Ignorance v. Oklahoma: State Sovereignty, and its Frightening Media Blackout

Fear Is Tyranny ^ | 6/18/2008 | Staff?

[ForGod'sSake]

While the article is related to the current movement within many states to reclaim their Constitutional rights, the article mostly skewers the dinomedia for a total blackout of Oklahoma's near unanimous vote(92 - 3) in the state's house to regain their sovereignty under the Constitution.

[ForGod'sSake]

Some additional insights re Oklahoma's Sovereignty Resolution. How many even on FreeRepublic are aware of this?

Pinging a few I noticed on the other threads.

[o_zarkman44]

NH did a similar resolution last week. Change is a coming.

[ForGod'sSake]

Some additional discussion on FR: State Sovereignty Movement Quietly Growing

[Osage Orange]

I would like more info on this....

TIA

[ducdriver]

Thinking of moving to OK. This might seal the deal.

[ForGod'sSake]

This guy takes the dinomedia to task for their blackout of Oklahoma’s Sovereighty Resolution. Do ya think the dinomedia is afraid the unwashed might start getting strange ideas about their sovereign citizenship???

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[ForGod'sSake]

I would like more info on this....

Good on you! I've put a couple of different keywords on the threads I've run across that might be a good place to start.

Check 10thamendment and statesrights.

[ForGod'sSake]

Thinking of moving to OK. This might seal the deal.

I've got kinfolks in Oklahoma that I visit occasionally and I'll be honest with you, it's almost as good as Texas. ;^)

[ForGod'sSake]

NH did a similar resolution last week.

They are actually one of about 20 states considering a Sovereighty Resolution. I would "Pledge my Life, my Fortune and my Sacred Honor(such as it is) to see this effort snowball into anything resembling the original intent of our Constitution.

[Osage Orange]

As good....I'd say.

And I'd be proud to help provide for you and yours....if it ever came to that.....

Best FRegards,

[bioqubit]

These events have not risen to a level or degree of crisis to “sell papers”. So the brain dead media snoozes on. The few that get it think the public won’t get it, so why bother covering it? And most of the brain dead media, at this point think it is nothing more than an “affirmation” so, to them, what’s the big deal?

this will be a sunday talk show issue soon enough.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Arizona is going down this same road. I can visualize a standoff between our states and Obama administration, their plans do not include us taking back our rights. I was thinking last night he could end up more similar to Lincoln than he expected if our more independent states start to assert ourselves.

[Arizona Carolyn]

ping

[LifeComesFirst]

Best news I’ve heard all day. I want to see more of this type of thing. I hope these resolutions pass, and I hope the states don’t wilt in the face of Federal pressure.

Lastly, the explanation for why the government continues to put forward policy that most people do not like is a pretty weak one, it’s almost in tinfoil hat territory.

The real reason is actually the subject of a school of thought in economics called Public Choice Theory. You may have heard of it, as the architects of the theory won the Nobel Prize for economics. I suggest everybody here do some reading on it. In fact, there is a chapter in New Ideas From Dead Economists (one of the books on my reading list, see profile) that covers it very well, in layman’s terms.

To sum it up REALLY quickly, the gist of the idea is that politicians, government bureaucrats and workers, far from being seen as motivated by doing what’s good or as mere agents for the (ostensibly good) policy that economists come up with, are actually as driven by self-interest as the next person, just in a different setting than the business world or the job market or whatever.

See “regulatory capture” for a good example.

[Cap74]

Let’s keep this an ongoing topic for examination and discussion.

Assuming this issue intensifies and spreads, the media and courts may finally get exposed to the average U.S. citizen. I would love to see advocacy groups like NRA, ACLJ, or even the Constitution Party begin a media and mailing blitz to simply distribute copies of the Constitution in schools and elsewhere.

Most Americans support fascism. They do so because of ignorance of the Constitution.

[ForGod'sSake]

As good....I'd say.

Heh. I'll say this much, Oklahoma got out ahead of Texas on the sovereignty matter. I am proud to be your neighbor. And likewise if ever it hits the fan. I think Oklahoma and Texas would probably stand shoulder to shoulder if it ever became necessary.

[ForGod'sSake]

These events have not risen to a level or degree of crisis to “sell papers”. So the brain dead media snoozes on. The few that get it think the public won’t get it, so why bother covering it? And most of the brain dead media, at this point think it is nothing more than an “affirmation” so, to them, what’s the big deal?

I think you give our dinomedia too much credit. There aren't many, around here anyway, that would ever accuse the MSM of "thinking". I believe they have chosen a path to work at cross purposes against the health of the Republic. They are a bunch of left wingnuts that for the most part haven't a clue, IMHO.

this will be a sunday talk show issue soon enough.

NOT soon enough. As for me, I believe we should still be hearing the echos from the screams out of state capitals from the first usurpation -- The Civil War, or earlier???