Consistently supporting liberty and the Tenth Amendment
One of the main obstacles to getting the “tenther” movement and the message of freedom to spread is that too many people claim they are for freedom on some issues (guns, taxes), but simultaneously claim to be anti-freedom on others (marijuana, gay-marriage). Our two-party political system has raised people to believe that based on which [...]
What If This Were Bush?
cross-posted from The Beacon It goes without saying that if Bush had presided over a phony end to the Iraq war, expanded the Afghanistan war, extended its reach into Pakistan, solidified the state secrets doctrine and claimed in no uncertain terms the right to assassinate American citizens without due process, the left would be up [...]
The Tenth Amendment Coalition
I’m not sure how you can have a Tenth Amendment web site without linking to the Tenth Amendment Center, but there it is. The videos are interesting, anyway. A couple Beltway insiders talking about the Tenth Amendment. http://restorethetenth.org/ Part 1 Part 2 cross-posted from the Pennsylvania Tenth Amendment Center
The GOP’s Pledge to America
The House Republicans’ release of its “Pledge to America” has been met with criticism from across the ideological spectrum. While excoriation from the left was inevitable, those who were hoping that the GOP would set out a detailed agenda for limiting government were also not satisfied. The 48-page document contains more pictures of Republican members [...]
Which Political Party Will Best Protect Our Liberties?
An interesting read from the Fabius Maximus Blog: Our decades of experience with both parties makes this question easy to answer. Neither. They are partners, chopping at the tree of liberty from opposite sides. A harsh reality, which we avoid by seeing it only in our political opponents. The next post in this series identifies [...]
Declare Your Independence!
Many of us in Tennessee have been greatly disappointed in the outcomes of the August primary. Unfortunately many of the best party candidates were eliminated during the primaries, and members of the liberty movement in Tennessee have expressed their frustration and concern at the outcome. The two party system has yet again failed, in most [...]
Do we want representatives pulled into line?
According to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) those members of his faction , the Democratic Party, most likely to be defeated in 2010 are the very members difficult to pull into party line. As reported in a recent article in The Hill Waxman was very clear on why he believes many will lose their seat in [...]
At Odds with Both Sides of the Political Spectrum
My conservative friends think I’m too liberal; my liberal friends think I’m too conservative…clearly I’m on the right track! It seems so simple to me, we are a constitutional republic, not a democracy. Therefore, our government should be limited to the powers granted to it by the Constitution. This doesn’t mean that we are always [...]
If we can not Beat them, Infiltrate them!
In the early days of the USA, One of the worst insults the Founding Fathers could give someone was to refer to them as a PARTY MAN. To be a PARTY MAN meant you put the welfare of your political party above the interests of the country. Let’s examine the possibility and or fact that the TEA [...]
Constitutional Platform or Just the Best that Money can Buy?
Let’s backup a few years. In 1992, people had had enough of the Republican agenda and Democrat Bill Clinton proved to be the candidate that made the most and best sounding promises that resulted in the Best President that money could buy. He also proved to be one of the most immoral presidents. Under Bill [...]
Zach Wamp, Physical Education, and the Constitution
Rep. Zach Wamp has been campaigning on state sovereignty, the Tenth Amendment, and “meeting the feds at the border” when they overstep their constitutional bounds. Yet again, Rep. Wamp’s actions speak louder than words, as in the same breath as he is talking state sovereignty he also brags about legislation that he co-authored which introduces [...]
Have the Neo-Con Right and Socialist Left Awakened a Sleeping Giant?
It has been said that future struggles will not be between left and right, but rather between fundamentalist-extremists and moderates. If that is true, a new poll published by the Pew Research Center would indicate that the fundamentalists within American governance have severely overplayed their hand. People inclined to moderate viewpoints are just that- moderate [...]
Congressional 10th Amendment Task Force can’t have Two Gods
Either the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, or it is not. The current Constitutional 10th Amendment Task Force is undeniably stuck in a conundrum. The GOP members have traveled their districts, touting their conservative principles, family values, etc., and now, they have a problem. How do you tell your constituents that now [...]
Divided We Fall
The two parties are at it again. The Republican Governors Association is running an ad against Mayor Hickenlooper, the democratic candidate for governor, trying to link him with the unpopular Bill Ritter, but do we really need this? What is the purpose of the ad? What will be the result of the ad in the [...]
Freedom for Myself, and That’s All
Matt Taibbi nails it on the problem of partisan support for the Constitution, which we see from all comers these days: The reason I really respect the Ron Paul people is that they’re consistent on all of these things. If they don’t want the government telling you you can’t buy a gun, they also don’t [...]
Is winning a principle or the result of following your principles?
The republican choir keeps getting louder on the subject of “winning” in November. The fear of third party candidates, independent candidates, and rival republican candidates are getting the inside pundits nervous. Well, they should be. But what they don’t understand is that people are looking for principled candidate’s period. They have seen what happens even [...]
Sounds Good…
But will they take this same kind of position when a republican is in the White House? The Republican track record is awful.
That Lonesome Valley
When you’re opposing both sides of the unconstitutional political machine that is Washington D.C. – sometimes it feels pretty isolated. But thanks to all the great feedback and support we’ve gotten over the last few years from you, our readers and supporters, walking that lonesome valley becomes easier every day. Happy Birthday, Pete.
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 [...]
Delusional Republicans
A pretty good post from FireDogLake: I hear it all the time on the news or in public from my Republican friends about taking back the house and senate from the “socialist” “liberal” Democrats which I guess is code word for “The Democrats are the new Al-Qaeda” or something like that. Anyways, I hear Republicans [...]
Every Issue. Every Time.
The Tenth Amendment is not about political parties. It’s about liberty. As an example – for many years, conservatives turned a blind eye to passage of the patriot act – hundreds of pages that were never even read by people voting on it. And today, they’re rightfully outraged that the health care reform law was [...]
Resisting DC: Not Just for Republicans
A massive movement continues to build momentum as those unwilling to submit to unconstitutional Federal demands gather in huge numbers, but what kinds of people are these? The establishment media would have us believe that the resistance is only a ‘Republican scheme’, but a new report by The Winston Group suggests that 40% of those [...]
Sauce for the Goose
This is a conservative YouTube, but it makes a great point. The sort of criticisms and oooh-scary signs about Obama common to the Tea Party movement are put in the shade by what the left had to say about Bush. Of course, I’m in the happy position of agreeing with both sides. cross-posted from the [...]
