“To Throw Off Such Government” 12/28/2009
 by Russel D. Longcore, DumpDC “But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.” Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776 Jefferson wrote that the People had a duty to “throw off” a despotic government. “Throw off.” That sounds to me like a somewhat unfriendly separation. It doesn’t sound particularly cordial. It also makes me think that the throwee ain’t exactly thrilled about getting thrown off and might take exception to the decision of the throwers. The quote above is only once sentence from the Declaration of Independence. But it is one of the most seminal thoughts and principles of the document. Let’s take it apart and consider its words, their meanings, and the consequences. “…A long train of abuses and usurpations…” In 1776 that was the caprice of King George III as he and his Parliament created laws that affected the colonies in ways that did not affect any other Englishmen. Those laws included the Stamp Act, various taxes and tariffs, prohibitions on imports and exports, more and more taxes, Redcoats patrolling American streets, the suspension of habeas corpus, and requiring those charged with crimes to travel back to England for trial. Today, Washington has ignored the strictures of the Constitution of the United States, and has done so for over a hundred years. It violates the First Amendment. There are plenty of laws that abridge free speech, not the least of which is the Patriot Act. It violates the Second Amendment by enacting laws and regulations infringing on the rights of the people to keep and bear arms, simultaneously destroying the militia and making citizens less safe and states less secure. It violates the Fourth Amendment through internet surveillance, airport searches and warrantless searches. It violates the Fifth Amendment by rendition of American citizens without due process and IRS double jeopardy prosecutions. You also are compelled to be a witness against yourself every time you sign your tax return. It violates the Sixth Amendment as no one gets a speedy trial. It violates the Seventh Amendment when it does not protect the right to jury trial, but allows judges or administrative bodies to adjudicate cases. It violates the Eighth Amendment as excessive bails and fines are imposed regularly. It violates the Ninth Amendment as it ignores certain rights retained by the People. It violates the Tenth Amendment by accruing to itself powers not delegated to it, and others reserved to the States and the People. Need I go on? There are seventeen more Amendments. “…pursuing invariably the same object…” What was that object? The object was to milk the maximum revenue from the colonies as possible. England had won the Seven Years War from 1756 to 1763 and were heavily saddled with war debt. So the more taxes and tariffs that King George laid on the colonies, the more the colonists rebelled. Then, the King made still more laws to bring the rebels to heel. Washington’s object today is much the same. It has a crushing war debt as well as a crushing domestic debt load. Then add the mind-boggling financial liabilities, like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae and the total comprises nearly 1000% more than the entire Gross Domestic Product of the USA. Then consider the ramifications of laws like The Patriot Act. “…evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism…” To evince is to show clearly. Colonists could see clearly that King George’s taxes and laws, designed only for the colonies, were a design to reduce their rights as free Englishmen and confiscate their wealth without due process. Today’s long train of abuses and usurpations coming from Washington evince a design to accomplish the same objects by turning the Constitution on its head. The Federal Government of the USA started with very limited roles and clear restrictions. Washington’s design has been to acknowledge no restrictions on its power and to accomplish anything it desires. “…it is their right, it is their duty…” American citizens may have rights that they do not exercise. But that is different than duty. Many Americans consider that military service is a duty, and there is nothing in the Constitution that states anything of the sort. But find me a person who argues with the content of the Declaration of Independence. If you run into a person who is against secession, show them the Declaration and see what they do with fulfilling their duty. “…to throw off such government…” The process of state nullification does not throw off government. It merely attempts to control the actions of the government, and to nullify its unconstitutional laws while staying a part of the whole. Throwing off such government can only mean secession, which is the act of withdrawing formally from the United States of America. “…and to provide new guards for their future security.” To explain this, we return to the Declaration for another quote: “whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.” For the People to provide new guards for their future security can only mean to institute new government. That precludes and omits any continuing relationship with the old government. That means secession. State secession is the only reasonable, logical and pragmatic solution to overcome the absolute despotism and criminal tyranny pouring out of Washington, DC.  by: Forgotten Liberty Big Government has failed in the United Kingdom, according to the British publication The Sun. The Labour party has had control of the British government for 12 years, and it has failed. Aren’t we heading down the same path? Our own government is growing at a record pace and so is our debt. Government can’t solve all of our problems, not even most of them, so why do so many people still believe it can? Here is an excerpt from an article in The Sun. When you see the word Labour, insert “big, liberal, socialist government.” Labour FAILED on schools. Yes, facilities improved – but four in 10 kids leave those shiny classrooms still unable to read, write or add up properly. We are plummeting down international league tables for maths and literacy, but every year “grade inflation” ensures record GCSE and A-level passes to fuel Government propaganda. Labour FAILED on health – spending billions on clipboard-ticking target managers instead of on frontline care. Labour FAILED on immigration, opening our borders without any