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Who Knew, Recipients of Stolen Gifts

29 Saturday Dec 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Education, Life

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charity, coercion, dependence, dignity, govt, ignorance, redistribution, theft

If every American knew the SOURCE of government stuff, we’d be well on our way, ’cause THEN we could separate the ignorant from the thieves.

Some will say “What can I do to be free?”, some “I am afraid”, others “I’ll take it nonetheless”. Two of these, our countrymen, we can help.

So, the source of all that “free” stuff, is the people, by their hands and minds. Govt TAKES before it gives, it borrows (future TAKES) before it gives, or govt prints money (TAKING from its value) before it gives. From ALL who earn and own, from ALL who did and will, earn and own, it is taken, with nary a thanks.

What’s worse is that this “provider” government of ours is so thoroughly entrenched in the lives of the people, that when they learn that the programs on which they rely and take for granted are actually funded out of the pockets of their neighbors and family, the people are fearful of honorably weaning themselves and finding the dignity of their liberty. But this, is how the govt wants it to be. It is the politicians job security, and his infinite station among the elite, when he is wholly depended upon for all that which he has no claim.

Would you dare ask your neighbor for what you demand from government?
…by the way… Would you approach anyone you know and say, “You have too much, so GIVE ME some!” or “I am entitled to your food” or “Pay my doctor bill!” or “I don’t care if you can afford to send your kid to school or not. PROVIDE for MY school!”

Retribution is at the beginning and end of re.dis.tribution
There are powerful people in government who have massive chips on their shoulders. Motivated by both general and specific disdain, they punish by taking property and redistributing it to those whom they favor, and to those who will promote their reprisals. As well, many in government believe that America is evil at its core, and merely USE redistribution and class warfare as a divisive and manipulative tool to affect fundamental transformation of this country.

Government is a confiscatory shadow, and a bright light of charity. It is no accident that citizens are in the dark.
Notice that government always makes itself the popular hero, the rescuer, the primary and perpetual benevolent and indispensable entity. And if that govt happens to be controlled by Democrats, preferably of the most leftist non-traditional variety, we hear the great wonders of the great government trumpeted from the rooftops of every popular media venue imaginable. Rarely do we hear any tell of govt’s oppressive and unjust schemes of punitive taxation and control, or the overall pillaging of current and future American wealth, that funds their so-called charity.

So there you go. It won’t matter till we all know, when mostly what will matter is who it matters to.

~tdv

Related:

  • Dependence: a Censure
  • Sub-American Favoritism
  • When We Win, What Then? I See a Market!

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Randoms: Animadversion on Conversion, Error’s Escape?

14 Friday Sep 2012

Posted by subconch in Faith, Liberty, Life, Politics, Random

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animadversion, ask, charity, CotUS, founders, God, govt, hashtags, liberty, limits, nobility, piety, power, random, regret, socialism

How many times have we wished that we’d Not, only to forget long enough to think that we Ought? @ 09.10.12

Starving the beast makes it meaner, as we’ve seen… but in the end it either eats less or starves to death. @ 09.10.12 #govt

Obama’s convention bounce? Lead? More proof that rigamortis has set in large mass on the body of our republic. If inclined, pray. @ 09.09.12

“Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man.” ~Webster’s 1828  ~@

Today’s word, kids, used in Federalist No. 80, is animadversion… which means – criticism. @ 09.07.12

Some Stunning Photos~> West Coast Trail by Patrick Latter

“Yeah, my grade is ‘incomplete’, but its only cuz you stupid Americans won’t shut up and let me finish your lesson!” ~obama’s brain @ 09.06.12

Their greatest maxim is but a maximum hazard, that the fist of their government is the supreme compassionate. ~tdv @ 09.06.12 (re: dnc2012)

Just curious, the word “Czar”, is it not a “Title of Nobility”? Webster’s 1828 says it means “King”, & it is a “Title”. Art.I,§.9,c.8 @ 09.04.12

Fun with HashTags, 09.04.12 edition #DNCin4Words
@ Divide Distract Attack Pretend
@ Beg Borrow Steal … PRINT
@ Return of the KING (plagiarized from proteinwisdom)
@ Classfare Racefare Genderfare Lawfare
@ Demagogic Nihilists and Conjurers

“How difficult it IS for error to escape its own condemnation.” ~Madison,fed41,end. ridiculing claim that Art.I,§.8,c.1 amounts to unlimited power @ 09.03.12

Ya know how when you say “I don’t understand”, then straight away you understand? Well I didn’t say it, & waited, & never understood. ~tdv @ 09.02.12

Read~> Socialism is as Socialism Does by Dr. Robert Owens 08.31.12
…and nobody does it better than obama. Excellent article.

