A government of the people, by the people and for
the people. That is a lofty
sentiment. Abraham Lincoln was a
rhetorical genius. He wrote of a higher
ideal of government, while at the same time, invading his neighbors, shutting
down newspapers, jailing and exiling dissenters, not to mention engaging in
crony capitalism. The Great Emancipator
indeed.
The War of Northern Aggression was the beginning of
the end of federalism. Before this
calamity, states were considered ones country.
Politicians before that era would resign from their D.C. elected office
to become senators and representatives in their state’s legislature. Now, it’s the other way around. Washington D.C. has become the epicenter of
American life. No one can escape that
cesspools legion of laws, rules, regulations, onerous taxes and penalties.
The Anti-Federalists were prophetic. They warned us that this central government with
its three branches would conspire to consolidate power at the expense of states
and the liberty of its citizens. They
could not have been more right. These
founding fathers tried to protect us by demanding a Bill of Rights. Those rights were designed as a
firewall. But, like everything else, the
totalitarians have bastardized it.
These masters of American citizens depend upon our
faith and fidelity to their laws, rules, regulations, onerous taxes and
penalties. Without our compliance they
are nothing, hence, the diminishment of self-government and determination.
How can we fight back? We could call for an Article V constitutional
convention specifically designed to enforce our founding principles. That means abolishing the 1946 Administrative
Procedures Act, 17th Amendment, 16th Amendment, and more
importantly the cudgel of activist federal judges: the 14th
Amendment.
Another way to fight back is to call for a
NATO-esque alliance between red states.
An attack on one is attack on all.
States’ must reject their vassalage mentality. It was the states that created this federal
government, not the other way around. This
is the United States of America, not the Federal Government of America.
Sooner or later, something has to be done. A house divided against itself cannot
stand. Either we are free, or
totalitarian. It will become all one
thing, or all the other.
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