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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

Against the Big Black Boot

Posted in May 21, 2010 ¬ 8:33 amh.adminNo Comments »

I have watched with some degree of disdain (but not surprise) that the Liberals are attempting to assassinate Dr. Rand Paul, the runaway winner of the Kentucky Republican Senate Primary. He has been dragged through the Liberal media’s mud for his strong and consistent libertarian views. Specifically, they are attempting to corner him on his statements that Federal Law should not be used to bind private associations, private contracts, and private property–or else we give up our concept of private property altogether. They are attempting to get him to say that he supports repeal of the 1964 Civil Rights ..read more Read the rest of this entry »

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Obama’s Michigan Commencement Speech

Posted in May 4, 2010 ¬ 8:09 amh.admin1 Comment »

I’m struck by the tone of Obama’s speech at the recent Commencement at the University of Michigan, especially in light of his own record on (in)toleration of dissent. As the perfect politician, he takes a middle stance publicly, but then destroys dissent by any means necessary in private.

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