we lost control of the government when some dem somewhere figured out how to bastardize the commerce clause. you know the one where the feds are given power to regulate commerce between the states. well someone figured that anything done in this country is done between states, and therefore falls under the commerce clause, which is therefore controlled by the feds.
On Sep 10, 8:32 pm, Jim Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someday historians and tweed jacket intellectuals will look back at > American and posit the question; “What went wrong?” Of course they > will be speaking French, Russian or Chinese. That’s why I’m writing > this and providing there are interpreters around these words of print > will be invaluable. > > The Supreme Court rules that time set aside for prayer in public > schools is unconstitutional, the year was 1948. Prior to that ruling > not only was there time set aside for prayer, many state supreme > courts had ordered compulsory Bible reading. In fact, from Americas > very inception schools had a religious foundation. James Madison, one > of our original founders, said, “We have no government armed with the > power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality > or religion…Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious > people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” > > Herbert Hoover was the president in 1929 and fiddled while America > burned. But, it was Franklin Roosevelt who extended what was literally > a market correction and through his, “new deal” policies inflated that > correction into a full blown depression. > While America suffered, Roosevelt adulterated the constitution > moreover than any president in human history. Roosevelt gave us Social > Security, Un-employment insurance, the SEC, the FDIC, the FTC, a > national bureau of Agriculture, executive order no. 6102 which made > all privately held gold of American citizens’ property of the US > Treasury. This gold confiscation by executive order was argued to be > unconstitutional, but Roosevelt's executive order asserts authority to > do so based on the "War Time Powers Act" of 1917. Gold bullion > remained illegal for Americans to own until President Ford rescinded > the order in 1974, payroll taxes, and withholding taxes. There was a > United States Housing Authority (1937), a second Agricultural > Adjustment Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938, which > created the minimum wage. And, lest we forget, his Yalta agreement > sentenced half of Europe to enslavement by the Russians for more than > fifty years. Roosevelt was also the first American president to attack > the wealthy and incite class warfare. A strategy still held dear by > today’s Democrat party. Before Roosevelt American’s looked to the rich > and said, “I can do that”. Roosevelt convinced them that they > couldn’t. > > The Roosevelt era was the first time in American history wherein a > both houses of congress enjoyed a filibuster proof majority. Though, > Roosevelt’s Leninists tactic even scared the democrat majority, > causing term limits for the presidency to be hurriedly enacted. > > The next time America was assaulted with Democrat majorities was in > 1964; following the death of John Kennedy, well know philanderer but a > patriot till his death. When the long knives were out for Senator Joe > McCarthy, senator Kennedy refused to dog pile a war hero. > Lyndon Johnson, village idiot, widened Americas influence in South > Vietnam while hamstringing our militaries effort to actually win the > war. Our troops won every major battle they engaged, yet because of > Johnson’s affinity for communism we never actually set about to > destroy our enemy. > > Johnson gave us Medicare, the war on poverty and the great society. He > set up the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National > Endowment for the Arts, to support humanists and artists (as the WPA > once did). Johnson gave us the teachers union, ensuring that one plus > one equals three. > > These two presidents have done more to abdicate, adulterate and > annihilate our constitution than any others. Our constitution is clear > and succinct, articles one, two and three grant specific powers to our > federal government. The tenth amendment provides that only those > enumerated powers, within that text, are the purview of the > government, any other powers assumed are unconstitutional. > What Roosevelt started, Johnson expanded and the real question is; > “how do we ever get back to our founding principals?” > > I don’t know, even with my fertile cranium but, I will take the > lipstick off this pig and just say it. Speaking for conservatives, > “and I can/do” the press is panting about Sarah Palin and the > republican base is doing cartwheels. And, it has not a damn thing to > do with McCain. As conservatives we hate him. He has stuck our > conservative noses in it akin to dinghy Harry Reid, village idiot. > > No, what conservatives see is Sarah. And, what I hear whispered, a > lot, is Palin-Jindal. We just have to bide our time for four years, > and hope McCain falls asleep a lot. It’s our only hope as a nation; > otherwise some historian will be deciphering these words in his quest > to solve the enigma; what happened to America? > Conservative Springfield 10SEP08 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
