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A REPUBLIC IF YOU CAN KEEP IT
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people take away the rights of the other forty-nine." ~ Thomas Jefferson
In the year 1787 Dr. James McHenry, delegate from the state of Maryland, and Benjamin Franklin were leaving Independence Hall together when they were approached by a woman who asked Ben Franklin what kind of government he was giving them. Later that day Dr. McHenry recorded the lady's question and his friend's answer in his journal, "A republic...if you can keep it." The answer in and of itself posed a challenge, for Ben Franklin knew full well the many pitfalls of of a republic. He also knew it to be the best form of government insofar as individual liberty is concerned, and after having just freed thirteen colonies from the rule of an unjust monarchy, liberty was the watch word of the day.
It was on April 19, 1775 that the first volley of the War of Independence sounded in Lexington
Massachusetts but it was not until July 4 of the following year that delegates from all thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia and signed the Declaration of Independence. A new nation was born on that day but it would be eight long and bloody years before those delegates could stand before their constituents and tell them that freedom was theirs.
This fledgling nation had much to do and even more to learn. It was on September 17, 1787 that the Constitution of the United States was ratified and to this day it remains the oldest constitution in use by any country in the world. It has served us well and it's been the envy of the mankind almost since its signing. Oddly enough, most Americans don't really know what is in our constitution, and the greatest error that our citizens make is in believing that this nation is supposed to be a democracy while nothing could be farther from the truth.
Essentially democracy is mob rule and no matter how innocently it begins that is always the inevitable end. The primary failing of democratic system is that there is no protection of rights. It is the majority vote that determines everything. A simple example: You own a very large area of land and your neighbors are envious and want it divided into smaller sections and parceled out to them. If such a case is brought to a vote and you did something last month that made you less than popular...Your land is gone. Taken from you by popular vote. You lose everything you have ever worked for to the whims of Democracy.
This "Mob Rule" mentality is exactly what is happening to America today and it is encouraged by the leaders of the Democratic Party. Please note that I said "Leaders." I have many friends who are registered Democrats and were they to have any choice many of todays practices would come to and end. A perfect example of what I refer to is the welfare state promoted so strongly by President Johnson and now is again being encouraged by Barrack Obama. The same holds true for the Amnesty he seeks for millions of illegal immigrants. More votes for him, and more of a burden for America.
It may not sound politically correct but I firmly believe that some people should not have the vote, and that comment just made a lot of my readers angry, but...The mob rule mentality I mentioned. There is only so much wealth in a nation and when there are more taking from the system than putting in you reach the state where Obama is taking us which is Socialism/Communism. I oppose this transition but will follow his lead if anyone can show me one country that is successful under communism.
So back to voter's rights. No non-productive individual should have the right to vote himself a bigger slice of the pie. There are only so many slices so let's act accordingly. Karl Marx, the sociopathic founder of Marxism/Communism advocated the policy of "From each according to his ability to each according to his need." History has proven this a fallacy in light of the poverty that goes hand in hand with communism and yet the gullible line up to follow any charismatic leader who advocates this destructive doctrine.
Americans are notoriously generous. Look at all of the peoples of the world we have helped. The problem is we want to help, but we do not want to be forced to help, and anytime a person collecting welfare votes for the politician who is advocating raising the taxes on the rich...That is force! Karl Marx had his thought...this is mine:
Any person who consumes more than he or she produces should not vote!
Politicians should not be able to vote themselves an increase in pay or benefits. An example of that abuse is right now we are going through a serious recession made worse by the ineptitude of the Obama administration and government workers the Congress and Senate were given a raise in pay. How about those in the private sector that pay the bills. No raise, and many lost their source of income under Obama. Senior citizens living at the poverty level received no increase at all and with the new healthcare laws they will lose even more.-
The following is the basic pay structure of our elected leaders...Ask yourself if they need a raise.
A rank and file member of the house or senate $174,000.00 Majority and Minority party leaders $193,400 .00 Speaker if the house $223,500.00
Naturally if the want to take a trip to Hawaii on a "Fact finding mission" it is paid for by the American public and if you think that Nancy Pelosi is getting paid a lot of money to do so much damage to this country factor in the fact that we provide her with her own private jet to fly her to San Francisco on the weekends...At your expense.
I firmly believe that the pay and benefits of our elected leaders should be on the ballot at the voting booth and Americans will know what they are paying for and how much. And this should apply on all who serve in the political arena, whether federal, state or local government.
