Dieselhead wrote:
Now that IS FUNNY! Gerry posted a think piece. Nobody commented on it
but andrew, and he is complaining about the replies to his political post.
And he says he opposed mob rule and favors a federal system.
It isn't political discussion that weighs a mailing list down, it's political
disagreement. If we all agreed with Andrew, or if Andrew agreed with the rest of
us, there wouldn't be a problem.
Now, back to the political issue at hand:
The federal government has, progressively over time, become the national
government, and the states that formed it have lost all control over it.
This was done with an incredible misinterpretation of the interstate commerce
clause, claiming that it authorized the federal government to control anything
that could potentially have an effect upon interstate commerce. Obviously that
would mean there are NO limits to federal authority and we would have a full
national government instead of a federation of states.
Andrew seems to see two paths forward from where we are now, national government
and chaos/anarchy/mob rule.
I see two paths, return to a republic authorized by the Constitution which was
ratified by a federation of states or a civil war to reinstate such a republic.
It's looking more and more like this war will be in my lifetime if it happens at
all.
What we're seeing is a states' challenge to federal authority, the states are
telling the feds that they've been pushed to the limits and won't yield any
further, and while they're at it, why don't the feds start backing up for a change?
My former county sheriff is one of those leading the charge:
In Michigan, for example, the Senate unanimously passed a measure saying the
state wouldn't comply with a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act
that critics say could allow American citizens to be held indefinitely without
trial on suspicion of terrorism. Among the advocates of the bill were the ACLU
and local tea- party groups.
(uh, Gerry, did the authors mean to say "opponents" instead of "advocates"?)
"We're telling the United States government, 'We will not cooperate with you,' "
says Sen. Rick Jones, a lead sponsor of the bill who is a former sheriff with
three decades in law enforcement. "As a state, we're asserting the 10th
Amendment" that supports states' rights.
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