Posted on 11/08/2015 6:37:35 AM PST by dserenda
Our great nation was founded by men filled with integrity and honor who were willing to sacrifice not only their fortune but their lives. They were compelled to leave their homes and careers to help guide our new nation into a direction that would demand restraints upon the government’s role in the lives of the people. They fought to establish a republic that would grant limited power to a federal government, because they understand that any government with central power is a corrupt government. These great patriots understood that absolute power corrupts and a best form of government was best left to the states.
Since our founding fathers many great patriots have served our nation with humility and distinction. Their motives pure and sacrifices well noted in the canons of history. They came with a servants heart to fulfill a need during a time of trouble in our nation. They exercised fortitude in the face of great adversity and trouble, never compromising their integrity.
��‹Today there are those that come to D.C. that want to destroy the very fabric and foundation upon which our country was founded. It is an enemy that appears as harmless as a dove but is as wise and venomous as a serpent. They slither through the halls of congress and squeeze the integrity out of those who do not fear their power and strength. Those who decide to cooperate with them soon succumb to their powerful grip. They make their nest in the sewers below K street (home to lobbyist) and lay their eggs of bribes, deceit, and corruption. As they hatch they spread all across the city infesting every institution of government with their powerful grip. Today Washington D.C. is full of men and woman who have been bitten by their bite or have become entangled in their grip of power. Power has replaced principle and pride has replaced piety. No longer is public office a place of service to the people but has become a place full of a self-serving people. They have joined the Washington Cartel which is made up of career politicians from both parties that get into bed with lobbyist and special interest.
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Leaders in both parties have learned that controlling the agenda is not only financially rewarding but by involving the media and parliamentary tricks they are able to fool the voters back home. They take votes they know they cannot win to show they tried then blame the very individuals that contribute to their campaigns. Today we have a government where the politicians, the press, the lobbyist, and corporate special interest are all in bed together while the American voter is left with no voice and no representation. Politicians go to Washington DC with the highest integrity and are quickly told if they do not play the game they will get nothing accomplished, no money, no support, and will be treated as an outcast.
A great patriot, Samuel Adams said “If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.†That time has come in America and we need experienced patriots to stand up and fight to reclaim D.C. and return it to its rightful owners, the people of this great country.
We must unite as patriots and elect principled conservatives that will destroy the Washington Cartel and promote the cause of liberty, freedom, and limited government. We must put forward candidates that are able to articulate constitutional principles, a foreign policy based on strength and not nation building, and an economic message of growing the economy and shrinking the size and reach of the federal government. Men of principle and integrity who believe in the spirit of our constitution and have demonstrated an ability to stand in the face of great adversity. Senator Ted Cruz and Rand Paul have both proven their ability to stand for the constitution and shrinking the size of government. Just as there were issues that united our founding fathers, there are issues today that unite us against the Washington Cartel.
The founding fathers understood that the cause of liberty did not belong to any one man or family but to all who believe in its principles of freedom. If we are going to defeat the Washington Cartel we must keep the message of liberty the main thing and not the messenger. Both Senator Cruz and Paul have promoted a message that all who love liberty can get behind. Senator Cruz and Senator Paul believe in their core the idea of limited government and both men would work to Reclaim the Constitution and Rescind the overreaching power of the federal government. Just as in the days of our founding fathers, there were strong disagreements over policies but they understood who was the real enemy. Let us not forgot who the enemy is and work together with those who promote the message of Liberty.
The government never returns anything it takes of its own volition...
Since our military has been reduced to pre-WW1 levels, it is only fair to reduce every federal agency to the levels they were at pre-WW1. If that means an agency didn’t exist then, so be it; they get disbanded.
“Reclaim and Rescind” is a nice idea. We’ll get to that after we hang, shoot or deport those who, by their anti-American and unconstitutional actions, are unfit to live in a free society.
Good rant.
As you pointed out, our institutions have been corrupted from the constitutional designs.
We can send conservatives to a corrupted congress into infinity and it won't make any difference for two reasons.
One, the Framers constitution accounted for man's nature, his tendency to seek power over others and wealth for himself. They countered man's ambition and avarice with a government design which first divided power vertically between the states and the government they created, then horizontally between three branches. The constitution acts on both the people and the states. In order to have a republic, the states MUST be represented in the law making body. The 17th amendment set up internal contradictions which, a hundred years later, are tearing our nation apart.
Second, consider something we don't hear very often anymore since the demise of the USSR, which is the leftist claim that socialism hasn't worked anywhere, ever, because the right people haven't been put in charge. Too many conservatives think the same, that all we need to do is elect the right people to “make the constitution work.†That concept removes us from a nation of laws in to that of a nation of men, and eventual tyranny.
So true.
This highlights the need for a good CPA to do one's taxes.
It is up to We The People to TAKE our power back...
CRUZ 2016... dedicated to the restoration of our Free Republic, no trumped up pie in the sky, just fighting relentlessly to do right; as the Constitution affirms.
They way I see it, the nation has strayed far afield from the founders intent of limited govt. The political left and a sizable portion of the political right (perhaps a majority of the right) are addicted to “something” from the govt, whether that be outright handouts in the form of a monthly welfare check through rules/regs/laws that they like or benefit from.
If we (bear with me) magically manage to elect a conservative president along with a conservative house and senate with conservative leadership that marginalizes the GOPe -AND- effectively rolls back federal over-reach, closes entire misfeasant agencies (Education, Energy, etc), replaces the punitive, progressive, confiscatory tax-code in it’s entirety — how could we prevent losing those gains by a future congress? Is there a judicial-activist-proof rule/amendment that could prevent future federal over-reach that cements “those powers not enumerated” with the states?
My questions are rhetorical. My point is that conservatives have a super-human, overwhelming amount of work that *desperately* needs to be done and it will all require far more public support and demand than we currently can rely on — given that voters still love them some GOPe and will reliably and inexplicably re-elect RINOs with the regularity of a swiss clock.
I have no idea how to fix it, but I firmly believe the solution will require a better leadership candidate recruiting process (look at the candidates we have to choose from now - for the most part, it’s laughable) and an incessant, strident, bold voter-education effort toward the top of a long list of efforts. Someone smarter than me can likely think of how long that list will prove to be. I’m hoping we have some modern day Jeffersons & Franklins willing to rise to the challenge. We’re going to need them.
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