Posted on 03/20/2009 6:20:16 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake
It seems that most everyone focuses his or her attention on what is happening in Washington, D.C. People don't seem to get excited about politics until a national election rolls around or unless the President makes some startling announcement. Even well-meaning Christian leaders seem to spend the vast majority of their time dealing with policies that emanate from Washington, D.C. Already, I'm hearing leaders of the so-called Religious Right talk gushingly about who the next Presidential nominee of the Republican Party will be. Who cares? Do you mean to tell me that with all we have to deal with right now, we can't find anything else to talk about? How shallow — and utterly ineffective — can we be?
In the first place, Washington, D.C., is a lost cause. It really is. We have about as much chance of flying to the moon in a glider as we do of seeing any significant change in Washington, D.C. Neither the Republican nor Democrat parties at the national level offer any hope. The federal government is hell-bent on turning the United States into a socialistic global village, and the two major parties are in it up to their necks.
If the principles of freedom and independence have any chance of surviving the next few years, it will be because individual States have the courage to pick up the banner and fight. Therefore, freedom lovers need to focus their energy and attention more on State government and less on national politics.
For example, the State of Missouri is right now profiling supporters of independent Presidential candidates such as Ron Paul, Bob Barr, and myself as being potential "domestic terrorists." In addition, Missouri law enforcement personnel are being told that people who oppose things such as abortion, illegal immigration, gun control, the Federal Reserve, the North American Union, etc., are potential "terrorists."
See my original exposé on this story here:
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2009/cbarchive_20090317.html
Remember, this report is being sanctioned by Missouri Governor Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon, the Missouri Highway Patrol, and the Department of Public Safety. In other words, the State of Missouri is officially endorsing the distorted statements, repulsive innuendoes, false accusations, and unwarranted warnings contained in this report. Whether the content of the report originated with the federal Department of Homeland Security or even with a private left-wing organization such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, it is the State of Missouri that is putting boots on the ground on behalf of this ridiculous report.
That is the way it always is: no matter what happens in Washington, D.C., it is the individual State that (for the most part) is left holding the bag. Unfortunately, it seems that most State legislators and governors have forgotten that it is their responsibility to protect the liberties and freedoms of their citizens, and have been unwilling to hold the line for State sovereignty and independence. Instead, they have allowed the federal government to run roughshod over not only the U.S. Constitution, but also their own State constitutions and authority. In fact, one might be able to say that most States seem to think that Washington, D.C., is some kind of glorified Pied Piper, which they must always follow like blind sheep. This is not the kind of union our founders envisioned.
States were always viewed as being the final arbiters of their own destinies and decisions. Had America's Founding Fathers intended on Washington, D.C., being some sort of universal authority, the individual States would have all terminated when the Constitution was adopted in 1787. In other words, what Washington, D.C., thinks or wants means diddly-squat unless the State decides to go along with it.
Whether the issue is gun control, or environmental "protection," or smoke-free facilities, or land use codes, or police departments profiling potential "terrorists," or any other issue that the federal government wants to get its grubby little fingers into, it is the individual State that must choose to say either Yea or Nay.
Therefore, the time has come for us to focus on the kinds of legislators, governors, sheriffs, judges, etc., who are leading our respective States. We must focus on holding our State officials accountable to the principles of freedom and constitutional government. The battle that is taking place in Missouri right now is a classic example.
Missouri residents by the hundreds and thousands need to get involved in that battle immediately. I understand Oklahoma and New Hampshire are deciding on terrific State sovereignty bills at this very moment. Residents of the Sooner State and Granite State need to barrage their State legislators in support of these bills right now. Montana is currently deliberating a couple of great bills. One would bring back gold and silver, and one is a major gun rights bill. Residents of Big Sky Country need to step up to the plate right now and let their legislators and governor know how important it is to pass these bills. I could go on and on.
Folks, Washington, D.C., is a pigsty. There is no remedy for that place. It doesn't matter to a tinker's dam whether a Republican or Democrat is in the White House, or even which party controls Congress. If the last two Presidential administrations have not taught us that, we are brain-dead.
If there is any hope for lovers of freedom in this country, it will be found in individual States that are willing to shake off the filthy dust that has floated down from that putrid landfill on the banks of the Potomac, and stand up for freedom and independence the way Americans used to. And if the State we live in won't do it, we might want to consider moving to one that will, because if we lose our liberties, it will be our own individual State that will have run up the white flag.
