[DiogenesLamp]

I started on my conservative journey concerned with excesses of the Federal Judiciary. I objected to abortion being legalized through a ridiculous argument, I objected to them removing God from schools and public places, and I objected to the constant efforts to push homosexuality into the culture. I objected to many and various things, and I started to notice most of the Federal Court excesses always seemed to emanate from the 14th amendment.

Surely the framers of the 14th never intended it to justify Abortion, or Homosexuality, or a ban on God in public places, or any of the myriad things for which it has been twisted to legalize.

I never thought much about the Civil War in those days, but I started to notice a pattern that much of what is wrong with our Federal structure today kept tracing back to that era.

Since then i've found quite a lot of information to lead me to believe the existing Federal Deep State/Corruptocracy/influence peddling/"establishment", began around the Civil War era.

The money/power cabal the Confederates were fighting are still in control, and they are the enemy that all conservatives are facing when it comes to reigning in the power and influence of Washington DC and it's behind the scenes "Aristocracy."

[the OlLine Rebel]

Well said.

Of course, personally I think much of the rottenness we have falls back to the fed income tax, and also to the Senate-by-people amendments. Gee, isn’t it interesting they’re all from the same time period? When we could no longer tell who conservatives were or liberals just by their labels? This is the Progressive period I fault with changing the nature of Democrat and Republican.

[Pelham]

You might find this exchange of letters interesting, between Lord Acton and Lee:

Acton and Lee: A Conversation on Liberty