State Department Spreads Democracy. And Money
A friend points me to a recent article on Foreign Policy’s website written by a career State Department employee who spent a year in Iraq trying to “win the hearts and minds” of the Iraqi people. I’ve pretty much become numb to stories about government failure, but this one left me with my forehead planted on my desk. [...]
“Honestly, I don’t really remember.”
When I was traveling to Jacksonville, Fla. for the Nullify Now! event, I posted the following on my Facebook page. “At CVG. Words don’t exist to describe my disdain for the TSA. On a positive note, we are safe from the blind lady and her seeing-eye dog.” I think my loathing of TSA stems from [...]
The Original Contract for America
The Declaration of Independence received the unanimous support of all of the delegates of the Second Continental Congress, they proclaimed that it was a self evident truth that men were endowed by his Creator with unalienable rights. They believed that governments were instituted among men deriving their just power from the consent of the governed. [...]
Speaking Off the Cuff
You may recognize some familiar themes here, but I didn’t plan out my speech to the Libertarians of Northeast Kansas. I think it came out all right.
Can States Nullify Obamacare?
by Jim Babka, DownsizeDC If you had a chance to stop Obamacare, AND advance the Tenth Amendment right of the various states, to interpose and even to nullify actions that restrict the liberties of individual citizens, would you want to take it? There has been a flurry of activity in the Supreme Court as the [...]
Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
What is the difference between a government and organized crime? The government gets permission from Congress before they commit their crimes In 1887 Lord Acton announced that “Power tends to corrupt and that absolute power corrupts absolutely”. With this is mind it is easy to understand why the government in Washngton has become a den [...]
The Presidents Latest New War Defies the U.S. Constitution
President Barack Obama, has just initiated another war even before the blood dried from his last one in Libya. His recent deployment of 100 U.S. military advisers (soldiers) to aid in central Africa, notably Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic, is amazing. Never mind that we are not yet out [...]
Spending Reform in Rick Perry’s Plan?
Texas governor Rick Perry’s “Cut, Balance, and Grow” plan is out. Dan Mitchell discussed Perry’s proposed tax reforms so I’ll offer my take on the proposed spending reforms: Perry says he wants to “preserve Social Security for all generations of Americans” but state and local government employees would be allowed to opt-out of the program. [...]
TSA Checkpoints, Executive “Legislation,” Nullification, War and Peace
Add to iTunes Tenther Radio has a new broadcast partner! Today we welcome LRN.FM, the liberty radio network – now carrying Tenther Radio in their daily podcast loop. Hear more about what they do and some other programs and information they offer, as well as get some background on the company itself. Jacksonville Florida was [...]
Standing up to say NO!
Want to stop unconstitutional “laws,” regulations…and mandates? Join us at Nullify Now! Philadelphia on January 14th. Learn how your state CAN and MUST stop DC. Get all the info here: http://www.nullifynow.com/philadelphia/ ******* GOOD NEWS! Recently the Washington Times reported on the growing rebellion in state legislatures – “17 states have enacted laws rejecting parts of [...]
Government Sponsored Racism?
One issue, among many, that isn’t dealt with in our presidential debates is government-sponsored racism. Almost all government forms require the filer to state his race. This accentuates race consciousness. The 2010 U.S. Census, requiring race identity, has only 11 categories; sadly, American is not one of them. Most of us are a mixture of [...]
Chains You Can Believe in
When a government has the power to tax the people directly, it has the power to take one’s property and give it to another. When a private citizens takes property that belongs to his neighbor, he has commited a crime. When the government takes the property on an individual, they are merely exercising one of [...]
TSA on the Highways, Executive Orders and Nullification
Please join us for TRX: Tenther Radio on October 26, 2011 here – listen live by clicking the play button at that time on the right. Take part in the conversation with your comments and questions in our chat room here, or leave us a voice message in advance at 213.785.7848. Add to iTunes
State Government Business Subsidies in the News
Federal energy subsidies to business are a hot national topic thanks to the Solyndra scandal. Flying below the radar—and deserving more national media attention—are grants and other targeted incentives given to businesses by state governments. There is little doubt in my mind that there are state-subsidized “Solyndras” waiting to be discovered. The Wall Street Journal took a step in [...]
Isn’t it About Time?
Our Framers of the Constitution knew that the government that they had just created could be a blessing or a curse depending on how well oue elected officials would honor their covenant with the people. They believed that all men had been endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights. They also knew that throughout the [...]
Tenth Amendment Center Position Available
The Tenth Amendment Center is currently seeking to fill the position of National Tour Development Coordinator. This is a part-time, commission-based, contract position. YOU A Tenther. You proudly recognize that the constitution isn’t about political parties or political ideologies – it’s about limiting federal power – and this allows both “liberal” and “conservative” programs to [...]
TSA Highway Searches: Nail in the Coffin of the 4th Amendment?
by Ron Paul If you thought the “Transportation Security Administration” would limit itself to conducting unconstitutional searches at airports, think again. The agency intends to assert jurisdiction over our nation’s highways, waterways, and railroads as well. TSA launched a new campaign of random checkpoints on Tennessee highways last week, complete with a sinister military-style acronym–VIP(E)R—as [...]
It’s Not Just What You Pack, It’s How You Pack It
by Becky Akers, LewRockwell.com blog The TSA’s dimwits deemed a carry-on bag “suspicious … at the Newport News-Williamsburg [VA] International Airport Thursday[, which] led agents to find a ‘gold-colored brick with a stamp indicating a value of $10 million’” when they unconstitutionally searched it. Naturally, the government’s goldbricks then ran their victim’s ID through a “database. [...]
New directions
Citing Jefferson’s Kentucky Resolutions, it was suggested up here in 2003 that the northern-most New England states need not participate in the invasion of Iraq because it was unconstitutional. George Kennan liked the idea and agreed with it. John Kenneth Galbraith thought our (I helped) idea of sending our own New England representative to the [...]
Peace and Prosperity?
For peace and proseperity to reign upon the earth, it is necessary for mankind to understand some essential principles. Man is the off spring of a divine Creator. We are subject to him and to what our Founders referred to as “The Laws of Nature and Nature’s God”. These laws apply to all of us, [...]
Republicanism and Democracy
What is the source of political power and how it is executed? It is the question many people are asking today given the type of governance many are very dissatisfied with in the United States today. The answer to the question reveals much about how government treats citizens and how citizens respond to government; and [...]
Ron Paul’s ‘Plan to Restore America’
Presidential candidate Ron Paul has released a fiscal reform plan that would dramatically cut spending and rein in the size and scope of the federal government. My reaction to the proposal can be summed up in one word: hallelujah. Republican policymakers – including the current GOP field of presidential candidates – talk a good game about reducing [...]
Are Executive Orders Constitutional?
In Article I Section I of the Constitution it is clear that all legislative powers reside in Congress. The Executive Branch has the responsibility to execute the laws passed by Congess. An Executive Order is not legislation it is a order issued by the President to enforce laws passed by the Congress. While Executive Orders [...]
Infowars Interview: Bryce Shonka with Mike Adams
Infowars nightly news welcomes Bryce Shonka, deputy director of the Tenth Amendment Center. 10-14-11 Bryce talks with host Mike Adams about Occupy Wall Street, the need for effective outreach, a general consensus across the political spectrum that there’s something seriously wrong in America, the Nullify Now! tour, and more…
