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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Possom on August 19, 2012, 01:45:45 PM
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First and foremost I am not a liberal troll or a liberal in general. I am new to this forum but from what I have read I agree with most of the views here. So, on to my post concerning states rights and questions there in.
Wouldn't our country as a whole benefit greatly from the return of states rights and reduction of such an oppressive federal government? How can a body of government located thousands of miles away from my home make better decisions for us then one that is right here close to my home? I don't see all that much difference in the republican and democrat parties on a national level now. Both parties wish to continue the globalization of government and strive for ever greater power over the people.
Do we really need a federal government that handles more then the protection of our people by outside forces? Can every other issue not be handled and decided by the state government?
Would we as a people not receive better representation from a local and state government deciding what is best for our state?
Another benefit of states deciding most laws would be the ability to move to another state. For instance, if you live in Mississippi and the state adopts a law outlawing same sex civil unions and you are gay, you can simply move to a liberal state such as Massachusetts that allows gays to marry. Problem solved.
I edited my original post to remove any misconceptions of what I was proposing needs to happen to make our country a better place for all of us to live.
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I couldn't get past your first sentence.
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That was the point of the 10th amendment. The Founders fervently believed that government as close to the governed as possible was best. They also believed that the Federal Government would, over time, attempt to take over more and more control over our lives. They were right.
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Then the real question is how do we get back to how the founders intended our country to be run? How can the 10th amendment be revived to place the power back to the states where it should be?
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Then the real question is how do we get back to how the founders intended our country to be run? How can the 10th amendment be revived to place the power back to the states where it should be?
What is your answer?
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Would we as a people not receive better representation from a local and state government deciding what is best for our state?
Yes, that's the basic idea.
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I don't know if there is an answer to that question. The only avenue I see for even getting close would be for a state to stop taking federal monies. I think state governments are starting to see the situation that we have gotten ourselves into. I.E. Arizona concerning immigration policies. There are no easy fixes for that issue. That I am sure of.
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Wouldn't our country as a whole benefit greatly from the return of states rights and removal of such an oppressive federal government?
Advocating the removal of the Constitutional government of the United States is legally defined as "Seditious conspiracy", a criminal offense under 18 USC, section 2384. Watch yourself.
The Oath of Office of every military member, elected official, law enforcement officer, and Federal employee in the United States includes the words, "I do solemnly swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America." You are among current and former members of the military here, as well as Citizens who have taken that oath.
The Constitution was written to grant very specific powers to the Federal government. Those powers are the essential function of the Federal government, which must be preserved for the USA to exist as a nation. The assertion of states rights is the responsibility of each state's government, which most have done a piss-poor job of protecting. The assertion of individual rights is the responsibility of you, me, and every Citizen.
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Repealing the 17th Amendment would be a good start, but I don't see that happening any time soon.
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Advocating the removal of the Constitutional government of the United States is legally defined as "Seditious conspiracy", a criminal offense under 18 USC, section 2384. Watch yourself.
The Oath of Office of every military member, elected official, law enforcement officer, and Federal employee in the United States includes the words, "I do solemnly swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America." You are among current and former members of the military here, as well as Citizens who have taken that oath.
The Constitution was written to grant very specific powers to the Federal government. Those powers are the essential function of the Federal government, which must be preserved for the USA to exist as a nation. The assertion of states rights is the responsibility of each state's government, which most have done a piss-poor job of protecting. The assertion of individual rights is the responsibility of you, me, and every Citizen.
What Possom posted is no where near seditious IMO. He could have worded it a tad more carefully, but I didn't read his post as advocating the the complete removal of the Federal government, but to reduce their oppressive nature over the past several decades.
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I am not in any way advocating the removal of the federal government in its entirety. In no way did I intend to insinuate any sort of rebellion or civil war or anything of the sort. We will always have and always need a federal government but we shouldn't be looking at the fed to make every decision for us. I am saying that the states have allowed the federal government to take control of decisions that should be made on the state level.
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I don't know if there is an answer to that question. The only avenue I see for even getting close would be for a state to stop taking federal monies. I think state governments are starting to see the situation that we have gotten ourselves into. I.E. Arizona concerning immigration policies. There are no easy fixes for that issue. That I am sure of.