Read~> Is it too late to restore constitutional liberty? by Tom Tancredo 08.20.12
A serious and important question.

You cannot separate God from the founders, or thereby presume that the founders sought to separate God from the people. @ 08.29.12
Further, to fully separate government from God would be to fully separate God from the people who govern… which of course, would be unconstitutional, and an affront to liberty. ~tdv, comments over publiushuldah re God-given rights & safety nets

Note: The preceding random musings are mine, except as quoted/linked. ~tdv (@subconch) The @ symbols take you to the specific quotes on twitter if you care to RT, Favorite, or Reply.

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More on Poisons to the Blessings of Liberty

28 Tuesday Aug 2012

Posted by subconch in Liberty, Politics

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control, excess, govt, law, liberty, waste

In 1998, the Code of Federal Regulations ~ 134,723 pgs, 201 vols., 19 feet of shelf space. In 1970, the CFR only 54,834 pgs. @ 06.12.12
Ref: http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/fedregulations.htm 

Obama launched 3,611 new regulations, 106 of them “major”, meaning EACH COST ECONOMY OVER $100 MIL/YR @ 08.12.12
Ref: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/06/08/is-obama-turning-the-economy-around/ 

Obamacare: 2700 pgs., Dodd-Frank: 850 pgs. (1864 Banking Law: 29 pgs., 1913 FedResAct: 32 pgs., 1933 Glass-Steagall Act: 37 pgs.) @ 08.12.12
Ref: Too big not to fail  on the Dodd-Frank Act, from the Economist

Federalist No. 62, paragraph 16 (emphasis mine):

The internal effects of a mutable policy are still more calamitous. It poisons the blessings of liberty itself. It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood: if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes, that no man who knows what the law is to-day, can guess what it will be to-morrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known and less fixed.

Government Growth as Per Capita Spending (~yr:‘05$/person) ~1800:$32 ~1900:$170 ~1950:$2,022 ~2000:$7,152 ~2012:$10,433 @ 08.12.12

EPA Costs Manufacturing Sector $117 Billion! Total Federal Regulation costs $500B ~wonder how many JOBS (people) that is? @ 08.12.12
Ref: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/21/4744381/nera-report-finds-increasing-number.html 

BY WHAT AUTHORITY does this tyrannical federal monstrosity LOWER our standard of living?! Sure’n Hell NOT by We the People! @ 08.12.12

~Updated 08.30.12 to remove twitter embeds. Tweets are linked with the usual @ symbol.

Related:
There ought to be a law against “There Ought to be a Law”

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Randoms: The Formula Redux, Reduction in Terms, Ryan, & Rectitude

18 Saturday Aug 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Politics, Quest, Random

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bill of rights, campaign, CotUS, diligence, federalist, formula, founding principles, govt, marxism, plunder, radicalism, random, reason, repeal, simplicity, we the people

“There is a sublimity in conscious rectitude – in comparison with which the treasures of earth are not worth naming.” ~J. Hawes? @ 08.16.12
note: found this quote at Webster’s 1828 Dictionary; Definition of “Rectitude”

If you need a reason to be reasonable, then it is unlikely that you can be reasoned with. @ 08.16.12

Did you know that Hamilton considered the Preamble a better recognition of popular rights than any Bill of Rights? ~fed.84,par.8 @ 08.16.12
CotUS merely intended to regulate general political interests of the nation, not every species of personal & private concerns. ~fed.84,par.9 @ 08.16.12
Hamilton said of the Bill of Rights: “why declare that things shall not be done, which there is no power to do?” ~fed.84,par.10 @ 08.16.12
Ref: Federalist No.84 ~Alexander Hamilton

Fun with HashTags ~ 08.14.12 Edition ~ #ObamaDictionary
BUSINESS: 1) A bothersome piggy bank, 2) Labor union underling @
RADICAL: Any traditional activity or person @
FAILURE: The United States before Obama Monarchy @
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: Political focus group @
DEPENDENCE: 1) A high and virtuous calling 2) Perpetuity of the Democrat Party 3) Reparations by redistributive retribution @

Hope lies exclusively with the people, that they might awake from the dreams of his father. @ 08.12.12

