[Nosterrex]

Fort Sumter was no doubt a historically important event; however, it started a war that ended in failure. Let us hope that if this is Fort Sumter, it, too, will not end in defeat. One of the affects that occurred from the Civil War was that the federal government usurped powers that belonged to states. State's rights exists in name only. The Supreme Court has interpreted the commerce clause in the Constitution in such a way that it allows the federal government to impose its will wherever and whenever it chooses. Neither political party seems interested in reversing the trend and setting limits to the federal government. I am trying to find some reason to be optimistic about the near future, but it looks very bleak today. At some point, the national debt is going to cause the United States to implode, and we will see riots such as we are now seeing in Greece. Maybe out of the ashes of financial ruin America will once again return to limited government.

[ichabod1]

Ya know, it seems kinda inefficient to have 50 different states with 50 different legislatures and 50 different sets o’ govament. Le’ss do sumthin about that.