[atc23]

Great post and kind of goes further into detail what Dr. Williams talked about last week. What would be easier than secesssion or armed struggle is a massive Tax Revolt to get the FedGov's attention. Limited boycotts of anything Fed related (Parks, Museums, GM/NASCAR, etc)Protests at the conventions - Marches on Washington.

It figures that since the FedGov is so pervasive and illegitimately woven into the fabric of the citizenry, the opportunities for staging boycotts, protests and revolts should only be limited by the imagination.

[dps.inspect]

Republicans have been warning the conservative voter to not leave the reservation (set aside for conservatives by the republican party) because they warn us, there is no way to win an election if we do... I say it is more than high time to split from this fable and build anew, a feisty political power willing to go to hell and back to beat back the powers of political tyranny of both Democrat and Republican alike. This time, I am voting a Republican ticket, next time it’ll be a Tea Party ticket.

[matthew fuller]

I saw a book report on CSPAN2 last night about “The New Leviathan” by David Horowitz. Looks like an excellent book-

http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Leviathan-Left-Wing-Money-Machine/dp/0307716457/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2L73WOYWJXBEJ&colid=1VNNU1JVFSKD4.

I even made it my tagline.

[NTHockey]

The Constitution is largely a negative document, telling the federal government what it cannot do. That is reserved to We the people or to those we designate in state governments. The 9th and 10th Amendments specifically deny the federal government rights we have allowed them to usurp.

While there is no mention of nullification (or secession for that matter), taking the Constitution in its entirety, indicates that nullification (or secession) is not an enumerated right nor is it prohibited to the states.

[Repeal The 17th]

“...slow death of federalism is nearly complete...”
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I’ve always had issues with the words “federalist” and “statist”.
the definitions just seem bass-ackwards in my mind, but hey, that’s just me.
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My analogy to the states delegating power to the federal government:

Let’s play a game...you can tie me up and spank me.
But don’t tie the ropes too tight; and don’t spank me too hard!

But then later, when I asked you to stop, you did not.
And when I tried to run away, you caught me and beat me and dragged me back.

Now the ropes just keep get tighter and tighter; and I cannot escape.
Now the spanking gets harder and harder and you refuse to stop.

Again and again, I have asked you to stop, but you won’t stop.
So what am I to do?

The federal government will never untie the states
and the federal government will never stop beating them.
After all, the states gave the federal government their permission.

[the invisib1e hand]

Tentative bump.