Posted on 03/21/2002 8:14:17 AM PST by Sir Gawain
The time has passed for allowing the desecration of the U.S. Constitution to continue. There are traitors among us. There are politicians right now who would make themselves kings if there were means to do it, and their attack on the spirit of our country is no longer cloaked in secrecy. Now is not the time to say, "How did we get here?" Now is the time to say, "How do we get back to where we should be?" Make no mistake—we as Americans are to blame for repeatedly voting these traitors into office—and now it is our duty to fix what we screwed up.
I will vote for politicians with which I do not agree one hundred percent, however, I will NOT vote for any politician that is diametrically opposed to any principle of the Founding Fathers. What would George Washington or Thomas Jefferson think of the attacks on the Second Amendment, and now the attack on the First with this so-called "campaign finance reform"? What would the Founders think of Americans that continuously voted these traitors into office? Who would have dared approach President Washington with a bill attempting to regulate firearms or speech, or any other God-given freedom?
Here is the list of treasonous bastards that voted for CFR:
From the Senate:
| YEAs --- 60 | ||
| Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carnahan (D-MO) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Cleland (D-GA) Clinton (D-NY) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Corzine (D-NJ) Daschle (D-SD) Dayton (D-MN) Dodd (D-CT) |
Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Edwards (D-NC) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Fitzgerald (R-IL) Graham (D-FL) Harkin (D-IA) Hollings (D-SC) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) |
Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) Mikulski (D-MD) Miller (D-GA) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Thompson (R-TN) Torricelli (D-NJ) Warner (R-VA) Wellstone (D-MN) Wyden (D-OR) |
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From the House:
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--- AYES 240 --- |
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| Abercrombie | Green (TX) | Napolitano |
| Ackerman | Greenwood | Neal |
| Allen | Grucci | Oberstar |
| Andrews | Gutierrez | Obey |
| Baca | Hall (OH) | Olver |
| Baird | Harman | Ortiz |
| Baldacci | Hastings (FL) | Osborne |
| Baldwin | Hill | Ose |
| Barrett | Hinchey | Owens |
| Bass | Hinojosa | Pallone |
| Becerra | Hoeffel | Pascrell |
| Bentsen | Holden | Pastor |
| Bereuter | Holt | Payne |
| Berkley | Honda | Pelosi |
| Berman | Hooley | Petri |
| Berry | Horn | Phelps |
| Bishop | Houghton | Platts |
| Blagojevich | Hoyer | Pomeroy |
| Blumenauer | Inslee | Price (NC) |
| Boehlert | Israel | Quinn |
| Bonior | Jackson (IL) | Ramstad |
| Bono | Jackson-Lee (TX) | Rangel |
| Borski | Jefferson | Reyes |
| Boswell | John | Rivers |
| Boyd | Johnson (CT) | Rodriguez |
| Brady (PA) | Johnson (IL) | Roemer |
| Brown (FL) | Johnson, E. B. | Ros-Lehtinen |
| Brown (OH) | Jones (OH) | Ross |
| Capito | Kanjorski | Rothman |
| Capps | Kaptur | Roybal-Allard |
| Capuano | Kennedy (RI) | Rush |
| Cardin | Kildee | Sabo |
| Carson (IN) | Kilpatrick | Sanchez |
| Carson (OK) | Kind (WI) | Sanders |
| Castle | Kirk | Sandlin |
| Clay | Kleczka | Sawyer |
| Clayton | Kucinich | Schakowsky |
| Clement | LaFalce | Schiff |
| Clyburn | Lampson | Serrano |
| Condit | Langevin | Shays |
| Conyers | Lantos | Sherman |
| Costello | Larsen (WA) | Simmons |
| Coyne | Larson (CT) | Skelton |
| Cramer | LaTourette | Slaughter |
| Crowley | Leach | Smith (MI) |
| Cummings | Lee | Smith (WA) |
| Davis (CA) | Levin | Snyder |
| Davis (FL) | Lewis (GA) | Solis |
| Davis (IL) | LoBiondo | Spratt |
| DeFazio | Lofgren | Stark |
| DeGette | Lowey | Stenholm |
