We the People have been watching,
After you have finished talking,
And waving to the people,
That might as be sheeple.
Yes we can permute.
And after the time is done,
And rhetoric opens from
The pain of lost complacency,
And the country will be angry.
Yes we can endure.
When public opinion falters
Will the face change alter,
Or will you be the Sumter
And face the enemy without slumber.
Yes we can live on.
Will you drive out the elite,
And take out the deceit.
Or will you an equivalent,
And increase their benevolence.
Yes we can struggle.
In the end, your oratory
Must be backed by activity.
Not leading the sheep away,
But through the straight and narrow way.
Yes we can resolve.
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You have one strike against you, Mr. President Obama.
You are destroying the lives of children by supporting and immoral and uncivil practice that will murder the lives of hundreds of children, everyday.
Not only in our country, but around the world.
Veto your own illegal legislation, on government sponsored abortions!
Showing posts with label Federalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Federalism. Show all posts
Thursday, January 22, 2009
My Message to Our President
Labels:
Big Government,
Constitution,
Federalism,
Obama,
Paul,
President,
Ron,
Ron Paul
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Economics: The Most Important Subject
Economics is the most important subject one can study. It alone controls the amount of personal freedoms, monetary freedoms, and extramundane freedoms the populous shall possess. The more economic freedom the more other freedoms. This is the great irony of the American political sphere for, those that promote personal freedoms in the Congress and election rhetoric are also the ones that promote less economic freedoms. Over the following posts I will be discussing the most accurate school of economics:
THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
I will be using several resources in these posts including:
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism
by Robert P. Murphy Ph.D.
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution
by Kevin R. C. Gutzman, J.D., Ph.D
The Revolution: A Manifesto
by Dr. Ron Paul
The FairTax Book*
by Neal Bortz and Congressman John Linder
I will add books to this list and when quoted or referced I will give full credit to these authors on that blog.
*I do not think we should have federal taxes in the United States, but this book does a great job showing the American people what economics we are moving towards/using in our everyday life.
THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
I will be using several resources in these posts including:
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism
by Robert P. Murphy Ph.D.
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution
by Kevin R. C. Gutzman, J.D., Ph.D
The Revolution: A Manifesto
by Dr. Ron Paul
The FairTax Book*
by Neal Bortz and Congressman John Linder
I will add books to this list and when quoted or referced I will give full credit to these authors on that blog.
*I do not think we should have federal taxes in the United States, but this book does a great job showing the American people what economics we are moving towards/using in our everyday life.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
The Department of Education
The Department of Education is a waste of money. In its short history, the educational standards of the country have dropped in a faster rate than any other point of history. Why should we decommission the Federal Department of Education, some might ask, it couldn't be hurting anything. At worst it must just a waste of money. Here is a quick story of why it is the cause:
Economic pioneer Charles M. Schwab had a terrible inefficient manufacture plant. Many of his advisors thought that the plant should be closed down in order to raise the net profits. Charles M. Schwab decided against this. He testifies the following on what he did to correct this:
"It was near the end of the day; in a few minutes the night force would come on duty. I turned to a workman who was standing beside one of the red-mouthed furnaces and asked him for a piece of chalk.
'How man heats has your shift made today?' I queried.
'Six' he replied.
I chalked a big '6' on the floor, and then passed along without another word. When the night shift came in they saw the '6' and asked about it.
'The big boss was in here today,' said the day men. 'He asked us how many heats we had made, and we told him six. He chalked it down."
The next morning I passed through the same mill. I saw that the '6' had been rubbed out and a big '7' written instead. The night shift had announced itself. That night I went back. The '7' had been erased, and a '10' swaggered in its place. The day force had recognized no superiors. Thus a fine competition was started, and it went on until this mill, formerly the poorest producer, was turning out more than any other mill in the plant."
