A “Bounded” Lack of Understanding of the 2nd Amendment

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After the Gun Owners of America came out with their endorsement of Randy Brogdon for Governor of Oklahoma, I came across an interesting post from a fellow Tulsa area blogger. On the Bounded Rationality Blog, writer Jeff Shaw quotes Senator Brogdon on the 2nd Amendment,

“I am one of the few elected officials,” says Brogdon, “who truly understands what the Second Amendment is all about. It’s not about a turkey shoot, or a quail hunt, it’s really not even about me being able to protect myself from you, or vice versa. The Second Amendment states that you and I have the right to bear arms in the event that the federal government gets out of control.”

Now, those of you who are students of Classical Constitutionalism, like myself, know that Senator Brogdon is interpreting this based on the writings of our Founding Fathers, on this subject.

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.-Thomas Jefferson

Apparently, Mr. Shaw has never seen that quote, for he states, in an almost frightened and conspiratorial manner,

There is no doubt that there has been wide interpretation of the Second Amendment, but I have to be honest when I say that I’ve never heard Mr. Brogdon’s interpretation above. Ever. I will further admit, I don’t get around much. I would ask for an explanation, but frankly the statement sounds self explanatory.

Mr. Shaw goes on to make this statement, which really bothers me,

I’ll just say for the record, I won’t be supporting any candidate for office that

1. Is willing to overthrow the government of the United States of America, and/or
2. Would even imply as much in a campaign, and/or
3. Suggests that the Second Amendment is a constitutional guarantee written for the purpose of overthrowing of the Government of the United States of America. (See also, Article I §8 of the U.S. Constitution.)

He quotes the Constitution here, but obviously has a limited understanding of it, or at the very least, of the context of the 2nd Amendment.

Personally, I would like to see a public retraction of his criticism of Mr. Brogdon, on this issue, as would, I’m sure, most Liberty loving citizens!

Mr. Shaw, please, before writing something so obviously knee-jerk, do just a little bit of research!

As you so eloquently stated in the comments on your post,

1. The Second Amendment
2. Allows you and I
3. To bear arms
4. In the event,
5. The federal government gets out of control.

That IS PRECISELY what the Framers of the Constitution meant when they wrote

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

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A Constitutional Republic, or a Democracy?

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In the Pledge of Allegiance we all pledge allegiance to our Republic, not to a democracy. “Republic” is the proper description of our government, not “democracy.”

A republic and a democracy are identical in every aspect except one. In a republic the sovereignty is in each individual person. In a democracy the sovereignty is in the group.

A Republic is the form of government in which the powers of sovereignty are vested in the people and are exercised by the people, either directly, or through representatives chosen by the people, to whom those powers are specially delegated. In a republic the group only has advisory powers; the sovereign individual is free to reject the majority group-think.

A Democracy is the form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens directly or indirectly through a system of representation. In a pure democracy, 51% beats 49%. In other words, the minority has no rights. The minority only has those privileges granted by the dictatorship of the majority.

There is a tendency to think of America as a democracy. Sometimes this is explicit, with people saying things to the effect that we need to protect American democracy. At other times, it’s implicit, with politicians spouting that we should heed the “will of the people,” regardless of how much harm that will might cause.

However, the Founding Fathers, expressed fear, and even revulsion at the idea of a establishing a Democracy, and specifically established a Constitutional Republic.

Thomas Jeffferson said “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.”

And, Alexander Hamilton wrote, in the Federalist Papers, “We are a Republican Government, Real liberty is never found in despotism or in the extremes of democracy…it has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.”

“That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the world.” – John Adams

And, I could go on. I have seen lists with as many as 500 quotes from our Founding Father’s about the evils of Democracy!

Democracy is the RULE of the Majority, with the entire Group voting on every piece of legislation, directly. Whereas in a Constitutional Republic, representatives are elected to make laws for the entire Group, but they are limited in the scope of powers they have, and therefore, what they laws they can actually make. No matter how much the Group calls for a law, if it is not allowed within the confines of the Constitution, the Representatives can NOT make that law.

What difference does that make? Well, in a Democracy, all you have to do is get 51% of the Group to agree with you, and your view becomes LAW. Within a pure republic, the Majority can still effectively make this the case by simply electing their representatives, but in a Constitutional Republic, we have safeguards in place to protect the Minority from the Majority. The Constitution is in place to protect us from the rule of the MOB. This is what makes a constitutional republic better than a democracy or a straight republic. With a constitutional republic, our rights and liberties are far more solid than in either of the other two forms of government.

