Thank you for checking out Tenther Radio – live from the belly of the beast – in Washington DC for one of the biggest political conferences of the year – CPAC.

First of all, we wanted to send out a HUGE thank you to a few of the people who joined the Tenth Amendment Center as members recently – Paul in Arizona, Alain in Illinois, Robert in Nevada, Leslie in Washington and Debbie in New Mexico. THANK YOU – to each of you and everyone else who has joined us as members….welcome to our community!

Tonight, from a hotel room at the Marriott Wardman Park in DC, John Michaels – Tenther Radio producer extraordinaire – and Tenth Amendment Center events director is joined by our good friend, Jason Rink – We’ve got THREE big events happening this weekend in DC…and they give us a little insight on those…

From there, wetake you out to a special report and interview by Robert Scott Bell. He talks to a serious candidate for governor in Utah – Morgan Philpot. Recently Morgan made a bit of a splash when he said he’d stand up to the feds to the point of them having to come and try to arrest him while in office.. Robert has him on the line from Utah.

And also joining us here in DC are Mike Maharrey, TAC national communications director, and Nick Hankoff – youth movement leader, grassroots director, and tenther radio co-host. Nick’s spent the last couple years at CPAC doing outreach and he’ll give us a little insight on what’s in store the next couple days. Mike is doing a ton of media outreach during the event – and has done plenty in advance. They both give us a report on how these efforts are playing out.

“The government people in Washington DC hold the view that they can regulate and virtually control everything and anything that moves. Under the Founders’ Constitutional – instead of the twisted version that these politicians and judges alike have foisted upon us for decades – such view is not just wrong. It’s absurd – and dangerous. No person and no institution can be trusted with that kind of power. ”

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW
Tenth Amendment Center Membership Program
Nullification Movie Screening at CPAC
10th Amendment vs Centralized Power: Jefferson vs Obama event at CPAC
www.robertscottbell.com/
Morgan Philpot

The Tenther Radio Team for this Week
Michael Boldin, Robert Scott Bell, John Michaels, Nick Hankoff, Mike Maharrey, Jason Rink

We’ve got about 3 hours of important info to pack into 60 minutes, or so! The biggie? The new NDAA nullification movement is moving forward. States, counties and towns are all starting to get on board. And one of the leaders in that effort is Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall, who joins us to talk about his bill to require Virginia non-compliance with the new federal kidnapping “law.”

We’ve also got a ton of big event announcements. We sent a few of those out in our latest newsletter on Monday – and a few more to share here in this episode.

Plus good friend of the Center, Robert Scott Bell joins us as a special co-host this week. He welcomes as guest, Dr. Nick Gonzalez. They discuss the FDA vs your freedom, the nature of government, history of tyrannies and more. Health freedom and political freedom intersect with RSB!

For far too long, we the people have accepted partisan hacks as people worthy of votes – and organizations worthy of support. We’re pretty sick of it.

While the rhetoric is often good from these people on specific issues, it all goes into the trash when a political party or candidate changes positions – and we ALL know how often THAT happens. Closing the show, Michael Boldin shares another example of representatives from a major national organization on the left that clearly cares more for a political agenda than the liberties their name implies.

Referring to Virginia HB 1160, “We are not going to participate in any enforcement whether it is a Virginia State Police, whether it is a local sheriff, whether it is a college, whether if it is the national guard or the Virginia Defense force; we will not take people off the streets and hold them in this sort of Kafkaesque means of assuring social order.”

“In Washington DC in the archive building where they hide the Constitution in the bomb proof vaults, so the members of Congress can rewrite it when no one is looking. There is a phrase on the building and it says, ‘Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.’ It doesn’t say part time vigilance or mostly vigilant, it says, ‘Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.’ When you send people to act in your name, you constantly have to have the ability to monitor what they are doing.”

About HB1160 after the committee passing the bill, the committee chairman informed Delegate Marshall that the governor’s office is against it. Marshall’s response, “Wait a minute. Is he (The Governor) against it because, the guy he endorsed, Governor Mitt Romney said he would sign it (NDAA). You could have heard a pin drop when I said that.”
–Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall

“The difference between people who believe in government and people like Robert (Robert Scott Bell) and myself, we believe in the decency of people and people who believe in big government believes that everyone is horrible.”

