The Obama Administration, building on the profligate spending of the Bush Administration, and others in the past, have saddled future generations with crushing debts that could lead eventually to bankruptcy. The total U.S. debt today, including unfunded mandates exceeds fifty trillion dollars.
We have always prided ourself on leaving an America where our children could expect [...]
Archive for April, 2009
What Would Thomas Say
Posted in Politics, commentary, founding fathers, scope of government, tagged defecit spending, founding fathers, interest rates, national debt, Politics, taxes, Thomas Jefferson, unfunded mandates, war on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After Tea Parties: What’s Next?
Posted in Constitution, Politics, bill of rights, commentary, founding fathers, scope of government, tagged Constitution, enumerated powers, fair tax, Gov. Rick Perry, liberty, secession, state sovereignty, tenth amendment, Texas, third party on April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One thing was evident from the “Tea Parties” that took place all across the country on April 15. The American people are waking up, and they do not like what has happened while they were dozing instead of maintaining the vigilance the Founders told us was indispensable to preserving our liberties. Any patriots who watched [...]
Murtha Case Thrown Out On Appeal
Posted in Constitution, Justice, Politics, commentary, tagged Amendment 14, Article I Section 6, Constitution, Haditha, John Murtha, Westfall Act on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in D.C. took another step Tuesday to immunize federal employees from lawsuits by citizens and exempt them from the basic American republican (small “r”) principle that no one is above the law. The ruling also leaves citizens without the equal protections provided by the Fourteenth Amendment. It [...]
Forgotten Patriots
Posted in Constitution, Politics, bill of rights, enumerated powers, founding fathers, tagged anti-federalists, bill of rights, Constitution, declaration of independence, federalists, government, liberty, tyranny, unalienable rights on April 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Every schoolchild knows the names, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison but few would recognize the names Arthur Fenner, Peleg Arnold or Aedanus Burke. Yet, it is more to the latter than the former to whom we own a debt of gratitude for the remaining liberties we enjoy today.
The foundation of our liberties rest [...]
The Limited Powers of Congress
Posted in Constitution, enumerated powers, scope of government, tagged articles of confederation, common defense, Constitution, enumerated powers, general welfare, national debt, revolutionary war, taxes, war on April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
(Enumerated Powers) From Article I, Section 8, U.S. Constitution
The defining characteristic of the American government that makes it unique among the governments of the world is the mixture of federalism and nationalism. During the twelve years between the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 it became evident that the “Articles [...]
Republican Tent Starting to Leak
Posted in Constitution, Politics, barack obama, commentary, enumerated powers, tagged Arlen Specter, big tent, democrats, founders, republicanism, republicans, revolution on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Senator Arlen Specter announced Tuesday that he was switching his party affiliation to the Democrats. Predictably, the self-appointed Republican advisors attributed his defection to the growing trend of intolerance among the Republican rank-and-file toward politicians whose views differ from their own. The Republican Party, we are reminded, is the party of the “big tent”, big [...]
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