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Happy Constitution Day 2010

by Libertys Army on September 17, 2010 · 0 comments

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We the People: Honoring Constitution Day

National Center for Constitutional Studies

WAS THE CONSTITUTION DIVINELY INSPIRED?

An interesting view on the origins of the U.S. constitution.
Dangers facing America

Constitution Day and the Perilous Future

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How the Commerce Clause Made Congress All-Powerful

by Libertys Army on August 25, 2010 · 1 comment

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It is a Complete Waste of Time and It Annoys the Pig

by Doug on July 4, 2010 · 0 comments

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I am having a very difficult time understanding many of my “fellow Americans”.

I look around me and see the “American Way” quickly becoming something I am less than proud of.   I see that corruption in our federal government has risen to extreme levels that I never thought possible.

Radicals, socialists, communists, crooks, thugs and automatons pervade the highest levels of our government.

I see a huge power shift from the people to our corrupt government.

I see Black Panther bullies given a pass for outlandish intimidation of voters at a polling place.  By the way, my concern has NOTHING to do with race, it has only to do with America and our law.  I wonder how Mr. Holder would have handled guys in white sheets intimidating black voters in Mississippi?  (I would hope he would stow them under the jail as he should have done with the Panthers. Now I have insulted both the panthers and the clan.)

I see a health care law enacted that creates many more problems than it solves and a US Army unit training in Georgia to handle “domestic unrest” with in our own borders.

I see terrorists being called ill instead of hateful and Americans who cherish traditional American values being ridiculed and mocked.

I see presidential promises broken with a wink instead of an apology (and America winks back).

Speaking of apologies, I see POTUS apologizing to the world for everything that is good in America.

I see our government trashing our relationships with our closest allies and sucking up to those who hate us.

I see our economy being trashed and our children’s future being squandered.

I see what has been a worthless media, rising up and becoming a malignant force that seems to be bent on our destruction.

And our congress! when did it become the enemy of America?

I feel like Rip Van Winkle!

It seems that bad has become the new good and good has become outdated, uncool, and stupid. (Props to Isaiah the Hebrew prophet for warning us this would happen)

The point is, I see these things and think: Germany, circa 1936, Argentina, circa 1955 (or North Korea, circa today).  Whereas, millions of my fellow citizens, see a great new hero who is leading America to its glorious destiny.

And, when I try to talk to one of these citizens who refer to themselves by the euphemism “progressives”,  I begin to see how much trouble we are really in.  Trying to talk to these “progressives” about our founders and the constitution or freedom and its price, is worse than trying to talk to a fence post.  At least the fence post can generally be counted upon to be free from body odor and refrain from spitting on you or clubbing you to death with nonsensical sound bites and mantras.

It is more like trying to teach a pig to fly.  It is a complete waste of time and it annoys the pig.

In reading this, you may conclude that I hate Mr. Obama, but that is not the case.  I hate what he is doing to the America i grew up in.  The one that was created and preserved by the blood and sacrifice of my ancestors.  The one that I have served and struggled to pass on to my posterity.

But I do not hate Barack Obama.

I believe he is simply being himself and doing what he sincerely thinks is best for himself and those he cares about.  There are no surprises with Mr. Obama.  He is exactly what he seemed to be before he was elected and he is behaving exactly as he told us he would (for example: why should he prove he is ineligible for this great job when he can get a pass and keep feeding at the trough?).

When he reminded Republican law-makers that “Elections have consequences” shortly after his inauguration, he was simply setting the tone for his presidency.  He brought his friends and associates with him to Washington just as Jimmy Carter (the last president whose stupidity we almost didn’t survive) did.  It just so happens that rather than being a bunch of “crackers” (and I mean that in the kindest possible way.  Some of my best friends are from Georgia) Obama’s cronies are a bunch of thugs, crooks and radicals (ooops, now I have insulted Chicago).

I don’t hate Barak, I just want the USA to survive him and get back on track.

And I should say this:

Our country has been off track since long before Mr. Obama bounded onto our stage.  In fact, we have been the proverbial “frogs in a pot” for decades.

We have been steadily pursuing a slide down the slippery slope we started in 1962 when prayer was first banned in schools.  This slide was certainly accelerated in the decade beginning in 1965 during which we sacrificed 50,000 American lives in a futile war in Vietnam for which we had no clearly defined objective and no commitment to “win” (whatever that meant to the politicians), then again in 1973 when Roe v. Wade paved the way for the legal slaughter of over 40,000,000 unborn babies so far.

I thought the slide was over when Ronald Reagan was Elected in 1980.  Unfortunately, that merely just a pleasant delay, but it made me feel optimistic about our country again after the Carter fiasco…er… administration.