Some states are fighting back but refusing federal monies would be impossible unless states could refuse to remit taxes and fees demanded by the federal government. The Tea Party is a start on the people attempting to remedy the situation.
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I agree that the states should be allowed to decide what they do. They should also be free to uphold a federal law, which is why they Arizona and Florida are getting sued by the DOJ.
Note: Welcome to the forum, Possom. Don't forget to introduce yourself in the proper forum.
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First and foremost I am not a liberal troll or a liberal in general. I am new to this forum but from what I have read I agree with most of the views here. So, on to my post concerning states rights and questions there in.
Wouldn't our country as a whole benefit greatly from the return of states rights and removal of such an oppressive federal government? How can a body of government located thousands of miles away from my home make better decisions for us then one that is right here close to my home? I don't see all that much difference in the republican and democrat parties on a national level now. Both parties wish to continue the globalization of government and strive for ever greater power over the people.
Do we really need a federal government that handles more then the protection of our people by outside forces? Can every other issue not be handled and decided by the state government?
Would we as a people not receive better representation from a local and state government deciding what is best for our state?
Another benefit of states deciding most laws would be the ability to move to another state. For instance, if you live in Mississippi and the state adopts a law outlawing same sex civil unions and you are gay, you can simply move to a liberal state such as Massachusetts that allows gays to marry. Problem solved.
Okay I agree with you in part, what I disagree with is, "Can every other issue not be handled and decided by the state government? ", I say NO, that most issues should be up to the individual, not the government. For example I don't need the governor nor the mayor telling me how much salt I can use, and how big my Big Gulp can be, that is up to me. The local city and county governments should run the schools not an agency in DC who has a one size fits all policy. Same with the roads, the locals know what roads they need and where they should go.
If I had my way all the federal government would do is, provide defense, as stated in the Constitution, ensure that states do not violate the Constitution and I don't mean the shit that Holder does, maintain free trade throughout the individual states, and that's pretty much it, everything else needs to be at the local level. I can live with a minimum expectation for education so students that graduate should be able to be accepted to colleges throughout the country, however those standards should only apply to actual academics, not the skills of putting a condom on a banana.
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Well first of all, Ron Paul lost the nomination, so you're outa luck that way.
At this point we need to elect Tea Party Conservatives to challenge the feds on this issue.
Real conservatives.Not libertarians. Not Paulbots. Real conservatives.
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Well first of all, Ron Paul lost the nomination, so you're outa luck that way.
At this point we need to elect Tea Party Conservatives to challenge the feds on this issue.
Real conservatives.Not libertarians. Not Paulbots. Real conservatives.
Yes, now we are getting to the crux of the matter. Nicely done.
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I agree completely in electing tea party conservatives but at times it is difficult to recognize a liberal in a sheep suit riding on the coat tails of the tea party movement.
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Yeah, Dr. Nuts is out of it, again. Thank God...
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Then the real question is how do we get back to how the founders intended our country to be run? How can the 10th amendment be revived to place the power back to the states where it should be?
Well electing people that share the same Conservative beliefs like the people here on CC would be a good start.
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What Possom posted is no where near seditious IMO. He could have worded it a tad more carefully, but I didn't read his post as advocating the the complete removal of the Federal government, but to reduce their oppressive nature over the past several decades.
Reread the first sentence of the OP's second paragraph.
Wouldn't our country as a whole benefit greatly from the return of states rights and removal of such an oppressive federal government?
-emphasis added
The phrase "removal of such an oppressive federal government" is unequivocal. I stand by my assessment.
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I agree completely in electing tea party conservatives but at times it is difficult to recognize a liberal in a sheep suit riding on the coat tails of the tea party movement.
How do you feel about Ron Paul Possom?
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I agree completely in electing tea party conservatives but at times it is difficult to recognize a liberal in a sheep suit riding on the coat tails of the tea party movement.
Nope. Its pretty easy to tell the two apart. Liberals leave a trail of incriminating evidence that any scrutiny will reveal.
and most 90% of liberals can't stay on script...their contempt for ideas not their own breaks out every now and then...
Seriously. You don't have liberal radar? They are beholden to talking points on their side and stereotypes on our side...Libs try to troll here and tip their hand in the first post every time. They just aint that good.
Now a lot of Ron Paul types try to equate libs and conservatives...are you one of em?
