Hold the Milk and Pass the Cookies

It is madness to let the federal government have the final say on what the Constitution says and means, vis-a-vis federal powers. The States wrote the Constitution which created the federal government to handle a few specifically described communal needs on behalf of the States. That's it. It was not created to usurp their power and authority over the myriad issues concerning the citizens of those various States. And the federal government certainly was not granted authority to determine what it's powers should and would be over the States and the citizens. That would be madness (just look around us). That which is created can never be greater than that which creates it. The States are not beholden to the federal government; the federal government is beholden to the States. To permit the President, the Congress and the Supreme Court to determine and have final say over what the Constitution says and means and what their powers and authorities are which derive from it, would be like putting children in charge of the cookie jar. Soon there are no more cookies and the kids have tummy aches. Well, our federal government has drained our treasury dry and the nation is quite sick. But don't expect the federal government to fix itself and relinquish power back to the States. Our only hope is for the States to resume their rightful authority and put the federal government back in its place. Soon. Very soon.

Breach of Contract

Five political appointees in black robes do not unmake the Constitution. There is no such thing as the Supreme Court, there are only nine justices. People who are imperfect and biased. When the justices function within the boundaries of the Constitution I respect their opinions. When they stray beyond those boundaries, which they have many times I have no respect for their opinions. They then become part of the problem instead of the solution. It is the duty of the President and Congress to reign in the justices when they exceed their assigned authority. There are many horrific rulings which need to be nullified. They do not own the Constitution or have the final, ultimate say about what it means. The Constitution is a contract between the States, which wrote the Constitution and thus created the Federal Government; and the People. The Supreme Court is not a party to that contract. We can all read it and understand what it means. It's time for the People to take back their Constitution and put the Supreme Court, the Congress and the President in their respective places. Which is the back seat, not the driver's seat.

Is Anybody There, Does Anybody Care, Does Anybody See What I See?

On the Third Day of October in the Year of our Lord Two Thousand & Eight,
At one o’clock in the afternoon, Mountain Daylight Time;

With the flourish of his pen President Bush dissolved the political bands which have connected this federal government to the Constitution which formed it. What was for over two centuries is no more. The United States of America no longer exists in the form into which we born. Our elected servants have jettisoned our Constitutionally based representative Republic and what will replace it is anyone’s guess. All that can be said is that our freedoms, liberties and Constitutional protections have vanished before our very eyes today. The constraints placed upon the federal government by Article 1, Section 8 of the now defunct U.S. Constitution have been nullified and tossed out with the rest of the document. Truly we are now sailing dangerous stormy seas with no rudder. We don’t even have a skiff made of paper.
Who will constitute the new government to replace the one which just passed away? When will it be created? What form of government will it be? Our best guess based upon the private market take-over bill that was enacted today is that it will be a socialist collective state. No doubt people of a liberal redistributionist mindset will seek to form and control the new government. Beyond that we cannot speculate at this time. The coup d’etat is still too fresh in our minds.
One must surmise that all of the laws and institutions of the old government are now null and void. The federal court system, Social Security, federal income taxation and the Internal Revenue Service no longer actually exist. Who now commands our military assets and personnel? These are sobering questions which must be quickly and thoughtfully resolved so as to attempt to maintain peace and order among the people.
The next few months and years will be a time of uncertainty and ideological struggle among the differing factions within the populace as we attempt to find our way in the dark with no light, save the One from Heaven to guide us. Let us fervently pray for peace and wisdom to prevail during the coming conflict. As we look forward to a new government we should pause to look back and reflect upon the guidance of those who formed our first government upon this continent. While we have now tossed out their handiwork it would seem prudent to a least feign deference to their collective knowledge and wisdom to inform us. The States, which formed the first federal government now hold the highest power in the land and they must act collectively in the best interests of the People to maintain stability and lay the framework for a new federal government, if they so choose.
May God have mercy upon us all.