Posted on 07/05/2009 4:36:29 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
Yeah well, you gotta consider the States are still figuring out how to get their sea legs. They have allowed themselves to become serfs and have been acting as gophers of the feral government for so long, maybe a little tentativeness can be forgiven? They certainly don't ACT like the future of our nation might depend on their actions over the next few years.
I agree with YOU! Let’s pray they (all states) get it right before too much time passes. They (...and ‘we’) may not get another chance.
Follow the money!
What cap and trade is all about....
http://www.rollye.net/BlogArchivesCapTrade709.html
Sandor: I think this will unambiguously be the largest non-financial commodity in the world. If you consider worldwide emissions, the Europeans are 2 billion (tons), the proposed Waxman-Markey bill will be 3 times Europe at 6 billion tons of coverage. Canada, Australia, ultimately China and India, were talking about a worldwide crop of call it 30-35 billion tons, at $20 a ton, which would make it $700 billion, and commodities markets trade 10 to 20 times the crop, so I believe its a market that would be $10 Trillion a year.
Definite possibility. We hear and read so much these days about "tipping points" and I suspect we may be very close to reaching one, if not THE one. May God hold the tyrants at bay long enough for The People get ahold of themselves. ;^)
I cannot concede the point because it is incorrect. There have been a number of cases on County supremacy (such as Boundary County) that refute your notion that local government has the most power because it is closest to the People. Wouldn’t that be great! Unfortunately, that is not how the system was designed. You can’t fight smart if you fight on the basis of how you think things should be, rather than how they actually are.
This is how power flows: In the United States, the People delegated power or authority to govern through their written constitutions. A portion of power was given (delegated) to the federal government, and a portion to the State government.
The People also retained power to individually self-govern the exercise of various God-given natural rights such as freedom of speech. They did not delegate the power to govern these rights to either the federal or State governments.
The federal government is separated into three branches: the legislative, executive and judicial. The legislature was given the power to make laws in the specific areas enumerated by the Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. (Congress has pushed pass these enumerated limits through judicial interpretations of the necessary and proper clause, the Commerce Clause, the supremacy of treaties and the power to tax and spend.)
The federal legislature also created the many federal agencies. Historically, Congress would pass an Act or law and the agencies would make implementing regulations consistent with that law. In the 20th century, Congress began to give the unelected agencies the power to actually legislate through regulation. Also, the Executive or President, who is supposed oversee the implementation of the laws made by Congress, began to establish his own policy through the issuance of Executive Orders. More recently, the President has created and appointed unelected Czars to ensure his policy is implemented administratively.
It is important to remember that a federal agency enforces its regulations on the individual directly and not through the State. (The federal government cannot dictate that a State implement a program, but can condition receipt of federal funds on the passage of some program on the State level.) A similar, but separate governing system exists on the State level. State legislature- created agencies, boards and commissions also regulate individual action directly. These agencies often try to get Counties to assume implementation of a State regulatory program, such as the endangered species act, or they try and get Counties to pass local ordinances to implement State policy. The Counties can refuse to do so.
The California constitution Article 11, Section 1 says that the State is divided into counties which are legal subdivisions of the State. There is also a procedure for establishing local government under a corporate charter. However, our local county is not a chartered County.
The California constitution declares the powers of County government under Section 7 as follows: A county or city may make and enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general [State] laws. In addition, the legislature has delegated other authorities to the County such as Zoning and land use planning (General Plan.).
Our government is not hierarchical, but is supposed to be a dual and composite system of government where power has been intentionally fractured and separated to protect and maximize the liberty or freedom of the individual. The exception is that when two governments overlap in jurisdiction and pass laws that conflict. In such a case, the federal law pre-empts or supersedes the State law. Where a General Law County such as ours is involved, both State and federal law pre-empts local ordinances where they are in conflict.
Many local people are frustrated that County government doesnt intercede to protect and block the individual from State or federal regulatory agencies. As these agencies have been given authority by the legislature to directly regulate the individual and their regulations supersede local ordinances, the Countys power is limited.
Our county has researched legislation and has found many federal and State laws/regulations that direct agencies to coordinate or cooperate with local government. They are to take into consideration local plans and County input so far as these are not in conflict with their guiding laws. In incidences where these laws apply, our county is actively asserting its role in accordance with these clauses. However, it should be remembered that coordination is not a veto on federal or State agency action. (Several northern CA counties have resolutions laying out these empowering clauses.) http://www.stewards.us/strategies/frameset_strategies.htm)
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