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2010 CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES ARE CRITICAL

A VOTER’S REVOLT!!

Americans Uniting to Save America !!

The PRIMARY elections, not the general election, are critical to replacing congress members.

Taking into account the blatant corruption and elitist attitude of all members of Congress regardless of party; when it is understood that their refusal to obey the Constitution is intentional and without regard for We, the People; when voters realize that a total replacement of Congress is necessary; the primary elections of 2010 become far more important than the general election.

With the people of the nation facing the loss of their freedoms, and dis-satisfaction with government and its leadership growing rampantly, next year’s congressional primaries represent the first chance for voters to fire those responsible. It is Congress that has not only failed to protect the Constitution, but the Republican and Democrat parties have melded as one and are repealing our liberties and rights, and purposely usurping our authority and stealing our wealth, and they don’t even try to hide it anymore.

The 2010 congressional elections may be the last free elections Americans will ever see. I’m not joking, there’s nothing funny about any of this.

American voters have a chance to unite for a common purpose, to take our authority away from Congress. Democrat voters need to go to their polling place on the day of the primary election, and search the ballot for non-incumbent Democrat candidates they can feel good about voting for. Republican voters, do the same. If we wait until the general election, chances are that the person in office now will be the only candidate on the ballot from that party. We have to vote the incumbents out in the primary election.

If the incumbent representitive from your district is a Republican, republican voters need to pick anyone but that incumbent. If a Democrat is the incumbent congressman in your area, the dems need to do the same deed.

Republican and Democrat voters can vote their party line, and do not have to give in on your parties priniples to join together. We all need to pick a candidate that is an airline pilot, the owner of Jiffy Lube, the local high school gym coach, the president of the Colonial Baking and Quilting Club, etc. Anything as long as they are NOT the incumbent.

UNITE AMERICANS!!

We haven’t gotten together in decades.

LET’S DO IT NOW!!

Join in a

VOTER’S REVOLT

for the

2010 CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY

 

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THE FOUNDATION OF OUR GOVERNMENT

How, Why, and By Whom It Is Being Destroyed
 

During the Federal Convention of 1787, the Founders argued over every conceivable aspect of the document they were creating. Some, being from England, argued against a single person as the Chief Executive. Others, from the smaller states, insisted on enumerated, clearly defined and limited powers for the central government. The great majority, though, had no objection to what has become known as the "seperation of power". In fact, the concept had been written into the Constitution in a haphazard manner, but was added wherever it was missing and in a more bold and intentional way before the document was signed. Indeed, the seperation of powers of the three branches of government had been the very framework upon which the founders acted, albeit in an eerie and unconcious way.

The seperation of powers, these words are not in the Constitution, was the method used by the founders in the attempt to prevent our elected officials from creating a tyrranical, elitist despotism in government. Madison defined tyranny as all powers, legislative, executive, and judicial, being in the hands of one group or person. The seperation of powers was to prevent that from happening.

Not only were the powers of the branches strictly defined but auxilliary checks were given to each branch that would limit the autonomy of the branches. For example, the executive was given the right to appoint his cabinet members, diplomats and ambassadors, and justices to the Supreme Court. But all of these appointments were to be subject to the approval and advice of the Senate. Congress was given the huge power of writing all of the nation’s laws, subject to the veto power of the executive and the ratification by the Senate. Congress, by a two-thirds vote, could override the president’s veto and pass the law. The founders wisely did everything they could to limit the possibility of one person or branch becoming all powerful.

It was this seperation of power that overcame many popular objections to the Constitution during the ratification by the states. It was also one of the main reasons the people have come to believe that the Constitution is their document, their insurance of their rights being protected.

Today, the seperation of powers still operates to some degree, but the seeming ignorance of the Constitution, the almost dictatorial attitude of Congress, especially its leaders, and their ability to get away with more and more criminal activities are all due to the changes made by the courts and the laws passed by Congress in the way in which the seperation of powers is perceived. The fact that the Constitution does not contain an expressed injuction to preserve the boundaries of the three branches is impetus for those bent on consolidating power to themselves.

The result of this curruption of the seperation of powers is what we see happening in our government, especially in Congress, today. Vaguely written, ill defined legislation leaves the details to the bureaucracy created by the bill. Bills redefining the powers of the judiciary and executive more often than not, are commonly passed. The result is Congress has become the de-facto regulator of all things executive, and the judiciary has become the law makers. This is most obvious in the consideration of abortion, pornography, school prayer, the death penalty, and immigration law and their enforcement.

This maldistribution of power received its biggest boost with the election of Woodrow Wilson as president in 1912. Since then, a faction loosely called the "Administrationists", has pushed further and further the Constitution’s seperation of power doctrine toward the brink of destruction. In essence, they have been unopposed in their work.

Wilson, an academic in all that that infers, believed the seperation of powers was a deadlock to government efficiency. He and his followers were of the belief that the Constitution should be a living document as history had shown how much time had changed man’s ideologies about himself, and all other aspects of his world. They saw the Constitution as being a religious like set of commandments that society had outgrown with the advances in understanding and man’s ability to reason rather than simply observing. He and his followers often stated the following about the Constitution, "The more open-eyed we become as a nation to its defects the better." They believed that man received his rights to life, liberty, etc., not from God or nature’s laws, but from those in power. Yet he espoused the theory that government was not a written set of mandates, but was a living, breathing entity susceptible to outgrowing certain premises.

In Wilson’s view of government, only the consolidation of powers under one branch would provide the most efficient government. He believed that the only seperation should be between the politics and the administration of government. Therefore, he held that two branches should comprise government, the executive and the administrative. The executive would be the only elected position and would be the "people’s delegate" in government. It would be the President’s sole responsibility to sell the policies of the administration to the people, and to convey the wishes of the people to the administration. This executive would, seemingly, be perpetually in campaign mode, selling the policies to the people, forming interest groups that could convince others of the benefits of the policies. A cheerleader, the executive would have no real administrative duties, but would be essential if civil disruption were to be avoided.

The administration’s major responsibility was to foretell the future and set in motion policies that would be effective in bringing the nation into that future. There would be no laws except those conferring the power to legislate upon the administration, and as few as necessary to regulate society. The everyday administration of the activities of the people would be per diem, or on an as needed basis and would be revisable, also as needed, or, as they saw fit.

To Wilson and the Administrationists, the future of the nation was to be decided according to what they saw as historically becoming the future, and not having anything to do with the rational, Constitutional standards addressing the nature of human beings. The duty of government, in their eyes, was to be attuned to the time and spirit of the future and to guide the nation where those events showed it to be headed. No thought was given, in fact it was specifically ommitted, that the duties should ever provide for common security or to secure the inalienable rights of men. Such idealistic thought was, to their way of thinking, responsible for selfishness in man, poverty, war, and all injustices so prolific in the world. Only a trained class of elitists, scientifically determined as non-partisan could bring about the perfection the Constitution had failed to achieve.

We, when analyizing the properties of one form of government as opposed to some other, are more apt to choose that form which elevates the common person, defining and insuring the retention of human rights as are the nature of all persons ever born, than a form which is impersonal, abstract, and, in anyway authoritarian. Indeed, those very qualities of humane governence, drafted by and for the People of the nation, are the reasons why the people of these United States have, for so many years, seen the Constitution as their own insurance policy against tyranny and the loss of their freedom. Only by the corruption and ignorance of the principles inherent in the Constitution have evil men, bent on tyranny and a greedy consolidation of power, made the few inroads they have to their purposes. The Constitution, as written, is still very much appropriate and timely for the purpose for which it was created.

The fact that the Constitution embraces the idea that there is a higher power than man is what makes it so personally acceptible to men of decent character. The robotic, un-godly processes of Administrationism, Socialism, Communism, Fascism, etc., and the policies resultant therein, are the very reasons they are soundly rejected and despised by those same decent humans.

 Glenn Flowers
 
 
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JUST THE FACTS, MAAM, JUST THE FACTS

Following the advice of a trusted, fellow blogger, I have decided, for at least the near future, to concentrate my critique of the present members of the federal government to the actual stupidity and miscalculations, and consequences of their decisions, and, for at least the near future, forgo any mention of what I believe to be their underlying motives. I do this in an attempt to, possibly, convince those who would otherwise brand or have already branded we Conservatives as conspiracy nutts for offering outrageous motivational theories, that regardless of motivation the outcome is disastrous. Having my best friend, a former devout Conservative and war veteran, tell me he believes none of what I proved to him, I must admit there are those who voted for this inept manchild candidate who won’t ever admit that they could have and should have known what Obama was beforehand. It is just too demeaning.

So, BLOGGERS! Do not attempt this at home, this was performed by an experienced blogger with nothing left to fear!

This new methodology will take the style of a new, separate blog named,

JUST THE FACTS, MAAM

a standard line by Sgt. Joe Friday of original DRAGNET fame (for members of the X and Me generations and those in Rio Linda, CA).

