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What the ??
I don’t think so !!

I don’t care to have any foreigners thinking that they make rules for the U.S. or for Texas.

You have that right Chuck. Don’t Mess With Texas and if they think they’d like to, Let Em Try.

What happened to the oath to the Constitution that all these elected officials took as they were sworn into office? I don’t care what Spain, England, and China are doing with their government. And we sure as hell don’t want to sit at the table with these tyrants and discuss our government policies.

Jeff says: “What happened to the oath to the Constitution that all these elected officials took as they were sworn into office?”

With all respect and with great sorrow, I have to remind you that the US Constitution — and the oath these traitors took to it — is a dead letter. Seriously, the Constitution is dead, whether we like it or not, and anyone imagining otherwise is part of the problem. Arlington Cemetery is full of dead Americans who fought to protect the principles of the Constitution, but you know what? It didn’t work, they failed and we failed.

The Constitution is dead. Get over it. Plan on what you can do NOW to make a new government that honors those principles.

Dick Morris is part of the problem, not the solution. He should stick to partying with prostitutes instead of being one.

Oh, and to hell with Texas. It belongs to Mexico anyway.

A good article and you are right in many ways but you have to consider some options.

Firstly, it is not “european” governments that have this control but private entity banking, it is still the monied elite that is calling the shots and that goes for America, Europe, Asia and the IMF, these people work for their own agenda.

Secondly, you seem outraged at the tables being turned when America has had its hand in Europe’s pocket now for many decades, where as an unforeseen byproduct of the greedy, Europe finds itself able to break free from dominance by a foreign country.

You quote that the US has GOP three times that of any single G20 nation, yet this is about to change, your whole economy is based on leverage gained through being able to skim off the top of two situations, one that the dollar is the world reserve currency, the second being the petro-dollar.

However these two means of income are no longer reliable as the Euro seeks to supplant the dollar, the SDR will replace the dollar and the petro-dollar is fast becoming the petro-euro or rouble as middle eastern countries move their oil bourses to the more valuable and dependable euro.

America’s buying power is being daily curtailed, Russia is on the upswing being energy rich and as demand for Chinese goods dwindle in the US, it grows in Europe and Russia, America is slowly haemorrhaging trade and has nothing to replace it with as Bush destroyed your industrial base.

Russia is keeping the pressure on as well, when America should consider pulling itself in within its borders, re-investing in itself as a nation, allowing itself to heal and grow strong again, Russia and America are embarking on a ludicrously timed arms race, ludicrously timed for America because energy rich Russia can afford easily to enter into an arms race, America right now cannot and it is your military “empire” that will drag the US right down into the abyss, something foretold by Ron Paul and others.

Britain is the only country in the world to survive empire intact, America should take a look back at how this happened, follow its example and lay down its military empire peacefully, when your country spends 150% of its gross income on its military, how long do you think the economy of America or any country come to think of it can continue? Think about it, 150%… every year your government puts your people 150% further in debt to pursue what? Wars that cannot be won? Bases that serve no purpose other than to dominate host countries? Supporting criminal regimes because it suits your purpose?

American “leadership” has failed, it has failed utterly, it was a brave new attempt at empire but like all empires, they fail and die badly, there is still time for the US to salvage itself before it is too late and allow America to become a equal player on the planet rather than failing at trying to run it.

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Don’t know where Bill D. is from or what his problem is. If he lives in Texas, it is probably time for him to leave. And if he doesn’t live in Texas–hurrah!

I am amazed at all the idiots in America who voted for ” CHANGE” this past election. Well by GOD, they got their “CHANGE”.

Change is: Change our system of American values for their system of Socialism & Neo-Communism.

Change is: Give up American Sovereignty for Domination by the European Union & UN.

Change is: we are no longer free to compete as we did under true free enterprise; but we shall compete like the Europeans do & level the playing field of economics like they do.

Change is: the coming POLICE STATE that will be required to enforce all of the G-20 / UN initiatives that Obama has signed us up for.

WAKE UP AMERICA!