Fox news reports that in Southern California, Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo is making almost $800,000.00 per year, considerably more than Obama is paid. The Police Chief in the same city is paid $457,000.00 and the Assistant City Manager is collecting $373,000.00. Combined pay for the three exceeds one a a half MILLION dollars per year. Bell has a population of only 37,000 to bear the burden of such expenses. Now tack on all of the other operating costs and you probably would not want to live in Bell, California
This sort of abuse is democracy run amuck and the very best example yet...In general I supported most of President Bush's foreign policy but one laughable event occurred that must have proven very embarrassing to the head of state. He always was a strong advocate of democracy but when the Palestinians had a democratic election they elected the terrorist group HAMAS to lead them. Bad day for Bush. Even the worst events make some people happy. The Bush bashers loved it.
A republic is the most rational form of government to protect the rights of the individual. It is not a popular vote but an established law that will determine the course of events when a dispute arises. The phrase "A nation of laws, not of men" is the ultimate triumph of the republican form of government.
John Adams will most certainly never be nominated for sainthood but it can be argued that his concept of a nation of laws is the primary reason this country has done so well for so long. No President ever had to be removed from office when their term or terms were at an end. None has ever clung to power and refused to step aside. The one debatable exception would be Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a powerful mitigating factor there was World War ll. Immediately after his death though, the process began to make quite sure that no one would ever again be in office for so long. Two terms and it is time to step aside. The entrenched power in today's Congress and Senate now has many Americans clamouring for term limits there as well.
Today the Republic has come under a new type of assault. The current regime seems as though they are not planning to ever step aside as millions of Americans are fearful that we may have elected a radical who is trying to totally "transform" the country in his words. At the writing of this he has manged to seat a far left Soto Mayor to the Supreme Court and now Republicans are trying to block his next choice, a far far left candidate with almost no legal background. The only qualification...she agrees with him that we no longer have any use for the constitution and she is his attorney in the birth certificate proceedings-.
A word of warning to all: Should Obama succeed in trashing the constitution your status will immediately change from freedom to serfdom. That Constitution, quite literally, is all that stands between us and another Dark Age. You think that an exaggeration? It is not! We have for generations set the standards for the ideal for all mankind. It is we who fed and protected the world through the last century. imagine what the world would be like had we stood idly by allowing aggressors and disasters to ravage the rest of the world. America kept the world fairly stable in the 20th century. If Obama has his way and eliminates our constitution then none will want to witness the rest of the 21st century.
To those who so eagerly stand ready to serve Obama in his quest for power I give these words of warning. He is, without a doubt, trying to establish an oligarchy, and all who follow hi should look to history. An oligarchy may go on and on but so many of its ardent supporter fall into disfavor and are "purged." Should he acquire the power you are helping him to gain, your day will come. When people such as he gain total power there is always a process whereby the "disloyal" are sacrificed. Such government never works and in failure new scapegoats must be found. One morning it just might be you!
In the year 1787 Dr. James McHenry, delegate from the state of Maryland, and Benjamin Franklin were leaving Independence Hall together when they were approached by a woman who asked Ben Franklin what kind of government he was giving them. Later that day Dr. McHenry recorded the lady's question and his friend's answer in his journal, "A republic...if you can keep it." The answer in and of itself posed a challenge, for Ben Franklin knew full well the many pitfalls of of a republic. He also knew it to be the best form of government insofar as individual liberty is concerned, and after having just freed thirteen colonies from the rule of an unjust monarchy, liberty was the watch word of the day.
It was on April 19, 1775 that the first volley of the War of Independence sounded in Lexington
Massachusetts but it was not until July 4 of the following year that delegates from all thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia and signed the Declaration of Independence. A new nation was born on that day but it would be eight long and bloody years before those delegates could stand before their constituents and tell them that freedom was theirs.
This fledgling nation had much to do and even more to learn. It was on September 17, 1787 that the Constitution of the United States was ratified and to this day it remains the oldest constitution in use by any country in the world. It has served us well and it's been the envy of the mankind almost since its signing. Oddly enough, most Americans don't really know what is in our constitution, and the greatest error that our citizens make is in believing that this nation is supposed to be a democracy while nothing could be farther from the truth.
Essentially democracy is mob rule and no matter how innocently it begins that is always the inevitable end. The primary failing of democratic system is that there is no protection of rights. It is the majority vote that determines everything. A simple example: You own a very large area of land and your neighbors are envious and want it divided into smaller sections and parceled out to them. If such a case is brought to a vote and you did something last month that made you less than popular...Your land is gone. Taken from you by popular vote. You lose everything you have ever worked for to the whims of Democracy.
This "Mob Rule" mentality is exactly what is happening to America today and it is encouraged by the leaders of the Democratic Party. Please note that I said "Leaders." I have many friends who are registered Democrats and were they to have any choice many of todays practices would come to and end. A perfect example of what I refer to is the welfare state promoted so strongly by President Johnson and now is again being encouraged by Barrack Obama. The same holds true for the Amnesty he seeks for millions of illegal immigrants. More votes for him, and more of a burden for America.