(Quoted from "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism)
What does this have to do with education, one might ask. Competition is a beautiful thing. If MLK High School in Riverside, California produces more ivy league grads and its higher SAT and ACT scores than any other school in its district, it will boast of its superior teachers and students. The other schools would attempt to compete. This is proven more and more through sports and extra-curricular activities. Jonesboro High School in Jonesboro, Georgia boasts of its two time back to back Mock Trial championship through a dominating sign outside the school. Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Arkansas was truly proud of there football team when they won the 7A state championship 28-7.
Why can't the quality of education of an institution also be in this competitive nature. Simply answered, because we view a school based upon whether or not a school passes federal regulations. If a school does not achieve these goals, the district receives more funding. How to correct this problem involves one, simple step. End regulations on public schools and allow parents to choose where there children go to school. Is it not there children? It should be there choice whether or not they go to Baptist Hill High School or West Ashley High School.
Economic pioneer Charles M. Schwab had a terrible inefficient manufacture plant. Many of his advisors thought that the plant should be closed down in order to raise the net profits. Charles M. Schwab decided against this. He testifies the following on what he did to correct this:
"It was near the end of the day; in a few minutes the night force would come on duty. I turned to a workman who was standing beside one of the red-mouthed furnaces and asked him for a piece of chalk.
'How man heats has your shift made today?' I queried.
'Six' he replied.
I chalked a big '6' on the floor, and then passed along without another word. When the night shift came in they saw the '6' and asked about it.
'The big boss was in here today,' said the day men. 'He asked us how many heats we had made, and we told him six. He chalked it down."
The next morning I passed through the same mill. I saw that the '6' had been rubbed out and a big '7' written instead. The night shift had announced itself. That night I went back. The '7' had been erased, and a '10' swaggered in its place. The day force had recognized no superiors. Thus a fine competition was started, and it went on until this mill, formerly the poorest producer, was turning out more than any other mill in the plant."
(Quoted from "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism)
What does this have to do with education, one might ask. Competition is a beautiful thing. If MLK High School in Riverside, California produces more ivy league grads and its higher SAT and ACT scores than any other school in its district, it will boast of its superior teachers and students. The other schools would attempt to compete. This is proven more and more through sports and extra-curricular activities. Jonesboro High School in Jonesboro, Georgia boasts of its two time back to back Mock Trial championship through a dominating sign outside the school. Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Arkansas was truly proud of there football team when they won the 7A state championship 28-7.
Why can't the quality of education of an institution also be in this competitive nature. Simply answered, because we view a school based upon whether or not a school passes federal regulations. If a school does not achieve these goals, the district receives more funding. How to correct this problem involves one, simple step. End regulations on public schools and allow parents to choose where there children go to school. Is it not there children? It should be there choice whether or not they go to Baptist Hill High School or West Ashley High School.
Labels:
Big Government,
Education,
Federalism,
Republicanism,
Thomas Jefferson
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Why Thomas Jefferson is rolling in his grave. (and Alexander Hamilton is happy about it)
Thomas Jefferson was a rebel amongst patriots. If he were alive today, he would probably be viewed as a terrorist. He is most notably known for saying that democracy was mob rule, were 51% of the population took captive the other 49. He also felt that George Washington abused the office of the President of the United States. John Adams created the Alien and Sedition Acts of the 1798 to contain him and his party of "radicals." He referred to the United States in the plural tense. (In a nut shell, take Abe Lincoln and multiple by negative one thats Thomas Jefferson) Yet, this man is revered, by many, as a true patriot.
His nemesis was Alexander Hamilton. Good ole' Alex is a little known man today. Go into any classroom in America's fine public school system and ask a child who he was. At best you might get that he created the Bank of the United States. This is true, but the scope of this man is far greater. He was one of the many writers of the Federalist papers, a good commentary on true Constitutional law. He is best known for being a monarchist. Yes, a monarchist. He wanted the English government to be transplanted directly into the United States (with a King and Parliament). He also wanted the elimination of states completely. While great statesmen in New York, North Carolina and Virginia were a bit weary about forming a federal government, he wanted a national government (yes these are different). He is the man who struck fear in the eyes Patrick Henry, a small government patron and anti-Constitution advocate. He is best known for forming the Bank of the United States. This is the original feds. He also created the Federal Courts, an organization that was reported to the states never to be chartered unless it was needed. The Constitution was up to loose interpretation according to Alex. He is the ACLU champion.
