Campaign begins to start gun treaty negotiations - Nation - The State

Campaign begins to start gun treaty negotiations - Nation - The State

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Green Jobs??

I wonder if the fine bureaucrats at the Indiana Career Connect website can explain (with a straight face) the environmental impact of a Massage Therapist? Our Tax dollars at work, creating and saving jobs. Wonder if this was some of Van Jones work?

Awaken the Spirit of Liberty

"[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them." --Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772

"[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community." --Benjamin Rush, letter to David Ramsay, 1788

Some people who disagree with my way of thinking have accused me of being a “quote-miner” what ever that means. If it is meant to say that when I am unsure of something, I look to those that better understand, then I guess that’s me. I am happy to wear the title. Somehow, I don’t think it’s meant that way. What escapes me is how anyone that thinks quoting our Founders is anything but wise. Alas, they do exist.

I want to show you something. The top quote was Samuel Adams; Candidus being a pen name he used to keep from being hanged by the neck, 1772 was no time to be quoted saying such things. The second was 16 years later by Benjamin Rush and was made a year or so after the Constitution was written. Adams of course is directing his comment to existing laws being enforced by Colonial rule, Rush speaking about the laws that would arise from the Constitution.

Two completely different statements, given at two completely different points in history, and by two men not only of different ideology, but completely different backgrounds. Yet can you see the similarity in their beliefs.

Adams saying that the people should be part of the approval process of law, and Rush affirming the importance of it and that it should be applied equally at all times. Our Congress is tasked with making law in this nation; do you see the words of these wise men being heeded by them?

How are the people able to give approbation when they are not being represented? How is law being applied equally when tax cheats are appointed as Department Heads, and remain chairs of Congressional Committees? How are liberties being protected when elites are allowed to ignore the law but we are expected to adhere to it?

What chance do we stand, common folks, in a corrupted system of government where law is applied based upon your “importance” or that you are “too big to fail”? How much long are the people of this nation going to tolerate this governmental abomination, where “money” is the deciding vote and ours are not?

It’s not too late. We have all the power we need to dethrone these rulers, which call themselves representatives of the people. We have the United States Constitution! And it is time we use it for the good of us all. But you are going to have to read it and understand it first. No one can do that for you. Now is no time for excuses. The spirit of Liberty in this nation must be awakened… or we are once again…

… slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.

 

THOMAS the PAINE, 2009

Freedom of Speech

“The Constitution says that Congress (and the States) may not abridge the right to free speech. This provision means what it says. We properly read it to permit reasonable regulation of speech-connected activities in carefully restricted circumstances. But we do not confine the permissible exercise of First Amendment rights to a telephone booth or the four corners of a pamphlet, or to supervised and ordained discussion in a school classroom.”

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S.  503 (1969).

2010 Elections

The following is a message received from Mike Lewinski of the Kendallville 9/12 group:

 

Among the patriots who make up the 912/TP struggle against the Statists, there seems to be agreement that the enemies of freedom who have been elected to representative positions must be thrown out of office if we are to restore our Constitutional Republic . The Kendallville group believes that as long as we still have free speech and the vote we must use those gifts from the Founders to defeat the evil from within which is destroying our country.

From this perspective it seems our efforts, in the final analysis, have to be directed to the vote. Educating people, registering citizens, and seeing that they get to the polls should be our primary objective. This is the only real bullet we have.

We ought to be collaborating to accomplish that. A portion of our collective intelligence and wisdom should be focused on educating people, registering voters, and getting them to the polls twice in 2010 and again in 2012. We should be sharing information about this. The first election is only 7 months away. And don't forget, that election determines whether or not we will have any real choice in the fall election.

Remember, ACORN and the politically active leftist unions are going to be making mega efforts to educate, register, and get people to the polls in those same elections. Is that something we are just going to concede to them? Are we going to rely upon "chance" to turn the tide at the polls, or are we going to start doing the hard, tedious, boring political work necessary to use free speech and the vote to beat the evil that wants to enslave us?

Certainly, there must be some people in each group who would be willing to work with others in our groups to focus upon the ways and means of positively effecting the elections. Please have anyone who would be willing to help us figure out how we can accomplish the three goals listed above contact me [mlewinski@mchsi.com 260 925-3849]. If you want me to come to one of your meeting and discuss this I will be glad to do so. Work on this effort which has barely been started can be found at www.auburncommittee.org Sign in, go the forum link located in the menu bar at the top of the page, open New American Revolution, and open the Hope thread. There you will find the three files-Candidate Questionnaire, Registration Project, and Get Out The Vote.

Additional Information

If you have not heard, the Kendallville City Council voted down a State Sovereignty Resolution by three to one. The mayor said in a prepared statement that she could not support it because she believes in a "living Constitution". Two of the three councilmen who voted against the resolution had told us a month earlier that they could support it. One of the councilmen, with whom we had not spoken, implied that we were just a bunch of Beck robots, and said that Glenn was an entertainer holding his finger up in the air [Glenn's selling out his country for ratings (money)]. We do have a video of the council meeting.

When we meet tonight, I'm going to talk with our group about punishing these politicians, and lifting up Regan Ford [the councilman who voted for the resolution he authored for us] with a tea party in Kendallville. In the State Sovereignty Demonstration Packet [which is attached] we observed "In the upcoming election season, we will be in a good position to ask all of our candidates where they stand on state sovereignty and what they will do to support it. If we had not been successful, we would have worked to make state sovereignty an important issue in the councilman's next election. Either way, a focus on state sovereignty opens up so many of the issues we want politicians to address [shape the elections].

I am also going to ask the group to commit $100 of the $1,000 towards a Goto Meeting.com annual contract for a webinar capability which also includes go to meeting capabilities. [Think of an old fashion telephone party line with a computer screen that can be shared by all of the participants. It's not much money and it would enable leaders from the group to conveniently meet, as well as allow geographically diverse individuals within all the groups to work together on whatever projects might be decided upon. Any thoughts you might have on the use of such technology is welcome. “Goto Meeting” can accommodate 16 sites. The webinar can handle up to 1,000 sites. Isn't technology wonderful?