Individual freedom, the incontrovertible basis of our society, cannot co-exist within a command society, be it a tyrant or a collective.\u00a0 The free man does not depend upon the orders or largess of others, he knows and revels in the idea that he has “free will” and knows that he is ultimately responsible for his fate and those people and things that he cares about.\u00a0 In a free society the free man’s freedom ends at your nose.\u00a0 The gauge\u00a0of freedom is that the individual can do anything, so long as he does not injure others.\u00a0 The maxim for the actions of a free man is, “To do no harm to others.”\u00a0 However, in this wonderful country, the old saw, “he who has the gold, makes the rules” is certainly true.\u00a0 Here is the difference between a free society and a totalitarian (socialistic) society.\u00a0 In a free society, if you don’t like the (golden) rules of a particular situation, you are free to move on.\u00a0 Contrast this with a command society, where the committee or the bureaucrat tells you what you can do, from the cradle to the grave.\u00a0 Since humans are a gregarious lot and, for the most part, for many reasons, enjoy the company of others, we have instituted governments to allow for our association with each other in an orderly and non-threatening way.\u00a0 The free person chooses to conform to a certain modicum of rules in order to support an orderly society.\u00a0 The totalitarian has a plan and he would compel others, in any way including force, to follow his ideas of a perfect society.\u00a0\u00a0 The question is, for us who would be free, “what kind of government best allows us, each and every one, the most individual freedom?”\u00a0 The answer for those who have studied the problem, like our forefathers, and failing any viable alternative, is republican, representative government.<\/p>\n
We,\u00a0of today, were born into their free republic, a system that has protected the rights of man like no other system in all history.\u00a0 Our Republic is now being subjected to death by a thousand cuts by the minions of Fabian Socialism.\u00a0 We must act NOW<\/strong> if we are to save the light of freedom that emanates from the torch of Liberty from those dark forces.\u00a0 The question is how?<\/p>\n The answer is in the Constitution.\u00a0 The delegates of the States, the Writers of The Great Document, loved their children, the Federal government and its units.\u00a0 They gave the Federal government full latitude to act within the bounds for which it had been created.\u00a0 They, however, like the ancient Spartans, did not completely trust what might happen or what the new government might do, so the States maintained final authority.\u00a0 The Writers also understood that The Great Document might need to be modified from time to time and gave the child, Congress, the ability to PROPOSE<\/strong> changes, by amendment, reserving for themselves the ability to adopt.\u00a0 In this way the power in Congress, under the Constitution, is always subject to the will of its creator, the States.\u00a0 Throughout American history, the Congress, by 2\/3 vote of both Houses has proposed all the Amendments to the Constitution and has almost always done so to limit the powers of the States.\u00a0 Outside of a few Amendments that were enacted to clarify encumbrances to the flow of good government, nearly all have been enacted to correct abuses of\u00a0individual freedom.\u00a0 The States, for the most part, have enthusiastically supported those actions, but their ratifications were not always logically thought out or closely debated.\u00a0 It is apparent now that some Amendments were proposed to specifically attack our republican government.\u00a0 Some Amendments, and portions of the Constitution itself, have been interpreted, either by members of the government or of Congress or of the Courts, to the determent of the Republic.<\/p>\n Many members of Congress, as well as huge numbers of society at large, now believe that the Federal government is responsible to or should make all the laws and govern everything in the United States.\u00a0 Generations of American students have been taught that America is a DEMOCRACY<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is not so, nor can it ever be, massive Democracy in free society is impossible, as we have previously discussed.\u00a0 If they could know how their Document has been perverted, our forefathers would be rolling in their graves.\u00a0 Parochial people that\u00a0have no concept of the ideal of human freedom have become members of Congress, both in the past and presently.\u00a0 They pander to their constituents in order to win election and re-election.\u00a0 They believe that they are there to “bring home the bacon” to their constituents.\u00a0 This attitude is the proximate cause for the \u201cear-marks\u201d so reviled by many.