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How do you feel about Ron Paul Possom?
I think Ron Paul's personally wants what is best for our country which is a small government with little interference into the lives of Americans. I can completely agree with that.
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BS for being deliberately vague in your answer.
He really wanted to know, "Are you a Paul supporter?"
we had a few here lately supporting hijacking the GOP convention, ignoring the vote of the people and forcing Paul onto a ticket he did not win. Personally I'm a little leery of people who claim they are constitutionalists but subvert the will of the people.
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Reread the first sentence of the OP's second paragraph.
-emphasis added
The phrase "removal of such an oppressive federal government" is unequivocal. I stand by my assessment.
You can stand by anything you want to. I stand by my interpretation of what he posted. A point that he clarified in his next post (after my post).
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No, I am not a Ron Paul supporter, I will not write him in on any ticket. I don't like voting for the less of two evils but in the case of the upcoming election I will stand behind and support the Romney/Ryan ticket.
Do I think Romney will actually reduce the size of government and put us back on track to fiscal responsibility, no I don't. I don't agree with Romney on everything but I KNOW that if Obama gets another 4 years in office he will finish our country off.
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Thank you for that.
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No, I am not a Ron Paul supporter, I will not write him in on any ticket. I don't like voting for the less of two evils but in the case of the upcoming election I will stand behind and support the Romney/Ryan ticket.
Do I think Romney will actually reduce the size of government and put us back on track to fiscal responsibility, no I don't. I don't agree with Romney on everything but I KNOW that if Obama gets another 4 years in office he will finish our country off.
Glad to hear it. I think a cooncentrated effort from us Tea Party types can help steer Romney in the right direction.
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No, I am not a Ron Paul supporter, I will not write him in on any ticket. I don't like voting for the less of two evils but in the case of the upcoming election I will stand behind and support the Romney/Ryan ticket.
Do I think Romney will actually reduce the size of government and put us back on track to fiscal responsibility, no I don't. I don't agree with Romney on everything but I KNOW that if Obama gets another 4 years in office he will finish our country off.
Hi5. Romney is not my first choice either, but in the mission to remove a disaster, we have to vote for him. There can be no write-in this time. Every write-in is a vote for Captain Zero.
Plus, there is no way that anyone could do as bad as Captain Zero, unless they are a Muslim as well.
Thinking about this write-in situation. I wish now that I didn't write myself in in 2008. My vote could have been the one to get McCain elected.
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How do you feel about Ron Paul Possom?
Does the RONPAULPOSSOM play dead after the first five state primaries, only to come back to life during the convention a la RONPAULZOMBIE?
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Does the RONPAULPOSSOM play dead after the first five state primaries, only to come back to life during the convention a la RONPAULZOMBIE?
I was willing to let the lack of a comma go by without comment.
But you went there.
That's our Dutch!
Good job.
:cheersmate:
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Thats my job. Butchering the English language so you don't have.
to.
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Does the RONPAULPOSSOM play dead after the first five state primaries, only to come back to life during the convention a la RONPAULZOMBIE?
This sounds like a job for owebumazombie.
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This sounds like a job for owebumazombie.
I am not sure of the mathmatical formula here. I don't think if you have one zombie and then add another zombie they cancel each other out.
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I am not sure of the mathmatical formula here. I don't think if you have one zombie and then add another zombie they cancel each other out.
No one knows liberal zombies like obumazombie.
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No one knows liberal zombies like obumazombie.
True, but if you ducttape two zombies together they don't morph into one zombie.
At least not until they start getting fluidy.
:devious:
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True, but if you ducttape two zombies together they don't morph into one zombie.
At least not until they start getting fluidy.
:devious:
Your zombie knowledge is quite impressive.
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Your zombie knowledge is quite impressive.
One must be prepared for the RONPAULZOMBIELYPSE.
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One must be prepared for the RONPAULZOMBIELYPSE.
Always have at least one bottle of Ronulan ale set aside.
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Repealing the 17th Amendment would be a good start, but I don't see that happening any time soon.
A GREAT first step putting lots of power back to the states. But no way would it happen.
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Always have at least one bottle of Ronulan ale set aside.
It's....
Green.
