Presidential Election 2012: Spitting into the Wind
To those of you who believe the Republican Party will save you from the evil mechanizations of the Democrats…sorry. It ain’t going to happen in November 2012. And that’s even if their poster-boy Mitt Romney steals the show. Why? Well, Missouri Tenth has made it pretty darn clear in the past, but we’ll say it [...]
Where Living Constitutionalism Will Take Us
The funny thing about the left is that they say they hate religion and believe they are anything but religious. They seem damn proud of the fact that they are not and look down on all Christians but if you study the progressive idea of a living constitution you will see that progressives are very [...]
NY Times Alarmed: Tea Party Reading Unapproved Texts
Thanks to Bud Bronstein for this piece by Kate Zernike from the NY Times, “Movement of the Moment Looks to Long-Ago Texts.” Catch the ideological presentism. Instead of just reading the latest approved tomes and today’s issue of the Times, people are learning from “obscure” old books by dead people. The Tea Party “has resurrected once-obscure [...]
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 Party System is Being Trumped by the Constitution
The GOP is showing its true colors as the Tea Party continues to throw the old guard out in primary elections. They are taking the ball and going home. They are giving up a number of fights by withholding money from the duly elected candidates in the Republican Primaries. It is a circle the wagon [...]
Rejoice: Rick Sanchez Will Tell Us What To Think
Isn’t that a relief? In his latest instruction to the masses, CNN’s Rick Sanchez calls “states’ rights” a “racist” term. Now leaving aside the objection that “states don’t have rights; people do” (the term is merely a kind of shorthand, after all), Sanchez is of course in his Enforcer role here, letting us all know [...]
Unauthorized Thoughts
This weekend I had another chance to appear on Freedom Watch on the FOX Business Network (which you may get without realizing it, so check) for a brief segment on nullification. I appeared immediately after Karl Rove [!], who said state resistance to the federal government was fine by him as long as it was [...]
VA Senator McEachin: The 10th Amendment has been “Deemed” Unconstitutional
From Henrico Senator, Donald McEachin, and courtesy of the Richmonder blog, comes the latest flaccid attempt to cast the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as alternately “unconstitutional”, “illegal” and “neo-confederate”. It seems McEachin is perturbed by Gov. McDonnell’s recent decision not to publicly confirm or deny the fact that sovereign states have the power to judge [...]
Your Choice: Thomas Jefferson or the Status Quo
When I appeared before hundreds of members of the Iowa GOP late last June on the eve of the state party convention and received a standing ovation from throngs of party loyalists, I knew the business-as-usual crowd would be annoyed. I had just finished explaining that if we are serious about limiting government, as opposed [...]
The Constitution is Dangerous to Incumbents
Writes Tim Shoemaker at the Campaign for Liberty: Watch this video clip from a town hall in Pete Stark’s district (CA-13). The crowd voiced their disapproval when he states: “The federal government can do most anything in this country…”
The Political Inquisition Begins
If this article doesn’t frighten you, it’s probably because you aren’t doing anything that really threatens to limit big government. As I read this article, a sinking feeling started to develop in the pit of my stomach. Is this what happens when patriotic citizens and state legislators begin to actually challenge entrenched RINOs and upset [...]
How to Out-Left the Left
A couple of days ago I appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio to discuss Nullification, my new book. Although the conversation was probably more civil than what would have unfolded had I been a leftist on many right-wing programs, I had my share of shocked and appalled callers. I think I handled them pretty well. WPR wrote to [...]
Left-Liberal Columnist: Eek, Nullification!
Much as I’d like to think some people on the Left might reject knee-jerk nationalism, articles like this one are all too typical. Let me paraphrase: nullification (which the poor guy can’t even define) and rebellion are wicked. Cut it out. Obey your overlords. You are born to be ruled. And forget that “question authority” thing [...]
States’ Rights Are Not Wrong
A very long, but well-documented article on the history of nullification – and its current efforts in ….of all places …. the Huffington Post. Read it – it’s really good, and gives great ammo for discussing this issue with your friends on the left. We all have them. Admit it. (I even have a few [...]
Taking Tentherism seriously in Minnesota
A good article in the Minnesota post on how some politicians are jumping on the Tenther bandwagon – but aren’t the real deal. No surprise, of course, but nice to see this coverage. Here’s an excerpt: You don’t have to be crazy, stupid or evil to believe that over the years, federal power has grown [...]
Washington Post Attacks Ron Paul
The Washington Post, house organ of the Fed-banking-Wall Street complex, attempts to smear Ron Paul today. Check the headline and the deliberately unflattering photo, as well as the biased article itself. But Ron Paul has no sway of this sort in congress. He could have had it, but he chose not to play that game. [...]
New Book Coming: Smear Artists Ready
My new book, Nullification, is coming June 29. Wait until you see the cover design. The design people are brilliant. The smears that will be hurled my way are entirely predictable. No one is allowed to adopt, much less advocate, an unapproved opinion, especially one directed at the heart of the regime, and anyone doing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ron Paul Schools Chris Matthews
(h/t Lew Rockwell)
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 [...]
Virginia Blogger Calls Tenthers “Intellectual Boobs”
Dan Casey of the Roanoke Times recently embarrassed himself with a juvenile, ad hominem attack on the Tenth Amendment movement titled “The Whole Tenth Amendment Business is Dumb and Crazy.” While it’s unclear whether Casey actually expected his “arguments” to be taken seriously, it is clear that he cannot make his point through the use of [...]
Feb 19, 2011 | Categories:Commentary, Constitution, Federalism, Founding Fathers, Founding Principles, Government, Originalism, Sovereignty Movement, State Sovereignty, Tenthers, The Opposition | Tags: 10th Amendment, 10th Amendment Movement, Enumerated Powers, Founding Principles, State Sovereignty, States Rights, Virginia Sovereignty | 2 Comments »