Balance Of Power & Our Freedom

In our government today we have a congress that is giving to the executive branch more and more power over each and every individual American and in so doing it is creating an imbalance between the three equal branches of government. Of course this has been going on for decades but is much more noticeable now since the abuse by the executive branch has been so flagrant. Just take a look at the stimulus bill, the healthcare bill and the banking bill and the methods used to pass them. [There are links to these bills in an earlier article, "Liberty & Enforcing The Constitution".] A media, sometimes referred to as the “fourth branch of government’, also provides no checks to any branch of government since most of the media’s goals are the same goals as those running it, control over the people. The abuses by these groups are too numerous to mention here but if you just follow the political news and the money I believe you will come to the same conclusion.

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

Liberty & Enforcing The Constitution

I don’t know about you but I believe that I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself, my family(and extended family) and our business, of helping our church, helping our community, and in so doing by extension helping our state and our country. I’m fairly certain that most of you feel this way too.

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

Freedom & Liberty Will Always Triumph

In spite of the continuing onslaught of anti-constitutional bills coming out of the congress and being signed into law by the president, take heart, we are a free people and won’t be held down for long. Although many Americans don’t realize what is actually occurring, more than we think do and that will make for a historical election in November. November is a big deal. Keep talking about the healthcare bill, the stimulus package (which stole almost a trillion dollars from our children and grandchildren), the takeover of GM and Chrysler, the takeover of student loans and the latest is the takeover of the banking industry. Almost all of these areas are now in the control of the executive branch of our federal government. Even people  unfamiliar with the constitution will get a sense that something is wrong when hearing of this.

You and I know the terrible path that our politicians are taking us down. A road that leads to an all powerful state populated by all knowing bureaucrats; Where the individual is nothing and the state is all (Unless you agree of course); Where mechanisms are set up to handle situations with so many variables that only a living being could make the correct call; Where the spirit of man is squashed and the material world is glorified; Where unthinking appointees implement policies long past any usefulness, if ever there were any; And worst of all anything new and actually helpful will be declared harmful and thus banned before any practical applications of it can be made. Sounds a lot like the old Soviet Union doesn’t it?

No way in Hades am I going to stand around while approximately five hundred and fifty people decide  to take 350 million people down that path. The Founders of our country had to stand up to the harshest of elements, the greatest empire at the time and a population where a third were in favor, a third were indifferent and a third were aganinst going to war with England. We on the other hand only have to communicate to our friends, relatives, fellow parishioners, business associates, representatives, senators and anyone we can get to listen and then convince them they can do something about it.

And what do we need to let these people know? Just show them the Constitution and who is violating it. Help them understand that the constitutuion is their protection against an all powerful government and help them understand why.

The greatest gift anyone can receive is their freedom & liberty. I’m not going to let down the tens of millions of children who haven’t even considered their American dream yet. I want them all to have the right to choose for themselves as I’ve had. I know you do too.

Tom