Next VP Paul Ryan today: “We wont replace our founding principles, we will reapply them… We will honor You” @ 08.11.12
Related: His Jan’10 speech “Health Care in a Free Society” ~RESPECT for the founding principles.
Only a true Marxist progressive would view the support for America’s founding principles as radical. Wear it with honor, Mr. Ryan. @ 08.11.12
If Paul Ryan is radical, then socialism is the new norm, and the American experiment is dead. This is pure leftist progressive delusional spin. @ 08.11.12
It is Needed and Refreshing, Paul Ryan using his New Stage to expound our Founding Principles, natural rights, etc. Thank you, sir. @ 08.13.12

Yeah, maybe everything has already been said… but not everybody has heard it. @ 08.11.12

The only problem with reducing things to their simplest terms is that you really don’t have anything else to say when you’re done. @ 08.11.12

The last thing I’ll do, is the last thing I can. @ 08.10.12

“The liberal/progressive way…. is just not the American way.” ~ @Daggy1 That this needs saying, marks what they’ve done to us. @ 08.09.12

Repeal ObamaCare… Hell, let’s Repeal 95% of 20th century legislation, & all the 21st. Let the People & the States sort it out after that. @ 08.09.12

The formula we had, is the formula we have, And if we will, it shall secure us still, Our liberty to be greater again. DoI+CotUS= @ 08.09.12

Ever notice how every goodly intended Democrat scheme involves some sort of plunder? When are they Not in some or all pockets? @ 08.09.12

Note: The preceding random musings are mine, except as quoted/linked. ~tdv (@subconch) The @ symbols take you to the specific quotes on twitter if you care to RT, Favorite, or Reply.

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Randoms: Provoking the Power Nap, Listening, Gifts O’Plenty

17 Tuesday Jul 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Family, Liberty, Politics, Random

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advice, constitution, foreign gifts, friday the 13th, govt, hashtag fun, health insurance, liberty, nap, obamacare, power, propaganda, provocation, state

Read~> Obama: “Outsourcing is unpatriotic, except … [Darleen Click]
~Also see: U.S. Constitution: Article I, Sect. 9, Clause 8?…(pictured)

Blue Shield, late ’30s, devised by dr’s worried that soc.sec. would lead to compulsory heavily regulated health ins.; harm dr./pat.bond? hmm @ 07.16.12
Ref: In Sickness and in Health: The History of Health Insurance

Power is intolerant of independence, but liberty’s will is supreme in its impatience with power. @ 07.15.12

My new health insurance premium is in: 29.7K/yr! 9.2% INCREASE over last year. 44.4% HIKE since obamacare passed. Affordable Care Act my AZZ! @ 07.15.12

Fun with HashTags
It is ‪#impossibletoknow‬ what reprisals are waiting for we who restore our liberty. @ 07.15.12
It’s ‪#ImpossibleToKnow‬ how many little obamas are out there being groomed to lead the final fundamental transformation. @ 07.15.12
‪#WhatObamaTaughtMe‬ is that liberty can be easily swayed to bind itself. @ 07.15.12

Read~> Libs Say the Darndest Things by James Lewis, 07.13.12
Be sure to check out the comments.

If you don’t understand the proper role of the state, then you don’t understand the proper state of liberty. @ 07.14.12

Contemporary Relevance:
Federalist No.1, Para. 3, Hamilton (emphasis mine @)
“Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious interest of a certain class of men in every State to resist all changes which may hazard a diminution of the power, emolument, and consequence of the offices they hold under the State establishments; and the perverted ambition of another class of men, who will either hope to aggrandize themselves by the confusions of their country, or will flatter themselves with fairer prospects of elevation from the subdivision of the empire into several partial confederacies than from its union under one government.”

Time for the government to take a power nap. @ 07.14.12

Today is the last Friday the 13th till Sept. 13, 2013, which is 427 days away, & the sum of them digits is… 13! It’s OVER!! :] @ 07.13.12

Figure she’ll start listen’n right after she’s no longer required to… @ 07.13.12

Tho it’s thinkable that the powerful are inciting the wrath of the people, so they can quell it for more power, it may be they do it for fun @ 07.12.12

Note: The preceding random musings are mine, except as quoted/linked. ~tdv (@subconch) The @ symbols take you to the specific quotes on twitter if you care to RT, Favorite, or Reply.

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The 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: [Proof by Oath for Oath]

29 Friday Jun 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Liberty

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28th Amendment, affirmation, election, govt, knowledge, oath, proof, proposition, support, U.S. Constitution, voter

Amendment XXVIII
of the Constitution of the United States
[Proof by Oath for Oath] 

Section 1.  As is requisite for various officers of government, heretofore mentioned, that they be bound by oath or affirmation to support this constitution, such shall be the requirement for any and all persons participating in the elections of said officers, and for any persons acting as agents or advisors for said officers.

