One Question Politicians Should Be Forced to Answer

Over the past 100 years, particularly since the 1950s, our government has gradually and increasingly trampled on the concepts, provisions, and governmental limitations set forth in the U.S. Constitution.

Therefore, there is but one vital question that every candidate for Congress/Senate/Presidency should be FORCED to answer.

Can you guess by now what that question is?

A Clear and Present Warning

The social-Darwinist ingredient in progressive jurisprudence is the notion of the state as an organic principle, informed by the general will of society and by the particular facts, circumstances, and history of a people. Subject to no fixed limits, eschewing belief in objective justice, the state follows a path of incessant growth and flexibility, limited only by the ever-changing needs of society. As dictated by the laws of progress and evolution, the state moves society along an inevitable ascent. By application of “scientific” expertise and rationalizing administration, government directs this growth. Expressly left behind is Madisonian constitutionalism and its notions of natural rights, limited government, the rule of law, prevention of faction, and vigilance against the possibility of overly centralized and unaccountable government.

Need I say that Barack Obama and his minions represent the precise attack on the Constitution as described above? Read the whole thing at National Review Online.

Oath Keepers Under a Hate Attack from SPLC

Regular readers of The Liberty Sphere know that we have extolled the virtues of Oath Keepers repeatedly. We do this because we believe that these patriotic individuals take their oath to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution VERY seriously.

Regular readers also know that we have exposed the Southern Poverty Law Center of Montgomery, Alabama for the sham that it is.

Now, the SPLC is undertaking a systematic effort to discredit and defame the Oath Keepers. The action is unconscionable.

David Codrea provides all the details in his column today.

Patriots must stand firm against the SPLC and other groups like them in their attempts to smear those who defend the Constitution.

A Foreshadowing of Things to Come?

Read this leaflet carefully, as it may save your life or the life of a relative or friend.

In the next few months, personnel and facilities of some or all of the governmental agencies at the local, state, and Federal level listed below will be attacked and destroyed by free American men and women. Those personnel and facilities have been built and used over the past decade to deprive Americans of their basic human rights, including the right to be free from unreasonable arrests, searches, and seizures. The operations of these personnel and facilities violate the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As such, we are determined to destroy the totalitarian vermin who have placed their interests ahead of their fellow Americans, as well as all of the tyrants' tools possessed by those traitors.

This is an adaptation from a series of leaflets the U.S. sent out to Japanese citizens prior to the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Some believe the day is coming when patriots will be warning fellow citizens of the dire circumstances to come, unless government immediately ceases its assault on our liberties and the Constitution.

Read the whole thing here.

Obama's 'High Crimes and Misdemeanors'

Barack Obama is quickly racking up an entire laundry list of unlawful acts for which, under normal circumstances, he would face impeachment hearings in the Congress.

Read this explosive article at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

What can be done when the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches are all making strange bedfellows as the rule of law is trashed in this nation?

Supreme Court Ignores Constitution!

In a stunning refusal to hear the case of secured investors who were given the shaft by the Obama Administration in the Chrysler deal, the U.S. Supreme Court in essence ignored the Constitution.

Read all about it at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

Today we will examine the subject, 'When the Courts Fail to Uphold the Constitution.'

A Serious Impeachable Offense--5th Amendment

When one gives careful consideration to the provisions of the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, it becomes clear that Obama and company have committed impeachable offenses in the government-imposed and supervised bankruptcy terms for GM and Chrysler.

Obama has violated the provisions of the 5th Amendment in at least 2 places--the due process clause and the just compensation clause.

Read all about this new twist to the takeover of the auto industry at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

Not only were the automakers deprived of their rights under the Constitution, but they willingly allowed Obama to force these violations upon them in exchange for a taxpayer bailout...all the more reason for a boycott!

Obama Apologists Excuse the Unconscionable

Read all about it...

at...

Columbia Conservative Examiner.

Thanks!

Americans 'Scared' of the Words of the Framers?

It would appear that many Americans today are 'scared' of the direct words of the Framers of the U.S. Constitution.

Why would this be?

I provide 2 possible explanations today in my column at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

It seems I sparked a heated debate that has been raging at my Examiner site and at Digg. Be sure to click on the link above, read it, comment if you wish, and pass it along to others.

And thank-you very kindly for all of your support in recent days. I am deeply grateful.

Failures of the G-20 Summit

Don't believe the cheer-leading propaganda of the mainstream media concerning Obama's supposed great success at the G-20 summit in London.

He failed for the very reasons they cite as indications of his success!

