Dissolving the Union to Create a Single State

The very thought of a civilian national defence force makes me shiver. That this civilian national defense force would be as well funded as the military makes me cringe. The idea that this civilian national defense force would be designed to be effective, efficient, and expedicious just scares the hell out of me.

"So that future Katrina's are averted...we need this force."

No. No, we don't.

I like the idea that our national government can not deploy troops inside this country to act in law enforcement. I like the idea that every tentical of our national government is ponderous, slow moving, incompetent and lethargic.

I like the idea that in all emergencies, our local govenment is charged with being the first responders. I especially like the idea that if my local government is ponderous, slow moving, incompetent or lethargic, I can vote and fairly easily throw the bums out. I like the idea that they are backed up by county and state resources. I like the fact that the national government has historically provided money and material, but not men.

I like this arrangement because I can go door to door, and help to change my local government if I don't like how they handled an emergency. I don't have to worry about hords of illegal voters in far away places like New York City, Phillidelphia, Miami, Los Angles over whelming my neighborhoods' voters and sticking me with a crook not of my own choosing. I don't have to worry about ACORN registering the bums, and dragging them in to vote. If I don't like the way things are done, it is in my power to affect change.

Consider for a moment, the consequences if the role of "first responder" is taken over by the federal government. Consider what would be involved with defying a federal order to evacuate, or assemble, or disperse. Were we to turn over to the federal governement to role of "first responder", the very role that this 'civilian defence force' is said to be designed to fill, we give up our right to make decisions for our selves. We surrender to nameless, faceless, risk averse, quota hired, unaccountable federal beaurocrats the authority to command our obediance; to require that we leave our homes, or go to our homes, or mass at a specified location, all under force and penalty of law and threat of detention.

Let that soak in.

Thomas Jefferson was afraid of this. Alexander Hamilton didn't see it as a problem. It's a classic debate.

How do you feel about history?

It has taken one hundred and forty four years to come to pass: This is the freedom that was lost at Appomatix Courthouse.