“The only thing that government cares about is its own power, and soon as people detour for what they think what you should be doing and all hell is to pay. The stronger the government the worse the punishment.”
–Dr Nick Gonzalez

“Who would want to eat a government official? They taste awful and would be full of toxins!”
–Robert Scott Bell

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW
Nullification Movie Screening at CPAC
10th Amendment vs Centralized Power: Jefferson vs Obama event at CPAC
Liberty Forum – NH
www.robertscottbell.com/
Health Freedom Expo
Article discussing a dairy farmer and Sheriff standing up to the FDA
Doctor Nick Gonzalez
Virginia General Assembly
ARTICLE: Virginia HB1160

The Tenther Radio Team for this Week
Michael Boldin, Robert Scott Bell, John Michaels, John Lambert

Movie Premiere information here – http://www.facebook.com/events/286257921434126/

“We shouldn’t expect the federal government to limit its own power…”

“We’re getting back to the Constitutional basis of all things”

Health Freedom, Constitutional Tender, Medical Marijuana, the TSA and more – it doesn’t matter if you’re left or right. As James Madison told us in Federalist #45, the powers reserved to the states are “numerous and indefinite.”

New model legislation from Tenth Amendment Center breaks today as part of the uproar over the National Defense Authorization Act. It’s called the Liberty Preservation Act and it actually comes in 3 bills. One part is a non-binding resolution, the second part a non-compliance act, and finally the state nullification. “With this you can act to resist them right now instead of asking those in Congress to repeal what they already passed,” says Michael Boldin.

This week’s co-host Jason Rink observed that the Supreme Court of the United States didn’t rule any law unconstitutional from 1935 to 1997. (or was it 1937-1995?)

Already in Virginia, Delegate Bob Marshall has introduced HB-1660 to nullify the federal authorization of kidnapping indefinitely. BORDC.org previous put resolutions together to oppose the PATRIOT ACT and we hope they’ll get on board with the NDAA.

Doug Tjaden of Sound Money Center reports that Washington, South Carolina and Missouri are all looking at gold, silver and other commodities as legal tender. And Utah, which passed HB-317 last year is now considering amendments to broaden the scope of the bill by adding specie and defining new depository regulations.

“A very dangerous man,” “an intellectual giant and leader of the nullification movement” Tom Woods joins the show to talk about his celebrated speech in Iowa. Tom quipped “We are the 3%” when referring to the section of Tenther Radio’s audience that recognized his intro music, Perpetual Change by Yes.

He wasn’t quipping in Iowa, however, where all legislators received informational packets on nullification. The subject of Nullify Now! Philadelphia came up and the New York Times best-selling author confirmed his RSVP to be there as keynote speaker for the event.

Outside of politics, economics and historical research Tom still finds ways to disobey conventional wisdom. “If you want to be obese and unhealthy then follow the government food pyramid,” he recommends. You can learn all about the centralized state’s harms and their rightful remedy, nullification, by subscribing to YouTube channel TomWoodsTV.

“Whatever the New York Times tells me NOT to do…I wanna do it!”

“If the New York Times hates Nullification – it MUST be good!”

This week Rand Paul was detained by the Transportation Security Administration because he declined their grope down invitation. Jason Rink wondered if “maybe there is a genetic disposition for the Paul family for extra large cojones.” Word is that 10 to 15 states will be pushing back on the TSA says Michael Boldin. “The TSA is so personal,” Rink foresees it becoming a “powder keg issue.”

California’s would-be voter initiative Regulate Marijuana Like Wine would interpose and the popularity for pot legalization has gone up 5 points showing that 2012 could be the year when this unconstitutional prohibition has to answer to the Tenth Amendment.

Jason Rink closed the show – filling in for Michael with a Tenther Rant – about the Principles of ’98 – and the upcoming premiere of the Nullification Documentary at CPAC in February. See you there!

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW
TAC Membership Program – JOIN US!
Nullification Movie
TomWoods.com
Nullify Now! Philadelphia
Sound Money Center
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
VA NDAA Nullification Bill
NDAA: Liberty Preservation Act

The Tenther Radio Team for this Week
Michael Boldin, Jason Rink, Nick Hankoff, John Michaels, Bryce Shonka

End piracy, NOT Liberty!” that’s the campaign that Google and other web giants are leading against SOPA – the so-called stop online piracy act. Today, June 18, 2012 has been a massive day of opposition to the idea of the federal government shutting down freedom on the internet. Judge Napolitano wrote on facebook this morning “It’s called SOPA but if you actually read the bill, you’d feel dirty.” Michael Boldin and Nick Hankoff talk about the massive online protest against SOPA that’s been happening – well….everywhere.