Section 2.  All persons bound by oath or affirmation to support this constitution, herein noted, shall, requisite to their oath, Demonstrate their understanding of this Constitution, in a manner to be prescribed and certified by law.

Section 3. This Amendment shall become operative as of the third Congressional election following its ratification.

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Reference Articles:

Article II, Section 1, Clause 8:
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:–“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Article VI, Clause 3:
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

Amendment IV:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment XIV, Section 3:
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

Links to the Constitution: (add 06.30.2012)
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html/
http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm (annotated)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Constitution.html

~~~

Simply stated, this Amendment seeks to:

  1. Bind the people to “support the Constitution of the United States”, in the same way that the people whom they empower and advise, are bound to it, as a prerequisite to empowering (voting for) or advising them.
  2. Prior to being “bound by oath or affirmation to support this constitution”, persons must prove their understanding of the Constitution of the United States. This applies to all “oath takers”, providing for the same standard for officers of government and the people who make them so.

More simply, if you want to vote for a person who must take this oath, then you have to take this oath. And you, and them, must know the Constitution which you are taking an oath to support.

I am full aware that this (pretend) proposal is too commonsensical for today’s elite intelligentsia body politik to reason with, along with most of the electorate. Maybe we can incorporate this logic whilst America is ascending from the ashes.

No claims to any expertise here, rather a simple idea for America by an American.
(quick update) “Proof by Oath for Oath” means Proof of Understanding as companion to (by) Oaths, and an Oath taken for the empowerment of an Oath to take.

~tdv (dreamer)

Discuss here or on Twitter: subconch tweet or hashtag: ‪#28thAmendment‬

Related Articles: (add section 09.01.12)

  • Election Reform: a Modest Proposal (notesonliberty.com) by Warren Gibson
    …modest :] Yes it’s “fun to speculate”. His point (3) related here specifically.

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Randoms: Power’s Bidding, & I’ll Only Kill You Once

28 Thursday Jun 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Politics, Random

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abstract, az, borders, constitution, govt, hashtag fun, honor, law, obama, power, prosetry, random, scotus, sovereignty, theft, tyranny

Hey ‪progressives‬, pick your favorite federal law, then imagine Obama on a whim decides NOT to enforce it (his duty). You’d still vote for him, huh. @ 06.26.2012

Government is the criminal’s canvas. @ 06.26.2012

What good is a deal without honor? @ 06.26.2012

The rooftops of hell only echo to the surface of earth. @ 06.26.2012

When I become an expert, I’m not telling anyone. @ 06.26.2012

I have pondered at depth, with continuance, what might return us to “the supreme Law of the Land”. Today, I wonder, why bother? Art.6,cl.2 @ 06.25.2012

So King’O arms Mexican criminals, & refuses to secure territory bordering Mexico, then prohibits said territories’ self-defense? ’bout it? @ 06.25.2012

“Would the States conceivably have entered into the Union if the Constitution itself contained the Court’s holding?” ~Justice Scalia dissent @ 06.25.2012
If AZ is powerless to secure its territory, “we should cease referring to it as a sovereign State. I dissent.” ~Justice Scalia @ 06.25.2012
Ref: On dissent in the AZ ruling 06.25.2012

Sure would be nice if we didn’ t have to worry all the time about what those thug politicians are doing to us and our kids. @ 06.25.2012

You can tell me anything, and don’t worry. I’ll only kill you once. @ 06.25.2012

~hashtag fun
#ObamaInTwoWords ‘Running’ Away @ ~ Pied Piper @ 06.24.2012

Is power a zero-sum-game? Ever losing the pot, never the ante. @ 06.24.2012

When Ocoma goes, where will his $5 trillion worth of bought power go? @ 06.24.2012

Note: The preceding random musings are mine, except as quoted/linked. ~tdv (@subconch) The @ symbols take you to the specific quotes on twitter if you care to RT, Favorite, or Reply.

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Randoms: ‘Nother Thumb in America’s Eye, ‘Nother Day o Tax

17 Sunday Jun 2012

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america, appearances, arbitrary, arrogance, constitution, culture, govt, immigration, nanny, politics, random, secrets, taxes, waste

I’ll take my random over your arbitrary any day! liberty is greater than _____. @ 06.16.2012