Columbia Conservative Examiner details these decisions that point to abject failure.

Click on the link and read. And don't forget to pass it along to your friends and family who may be interested. Thanks!

What If 'Direct Orders' Go Against Constitution?

Increasingly in today's Topsy-turvy world, military and police officials are finding themselves facing a critical issue that goes to heart of the American way of life--'What should I do when a direct order requires me to go against the Constitution?'

One group in particular, Oath Keepers, is determined to uphold the Constitution even if it means disobeying orders.

And this is the subject of my column today at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

This is a critical issue that needs to be discussed on a widespread basis in American society at this juncture in our history. Read it and pass it along. Thank-you.

Guns A-Blazin'

Let's cut right to the chase at the very outset. The Founders of this Republic believed that all citizens should be armed as the best means of preventing government tyranny, including our own. They also believed that the rights enumerated in the First Amendment were secured and protected by an armed citizenry.

Now that we have that much out of the way, let's move on to another step.

Since the Founders believed these things and included gun rights in the Bill of Rights to be protected as one of the 'unalienable rights' of citizens, all of our so-called 'reasonable restrictions' on gun rights are illegal.

The common argument, for example, in favor of gun control compares firearms registration with getting a driver's license. But the two cannot be compared because getting a driver's license is not a Constitutional right but a privilege granted by states. Keeping and bearing firearms is not a privilege granted by anyone. It is an absolute right as stated in the Constitution.

OK, so we have dropped the ball in allowing encroachments upon this unalienable right ever since the 1940s. We refused to mount a serious fight against gun control in all forms. We did not draw a line in the sand, and even if we did, we didn't force those who crossed that line to suffer any measurable consequence.

That day is quickly drawing to an end.

Citizens around this nation who are perceptive and aware enough to know that under the current administration and Congress our rights are in grave danger are beginning to wake up to the fact that a day of reckoning may be approaching.

And, as the 'run on the gun shops' is proving, the citizens in record numbers are getting prepared not only to draw a line in the sand but to force those who cross that line to pay for their actions.

Never again will we allow the forces of anti-freedom in this country to encroach upon a God-given, Constitution-protected right. We have learned our lesson from our failures of the past. And we are ready.

Here we stand.

Williams: 'The Hell With Our Constitution'

One of the foremost economists in the country, Dr. Walter E. Williams of George Mason University, has an important observation to make concerning the Obama-Democrat economic package Congress just approved--'the hell with our Constitution.'

In his latest riveting syndicated column, Williams demonstrates that this is precisely the attitude of most Americans, most of the members of Congress and the Courts, and certainly the current President.

In fact, Williams shows that this total disrespect for the law of the land, the U.S. Constitution, actually began in the late 1930s and then over time grew into this travesty of the law in which we find ourselves today under the present Administration and Congress.

America today depicts something much, much worse than a mere 'disrespect' for the Constitution. It shows an outright contempt.

Read the article for Dr. Williams' timely words concerning what's happening to our country.

'The Unwritten Constitution'

Certain unwritten but commonly accepted truths undergird the U.S. Constitution. These concepts are known as 'the unwritten Constitution,' and are often cited in the writings of the Founding Fathers.

Constitutional truth is in no way as complicated a matter as the legal profession would have us believe.

The Founding Fathers did us all a great favor by leaving behind their written works for us to see. And within those documents we find the commonly accepted truths that led them to frame the Constitution in the manner in which they did.

For example, the First Amendment provision of freedom of religion was never meant to keep religion out of the public marketplace of ideas but to prevent government from establishing an official church of the United States, supported with our tax dollars such as we find in Great Britain and dozens of other countries.

In like manner, we know that the Second Amendment provision of the freedom to keep and bear arms is an individual right and not a collective one.

The Framers made both of these things clear in their many writings.

Mike Vanderboegh has written a most interesting piece on the topic of 'the unwritten Constitution' that begs for these issues to be discussed and considered by all of those who are serious students of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

I strongly urge each of you to carefully read it and contemplate the obvious issues that arise from it.

Bill of Rights Day--An American Benchmark

This is a Liberty Sphere classic from 2006--one of my first posts after launching this blog. It is entitled, 'An Ignored American Benchmark--Dec. 15.'

On December 15 we mark one of the most important dates in American history, yet it is one with which I am sure many of you may not be familiar. The 'Bill of Rights Day' is celebrated on December 15, and the fact that this date in history is one of the most unnoticed and ignored speaks volumes about the U.S. educational system.

