We cannot continue to have it both ways. The preposterous dichotomy between America’s founding principles and the actions of her government, from the War Between the States to the War on Drugs, has predictably eroded that government’s moral standing at home, and its credibility around the world.
As a society, we cannot both revere a man whose fierce dedication to the right of political self-determination formed the philosophical foundations of our republic, and at the same time worship a dictator whose arrogant and bloody denial of that right transformed our republic into an empire.
It is time to choose. If Americans truly are heirs to the Jeffersonian legacy, than it has always been and must always be, not only our right, but our duty as citizens to withdraw consent from any government that becomes destructive of life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness.
If, however, We the People believe ourselves incompetent to judge when that line has been crossed, then we will continue to find no shortage of political masters eager to carry on Lincoln’s legacy of contempt for our Constitution, and violent suppression of self-government.
Either way, one thing is certain: America will never regain the principles of her founding until her people muster the courage and clarity to finally separate liberty’s friends from its foes.
This is reprinted from the Tenth Amendment Center website.
SO READERS, THERE YOU HAVE IT. DO YOU ESPOUSE JEFFERSONIAN PRINCIPLES AND THOSE OF NATURAL LAW AND THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS, OR DO YOU ESPOUSE LINCOLNESQUE DOCTRINE, AND THE UNFETTERED OUT-OF-CONTROL GROWTH AND POWER OF THE DC BASED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IF THE LATTER, YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND MY BLOG "OLD SCHOOL", "ANTIQUATED", OR "OUT OF TOUCH" WITH THE WAY WE OPERATE NOW. I SUBMIT THAT THIS PROGRESSIVENESS OF IDEOLOGY IS THE PRIME REASON WE ARE IN THIS DEBACLE OF CIRCUMSTANCE HERE TODAY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
FROM THE REPUBLICANS' NEO-CON FOREIGN POLICY, TO FDR'S EXPANSION OF THE WELFARE STATE, TO THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL EXISTENCE AND CREATION OF THE ROOT OF ALL OUR EVIL, "THE FED", WE, AS A PEOPLE, HAVE BEEN HIJACKED BY A POWERFUL ELITE-CLASS OF SELF-SERVING POLITICIANS, BANKSTERS, INDUSTRIALISTS, AND OF COURSE "OPPORTUNISTS". WHAT IS GENERALLY NOT UNDERSTOOD BY THE MASSES, IS THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED AS A REPUBLIC, A GROUP OF INDIVIDUAL STATES, WITH SEPARATE GOVERNMENTS AND IDENTITIES, THAT CAME TOGETHER FOR ONLY SEVERAL STATED PURPOSES. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE WAS NATIONAL SECURITY/DEFENSE. ANY AND ALL PURPOSES NOT STATED DIRECTLY IN THE CONSTITUTION WERE DECLARED STATE PROVISIONS/RIGHTS AS DECLARED IN THE TENTH AMENDMENT. IT STATES;
Article [X]
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
SO I ASK YOU, " ARE WE, AS A GOVERNMENT, AS A NATION OF PEOPLE, FOLLOWING THE DOCTRINE STATED WITHIN THE WORDS OF OUR U.S. CONSTITUTION?" I SAY WITH CONVICTION, "NO, WE ARE NOT". MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, "DO YOU THINK IT MATTERS IN YOUR OWN LIFE?", "YOUR CHILD'S LIFE?" "
DO YOU THINK EITHER PARTY HAS HONORED THE CREED OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS? IT IS A RESOUNDING , NO.
WELL, I SUBMIT THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOODWINKED. DOES ANYONE CARE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?
LET ME KNOW. I'VE GOT MORE WHERE THIS CAME FROM. AS LT. COL. FRANK SLADE(AL PACINO) ONCE SAID IN THE MOVIE "SCENT OF A WOMAN", "I'M JUST GETTIN' STARTED!"
'TILL TOMORROW. GOODNIGHT.
March 1, 2010
Josh Eboch is a proud “tenther,” freelance writer, and activist originally from the Washington, D.C. area. He is the State Chapter Coordinator for the Virginia Tenth Amendment Center.
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