The whole of a man is never what we see, and what we’ve seen is bad enough. @ 06.15.2012

Is Obama acting like someone who WANTS to get elected? 800k il’legals’, energy, marriage… presidency will be gone, but not what it did. @ 06.15.2012

It’s Tax Day, for us who manually pay. *CRINGE* If everybody who pays Had to cut a check, gov’t spending would be held to account. @ 06.15.2012

Even IF the economy were booming, the Obama dictatorship should still be STOPPED! No Constitution = No America @ 06.15.2012

If Obama were any more arrogant, he’d pop. @ 06.15.2012

Bypass Congress, Legalize 800k Illegals, Campaign to Latinos, Be POTUS… simple @ 06.15.2012
Ref: Occupy Open Borders: Obama delivers 800,000 more illegal alien deportation waivers by Michelle Malkin 06.15.2012
Related: Krauthammer: New Obama immigration policy ‘out-and-out lawlessness’  [VIDEO] piece by Jeff Poor 06.15.2012

@seanhannity just asked @BillCunninghamS “what has this country come to?” his answer “Barack Hussein Obama…” // So it has, & it says a lot! @ 06.14.2012
~they were talking about New York’s war on food & simultaneous want to legalize marijuana.

Note: The preceding random musings are mine, except as quoted/linked. ~tdv (@subconch) The @ symbols take you to the specific quotes on twitter if you care to RT, Favorite, or Reply.

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There ought to be a law against “There Ought to be a Law”

09 Saturday Jun 2012

Posted by subconch in Liberty, Politics

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govt, law, liberty, politics

I don’t really care about the plausibility of grand gov’t schemes. If it’s not their job, it’s not their job. Period. @ 06.08.2012 ~tdv

Pondering on the success or failure of this or that gov’t program, let’s remember that it’s probably not their place in the first place. @ 06.08.2012 ~tdv

There ought to be a law against “there ought to be a law”. @ 06.08.2012 ~tdv

Obama launched 3,611 new regulations, 106 of them “major”, meaning EACH COST ECONOMY OVER $100 MIL/YR @ 06.08.2012
Ref: Is Obama Turning the Economy Around? By William Beach, 06.08.2012 

From 1996 to 1999: 15,286 new Federal Regulations. Of these, 222 classified “major”rules @ 06.08.2012
In 1998, the Code of Federal Regulations ~ 134,723 pgs, 201 vols., 19 feet of shelf space. In 1970, the CFR only 54,834 pgs.  @ 06.08.2012
Ref: Federal Regulations; The Laws Behind the Acts of Congress

4,450+ federals crimes as of 2007 ~ 3,000 in early 80’s  @ 06.08.2012
Ref: Revisiting the Explosive Growth of Federal Crimes by John Baker 06.16.2008

ABA says number of crimes uncountable. @ 06.07.2012
Ref: Complex Societies Need Simple Laws, by John Stossel, 03.15.2012

Update 06.16.2012:
Related: Charlie Leonard: Inalienable Rights; There ought to be a law against making so many laws 06.14.2012 The Aspen Times ~via GunnyG 

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Randoms: Whatsa Constitution? and Leaving Scraps

31 Thursday May 2012

Posted by subconch in America, Liberty, Politics

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What’s left when there’s nothing left by the left? @

When faced with the issue of Constitutionality, the statist will either interpret-to-suit or claim the document invalid. ~tdv @ 05.27.2012
Related: Our Imbecilic Constitution, 05.28.12, by Sanford Levinson, N.Y.Times 

Obama’s Continuing Assault on the Constitution
02.14.12, by Mike Brownfield:

…President Obama has time and time again taken actions contrary to the principles of the founding document he swore to uphold, setting forth on a heretofore uncharted path of unconstitutionality that will fundamentally change the character of this Republic for the worse, not for the better.

Progressivism is simply the systematic, incremental, patient progression away from Constitutional government, and toward centralized power. @

Obamacare Versus the U.S. Constitution
03.26.2012, by Alan Caruba :

In a nation where Congress has already determined how much water your toilet tank can hold and whether you can purchase a 100-watt incandescent light bulb, the assertion of federal power is now so great and so unbounded that a case concerning the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), brought by 26 states will decide whether, in fact, there are any rights or powers left to the states.

President Obama’s top 10 constitutional violations
12.04.2011, By Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute:

And so it’s a good thing that Americans are taking their founding document seriously. After all, the Constitution is the font of all federal power.

I’m f’n tired, by this obligation to life & liberty, angry, at the many who shun their duty to either. @

The coward is silent, so the evil in his midst defines him. @

Note: The preceding random musings are mine, except as quoted/linked. ~tdv (@subconch) The @ symbols take you to the specific quotes on twitter if you care to RT, Favorite, or Reply.

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