Since 1941 the ratification of the Bill of Rights has been commemorated in this country on December 15. Yet today, I am sure that the average guy on the street has no clue that one of the most significant events in human history happened on that day...thanks to the dumbing down of the educational system and the failure of modern politicians to give proper recognition to the basic rights we all are guaranteed in the United States of America.

The original Constitution, ratified in 1788, had no Bill of Rights. The fledgling young Republic had just managed to fight off the British for their independence and declare themselves a new nation united by a commonly accepted rule of law--the U.S. Constitution. Yet long before the Constitution was ratified many of the Founders insisted that the document would be woefully incomplete without protecting certain individual rights. One of these was James Madison, who was elected by Virginia to the first Congress upon the promise that he would work for a Bill of Rights.

George Mason, also of Virginia, refused to sign the original Constitution precisely because it contained no Bill of Rights. Mason had written a Bill of Rights for the state of Virginia which many other states used to adopt their own Bill of Rights.

Patrick Henry had originally opposed the inclusion of the Bill. Revisionist historians often use Henry as some sort of proof that the Founders were not in agreement about the rights that should be guaranteed to the citizens. Nothing could be further from the truth. Henry also opposed the Constitution. But this was not due to anything other than his opposition to a centralized government of any kind, believing instead that such power should be reserved for the states.

It is also to be noted that in spite of Patrick Henry's initial opposition, he would later change his mind and work for both the U.S. Constitution and for the ratification of the Bill of Rights.

Having succeeded in getting a Constitution approved by the states, the Founders went to work on a document that would protect the rights with which each citizen had been endowed by their Creator. The Bill does not 'grant' or 'give' rights. The rights are automatically inherent in our very existence. The Constitution PROTECTS these basic, inherent rights.

In 1789 the Bill of Rights was written in Federal Hall in New York City, which at the time was the capital of the U.S. The first Congress was made up of 26 Senators and 65 Representatives from the 13 states. On September 25, 1789, Congress passed 12 amendments to the Constitution which would be called the Bill of Rights. In October of that year President George Washington sent a copy of the 12 amendments to the states for their approval.

From October of 1789 until December of 1791 the thirteen states debated the amendments. By the time the amendments had made their rounds the original 12 amendments were whittled down to 10. On December 15, 1791, Virginia became the eleventh state to ratify the 10 amendments, and thus, according to the provisions of amending the Constitution, the Bill of Rights became part of the supreme law of the land.

During these days when collectivist revisionists see no inherent individual rights in the Bill of RIGHTS, it is vitally important to note that the sole motivation of the Founders in insisting on the Bill was the protection of INDIVIDUAL rights. It is impossible, for example, for someone to make a valid philosophical argument claiming that the 2nd Amendment does nothing but establish a militia, when the whole idea of the Bill to begin with was to protect the INDIVIDUAL rights of citizens.

Thus, on this December 15 let each of us as Americans give thought to the basic philosophical premise that motivated the Founders--that each individual American is free, and as such, we are guaranteed the protection of certain specified individual rights. If no such guarantee exists, then the whole notion of establishing a free Republic was in vain.

Wisdom for the Storms Ahead

A statement of advice is found in The Bible which says, 'Be wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove.'

Very good advice, it would seem, for those who would act and behave with wisdom.

Wisdom is not in knowing that you have the power to act but in knowing when and how to act.

As we face great uncertainty in the coming days with regard to the Constitutional protections of our God-given rights, the issue it seems is not allowing ourselves to react in knee-jerk fashion to every single perceived threat to liberty.

The key issue is to act, not react, in response to actual, verified threats to our safety, our right to self-defense, our right to live peacefully in freedom.

The way of the Timothy McVeigh phenomenon is NOT our way. We want absolutely no harm to come to anyone, except in the case of clear self-defense.

On the other hand, when it comes to defending the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the lives of those we love, and our own lives, we will use the resources and tools the Founding Fathers used to procure and guard liberty.

Our forebears were not blood-thirsty barbarians but men and women of reason. And they left us with a clear heritage that spoke of their high regard for human life and liberty, as well as the means by which to protect life and liberty.

This is an entirely reasonable response to direct encroachments upon human freedom.

So it is today. But we have to be absolutely certain that when we act it is in response to a direct affront.

Read more on this vital issue by clicking here to go to Sipsey Street Irregulars.

Calm, Rational Thoughts from the Non-Compliant

Make no mistake about it, many patriotic Americans have no intention of being compliant with laws, directives, and programs initiated during a possible Barack Obama administration.