| Delahunt | Lucas (KY) | Strickland |
| DeLauro | Luther | Stupak |
| Deutsch | Lynch | Tanner |
| Dicks | Maloney (CT) | Tauscher |
| Dingell | Maloney (NY) | Taylor (MS) |
| Doggett | Markey | Thompson (CA) |
| Dooley | Mascara | Thune |
| Doyle | Matheson | Thurman |
| Edwards | Matsui | Tierney |
| Engel | McCarthy (MO) | Towns |
| Eshoo | McCarthy (NY) | Turner |
| Etheridge | McCollum | Udall (CO) |
| Evans | McDermott | Udall (NM) |
| Farr | McGovern | Upton |
| Fattah | McHugh | Velazquez |
| Ferguson | McIntyre | Visclosky |
| Filner | McKinney | Walsh |
| Foley | McNulty | Wamp |
| Ford | Meehan | Waters |
| Frank | Meek (FL) | Watson (CA) |
| Frelinghuysen | Meeks (NY) | Watt (NC) |
| Frost | Menendez | Waxman |
| Ganske | Millender-McDonald | Weiner |
| Gephardt | Miller, George | Weldon (PA) |
| Gilchrest | Mink | Wexler |
| Gilman | Moore | Wolf |
| Gonzalez | Moran (VA) | Woolsey |
| Gordon | Morella | Wu |
| Graham | Nadler | Wynn |
And finally, if it is signed:
President George W. Bush
Article VI of the U.S Constitution states:
All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
Anyone that supports or signs unconstitutional legislation is pissing on the graves of the Founding Fathers.
Anyone that supports or signs unconstitutional legislation is pissing on the graves of the Revolutionary War veterans that fought and died for the dream that is embodied in the Constitution.
Anyone that supports or signs unconstitutional legislation is a traitor, and should be dealt with as such.
Thomas Jefferson:
"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground; That `all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specifically drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition." Thomas Jefferson: Opinion, February 15, 1791
"On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed." letter to William Johnson, June 12, 1823, The Complete Jefferson, p 322
George Washington, The Man Who Could Have Been King
This businessman was concerned that Nixon had been SAYING that he was cooling to the idea of an opening to Red China to quell the uprising within the then very much more America-First rank and file Republican Party.
As reported years later, Nixon told the businessman
“DON’T LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY: WATCH WHAT WE DO!"
AS YOU READ THIS, IT APPEARS THAT BUSH, DASCHLE AND OTHERS ARE WELL DOWN THE ROAD TO USING THIS PAGE FROM THE NIXON PLAYBOOK!
IT APPEARS THAT DUBYA -- LIKE NIXON (and numerous others) BEFORE HIM --IS NOW “DOING” US (IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE).
Look, America – the IDEA not the PLACE – can only continue to exist if we heed the advice of the founding fathers (paraphrased here in the current vernacular for residents of Rio Linda), to wit:
“The Founding Fathers have determined that failure to WATCH politicians – ALL POLITICIANS (even those you may worship!) – is dangerous to the security of this nation and to the freedoms we paid such a heavy price to TRY to leave you and your children.”
“Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is FORCE. And, like fire, it is a DANGEROUS SERVANT AND A FEARSOME MASTER.”
That from that notorious tinfoil hat wearing, radical wing-nut, George Washington.
Every American child from the age of 5 should be required to recite this truth before bedtime every night, and its recitation should accompany every public Pledge of Allegiance.
I agree with that.
The problem in a nutshell, 95% of what they do is unconstitutional.
Is that all? :-D
I believe that would be defined as an "oligarchy".
As the founding dads intended:
It is the responsibility of all branches to determine the Constitutionality of their actions. The other branches are there to "check" on the other's determination of Constitutionality.
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