Glenn Flowers

 

PS: I have no dreams of actually changing the minds of any hardcore, leftist Deficrats. I am not insane nor do I have illusions of grandeur. Well, not serious ones, anyway.

 

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HAS OBAMA EARNED OUR TRUST?

I have read through the "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009"
I can tell you it is not American, affordable, healthy, or a choice. It is an act.
 
 
 
A List
  • Any proposed legislation will be posted on the internet at least five days before it is voted on so the people can read the bill and give their input.
  • Earmarks, or pork, will be stopped. I will veto any bill with earmarks attached to it.
  • Lobbyists will have no place in my administration or in Washington.
  • All I ever heard from Rev. Wright on Sundays was about God, love, and Jesus Christ.
  • When I met Bill Ayers I knew nothing about his past.
  • I never had any association with ACORN.
  • I knew nothing about Tony Rezko’s illegal acts.
  • I am not a Muslim, I never attended a Muslim school, and I was not raised as a Muslim.
  • I am not a socialist.
  • I do not want to take over automobile companies. I have enough on my plate already.
  • I met Michelle while we were in college.
  • Our stimulus bill will keep the unemployment rate at or below 8%. It will never rise higher than 8%.
  • General Motors is too big and and has too many working Americans to just let it go bankrupt.
  • My administration will be the most open and transparent in history.

All of the above statements should be easily recognizable in two ways. First, they all came out of the pie hole of Barack Obama. Second, they are all lies that he knew were lies when he said them, the worst kind of lie, intentional.

And those are just off the top of my head, I’m sure there have been MANY others I am not aware of.

 So, when Obama stands in front of his beloved teleprompter, telling us about the health care bill, and says…

  • there is no provision for rationed health care in the health care reform bill,
  • you will be able to keep your doctor and insurance plan if you wish,
  • the bill will be revenue neutral,
  • it will not be government controlled, socialized medicine,
  • it will not come between you and your doctor,
  • it will provide coverage for everyone,
  • it will only do away with the waste and fraud,
  • the medical industry is so bad that something HAS to be done, that we can’t just do nothing,
  • the AMA and AARP endorse the bill,
can we, knowing about his blatant dishonesty, trust him in anything he says about the health care reform bill, or anything for that matter?
 

 

New Discovery! (I think)

I believe I’ve discovered another unreported evil in the bill. On page 100, Sect 205(d)(1), Coverage for Certain Newborns, there is a description of how an infant, born with no approved health care, shall be, within 60 days, classified as a non-traditional Medicaid eligible individual. Sounds innocent enough. But on page 749, Section 1943(b)(1), Treatment of Certain Newborns, it says, "In the case of a child who is deemed under Sect. 205(d)(1) of this act to be a non-traditional Medicaid eligible individual and enrolled under this title pursuant to such section, the State shall provide for a determination by not later than the end of the period referred to in subparagraph (A) of such section, of the child’s eligibility for medical assistance under this title."

I read that to mean that the child may/can be denied treatment if the parents do not register the child in this plan BEFORE the child is born. It is coercion to insure parents’ compliance with the plan.
 

Geography of the bill (No map)

Overall, the bill is structured in a manner meant to hide such offensive provisions and be confusing and hard to find anything using the Table of Contents. The TOC has no page numbers, at least not in the PDF I obtained. The TOC is divided into Divisions labeled A, B, C, etc., each of those have several Titles labeled I, II, III, etc., with the numbering being restarted in each division, and each Title has Subtitles labeled A, B, C, etc.

But, the actual layout of the bill is organized by Sections beginning with 100, 101, 102, etc., subsections labeled (a), (b), (c), etc. and sub-subsections labeled (1), (2), (3), etc. Each of these sub-subsections has sub-paragraphs labeled (A), (B), (C), etc.

To reference anything such that someone else can actually find your reference you need to use, Page, Section(subsect)(sub-subsect), Subparagraph, as I did above.

Example: Page 100, Section 205 (d)(1) subparagraph A.

You can not, at least not quickly, find anything by Division, Title, and Subtitle, as these are major, very large delineations. 1018 pages with just three Divisions means thumbing through at least 300 pages to find if you are in the right Division, the one after, or the one before the one you want. And with subtitles and subparagraphs both using capital letters, and every other sub-anything using small letters, trying to find what you want on any page is sleep inducing. Things could have, should have been made simple by incorporating, uhhh, let’s see, hmmmm…. ?PAGE NUMBERS? in the Table of Contents. These guys never fail to amaze with their absolute disdain for the people. And THEY are the stupid ones, not US. I’ll show them disdain.

Anyway, this bill is everything they claim that it’s not, everything they say they don’t want, and is exactly what they say won’t or couldn’t ever pass the Senate. LIARS!!

Glenn Flowers

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A NEW BUMPER MESSAGE FOR CONGRESS


A NEW BUMPER MESSAGE
 
MAYBE PELOSI'S GANG 

WILL UNDERSTAND THIS
 
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IN NEW WINDOW
THEN SAVE IMAGE 

 
Lyrics byVassir Bushmills
Graphics by Glenn Flowers
 
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ILLEGAL AND ANTI-AMERICAN ACTIONS BY ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS

  • Knowingly and purposefully lying to the American public regarding his true agenda and vision of America, hiding their socialist plans until elected
  • Using fraud and criminal activists to gain an advantage in the 2008 election
  • Acting to cover up fraud and illegal activity by his campaign and ACORN
  • Accepting and seeking illegal foreign and domestic campaign contributions
  • Attacking the policies and platforms of opposing candidates by spreading falsehoods about family and friends to the point of libel and slander.
  • Promoting legislation to silence radio talk show hosts not in step with the administration.
  • Denial of responsibility for adverse and harmful effects of their policies and, instead, falsely blaming them on the opposition and previous administrations
  • The arrogant violation of the Constitution and federal law regarding spending of tax revenues on items not approved
  • Bullying, in thuggish fashion, anyone speaking out or acting against their policies and actions.
  • Congress meeting behind closed doors, locking out minority members.
  • Passing legislation in such a hasty manner as to preclude the reading or debate of same.
  • Confiscation of the future earnings of the people of America for semi-legal purposes, and distributing those funds for other, unproposed purposes
  • The sequestration of a large portion of those funds in secret accounts.
  • The levying on the people of taxes in excess of half of their earnings for the purpose of forcing certain lifestyles and behaviors adverse to their general well being without authority of law.
  • The overtaking of private corporations and industries by governmental decree.
  • The distribution of private, corporate, and public assets and wealth to trade unions, campaign supporters, and friends.
  • Refusal to submit documentation of eligibility for office.
  • Knowingly acting in a manner destructive to the United States and its people and economy by supporting punitive taxation
  • Apologizing to nations of the world for the past actions of America not deserving of an apology.
  • Lying to the people regarding the true effects of his health care reform bill on the care the people will receive, their choice of plans and providers, rationing and elimination of health care to the elderly, and access by the government to citizens’ bank accounts.
  • Actively pursuing policies designed to remake America into a fascist socialism akin to the teaching of Vladamir Lenin and Saul Alinsky.
  • Acting in a racially divisive and biased manner in all incidents succeptible to racial differences and biases.
  • Appointing unelected, unconfirmed "czars" to positions having both legislative and executive powers, constituting a separate and unresponsible, all powerful fourth branch of government.
  • Appointment of believers and supporters of eugenics, forced abortion, transnationalism, global government, junk science, etc. to positions described as czars above.
  • Funding, with tax revenues, self proclaimed, violent enemies of America publicly announcing their intent to overthrow the government of America and institute a system of religious persecution.
  • Acting to train and prepare illegal campaign organizations in methods and tactics of defrauding voter registration activities.
  • Admitting, in his own words, to being a radical activist in opposition to America, the Constitution, and the people of America.
  • Admitting to extensive illegal drug use during his time in college.
  • Travelling on a foreign passport available only to citizens of those foreign nations and denying such foreign citizenship.
  • The use of aliases, also-known-as names, and false birth certificates.
  • The agreement to turn over to the IMF control of American banking and financial institutions.
  • The unilateral disarming of American nuclear capabilities leaving America defenseless in an ever increasing nuclear world.
  • The abandonement of all plans for a missile defense system leaving America naked to nuclear attack.
  • The abandonement of the F-22 project leaving America incapable of air superiority
  • The expression that victory is not the primary objective in Afghanistan while increasing the number of US soldiers in that theater
  • The admission that he does not know what the health care bill he was rushing through Congress contains.
  • The refusal to take command of a piracy and kidnapping episode involving the US Navy and Somali pirates
  • The proclaimation that water boarding is torture opening the way for indictment of US soldiers, intelligence officers, former president and vice president, and members of congress by a world/international court for acts against humanity
  • Backing and supporting a leftist Marxist would be dictator deposed by an elected republic according to their Constitution, Congress, and Supreme Court.
  • Lying to the people regarding his Muslim childhood and education in Islam
  • The building of a civilian military force to be loyal to himself to enforce his policies on the people
  • Disregard for bankruptcy law by allowing non-preferred stock holders priority in distribution of assets over preferred stock holders and pension plans
  • Illegally firing Inspectors General appointed by Congress for performing their appointed duties
  • Funneling of billions of taxpayer dollars to illegal organizations under investigation and prosecution for voter registration fraud
  • The abandonement of support for long term allies of America such as Israel, and others
  • The refusal to enforce US immigration laws
  • Failure to secure the national borders
  • The providing of billions of taxpayer dollars to illegal immigrants in the form of education, unemployment, healthcare, and retirement benefits
  • Ruling by executive order bypassing the seperation and checks and balances of powers mandated by law
  • The illegal and frivolous use of taxpayer dollars for personal extravegences
  • All actions performed in the execution of the office of president due to his status of usurper for his failure to provide afore mentioned proof of eligibility
  • Aiding and abetting the self-proclaimed enemies of the USA giving reason for hope of victory and boosting their morale.
  • Transferring dangerous terrorists from a safe, secure facility built specifically for their incarceration, to federal, civilian prisons inside the USA endangering US citizens.
  • Attributing to incarcerated enemy terrorists civil rights meant specifically to apply only to US citizens.
  • Violating US Federal Code by collecting information on those US citizens who exercise their first ammendment rights to freedom of speech.
  • Inciting riot and dissension by labeling sincere citizen grass-roots protests as mob action, manufactured anger, and extremist sponsored.
 
