Some might think that the Constitution is boring, hard to understand or someone else will understand it for them. Just look at where that attitude has gotten us. Besides the continuation of spending trillions of dollars that we don’t have (For the past 3 years we have borrowed over a trillion dollars each year,) we are still confronted with a government that is bit by bit taking away our individual rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that are guaranteed by our Constitution and given to us by our Creator. (Obamacare forces an individual to not only buy insurance but a specific kind of insurance that may go against the person’s belief’s. Banks are told how much they can charge to initiate a loan and can be taken over by the government without any oversight. How long before we are told how much we can make?) According to many of our politicians we don’t have the wherewithal to make our own choices only they can do the choosing. Just look around your community, town, city or state and you will see how badly that has worked out for us.

This all leads us to why there aren’t as many jobs as people need and want. The amount of new businesses started will decline in direct ratio to the amount of new government regulations and new taxes and/or in the abscence of a stable (as small as possible) regulatory enviroment and low taxes. Government regulations and taxes are oppressive to a person or business (businesses are groups of people). The trick is to have as few or as little as possible and for sure, don’t keep changing the rules. Regulations and taxes are a form of force and whenever you try to force someone they will push back or get scared. Aren’t people and businesses afraid to spend too much right now?

These two things, low taxes and much less regulation, will actually bring in much more revenue to the government. (Check out the Kennedy & Reagan years. Both lowered taxes & more money flowed in. The more people making money the more taxes are collected. We want people earning lots of money not the other way around.) We will be able to pay off our debt and pay for needed services and safety nets. The key question is do our politicians want more cash in the bank or do some of them actually want the poor to stay poor.

How does the Constitution fit into all of this? The Constitution will give us limited government which will result in less regulation and less taxation. This gives all of us more choices and opportunity. More liberty & freedom will ensure we can pay our bills. The Constitution if understood and applied will allow any individual to start their own business and be as creative as their abilities allow. The people of our country can and will get us out of this economic catastrophe that the politicians have gotten us into. Anyway, most politicians haven’t the slightest clue about how to create jobs.

Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and all of the founding fathers knew that this thing called liberty was and is the key to a free and prosperous nation. Don’t take my word for it. Read their writings, the Constituion and the Declaration of Independence. Just think of the amount of small businesses that would have been created in the last several years if the government would have been getting smaller instead of growing monstrously huge.

Spread the word about our founding documents and how using them will lead to more jobs and more choices.

Tom

First, every American must be thoroughly familiar with the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. If we are not, then we won’t know whether  our politicians are doing their jobs or not. (Children should be included in this, as well, since they are the future.) [Read more...]

Second, we must demand that our politicians also read and apply the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Start up or join groups which study and discuss these documents and then, as a group, demand politicians do the same. Applying enough pressure will push our elected officials into actually doing their jobs. [Read more...]

Third, do not accept excuses or reasons why these documents can’t be read, understood and applied. It is a totally false idea that only a judge or a constitutional professor can know and understand what is in these docments. Each one of us can be a constituional expert and should be. [Read more...]

Fourth, in order to ensure the government does not overstep its limits, we must participate in choosing our elected officials and maybe even become one of them ourselves. Actually take part in the process, and don’t ”let it go on automatic”. This is the key to a free and prosperous nation.

Fifth, never take the freedom and liberty we have for granted. A lot was given and lost so that we as individuals could choose for ourselves without the threat of loss of life, property or freedom and more importantly keep a sharp eye on those who are chosen to govern. [Read more...]

Sixth, don’t forget to let all of the elected officials who represent you know when they are doing a good job securing these unalienable rights for you and your loved ones. You will get more of the same.

Seventh, never stop letting government officials know that these unalienable rights come from our Creator and not from them. When holding office for too long a period of time some confusion in this area can occur!