It may not sound politically correct but I firmly believe that some people should not have the vote, and that comment just made a lot of my readers angry, but...The mob rule mentality I mentioned. There is only so much wealth in a nation and when there are more taking from the system than putting in you reach the state where Obama is taking us which is Socialism/Communism. I oppose this transition but will follow his lead if anyone can show me one country that is successful under communism.
So back to voter's rights. No non-productive individual should have the right to vote himself a bigger slice of the pie. There are only so many slices so let's act accordingly. Karl Marx, the sociopathic founder of Marxism/Communism advocated the policy of "From each according to his ability to each according to his need." History has proven this a fallacy in light of the poverty that goes hand in hand with communism and yet the gullible line up to follow any charismatic leader who advocates this destructive doctrine.
Americans are notoriously generous. Look at all of the peoples of the world we have helped. The problem is we want to help, but we do not want to be forced to help, and anytime a person collecting welfare votes for the politician who is advocating raising the taxes on the rich...That is force! Karl Marx had his thought...this is mine:
Any person who consumes more than he or she produces should not vote!
Politicians should not be able to vote themselves an increase in pay or benefits. An example of that abuse is right now we are going through a serious recession made worse by the ineptitude of the Obama administration and government workers the Congress and Senate were given a raise in pay. How about those in the private sector that pay the bills. No raise, and many lost their source of income under Obama. Senior citizens living at the poverty level received no increase at all and with the new healthcare laws they will lose even more.-
The following is the basic pay structure of our elected leaders...Ask yourself if they need a raise.
A rank and file member of the house or senate $174,000.00 Majority and Minority party leaders $193,400 .00 Speaker if the house $223,500.00
Naturally if the want to take a trip to Hawaii on a "Fact finding mission" it is paid for by the American public and if you think that Nancy Pelosi is getting paid a lot of money to do so much damage to this country factor in the fact that we provide her with her own private jet to fly her to San Francisco on the weekends...At your expense.
I firmly believe that the pay and benefits of our elected leaders should be on the ballot at the voting booth and Americans will know what they are paying for and how much. And this should apply on all who serve in the political arena, whether federal, state or local government.
Fox news reports that in Southern California, Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo is making almost $800,000.00 per year, considerably more than Obama is paid. The Police Chief in the same city is paid $457,000.00 and the Assistant City Manager is collecting $373,000.00. Combined pay for the three exceeds one a a half MILLION dollars per year. Bell has a population of only 37,000 to bear the burden of such expenses. Now tack on all of the other operating costs and you probably would not want to live in Bell, California
This sort of abuse is democracy run amuck and the very best example yet...In general I supported most of President Bush's foreign policy but one laughable event occurred that must have proven very embarrassing to the head of state. He always was a strong advocate of democracy but when the Palestinians had a democratic election they elected the terrorist group HAMAS to lead them. Bad day for Bush. Even the worst events make some people happy. The Bush bashers loved it.
A republic is the most rational form of government to protect the rights of the individual. It is not a popular vote but an established law that will determine the course of events when a dispute arises. The phrase "A nation of laws, not of men" is the ultimate triumph of the republican form of government.
John Adams will most certainly never be nominated for sainthood but it can be argued that his concept of a nation of laws is the primary reason this country has done so well for so long. No President ever had to be removed from office when their term or terms were at an end. None has ever clung to power and refused to step aside. The one debatable exception would be Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a powerful mitigating factor there was World War ll. Immediately after his death though, the process began to make quite sure that no one would ever again be in office for so long. Two terms and it is time to step aside. The entrenched power in today's Congress and Senate now has many Americans clamouring for term limits there as well.
Today the Republic has come under a new type of assault. The current regime seems as though they are not planning to ever step aside as millions of Americans are fearful that we may have elected a radical who is trying to totally "transform" the country in his words. At the writing of this he has manged to seat a far left Soto Mayor to the Supreme Court and now Republicans are trying to block his next choice, a far far left candidate with almost no legal background. The only qualification...she agrees with him that we no longer have any use for the constitution and she is his attorney in the birth certificate proceedings-.
A word of warning to all: Should Obama succeed in trashing the constitution your status will immediately change from freedom to serfdom. That Constitution, quite literally, is all that stands between us and another Dark Age. You think that an exaggeration? It is not! We have for generations set the standards for the ideal for all mankind. It is we who fed and protected the world through the last century. imagine what the world would be like had we stood idly by allowing aggressors and disasters to ravage the rest of the world. America kept the world fairly stable in the 20th century. If Obama has his way and eliminates our constitution then none will want to witness the rest of the 21st century.