Thomas Jefferson understood the Constitution a tad bit better than Alex. He understood that the power was in the states hand. According the law, there is always a sovereign. According to the Constitution, the sovereign is the States. That means that Georgia's, Florida's, and California's independent State government is more powerful than the federal. In todays minds, its hard to understand, but if you look at early American documents, such as the Treaty of Paris, it address each state individually. Effectively, the United States was kinda like a European Union. If Alabama wanted to declare Christianity the State religion, it could. It never says in the Constitution that Alabama couldn't. This is the government the United State was suppose to become.
Sadly, Alex got in the way. He became the chief adviser to two presidents, Washington and Adams. Each of these presidents strengthen the Federal Government. Moving the United States from being an alliance of 13 independent countries, to one country.
This was not want any of these states signed on for. Kentucky and Virginia signed resolutions against this destruction of the very thing they were told would protect there civil liberty of states rights. However this kind of conflict is to easily swayed.
It took a Civil War to end the madness. We all know what happened. Now we live in a new world order, were the founding fathers, for the exception of good ole' Alex, would be plotting a revolution, to end the tyranny that is the Federal Government (which really isn't a Federal Government any more, but a national government).
Things to Read:
The US Constitution
The Federalist
The Anti-Federalist
The Kentucky Resolutions
The Virginia Resolutions
His nemesis was Alexander Hamilton. Good ole' Alex is a little known man today. Go into any classroom in America's fine public school system and ask a child who he was. At best you might get that he created the Bank of the United States. This is true, but the scope of this man is far greater. He was one of the many writers of the Federalist papers, a good commentary on true Constitutional law. He is best known for being a monarchist. Yes, a monarchist. He wanted the English government to be transplanted directly into the United States (with a King and Parliament). He also wanted the elimination of states completely. While great statesmen in New York, North Carolina and Virginia were a bit weary about forming a federal government, he wanted a national government (yes these are different). He is the man who struck fear in the eyes Patrick Henry, a small government patron and anti-Constitution advocate. He is best known for forming the Bank of the United States. This is the original feds. He also created the Federal Courts, an organization that was reported to the states never to be chartered unless it was needed. The Constitution was up to loose interpretation according to Alex. He is the ACLU champion.
Thomas Jefferson understood the Constitution a tad bit better than Alex. He understood that the power was in the states hand. According the law, there is always a sovereign. According to the Constitution, the sovereign is the States. That means that Georgia's, Florida's, and California's independent State government is more powerful than the federal. In todays minds, its hard to understand, but if you look at early American documents, such as the Treaty of Paris, it address each state individually. Effectively, the United States was kinda like a European Union. If Alabama wanted to declare Christianity the State religion, it could. It never says in the Constitution that Alabama couldn't. This is the government the United State was suppose to become.
Sadly, Alex got in the way. He became the chief adviser to two presidents, Washington and Adams. Each of these presidents strengthen the Federal Government. Moving the United States from being an alliance of 13 independent countries, to one country.
This was not want any of these states signed on for. Kentucky and Virginia signed resolutions against this destruction of the very thing they were told would protect there civil liberty of states rights. However this kind of conflict is to easily swayed.
It took a Civil War to end the madness. We all know what happened. Now we live in a new world order, were the founding fathers, for the exception of good ole' Alex, would be plotting a revolution, to end the tyranny that is the Federal Government (which really isn't a Federal Government any more, but a national government).
Things to Read:
The US Constitution
The Federalist
The Anti-Federalist
The Kentucky Resolutions
The Virginia Resolutions
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