If you don’t think this can happen here, think again. The spending policies of this administration are unprecedented in nature. The collapse of the U.S. dollar, a reduced bond rating, or any number of other trigger events could touch off a snowball effect with hyperinflation a real possibility. While someone can bailout Greece, nobody – not even China – is big enough to bailout this | Read More »
It’s not often that I find myself admitting I’m wrong. Not because I don’t want to – I believe one must be as honest in critiquing themselves as they are others – but because I actually am rarely wrong. The reader is encouraged to read the end of the previous statement with a little tongue-in-cheek – sort of. None of this retraction is due to | Read More »
What does Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, Jim Bowie and Rick Perry have in common? Not much from where I’m sitting. A little over a month ago Brian Robert’s of the Texas Tenth Amendment Center wrote an very informative article titled The EPA Can Go To Hell and I Will Go To Texas. In it, he explains how Texas poses a political problem for the EPA | Read More »
These days we hear a great deal of talk about “taking the party back”, repeal of ObamaCare, lawsuits and other various strategies to reverse the tide of the fiscal disaster heading our way. When one considers the measure of the success of any strategy is its efficacy in getting the results you want, then any explanation describing why all of the current strategies are doomed | Read More »
In this era of bailouts, regulation, clueless leadership, and a bloated government that just kicked the march towards socialism and serfdom into high gear its time we, excuse my French, crap or get off the pot. Many consider it a sacred duty to protect their children – to create an atmosphere that nurtures them and provides the greatest opportunities for their success and happiness. We | Read More »
This comes from Bruce Bartlett’s commentary at Forbes.com and brought to my attention by the Social Security Institute. Mr. Bartlett is a former Treasury Department economist. His analysis is eye opening and educational. Most of us think we know what the social security trust fund is. Most of us are wrong (emphasis mine): This week, the federal government published two important reports on long-term budgetary | Read More »
The timing could not be better. With the arrival of Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century,Thomas E. Woods, Jr. describes what will prove to be the only way to beat back the festering blight that is Statism and put the federal government back into its proper and constitutional context as intended by our Founding Fathers. Tomorrow I will describe just why | Read More »
Yeah, I had to do a double take to when I stumbled on this one. Par for the course for the administration of the perpetual apology. From the Daily Telegraph: Barack Obama adviser says Sharia Law is misunderstood: President Barack Obama’s adviser on Muslim affairs, Dalia Mogahed, has provoked controversy by appearing on a British television show hosted by a member of an extremist group | Read More »
I usually don’t write about particular candidates in Congressional races, but this one really caught my attention, not only for the fact that New Jersey really does not need any new taxes, but also because the state itself could use a third generation small business owner who also happens to be a strict Constitutionalist and a politician who actually understands science enough to see through | Read More »
On this we should all agree: any attempt to control the political speech of bloggers or anyone else should be met with resistance so strong the irresistible force of government meets the immovable object of enraged, fed up citizens. I am talking here of the DISCLOSE act. Erick Erickson of Restate describes the proposed legislation: Democrats Want to Regulate Bloggers & Shut Us Up Just | Read More »
As I have written on the topics of non-violent passive-aggressive civil disobedience and nullification, I often find myself ridiculed by some on the right. Even given the strong history of both tactics meeting with great success on more than one occasion, there is still the detractor or two – or three, or more. Schopenhauer once said that: All truth passes through three stages. First, it | Read More »
Given the reinvigorated immigration debate, coupled with the plans to build a Mosque at ground zero in New York, there exists a need to attempt to understand the primitive thinking of the liberal mind concerning diversity and its implementation. Diversity, by the nature of its definition, does not lead to harmony in and of itself. It takes an extra ingredient to glue the pieces together. | Read More »
“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.”…Abraham Lincoln. Source: Why the Civil War Came Education is the cornerstone of any well rounded individual and in | Read More »
I am a non-violent guy unless you mess with someone I love or try to take away my right to defend myself. When it comes to restoring constitutional governance to this country, my method of choice is nullification and non-violent passive-aggressive resistance in the vein of Gandhi and Martin Luther King. Admittedly, there is probably a point where I would turn my back on these | Read More »
When the federal government violates your rights, you’re not supposed to wait four years for new politicians in the hope that they’ll fix it. You’re not supposed to wait two, or four, or more years for some black-robed judge to pronounce that they’ve violated your rights. You are supposed to resist those violations of your liberty as they happen – and it is your state’s | Read More »
Obama says Tea Partiers should be thanking him: On tax day, he show cases the tax cuts in the stimulus plan, other tax break, and refusal to raise taxes on people making less than $250,000 a year. “So I’ve been amused in recent days by these people having rallies,” he said to laughter. “I think they should be saying thank you.” Big applause, and calls | Read More »
Recently, Charles M. Blow wrote an article in the New York Times stating rather arrogantly that we can’t have our country back. Read the entire post from Right Wing News and note Mr. Blow’s sheer contempt for us. It is breathtaking and maddening at the same time. If you take high blood pressure medication, it may be a good idea to pop a pill before | Read More »
Even a site dedicated to the Tenth Amendment can get it wrong sometimes. As there are multiple authors, it probably was just missed, but an email from a friend makes a very important point. In reference to this link, he writes: This statement is simply not true — “The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution defines the total scope of federal power as being | Read More »
Brion McClanahan writes on the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution: When Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter signed HO391 into law on 17 March 2010, the “national” news media circled the wagons and began another assault on State sovereignty. The bill required the Idaho attorney general to sue the federal government over insurance mandates in the event national healthcare legislation passed. The lead AP reporter on | Read More »
Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center provides a peek at how just how ObamaCare can be stopped. Before continuing, keep this quote from Gandhi in mind: 40,000 British troops cannot force 300 million Indians to do what they will not do. Power in numbers. If Americans don’t want ObamaCare, we don’t have to accept it. We have been conditioned that we must accept it, | Read More »
Evil is not an abstract concept. It is not some ephemeral quality difficult to define or subject to the whims of relativism. It is not just an act, but the intent behind the act. It is evil to steal the fruits of labor derived from the sweat of the body or the effort of the mind and give it to another. This is not liberty; | Read More »
I’m not counting on these bozos to repeal ObamaCare, even with a 2/3 majority. It just is not going to happen and is part of the denial phase of losing our liberties to contemptuous tyrants. It will soon become apparent this approach is a non-starter. Looks good, sounds good, is inspiring to think about it, but it ain’t gonna happen, so let’s look for the | Read More »
The time to step up is now. We fight not just for our country, but for our families and for those not yet born. The information below is voluminous and it is merely a primer. Taking back our country requires understanding the power of the states in contrast to federal power. It requires we grasp the historical context of how the federal government absconded with | Read More »
Thought I would write a quick diary entry even though this is also in the comments. I know it may not meet the requirements of an entry, but this needs exposure fast if it is true: According to Fox News. He is buying the Executive Order BS. He as looking for such a deal according to Life News: http://www.lifenews.com/nat6158.html Also from the Hill is a | Read More »
From National Review, here is the rules ruling for tomorrow: The rule sets up the following votes for tomorrow: The first will be on the rule itself; the second the infamous Senate-passed health-care bill, which still includes the Cornhusker Kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, the Gator Aid, and the Cadillac Tax; the third on a motion to recommit on the “sidecar” reconciliation package; and the fourth | Read More »
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