Russell Pearce. Senator Allen will be serving her 3rd term in the Arizona Senate and has shown her advocacy for Arizona state sovereignty in her support for [...]