regard to the consequences. Illegal migrants and bogus asylum seekers poured in. Labour FAILED the children they claimed to have made their priority. After 12 years of Blair and Brown, Britain is officially the WORST country in the developed world in which to grow up. Most disgracefully of all, Labour FAILED our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving them to die through chronic under-funding and the shambolic leadership of dismal Defence Secretaries like Bob Ainsworth. As our forces in two war zones suffered, the scale of Government waste at home was mind-boggling and tragic: Billions blown employing a useless layer of public service middle-managers like those who condemned Baby P to die. Billions more spent, insanely, making benefits more lucrative than a pay cheque – creating a huge, idle underclass for whom work is a dirty word. And all along the Government has had one overriding concern: Itself. We are seeing the same thing in this country. The U.K. is a few years ahead of us, but make no mistake, we are traveling down the same road that has failed the British. Why? Because we the people have not educated ourselves and our children on the proper role of government. We have believed the lies of our politicians. The vast majority of which only want to hold onto their power and will tell whatever lies allow them to do it. What can we do to fix our country? The article goes on, Britain needs a brave and wise Government to restore our self-respect, our natural entrepreneurship and the will of every family to improve its lot through its own efforts, without depending on handouts. We need a Government that will cut the red tape strangling businesses, that will make affordable tax cuts to stimulate growth, that will reform wasteful public services. We need a Government with a genuine will to win the war in Afghanistan and the commitment to give our forces whatever they need to do it. This will not be a Government that merely talks the talk, as Labour has. It will ACT. We hope, and pray, that the next Government will have the guts and the determination to do these things. The same is true for our country. We need lower taxes, smaller government, more personal responsibility, less regulation that stifles and kills growth and less waste and abuse of our tax money. Last but not least, we need leadership that has the will to make the tough military and diplomatic decisions that will provide for our safety and security here at home and for our allies around the world. How do we achieve these goals? By educating Americans about the principles our great country was founded on. Principles like individual liberty, personal responsibility, small central government with limited and enumerated powers, the free market, and the will to stand up to those who want to take our liberty away. These principles turned America into the richest and most powerful nation in the world in a little over 100 years. Why don’t we give them a try again? 9/12 March on D.C. Is Only The Beginning 09/15/2009
 by: D.R. Berry Depending upon what media source is reporting, yesterday's 9/12 march on Washington drew a crowd estimated at "several thousand", "up to two million", "a sea", or possibly no one because mainstream media preferred to follow President Obama to Minnesota where he continues to try to ram his healthcare agenda down our throats. For those who were unable to make the historic trip to Washington, thousands more flocked to their local tea party events to show support against a government gone horribly out of control. Avoiding the D.C. march altogether, Obama chose this weekend to travel to Minneapolis' Target Center where he spoke to a crowd of 13,000 in an effort to rally support for his weakening healthcare proposal. Adopting what can only be viewed as a self-important defensive position, Obama said, "I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it’s better politics to kill this plan than improve it. If you misrepresent what’s in the plan, we will call you out.” Really? Do you mean like when you misrepresented the fact that this bill proposes to use government funds to subsidize abortions, or provide healthcare to illegal immigrants? That is until Joe Wilson drew a line in the sand and cried out what those of us watching at home were thinking: "You lie!" How interesting that it is perfectly fine for liberals to say whatever they want about President Bush without having to apologize for it. Joe Wilson immediately apologized to Obama, and his apology was accepted. Not good enough for Nancy Peolsi and Harry Reid, who want him to apologize on the floor of the House. Harry Reid, who called President Bush a liar, not once, but numerous times without any show of remorse. I guess this administration has one set of rules for themselves, and another for the rest of us. I believe that yesterday's events have shaken Washington's core, although you will not hear them admit it. I believe they completely underestimated this grassroots movement, and thought that by using slander and bullying tactics, they would frighten us back home and into submission. But they were wrong. A newfound patriotic spirit is finding its way into the hearts of the American people. No longer are we willing to passively stand by and let the government get away with taking away more and more of our freedom. We have joined together, one nation under God, indivisible to take back our country and save our Constitution. But we must not let yesterday's success allow us to get too comfortable. We still have much to do. We need to continue to be vigilant in watching the movements of this administration and the czars that seem to have little accountability to the citizens of this country. We need to work toward firing those in Congress that do not support the Constitution and elect those who are willing to abide by the will of the people that elected them. Do not be complacent, but be tireless. We will get there, we will get our country back on track. We the People. Why So Socialist?! 08/03/2009
 This Health Care Thing Cannot Work Under Barry's Agenda. Just Ask The Original Liberals In Mass! 07/16/2009