When you think about it, If the Obama regime serves as a wake up call to a sleeping American populace (who have been enjoying the warming water in the pot for at least five decades) before we actually boil to death, Mr. Obama could be the best thing that has happened to America in fifty years!

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Big, Bad BP? or Big, Bad Government?

by Doug on June 26, 2010 · 0 comments

in Barak Obama,Big Government,BP,Cowardice,Freedom,Obama Administration,Politics,Redistribution of Wealth,The Constitution,Uncategorized

Thomas Sowell, as usual, cuts through the political demagoguery and CYA positioning surrounding the Gulf oil spill. In a pair of articles published at http://www.JewishWorldReview.com entitled “Oil and Snake Oil” and “Degeneration of Democracy” he calls us back to reason and establishes the central issues for our consideration.

I, personally, find it interesting that through all the rhetoric and finger pointing (which reminds me of my second grade class when our very stern looking teacher steps back into the room after a brief absence and stands glaring with her arms crossed) no one has presented one iota of evidence that BP has done anything illegal. Until that happens, BP must be considered the unfortunate victim of a terrible accident.  (What a concept: innocent until proven guilty!) In which case they are being crucified to help compound their misfortune and provide political currency.

The big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is bad enough in itself. But politics can make anything worse.
Let’s stop and think. Either the government knows how to stop the oil spill or they don’t. If they know how to stop it, then why have they let thousands of barrels of oil per day keep gushing out, for weeks on end? All they have to do is tell BP to step aside, while the government comes in to do it right.
If they don’t know, then what is all this political grandstanding about keeping their boot on the neck of BP, the Attorney General of the United States going down to the Gulf to threaten lawsuits— on what charges was unspecified— and President Obama showing up in his shirt sleeves?
Just what is Obama going to do in his shirt sleeves, except impress the gullible? He might as well have shown up in a tuxedo with white tie, for all the difference it makes.
This government is not about governing. It is about creating an impression. That worked on the campaign trail in 2008, but it is a disaster in the White House, where rhetoric is no substitute for reality.
If the Obama administration was for real, and trying to help get the oil spill contained as soon as possible, the last thing its Attorney General would be doing is threatening a lawsuit. A lawsuit is not going to stop the oil, and creating a distraction can only make people at BP start directing their attention toward covering themselves, instead of covering the oil well.
If and when the Attorney General finds that BP did something illegal, that will be time enough to start a lawsuit. But making a public announcement at this time accomplishes absolutely nothing substantive. It is just more political grandstanding.
This is not about oil. This is about snake oil.

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Just where in the Constitution of the United States does it say that a president has the authority to extract vast sums of money from a private enterprise and distribute it as he sees fit to whomever he deems worthy of compensation? Nowhere.
And yet that is precisely what is happening with a $20 billion fund to be provided by BP to compensate people harmed by their oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Many among the public and in the media may think that the issue is simply whether BP’s oil spill has damaged many people, who ought to be compensated. But our government is supposed to be “a government of laws and not of men.” If our laws and our institutions determine that BP ought to pay $20 billion– or $50 billion or $100 billion– then so be it.
But the Constitution says that private property is not to be confiscated by the government without “due process of law.” Technically, it has not been confiscated by Barack Obama, but that is a distinction without a difference.
With vastly expanded powers of government available at the discretion of politicians and bureaucrats, private individuals and organizations can be forced into accepting the imposition of powers that were never granted to the government by the Constitution.

If you believe that the end justifies the means, then you don’t believe in Constitutional government. And, without Constitutional government, freedom cannot endure. There will always be a “crisis”– which, as the president’s chief of staff has said, cannot be allowed to “go to waste” as an opportunity to expand the government’s power.
That power will of course not be confined to BP or to the particular period of crisis that gave rise to the use of that power, much less to the particular issues.

Please enjoy both commentaries in their entirety at:

Oil and Snake Oil

and:

Degeneration of Democracy

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US On It’s Way to Becoming Third-World Country

by Libertys Army on November 25, 2009

in Big Government,Revolution 2.0,Saving Our Country,Taxes,The Constitution

Aired Live 11.24.09- (Part 3) Glenn talks with Niall Ferguson, an author and Harvard University professor, about the unsustainable system that we are in- something needs to be done or the US could end up with the fiscal policy of a third-world country.

The Destruction of Free Speech in America

by Libertys Army on October 29, 2009

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Rep. Mike Pence Defends Conservative Media On House Floor

by Libertys Army on October 22, 2009

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Congressman Mike Pence gave the following speech from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, defending conservative media outlets.

Retaking Congress 2010, Dream or Commitment?

by Doug on September 27, 2009 · 2 comments

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If conservatives are serious about retaking congress in 2010, we had better ACT quickly and effectively. This will happen only if we find a way to unite in action, and do it fast.