With all due respect, the constitution was NEVER a binding contract of any kind, social or other…The 39 names on the written instrument are witnesses, not signatories….They knew better than to voluntarily bind themselves to a paradigm that’s tantamount to slavery…

George Bush was right in this instance…”It’s a goddamn piece of paper.” (Well, actually four)

I don’t care how you describe the Constitution—it contains the laws of our land, founded by our forefathers, and I for one am not ready to throw it in the trash can! It stands for everything that America and Americans represent! Those “dead”soldiers” at Arlingtone and other cemetarys fought for that paper and what it stands for! In my heart, America and its Constitution will always be wirth fighting for! We should never bough down to any other country for anything! We need to stand strong—-behind our country and our Constitution! Don’t let all those solediers who fought and gave the ultimate sacrifice for it die in vain! May God help us and continue to bless America!

Charlie says: “With all due respect, the constitution was NEVER a binding contract of any kind, social or other.”

Certainly “We the People” have every right to change or end it at any time — but you are wrong when you say that it was NEVER binding. It absolutely IS a binding contract on our governmental officials and employees, because they all swore an oath to be bound by it.

SJK says: “I for one am not ready to throw it in the trash can!”

I understand, and I feel the same way you do, but wishing will not make it so. The sad, very sad, fact is that it has already been thrown in the trash can. Sorry. Done deal. Our government has not been bound by it for decades and if you want to pretend otherwise you are part of the problem. The first step in trying to fix things is to admit that it is broken. Not just warped, not just out of adjustment, not just “needs a little lubrication.” It is dead and yes, those dead in Arlington did their best, but their best did nothing to stop our own representatives from killing the Constitution. Pardon me for being blunt. It hurts. It is also true. The US Constitution, no matter how you want it, no matter how many people died for it, is as dead as the Roman Republic. Face the facts, then make your plans.

We are using Federal Reserve Notes and bank credit, not “money.” The Fed is a foreign corporation, as is the corporate United States – owned by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

If we want to get back to a government that follows the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, we need to stick to the precepts defined in those documents.

Freedom involves risk, so you can’t have an FDIC, etc. All those contracts of adhesion connect you to this very system which is foreign to our Republic.

Our founding fathers did not fight and die so we could just turn around and use debt notes circulated as “money” – they knew of that danger.

The Declaration of Independence has been ‘repealed’ by a G20 global economic union? Now there’s a tall Texan tale! Ya’ll gotta stop smoking that Mexican dirt weed ya get across the border from Texas..

So if I personally wrote down a set of “commandments” on a piece of paper and called it the supreme laws of the land, would you be bound and subject to those laws? Of course not!

Hate to burst your delusion, but the constitution has no more authority than the “commandments of King Charles”….

It’s a public relations campaign that began at it’s inception…It’s the very delusion thats allow for the creation of a paradigm where one willingly murders or dies based on a so called bound allegiance that does not exist….

It is this belief that allows “organized crime” to exist and reign over those who are perceived as its subjects…

Cordially Yours,
Charles Chistopher Parker

The President does not have the authority to do this. These types of activities are the exclusive province of Congress.

But, ha, ha, ha as if these idiots who created this mess should even be considered as the “regulators” of the world economy is about as stupid as hiring Peta people to work at dog pounds.

IMO…this bankers all need to be fired….

Hey Charles, thanks for the good natured and polite response. You say: “So if I personally wrote down a set of “commandments” on a piece of paper and called it the supreme laws of the land, would you be bound and subject to those laws? Of course not!”

Well, YES, I would be bound by them — IF you hired me for a job on the condition that I agree to work under the commandments that you had written and I agreed to follow them. That is exactly what I mean when I said that “It [the Constitution] absolutely IS a binding contract on our governmental officials and employees, because they all swore an oath to be bound by it.”

As for whether you and I are bound by it (and I am assuming you are familiar with Lysander Spooner), that is more complicated. In some states (Florida, where I live is one of them), anyone who registers to vote signs a card stating that they will obey the Constitution. Regardless, the Constitution is only binding on citizens because the great majority approve of it and will kick the butt of anyone who does not follow its provisions. Any time that the bulk of the people decide to change the nature or form of government, they can institue any type they wish. The thorny question is what happens with the minority folk who disagree with the majority over what form to take.

Not an easy answer to that one…

Regardless, the current governmental employees and politicians have all sworn to follow the provisions of the US Constitution, and THEY are indeed bound by it. It is their actions in defiance of their oath that are causing the loss of our freedoms.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Hi Jason,

Oh oh, a floridian who’s actually heard of Lysander Spooner… Isn’t that grounds for deportation?

