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On March 22, 1765, the English Parliament passed the Stamp Act. This was a tax on every piece of printed paper sold in the Colonies. In response to it, Patrick Henry drafted his Stamp Act Resolves, and the journey to revolution picked up some momentum.
On March 22, 2010, America awoke to a changed country. We are no longer a free people. We are ruled. Congress has subjugated us. The people we sent to Washington to represent our interests have failed us. They have sold their souls, and our liberty to false vision of communal wealth and enforced commonality. Except, of course, for those who are employed by the Crown, or who live in Nebraska, or belong to the UAW. They are exempt. They are 'special'. The rest of us are second class, and a caste system more rigid than any ever experienced in this country is descending on us. With the full might of the federal government brought to bear, you and I are now subjects.
On March 22, 1765 the Stamp Act galvanized public opinion in the Colonies and helped pave the way for a revolution that freed us from the English Crown, and set about the Great American Experiment. Men risked their liberty, their wealth, and their lives to proclaim their emancipation from servitude to the English Crown.
Today is different. In November, You just have to vote the bastards out.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
A Deadly Embrace
The person who first observed that power corrupts made as fundamental an observation about man as could possibly be made. The venal mortals who wander the halls of congress pretending to be gods mistake their ability to enact legislation for wisdom. In Federal Government's exercise of their constitutional duties, some of us are enriched; some of us are seduced; others are outraged; and we all, whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, are fleeced.
It's not that the members of congress have always been vile, thieving, self-serving, chattel. Most began as honorable citizens who "saw a wrong, and tried to right it". What these good people failed to recognize is that not all "wrongs" are subject to a Federal fix. The founders recognized this. They explicitly wrote a constitution that limited Federal power and said that not all things are a 'Federal' problem. That worked pretty well, until the power of the Federal Government, as exercised by Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court exceeded the ability of good men and women who make up those bodies to resist corruption. It was at that point that the Federal Government wrapped it's cold dead hands around the throat of the struggling American Tax Payer, and the deadly embrace began. As the taxpayer finds it harder and harder to keep their head above water while carrying the ever growing weight of Federal entitlements and mandates, the Federal Government tightens it's grip.
In the 2nd Amendment, we, as a people, are guaranteed the right to keep and bear arms. Before the Supreme Court of the United States is a case testing that right. The quesiton before the court is to what degree a city or state can restrict a constitutional right. An elderly man in Chicago wants to keep a pistol at home for self protection. Chicago is dangerous place. Home Invasions are not uncommon. Chicago has outlawed hand guns, rendering the elderly gentleman defenceless.
The Congress of the United States is in the midst of a battle to push through a Health Care Bill that will cost many of them thier seats. The public is profoundly against this bill, yet, through parlimentary manouvers, it will in all likelyhood pass. This bill does more than take away your ability to make decisions for your self. It takes away your independence. You will now be dependent on the state for health care, and the state will make your health care decisions.
The President of the United States, claiming to be 'saving jobs', seized control of General Motors, the Student Loan Program,and the Mortgage Industry. How does Ford Motor Company compete with 'Government Motors'. When you get to print money, give it to whom you choose, and sell and finance cars that you manufacture, how can anyone compete with that? What sort's of litmus tests will be applied to the Student Loan program? Since we are being taxed out of existance, everyone will be dependent on Student Loans for college. Dissent, anyone?
The wing nutts who feared President Bush's Patriot Act will never even recognize what President Obama, the Congress, and the Supreme Court has done. They are sheep chasing butterflys. Those of us who do see what has happened to our wonderful country have a great task before us: Elect people who will reduce the power and reach of the Federal government. The next election will be a contest between those who chose to be governed and those who yearn to be ruled.
It's not that the members of congress have always been vile, thieving, self-serving, chattel. Most began as honorable citizens who "saw a wrong, and tried to right it". What these good people failed to recognize is that not all "wrongs" are subject to a Federal fix. The founders recognized this. They explicitly wrote a constitution that limited Federal power and said that not all things are a 'Federal' problem. That worked pretty well, until the power of the Federal Government, as exercised by Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court exceeded the ability of good men and women who make up those bodies to resist corruption. It was at that point that the Federal Government wrapped it's cold dead hands around the throat of the struggling American Tax Payer, and the deadly embrace began. As the taxpayer finds it harder and harder to keep their head above water while carrying the ever growing weight of Federal entitlements and mandates, the Federal Government tightens it's grip.
In the 2nd Amendment, we, as a people, are guaranteed the right to keep and bear arms. Before the Supreme Court of the United States is a case testing that right. The quesiton before the court is to what degree a city or state can restrict a constitutional right. An elderly man in Chicago wants to keep a pistol at home for self protection. Chicago is dangerous place. Home Invasions are not uncommon. Chicago has outlawed hand guns, rendering the elderly gentleman defenceless.
The Congress of the United States is in the midst of a battle to push through a Health Care Bill that will cost many of them thier seats. The public is profoundly against this bill, yet, through parlimentary manouvers, it will in all likelyhood pass. This bill does more than take away your ability to make decisions for your self. It takes away your independence. You will now be dependent on the state for health care, and the state will make your health care decisions.
The President of the United States, claiming to be 'saving jobs', seized control of General Motors, the Student Loan Program,and the Mortgage Industry. How does Ford Motor Company compete with 'Government Motors'. When you get to print money, give it to whom you choose, and sell and finance cars that you manufacture, how can anyone compete with that? What sort's of litmus tests will be applied to the Student Loan program? Since we are being taxed out of existance, everyone will be dependent on Student Loans for college. Dissent, anyone?
The wing nutts who feared President Bush's Patriot Act will never even recognize what President Obama, the Congress, and the Supreme Court has done. They are sheep chasing butterflys. Those of us who do see what has happened to our wonderful country have a great task before us: Elect people who will reduce the power and reach of the Federal government. The next election will be a contest between those who chose to be governed and those who yearn to be ruled.
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