This is no knee-jerk reaction, no hot-headed racist blather from hayseeds, no irrational musings from the paranoid, but the logical sequence of behaviors by those who still believe in the idea of liberty as encapsulated by the Founders in the U.S. Constitution.

And, since I have been designated as part of the 'angry mob against Obama,' I thought it would be appropriate to verbalize some of my calm, rational thoughts from the non-compliant sector of society.

First, let it be made crystal clear that tens of thousands, if not millions of Americans will be so thoroughly disgusted by the fact that an outright neo-Communist was elected to the White House that civil disobedience will become commonplace.

In the past, this action seemed to be reserved for those liberals who wished to overthrow the capitalism inherent in the U.S. Government. Today, however, civil disobedience will be embraced by those who love personal, individual liberty so much that they will dare to refuse to comply with the neo-Communist concepts espoused by Barack Obama and his supporters in Congress.

Two, some of these among the non-compliant may well refuse to pay taxes in protest, including some small business owners. Those who feel they cannot follow this course of action should not be singled out as 'turncoats,' for this decision is an ominous one that could land such persons in jail. This is a very personal decision made only after counting the cost soberly.

But even if we feel we cannot engage in this form of civil disobedience, we must lend our support in any way we can to those who put their all on the line in defense of liberty. This is a MUST.

Beyond these two principles, here is a list of some things ALL of us can do to express our outrage in the event that Obama is elected or the Democrats increase their majorities in the Congress, or both:

1. On Inauguration Day and afterward, we can inundate the White House and the offices of our Senators and Representatives with phone calls expressing our intent to oppose each and every proposal put forth by Barack Obama or a veto-proof liberal Congress. This tactic must be a permanent fact of everyday life and not just short term. We must keep the pressure on them each and every single day.

2. We can write letters on a regular basis to Senators, Governors, Representatives, and other government officials expressing our opposition to the Obama agenda. This, too, must be a regular, permanent tactic.

3. We can inundate newspapers with letters to the editor expressing opposition to Obama proposals...refraining from attacking but stating clearly and rationally why we oppose those proposals.

4. We can get involved with local politics, from the ground up, if we have not done so already. Lethargy on the part of mainstream America may be the very thing that ruins this country. We are about to lose our liberties. Our inaction will be partly to blame. We MUST change that now.

5. Between now and Inauguration Day purchase your tools...as many as you can. This may be the last time you and I as free citizens can exercise our Second Amendment rights in this country by buying firearms. If money is an issue, remember that $300 can purchase all you need if you know where to look.

6. Absolutely, positively refuse to turn over personal guns in the event of confiscation. This is OUR property, not theirs.

7. Join a conservative religious group that is not a part of the National Council of Churches or the World Council of Churches. These 2 organizations are full of Marxists. Conservative religious groups have some of the most stalwart advocates for personal rights and liberties anywhere. And beyond that, the message you hear might do you good.

8. If you can, pull your children-grandchildren out of the public school system. Find a school that teaches the principles of liberty, or decide to homeschool. The public school system in this country will become nothing more than a tool in the hands of Barack Obama to indoctrinate young minds in the ways of extremists like Bill Ayers.

9. Get out of debt as fast as you can. Tear up credit cards. Do your transactions with cash. Withdraw funds from banks and put the money in your personal safe. You can even take this further if you wish, withdrawing investments and stashing the money yourself in your safe. Pay yourself first. There really is no better way to force government and the new monopolistic banking system to deal with our displeasure than to hit them in the pocket book.

10. Make a list of like-minded persons who believe in the Constitution, the vision of the Founders, and the Bill of Rights. Make sure they are registered to vote. Get them to the polls in the next election. Become a free taxi service for the elderly, the frail, the sick--anyone who is like-minded but who cannot get to the polls on their own.

In short, as soon as the Election is over on November 4, begin laying the groundwork for the Congressional elections in 2010 and the Presidential election in 2012. The nation will be wrecked to pieces by the crowd getting ready to come to power this year . We must be ready to step up and step in to clean up the mess in 2010 and 2012.

Voting One's Conscience

As most of you know by now, I have thrown my support behind the McCain-Palin ticket, mainly on the strength of Sarah Palin, whom I see as the future of conservatives within the GOP.

I have my reasons for making this decision, the primary one being Palin but also my desire to see the Obama-Biden socialist ticket lose as decisively as possible. I see no other way that has a snowball's chance of succeeding except by voting for McCain-Palin.

It goes without saying that I realize that not all will agree with my decision.

