Posted on 07/18/2009 11:30:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 07/18/2009 11:48:33 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
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(continuing my remarks from prior thread)
Here is our recourse as declared by our Founding Fathers:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
It cannot be denied that the central government has become destructive of our unalienable rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness and our rights to live free. The government is no longer responsive to we the People. They have stretched and shredded the constitution to the point that they have illegally seized for themselves virtually unlimited powers over the citizens and act as if we have no rights and no powers of our own. They are acting without our consent.
Our Founders established that when our government becomes destructive of our rights then it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
We have reached the point where the government's long train of abuses and usurpations has achieved absolute Despotism, therefore it is our right, it is our duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for our future security.
Therefore, We the People of America choose to exercise our right to throw off and alter the abusive government by peacefully recalling and removing from office the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States and all U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives effective immediately.
An interim provisional Chief Executive and congressional representatives will be established as follows:
The Secretary of State shall immediately assume the office of interim Chief Executive. The Chief Executive shall appoint and the interim Senate shall confirm an interim Vice President.
An immediate election shall be held within each state legislature to appoint two interim senators to represent each sovereign state.
A special election shall be held by all states within 30 days to elect interim members of the House of Representatives.
Elections for regular government offices shall be conducted in November, 2010 as previously scheduled, except that elections will be held for all elective offices, including President, Vice President and all U.S. Representatives. U.S. Senators will be elected per class schedule by the various state legislatures.
We alter the government to provide new Guards for our future security as follows:
The Constitution of the United States must be kept intact and must be adhered to and strictly followed by all government entities as originally intended. The government has stretched the constitutional limits well beyond those intended by our founders. We must take steps to ensure that this is corrected and that the out of control government is reined in and that sufficient measures are introduced to maintain the limits, checks and balances on government and that government powers are strictly limited to those enumerated in the constitution and that our rights are reestablished, reaffirmed, re-secured and safeguarded. We must restore and reestablish the sovereignty of the people and the states and restore the constitutional balances between the central government, the various states and we the people. The constitution severely restricts government powers and guarantees unalienable freedom and Liberty to the people.
As we restore constitutionally limited government several wrongs must be righted:
The central government has illegally expanded its powers. They've done this by ignoring or stretching their constitutional limits. They have usurped powers limited to the states and the people. We must reestablish and reaffirm the enumerated powers and limit the central government strictly to just those powers. They've built huge power bases by allowing senators and representatives to be full time professional career positions. We eliminate this by establishing strict qualifications for office and term limits.
We must reestablish and reaffirm the powers to the states and the people as defined by the 9th and 10th amendments.
The central government has denied the states their constitutionally guaranteed republican form of government by introducing the 17th amendment which alters the way the senators which were to represent the sovereign interests of the various states to the central government. We must reestablish that representation by repealing the 17th amendment and allowing the state legislatures of the various states to elect their own senators as intended by our founders. This was never intended to be a function of the people. We the People are represented to the central government by our elected representatives in the House of Representatives. The sovereign states were to be represented by the state's senators to keep central powers and encroachment in check. Power is from the people to the states, and from the states to the central government. They've turned this upside down and inside out. We must correct it.
We hereby repeal the 17th amendment.
The central government has expanded well beyond the limits established for it by the founders and pay for that expansion by directly taxing the people and severely restricting our rights through an enslaving income tax.
We hereby repeal the 16th amendment.
The IRS and all sub departments and agencies are hereby dissolved, disbanded and closed.
The newly elected congress will establish rules and schedules for assessing and collecting fees, tariffs and excise taxes to support the armed forces and all constitutionally authorized departments of The United States Government per the Constitution of the United States (see schedule).
The central government is hereby stripped of all illegal powers and all departments and agencies not authorized by the constitution are hereby dissolved and disbanded. Their current budgets are hereby withdrawn. All disbanded department funds and liquid assets are to be immediately returned to the US Treasury. A list and methods for achieving this is provided in schedule xxx.
Ownership and responsibility for all federally held buildings, lands, parks, waterways, oceans, seas, etc, other than those in Washington, D.C. or military bases, forts, reservations, or local federal buildings owned by valid constitutional federal departments (see schedule) are hereby transferred to the sovereign state governments within which they reside or are located.