Ok seriously, my point was that the constitution itself is not a valid or binding contract… When taking an oath to uphold the constitution, in order for the oath to be binding, the one sworn in must openly acknowledge that he/she has read and understood the constitution and will abide by it…. If there’s no open admission of having read and understanding the written instrument, then the oath is not binding…

A point of contention me is the notion that the constitution is a model for limited government and allows the highest form of individual freedom…I strongly disagree….

There is a latin phrase that became part of english common law….The phrase “Necessitas non habet legem” tranlates to necessity has no law…There is a necessary and proper clause in the first article of the constitution gives congress the power to pass any law in order to maintain the ‘chain of command”

That’s why the internment of Japanese Americans in 1941 was deemed legal and perfectly okeedokee…..

With respect, the actions of a government official or bureaucrat don’t defy the constitution… They embody it…

But Jason, you’re absolutely correct in implying that the so called laws of the land are enforced by the initiation of violence, and not by any type of voluntary agreement….

CCP

Dear America-it`s the jews, stupid!

Who do you think is behind the (engineered) wordlwide financial crisis designed to bring America to its knees and turn it into a third world state?

Lock and load, folks. For only a second revolution and civil war will save America now.

There are a lot of posts on here who apparently have never read The Constitution If they think it’s dead, all of these people must either be young, liberals or spoiled brats who have always had everything they own handed to them on a silver platter.
For all of you who think that The Constitution is just a piece of paper or dead and broken, The Constitution isn’t broken by a long shot, it’s the politicians who have decided to have liberal judges ” Interpret ‘ it who are broken.
As far as joining with the Europeans and all the rest of this global B.S., most of those countries wouldn’t even exist today, if it hadn’t been for all the dead soldiers in Arlington Va., France and the rest of the world pulling their ass out of the fire.
Hell, if all the countries payed the money plus interest owed to the United States for saving their sorry asses, the United States would be the richest Nation in the world, with nobody coming in second.
Put down your I-pods and mp-3s, get your butts off the couch or floor, if you have the energy, and try reading a little American History and what America has done for the world. That is if the school you went to taught you to read, or just passed you to get rid of you.

The CONSTITUTION Is the LAW of the LAND PERIOD…

The Constitution is the foundation of our laws. It tells us what powers the President , Congress, and the Judicial branches of our government are allowed to operate under.The rights of the people are also written with-in pages.It’s a complete set of rules written down by our founding father’s on how our Republic was to be run , our rule manual you might even say and the only way it’s
dead is if the American People don’t stand up soon and use it to their advantage, and end this run on Freedom, , our Liberties and our Souvernty.Their trying to completely do away with our form of Constitutional Government so Wake-Up People our Declaration of Independance gves us the right toshed our elected officials if they become more burden than bebefit to us the American People!!!We all become their slaves . It’s called ‘ Government for the Rich , by the Rich , at the expence of the People’..” Stupid Cowards ” !

Every now and again our tree of liberty needs watered by the blood of our patriots!

Mr Taylor,

It was inevitable that somebody would get angry because I’m challenging the dogma that the constitution is some kind of sacred law of the land…..

Apparently the high school you attended completely ignored the life and collective works of Lysander Spooner from American History classes…. Mine too… Incidently, he was an 19th author who wrote NO TREASON: THE CONSTITUTION OF NO AUTHORITY… Spooner was also a “lawyer” and entrepreneur who devised a mail delivery system which was much superior to the US pony express and was forcibly put out of business because the US gov’t wanted an absolute monopoly…..

I’ll also be willing to wager that classes in logic and critical thinking and contract law were were also not available at the high school you attended…. Ditto for mine as well… Aside from perhaps music, it wasn’t until I was in college that I was exposed to subject matters that involved critical thinking and tasks that transcend mere memorization and regurgitation…

Because if all of us were taught in a manner that encouraged critical and creative thinking as well as self sufficiency, very few of us, if any, would swallow the dreck drenched dogma we’re constantly being fed….

For those of you who believe that the constitution is a binding social contract, How many elements are there in a valid contract? How many elements are present in the constitution?

The fact that there were no signatories on constitution automatically disqualifies the absurd notion that the constitution was a social contract of any kind….. The 39 names on the written instrument were witnesses and not affected parties of any kind… They were smart enough NOT sign their name as a party because that very acquiescence would bind them to a role that tantamount to slavery…

Regards,
CCP, Atheist

Ruth,

Have you read the first article of the constitution? It’s within the necessary and proper clause that give congress unlimited powers to create any law in order to preserve the union….. It’s what makes absurd laws such as the patriot act perfectly “legal”…..