But, if we shirk our duties, and don’t hold our Representatives accountable to the Constitution, then we end up with what we have now, a de facto Democracy, in which whoever screams loudest, gets what they want, and everyone else is left wanting.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. – Oscar Wilde

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What is Directive 51?

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From Wikipedia:

The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive (National Security Presidential Directive NSPD 51/Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-20, sometimes called simply “Executive Directive 51” for short), created and signed by United States President George W. Bush on May 4, 2007, is a Presidential Directive which claims power to execute procedures for continuity of the federal government in the event of a “catastrophic emergency”. Such an emergency is construed as “any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions.” ^[1]

Let’s examine this. First of all, this is a “Presidential Directive”

Presidential directives are a form of executive order issued by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the National Security Council. As a form of executive order, a presidential directive has the “full force and effect of law.

This means that the President of the United States, is Legislating, from the Oval Office. This is a violation of the enumerated powers of the Executive branch as listed in the Constitution. This also circumvents the Legislative branch, (Congress) in making laws. This is very troublesome if you believe in the Constitution, and the Rights granted by it to the people!

Second, the language of the order allows for these powers to be implemented in any emergency “regardless of location” (does that mean outside of our borders?) that results in “extraordinary levels” of casualties, damage. or disruption (who defines “extraordinary levels”?) that severely affect the poplulation, infrastructure, environment, economy (a recession could cause this to be implemented!?), or Government functions(so, any protest that inconveniences the Gov?).

This “Presidential Directive” goes on to state,

when the president considers an emergency to have occurred, an “Enduring Constitutional Government” comprising “a cooperative effort among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Federal Government, coordinated by the President,” will take the place of the nation’s regular government, presumably without the oversight of Congress.

Hmmmmm….so, if the President considers an emergency to have occurred, he can implement a NEW Constitution that basically by-passes Congress?

Also, The directive, created by the president, claims that the president has the power to declare a catastrophic emergency. It does not specify who has the power to declare the emergency over!

Has President Bush unknowingly, (or knowingly) put into place the tools for a future President to seize control of the Federal Government, and basically declare them self, Dictator?

Worse yet,

The signing of this Directive was generally not covered by the mainstream U.S. media or discussed by the U.S. Congress. While similar executive security directives have been issued by previous presidents, with their texts kept secret, this is the first to be made public in part. It is unclear how the National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive will reconcile with the National Emergencies Act, a U.S. federal law passed in 1976, which gives Congress oversight over presidential emergency powers during such emergencies. The National Emergencies Act is not mentioned in the text of the National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive.

So, this “Presidential Directive” countermands federal law passed in 1976, and the MSM, has been ignoring it, and not reported, and Congress, for the most part, has just laid down!!

So far, only a few members of Congress have even bothered to raise any concerns! It seems that only Congressman DeFazio, a Democrat, and a couple of others, have bothered to question the ramifications of this directive, and asked to see the Classified parts of the directive! So far, he has been rebuffed!

After receiving concerned communications from constituents, in July 2007 U.S. Representative and Homeland Security Committee member Peter DeFazio made an official request to examine the classified Continuity Annexes described above in a secure “bubbleroom” in the United States Capitol, but his request was denied by the White House, which cited “national security concerns.”^[8] This was the first time DeFazio has been denied access to documents. He was quoted as saying, “We’re talking about the continuity of the government of the United States of America…I would think that would be relevant to any member of Congress, let alone a member of the Homeland Security Committee.”^[8] After this denial, DeFazio joined with two colleagues (Bennie Thompson, chairman of the committee; and Chris Carney, chairman of the Homeland Security oversight subcommittee) in a renewed effort to gain access to the documents.

This is alarming to me! That not only did President Bush issue this order, but seemingly noone, has even bothered to question it! If I had not been researching into the rex 84 FEMA plans, I never would have heard of this! We need to get the word out on this, and get it stricken from the laws, before it is used, and abused to end the last vestiges of Freedom that America has left!

As Thomas Paine wrote in December of 1776,

THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but “to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER” and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.