But it’s not just SOPA that’s getting a pushback. Last week we spent time highlighting the TenthAmendmentCenter.com legislative tracking page – and in this show, we cover some of the many state-level nullification bills that have already been populating those maps. Maybe we should even nullify the NDAA?

Joining the show as a guest Lora Hubbel, a nullification supporter in the South Dakota state house of representatives! She faced massive opposition and attacks from both political parties last year for daring to introduce nullification bills. This year she’s working to put an end to Real ID and exploring ways to stop Health Insurance Mandates.

The federal government has twisted most of the founders’ constitution beyond recognition. One of the worst is in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. Under the Obama-Bush-FDR-Santorum view of the Commerce clause, the federal government can “regulate” and control anything that moves – or even inactivity too. No government and no person can be trusted with this kind of power. States are pushing back on this, and closing out the show, we share some good news from Mike Maharrey on restoring the founders’ view of the Commerce clause…

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW
TAC Memberships
El Paso county in Colorado Passes Resolution Nullifying the National Defense Authorization Act
About SOPA – from Google
SD Representative Lora Hubbel
Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Event

The Tenther Radio Team for this Week
Michael Boldin, Nick Hankoff, John Michaels, Bryce Shonka, John Lambert

One of the most important roles of the Tenth Amendment Center is to be the top source for news on tenther legislation introduced in states around the country – and to provide support for legislators ready to introduce more such bills. Joining Michael Boldin in this episode to go over this – and what YOU can do to be a part of it – Lesley Swann

Michael and Lesley spend some time to review our own tenthamendmentcenter.com website and particularly, the legislative tracking button at the top of the home page. They go over just what’s happening as the 2012 state legislative sessions get underway this month. And, they also go over some model legislation that’s ready to go in your state right now.

They discuss the idea that the Tenth Amendment Center has two main “arms” – education and activism, and cover some of the model legislation available to press for introduction in your state today. Our model legislation section has bills that cross the lines of the political spectrum and should appeal to all. You can pick these bills up, print them out and take them to your legislatures.

“The constitution is not about political parties, ideologies or politics in any way, it is about liberty.”

Stopping by as a guest instead of his normal co-host spot, Jason Rink. He joins the show to talk about progress on the Nullification Movie – which is being planned to premiere at CPAC in Washington DC in February.

“For over a century, people like you have been marching and protesting, and suing and voting bums out – only to get more and more bums and more and more reasons to march and protest and sue. Federal laws and regulations don’t get repealed – they change names or get expanded. In the last 2 decades the only real change has come through state resistance – and you need to play a part in that today. Closing the show tonight, I’ll talk about just what you can do today to help the people of your state stand up for the constitution – and liberty.”
–Michael Boldin

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW
Legislative Tracking
Model Legislation
www.myfreesociety.com
www.Nullificationmovie.com

The Tenther Radio Team for this Week
Michael Boldin, Lesley Swann, John Michaels, Bryce Shonka, Bernie LaForest

Welcome to our first broadcast of 2012!  Michael “that guy on tenther radio” Boldin is joined by Nick Hankoff as co-host. They kick off the show with a positive message about the young generation that is stepping up in support the Constitution and liberty. Highlighted are a number of people already in state office or running for Congress, plus a couple of very special activists – tireless working for liberty. More and more people are joining the movement every year… 

Joining the show as a special guest, Professor Brion McClanahan, author of the Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers. and The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution.  He discussed how the founding generation intended for us to interpret the Constitution. “If we follow the Constitution as ratified, about 90-95% of what the Federal Government does would be considered unconstitutional.”

McClanahan also had some stern words for Newt Gingrich. Earlier today, Newt made this statement to people in New Hampshire – “I think Thomas Jefferson or George Washington would have rather strongly discouraged you from growing marijuana and their techniques with dealing with it would have been rather more violent than our current government…”

Brion’s response? “Is this the same George Washington that also grew hemp on his plantation?”

“Newt has no clue. That was considered purely a state issue, and there’s nowhere in the Constitution that says you can’t grow hemp or marijuana in your state.”

“For Newt Gingrich to say that is just ridiculous. I don’t know what founding documents he’s looking at, or what Jefferson or Washington he’s talking about, but that’s just silly”

Closing the show, Michael talks about Jim Babka’s featured article on the detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

“Can the President have the military come and arrest you? Yes!
Can he (or she) send you to a military tribunal for trial or just hold you indefinitely in a military facility, without charges? Yes!