Responsibility for all natural resources found within any of the various states or within lands, oceans, lakes, rivers, waterways, seas out through our international boundary limits are hereby returned to the various states. All laws for mining, drilling, logging, or otherwise capitalizing on any minerals or natural resources are to be determined by the various states within which said resources are found.
The social security system is hereby dissolved, disbanded and closed. All social security funds being held by the federal government are to be returned to the private retirement accounts of the individuals owning them. A special fund will be establish for all current recipients and new recipients according to schedule xxy and the social security system shall be phased out accordingly. The funds to support current social security benefits shall become the responsibility of the states within which the recipients reside.
No revenues accruing to the federal government shall be disbursed to any state, city or local government for any reason whatsoever. Or used to subsidize or benefit any government or private entity, organization or person, other than those explicitly authorized and enumerated in the constitution.
All states are hereby solely responsible for any and all revenues or funds required to operate their sovereign states. The central government is not obligated to and shall not interfere in state government or local affairs.
The interstate commerce clause shall be applied strictly to regulating interstate commerce as originally established and intended by our founders. No stretches or reinterpretations of any kind shall be allowed.
Our first unalienable right is the right to life. Protecting Life and Liberty shall be of paramount importance to our central government. Roe v Wade and all congressional acts, regulations, court opinions allowing legalized abortion or the taking of innocent human life are hereby rescinded, overruled, repealed, nullified and voided. Life is fully protected by the U.S. Government.
The Federal Reserve.
Border security.
Medicare.
FAA, FDA, FCC, various federal ABC departments agencies and agencies. Which to close, which to remake with constitutional limits and authority, etc.
Federal Pensions.
Etc, etc, etc.
Need lots of help with this document, folks. Please chime in. Would love to see a committee formed of members of every state to complete and finalize it. Then we should form and send delegates to a special national congress to work out the kinks and plan its presentation and execution.
This concept is an entirely peaceful altering of our despotic government per our unalienable right and duty. No where do I call for violence. The only force I call for is the force of numbers. We need millions of our citizens to sign on to this petition and execute its provisions. Will require millions to march on D.C. to block the government's ability to do business as usual. This is our right and duty as Americans.
JimRob, you’ve hit on such a great ‘strategy’ in this thread perhaps you may want a new thread for the ‘tactics’ of which Fed Agencies need be cut immediately. Then stick with your brilliant Constitution Restoration Strategy til finalized....that said,
What needs to disappear from FEDERAL government:
(as you implied) many ‘jack booted thug’ agencies....ATF (and its alphabet children), DEA, etc.
DOEd
DOEnergy ( a new ‘real’ National Energy Plan should be drafted by the Governors)
HHS
all Human Rights agencies
IRS (as JimRob said)
BLS
Census Bureau (I can live with the 2000 cencus for the next hundred or so years)
Dept of Commerce
...more to follow.
Just one caveat...the military (and vets) were short changed for decades after KGB stooges Cronkite and Carter got thru with their demonization. I would hate to see an unintended consequence of this valiant Constitution Restoration any significant downsizing of the VA (we’re finally treating our Vets right via 8 years of Bush). just say’n.
I’m not talking about filling the chambers.
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this'n I like!...and as in the old days the #1 vote getter would be pres, #2 the VP!
Right, we still have free, FAIR elections with ACORN under investigation or indictment in 22 states after Obama stole the election.
Fake?
That means we aren't really all that serious. The other side has been willing to go to jail and block buildings and burn REAL flags and if we aren't ready to go to jail or to break some illegal gun ban laws, then we aren't serious about taking this nation back to our roots.
I don't want to have to travel to DC more than once.
These people need to LITERALLY have the crap scared out of them and toy guns won't do it. If you don't want to stand there with a real gun over your head, then maybe Real Pitchforks and Real Torches might be a legitimate alternative, but these people need to have the fear of God put in them. They need to know that there are millions of true Americans who will mean it when they cry...
GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!
Wouldn't work...as a great man once said, "we put our petty thieves in jail, and elect the big thieves to public office"==AESOP. Great shortlist and a good start for Education! add: ban any teachings on global warming, PC, abolish teachers unions (I know you probably meant that in your general gummit union ban), ie, the NEA, the state EAs, county EAs, etc. also no government monies for Islamic teachings (or Scientology or other 'pseudo-religious' terrorist groups)
ahhh, the voice of reason!
Most voters today have been bought and paid for by the Dims. Achieving the bulk of this would be very difficult. Making it even more so, would be the Supreme Court. But difficult does not imply impossible. So lets go for it.
