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Posted on 02/28/2015 8:24:12 AM PST by SleeperCatcher
“Catch me if you can.”
That’s what President Obama seems to be saying to the Republican-led Congress, to the Judicial Branch, and to every single American, regardless of political affiliation. He is daring all of us to try and stop him from implementing, on his own, the final act of his “fundamental transformation” of the country in the two years he has left in office.
What’s worse is that we are letting him get away with it.
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No matter what happens, it will take God’s miracle for a rebirth of freedom in our country.
The Article V effort is an important step in stemming the tide, but I don’t think it’s the only way out of this mess. All of the hoops will need to get jumped through and we need to end up with RIGHT amendments (that CUT the unconstitutional portion of the feds which is probably about about 80% of the federal government which equals about $3.2 trillion that needs to go), with the RIGHT air-tight wording and CLEAR records of original intent by the ratifiers to make it more difficult for SCOTUS to change the amendments from the bench. Even with all of that, the game-breaker could be that the feds will have to cooperate if not with the process, then with the results.
Yes, I’m all for the Article V effort but I also believe that state sovereignty, an essential element of the Constitution, can and must be asserted. State sovereignty in nullifying unconstitutional federal acts do not depend on federal cooperation. Arizona has just passed such legislation. The joint efforts of an Article V convention and individual states asserting their constitutional sovereignty do not have to be mutually exclusive efforts - they should be done in parallel, at the same time.
States could begin RIGHT NOW to fairly assess in good faith the most grievous unconstitutional federal acts and pass legislation rejecting such acts. Yes, this is a more extreme approach than the Article V convention, but one man in the White House is already taking extreme, illegal, and unconstitutional approaches. State sovereignty is legal and constitutionally valid, supported by Constitutional presumptions, the Supremacy Clause, and confirmed by the Ninth and Tenth Amendments. Asserting state sovereignty could be a peaceful process but that state must be ready for financial independence from the feds (a wonderful thing really).
You know the difference between Obama and many of us who love freedom and hate tyranny? Obama doesn’t care what happens, he’s going to do it anyway. THAT should also be our mindset, ESPECIALLY because WE are in the right and Obama is in the wrong. We propose asserting constitutional justice and freedom. Obama and the Left continue with illegal, unconstitutional, and unjust acts. That should make us MORE BOLD than Obama.
If the results of the Article V convention is to have any effect, the feds will at some point have to cooperate which means the feds would have to obey the Constitution. If this Article V convention is done right, much in the amendments will be basically a restatement of what is either already explicit or implicit in the Constitution which the feds already ignore.
The clincher in the Article V process will be, if the amendments state what should be stated the way the should be stated, hundreds of thousands of federal employees, bureaucratic heads, and officials will be packing their bags for home without a job. What entity is there that will force that to happen even if such amendments are passed? Governments, especially BIG governments, don’t just say, “Oh well, we’ll just shut done now.” No, they will fight - so we must be ready to fight, in any way necessary.
The endgame could be peaceful, noisy or possibly bloody. What’s freedom worth to us? To our predecessors, freedom meant more than life itself and was worth dying for. Obama is willing to risk all for illegal tyranny. Can’t we have at least the same mindset for freedom and just constitutionality?
Both the Article V convention and state sovereignty are long-shots towards recovery of our freedom, but with the right mindset, attitude, and enough people and state support, both could do a lot to bring us back from the precipice of tyranny. Let’s be ready to fight for freedom. The silent coup d’état must become a noisy fight. If shots need to be fired so be it. Whatever it takes. We are in the right and with God’s grace and miraculous Providence, I hope and pray we will have a new birth of freedom.
States, The Natural Second Party
Restore federalism, restore freedom. Repeal the 17th.
Even Jesus had to limit his miracles when the people had no faith.
I hope that patriots are catching onto the idea that Republicans are extinct. We need constitutionalists in DC, not RINO “conservatives.”
YES!!!
In addition to reviewing evidence in possible capital crimes, the grand jury can investigate local government corruption, i.e. local high crimes.
Last year, the grand jury investigated improper use of county government credit cards. No indictment.
Two years ago, the grand jury investigated rumors of the county commissioners conducting business in private, which would have been a violation of FL sunshine in government laws. No indictment.
IIRC, the district attorney said the last time our grand jury handed down an indictment was in the late 1980s for murder.
Despite the apparent waste of time in forming a grand jury every six months, the district attorney said the real value was that the public and county commissioners positively knew that a panel of citizens, outside of political influence, stood by to investigate local government shenanigans.
By this, the mere existence of the grand jury helps ensure more honest government. Our politicians know they should be prepared for public knowledge and examination of their every act.
Now, you may think an indictment of Obama, Holder, Lerner, Koskinen to be a waste of time.
I say Obama and his ministers freely commit high crimes precisely because they know the House of Reps is too frightened to do its duty and expose them. I say a permanent committee in the House should be formed to continually examine sniffs of high political crimes. Unless the executive branch knows that a permanent committee is looking for high crimes, we can expect further assaults on our liberty.
And look at Bill Clinton. I felt certain that when he got caught lying about Monica Lewinsky, that he'd be impeached and convicted for high crimes and misdemeanors. But the democRATS rallied around him, defended him, made the Republicans look like the bad guys and the process didn't accomplish anything except making the GOP look like poor losers. And Clinton is more popular than ever.
So while I share your desire to have a permanent structure in place to hold these guys responsible, look at how poorly the ethics committees operate in keeping them in line. It's a joke. I think political reality is that neither side wants to do anything (except for a few honest, hardcore types) because they know that when their time comes, they don't want to be held accountable for their bad acts either. Simple as that.
Bkmk
Yes, but many in this country have faith. Every act I mention would be an act of faith. What’s needed now are faithful acts, not just faithful words. Faith without works is dead. It is time to act, but act in faith.
And just as the Article V effort does not preclude the effort of state sovereignty in nullifying unconstitutional federal acts as I mentioned, so faithful hearts and acts do not preclude a trust that it will take a big God to miraculously cause a rebirth of freedom.
The commies probably have dirt on practically every single person in office.
I am in general agreement with that position because it is a high probability option for combating the problem in a short period of time. The long slog, as practiced by the progressive (marxist) left, is effective but the left will eliminate our ability to communicate with the people like China or worse and less likely, they will persecute us like north korea. So... CoS is the last remaining peaceful answer. Please note my damn iPad will not let me type the Norks in lower case with normal spacing. Even the word Norks. Are iPads or their software made by them?
Seems like the only way to tell FedGov™ you’ve had enough is to lobe artillery shell into one of their forts.
It does seem the only way to really let them know that there must be an end to the irreconcilable differences you have.
17th.The 16 beeds some more language but it is not so devastating as the 17th. The 17th poisoned Federalism which took alnost a century to breathe its last breath.
Shucks no, just wait, they will bring trains for you when they have your new job ready for you, it is a workers paradise I tell you.
Every one of us should be contacting our state legislators and pushing that Convention. I don't believe it can happen because the situation is so far gone that I believe that this President would be spurred to complete his Transformation suddenly by force when it is apparent that the states are en route to actually doing something disruptive to Progress. That said, we must continue on with the attitude of "Bring it on!"
Very helpful. Thanks.
I have been shouting for States to assert their Constitutional rights, so they legalized pot. Strangely enough the fedzilla doesn't care that they flout some laws. State politicians are still politicians I guess.
I was surprised to learn today that the president has a monopoly on FCC nominations. Gee, a monopoly on communications with very weak ‘checks’ and no balance.
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