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To: xzins; Alamo-Girl; marron; hosepipe; TXnMA; metmom
I estimated the cost to be about 400 million a year....based on operational and pay/benefits costs of a force that large. That is a huge expense for any state, and Texas is no exception.

Indeed, dear brother in Christ. I am sure the president is well aware of that fact.

Trying to gain some perspective on this situation, would it be admissible for me to record the following observations?:

(1) We are told to regard the president as a former professor of constitutional law; meaning, he is some kind of "expert" on the American Constitution — which he swore in his Presidential Oath of Office to protect, uphold, and defend against all enemies foreign and domestic.

(2) We had to wait for Obama himself to tell us that he personally regards the U.S. Constitution as a flawed document, in that it is only a charter of "negative liberties." Translating this rather Orwellian language, this means: The very foundation of American law, the Constitution, is "flawed" because it is a document that tells government what it can't do.

Well jeepers, Mr. President. The entire point of the American Revolution was that government — the State of whatever form — had limits that it could not transgress because to do so would infringe on the natural — that is to say, unalienable — rights of American citizens.

(3) The final target of the devil is always the destruction of the individual human soul. In this eternal battle, the soul's God-endowed inalienable rights are its greatest protector. But after that, protection comes from other structures in society; e.g., the family, local communities of faith and cooperation, the sovereign state of which one is a resident/citizen.

When We the People ordained and established the United States of America, for the benefit of ourselves and our posterity, we conceded very few of our natural rights to the discretion/execution of the federal government. Indeed, "We" retained almost all personal rights unto ourselves. (See: the Ninth Amendment.)

For further protection against the effects of Leviathan, the sovereign states themselves serve as mediating buffers between the individual and naked federal power. (See the Tenth Amendment.)

So, if the several sovereign states should trash themselves via bad policy, this just plays into Obama's hands. The feds, you see, would just have to rush in to "fix" the "problem."

And thereby make it ever so much worse....

"The Other Side" is playing a very deep game here. And they have a very long time frame....

Kinda reminds me of "someone"....

Thanks so much for writing, dear brother in Christ!

145 posted on 07/11/2014 1:25:15 PM PDT by betty boop (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. —Thomas Jefferson)
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To: betty boop
he is some kind of "expert" on the American Constitution

And he uses what knowledge he has to undermine the Consitution. This Constitution truly is designed for a moral people, so an immoral nation and a lawless president are a toxic combination when couple with knowledge of how slowly our system works.

It was thought by the Founders that the House of Representatives would be a check on the power of an executive. They have the power of the purse, and if properly applied they can have the final word on anything. But, the House hasn't really exercised its power since Gingrich's Contract with America. Clinton won initially, as the Founders predicted, but a recalcitrant House eventually led him to do as the House wished.

Into this vacuum steps Barack Obama. A spineless House, an insufferable Senate, and a Court that takes years to rule. (We must note that the media is complicit, covering his actions with nary a protest.) He KNOWS that he knows that anything he does will not be challenged before it is either removed from the consciousness of the people by the 'media cycle', removed from concern because of the inability of a cowardly House to act, or removed from resolution by a system that grinds so slowly that he'll be gone before some of his lawlessness is considered by the courts.

So, a lawless, unethical man has ascended to the presidency. This is a man who has knowledge of our Constitution and how to take advantage of the delays that are inevitable in a system like ours, has no qualms about doing so, and is well aware that there is only one Constitutional provision that allows a Chief Executive to be called to account....impeachment, trial, and removal...which will not happen in his case.

146 posted on 07/11/2014 3:58:01 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: betty boop
When We the People ordained and established the United States of America, for the benefit of ourselves and our posterity, we conceded very few of our natural rights to the discretion/execution of the federal government. Indeed, "We" retained almost all personal rights unto ourselves. (See: the Ninth Amendment.)

So very true, dearest sister in Christ! Thank you for sharing your insights!
147 posted on 07/11/2014 6:27:22 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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