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RE the Constitution; a Month’s Miscellany

20 Sunday Jan 2013

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…from the abyss that is my twitter timeline, a filled void of never-again-to-be-seen-after-they-may-have-initially-been-seen, opinions-and-musings-and-references-and-pleasantries-shared-with-similarly-minded-patriotic-countrymen, what follows is a lunar cycle’s compendium of constitutionally-connected commentary :]

Court to King Obama: “There is no, ‘Trust us, changes are coming’ clause in the Constitution.” #obamacare #antiReligion ~tweet
ref: Court Rebukes Obama Administration’s “Trust Us” Revision of the HHS Mandate

art.I,§6,c1: “… Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law…” Who makes “law”, again? the king, silly ~tweet
ref: Obama Orders Pay Raise for Biden, Members of Congress, Federal Workers

The year’s Perfect, let’s Riot~> Constitution 101: Changing Definitions ~tweet

Interesting: Webster’s 1828: “Liberty of the press… subject to PUNISHMENT for abusing the PRIVILEGE” ~tweet

Press “publishing what is mischievous to the public or injurious to individuals” was Punishable in 1828!? ?what law? ~tweet

Notice how FreePress thinks it’s better than FreeReligion & RightToBearArms? What a snob, that FreePress. Like it’s not on the same page. ~tweet

Respectfully, why would govt adhere to a Balanced Budget Amendment when govt ignores the Constitution as it is? @SenRandPaul #bba ~tweet

Ask Heritage: What Are The 10 Worst Regulations of 2012? …& Guess how many by Constitutional authority of Congress? ~tweet

Unreal: Mark Green on Hannity said “230 years, there was never an individual right to own a handgun. Scalia found it a few years ago” #LYHBT ~tweet

If liberals really think that there’s no right to own guns, then why don’t they just take them ALL from us? Where’s the issue? ~tweet

Why we’re here…~> “We already gave up on the Constitution” by Jim Antle, Daily Caller, 01.01.13, re: Seidman solution… ~tweet

Art. VI, cl.3: Congress et al “…shall be bound by #Oath or Affirmation, to support this #Constitution” ~DEMAND they reconcile their acts. ~tweet

#LowInformationVoterThoughts The U.S. Constitution (225) is outdated, yet the Communist Manifesto (164) is… not. ~tweet

Publius Huldah briefly on Fed #GunControl (shouldn’t be any), the #BBA (how to REALLY balance), and the con of the #ConCon ~tweet

The Constitutional Convention: The truth, and the danger.~> “No, no Con-Con” by Henry Lamb ~tweet

Wonder if the people with such zeal to discard the Constitution ever considered where they’d be now if it were never created or ratified? ~tweet

Yes! These takers of property, of security, and thereby liberty, are “Imposters”, and illegitimate! #MolonLabe #guns ~tweet

Executive Orders have the force of law, ONLY as they implement (constitutionally pursuant) current law. They are NOT law, on their own.
Any order issued by the Executive that intends to legislate, or otherwise subvert the Constitution, is simply INVALID.
Obama has no more authority to ‘make’ gun laws than he has to, say, single-handedly outlaw Christianity. #MolonLabe #2ndAmd
~01.09.13 tweets: @ @ @
art.I,§.1: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Guns… mental health… Equally outside the scope of the federal govt. They’ve NO business in our holsters, OR in our heads. ~tweet

It’s not about guns, it’s a validation of rightful Liberty. A great, great article.
Our 2nd Amendment Right: The Militia is the Key by Alan Keyes, 01.10.13

This 2nd Amendment fight, though CRITICAL to liberty, leaves me the sense that we’re being HERDED… away from something else. #justsayin ~tweet

Madison, Federalist No.49, par.10: (paraphrased) Public REASON alone ought control govt, as govt ought temper public PASSION. ~But govt incites passion, controls reason. ~tweet

Geraldo just said bad guys can get guns because of STATES RIGHTS!!! That must be NEXT on the list, huh? #amd2 #amd10… no matter ~tweet

Would YOU attend such an assembly in defense of our Gun Rights~> “Wishing For The 1%” ~jonolan #FirstForSecond ~tweet
~Gives new meaning to the phrase “Gun Show”…Amendments merge. ~tweet

MARK LEVIN: “I’m not into imperial presidents who act imperial and speak imperial and Obama forgets there’s a Constitution. Yes, he keeps telling us he won reelection. Congratulations, but guess what? The Constitution wasn’t up for election, it’s not up for a referendum. He has to comply with it, too.”

“The Constitution of the United States is a political contract between the States; a national compact.” ~from Webster’s 1828 definition of “compact” ~tweet

The federal government is not a party to the constitutional compact, but a function of it.  ~tweet

~Note: Except as quoted, the preceding thoughts are mine ~tdv (subconch)

Randoms: Masked Feckless Abandon, Imposition of Paradise, More or Less Human

01 Thursday Nov 2012

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A quick FYI to obama voters and propagandist msm: The Constitution gives NO AUTHORITY to the Pres. to change the election day. Sorry progressives… @ 10.31.12

Obama dressed up like a pseudo-American four years ago today, then promptly burned the mask. Halloween can no longer hide who he is. @ 10.31.12

Every govt act beyond its Constitutional authority is a net loss to the American people, and to liberty. The Obama King is a gross loss. @ 10.31.12

Storms are like Liberals; for those in the path of their power, there is universal concern for loss of property. @ 10.28.12