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Wouldn't our country as a whole benefit greatly from the return of states rights and reduction of such an oppressive federal government? How can a body of government located thousands of miles away from my home make better decisions for us then one that is right here close to my home? I don't see all that much difference in the republican and democrat parties on a national level now. Both parties wish to continue the globalization of government and strive for ever greater power over the people.
If we took away too much federal government, we wouldn't be a very united country now would we??
Our common denominators that unite us as a country ..is our language(American English), our currency, and our military. You take away two of the three and you have chaos!!!
Look at Mainland Europe. Each country have their own military, and their own language, but they share the same currency.
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Borders, language, culture.
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Borders, language, culture.
Are you talking state borders or country borders?? As far as culture goes, that varies more from region to region rather than state to state...
For example, the topography, demography, and geography between the the New England region is far different from the region of the southwest isn't ?
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Are you talking state borders or country borders?? As far as culture goes, that varies more from region to region rather than state to state...
For example, the topography, demography, and geography between the the New England region is far different from the region of the southwest isn't ?
What makes us connected must be bigger than what would disconnect us. We are the United States, at least until owebuma started his powerfully effective dividing. We are not Mexico, although we may be inexorably creeping in that direction. We are not Canada, although we have a lot more in common with them. We speak english, we have Americana as our culture. Not aztlan, not muslim, not the dark continent, not any other culture that would dominate and divide. I didn't conceive of the phrase, Michael Savage did, but I think it's very true.
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What makes us connected must be bigger than what would disconnect us. We are the United States, at least until owebuma started his powerfully effective dividing. We are not Mexico, although we may be inexorably creeping in that direction. We are not Canada, although we have a lot more in common with them. We speak english, we have Americana as our culture. Not aztlan, not muslim, not the dark continent, not any other culture that would dominate and divide. I didn't conceive of the phrase, Michael Savage did, but I think it's very true.
Ihe biggest connection that we have to each other and what represents and unites us as a country is our beloved flag, OLD GLORY!!
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First and foremost I am not a liberal troll or a liberal in general. I am new to this forum but from what I have read I agree with most of the views here. So, on to my post concerning states rights and questions there in.
Wouldn't our country as a whole benefit greatly from the return of states rights and reduction of such an oppressive federal government? How can a body of government located thousands of miles away from my home make better decisions for us then one that is right here close to my home? I don't see all that much difference in the republican and democrat parties on a national level now. Both parties wish to continue the globalization of government and strive for ever greater power over the people.
Do we really need a federal government that handles more then the protection of our people by outside forces? Can every other issue not be handled and decided by the state government?
Would we as a people not receive better representation from a local and state government deciding what is best for our state?
Another benefit of states deciding most laws would be the ability to move to another state. For instance, if you live in Mississippi and the state adopts a law outlawing same sex civil unions and you are gay, you can simply move to a liberal state such as Massachusetts that allows gays to marry. Problem solved.
I edited my original post to remove any misconceptions of what I was proposing needs to happen to make our country a better place for all of us to live.
I agree with you, post-correction. We would be much better off, politically and financially, if the Federal government was limited to its Constitutional duties.
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I don't know if there is an answer to that question. The only avenue I see for even getting close would be for a state to stop taking federal monies. I think state governments are starting to see the situation that we have gotten ourselves into. I.E. Arizona concerning immigration policies. There are no easy fixes for that issue. That I am sure of.
Sure there's an easy fix if the political whores in DC weren't so concerned about the Hispanic vote. They would allow Arizonans the freedom to uphold their own federal statutes regarding immigration.
As an Arizonan, I'm getting good and damned tired of voting on issues the majority of my fellow Arizonans agree on and having some ****ing interest group/s sue in federal court to block the will of the people. :mad:
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The border states, especially Arizona are the cultural as well as national border battleground now. The owebuma administration is doing everything within their power to disintegrate our borders, language, and culture in that area. Fast and Furious alone should be proof of that. Not to mention Eric Holder bringing suit against the state for enforcing current law.
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The border states, especially Arizona are the cultural as well as national border battleground now. The owebuma administration is doing everything within their power to disintegrate our borders, language, and culture in that area. Fast and Furious alone should be proof of that. Not to mention Eric Holder bringing suit against the state for enforcing current law.
somewhat of a side track....I feel bad for the states on the US/ Mexico border.
Isn't he up the Mexican Presidents ass??