Racist Americans
Stupid Americans
Greedy Americans

we are boned.

Arizona is a perfect example of the Federal Govt ignoring its CONSTITUTIONAL responsibilities, and then using the courts to further bring down the State. I submit, that the Constitution explicitly gives the States authority to defend itself against invasion. Whether or not foreign nationals are entering a nation illegally, and murdering people is considered an “invasion”, I suppose is up to debate.

The main method the Federal Govt uses against the States to comply is with holding Federal funds. What happens if the States refuse to allow their citizens to pay Federal Taxes?

The States have options, they just haven’t used any. It shall be my goal, from now own, to ensure that I am active in my local govt and State govt, as I am able, to take power back to the local and State level.

The Republicans have lost their way. They quit being the party of personal responsibility and personal freedom. They became the party of pandering, big government when it suited them, and bowing to populist ideas when they thought it would get them votes. They did it with McCain, and they did it again with Romney. The party claimed to “see the light”, but they actively worked to root out the fiscally conservative candidates so that the most moderate, big government candidate would win. They are beyond hope. We can’t afford to lose any more elections this way. Republicans need to become the “Progressive Libertarian” party. What I mean by that, is they need to become the path by which we move towards a Libertarian type government. What Libertarians don’t realize is that America can’t instantly become a Libertarian state. They also don’t realize that sometimes pro-active foreign involvement is necessary to secure our country and its borders. Republicans need to stop treating immigration like it is a cancer, and start finding ways to make getting a work visa or green card very easy, while simultaneously coming down hard on illegals and companies that hire them. Become the party of compassion for our legal guests. Frame immigration in terms of wanting to protect our new guests and citizens from unsafe working conditions and slave-like wages. Quit worrying about “gay marriage”. You can be religiously opposed all you want, but at the end of the day, two dudes or two women hooking up doesn’t affect you personally, so there should be no legal reason why it isn’t allowed. The same goes with drugs. Drugs, like guns, should be legal. If you do something bad to someone while using them, you should be punished. We already have those laws in place. Make those connections and unite the opposition with you. Frame anti-affirmative action in terms of not treating races and genders like handicaps and wanting to treat everyone equally.
Republicans need to wake up and realize that Fiscal Conservatism sells, but they lose every time because the “average joe” doesn’t care so much about the deficit as they do about the government in their bedroom. Quit trying to mandate religiously derived laws on people when those behaviors hurt no one but the individual.

That, people, is pre-Nov. 6th thinking.

What is the paradigm now is POST,/b>-constitutional existence.

When a president who has sworn to uphold, protect, and defend the very document he holds in utter disdain due to what it prohibits government from doing….and the SCOTUS takes no judicial notice of multiple malfeasances…then, people, we are in freefall.

That is anarchy.

Let’s discuss that, shall we?

When Democrat groups disagree, it’s not such a big deal to them. They can give or take more easily because the ties that bind them are loose and squishy. When Republicans disagree, they break hard. Because things matter more to them. Like the Word of God or the Founding Father’s Principles.

It’s over. The principled few have lost. There are not enough principled people to maintain influence in the “mob rule” democracy. It’s time to pull back and focus on our families, our homes, our churches, and our local communities.

Tau Dades makes specific reference to the 10th Amendment…that’s fine IF you have a government which respects the constitution.

The Obama administration does NOT respect the constitution.

THAT is something we have to wrap our minds around…but QUICK!

Ideological and philosophical discussions are fine…conduct them over pints of Guinness and solve the nation’s myriad problems before last call.

Just deal with the fact that we exist, today, right the phugh NOW, in a post constitutional, truly imperial, proto-tyranny.

Laws are selectively respected when only convenient for the tyrant.

THAT is the immediate, existing, paradigm. (Just look at how mayors, governors and POTUS dealt with enforcing the laws when dealing with the Occupiers.)

Conservative/Liberal? Pffffft!!

Legal/Illegal & Constitutional/Post-constitutional…THAT is what we must come to grips with.

Let’s deal with THAT, ok?

Liberals should rightly be re-branded as socialists, cental-planners, or serfs. Conservatives should align themselves more with radical(comparatively) Libertarians.

I consider myself to be a conservative Libertarian. I realize that to get where we want to be from where we will be after 4 more years of Obamunism will require cultural change on a large scale. To jump straight to Libertarian Utopia is a bridge to far, but we need to change course in its direction, and away from the culture of dependence on the false idol of government. We need to start by tearing down the biggest strawman of all – Federal Government. Educate people that “Government” is really an imaginary entity, made to facelessly act as all of us, but controlled by a few who can be corrupted. Everything the government provides it does so wastefully and with resources it takes from all of us. Resources we could each individually put to better use to the benefit of ourselves and our community.

The second problem is the reluctance of those same “leaders” to come to terms that they will never be served by the mainstream media. Instead of embracing and supporting the Tea Party, talk radio, conservative websites, etc. that can spread their message, they instead disown them and insult them out of fear that their association might be exploited by the “mainstream” media. They cannot accept that ANYTHING they do will be ridiculed, right down to Romney sending canned goods to victims of Hurricane Sandy.

We are currently watching the finest example of the failings of the Republican leadership playing out in front of us. In the wake of this election, the current “leaders” of the Republican party, who are the “face” of the Republican party – Boehner, McConnell, Cornyn, etc. – all believe the party is perceived as being strictly old, white guys. And, they ARE all old, white guys. So, if they believe that is the issue, the solution – for the good of the party, and the good of the country – is simple: Step down from their positions within the party and elect new, younger, more diverse leadership (someone like Marco Rubio Speaker of the House, for example) to put a new “face” on the Republican party. But, don’t hold your breath waiting for them to do so anytime soon, as they are a far cry from the founders of the party…they are all way too self-absorbed and put themselves before all else.

Amendment X:
“The power not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,or to the people.”

Alabama made Obamacare illegal on Tuesday. The more the States fight for their rights against the Federal Govt, the more liberty we will have once again.