But it doesn’t the constitution a valid binding contract…. But the men and women masquerading as government will use the initiation of force and murder in order to execute their directives, all the name of the constitution, which is just 4 pieces of paper…

My apologies for the repost…I left out a word in the previous one…..

Ruth,

Have you read the first article of the constitution? It’s within the necessary and proper clause that give congress unlimited powers to create any law in order to preserve the union….. It’s what makes absurd laws such as the patriot act perfectly “legal”…..

But it doesn’t make the constitution a valid binding contract…. But the men and women masquerading as government will use the initiation of force and murder in order to execute their directives, all the name of the constitution, which is just 4 pieces of paper…

How nice to visit a website with educated participants. More educated, I believe, than our president and his administration. Their lack of understanding of protocol, history, and even manners belies arrogant ignorance.

Many of these individuals would not pass the Homeland Security security clearance required to become a correctional officer in a federal prison. Their tax evasion, credit and legal problems would exclude them from consideration for what many consider to be a blue-collar position.

Their ‘problems’ result from a disregard or disrespect of law. Their willingness to provide benefits to illegal immigrants is additional proof of this rejection of law.

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”

Voltaire

Why don’t you intellectual morons get together in you ivory towers and debate this issue.
We already elected one of you phony empty suits. He has finally rekindled the fire that led to the declaration of independence, revolution and consititution.
When the bullets start flying hope you have a rock to crawl under.

constitution………………………..

excellent- about time amerika’s financial systems where properly regulated all we’ve got to do now is get the rampant military under control and we won’t have worry about amerika breaking the planet.
hey did you know the state of maine spends as much on health care admin as CANADA – way to go!! great system you’ve got there guys!!

CWJ…. What are you talking about? I personally don’t associate with “phony empty suits” , and I didn’t elect ANYBODY……. Care to elaborate?

“But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” James Madison For much of American history, the balance between governmental authority and individual liberty was understood and accepted and the Constitution provided that enumeration of power. The limited power alloted to the Federal government was divided among the three branches. Beyond that the power remained with the states and ultimately the people. During the 1930s, the Statists began their sweeping break from our founding principles and constitutional limitations. This has been done in incremental steps because enough citizens have been skeptical and distrustful of politicians and government. You are right Mr Parker , the constitution was our founding fathers best efforts to provide a contract to provide liberty to the people within the framework of a limited government. It is true that a contract is only as good as the paper it is written on, and our government has broken those contracts too many times. We the People have not been vigilant in guarding and enforcing the Contract. But, it is not too late. I intend to take a stand and fight for the enforcement of that contract. It may mean nothing to you, but it means everything to me and to others who have been willing to give their lives for it. I will not go down without a fight.

Sorry Brenda, but there is no contract…. There NEVER was ANY contract…..

Ponder this thought for a while….. A “citizen” is a member of a body politic…. The citizen ascribes to a duty of allegiance in return for the government’s duty of protection….It all sounds good at first until you realize that the government has no duty to protect whatsoever… The “supreme” courts from the very beginning of this so called republic have always ruled that the government has no legal duty to protect the “citizenry”… Bowers v. DeVito (1982) is probably the most quoted case by lawyers when bringing up the issue of standing…..

Having limited government is like trying to implement limited slavery… Eventually the shackles tighten up and then all the “citizens’ become total and helpless slaves….

Dear Mr, Charlie Parker:

The Declaration of Independence, the founding document of our nation, contains the phrase:

“To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among the people, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish that government, and to institute a new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to bring about their Safety and Happiness.”

The Constitution does, indeed, contain the necessary and proper clause. Yet, that does not alter the fact that the people are the final authority on what IS necessary and proper. Additionally, the Constitution, a document intended to set limits on the government (NOT the people), can be amended. There is no reason why WE THE PEOPLE cannot abolish the Department of Homeland Security and bind the the strong arm of government further by specifically amending the Constitution to place specific limits on the Necessary and proper clause.

I’m not in favor of any “established” bureaucracy, especially the obvious absurdity known as HS….

My point is merely that the constitution is not a valid contract… That can be easily proved…

To be blunt, government is a group of men and women that conducts business at the threat of physical violence…. These are the ideals that attract mobsters, embezzlers, and gang members…….

And sociopaths……;)