Eighth, use the Constitution as your guide to decide whether a proposed law secures everyone’s rights (Limited government) or not (Big government), whether a judge will be impartial or biased, or whether someone is worthy of being elected or should be passed over. What does this person think of the Constitution, and if they’ve applied it how have they applied it. [Read more...]

Ninth, it is up to you and I and every American to enforce the Constitution. If the elected officials who represent us are not securing our rights but instead are taking them away through slick legislation and legalese then it’s time to step up and force them to abide by the Constituion through recall votes when possible, mountains of letters, calls, e-mails and personal visits. These things can be done and won. [Read more...]

Tenth, never lose sight of what the  Founding Fathers wanted to accomplish. A country where every man, woman and child has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Where no one group trumps the rights of another or the individual and where everyone can strive for exellence. [Read more...]

Finally this is a guide and not meant to usurp your own ideas on securing these rights for everyone. Apply these points vigorously and not only will we get limited government but we will secure these rights for all future generations!

Tom

A good idea would be to read the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and the Bill of Rights. If someone tells you these founding documents can’t be understood because of age or semantics let them know that’s just not true. These documents are easily understood. If you run across a word you don’t know look it up and get the correct meaning. Use it until you understand it and then read the section again. By the time you’re done you will know our founding documents as well as any constitutional professor. And you will know how these documents protect the individuals right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. You’ll also understand that the Constitution must be applied if we want a free society.

The next step is to look at what each individual candidate has done. You of course can listen to what they have to say but if a candidate says, “I am a budget hawk,” and yet they’ve voted for bills that have cost trillions of dollars of borrowed money and that take away the individual’s rights,” well, those actions speak for themselves loud and clear.

Ask the question, “Do they support our founding documents or do they support an ever expanding federal government?” The bigger the government the more power that government has over the individual. The more centralized the government the less power the individual has over that government. De-centralization gives everyone  more liberty. In order to achieve this look over the article, “Liberty & Enforcing The Constitution“.

Let’s do a little studying, take a good hard look at what the candidates are actually doing and pick those who will secure the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all of us.

Our children and grandchildren are counting on us. Let’s do it!

Tom

The Founders wrote our founding documents to finally give all of us an opportunity to rise above this restraint and oppression. The only restraints would be the laws of the land which were based on of all things the ten commandments and of course the ones which we put on ourselves. The people now had choices over where they lived, what they did(Shall I say small businesses?) and who ruled them. We’ve now come full circle. Many of our politicians, proclaiming that the Constituion gives them the authority, plan to restrain all facets of our lives through the healthcare law, the banking law and redistributing property(money). We now vote in our kings, queens, lords and nobles.

Following the Constitution gives control to us, the people. We restrain and direct the government not the other way around. We got off to a good start on November 2nd. Let’s keep the ball rolling, up the ante and leave our children and grandchildren with the freedom & liberty the Founders entrusted us with.

We can do it!

Tom

We must now make absolutely clear to the new congress that they must repeal this law. I am continuing to contact my senator and representative so the new majority in congress know they must honor their pledge and that we, the American people, mean business. I suggest that you do the same.  Those in power that believe the state is all and the individual is nothing will not rest so neither can we.

The healthcare law will slowly but surely take our freedom to choose what we know is best for ouselves, our families, and our communities from us and give these choices to a bureaucrat. I plan to make sure our children and grandchildren grow up to be free men and women! I believe you will too.

Tom

Since the balance of power within our government is so skewed the real “fourth branch” must take charge. That is us the American people. In just a few days we will be able to “fire” every congressman and a portion of the senators who have voted to take freedom & liberty from all of us, our children and our grandchildren. To say this is a very important election is a supreme understatement.

I am going to do everything in my power to encourage people to get out and vote. I hope you will too. If all of us who believe in our Constitution vote, we will have a resounding victory, not only for ourselves, but for all Americans. And our country will continue to be the last best hope for Freedom & Liberty.