by Dacia Nichols  Click to enlarge So yeah...what does this say on the national scale? Well, you'll have to have a look at where this budget deficit came from - the economy. Tax revenues in Massachusetts are down $2.7 billion...they received stimulus money to help and still have this deficit. They've already cut the $1 billion dollars marked for lottery and the $342 million for "additional assistance"...whatever that is (their definition is a little abstract to say the least), so maybe we can acknowledge that they're at least trying to appear more fiscally responsible. You go boys! Er...and girls! Instead of sitting here however and giving Dacia Nichol's analysis of the Massachusetts budget, we'll just summarize quickly how this carries over as a lesson in what our national government is attempting. [Apologies in advance for the redundancy...] The economy stinks. The CBO has attached a very high price tag on health care. The Dems have proposed to tax the rich more (again, shocker), and stick the rest to your employer and health care provider. Oh, and it's going to be an entitlement as well, and we all know how well entitlement programs work out... The Dems have also come up with a nifty energy tax in the name of environmental such and such...except it will do nothing but line the pockets of our friends in the oil industry along with their creative masterminds with their additional profiteering ventures. Anything else we can do to kill the economy and cost more jobs? Give 'em time...Stimulus 3.0 and Amnesty are right around the corner folks. Again...back to the point. See, Massachusetts is having a problem because the economy has done two things to tank their plans: 1) Decreased tax revenue through less investment and spending; and 2) Brought unemployment numbers that have added hundreds of thousands to the state health insurance rosters. So what happens when we make less money but spend more? We come out with liberal economic solutions. When Congressional Democrats crunch their numbers, we come out smiling and give them a thumbs up. When we look again, and more importantly, give them to a non-partisan reviewer, the Democrats come out with their math deficiency, or rather, optimistic view of the atomic economic bomb surrounding them that they seem to be blind to. Add in a time crunch by Mr. Prez and a threat to delay summer vacation by Her Highness's sidekick Harry, well...taxpayers, it's time to bend over and close your eyes. Seriously. Massachusetts is the one state that we (and the term "we" is used very lightly) had as validation of any universal coverage argument, and look at what they've done to their own baby. If health care is so important that we the people must pay for everyone regardless of our feelings on the matter, how is it that the Massachusetts liberals cannot even sacrifice enough to make it happen? Does anyone see foul play? In the land of Harvard, MIT, and Boston University...and the money that stinks up the place...is there not a big enough donation bin to help out those immigrants to which they want to grant full amnesty and have single party rule? by Dacia Nichol Part One: USA Communist Party Loves Obama! 07/07/2009
by Harrison Price by Thomas Craig A Game of Poker and the Lesson it Teaches... 04/13/2009
by William Blakely Union Thugs Unite! A Look At The EFCA 03/27/2009
Many visitors to AmericanTusk.com have emailed me specifically about the Employee Free Choice Act or as many of us call it, the “Employee NO Choice Act”, which amongst many other detrimental features, would eliminate the secret ballot voting implemented today. I am particularly interested in this topic due to my own personal experiences with Unions. First, allow me to state that I am in a Union. Second, believe me when I say that I am very much against Unions. I was forced to join the Union because years ago when I got hired on a new job, it was already a Union position so my choice was to either join the Union or not accept the position. I have worked many non-union jobs and in those positions I have expanded my talent base, was offered new opportunities, and was treated fairly to the extent of the law. My Union position, after my bi-weekly dues, did not offer me much more money than when I held non-union jobs and completely restricted many opportunities and training. Unions have become blackmailers of corporate America. A good friend of mine entered a position that was non-union about two years ago. The Union, which oversaw the majority of the jobs in his profession, wanted my friend’s position to become Union as well. He was not opposed, however, the Union insisted that my friend not accept any work until Management unionized him. Unfortunately, my friend was not in a financial position to turn down any work so while he supported the Union efforts, he continued to work. The remaining weeks included Union thugs calling him and persistently threatening him. They would also resort to attempting to sabotage his work whenever possible. These are the people who were supposedly “looking out for him.” Modern day Unions are, I believe, unnecessary. In the past they were essential to the creation of safe and secure jobs in the workplace and they were instrumental in the creation of many of our labor laws. These labor laws have become more than sufficient in ensuring the safety and security of employees. The Unions now focus on obtaining more and more benefits for less and less work. The auto industry is a perfect example of how Unions have crippled an entire industry. Their greed and arrogance has caused an industry that was created in America to fall behind foreign competitors. Now we are witnessing the fall of the American auto companies. Employees know this and they understand it. Given the choice, 74% of Union workers favor keeping the current system of secret ballots. If workers were forced to publicly decide, they would be subject to harassment and intimidation, much like my friend was subjected to. The Government knows this, so why do they support the EFCA? Perhaps the Democrats want this passed because this Bill would expand the Government’s control over privately owned companies. If Employees and Management cannot come to an agreement over a contract, the EFCA would allow the Government to step in and create a contract for all to abide by for 2 years which would be when the negotiations can be reopened. The Government would dictate all facets of the company from benefits for workers to mergers, subcontracting, and general management. This is a further example and a testament to the socialist state that we are turning into. We were promised “Change”. Boy, are we getting it! |   Recent Posts
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