Glenn Flowers
 
 
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2010 CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES ARE CRITICAL

Taking into account the blatant corruption and elitist attitude of all members of Congress regardless of party; when it is understood that their refusal to obey the Constitution is intentional and without regard for We, the People; when voters realize that a total replacement of Congress is necessary; the primary elections of 2010 become far more important than the 2010 general election.

With the people of the nation facing the loss of their freedoms as Americans, and dis-satisfaction with government’s leadership growing rampantly, next year’s congressional primaries represent the first chance for voters to fire those who have failed to protect our constitution by electing new officials from both parties who might actually work to save America from the ruin it is racing toward.

American voters of every party have become angry and disgusted with the willful rebuke handed them by their representitives and senators. Whether it was action causing the shortage and high prices of gasoline, increased taxation, more entitlements to special interests, expensive and illegal earmarks, partisan opposition to what is the people’s best interests, calls for responsible government, dictatorial rule changes by committee and party leaders, blatant waste and outright theft of the people’s taxes, the outrageous and illegal expansion of government authority and size, responsibility for the economic crisis, outrageous and destructive laws in favor of petty environmental excuses, or myriads of other stupid, selfish, illegal, and harmful acts against American voters, we have all become victims of the greed, arrogance, and lack of any responsibility for their actions or to the people by congressional incumbents on both sides of the aisle.

The people have come to the realization that drastic measures are called for, and that they alone are willing or able to what is required to end the tyrannical march toward oppression and change the course of America back toward freedom, greatness, and a future of happiness for our grandchildren. We, the People, have the duty and, for a decreasing time, the ability to pull this country out of the consuming flames fanned by a corrupted congress of professional politicians and radical socialist influences.

We, the American voters of both parties, can win any election we want to if we all vote for the same basic goal. Democrat and Republican voters, if banded together for America, could numerically dominate any election in a big, BIG way. Agreeing with each other on the immediacy of major changes in Congress and realizing there is no need to change affiliation or vote for the opposite party, we Americans can and must unite in a Voter’s Revolt to replace all the evil liars on Capitol Hill and insure none of them ever have the chance to fleece us again.

The 2010 congressional primary election is where this unity must take place. We must not allow the incumbent members of Congress from either party to advance to the general election. If they win the primary and become a candidate in the general election again, they can outspend a rival of the opposite party and call on those flunkies who owe them favors to insure they are re-elected again. We, the voters of both parties, must all make the commitment to change the names on the ballot for the general election to new, fresh names. The incumbent members of Congress need to wake up the morning after the primary votes have been cast and counted and find themselves out of the race completely.

We can’t fail to act if we are to remain free. We can’t wait until the general election if we want a new congress. To unite as democrats and republicans and be successful, it is the primary where we must act.

It isn’t hard to do, we just need to agree that it is necessary if we are to continue as free people. Make the decision to unite with all Americans and vote in the 2010 primary. Make the commitment not to re-elect any incumbent as your party’s candidate for office. It is, most probably, the last chance for us, the voters, to save our American way of life.

VOTER’S REVOLT

Democrats and Republicans Uniting to Save America !!

Glenn Flowers

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MYTHS ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION

There are many false concepts that people have regarding the Constitution, its creation, and its effect on the United States and the people. I intend to address four of the more popular myths. Legal and historic authoritative references available by request.

 

Myth No One:

The Constitution was created in a constitutional convention convened to revise the Articles of Confederation. It is said that the delegates exceeded their powers and scrapped the Art. Of Conf., created the Constitution, and forced it on the states to ratify, which was not what they were authorized to do.

Truth about Myth No. One

The thirteen colonies decided, in a meeting of delegates in Philadelphia, 1774, that there were reasons to form an alliance between themselves that would set up rules and policies by which the states would interact with one another. Benjamin Franklin was tasked with authoring the rules, and in May of 1775, he presented his work, The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, to delegates of the several colonies of New Hampshire, and the other colonies, in general Congress in Philadelphia.

There were thirteen articles of about four pages total, that addressed such subjects as the name of the new confederation, what states were included and for what purpose, how the articles would be carried out, the duties and power that the articles created for the confederation, who would pay for the cost of implementing the articles, certain restrictions that applied to all the states, how the articles were to be revised or ammended, etc.

The Articles were voted on and were unanimously adopted by those states that were represented. The name of the new confederation was "The United Colonies of North America."

Two years later, at the request of the delegates of several of the colonies, the Articles were revised to a) change the name of the confederation to "The United States of America", b) provide more detail to the thirteen articles as they saw necessary, and c) provide for the establishment of a navy and army. The extra details were considerable in their content and increased the document by more than twice its size, to nine or ten pages, depending on the formatting. Mr. Franklin, again, produced an effective, well written revision and the new articles were, again, passed unanimously by all states.

These articles, the conventions and delegates it required, and the work it accomplished with a navy, army, post office, etc., was the extent of the central government for the next nine years. During that time, new flaws and inadequacies were discovered in the articles and documented, not being due to any defficiency by Dr. Franklin in their creation. The shortcomings were in the nature of duties required by the articles, (army, navy, etc.) were billed to the states for payment, but there was no requirement for the states to pay. Also, some of the duties required, weights and measures, embassies, treaties with Indian nations, etc., required more authority for their implementation than was given to the Confederation by the Articles.

In early 1786, in congress assembled, the confederation delegates resolved that a new committee of delegates from the states would meet in Annapolis in September of that year to determine what revisions were needed to remedy the defects in the articles.

On September 11, delegates from only five states met in Annapolis. They elected a chairman, presented their credentials to each other, and then discussed the duties that would be proper under their circumstances. A committee was selected to prepare a letter of report to be made to the legislatures of those states having delegates in attendance.

In summary, the delegates refused to undertake the duties they had been sent to perform because the representation was so inadequate that no decision made could be approved as only five of the thirteen states sent delegates.

They did offer the opinion of those delegates who attended that a) this was a very important cause and the other states should be convinced to send delegates, b) that the revisions needed were to be extensive if they were to cure the defects, and c) that the full Congress should also receive a copy of this letter so they would know the extreme gravity of the situation.

In May, 1787, the Congress convened in Philadelphia to take up this matter. It was decided by the Congress that a full constitutional convention, separate from Congress, should be called and the matter of the remedy of defects in the Confederation be their sole purpose. The convention president was to be George Washington, and was convened immediately. In September of that year they produced their proposal for the remedies sought. It took the form of the Constitution of the United States, a new document, that was sent to all the states where a convention of delegates chosen by the legislatures would consider the ratification of the new document, and when nine of the thirteen states had approved it, it would be effective.

In June, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution making it the law of the land. In March, 1789, the first Congress under the new Constitution convened in New York. In April, George Washington became the first President of the United States.

There was no exceeding of authority by the Annapolis committee, or the convention that produced the Constitution. The Arts. Of Conf. had been created by the states, and the states had the right to revise or replace them as they saw necessary. Also, before the Constitution became law, the states had to vote on it and nine of the thirteen were needed to adopt it. They did, and it was. All legal, within the rights and authority of the creators, and no exeeding of authority was committed.

The most notable promoter of Myth No. One is the John Birch Society who opposes the call for an Art. Five Convention for proposing ammendments by delegates from the states. Only Congress has ever ammended the Constitution, but Art Five states that delegates from the states are allowed to ammend in a convention called by Congress when enough states apply for it. Congress has ignored all applications, over 600, ever submitted by the states.


Myth No. Two

That the Constitution was created for the purpose of defining and guaranteeing the rights of the People of the USA.