To those who so eagerly stand ready to serve Obama in his quest for power I give these words of warning. He is, without a doubt, trying to establish an oligarchy, and all who follow hi should look to history. An oligarchy may go on and on but so many of its ardent supporter fall into disfavor and are "purged." Should he acquire the power you are helping him to gain, your day will come. When people such as he gain total power there is always a process whereby the "disloyal" are sacrificed. Such government never works and in failure new scapegoats must be found. One morning it just might be you!
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Comment by Danny Jeffrey on August 10, 2010 at 12:44pm -
He needs one more czar...The czar eliminator czar
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Comment by Frank R. Clayton on August 4, 2010 at 9:38am -
Eloquent & accurate, Danny. It is sad that, due to complacently, the 'mob rule' has, apparently, become the rule. I have talked with so many that have given up, that do not vote, because they are too busy with their own lives. And then there are the ones that won't vote, for one reason or another. These people are aiding this leftward movement just as surely as those actively pushing the socialist buttons. Our right to vote and be heard, as a nation, indeed as a people, has been bought and paid for with the lives of our military personnel for 234 years. Voting used to be considered a responsibility placed on us as citizens. I have noticed, however, that over the last 30-40 years we, as a nation, have lost sight of that. We have lost sight of the concept of a government 'for the people, by the people'. Indeed, we have not been governed by ourselves for some time now. Our entrenched 'representatives' are too busy bowing to the special interest groups and pushing their own agendas that they no longer hear their constituents, even if all of them DID vote. Here's some sad statistics:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html
Some would argue that the ones that DID vote is still a 'good cross-section' of the populous, but I tend to think that that other 43.2% that DIDN'T vote in 2008 may have been more 'right-leaning', productive people that a) were too busy trying to be responsible and make ends meet to vote, b) too busy running businesses c) too discouraged by our current political landscape to be bothered d) believe their vote doesn't mean anything because 'it's the electoral college that chooses, not us or our votes', or even e) I don't like any of the candidates, so by not voting I am showing my disdain for them all. But whatever the reason, it has helped lead us to where we are. We, as a nation, have let this happen, folks. By shirking our responsibilities we have allowed garbage to collect in our system, just as shirking the responsibility of taking out the trash lets it collect in out homes.
We have also fostered a system that will not allow 'Joe Blow' on the street to represent us, but instead, it's the wealthy that represent us all. Do you not think that the middle class and the poverty stricken have MUCH different focus on life than those with incomes of $200,000+? Who adequately represents them? Now, don't get me wrong, I am NOT for any type of re-distribution of wealth. Indeed, I feel that those that have achieved the American dream and are in the upper echelon of financial wealth should not be forced to give away what they have earned. I salute those that have reached that point and status. Most have worked hard for what they have and that is admirable. What I DO take exception to is our governments SIZE and EXPENDITURES of OUR money (tax dollars). Our founding Fathers never meant for our government to be so large, with so many 'social programs'. Example: Welfare was never intended to be permanent. It was a stop-gap to aid families hard-hit during the Great Depression and was supposed to end after the country recovered and industries were back on track and jobs were available. Instead, we have become a welfare state, with , in some cases, several generations of families living off the government teat, at the expense of the working people of our Nation. People, I have been poor, I work two jobs to make ends meet now, and still find myself paycheck-to-paycheck, but I do not believe it is someone else's responsibility to pay my bills. They are mine, I made them, I will find a way to pay them. I want neither charity, nor pity. I DO, however, want a government that does not make it harder for me with taxes. The rank and file do not pay 'federal income taxes', indeed, most get money BACK during tax season. But I digress. Our government has grown to unbelievable proportions. Our tax dollars are spent on some of the most outrageous things. Why? We have to spread the word, and drive home, the fact that the government does not have it's own money. What it spends is ours. Yes, the government prints money, but that is SUPPOSED to be backed by our gold reserves.
Alas, with every point that I make that is in need of repair with our beloved country, I run head-long into another.
I could spend hours upon hours reciting the problems, from the street, right up to the White House. From industry to the media. A, seemingly, overwhelming task to right our steadily sinking ship. We have certainly created one hell-of-a-mess of the legacy that the Founders left us. The burden is on us, to spread the word and right the ship, before the flooding overwhelms the pumps and the ship is beyond saving.
I urge all who read this to take an active, even MORE active, part in helping to restore our Nation. Vote. Contact your neighbors and friends, educate those that do not know the how's and whys of our country's founding. Contact your representatives and voice these concerns. And if they won't respond, vote them out. We have to be heard above the clamor of the liberal-socialists. We can no longer sit on our laurels and expect things to get better on their own. We have to take part and DO something, before it is too late. And, my friends, that time is approaching, whether you believe it or not. Sticking our heads in the sand will not make the danger go away, it just makes us easier targets for those that wish to destroy what we were entrusted with, the continuance of a nation that harbors Freedom, and Liberty for each and every citizen.
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