Uncelebrating the 4th
Unfortunately, July 4th has become a day of deceit – the America that’s celebrated no longer exists.
Promoting Freedom and Green Energy Together?
“The purpose of government is for those who run it to plunder those who do not.”
Prevailing is Perseverance
To turn things around, it will take a consistent group of like minded people in support of the original intent of the constitution and an unwavering opposition to unconstitutional mandates and laws.
Due Process in Jeopardy
With its recent ruling in US v Comstock, the Supreme Court shows us that it takes liberty lightly
Liberty is not Just About Economics
If we tell people that freedom means the government staying out of the economy, they rightly think that the government should also stay out of their homes, personal lives, and bedrooms.
Civil Liberties in Obama’s America
When a left-liberal friend expresses disappointment with Obama’s war on the Bill of Rights, just note that it was inevitable. This is a party that is hostile to private property, the anchor of all individual liberties and rights, and enamored of the managerial central state, the greatest modern enemy of all liberties.
Love of Liberty vs Love of Government
Today’s brand of patriotism (at least as expressed by many) is totally foreign to the fundamental principles of liberty upon which America was built. Its focus is government, not liberty.
National ID: The Time to Resist is Now
What we used to call science fiction is now reality. And whether a national ID card is the mark of the Beast or the long arm of Big Brother, the outcome remains the same.
Is Nullification American?
nullification by the states banding together to stand up to Washington D.C. is the only way to restore our great republic. So I ask you this question, is there anything more American than nullification?
Freedom from the Income Tax
For over a century, the U.S. government survived quite well without an income tax. It operated a small, constitutional government on the revenue from tariffs and excise taxes. Can we ever return?
Health Care, Virtue, Liberty and Independence
“…If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security…” –Samuel Adams
The American Pipe Dream
Turn your attention to your state house and demand your legislators draft nullification legislation, and begin the winning process of ignoring the federal government. It’s time the States entered the room.
Freedom in One Word
Now that Heath Care legislation has passed, the obvious question for opponents is this: Now What? My answer is best summed up with just one word
The Individual and the Tenth
Most discussions of the Tenth Amendment center around using the state legislature to enforce it when the Supreme Court fails to do so. In that situation, the state legislature declares a law null and void within the state’s borders. In this posting, we’ll focus on another historic enforcement mechanism.
What Happened to the Land of the Free?
America once was unique in all the history of the world. Its essence was having an abundance of something rarely found in other countries: freedom from government.
It’s Up to the States and the People!
It is up to the States and the People to start correcting both parties’ abuses in order to reestablish the freedom that should be our childrens’ heritage.Â
It’s not About Political Parties. It’s About Liberty
Thomas Jefferson: “the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Governmentâ€
What is a Right?
Andrew Napolitano: “Charity comes from your own heart, not from the government spending your money. When we pay our taxes to the government and it gives that money away, that’s not charity, that’s welfare.”
Violating your Rights, Then and Now
Thomas Paine: “He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.”
Combating Terrorism: The Lessons of 1798
James Madison once observed that “it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.â€
Glenn Beck, States’ Rights, and the Myth of the Libertarian Dictator
The entire point of freedom is to protect the right of someone else to do something you think is stupid, or even wrong. Otherwise, when the winds of popular opinion shift, who will protect your right to do the same?
A Rudderless Ship Of State
Sunday-by-Sunday, pastors prostitute themselves to wealthy contributors, community leaders, or politicians. Day-by-day, unscrupulous bankers and businessmen give the shaft to honest, hardworking Americans. And almost hour-by-hour, politicians sell their souls to the highest bidder–even if that bidder represents values and principles that would destroy freedom and liberty in our land.
The Drug War vs the Bill of Rights
In America, our liberties our ostensibly protected by the U.S. Constitution and particularly the Bill of Rights. How much has the drug war compromised our Constitutional rights? Let us consider a countdown, starting with the Tenth Amendment and moving to First.
The American Dream: Why the Tyrants Can Never Win
Our Founders had a profound understanding of human nature and of the burning desire for freedom that is planted in the very essence of who we are as human beings. This is why the Constitution was written so as to allow that yearning for freedom to flourish and grow.