My kid asked, ‘Is it true Romney’s gonna ban feminine hygiene products?’ NO JOKE – RUMORED…Said ‘Yeah, and Obama’s banning TP’…UNREAL @ 10.28.12

I am no more or less human than any of you, and presume no greater station in mind or soul. I judge mainly power, as I should. @ 10.28.12

Oh look, another Obama Exec. Order …cuz Congress says no, ya know.  ~TIME WE SAID NO! @ 10.27.12
Ref: Obama Closer to Seizing Control of Cyberspace; Exec. Order Imminent ~Joe Wolverton 10.24.12
King George III must’ve been real fond of Executive Orders (of the obama sort) & 51% of us surely know how THAT turned out :] @ 10.27.12
READ~> The President’s Enumerated Powers, Rulemaking by Executive Agencies, & Executive Orders. ~Publius Huldah’s Blog

Fundamental transformation has proven to be an aphorism for feckless and reckless abandon. It HAS to stop. @ 10.27.12

Why does the Left incessantly scheme to impose their paradise, when paradise cannot possibly be an imposition? @ 10.27.12

Liberty has never been ours to bestow, but it has always been ours to maintain. @ 10.27.12

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.

Return of the American Identity

09 Monday Apr 2012

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The American Identity has been taken from her people, gradually, methodically, and with forethought and malice.

The American Identity has been whittled over successive generations, so as to finish it, and remake it.

In the face of unbelievable American success, indigenous foreigners have undone it, in the name of what.

There can be no other cause for the dire state of our union, except that we the people have allowed for our fundamental redefining.

For if government were representative of a people who knew their character, then government would never have done such harm.

Being a nation of, by, and for the people, logic demands that the people know what they are of, by, and for. Hence, the American Identity.

So if we are to be saved from mistaken identity, then we must return to the American Identity, else we be american in name only. Simple?

Update: Join the discussion On the American Identity ~ A Thread


Happy Powers Have Theirs

01 Sunday Apr 2012

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Beginning with fear of theft, then fear of failure, fear of humiliation, lack of confidence, then, finally, strokes of awareness, industrious fires alit, moving, making, facing, solidifying, clearing the clearing, providing for own, self-reliant, hirer, …then last, beating down the pursuit, hampering, state erecting walls, unbearable pilfers, slander for power, another rocket of free will depleted of fuel, grounded, lovers of state cheer and fawn, as if they won, but need. Happy powers have their control, their revenge, free will is only for the state, control, fear, backward, beginning, nothing.

~tdv

Dad, Why Isn’t Everything Free?

23 Thursday Feb 2012

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“Dad, why isn’t everything free? I think everything should be free”, was the question/comment from my kid, and it was from a perspective of compassion. After giving my response, I realized that she was not convinced (one clue was her admonition about greedy people in America), so I set out to put it to paper with greater thought.

Here it goes, Hon, hope this is an improvement.

Everything is worth something, because it takes the work of people to make it, or make it useful, or make it up, or make it better. Work can be by the mind or the hands or both, and work is worth something.

Once a person has made something with his mind or hands, or made it useful, that something becomes his property. Or if the person works at a job, he helps someone else make something, and they reward that person with different property (usually money) for his work.

Property is worth something because it is the reward for a person’s work. When a person works for his property that means he has earned it. When a person earns property, he is also rewarded in his heart and soul, because he has made himself useful, and made himself worth something.

The first reason that people work for property is to survive, that is, eat, drink, have shelter, and clothes, and medicine. The second reason people work for property is to provide for their family to survive in the same way. The third reason people work for property is to have more comfort and joy for themselves and their family.

And people protect their property, because it is like protecting themselves. You protect your property. Even dogs protect their property; just watch them with a bone. Protecting your property is natural, because it is worth something, and it is earned.

So things have value, because work has value, because people have value. Value is worth something.

So if everything has value, then nothing is really free.

If something is free, meaning that it wasn’t paid for, then it was actually given away by the person who earned it, or taken away from the person who earned it and given away by someone else. It was not free to start with, as nothing really is.

If everything were free, then nothing would have value, and nobody would earn anything, so people would have no value, and nothing would get made or made useful, so there would be nothing to get for free.

And as for greed, the dictionary says that it is the strong desire to have more than what is needed. I said before that the third reason that people work for property is have more comfort and joy for themselves and their family. There is nothing wrong with working and striving to have more than we need, and the truth is that America got to be great because so many people worked hard for more than they needed.

When you say Americans are greedy, I think you mean selfish, which is just not true.

According to the American Magazine, in 1995, on average per person, Americans gave to charity 3-1/2 times more than the French, 7 times more than the Germans, and 14 times more than Italians. The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University reports that in 2010, charitable giving by Americans was over $290 Billion (that’s 290 thousand million dollars!), and that doesnt count the extra money that Americans pay in taxes that the government gives away here in the U.S.($428 Billion in 2010 on Welfare) and as aid to foreign countries ($25 Billion in 2010) And none of this includes what Americans do for, and give to each other privately, in their local communities, and in their churches.

So America is not selfish at all, and although nothing is really free, Americans sure give away a lot of their hard-earned property to people in need.

I hope this helps you better understand,

With Love, Dad

Note to Readers: Please add your comments on why everything aint free, and help a Dad out.

dimensions of liberty

21 Tuesday Feb 2012

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Property is liberty’s girth, faith her volume, independence is liberty’s depth, and the many fruits of responsible freedom, her height.

~tdv 02.21.12
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