Truth about Myth No. Two

The Constitution is the document that created the federal government. It replaced the inadequate Articles of Confederation and established a complete central government.

The Constitution was written by a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen states, (Rhode Island never attended) and was a listing of powers granted to the fed. government by the states, a listing of specific prohibitions of power not granted, the rules of how the new government would be formed, how they would conduct their business as specified, the powers of authority where it would over rule state laws and where states would retain their authority, and a statement as to why the document was being created and by whom.

It was not written as a document to the people of the USA, did not ever specifically address the people directly, but was, instead, written BY the people for the purpose of forming a more perfect union of states than the Arts. Of Conf. had been.

So, the purpose was to form the federal government. In doing that, it specifically listed the seventeen jobs the new gov’t. was to do, what powers it was given to do those jobs, stated that any power not specifically granted by the states to the fed. gov’t. were to remain the power of the states, and that the states, being the creators of the new gov’t., were the ultimate authorities in the USA and the fed gov’t. was the servant of the states and the people.

In the listing of powers granted and those which were restricted under any circumstance, the rights of the people were defined and their violation or even revision by the fed. gov’t. was strictly prohibited. The new federal government was not allowed to have any authority over the rights of the people. PERIOD!! The fed govt’s relationship was with the state governments, in service to the people, and the states were to remain the ultimate authority, except where designated in the Constitution.

 

Myth No Three:

That the Constitution demands there be no interaction between churches and the government, in other words, a seperation of church and state.

Truth about Myth No Three:

The words, "seperation of church and state" do not appear anywhere in the Constitution or in any legal document of the United States. The very idea of that phrase is not ever defined or implied. What is written about churches in the Cosnstitution is the prohibition of Congress to make ANY laws regarding religion or the establishment of religion.

It is illegal for the USA to have any law that has anything to do with religion. PERIOD. NO LAWS OF ANY KIND ABOUT RELIGION.

This prohibition is found in the first ammendment to the Constitution, and is just one of five rights in the first ammendment that Congress was prohibited from dealing with in any way. In other words, "Congress, you have your orders for your jobs and they do not include anything at all about these five rights. You have no authority where these matters are concerned."

In England, King Henry VIII established the Church of England, and demanded all British subjects be members thereof, and of no other church, including the Catholic Church. This was one reason some colonists left England, and they made it impossible for the new federal government to do the same in America.

But, nowhwere was there any law or suggestion that churches and religion could not influence or be officials of the federal government. In fact, John Adams said that the new government needed the wisdom and religious conviction of church members and even their ministers to influence the government in a good and Godly manner.

Religion MUST have a part in government. Government must NOT have any part in religion.

 

Myth No Four:

The people have a Constitutional right to privacy.


The Truth about Myth No Four:

Nowhere in the Constitution or US legal documents is there a right to privacy. The only things in the Constitution that comes close are a) the Third Ammendment prohibition of the government to house soldiers in private homes and b) the Fourth Ammendment prohibition against search and seizure of homes or property without a warrant issued with probable cause by a judge.

Nowhere is there a specific, individually declared right of citizens to privacy. The right for people to be secure in their homes is implied, but against illegal searches or seizures of property. The government leaves it to the individual to provide for his own privacy, but does not guarantee him the right to that privacy. They, also, do not forbid privacy, so, they leave that subject alone, as they should all subjects except their expressed duties.

Glenn Flowers

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NOT YOURS TO GIVE

The following is a story of accountability and personal integrity. It is reprinted here with permission.
 
---GF

 

Not Yours to Give

One day in the House of Representatives, a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of the widow of a distinguished naval officer. Several beautiful speeches had been made in its support. The Speaker was just about to put the question when Congressman Davy Crockett arose and said:

"Mr. Speaker - I have as much respect for the memory of the deceased, and as much sympathy for the suffering of the living, if suffering there be, as any man in this house, but we must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for a part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. I will not go into an argument to prove that Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right, as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please to charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money. Some eloquent appeals have been made to us upon the grounds that it is a debt due the deceased. Mr. Speaker, the deceased lived long after the close of the war; he was in office to the day of his death, and I have never heard that the government was in arrears to him.

"Every man in this House knows it is not a debt. We cannot, without the grossest corruption, appropriate this money as the payment of a debt. We have not the semblance of authority to appropriate it as charity. Mr. Speaker, I have said we have the right to give as much money of our own as we please. I am the poorest man on this floor. I cannot vote for this bill, but I will give one week's pay to the object, and, if every member of Congress will do the same, it will amount to more than the bill asks. "

He took his seat. Nobody replied. The bill was put upon its passage, and, instead of passing unanimously as was generally supposed, and as there is no doubt it would but for that speech, it received but few votes, and of course was lost.

Later, when asked by a friend why he had opposed the appropriation, Crockett gave this explanation:

"Several years ago I was one evening standing on the steps of the Capitol with some other members of Congress, when our attention was attracted by a great light over Georgetown. It was evidently a large fire. We jumped into a hack and drove over as fast as we could. In spite of all that could be done, many houses were burned and many families made homeless, and, besides, some of them had lost all but the clothes they had on. The next morning a bill was introduced appropriating $20,000 for their relief. We put aside all other business and rushed it through as soon as it could be done.

"The next summer, when it began to be time to think about the election, I concluded I would take a scout around among the boys of my district. I had no opposition there, but, as the election was some time off, I did not know what might turn up. When riding one day in a part of the my district in which I was more a stranger than any other, I saw a man in a field plowing and coming toward the road. I gauged my gait so that we should meet as he came to the fence. I spoke to the man. He replied politely, but, as I thought, rather coldly.

I began: 'Well, friend, I am one of those unfortunate beings they call candidates, and---‘

'Yes, I know you; you are Colonel Crockett. I have seen you once before, and voted for you the last time you were elected. I suppose you are out electioneering now, but you had better not waste your time or mine. I shall not vote for you again.'

‘This was a sockdolager...I begged him to tell me what was the matter. ‘

'Well, Colonel, it is hardly worth-while to waste time or words upon it. I do not see how it can be mended, but you had a vote last winter which shows that either you have not capacity to understand the Constitution, or that you are wanting in the honesty and firmness to be guided by it. In either case you are not the man to represent me. But I beg your pardon for expressing it in that way. I did not intend to avail myself of the privilege of the constituent to speak plainly to a candidate for the purpose of insulting or wounding you. I intended by it only to say that your understanding of the Constitution is very different from mine; and I will say to you that, but for my rudeness, I should not have said that I believe you to be dishonest...But an understanding of the Constitution different from mine I cannot overlook, because of the Constitution, to be worth anything, must be held sacred, and rigidly observed in all its provisions. The man who wields power and misinterprets it is the more dangerous the more honest he is.'

"I admit the truth of all you say, but there must be some mistake about it, for I do not remember that I gave any vote last winter upon any Constitutional question.


'No, Colonel, there's no mistake. Though I live here in the backwoods and seldom go from home, I take the papers from Washington and read very carefully all the proceedings in Congress. My papers say that last winter you voted for a bill to appropriate $20,000 to some sufferers by a fire in Georgetown. Is that true?'

'Well, my friend, I may as well own up. You have got me there. But certainly nobody will complain that a great and rich country likes ours should give the insignificant sum of $20,000 to relieve its suffering women and children, particularly with a full and overflowing Treasury, and I am sure, if you had been there, you would have done just as I did.'

'It is not the amount, Colonel, that I complain of; it is the principle. In the first place, the government ought to have in the Treasury no more than enough for its legitimate purposes. But that has nothing to do with the question. The power of collecting and disbursing money at pleasure is the most dangerous power that can be entrusted to man, particularly under our system of collecting revenue by tariff, which reaches every man in the country, no matter how poor he may be, and the poorer he is the more he pays in proportion to his means. What is worse, it presses upon him without his knowledge where the weight centers, for there is not a man in the United States who can ever guess how much he pays to the government. So you see, that while you are contributing to relieve one, you are drawing it from thousands who are even worse off then he. If you had the right to give anything, the amount was simply a matter of discretion with you, and you had as much right to give $20,000,000 as $20,000. If you have the right to give to one, you have the right to give to all; and, as the Constitution neither defines charity nor stipulates the amount, you are at liberty to give to any thing and everything which you may believe, or profess to believe, is a charity, and to any amount you may think proper. You will very easily perceive what a wide door this would open for fraud and corruption and favoritism, on the one hand, and for robbing the people on the other. No, Colonel, Congress has no right to give charity. Individual members may give as much of their own money as they please, but they have not right to touch a dollar of the public money for that purpose. If twice as many houses had been burned in this country as in Georgetown, neither you nor any other member of congress would have thought of appropriating a dollar for our relief. There are about two hundred and forty members of Congress. If they had shown their sympathy for the sufferers by contribution each one week's pay, it would have made over $13,000. There are plenty of men in and around Washington who could have given $20,000 without depriving themselves of even a luxury of life. The congressmen chose to keep their own money, which, if reports be true, some of them spend not very creditably; and the people about Washington, no doubt, applauded you for relieving them from the necessity of giving by giving what was not yours to give. The people have delegated to Congress, by the Constitution, the power to do certain things. To do these, it is authorized to collect and pay moneys, and for nothing else. Everything beyond this is usurpation, and a violation of the Constitution.