Well, it’s not Britain trying to take our Freedoms, and enslave us, this time, but our own Federal Government, whom the Constitution was written to protect us from, that are in the process of circumventing, and making impotent, that very Constitution! If we do not wake up, and pay attention, one day we’ll wake up, and it will be too late! It is time to do something about the runaway Government, and not keep burying our heads, and saying ” all politicians are crooked, what can we do about it?” We CAN and MUST change the parties, and the processes, and remove the “career politicians” before they make the “de facto” oligarchy we have now, into an official one! Everyone needs to take an active role, get involved in your local party, find out who these people are, and what they believe in and if you don’t like it, replace them with someone who is committed to the ideals of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. If we don’t do it now, our hands will be forced.

“If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. … You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” Winston Churchill

And I Ask Again…..Do YOU Have the Courage of Your Convictions?!

Should the Government be Doing More?

For those who believe that our Federal Government should be doing MORE to help the poor and underprivileged in America, I have compiled a list of demands to be presented to the President, and Congress, outlining what the Government can do…

We ask that the government undertake the obligation above all of providing citizens with adequate opportunities for employment and earning a living.

The activities of the individual must not be allowed to clash with the interests of the community, but must take place within its confines and for the good of all. Therefore, we demand:…an end to the power of the financial interests.

We demand profit sharing in big business.

We demand a broad extension of care for the aged.

We demand…the greatest possible consideration of small business in the purchases of the national, state and municipal governments.

In order to make possible to every capable and industrious [citizen] the attainment of higher education and thus the achievement of a post of leadership, the government must provide an all-around enlargement of our entire system of public education…We demand the education at government expense of gifted children of poor parents…

The government must undertake the improvement of public health — by the greatest possible support for all clubs concerned with the physical education of youth.

[We] combat the…materialistic spirit within and without us, and are convinced that a permanent recovery of our people can only proceed from within on the foundation of The Common Good Before the Individual Good .

Now, before you go and start passing this around as MY idea, I think I should reveal the source of this list. This information came from the Nazi party platform adopted at Munich, February 24, 1920;Der Nationalsozialismus Dokumente 1933-1945, edited by Walther Hofer, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Bucherei, 1957, pp. 29-31.

Now, we have all seen what happens when these ideas are take to their final conclusion. It turns into a class warfare, pitting the “poor” against the “rich” with no regard for how either of the two got into their situations.

I, for one, do not believe that the “rich” should be hated for being rich. Most have worked hard, and sacrificed many things in their lives to be successful, and deserve to enjoy the “fruits of their labor”. Most poor people have taken the easy way out, not furthered their education, not worked hard, and are in the situation they are in, because they don’t have any personal drive, and are waiting for someone to take care of them. Instead of punishing success and achievement, and rewarding laziness and failure, doesn’t it make more sense to reward those who strive to better themselves, and to punish those who want to live of of others? We need to reform our welfare system, and make it impossible for someone to sit at home and live off of others. If a personis receiving Gov assistance, they MUST be made to either attend job training, or be enrolled in a work program. If the welfare recipient is recalcitrant, their benefits must be removed.

Having more than someone else is the result of Excellence, not theft. and having less is not because you were stolen from. Work is rewarded, sloth is punished! That is the moral and truly compassionate way.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. TEACH a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime!

If you believe that I am right, please pass this on to others. Tweet it, Share it, and comment on it!

Don’t just complain about how unfair the world is, and how badly our government needs to change, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

And I Ask Again….

Do YOU Have the Courage of Your Convictions?

Wrong People OUT! RIGHT People In!

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Everyday I talk to someone who is fed up with the “government”. But, nobody seems to have any idea what to do about it, other than “throw the bums out!” Well, that’s a good place to start, but HOW do we go about doing that? Well, I have an idea.

1. Get a list of everyone who voted for Bush Bailout (TARP), Stimulus, Housing Bailout 2008, or Housing Bailout 2009. Including Congress, Senate, Governors who accepted the $$, and State Reps & Senators who voted to accept it.
2. Find out when their seat is coming up for reelection.
3. Register to Vote as a Republican(can’t change the Party from the Inside, if you’re on the outside! And you can’t complain about the type of candidates they put forth if you don’t vote in the Primaries!)
4. Find a viable, fiscal conservative candidate, and put ALL of the Tea Party resources behind them.
5. VOTE FOR THE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE!