\u00a0 The reality is, however, because the “bacon” is perceived as \u201cfree money\u201d that a Congressman who fails to \u201cbring home the bacon\u201d often is soon shunted to a \u201creal\u201d job or at least a place in the un-employment line.\u00a0 The “DEMOS”, the mob, has learned how to vote itself largess.\u00a0 To say that the system is corrupt is an understatement of the first water.<\/p>\n However, if we look at who has the real power in the United States it is still the States.\u00a0 When the Congress or its members get to the point that they disregard, subvert, bribe, cajole, dictate to or otherwise ignore their relationship under the Constitution to the States, it is time for the father to discipline the child.<\/p>\n The Constitution needs to be amended to redress the transgressions of the Congress, the Courts and the bureaucracy.\u00a0 It is the only non-violent way to cure the excesses that we see.\u00a0 The States have never amended by convention, except upon the original ratification.\u00a0 But the Constitution can be amended, by first by convening a Convention called by two thirds of the States for proposing Amendments and second, adopted upon ratification by three fourths of the States.\u00a0 Could this be done?\u00a0 An analysis of the \u201cred\u201d versus the \u201cblue\u201d States strongly suggests that the Convention could be called.\u00a0 An analysis of the \u201cred\u201d versus the \u201cblue\u201d counties<\/strong> in the several States suggests that true reforms could be ratified by ratification Conventions in the States.\u00a0 And finally, true to the republican principles without which there would have never, could have never been a United States of America, each State votes equally in a ratification.\u00a0 Wyoming could cancel Connecticut;\u00a0Idaho, California.\u00a0 It is patently obvious that many members of Congress, and the Left Wing Intelligencia, would resist this idea by all means possible, for they know that it is they that need to be reined in.\u00a0 Consideration for popular support should be realized from the American public, which is exceedingly angry with politicians in general and the Congress in particular.\u00a0 It is time for grass roots leadership to retake the reins of our destiny.\u00a0 It is time for the Governors and Legislators to reassert their rightful role in American government.\u00a0 They need to call for and then formulate the Amendments necessary to preserve the Republic.<\/p>\n What specifically should be done?\u00a0 Let me suggest \u2013<\/p>\n None of us, who care for the freedom of the individual or of economic life, wants in any way to do away with the Constitution, only to strengthen and closely define its original intents.\u00a0 There is a small cadre of Leftists, Internationalists, who believe that the freedom of the individual should be eliminated so that their nebulous Millennia of love can be ushered in.\u00a0 If their empathy for love, safety, sharing, caring and such, is so compelling, why must it be forced upon those of us who believe in the inviolability of the individual and the free market, whether we agree or not?\u00a0 Leftists, who believe that way, also believe that those who consider the Constitution the guardian of freedom must be eliminated politically, because they are such an impediment to their goals.\u00a0 The intellectual Leftists are few, but their un-intellectual following, those who are interested in \u201cbacon\u201d coerced from \u201cthem\u201d are many.\u00a0 The Left has been so incrementally successful in subtly destroying the Republic that we must take action now.<\/p>\n We could take a lesson from the Left \u2026 we could consider one, several or all the suggestions above.\u00a0 We got into this predicament by their maxim \u2026 \u201cIf you can’t have a full loaf, insist on one anyway and if that is impossible, then settle for a few slices that you didn’t have before.\u201d\u00a0 But the time for Fabianism is well past.\u00a0 If a Convention is convened, all the suggestions need to be considered, because further action may not be possible or delay may be fatal to the cause.<\/p>\n The States, the true manifestation of popular democracy and exemplars of republicanism, through their democratically elected governors and their democratically elected representatives must act immediately.\u00a0 The roll of the Federal government must be put into perspective and action must be taken to relegate it into its proper place in our Republic.\u00a0 The consequences of failure to act could very well mean the end of the Republic and with it, the end of human freedom \u2026 maybe forever!<\/p>\n Can the Republic be saved?\u00a0 It is up to us \u2026 it is up to you \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Individual freedom, the incontrovertible basis of our society, cannot co-exist within a command society, be it a tyrant or a collective.\u00a0 The free man does not depend upon the orders or largess of others, he knows and revels in the … Continue reading \n