'So you see, Colonel, you have violated the Constitution in what I consider a vital point. It is a precedent fraught with danger to the country, for when Congress once begins to stretch its power beyond the limits of the Constitution, there is no limit to it, and no security for the people. I have no doubt you acted honestly, but that does not make it any better, except as far as you are personally concerned, and you see that I cannot vote for you.'

"I tell you I felt streaked. I saw if I should have opposition, and this man should go to talking, he would set others to talking, and in that district I was a gone fawn-skin. I could not answer him, for the fact is, I was so fully convinced that he was right, I did not want to. But I must satisfy him, and I said to him:

'Well, my friend, you hit the nail upon the head when you said I did not have sense enough to understand the Constitution. I intended to be guided by it, and thought I had studied it fully. I have heard many speeches in Congress about the powers of Congress, but what you have said here at your plow has got more hard, sound sense in it than all the find speeches I ever heard. If I had ever taken the view of it that you have, I would have put my head into the fire before I would have given that vote; and if I ever vote for another unconstitutional law I wish I may be shot.'

"He laughingly replied: 'Yes Colonel, you have sworn to that once before, but I will trust you again upon one condition. You say that you are convinced that your vote was wrong. Your acknowledgement of it will do more good than beating you for it. If, as you go around this district, you will tell people about this vote, and that you are satisfied that it was wrong, I will not only vote for you, but I will do what I can to keep down opposition, and perhaps, I may exert a little influence in that way.'

"'If I don't,' said I, 'I wish I may be shot; and to convince you that I am earnest in what I say I will come back this way in a week or ten days, and if you will get up a gathering of people, I will make a speech to them. Get up a barbecue, and I will pay for it.'

"'No, Colonel, we are not rich people in this section, but we have plenty of provisions to contribute to a barbecue, and some to share for those who have none. The push of crops will be over in a few days, and we can then afford a day for a barbecue. This is Thursday; I will see to getting up on Saturday week. Come to my house on Friday, and we will go together, and I promise you a very respectable crowed to see and hear you.'

"'Well, I will be here. But one thing more before I say good-bye. I must know your name.'

"'My name is Bunce.'
 
"Not Horatio Bunce?'
"'Yes.'

"'Well, Mr. Bunce, I never saw you before though you say you have seen me, but I know you very well. I am glad I have met you, and very proud that I may hope to have you for my friend.'

"It was one of the luckiest hits of my life that I met him. He mingled but little with the public, but was widely known for his remarkable intelligence and incorruptible integrity, and for a heart brimful and running over with kindness and benevolence, which showed themselves not only in words but in acts. He was the oracle of the whole country around him, and his fame had extended far beyond the circle of his immediate acquaintance. Though I had never met him before, I had heard much of him, and but for this meeting it is very likely I should have had opposition, and had been beaten. One thing is very certain, no man could now stand up in this distinct under such a vote.

"At the appointed time I was at his house having told our conversation to every crowd I had met, and to every man I stayed all night with, and found that it gave the people an interest and a confidence in me stronger than I had ever seen manifested before.

"Though I was considerable fatigued when I reach his house, and, under ordinary circumstance, should have gone early to bed, I kept up until midnight, talking about the principles and affairs of government, and got more real, true knowledge of them than I had got all my life before.

"I have known and seen much of him since, for I respect him -- no, that is not the word -- I reverence and love him more than any living man, and I go to see him two or three times a year, and I will tell you sir, if everyone who professes to be a Christian, lived and acted and enjoyed it as he does, the religion of Christ would take the world by storm.

"But to return to my story. The next morning we went to the barbecue, and , to my surprise, found about a thousand men there. I met a good many whom I had not known before, and they and my friend introduced me around until I had got pretty well acquainted -- at least, they all knew me.

"In due time notice was given that I would speak to them. They gathered up around a stand that had been erected. I open my speech by saying:

'Fellow-citizens --- I present myself before you today feeling like a new man. My eyes have lately been opened to truths which ignorance or prejudices, or both, had heretofore hidden from my view. I feel that I can today offer you the ability to render you more valuable service than I have ever been able to render before. I am here today more for the purpose of acknowledging my error than to seek your votes. That I should make this acknowledgment is due to myself as well as to you. Whether you will vote for me is a matter for your consideration only.'

"I went on to tell them about the fire and my vote for the appropriation and then told them the way I was satisfied to what was wrong. I closed by saying:

'And now, fellow-citizens, it remains only for me to tell you that the most of the speech you have listened to with so much interest was simply a repetition of the arguments by which your neighbor, Mr. Bunce, convinced me of my error.

‘It is the best speech I ever made in my life, but he is entitled to the credit for it. And now I hope he is satisfied with his convert and that he will get up here and tell you so.

"He came upon the stand and said:

'Fellow-citizens --- It affords me great pleasure to comply with the request of Colonel Crockett. I have always considered him a thoroughly honest man, and I am satisfied that he will faithfully perform all that he has promised you today.'

"He went down, and there went up from that crowd such a shout for Davey Crockett as his name never called forth before.

"I am not much given to tears, but I was taken with a choking then and felt some big drops rolling down my cheeks. And I tell you now that the remembrance of those few words spoken by such a man, and the honest, hearty shout they produced, is worth more to me than all the repetition I have ever made, or shall ever make, as a member of Congress.

"Now, sir," concluded Crockett, "you know why I made that speech yesterday.

"There is one thing now to which I wish to call to your attention. You remember that I proposed to give a week's pay. There are in that House many very wealthy men --- men who think nothing of spending a week's pay, or a dozen of them, for a dinner or a wine party when they have something to accomplish by it. Some of those same men made beautiful speeches upon the great debt of gratitude which the country owed the deceased -- a debt which could not be paid by money --- and the insignificance and worthlessness of money, particularly so insignificant a sum as $10,000 when weighed against the honor of the nation. Yet not one of them responded to my proposition. Money with them is nothing but trash when it is to come out of the people but it is the one great thing for which most of them are striving, and many of them sacrifice honor, integrity, and justice to obtain it."

 

As published by Grapeline Publications from The Life of Colonel David Crockett, compiled by Edward Sylvester Ellis (Philadelphia Poter & Coates, 1884)www.grapevinepublications.com
 
 
Glenn Flowers
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REDECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Originally posted 6/15/2008.
 
I have taken some liberties with our original Declaration of Independence and produced one to address our present situation.

 

THE REDECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

An Action Of the People, By the People, and For the People

June 15, 2008

When the people of a nation determine that the governmental officials they have elected have become inadequate, incompetent, or unwilling to perform the work for which they were elected, it is the responsibility of the people to, out of decency and with all courtesy, inform those officials as to the particular reasons why the people now choose to disassocite themselves from them and seek their removal from office and prosecution for high crimes, as is their right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.

We, the People of the United States, recognize the Constitution as the only true law of this nation and are, thereby, legally endowed with the power and responsibilty to assure that our rights both God given and under the law, specifically the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, are not usurped, limited, or modified in such manner as to alienate the people from those self-evident, divinely endowed rights. In the business of securing those rights we faithfully and sincerely elected you from those among us who proclaimed their desire to represent us and to take our hopes, wishes, and concerns as their mandate and be one among the many comprising the elements of a government of the People, by the People, and for the People. It was with your sworn oath to uphold the Constitution that we consented to grant you our power to govern ourselves and to trust in you to act in our best interests. We have, though, always retained the right to alter or abolish that consent and to institute a new government, even if of a different form and foundation, with the principals and powers as we determine necessary to insure our safety and happiness.

We have not come to this decision through impudence or haste but have chosen to suffer, for a sufferable time, the evils wrought rather than rush to hasty and ill conceived actions. But it is all too obvious that the long practiced abuses and usurpations you have pursued are designed and intended to reduce, under absolute despotism, those who placed with you their trust and futures. It is this need for such long suffering that has now become the necessity which constrains us to make such serious and mandatory reform.

The history of both the House of Representitves and the Senate is one wrought with deception, larceny, coercion, perjury, treason, and collusion, all to one purpose: to impose upon the People a state of tyranny and absolute control over every aspect of their lives and liberties. The following is a list of facts that have been confirmed and stipulated to by the People who are the ultimate power and authority having jurisdiction over you.

Congress has passed legislation that limits the ability of the People to determine for themselves what policies they see necessary and wholesome for the good of the People. This includes legislation banning the open display of religious belief, limitations on the ability to bring grievances before Congress, imposition of unecessary and harmful taxes, prohibition of the use of publicly owned natural resources causing extremely high prices, dependence on foreign sources, and forcing, through related legislation, involuntary investments in unproven, technically questionable industry, engaged in personality of false, frivilous, self-serving accusations against an incumbent president, his staff, and appointees, refused to perform the duties ascribed to them by the Constitution to hold confirmation sessions for appoimtees to federal agencies and international organizations, or for international agreements on trade, made abitrary rules changes designed to circumvent their responsibilities and to delay votes until elections on the hope their numbers would increase causing votes to result in their own interests, lied to the public regarding the cause and effect of technology misunderstood and misrepresented, and in general, sought to purposely cause harm to and deprive the People of their rights.

