Posted on 07/06/2009 10:48:04 AM PDT by Victory111
Drastic situations demand drastic measures. Democratic Socialists running Washington DC have the American people on their heels as they launch a continuous barrage of attacks on all fundamental American principles, values and rights. Their strategy of attacking on every front all at once makes it impossible for the average American to keep up, much less defend against the daily attacks on an issue by issue basis.
Democratic Socialists are working at a fever pace to dismantle the United States of America before the people can mount a viable defense, and they are taking no prisoners. They are well organized and well funded and American patriots will not stop them one bill at a time.
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Juan Williams?
He is correct, the solution is de-centralize the Federal Government.
(1) At state level reaffirm the 10 th Amendment and state that we mean it. Washington only has those powers expressly given them by the Constitution. All else belong to the States and the People.
(2) Downsize the Federal government. It has been the “solution” for business why not government.
(3) The constitution does not state the length of time they are to be in session. It states:
“The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.”
Nothing in this wording suggests how long they are to be in session or how much of the year they be assembled.
They vote electronically now, why not do it remotely. Have them tele commute and live in their district under the thumb or those they were elected to serve.
Can you imagine how this would reduce the cost of operating the federal government.
This would be a great start at fixing the problem.
Holy smokes! It’s time to act and this may be the way we can free ourselves from this monster of a Fed Gov. Thanks for the article, forwarded it to like minded patriots.
A lot of these problems would be solved if we simply followed the Constitution as its written, and not as some demigod in black robes decrees.
Half measures.
Break the Empire into a dozen or so sovereign states. It’s the only way to kill the beast.
I saw him sub for O’Reilly last week and Juan seemed quite conservative (railing against socialism and Obama Admin)..I was stunned, but I guess his time at Fox News has really educated him on the truth of the socialist dems; I hope!!
Sorry, my last post was before I followed the link (while true), the author of this article is not Juan Williams of FoxNews. Sorry!
The United States of America is not a monster. Only the out of control and beyond the limit of the Constitution, is.
Don’t destroy the United States. Just put the guilty party out of business.
Not Juan... JB
The United States was destroyed in 1865. Our refusal to recognize this is at the root of the suffering.
Too late. Its been too late for this, probably since 1865, and definitely since 1940 (beginning of FDR’s third term).
A lot happened in 1865, care to be more specific?
On the basis of the facts at hand, I am forced to disagree.
First, quitting and giving up has never proven to be an effective means of winning anything. Can you even imagine our Founding Father’s making the statement you just did, back when things were much more difficult than today? Thank God they didn’t share your willingness to quit.
The facts are quite simple here. Marxism, socialism, communism, fascism, totalitarianism, all of them are dependent upon the central power to confiscate private wealth.
In the US, only the 16th Amendment gives the Fed the power to tax the people and the states into bankruptcy in order to fund an anti-American agenda. Eliminate the 16th and you have cut off 97% of federal funding.
At that point, it doesn’t matter what their agenda might be, they can’t fund it. It’s never to late to bankrupt an evil entity, unless we wait for them to bankrupt us first.
Instead of claiming that nothing will work, find something that will work and do it!
Wishful thinking. You’re talking about a government actually devolving power away from itself. Won’t happen without bloodshed. EVER.
As for the bloodshed option, keep in mind that that, these days, even local police departments have APCs. Thrown in the Guard or regulars, we’re talking tanks and helicopter gunships. All those restrictive ROEs that our troops have to fight under in Iraq and Ashcanistan would be right out the window, too. Governments get testy when someone dares to challenge their power.
Your also forgetting all the people dependent on the Federales. How many do you think would give up their check from the government? Talk about Civil Unrest.
Actually, I am more inclined to believe that the 17th Amendment is the one to be repealed - placing the Senators under the thumb of the State Governments.
And after repealing the 17th, the 16th might be easier.
Repeal both, any order you like, just get both.
The current state of affairs and disregard for the Constitution is a product of both Republicans and Democrats. Over the last 60 years Republican Presidents have appointed some of the most loony judges to the SCOTUS who have ignored federalism and the 10th amendment. Not to mention the growth of the federal government under Republican administrations. Bush was one of the worst offenders...creating a new federal agency, enlarging the Dept of Education and the whole prescription drug benefit to name a few.
Not true... Why are more than 40 states reclaiming state sovereignty and rights in a very sure and public way, specifically reminding the Fed that it serves at the pleasure of the states and the people?
All the same government? Hardly! The Fed is the problem. They broke their contract with the states.
The states tolerate the Fed only because the Fed has control of the money. If the states had control of the money, they would have no tolerance for the Fed.
The states not dependent upon the Fed are already intolerant. Put at least 40 in the same position.
But the good news is, the minute DC is convinced that the states are making such a move, the move back towards a constitutional Fed begins.
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