True, “We The People” are all stirred up, angry and frightened.  This seems to be the ideal time to make our voices heard.  However, we all seem to march to the beat of our own drum.  Our voices sound more like a cacophony of a million rusty hinged doors of junkyard cars closing independently in a random rhythm, than the precise chord of a disciplined, harmonious choir with everyone doing their part.

Too many of us are depending on a national political party to save our country in the 2010 elections.  In many cases it is the Republican party being relied upon.  This is the same party whose arrogance and lack of clear values got us into this mess in the first place. Others depend upon the Libertarian Party or the Independent Party.

I am sorry but this gives me NO comfort.  This WILL NOT get the job done!

For the most part political parties are run by political hacks with personal agendas and ulterior motives that are not necessarily in line with the needs of our country.  This is evidenced best by the Republican party’s nomination of Bob Dole in 1996 and John McCain in 2008 because “it was their turn”.  As a result of the Dole nomination we enjoyed a second four years of Bill Clinton, with the accompanying scandals, impeachment hearings and serious damage to the Office of the Presidency itself.

The McCain nomination has given us the disastrous past nine months of Barack Obama (with only 39 more to go). The GOP made the decisions to back Dole and McCain based upon some obscure political protocol that gave no thought to who could really win or who would actually be best for the country.

We cannot delegate the fate of the United States of America to any one political party.  Like it or not, the fate of our beloved country lies in the hands of “We The People”,  just as it did in the time of the American Revolution.  This is not the time for patriots to hide themselves in complacency.  Either we unite and sing together in a single harmonious chorus or our liberty perishes.  It really is as simple as that.

The 2010 elections are just over one year from now.  We should ALREADY have a united strategy!  We should already have chosen target house and senate seats where we have a realistic chance to replace treacherous, self serving incumbents with true lovers of the USA, its constitution and liberties.  We should have already vetted and chosen candidates to unite behind for each of those seats.

We must discard political boundaries, for who is elected in North Carolina is just as important to someone living  in Texas as the representative sent to Washington from the home district.

We must discard political stereotypes and political labels.  There are clear thinking, courageous patriots in the GOP, the Libertarian Party, The Independent Party and yes, in the Democratic Party as well.

We must put on hold personal political ideologies that divide us and focus on the things we all agree upon.  In some cases we will feel so strongly about these issues that it will actually be painful to set them aside, even temporarily.

We must forget about selfish territorial interests and “pork” we can argue about that later.  We must forget about political debts and focus on saving the country.  We must be willing to think outside the box and elect people who are not insiders and have no political experience.

What is critical at this point is saving the United States of America and our Constitution.  We need to focus on that issue!  I believe our agenda must be very simple:  We must re-enthrone our constitution and redefine the role and size of our federal government.  We must put that federal government firmly back in the place in which our founders created it.  It must return to the role of servant of the people and the sovereign states, NOT the master.

We are going to have to dig deep into our pockets at a time when we can ill afford it.  We must financially support candidates across the USA.

This raises some basic questions:

How do we organize? Does the organization already exist that we can fall in with and trust to put aside the politics and help us vet the candidates?  One that we can trust to use our hard earned money wisely?  One that we can trust to resist temptation for personal gain and private agendas and pursue the fully disclosed and agreed upon agenda of “We The People”?

If this organization does not currently exist how on earth do we create one quickly and soundly enough to get the job done in 2010?

If you care about this country, We would like to have your suggestions.  Tell us which existing organizations we might be able to trust to pursue our agenda of re-enthroning our constitution and redefining the role and size of the federal government.

I suspect there is no single organization that conservatives will agree can be entrusted with this mission.  If that is the case, then I suggest that the following approach be adopted:

Establish a  volunteer governing board of proven conservative patriots who have NO connection to either The Trilateral Commission, The Council on Foreign Relations or the Bilderberg Group.

I suggest that the first three board members be organized from among clear thinking and influential conservatives at least two of which are NOT Washington “insiders”;  people like Thomas Sowell and Glenn Beck.  The third member might be a proven conservative elected official such as Michele Bachmann or Jason Chaffetz. The first three members will then choose an additional four to six members, consulting with conservative organizations such as The Heritage Foundation, The Cato institute, etc.

This board of Trustees would

  • Recruit volunteer staff
  • Hire staff with specific expertise as necessary
  • Develop overall project strategy
  • Target specific house and senate seats
  • Vet candidates to back
  • Oversee the raising and allocation of campaign funds

There is not a lot of time for those of us who love the America we inherited from our founders to act to take our country back.  Please give us your feedback and suggestions.  If patriots lack the passion and commitment  to step forward and join the debate, the fight is lost already, before we begin.

A Tribute to the Constitution on Constitution Day

by Libertys Army on September 17, 2009

in Freedom,Liberty,The Constitution

Learn more about the U.S. Constitution Here:
National Center for Constitutional Studies