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That’s the way Obama and Co. want it.
I agree and I think we’re seeing the sea-change for that right now..
Time: March 21, 2009 from 10:30am to 1pm
Location: Embassy Suites Tulsa
Organized By: Oklahoma Sovereignty
We need your support Oklahoma!
On March 21st, 2009 citizens of Oklahoma will rally in Tulsa to show support for Oklahoma's sovereignty (click here for time and locations). Oklahoma has an opportunity to be the first state to pass a Tenth Amendment Resolution, and to show the rest of the several States that we mean business.
If we do not take back our state NOW we will be forced to explain to our children and grandchildren how we sat idly by and allowed Oklahoma to slip into complete federally-created despotism.
Unprecedented history is in the making - BE A PART OF IT!
God Speed to the Republic of Oklahoma!!
BTTT
No doubt. DC is now trying to hammer what they believe will be the final nail in Capitalism and the Republic's coffin with the largest bribe cum extortion in history. May they fail miserably! VERY difficult for the States to withstand the withering fire from DC but they, and we, have GOT to find a way.
I pray to God to make it so! If it's not to be, I pray to God He give patriots the courage and strength to rout the vipers from their dens.
I’ve moved a step further. I’m a Texan and I think secession is the right call. We’ve got the resources to make it on our own and we can handle our own border problems better than D.C. can.
And while the rest of the country converts to socialized medicine, an independant Republic of Texas would take in all the doctors who don’t want to be told by the trial liars and the Obamacrats exactly how much money they can earn.
Texas’ economy would go through the roof (hey, no income tax or IRS!) and we would run economic circles around the incentiveless 49 states.
Our only problem would be trying to stem the tide of illegal aliens from Massachussetts, New York, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, etc.
You're only partially correct: please don't ignore the GOP half of the Establishment that seeks to refute the 10th Amendment whenever doing so suits their needs. The Republicans are just as guilty as the Dims for different reasons.
Indeed. Our Founders and statesmen that followed helping cement this Republic; the soldiers and sailors and the rest who died fighting against the very thing that has come into our midst deserve every ounce of energy and courage we can muster; nothing less!
God Speed to the Republic of Oklahoma!!
Amen Sister!
That's putting it mildly!
Well, Ted Nugent and Chuck Norris have both said they want to run for the office of President of Texas so maybe they'll get their chance ;^)
For my part, at least for now I'd like to encourage and support the States willing to make the effort to set the federales straight via the principles within the Constitution. Put the escaped beast back in its cage. God only knows the several States, if they were to stick together, have the retained powers of the Constitution and maybe even the numbers to make it so.
FWIW, it's been my belief since the Contract With America ran its course and Pubbies caught Potomac Fever after a few years running the show I gave up on DC myself. Putting Pubbies back in charge again will only change the beneficiaries of DC pork at taxpayer expense. DC is too far removed from and out of touch with The People, there's nothing we can do now except say a few words and throw some dirt on the place. IF we are to recover our Republic, I believe it will come via the States.
I have already nailed the RINOS.
Exactly
The Federal Govt is bankrupt. The states are going to have to take back all the land stolen from them by the fed govt. I am not sure how that will work in states like Alaska because the Feds bought AK from Russia.
Many of the states, especially Red ones, have natural resources so they do not need the federal govt.
Sadly too many people car more about inanities like the Final Four and other sports garbage.
Most the red states have natural resources and they would do well. States like TX, AK, UT and others. A new union could be made among these states and no it is not a civil war two. The Federal govt is bankrupt. Obama has bankrupted the country in the past 2 months.
Hmmmm,
very thought provoking. I think you may be right, no saving Federal Gubmnt except through an act of God. Ronaldos Magnus was the nearest thing we got and his legacy lasted through three administrations. Even RR could not dissmantal that mess. I am a former Oklahoman, and am proud of their efforts. Living in New Mexico I can tell you that the gears of progress are lubricated with Gubmnt cheese here. No saving this cesspool. But you know, as long as the States accept Federal Highway funds, Medicare funds, any kind of Federal funds they are shackled to Federal system. Thats why the States are so uniform in laws, customs etc. So, unless the States just quit taking Federal Monies we are stuck with business as usual.
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