“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.”
Alexander Hamilton (circa 1755-1804)
“…when a long train of abuses and usurpations,… Continue reading
“Breathes there the man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
…If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
…The wretch, concentred all in self,
… doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonored , and unsung.”
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) excerpt from… Continue reading
“I love my job. I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it. I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report. I love fighting back, I love finding allies, and — famously –I enjoy making enemies.”
Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)
Shortly after Andrew Breitbart’s untimely death a T-shirt came out featuring the image… Continue reading
Thrive: verb Grow or develop well or vigorously; prosper, flourish.
“In my heart, there are two wolves: a wolf of love and a wolf of hate. Which one thrives depends on which one I feed each day.”
Native American folklore
“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of… Continue reading
“I do solemnly swear that I will…preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
From the US Presidential Oath of Office
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic….”
From the oath taken by all US federal employees, other than the President — that of course includes all members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, military officers and enlisted, et al.
“Every Congressman should take his oath of office seriously, that’s all you need. They stand up there and promise to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America — if they really mean that, that’s enough for me.”
Daniel Hannan at CPAC 2012
“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
In the vein of Bubba Clinton’s famous “it’s the economy, stupid” meme, “we the people” need to focus on one exceedingly important topic — the US Constitution. It is crucial that we do so, now.
Recently one of our Supreme Court Justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, opined that the US Constitution is an outdated and retardataire document. She feels that Egypt would be better served by looking beyond the US Constitution when drafting their own. A most peculiar, if not treasonous, comment coming from someone charged with defending the US Constitution.
The Progressives — both Democrat and Republican — are fond of talking about a “living” Constitution, by which they mean a dead Constitution, or so near to it as to make no difference. A “living” Constitution is one that is plastic, pliable, and amenable to being twisted and shaped into whatever form the elitists wish.
Although the United States is still technically a constitutional republic, it is in reality a de facto oligarchy where the Constitution is given lip service and not much else. The list of unconstitutional laws passed by all three branches of the federal government is much too long to enumerate here — I will simply note in passing that the Constitution has been misinterpreted, bypassed, and ignored for quite some time and in a variety of ways.
The power that the elites have gathered to themselves came from somewhere — it came from “we the people,” and unless we take it back, and take it back now, we will lose it forever. It is a truism that as government grows; power comes to rest in the hands of fewer and fewer people. Crony-capitalism, special interests, and monopolies are killing free-enterprise, diversity, and the United States as a free republic.
It is a given that Progressives and others in favor of big government are by their nature opposed to the US Constitution, which they correctly see as limiting the role of the federal government. What is not so obvious is that there are a large number of “conservatives” who favor big government as well.
A nutshell definition of a conservative might be someone who believes in less government and fewer laws. That may be what it used to mean, but no longer — there are plenty of “conservatives” these days who are big fans of big government, or more to the point, plenty of Republicans who are fans of big government. For simplicity’s sake I will use the term “neo-con” to describe such people.
Roughly speaking, “conservatives” come in three types anymore: RINO, neo-con, and constitutional-conservatives. Of the three only the constitutional-conservatives adhere to the traditional dictionary definition of a conservative. RINOs are really liberals (“wolves in elephant’s clothing” as Dr. Kate puts it), and neo-cons are Big Intrusive Government Republicans (BIGRs). (There are, of course, a number of other conservative designations available: libertarian, social, fiscal, etc. I am trying to keep things simple).
My point here is that you can be a big government Republican, but you cannot be a big government constitutional-conservative — there is no such animal. If you will not or cannot be honest about it yourself, then permit me to be honest for you: if you like big government then you are against the US Constitution. You simply cannot support both, as they are diametrically opposed. Continue reading
“The increasing complexity and precariousness of our economic life have forced Government to take over many spheres of activity once left to choice or chance. Our intellectuals have surrendered first to the slave-philosophy of Hegel, then to Marx, finally to the linguistic analysts. As a result, classical political theory, with its Stoic, Christian, and juristic key-conceptions (natural law, the value… Continue reading
