Comments on: They Don’t Want Us Doing This. We’re Doing It Anyway

By: Militant Libertarian » They Donâ€™t Want Us Doing This. Weâ€™re Doing It Anyway

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:50:02 +0000

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By: Mike in MI

Mike in MI — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:40:16 +0000

Theoretically, Ron Paul could win as a write in candidate, but he would have to be registered as a write -in candidate in each state for the votes to count. Otherwise, your vote is not counted, but not necessarily "wasted". I had the same problem with McCain after he "suspended his campaign" to go back to Washington DC and voted "yes" on the first bailout, not having been aware of his true colors prior to that. The Republicans, like the Democrats, have done this country no favors, but the Republicans give lip service to freedom and are therefor far more dangerous. Thus we owe them nothing, but by way of a preemptive strike, we should make the Republicans aware that if they give us another moronic windbag who does not support nor even understand the Constitution like, God forbid, Romney or Bachman (a former IRS tax lawyer!!!), we will not only vote them down, but do everything in our power to destroy the party.

In 2008 Ron Paul made Romney look like a monkey in a suit, in terms of Constitutional understanding.

By: Mike in MI

Mike in MI — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:55:20 +0000

Why stop at nullifying only Obamacare, the Patriot Act and TSA? Can we nullify all the "budget deficits" that have added up to our $15trilliion national debt? That would be an "ex post facto" nullification? If we cannot retroactively nullify, perhaps we can nullify the current deficit each year, annually. It seems that the congress running annual budget deficits should, or ought to, meet the Jeffersonian criteria for 10th Amendment nullification; they are deliberate, palpable and dangerous to the Republic; deficits are clearly an evil that needs arresting. There is no other way to stop this insanity.

By: West Texan

West Texan — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:53:34 +0000

The reason you have a tenth amendment is because of the U.S. Constitution. Our country ended its confederation hundreds of years ago. So I'll have to disagree with your view. I tend to see the tenth in terms of Madison's federalist commentary # 45. He added the tenth to satisfy concerns that the constitution alone didn't protect the domestic sovereignty of states. The preceding nine amendments do protect personal liberties, such as the recent McDonald verses Chicago case. And being from the south, I can assure you that civil rights were trampled on by state governments. For these reasons alone, I'm glad the U.S. Bill of Rights supersedes state law. Unlike the commonwealth of Kentucky, Texas was its own republic agreeing to join the union primarily because Mexico continued to be a military threat, which drained Texas' resources. In retrospect, Sam Houston should have put differences aside and allied with either France or England. Had he known the power grabbing nature of 20th and 21st century social progressives, he might have.

By: KY Tenther

KY Tenther — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:35:46 +0000

Your post, and the replies below, kind of demonstrate a misunderstanding of the Tenth Amendment and Nullification. The Founders never intended us to place our HOPE and reliance upon the federal government to secure our Freedoms and Liberties, this is what the state level governments are intended to do (in fact, were doing throughout the Revolutionary War and before there ever was an US Constitution). So the point is NOT that we need to be looking for a "savior" for President. They don' t have the authority, or the ability that our State governments have to preserve our Liberty. The BEST we can hope for on the federal level is to get gridlock and stagnation in legislative outrages, to give the states more time to educate their People about Nullification, so the true heavy lifting of Freedom preservation can be accomplished. Ron Paul, or any other individual, can not 'save' this country, only the People can, using the Constitutional tools our Founders gave us (the President is not one of them, but Nullification is). When the states are properly utilizing the nullification tool, then it will matter not who is in the White House.

By: West Texan

West Texan — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:30:37 +0000

Please Kenneth, give me a break. I get enough of your vent from big government social progressives, who also demand instant ideological gratification. Such is the fast food, text messaging, urbanized age. As I stated earlier, constructionist need to join forces during the general election. Doing this is not being "LAZY" nor giving up principle. It's being "SMART" and working with what's available. Call it business 101.

As a military veteran, my personal oath to defend the U.S. Constitution focused primarily on the Bill of Rights. Minus these original ten amendments, the constitution is but a pile of rubble.

By: Joe Coffey

Joe Coffey — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:36:39 +0000

We have had some great presidential candidates in the past few elections but they have not had a chance because there are too many of the uninformed voters who think that they have to vote for the lesser of 2 evils. If you are willing to give up your principles to vote for a candidate just so you prevent the other candidate from winning, then you had no real principles to begin with, you only have preferences. So many people say that a third party cannot win even though they have the best candidate and then they participate in defeating them. Sounds like an attempt at showing how intelligent they are by completing their self-fulling prophecy.

By: JIM

JIM — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:21:20 +0000

Dan
you might as well just check off ocommie on your ballot and get it over with a vote for anyone but the person nominated is a vote for ocommie and we have to start somewhere go out and campaign for Ron Paul but if he don't make the cut why wast a vote and help these communist Democrats to another 4 years of destroying our country , I know its not all the communist democrats who have caused this but they are the most un American bunch of bastards to run this country in its history…………..ABO

By: Oldtimeyman

Oldtimeyman — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:17:03 +0000

Right on Bayou Castine. I'm also from Louisiana and totally agree with the hidden and long neglected power of the county.

Read my blog post here: http://itistreason.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/can-s…

Sheriffs in partnership with the 10th Amendment can save America!!

By: Oldtimeyman

Oldtimeyman — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:17:03 +0000

Right on Bayou Castine. I'm also from Louisiana and totally agree with the hidden and long neglected power of the county.

Read my blog post here: http://itistreason.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/can-s…

Sheriffs in partnership with the 10th Amendment can save America!!