Seconded....of course, there'll be some minor collateral damage.
Yes - I know all about it... it was long long ago - “That was then - This is NOW...
There were no international T.V vans with satellite dishes broadcasting the event to the entire U.S. and the rest of the world, there were no cell phones - there were not digital cameras everywhere, there were not digital video cams everywhere.
The Administration and Congress could not take the heat of even a suggestion of abuse - it would be instantly broadcast on every cable news - Millions of Americans would be watching.
Therefore there will be no police crackdown of any substance...
If the police and military were ordered to do so and a big crackdown occurred -— hundreds of thousands of Americans would become incensed and would come running to D.C.
But, I believe the American Military would not take violent action against Americans in such a situation.
Oh - there would be attempts - at first - to handcuff and carry off citizens and that would go on for a while - until it became futile as tens of thousands of people simply circled them and made them leave.
A Throng of Millions cannot be stopped - that is the SECRET... if a million people do not want to be moved - they cannot be..
Throwing riot gas into a crowd of protesting U.S. Citizens would soon bring the U.S. Government to its knees and probably it would collapse.
Great post...add to that restoration of Property Rights. Review Emminent Domain to ensure it’s not used simply to ‘jack taxes’.
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Great point....and it would be nice to have at least one Branch of Federal Government ‘with us’! Gonna be a large acorn army ‘against us’!!!
So - some of us would be hurt ... I’m willing to risk that...
50,000 troops cannot control 1,000,000 people who do not want to be moved.
It would be political suicide to tear gas tens of thousands of Americans — remember ‘The Whole World will be Watching’
I’m not afraid to lose blood on the streets...
There's a reason guns and ammunition have been flying off the shelves since "the one" and ACORN stole the election: At least some with common sense have come to realize that the government no longer speaks for them, and has openly become their enemy.
This government is stealing our freedoms, the fruits of our labors, and our choices for healthcare, education, etc.. on a daily basis.
Many are quietly drawing the line in their own minds. They may not be speaking of "revolution" but I darn sure do think they're preparing for it.
Others (such as .. oh, myself) openly talk about it because I understand that I'm not supposed to fear the Government, the Government is supposed to fear US. That's what the founding fathers intended.
The founding fathers understood that they were the last line of defense between a cowering public, too afraid to fight the King, and the freedoms they sought not just for themselves, but for all those who came to this country with them. Fast forward to today, Patriots are the last line of defense between this tyrannical government and our Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.
I'm frankly embarassed by some posters on this thread who don't get that simple point.
Our founding fathers didn't "work within King George's system" to try and make change. Once they realized that the King didn't care about them, their rights, their families, or the fruits of their labors they rebelled - and rightfully so.
In the meantime, those of us who support a revolution are being called "radicals" and worse. For that, I say THANK YOU! I count that a compliment in the spirt of Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Henry and Franklin. To those who think my (and others) views on this thread are "radical" I don't think the founding fathers would've given much thought about you or those who stand idly by, defend this government and preach "We have to do this Constitutionally" while this Government continues to tear down our Constitution on a daily basis. Did the Founding Fathers work within King Georges' "system?" HELL NO. They recognized CORRUPTION when they saw it, what in the hell is wrong with you?
I mean my God in Heaven, the People of Honduras understood it when their Constitution was being violated by their tyrannical ruler, what is wrong with people on this very form that they can't see that Obama is doing the exact same thing?
“Live on national TV isn’t public?”
Not the same. A live event with reporters in the midst of a million people is quite different...quite different...and could not be spun, no matter how hard they tried...I share your outrage...but his would NOT be the same thing...
unions...If you’re saying that the NLRB and Dept of Labor should be disbanded, I agree.
The Root of the problem...great post by the way. The overarching rule of government should be to First do no harm. Unfortunately, our laws are replete with unintended consequences (mostly harmful). Congress has failed miserably in this simple undeniable 'cause celebre'. So they continue to pass laws to fix the laws to fix the laws to fix the laws....previously passed. And here we are, a broken beyond repair gummit. And no one (with any integrity) wants to 'join in on the fun'.
Do we as well transfer the federal debt to the states
dividing the liabilities by each states population?
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I would say, “Yes”. And in addition to that,
I would like to see the annual federal budget proportioned
by number of representatives in the house back to the states.
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