Wait a minute. Wasn’t there a provision in this bill that exempted Americans? Despite what your Congressional office may have told you (if you called during the debate over this bill) the answer to that question is an emphatic NO!”

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW
www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/ndaa/
Paul Curtman, who was a featured speaker as Nullify Now Kansas City.
Aaron Libby – state rep in Maine – in his 2nd year.  He’s introduced a number of TAC nullification bills and we hope to hear much more from Aaron in 2012!
Tisha Casida – Independent for Congress in Colorado’s 3rd
Christopher David – Republican for Congress in California’s 33rd
Heather Fazio – our friend with Texans for Accountable Government.
Joshua Lyons – who co-hosts The Forgotten Men radio show every Saturday with our friend, Mark Kreslins.
The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution
Who’s Supreme?  The Supremacy Clause Smackdown
January 22 event for “Regulate Marijuana Like Wine” with the Republican Liberty Caucus.

The Tenther Radio Team for this Week
Michael Boldin, Nick Hankoff, John Michaels, Bryce Shonka, John Lambert

10. Only Congress can Declare War
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2008/07/12/only-congress-can-declare-war/

9. 9 states and counting to consider nullification of Obamacare
http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/01/9-states-and-counting-to-consider-nullification-of-obamacare/

8. You Don’t have “Constitutional Rights”
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/12/13/you-dont-have-constitutional-rights/

7. What is the Constitution
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/05/22/what-is-the-constitution/

6. New Mexico Law and Local Sheriff Trumps Feds
http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/11/new-mexico-law-and-local-sheriff-trump-the-feds/

5. Former Miss USA left in tears at TSA checkpoint
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/04/27/former-miss-usa-left-in-tears-at-tsa-checkpoint/

4. Feds threaten No-Fly zone for Texas
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/05/24/feds-issue-threat-no-fly-zone-for-texas/

3. Texas legislation proposes felony charges for TSA Agents
http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/03/texas-legislation-proposes-felony-charges-for-tsa-agents/

2. The 10th Amendment Nullification Movement – legislative tracking page
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/the-10th-amendment-movement/

1. In public statement, TSA lies about the Constitution
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/05/14/in-public-statement-tsa-lies-about-the-constitution/

10. TSA - it didn’t start this year, but it never seems to end.
9. The Jobs Bill – even parts of it. Where does DC get the constitutional authority to provide jobs?
8. Federal Threats to Cannabis farming in CA. They don’t give a darn about states’ rights.
7. Raw Milk Raids by the FDA. Armed food police?
6. SOPA - not passed yet, but a big threat.
5. Assassination of American citizens. Executive branch as judge, jury and executioner.
4. EPA Granting itself more power. Agencies can do that?
3. Patriot Act Extension. Has everyone forgotten that Obama was supposed to be anti-Bush?
2. NDAA. Self-explanatory
1. War on Libya. Undeclared executive branch war. The founders were unanimous in opposition to such a thing.

James Madison: “Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.”

Welcome to our special Tenther Radio “Year in Review” episode!  First, Michael Boldin and John Bush reviewed the “Most-Read Articles of 2011″ from the Tenth Amendment Center Website.  And then, John Bush gave us an update on the Nullifcation: The Movie. The documentary will be premiering at the CPAC convention in Washington DC in February.  John listed some of the people in the documentary: Stewart Rhodes, Michael Boldin, Kevin Gutzman, Thomas Woods, and Deborah Medina.  John referred to the guests as, “big leaders and big thinkers in the whole Tenth Amendment push.”

Later, Lesley Swann joined Michael as they reviewed the “Top Ten Unconstitutional Offenses of the Federal Government in 2011!”  Lesley offered some insight on one of those 10 – the yet to be passed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Also among the list were: TSA 4th Amendment violations, Federal Threats to Cannabis Farming in California, expanded EPA power, the NDAA and more.

Michael closed the show with a special recap of 2011 for the TAC. He shared some of our successes and challenges over 2011, and what we can expect to see in 2012 from the Tenth Amendment Center and the Tenther Movement in general.

“The Constitution. Every issue, every time. No exceptions and no excuses.”

Everyone from the Tenth Amendment Center and Tenther Radio wishes you a Happy New Year!

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW
Year in Review – Month by Month
Nullification Movie
Tenther Blog
(check back to the blog for two top-10 posts this week!)
TAC Legislative Tracking Page
Nullify Now! Philadelphia