The Constitution vs. Control Over We The People

Controlling and restraining the people has been an age old goal of all governments since the beginning of man’s history. Whether it is a king, queen, emperor, czar, warlord or dictator the goal most of the time is the same; control, control, control. The Founders of course came from europe where there were kings, queens, lords and nobles interested in of all things how to control the people. In the 20th century we developed such things as facsism, communism and socialism. All of these forms of government have the same goal. Controlling the people. Control and restrain the governed. What about liberty and freedom?

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 control 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 control and restrain 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

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

We The People, The Constitution And The Congress

It’s the accounting tricks used in the financial scoring of the healthcare bill by our supposed representatives that makes me wonder if I’m still living in America. It’s the total lack, by many, of acknowledging the founding document that has made our country, the country that all other nation’s look to for guidance and example. It’s using our money to buy votes to pass a bill that more than two-thirds of us don’t want. It’s spending money that we don’t have for a healthcare bill which will probably cost three times more than it’s estimate. And finally it’s the arrogance exhibited by the majority of our elected officials that they can take away our right to choose our own course through life that will seal their fate in November.

Why are these people working so hard to take away our individual liberty? They must think that they know better than us how we should run our lives. Interstingly enough, government run healthcare never works as can be seen in England and Canada yet they are going to do virtually the same thing as both of those countries expecting a different result.

For me we stand at a crossroads in history. There have been many lives before us that have given all to attain here in this country for a moment in time what had never been accomplished in the history of man. Freedom & liberty for all in spite of what they look like, what religion they practice and what traditions they bring with them. And now because of our complacency we stand to lose all that was gained. Not just for us but every human being on our planet now and in the future.

Too many of our people don’t even know the first thing about the only document that protects them from an oppressive, suppressive government: The Constitution. It is a great document. Simple, to the point and all laid out to protect the individual’s right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. If only we knew it and followed it and were totally unreasonable with our politicians following it too.

What happened to get us to this point? Where the federal government grows day by day, ever larger, all knowing, all encompassing taking over every decision for us that the founders never intended and is not allowed under the constitution. Maybe social security was the start of it under Rooselvelt. Then there was Kennedy signing an executive order allowing federal workers to unionize. Johnson creates welfare under the Great Soceity in the late 60’s. Carter signs  the Community Redevopment Act to get low income families into their own houses. Bill Clinton allows drug companies  in 1995 to market directly to consumers and lowers standards for loans covered under the Community Redevelopment Act. And then there was George Bush spending, spending and more spending. We can’t really blame all of these guys too much because we elected all of them. But then that brings us back to the beginning. Did we know the constitution and were we applying it and paying attention to who we were electing?

We have allowed people to run our schools who did not and do not believe that the constitution protects the individual’s rights but rather is used to protect their rights and those who think as they do. A little group thinking goes a long way in turning a document written to give the individual liberty upside down so it now takes liberty away from him. What a trick! And now for an encore we will make you believe the founders intended it that way. If it wasn’t so deadly serious it would be hilarious.

How do we turn this around? I would be lying if I said it would be easy. Just look around and see the mess we are in. But if we find tools that work we can make it easier. When we are talking education look for methods that have high statistics and get good results. Same thing with tax policy, foreign policy, banking policy and any other policy you can think of. Look at what has been done in the past and if it hasn’t worked let’s not do the same thing again hoping for a different result. But if it has worked, as in the constitution, well why not try to duplicate our founders intentions more closely rather than changing it into something else. As a very wise person said, ” If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” 

Getting more aligned with our Founders intentions concerning the constitution would not only be enlightening but also a heck of a lot of fun. Seeing people throw off the chains of dependence and cause good things to happen in their  lives and others is kind of like watching your kids grow into young men and women. It is rewarding. Watching people be successful is a real treat. And the things you can learn as you see what they create, well it’s fantastic!

Besides the right to choose our own destiny, another legacy the Founders left us with is the opportunity to improve ourselves through our interaction with each other, true education(not what we have in public schools),  and our churches. But in order to do that and actually become better men we cannot have government or elite politicians deciding for us and telling us what to do. Government fosters thinking alike and not looking to see what is actually there. It also punishes disagreement. So do universities and colleges. If everybody thinks alike and doesn’t look, where are the new ideas and the ideas that work going to come from? These ideas of course come from the individual not from a group of politicians or professors.

So shouldn’t we protect, defend and know the founding document that gives the individual the freedom to come up with new ideas and new ways of looking at the world: The Constitution. I say yes. I hope you do too.

Tom