Congress has refused to pass laws that would insure the safety and happiness of the People and, instead, have sought to increase the risk to our nation. Their refusal to act includes the total disregard for the illegal influx of millions of foreign nationals, failure to enact effective border security legislation and failure to provide adequate funding for existing forces, refused to enact or support existing policies intended to gather security intelligence vital to the success of approved military operations, failed to allocate funding necessary for the safety and effectiveness of our armed forces in said conflict, and in general, refused to develop or enact any legislation to support or enhance the reputation and international standing of the USA in any form.

Congress has engaged in fraud and collusion by holding hearings, investigations, depositions, closed meetings, inviting those whose authority is questionable to act as expert consultants on subjects of great importance to the People, and have published false and exaggerated findings designed to fool and confuse the People to implement their own personally beneficial policies of treason and felony.

Congress has thrown the hard earned wealth of the People into myriads of trash bin expenditures, earmarks, bribes, payoffs, and phony investments thereby causing the overall diminishing of the People’s ability to prosper. In addition, members of congress have been found accepting and offering bribes, illegal gratuities and expensive gifts and services, kickbacks on federal contracts, and phony expenditures destined to line their own pockets. In general, congress has proven themselves to be thieves of the People’s money to the point of arrogance and to harbor an indifference and adversarial mentality toward the People. If there were found an incorrupted newcomer to congress it is understood that he be taught the ways and means of congressional embezzlement or be relegated to a position of no concern.

Congress has, at every possibility, sought to increase the size, influence, and cost of government by erecting multitudes of new federal regulatory offices, empowering them with unconstitutional powers of search and seizure with no warrant or presumption of innocence, mandated the distribution of the People’s money as aid to illegal immigrants, repealed essential financial stimuli meant to encourage profitable industry, employed inefficient, dishonest contractors under the false purpose of racial inclusion, and, in general have spent and wasted evermore increasing amounts of the financial fruit of the labor of the People.

In summation, Congress has not only failed to do the good and honest work the People as expected, but have intentionally endeavored to deprive the People of their rights, wealth, security, dignity, and their very lives. They have become the antithesists of representitves of the People, preferring to consider the People their own flock of wooly sheep knowing that, by entrusting them with our right to self determination, they procure for themselves a constantly abundant supply of valuable, comfortable wool ready for the fleecing.

In every way possible and at every opportunity we the People have made our concerns known and have given every possibility for them to change their course and follow the path of a wealthy, intelligent, self determined constituency. There has been no lack of warnings, pleadings, and appeals. We have tried to remind congress of the successes and accomplishments of our nation. We have appealed to them on a personal and patriotic level, only to be ignored. Because of this, we find ourselves in the proverbial corner, pushed beyond all acceptible boundaries onto the path we now must take.

Therefore, we the People, in accordance with the Constitution and the responsibility demanded of us in the original Declaration of Independence, hereby notify you, the members of congress, of our intent to separate ourselves from your jurisdiction unto the sovereignty of the states, to become effective immediately, and we withold the right to, at some future date of our choosing, pursue a more suitable and deserved action against each member, civil or criminal, as we might determine just. You are no longer recognized by the People as having any authority as a member of Congress. You are, therefore, rendered unemployed. You are advised not to leave the borders or jurisdiction of the United States and to make your location known at all times, or be considered fugitives from justice.

Furthermore, we the People declare our support and allegiance to this Redeclaration of Independence, with a devout reliance on the protection of a divine providence, and pledge our Lives, Fortunes, and sacred Honor to each other collectively as We the People.

Glenn F. Flowers

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STRATEGY & TACTICS FOR RECLAIMING AMERICA

In all adversarial situations; sporting contests, war, trials, debates, etc., one of the first activities performed by both sides in their preperation toward securing victory is identification and analysis of the enemy and their strengths and weaknesses. It is certainly no different in the competitive arena of local, state, and national political races.

I am of the opinion that we, the common citizens of America, have been indoctrinated, even brainwashed, if you will, into the terribly incorrect practice of equating the politicians and their personal, selfish goals with the common American voters who choose to register as members of that party, when, in reality, these common Americans are not in any way comparable to the elitist, self-promoting, corrupt politicians who claim to represent their values. I believe, rather, that the vast majority of American voters, regardless of the party they choose to associate themselves with, are really very much alike in what they believe politically and morally, and share the same vision of what America is, should be, and what the source of our trouble as Americans is.
Simply put, American Democrat voters are not the enemy of American Republican voters. In fact, all American voters of all flavors share a common enemy, the professional, corrupt politicians of all parties who are re-elected time after time to a veritable lifetime position, neither fearing or respecting either the law or the People.
 
Of course, as with anything, there are exceptions to the rules. There are those in our nation who hold no regard whatsoever for this nation, its founding premises, or the results of our efforts in the world. Being taught by ungrateful parents and elitist academics, they are proud to criticize, lie, make personal attacks on any who criticize them, and, generally, claim that America is the prime evil force in the world. But, Americans raised by responsible parents and taught they must be accountable for their actions, those holding to the ethical values of self reliance, the rewards of hard work, and the respect for their fellow man can not possibly see America in that evil, distorted way. We will, then, for the purposes of this post, ignore those traitorous vermon and their false accusations as they are irrelevant to our cause.

With the distinction being made between the politicians of the various parties and the American voters associated with those parties, we have a framework with which to accurately identify and analyze the true adversaries, to take stock of our resources for confronting our adversary, and make logical, effective strategic and tactical plans to insure we are victorious over that enemy of American values.

Who are the adversaries? The People of America, the voters, on one side versus the self-aggrandizing, lying, professional politicians of any and all parties as the opposition to the People. It is not, as we have been led to believe, the liberally minded American voters against the more conservative minded American voters, because, in all honesty, there is not a great deal of meaningful difference in the core beliefs of the American voters. There are, of course, differences in views between these two groups of Americans, but these differences are tremendously over emphasized and made to seem much more divisive than they are. And who, we ask innocently, would want to play upon those differences and use them to divide the American voters into adversarial, smaller factions who cannot effectively make decisions or influence election outcomes? I’ll grant you just one guess. But we Americans, when we are able to agree that we don’t truly despise each other, don’t need even that one guess. We all, Democrats and Republicans alike, can immediately determine the guilty parties and clearly see their motivation. And suddenly the success they have had in their scheming against We the People becomes very regretfully apparent.

By causing the voters of the one party to appear to the other party's voters as opponents in the disputes and contentions between the politicians themselves they effectively divide the People against themselves, assuring that the People will never constitute a large enough voting block to be effective in controlling them in any way. They have succeeded in dividing and conquering the People they are supposed to be working for through false idealogical disagreements, and they are then free from being held accountable for their actions, those being the intentional mistreatment and outright despotic rule of the nation in direct and flagrant violation of the law of the land. They have made themselves impervious to the law and immune to the will of the People.
We now see the true enemy for who he is, we know his motivation, we understand his tactics, and we voters of both parties should now be in total agreement that 1) they must be thoroughly defeated to reclaim control of our nation, and return her to her rightful glory, and 2) we voters must unite to defeat them.
 
So, what will be our overall strategy? The sweeping clean of Congress and the hiring of new, sincerely motivated representitives. 
What tactical procedures must we employ to succeed in our strategy to replace our leaders?  To unite Democrat and Republican voters into an overwhelming majority voting block of like minded American voters.
 
We, the People, need to agree on these basic truths that…
  1. we, the American voting public, are not the same as the politicians we have been duped into voting for over, and over, and over again.
  2. the professional, lifetime politicians are our common enemy, not the American voters of the other political party.
  3. we will, as Americans, in order to save our nation and retake control of our government, agree to vote to replace all incumbent members of congress with a non-professional, policy motivated candidate from our own respective parties. The primary election, every two years, is where this must be done. By replacing both the Republican and Democratic candidates running for that position we eliminate the possibility of any member of congress being re-elected.
  4. the term "re-election" is vulgar and profane in its effective meaning and results, and is not an option which we can use in our battle to sweep Congress clean.
  5. re-election is the vehicle that has given us more and more of the same old same old, and it should be considered evil and injurious to we Americans and our country.
As a result of this replacement of congressional incumbents, much of the destructive legislation and policies implemented by the former members can be repealed, overridden, or just plain abandoned. Taxes can be lowered or eliminated, entitlements to special interest groups of no service to the People can be stopped, and our natural resources can be made available to us to improve our standard of living and promote an overall well being for all citizens.
Also, these newly elected, non-professional congressmen will be fully aware of the unity of the voters that ousted their predecessors and will be more inclined to stick to the business of the People and to obey the laws of the land in their work lest they become victims of that same righteous wrath of the People. Then will be the proper time for the underlying political and philisophical differences between we Americans to re-manifest themselves, but it will be among Americans united by the concerns of the best interests of the People and not among professional politicians motivated by greed and the lust for power. That, as one TV personality says, is a good thing.
 