Tom

What has kept this freedom and liberty alive and well? Our Constitution which was crafted to protect the individual from an all powerful, over reaching government. In essence though, our constitution is just a piece of paper with writing on it. It is us, the American people, who keep the ideas in it alive and fresh for each following generation.   

Because of  this we have the opportunity to accomplish something that has never been done before. We can take our government back from the anti-constitutionalists that hijacked it, without resorting to violence of any kind. And believe me these guys fit the definition of anti-constitutional perfectly since, not only are they governing against the will of the people but they are also over-riding our established law; the Constitutuion. If they want to change the Constitution they must follow Article V not just pass laws that change the balance of power between the three branches of government.

In these last three weeks before the election I am finding as many candidates that will apply the Constitution as possible and supporting them financially. I suggest that you do the same no matter what the amount is. In so doing we can bypass all of the powers that be. 

So, let’s roll up our sleeves, get  these ideas out to our friends, relatives, and anyone we can get to listen. This is the moment in history which will decide the fate of our children and grandchildren. We must let everyone know what is at stake in this election; our Freedom & Liberty.

Tom

The idea that a politician via the government has the job of taking care of all Americans and all their problems besides being impossible is also utterly absurd since the government cannot even run the post office without being “way in the red”.

In going over the Constitution one will find that there is, “not a darn thing in there”, that gives the government that power. If someone thinks there is then we must first get their agreement to check out what the Constitution actually says and secondly we must make sure there are no misunderstanding of words and if so get the dictionary out to get the actual meaning. There is more than one definition for many words and confusion can result if we have an incorrect one. Many of you know this already but some do not.

The definitons for enforce are as follows; 1 obedience by threat and 2 to execute effectively. This is according to Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary. Now, I’d prefer to use only definition 2 but since we have strayed so far from the Constitution I believe we have to use definition 1 as well. Helping individuals(even politicians) understand the Constitution is the goal. The Constitution is our reality, our agreement as far as our government is concerned. Without it there is no agreement. As Americans we know what the government can do and more importantly what it can’t do. All a person need do is look around at what our government is doing right this moment by passing laws that are: 1. Against the will of the people.  2. Nationalizing whole industries (the healthacare bill, banking bill, auto bailout). 3. So large, twisted and convoluted that the politicians themselves don’t know what’s in them. 4. Changing our Constitution bypassing Article V (which tells us how to change it giving the individual the utmost protection). These are serious matters and our individual rights as stated in the Declaration of Independence are going to vanish if this continues much longer. Some may say this could never happen. If you think this then I ask you to take another good look at it before you dismiss these assertions.

We must be totally unreasonable about this. That is why we must let politicians know they will be voted out of office if they refuse, by their actions not their words, to comply with reading and applying the Constitution. Being reasonable (accepting excuses, reasons etc.) has gotten us into the mess we are in at this moment in history (The Great Society etc.).  

So, let’s get back to our fundamentals and drag our politicians along with us. On second thought we should fire any politician that voted for the stimulus bill, the healthcare bill, the banking bill or the cap & trade bill (energy bill).

Enforce the Constitution and we will keep our Liberty.

Tom

Most Americans are realizing that our individual right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is hanging by a thin thread which is about to break under the increasing number of violations by our government. Since the constitution was designed to secure these rights for all individuals let’s find every candidate across our great country who agrees with them and support these candidates financially. We can bypass the ruling class in both parties and the media and a real revolution will begin. And why not? What gives politicians the right to run our lives? Nothing in any founding document does. We have the ability to run our lives a million times better and more efficiently than any ruling class. We can do something about it and we will! Let’s take our country back.

Tom

What can you do to make sure this statute is passed? You can go to  Missourians for Health Care Freedom and support the movement. You can also forward this article to everyone you know so that they have the data and can make an informed decision. Last but not least convince people to get out and vote.

It’s up to us to take back our state and our country. No one else is going to do it. It’s you and me and anyone else we can convince to help. So let’s get going and get the job done.

Thanks for your help.

Tom