This needs to be done in EVERY DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY! If the Tea Party Movement wants to actually have an effect, we MUST seek out candidates, instead of railing against “politicians“! There are candidates out there who do have ethics, morals, and a love for the Constitution, capitalism, and the American Dream! Find them! Find the “everyman” who has been inspired by the Tea Party Movement to run for office! Find the business owner, or minister, or construction worker, who has the Courage of Their Convictions, and is fed up with the guy we have in office now, and INVITE them to speak at a Tea Party Rally, or meeting! Have them set up booths to give out information, and meet the people. Give them links on your websites (or even WHOLE PAGES). Don’t listen to the Party, and just take whichever candidate they want to cram down your throat! Make the Party listen, and run the person that you really want! It is time to step up, and take back control of our country!

Here are some links to the votes on the Bush Bailout(TARP), Stimulus, Housing Bailout 2008, and Housing Bailout 2009

Is Your Congressman Representing YOU with Their Vote?
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!

And I Ask Again…..

Do YOU Have The Courage Of Your Convictions?

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Socialism, Fascism or Capitalism?

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Which method of Government, and Society, would you prefer to live in? Let me define them for you.

• socialism: “a theory or system of social organization which advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means or production, capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole”
• fascism: “A governmental system with strong centralized power, permitting no opposition or criticism, controlling all affairs of the nation (industrial, commercial, etc.)”
• capitalism : the social system in which all property is privately owned, and the government’s function is restricted to the protection of individual rights.

As we can see, both Fascism and Socialism, favor the whole, over the individual. Centralizing power, and controlling the means of living. These are both versions of statism( forms of government in which the government is given complete or extensive control over the lives of its citizens.) Basically, Fascism allows individuals to “own” property, while telling them what they can, or cannot do with it, while Socialism puts ALL ownership under the government. Either way, the individual owner has no right to determine his own destiny. Choices in self-destination are limited to “do what the Government tells you” or “suffer the consequences”.

There is no difference in principle between the fascists and the socialists, consider the following revealing quotations from various infamous Nazis and other fascists:

We ask that the government undertake the obligation above all of providing citizens with adequate opportunities for employment and earning a living.

The activities of the individual must not be allowed to clash with the interests of the community, but must take place within its confines and for the good of all. Therefore, we demand:…an end to the power of the financial interests.

We demand profit sharing in big business.

We demand a broad extension of care for the aged.

We demand…the greatest possible consideration of small business in the purchases of the national, state and municipal governments.

In order to make possible to every capable and industrious [citizen] the attainment of higher education and thus the achievement of a post of leadership, the government must provide an all-around enlargement of our entire system of public education…We demand the education at government expense of gifted children of poor parents…

The government must undertake the improvement of public health — by the greatest possible support for all clubs concerned with the physical education of youth.

[We] combat the…materialistic spirit within and without us, and are convinced that a permanent recovery of our people can only proceed from within on the foundation of The Common Good Before the Individual Good .

(Nazi party platform adopted at Munich, February 24, 1920;Der Nationalsozialismus Dokumente 1933-1945, edited by Walther Hofer, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Bucherei, 1957, pp. 29-31).

Now, based on that, which do you think we are in the process of becoming? Or does it even matter? They are two sides of the same coin, and either way, are antithetical to the very ideals and principles that America was founded on! They demand that the entrepreneurial spirit of America give way to the collective.

We MUST NOT allow the failed policies of the fascism and socialism to take over our nation!
Stand UP! Pull your head out of the sand! Cry out against Entitlenments, and the Welfare state!
Refuse Government handouts, and “bait and switch” tax cuts for the poor, which penalize the people who produce, and give their wealth to those who won’t work for their own betterment!

And I ask Again,

Do YOU Have the Courage of Your Convictions?

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How Much Longer Does A Free America Have?

Every day, I come across new posts about Bills being proposed in Congress that basically strip away our Constitutionally guaranteed rights. I recently posted “Are you a Domestic Terrorist?” about the memos that have been coming out from various Government Agencies and think tanks, in which they label and define what they consider to be “dangerous, Right-wing extremism”. This morning when I logged on, I came face to face with this

House Bill Aims to Strip “Rightwing Extremists” of Second Amendment Right

Rep Peter King of NY(D) has sponsored a bill “Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009”.

That sounds like a great idea, doesn’t it? Let’s make it illegal to sell guns and explosives to terrorists! THAT will stop them! The only problem with that, is the fact that,

1. We DON”T KNOW who the terrorists are!
2. How many terrorists do you think buy their firearms and explosives at the local gun store, where they have to show ID, and go through a background check?
3. It is ALREADY illegal to sell weapons to known criminals.

