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The answer to this question lies in what the American\nRevolution was about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To understand this, we\nshould revisit the Declaration of Independence. \nJefferson said that all men (in the eyes of God) are equal and they are given\nby God certain inalienable Rights “among which are Life, Liberty and the\nPursuit of Happiness.” No man can\ngive us any of these … certainly evil men can take these from us, but they\ncannot give them to us … they are God given. \nThe men who affixed their names to the Declaration, each and every one,\nwas doing something illegal … committing a capital felony. They had the guts to pledge their all to the\neffort when they mutually pledged: “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred\nhonor.” Benjamin Franklin\nquipped,” If we don’t all hang together, we shall all hang\nseparately.” Many of the signers\ndid not fare well. They were true\npatriots, how many of us today would be brave enough to do what they did?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The American colonies, pre-revolution, were being ruled by a\ntyrant, they were in a tyranny. Their\ncitizens were being told, under the threat of imprisonment (or worse), what to\ndo … how to solve their personal or community problems by a tyranny that had\nno idea of or stake in their problems. \nThey were prohibited by law, faux law, from having any say in the\nsolution of their problems. They were\nthe chattels, the slaves of a far away master. \nToday the Federal government has in a large measure placed a new tyranny\nnot dissimilar to that of King George III upon us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the Revolution, the colonies, the 13 new Republics,\nconceded one thing to democracy … they \nenfranchised the common man with the vote, the first and only time in\nhuman history that the common person had any say in government. Democracy in large venues devolves into mob\nrule as was exemplified tens of centuries ago in ancient Athens and as was\nrepeated time and again throughout subsequent history where it was tried. Democracy, one man, one vote, is to be feared\nin all venues except where protagonists\nmeet in groups small enough have face to face debate about solving mutual\nproblems. The “majority rules”\nmantra always leaves a discontented minority. \nIf the issue is a solution to a mutual problem, comity within the\ncommunity generally allows acceptance of the verdict. But if the democratic process is extended to\na large group, say the American Presidential election, the results could be\ndisastrous. If the election of Hillary\nClinton by a majority of 67 million to 64 million for Donald Trump means that\nthe US Constitution will be overthrown for a “socialist utopia” it\ncould mean civil war. Our forefathers\nwere aware of this danger of large democracies and rejected that form of government\nout of hand. They, in the Constitutional\nConvention, opted for a Federal government of succinctly defined and limited\npowers joined together with a federation of self governing republics combined\nin a compact that presented a united front to foreign aggression and an united\narbiter both to disputes among the States and international exigencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why do we need government at all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Governments are instituted for the protection of the\npowerless. The most powerless in the\nface of outward aggression, be it individual or organized … is us … you and\nI, our families, our friends and neighbors , our community. We band together and choose those who would\ntake on the responsibility to protect us, the sheriff to give us comfort from\nfear of physical harm and mental anguish; the judges to mediate and mitigate disputes\nbetween us and others; our Senators and Representatives, our\ncommunity exemplars, sent to larger venues to explain our local problems and to\ncarry back the concerns of others to us, in short to insure our God given Right\nto Happiness. Governments are for the\nmaintenance of the “life, liberty and happiness” of the common man,\nthe individual … not the majority or the mob. \nThe American system was carefully and ingeniously assembled to protect\nthat goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a Democracy every person is to vote on every issue. This should require some degree of expertise\nby the voter, which is of course impossible. \nSo, in practice the voters have invariably relied on the demagogues. (A\nGreek word loosely translated “mob teacher.”) The demagogues, being men, often times\nmisrepresented their issues much to their advantage and the disadvantage of the\npopulace. On the other hand, under the\nguise of majority rule, the voters quickly realized that they could vote\nthemselves the treasury. Those of you\nwho “vote for the man” are today similarly abused by the modern\ndemagogues; the political ads, the word of mouth, peer pressure, the political\nparties, the signs, the radio, the TV and any other form of communication\nimaginable. You do not and probably\ncannot know “the man” you only know what others say about him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let us contrast this with the republican (representative)\nform of government. Republican\ngovernment is bottom up government. In\nthe first instance you and your family understand your place in the\ncommunity. You and yours should solve\nalmost all your problems alone or in community gatherings. You should or certainly can know the sheriff\nor local policeman. You can go to the\nlocal court house and talk to the local officials. If you don’t like what they are doing, you\ncan campaign for their removal in the next election. You live in a political and physical\nsubdivision of your state, your county. \nYour county is governed by county commissioners whom you vote for. If you live rurally that is your\ngovernment. If you live in a village or\ncity it is run by the town council and mayor whom you could and probably do\nknow. There may be several\nmunicipalities in your county all of which are self governing with officials\nthat are elected by their local residents. \nYou, yourself, may be on an elected school board, elected cemetery\ndistrict, an elected irrigation district or an elected highway district. You probably participate in local church,\ncharitable or service organizations all of which have elected boards, chairmen\nand administrators. If you are not\nparticipating, you most certainly can communicate with your fellow citizens who\nare. All these board members represent\nyou, it is representative government. Your community and county is unique and fully\nfunctional, and definitely cognizant of its place in the sun. In sum, our Republic gives you , if you care\nto participate, the privilege of direct access to the government that is most\nimportant to your personal well being. \nMore important than the State or Federals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be the county be big or small, rural or populous, it is an\nintegral part of this State and as such needs to be represented on the state\nlevel in both Houses of the Legislature by people that you know so that its\nuniqueness can be part of the dialogue of law making on the State level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US Constitution guarantees Republican government in the\nStates. The US Supreme Court has\nun-Constitutionally abrogated that Right to the detriment of the counties and\npeople of this State. The 10th Amendment\nof the Bill of Rights gives the State the Right to reject that decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article 10: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution<\/em>, nor\nprohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to\nthe people.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The answer to this question lies in what the American Revolution was about. To understand this, we should revisit the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson said that all men (in the eyes of God) are equal and they are given by … Continue reading