TODAY IN THE UNITED STATES - An Open Letter To Congress

An Opinion by Martin

Dear Congressmen and Senators of Both Parties

Each and every one of you have violated the Oath you took when you accepted the votes of the People in your districts.  The Oath was to support the Constitution of the United States of America, to defend Her against enemies foreign and domestic.  In this you all have failed.  You have sold your services to the highest bidders (lobbyists, unions, and greed).  You have lined your own pockets with ill-gotten goods, special perks that are unavailable to the average American Citizen and set yourselves up in a style the European royalty of years past could only dream of.

You have destroyed the educational base of the Nation through “dumbing down” the system and creating a nation of sheep.  You have destroyed the manufacturing capability of this Country through taxation.  You are destroying our Military through defunding its programs and stealing the money for your “pet projects”.  And, you have committed many thousands of families to destruction through socialistic welfare programs that have failed at every turn.

In 2012, you have a chance to start turning this Nation around through lower taxes and incentives that can bring our Country back from the brink of disaster by returning numerous companies that have fled to our shores.

In 2012, you can rebuild our educational system through getting out of the way and allowing the States to control curriculum and teachers.  You could set some standards for completion at all levels of education, then stand back and watch as the system begins to work.  You’d be amazed how well this would work.  But then, you’d be losing power because the States would be able to do a better job than you can.

In 2012, The United States is facing many threats from both inside and outside the Country.  We are facing Islamist jihadists, radical unions, nuclear weapons in the hands of unstable governments, and the “Occupy Whatever” crowd of misguided, leftover tools who are actually protesting the wrong people.  Although, Wall Street and the Bankers have stolen millions, their thievery pales compared to what you have done.

2012 is the year you need to pause and reflect.  Do you work to save the Nation?  Or do you drive the United States onto the ash-heap of history?  

Letters to The Speaker of the House

Well!  You’ve Caved Again

Mr Speaker,

You were doing so well and now you've caved in again to Obama and his merry band of thieves.  Just when you are on the verge of winning, you snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

The TEA Party was born of Citizens who were tired of the wheeling and dealing with our money by a government that has gotten out of control and who believes that the feds know best about how to articulate, or ignore, the writings of The Founders.

Maybe you have been in DC too long and need a permanent vacation from public life and retire to Ohio before you are sent home in defeat by your constituency.  The time has come for the harried Voters/Taxpayers to send to Washington more Supporters of The Constitution.  People who understand what that Document stands for and how to respond to the Owners of this Formerly Great Nation.

We, the People, can no longer afford Presidents and Congressmen who believe that our wallets are their piggy banks.  You've had your chance and failed.  It is time for a chance.

/r Martin

Letters to The Speaker of the House

Failure to Shutdown the Moneypit

Mr. Speaker,

With all due respect, you have caved once again to the Obama thugs and criminals.  You have approved One Trillion dollars to keep a corrupt government open and in position to steal more money from the Taxpayers of this Formerly Great Nation. 

Once again, the Republicans have proved that they can be bought, putting the American People deeper in debt.

You know as well as I do that the Obama Regime has no intention to cut spending, no intention to do the work that is required by The Constitution, ie: Defending against Enemies, Foreign AND Domestic which can include bureaucrats, politicians, judiciary, lobbyists and "czars" which are illegal in the first place.

Once again, you have proven that you are more willing to support a corrupt Executive Branch than work for the People who elected you and the Republican Party.

Once again, you have let the Voters/Taxpayers of the United States down.

THE FALL OF THE UNITED STATES - The Pretender in Chief

Opinion by Martin

One night I had a dream.  It was a dream about a powerful nation that had been conceived in Liberty and built on the ideal that, if a person worked hard enough, you could succeed.  Then I woke up.
I found the dream was broken.  It was broken by Big Politics, Big Unions, and Big Business, but mainly by the greed of government at all levels.  And, since 2008, we have had a Pretender in Chief - Barack Hussein Obama.

On the eve of Christmas 2011, I am forced to look back over our history once again and see where we are and where we have been.

Since the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution that split the United States from England, we Americans have fought an internal battle against numerous demons, among them was slavery which was one of the contributing factors to a fierce War of Seccession during the 1860s that split a country not yet 100 years old.  As the United States moved forward to the 20th Century, we experienced the expansion of our Nation at the expense of the Indians who lived on the Western Plains and "Jim Crow" Laws which made Black Americans less than whole citizens.  We overcame that injustice in the 1960s when the Voting Rights Act and several other important pieces of legislation were passed with the help of the Republican Party because the majority of the Democrat Party was opposed to equal rights under law.  The stage has been set for the first Black President of the United States.