Americans acting in concert for the best interests of their neighbors back home, and the nation as a whole working for the preservation of America's sovereignty and the inalienable individual liberties granted by that one, ultimate power of nature and expensively insured by the precious blood of our most brave. That, my friends of all parties, is the American way. That, democratic allies, republican cohorts, is what has made America the exceptional success in all our endeavors. As one man of some integrity once said, a house divided against itself can not last. It is inevitable that we must stand united, or we will surely fall divided. Let us all be the American's we need at this time. Let us all step up to the task we know must be done. Let us adopt and employ the unity and single mindedness of those incredible framers of our nation. Let us rise to the calling of our nation in peril lest we lose all we are or ever hope to become.
Let us pledge to each other, as they did two centuries ago, our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor in support of our independence and the nation that makes our way of life possible.

Americans! Democrat and Republican patriots!
 Are we ready to unite as a majority voting block and win back control of our country?

Americans! Can we agree that, as Americans, we are more alike than we are different?

Americans! Democrat and Republican voters! Can we unite and vote out ALL of our corrupted members of congress and vote in new Democrat and Republican representitives?

Americans! WILL we do this great thing that only we have the power to do? WILL WE PUT FORTH THE NEEDED EFFORT?

Not can we, but WILL we do the right thing for the nation we all love? Will we lay aside the minor conceptual differences of procedure and political theocracy between us and, together, UNITED, assert our only available power as voters, to strategically retake control of our government?

I say let’s get ‘er done! Vote them all out of power in every congressional primary election for the next three, two-year congressional election cycles. That will replace them all in six years. The great building with the dome will resonate with the sincere motivation of these new, FRESH members to honestly work to keep America strong, independant, and insure it will always be the land where the People have a government, not the other way around.

God bless America, and Americans of all beliefs, and protect us from the evil politicians and all of their evil parties and schemes.

Hoping for a true Voter's Revolt of unity between all patriotic Americans,
Glenn Flowers – American

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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS NEED TO HEAR FROM US

It has crossed my mind that those we elect to Congress or Senate are, possibly, as clueless about what the people who voted for him expect as the voters are regarding how he will represent them. After all, they usually only receive constituent’s letters when something wrong happens or is about to happen.

I believe that when we vote them into office they deserve to routinely hear from as many constituents as is possible to voice opinions on legislation, policies, and their performance in their duty to us. We put them there because they wanted to be there. We now owe it to them to supervise or oversee their representation of We the People. This need to communicate is even more necessary now that the dems are in control and racing toward a socialist remake of the US

In support of this and to give the Voter’s Revolt some useful info I will post the links to the Representitives’ official websites of two or more states each week, more if I can. Each post will also include the link to the complete House member list with the same info for those who wish not to wait. This will just make it easier for some to actually write their congressman.

These websites have district maps to show the regions they represent, an e-mail page to send them your thoughts, and phone numbers and addresses of their home offices. The e-mail page has a screening page where you must enter your zip code to verify you as a constituent. This is per House rules that prohibits congressmen from attempting to influence other district voters and vice versa.

My own experience with writing my representitive has been surprisingly successful at actually getting my letters into the hands of the congressman and him responding to them. I write my rep an e-mail two or three times a month just to tell him he should be opposing this or that, supporting the other thing, letting him know that he is not ever mentioned as one who actively protests or, in other means, makes the news as being an activist for republican party values, or to praise him for doing just that. He knows my views well and probably anticipates my correspondence.

The Voter’s Revolt is my effort to unite all American voters, regardless of party, in a common cause of sweeping Congress and the Senate clean and electing new, more eager members who will be more willing to conduct business in the voter’s best interests.

All parties can take part in the Revolt by just voting for a new nominee from their party. This action has to be at the primary election level in order to replace the incumbent with a nominee from that same party. It does not work if we wait until the Republican and Democrat candidates are elected. We must replace the Republican candidate, if he’s the incumbent member of Congress, with a different Republican candidate, the same goes for Democrat incumbents. The one rule of thumbs is DON’T RE-ELECT ANY CONGRESSMAN. Vote ALL the bums out.

The vote is the only tool Americans have to influence their government and the incumbents know that. They try to keep Americans devided by emphasizing and exagerating the philisophical differences between the two parties. They know that if the Dem and Rep voters ever got together and voted as a single minded block they could do anything they put their minds to at the ballot box.

Let’s all agree that we need to have a new, fresh, and eager Senate and House. That is the common ground we agree on. Then vote your party for new members. You don’t have to compromise or change your views at all. Just don’t re-elect any members of Congress or Senate.

Once in office, pummel the new member with e-mails telling him what you expect from him during his term. Weekly, monthly, or even irregularly your ideas and opinions need to be IN HIS FACE. Or we’ll just vote him out next election.

AMERICANS UNITE AND TAKE OUR NATION BACK AGAIN!!
 
 

Alabama

Aderholt, Robert, Alabama, 4th

http://aderholt.house.gov/

Bachus, Spencer, Alabama, 6th

http://www.house.gov/bachus/

Bonner, Jo, Alabama, 1st

http://www.house.gov/bonner/

Bright, Bobby, Alabama, 2nd

http://bright.house.gov/

Davis, Artur, Alabama, 7th

http://www.house.gov/arturdavis/

Griffith, Parker, Alabama, 5th

http://griffith.house.gov/

Rogers, Mike, Alabama, 3rd

 
 

Alaska

Young, Don, Alaska, At-Large


American Samoa

Faleomavaega, Eni F. H., American Samoa (Delegate)

http://www.house.gov/faleomavaega/

 

Arkansas

Berry, Marion, Arkansas, 1st

http://www.house.gov/berry/

Boozman, John, Arkansas, 3rd

http://www.house.gov/boozman/

Ross, Mike, Arkansas, 4th

http://www.house.gov/ross/

Snyder, Vic, Arkansas 2nd

http://www.house.gov/snyder/

 
 
Glenn Flowers
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LET’S JUST DO IT !!

Most of us here at TownHall are aware of the facts regarding the mood of the People, the election results, what the prospects of an Obama administration hold for us, and what the future of our nation could be because of these things. We have been able to determine the reasons for these things, and, for the most part, the remedies necessary to prevent the destruction of America as we have known it. The thing that frustrates us and causes the sense of urgency and impending doom we all feel is the immense and overwhelming, almost impossible task of getting those in Congress to listen to us and then get to work doing what needs to be done.

Just getting the sincere attention of our elected officials is daunting. But the thing that stops our efforts dead is our inability to convince them that we know, better than they, what needs to be done, that there is more to gain from our plan than from the road they’re on, and that business as usual is no longer acceptible. Their arrogance of authority and the everyday opportunities to line their pockets influence their thinking and actions billions of times more than our annoying letters and phone calls do.

 

There is only one way that we can demand their attention and make them listen and hear what we have to say, and that is to increase our annoyance factor so much that it is impossible for them to ignore. We need to increase the number of those annoying letters and calls to the point that pink message slips cover their and their secretary’s desks, and bags and bags of letters fill the hallway outside their office. There should be so many mail trucks lined up and waiting outside that they can’t even park their Mercedes. That kind of annoyance would get anyone’s attention. That kind of a show of power will strike fear into their hearts.

Our job is to convince everyone we know and everyone we come in contact with to send those letters and make those calls, and to not quit with just one or two. To really demand their attention, to make them truly fear We, People, we need to flood them with dozens and dozens of letters, and the same amount of phone calls, every day, week after week, until that congressman buckles under the weight and makes the evening news with a press conference promising to heed our message and do the right things.

This sounds like the same ole’ same ole’, straight-out-of-the-box advice we always hear when people try to tell us what we can do about government. Well, it is the same, with one exception. I am not pretending that your call or letter is going to make any difference. What I AM telling you is that time after time, person after famous person insists that the strategery [sic] of massive amounts of letters and line jamming numbers of phone calls DO get their attention. And there is no need to be overly polite about our demands, although anger and insult won’t work either. A stearn, insistent tact without all the sugary "with all respects" and "wish to requests" will have more of an impact. And when they all demand they do what they promised when campaigning, and when they all threaten to vote for someone else next time sending them home unemployed, they DO have an influence on their actions in office. The public outcry against the McCain immigration and amnesty bill in 2007, is a perfect example of what I’m saying.

If We, the People, can have that kind of influence over a single bill with a few thousand calls and letters, just imagine what power we can generate when we ramp that up by a factor of 100x or 1000x to a larger number of officials. If we were to drown every congressman in a sea of paper and make it impossible to even dial 9-1-1, we could either drive them insane, or over to our way of thinking.