This Bill, if it becomes a Law, is aimed squarely at taking away the 2nd Amendment rights of Americans, who disagree with the Federal Government. The language has been left open to interpretation of who a “Dangerous Terrorist” is. We have already seen who the Department of Homeland Security is defining as a terrorist, and now we see how they are going to disarm the people. If you disagree with the Federal Government on taxes, abortion, euthanasia, “Gay Rights”, socialized medicine, welfare, or the like, you can be branded a potentially dangerous terrorist, and they can forbid you to buy guns. This will automatically cause more “black market” gun sellers to start popping up, as otherwise law-abiding citizens try to exercise their 2nd Amendment Rights.

We are at a crossroads in the history of our nation. Never have our Constitutional Rights come under this many attacks, from so many directions! The conservatives in this country must UNITE NOW! Or we will have no opportunity to stop our nation from being taken over from the inside by our enemies! What are YOU doing to fight this? Quit screaming at your TV and Radio, and get involved! Write your Congressman and Senator, join a Political Activist group, run for local office, DO SOMETHING!

And again I ask,

Do YOU have the Courage of Your Convictions?

The Tea Party Platform

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These are a basis of ideals from many sources, and my own beliefs, that i believe should be the basis of the Tea Party Movement, and thereby, the Platform of whatever party claims to be conservative! (This means YOU GOP!)

• All forms of government must abide by the boundaries set forth in state and federal constitutions. The 10th Amendment gives the State Legislatures, ALL rights not explicitly granted to the Federal Government. The Sovereignty of the States MUST be upheld!

• All pork and earmarks in the stimulus, omnibus bills, and bailouts must be reversed and repealed. The national budget must be balanced. Spending cuts, not increased taxation should be used to balance the budget. Excessive national debt is generational theft, and stealing the future of our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We MUST have a Balanced Budget Amendment!

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness implies personal responsibility, not handouts, free-enterprise and capitalism, not government controlled economies. Some people choose to be irresponsible (and of course some fall on hard times due to circumstances), but it is not the responsibility of the general public, vis-a-vis government intervention, to guarantee or bailout irresponsibility and failure. Private individuals and organizations give out of compassion and generosity, not compulsion through taxation, laws, and pork barrel projects. NO MORE SOCIALIST WELFARE STATE PROJECTS!

• ALL elected and appointed officials are under the employment and serve at the will of We the People. As Abraham Lincoln said, “Government of the People, by the People and for the People”. Neither major political party is “clean” on these issues. Both Democrats and Republicans have taxed excessively and neither have restrained the hand of government effectively. There are certainly individual representatives who have been faithful to their constituents and to the Constitution. However, too many are engaged in protecting their congressional positions and turf. The majority of government officials have insulated themselves from the people they serve, and hold themselves above the law. We are simply saying, “No, you aren’t above the law”. Stay within the Constitution, or we will retire you at the next election. Term Limits for ALL elected officials! NO MORE CAREER POLITICIANS!

• America‘s boarder’s MUST be protected! The illegal immigration issue must be addressed. NO AMNESTY for illegal immigrants. No more social services for illegal immigrants. Medical treatment in case of emergency only, and then immediate deportation upon recovery. 6 month residency requirement before the child born of a non-US citizen gets automatic citizenship status. No more late term pregnancies crossing the border just to have a child and gain citizenship. NO MORE ANCHOR BABIES!

• No more dependence on foreign oil! We must start drilling our own oil, and building new refineries, in addition to researching viable alternatives to oil.

• The Federal Reserve System must be ended, and the entire tax code must be revamped. TAX OUR MONEY ONCE, AND THEN LEAVE US ALONE! No more taxing our wages, taxing our spending, taxing our saving, taxing our living, and taxing our dying!

• Repeal ALL gun control laws that infringe on the freedoms of LAW ABIDING citizens to bear arms.

• Put a halt to ALL legislation, that infringes on Freedom of Speech, including, but not limited to the “Fairness Doctrine”

This is the platform that I would like to see. It’s not perfect, nor does it cover EVERY hot button issue. But, these are ideals that, I believe, MOST can agree on. I call now for the Republican Party to adopt this platform, or one much like it, now, and quit sitting on the fence!

The gauntlet has been thrown! I ask again,

DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE OF YOUR CONVICTIONS?

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