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The Founders of the United States of America built a government on a power base from the People. The Peoples' power of liberty was understood to be God-given, not government-granted. The People voluntarily cooperate to govern themselves mainly at local levels, then at State levels, and finally at Federal levels.

They rightfully distrusted distant Federal power, so they devised a rule book, the Constitution of the United States, to specify the basic relationship between the Federal government and the States' governments and the People. The design was to have a Federal government with strict boundaries around it; so, they allotted only a few designated powers to the Federal government with all other powers retained by the States and the People.

These designated powers are contained in Article I, Section 8, and there are only eighteen of them. The Federal Government is ONLY supposed to operate within those strictly limited powers. However, the last century in America has seen a massive move of the Federal Government outside of this box.

We must reform this relationship.

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Archive for April, 2010

Irreconcilable Differences

Posted in April 15, 2010 ¬ 6:58 amh.adminNo Comments »

I fear the road ahead to a large degree. My fear is rooted from simple observation of an increasing polarity of worldviews in our country combined with the reality of our financial situation as a culture.

April 15th represents our responsibility to our government to cover the costs of her operation. Few will argue the necessity of her existence and few argue that she has potential to be good. Many argue to what degree she should impose herself on the labor and liberty of her citizens. But, this is nothing ..read more Read the rest of this entry »

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Pass the Kool-Aid

Posted in April 4, 2010 ¬ 10:38 pmh.adminNo Comments »

For those of you who do not support the new law in health reform, keep reading. Those of you who are in love with the new law, just move on to the next article. You won’t like this one.

Those who are still reading, ask yourself a question. Is Barack H. Obama an idiot or is he a genius? Seriously, is he monumentally dumb or is he an evil genius? I propose an analysis of Health Reform that may enlighten.

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