Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:18:47 AM by ForGod'sSake
Sam Rohrer senses average Americans have grave concerns about rapid and aggressive changes coming from the federal government.
The state representative from Berks County said that, as a result of that concern, a growing number of his constituents are calling on legislators to re-examine the relationship between the state and federal governments.
Rohrer has joined politicians from nearly half of the states in the union to introduce resolutions in their various state houses reaffirming state legislatures' right to invoke the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, giving them powers not delegated to the federal government.
The resolutions would merely reaffirm what has been in the U.S. Constitution for more than 200 years. But it's a detail many people might not know, and in times like these, it is an aspect of the Constitution that Rohrer and others think is worth reinforcing.
"(Citizens) do not like what's happening and coming out of Washington, and they don't believe that what's being done is anything more than throwing fuel on the fire," Rohrer said.
Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2009 12:26:42 AM by ForGod'sSake
You may have noticed I am a big fan of rugged individualism, self-reliance, individual freedoms, liberty, self-determination and defiance — heavy on the defiance.
These uniquely American characteristics course through our veins and pulse in our genes, gifts from our amazing, defiant forefathers.
They sailed across an unknown ocean, to an unknown land, to establish a country free of kings and tyrants.
In securing our freedom, they wrote a constitution that limited the power of the federal government.
FGS you are awesome!