And what’s more, we need to decide, very early on, which members of Congress we can have the most influence over, and which ones will just ignore us no matter what we do. Princess Pelosi and her lover, Dingy Harry Reid, are perfect candidates for being tossed into the toilet and forgotten as they will never bend to our influence. But there ARE those elected officials who have tried to do right in their jobs, or have just given up trying, and those are worth the effort to influence until they prove that they, too, just need to be replaced by the Voter’s Revolt next election cycle.

This may be more work and take more time and effort than we are used to having to do. I mean this will require unprecedented numbers of people willing to pay higher long distance bills and buy more postage stamps to really do the job. We will need millions of folks to make calls to relatives back east or out in Californication. We need to contact those we haven’t spoken to in years or decades. It will require a dedication to this effort that some won’t be willing to make. But just look at the alternatives if we DON’T do something effective. Our very way of life, the liberties fought and died for by so many heroes, the very existence of America the Beautiful are the stakes in this battle folks. And if that isn’t worth every minute of time and ounce of effort you can possibly invest, then what do you have to say to all those in Arlington Cemetary, or in Fallujah, or to their parents, wives, and children? What would you tell old Honest Abe if he were to meet you at the pearly gates? How much more, oh, so much, much more, have so many given in protecting and insuring the survival of truth, justice, and the American way? Can we ever claim semper fidelis? Will we be forever faithful? Will we earn and deserve the title "American"? I believe we all have that in us, or we wouldn’t be here now.

So…. Let’s get to it and just DO it! JUST DO IT !! Our very lives depend on it.

Glenn Flowers

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VOTERS OF AMERICA REVOLT!!

--Are you disgusted with Congress and how it ignores the best interests of the American people?

--Do you believe members of Congress are basically corrupt and are all about getting rich on taxpayer's money?

--Do you believe Congress ignores the Constitution when it suits their agenda?

--Would you like to see all members of Congress lose their jobs and new members elected that are not professional politicians?

If you say yes to these, then make a decision to be a part of a Voter's Revolt. All you need to do is go to the polling place in the primary election in 2010, (and 2012, and 2014) and get into the booth with your ballot and do not vote for any incumbent members of Congress.

Instead, find the challenger running against the current member of Congress and vote for them. Do not vote to re-elect any candidate. Do not vote for any professional politician (lawyers). Look for the airline pilot, or the pizza parlor owner, or the dentist who is challenging the incumbent and vote for him.

If all of us voters resolve to do this, every two years for the next three election cyles, we can sweep the fat cat incumbents out of office and improve the overall character of Congress. These newly elected amateurs would know how they got there, and what happened to the incumbent, and would be more willing to represent those who voted for him and toe the line. If he does screw up, just vote him out in two years.

VOTE THEM ALL OUT !!

SWEEP CONGRESS CLEAN !!

TAKE BACK AMERICA !!

BE A PART OF VOTER'S REVOLT !!

Make a difference when you vote. Be a part of a historic action by American voters.

This our best chance to get America back on the right track and back into the hands of the people.

 Glenn Flowers

 

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THE CONSTITUTION: NULL & VOID

For all intents and purposes for which it was created, the Constitution has been rendered null and void by those whose duty it was to obey, safeguard, and accurately administer that very document. And I’m not being presumptive or predicting future policy changes, I am correctly and conservatively stating the present situation today as it really exists.

Even though the Constitution has been assaulted and in peril for many years, even many decades, it has taken the abuse and challenges remarkably well, until 2006.

CONGRESS CLAIMS THE POWER TO IGNORE THE CONSTITUTION
In August, 2006, a lawsuit was filed by Bill Walker against Congress because of Congress’ refusal to obey Article Five of the Constitution and call for a convention to allow the states to propose ammendments to the Constitution. Walker v Members of Congress was carried all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States. The appeal began with the submission of a writ of certiorari to the court. Under Supreme Court rules, a writ of certiorari is required to be submitted to the court by the plaintiff or appellant in the lawsuit. On the basis of that writ of certiorari, the court decides if it will hear arguments in the suit. Otherwise it denies the writ of certiorari and the suit is not heard by the court. This has the effect of the Supreme Court affirming any lower court’s decision whatever that may be. As with all courts, the Supreme Court operates under a set of rules. However few people realize the Supreme Court rules are actually federal law which can be found in 28 U.S.C. Appendix Rules of the Supreme Court. Thus, these rules are not only court rules of procedure but federal law as well which apply to all parties before the Supreme Court. Therefore it can be stated that federal law requires an action on a party appearing before the court.

Federal law requires that before the Court determines whether or not it will hear a case under certiorari, it must first establish the facts and law of the suit as required by the Constitution. The federal law governing the filing a certiorari certiorari to the Supreme Court requires the appellant (the party bringing the appeal) to assert what is correct and true as to fact and law in the suit. The opposition party (appellee or defendant) is required by federal law to declare formally and officially for the public record whether these assertions of law and fact are correct and true or not. This requirement in the law is described by the phrase "misstatement of fact or law". If the appellee (defendant) believes the stated fact and law are not true and correct, they are required to so declare this and state the reasons why these asserted facts and law are not correct. If the appellee waives their right to challenge the assertions by appellant of fact and law, the appellee has formally and officially acknowledged the assertions made by the appellant in the suit are correct and true as to fact and law. In Walker v Members of Congress, the Solicitor General of the United States, as authorized by federal law, represented the members of Congress as attorney of record. In this dual official capacity the Solicitor General decided to waive the right to challenge the assertions of fact and law made by appellant in Walker v. Members of Congress. By waiving this right, under federal law, the attorney for the members of Congress formally and officially admitted these assertions were true and correct as to fact and law.

On October 30, 2006, the Supreme Court denied certiorari, essentially refusing to hear the case, but not before it was established and admitted, for court and public records, that all assertions made in the writ of certiorari were true and correct as to fact and law.

In sum, the federal court system, admitting it had no jurisdiction to do so, endorsed a "right" by the members of Congress to disobey the law of the Constitution in violation of federal criminal law. The court, however, did not exempt the members of Congress from the penalties of these federal criminal laws, allowing the possibility of prison sentences being imposed on every member of Congress for crimes already admitted to and on the record, if and when a federal court does claim jurisdiction in this matter.

 Because of the following reasons:

  • that the Congress was required under federal law to take a formal public position disobeying the Constitution in a federal lawsuit,
  • that the members of Congress knew they were violating federal criminal law by taking this formal public position,
  • that they did so voluntary,
  • that they accepted a report written by the Attorney General of the United States required by federal law outlining who, when and why such an action was justified,
  • that the members of Congress raised no objection to this report,
  • that their attorney of record at the Supreme Court admitted as a matter of fact and law these members were peremptorily required to call an Article V Convention and were in violation of federal criminal law for refusing to do so,

. . . it is highly unlikely that the Constitution will be paid attention to by Congress in the future anymore than they have so far. The Constitution is, according to Congress, null and void.

 

THE SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO OBEY THE CONSTITUTION
Wa are all aware of the challenges and claims being made against Barack Obama’s eligibility to be the president because he is not, allegedly, a natural born citizen of the USA as is required by the Constitution. This requirement is clearly defined in the Constitution, but the responsibility to insure a candidate is qualified to become the president is not specifically delegated to any single department, agency, or official, except that the Speaker of the House is required to pronounce said person qualified at the inauguration. No proof or verification is required to be shown by the speaker at that time.

However, in the US Code, federal election law, the Constitution, and various other documents, the qualification of a candidate is a pre-requisite for such things as being put on the ballots used by the various states, receiving any votes from the official electors of the electoral college, receiving any public campaign funding, receiving classified security briefings, engaging in the hiring of staff and support employees, and being sworn in as the president. The Constitution makes it clear that any decision as to the constitutionality of a matter is the implicit responsibility of the Supreme Court. Therefore, it is their duty to insure the president elect meets the constitutional requirements for holding the office of president.

In spite of valid challenges, having bases in fact, being brought to the court for their consideration, the court, instead, has dismissed each of these challenges, NOT because of the merit of the arguments made in the challenge, but because the challenger supposedly lacks the right or standing to file such a challenge to the qualifications of the candidate.
In other words, we, the people, have no right to question the qualifications of a person soon to become the president, even though there is reason to believe that person might not be qualified.

The Constitution demands the Supreme Court decide all matters of a constitutional nature, but, the court has, instead, shirked that mandate by dismissing cases claiming the people don’t have the right to question the qualifications of their new president. The justices are wary, no, scared to death, at the thought of overturning the votes of 60+ million Americans, and would gladly allow a non-citizen to be sworn in as president.

Clearly, the SCOTUS, like Congress, feels no obligation to obey the Constitution, and just ignore it. According to the SCOTUS, the Constitution is null and void.

When two branches of government, having the reponsibility to obey and enforce the Constitution, refuse to do so, the Constitution ceases to be of any importance and is, essentially, null and void.

Glenn Flowers

 

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