If I ask for your forbearance in voting my conscience, it is only fair that I respect your right to do the same. I would expect nothing less from the regular readers of this blog.

There are people who I have come to know and respect in the blogosphere who cannot in good conscience vote for either McCain or Obama. I respect your decision because I respect you.

My hope and prayer is that whoever wins in November will faithfully uphold the Constitution and hold fast to the principles of liberty.

What Is An 'Anti-American?'

An anonymous poster in the comments section of this blog took me to task over referring to former Democratic Presidential candidates George McGovern, Michael Dukakis, and John Kerry, and the present candidate Barack Obama, as anti-American.

I stand by the charge.

Thus, what is the definition of an 'anti-American?'

An anti-American is one whose political ideology is diametrically opposite of that which is embodied in the Constitution of the United States.

The Constitution is our final authority in all matters of law and governance.

Thus, one cannot be for robbing citizens of their right to own, bear, and use firearms for defense and protection, and then claim to uphold the U.S. Constitution. The two are mutually exclusive.

One cannot promote measures that limit free speech, free exercise of religion, a free press, or the freedom to assemble, and claim to uphold the U.S. Constitution. The two are blatantly incongruent.

And it really doesn't matter how much time such persons may have spent in the military. Some have even gone to war. While that is admirable, such acts of service to one's country do not automatically make them pro-American if they turn around and trash the Constitution in their political beliefs.

This is why in the United States of America one can be a true patriot even if they never served in the official, government-sanctioned military. And serving in that military does not automatically make one a patriot.

It is all about beliefs, ideology, political philosophy.

And this is precisely why I will fight tooth and toenail against those who self-righteously claim to be 'patriots' who love their country but who nonetheless work to rob citizens of their Constitutional rights, condone the killing of unborn infants and even those who survive attempts to kill them (this is barbarism every bit as dangerous as the Nazis and Communists), and who in the name of religion seek to steal from ordinary citizens through taxation to pay for programs that government has no business implementing in a free society.

In short, I don't give a damn what your military service has been if your views are more in line with Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin, and Karl Marx than with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry.

As the old saying goes, 'Just because a mouse gets into the cookie jar doesn't make him a cookie.'

Just So You Know Where We Stand

I rarely write about religious topics unless they have to do with politics and politicians, or terrorism, which is intrinsically intertwined with religious dogma of a sinister kind.

Yet from time to time writing about religious beliefs is unavoidable, particularly when it comes to understanding the founding of our Republic and the views of the persons who founded it.

True, not all of the Founders where Christian, but most were officially affiliated with a Christian congregation. And they wrote at length about their views, including references to Jesus Christ.

The authors of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were clearly convinced that human rights are not the invention of men and women, nor are these rights 'granted' by government.

Rather, they saw liberty as God-given. And all human beings are endowed with these liberties by their Creator, no matter what governments say. Governments may recognize and protect these God-given rights, or they may detest them and refuse to recognize them, much to the peril of the citizens.

Thus, the U.S. Government does not and cannot 'grant' the right to bear firearms, the right to speak freely without government restriction, and the like. These are pre-existing rights granted to human beings by God. The only thing the U.S. Government can do is recognize and protect these God-given rights, IF it chooses to do so.

The Founders believed that our form of government is unique in that it has chosen to recognize and protect these God-given rights.

But each succeeding generation is charged with the responsibility to make sure that the vision of the Founders is preserved and protected from tyrants and despots, wolves in sheep's clothing, who incessantly attempt to rob the citizens of these rights.

As a Christian, therefore, I believe that my rights are given by Christ Himself. As the Bible states, 'If the Son makes you free, you are free indeed.' And, I believe that it is incumbent upon me to fight to protect these rights from those within our own country who apparently have no more regard for the Constitution than they do for Hitler's Mein Kampf.

Further, I believe it is my responsibility as a Christian to fight for the rights of non-Christians every bit as fervently as I do for that of Christians. All of those who believe in human liberty that is unfettered and unrestricted by oppressive government has been enlightened to that truth whether they are Christian or not.

This means that Jews, Buddhists, moderate Muslims, and those with no religious beliefs are part of the same team if they believe that basic human rights are inherent and not 'created,' 'given,' or 'granted' by government. Rights stand totally apart from and outside government.

Thus, on this Easter Sunday, I can celebrate the fact that Christ lives and has made it possible for the entire human race to be truly free.

It is to that end that The Liberty Sphere is dedicated...just so you know where we stand.

Happy Easter!