Now, we have the Pretender in Chief, Barack Hussein Obama, whose father was a black British subject from Kenya who was never a citizen of the United States and had no intention of becoming a citizen, and a white mother from Kansas.  (see Note Below)
There is a question as to whether or not the present occupier of the White House is actually eligible to serve as President.  The question is whether or not he was born in the State of Hawaii or the Nation of Kenya.  As a resident of Illinois, the question of heritage was not a difficulty because he could be, and was, as State Legislator or a United States Senator.  However, this particular question became pertinent when he ran for the Presidency, because according to the Constitution, the fact that his father was not an American citizen by itself was enough to disqualify him from becoming the President.  This small requirement was ignored by the Democrat Party of Illinois, the National Democrat Party, and the Mainstream Media.

Since Obama was elected to the Presidency in 2008 and sworn in January 2009, he has traveled the world apologizing for the United States.  He has expended national treasure destroying our economy and our national will to resist the Federal Government and his plans to build a socialist nation in place of the capitalistic engine that built a great Nation that, for the most part, won two world wars and rebuilt most of Europe after World War II.  And now, in a recent speech in Kansas, he has admitted to being a Socialist and wants the government to control everything in your life.

In 2012, You have the chance to start rebuilding the United States as outlined in th eDeclaration of Independence and The Constitution.
In 2012 You have a chance to turn back Barack Hussein Obama and the Forces of Darkness which wish to destroy the United states of America.

God Bless America!!

NOTE:
Presidential Eligibility:
Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution sets the principal qualifications one must meet to be eligible to the Office of President.  A President must:
          Be a natural born citizen of the United states. (both parents must be citizens of the United States.)
          Be at least tirty-five years old.
          Have been apermanent resident of the United States for at least fourteen years.

THE FALL OF THE UNITED STATES - The 10th Amendment - Nullification

An Opinion by Martin

One night I had a dream.  It was a dream about a powerful nation that had been conceived in Liberty and built on the ideal that, if a person worked hard enough, you could succeed.  Then I woke up.
I found the dream was broken.  It had been broken by Big Politics, Big Unions, and Big Businesses, but mainly by the greed of governments, at all levels.

While the Constitution itself and each Amendment is being violated on a daily basis by Congress in general and this Administration in particular, it is the 10th Amendment that is the subject of this discussion. 
The question of Nullification has once again been raising its head with regards to States Rights and the Right of the People to refuse to surrender their Constitutional Rights to a central government that has gone out of control.  The People are beginning to honestly understand that the present government, the Congress, the Presidency, and the Judiciary do not have the best interests of the Nation at heart and that the people sent to represent them, at all levels, in the Nation's Capital are for sale to the highest bidder as opposed to working for theTaxpayers and Voters.  And, that the only time these erstwhile representatives listen to the voice of the people is when they want to be reelected to office.

The Constitution was created by The Founders as the Operating Manual for the United States of America.  This document outlines and directs the behavior of the Federal Government and numerous State Constitutions mimic the rules and regulations within.  When the framers of The Constitution completed the document. they realized that while they had included a set of levers that controlled the powers of Government, they had not really spelled the powers that belonged to the States and the People.  They almost immediately amended The Constitution with the First 10 Amendments - The Bill of Rights - that spelled out the Rights that are given to the States and the Citizens.  The Bill of Rights is at the bottom of this article.

Before you look at the impact of the Bill of Rights, you must look at the time in which the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution were written.  This historical information is readily available on the Internet if you wish to read it for yourself.

When the Thirteen Colonies declared Independence from England, they became thirteen individual countries.  Each one of these new countries had its own government with no more legal ties to the other except for the cooperative arrangements made in the War for Independence.  If the war was decided in the favor of the colonies, they would be thirteen separate little countries living on one part of the North American continent.  That's how things stood when the Declaration of Independence was announced after July 4th, 1776. 
One of the Founding Fathers, a Virginian named Richard Henry Lee, proposed a plan to bring these thirteen independent entities together in a confederation.  Lee suggested that a plan be put together and transmitted to the respective Colonies for the consideration and acceptance/rejection.  The Continental Congress immediately set up a committee to consider this plan and the Articles of Confederation was passed on November 15, 1777; was ratified by the individual colonies and became law on March 1, 1781. 
I have provided a link to the Articles of Confederation here:  www.usconstitution.net/articles.html.

The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution allows the States nd the Citizens of those States to hold the reins of the Federal Government and prevent a "royalty" from establishing itself through usurpation of the Constitution by elected officials in Washington, DC.  The Tenth Amendment is a simple, yet powerful statement telling the Federal Government that it has no powers other than those outlined in the Constitution and that the Citizens and the States are the "ruling class".

Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

Nullification:
Definition - The action of a State impeding or attempting to prevent the operation and enforcement within its territory of a law of the United States.
Example - The Sedition Act by Congress to abridge the Freedom of the Press was ignored by the States and became an illustration of nullification.
Because of the Tenth Amendment, some people believe that the States have the Right to declare laws passed by Congress null and void within the boundaries of the various States.  For instance, you can look at The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Obamacare).  This act signed by the President has been challenged in court by 26 States as unconstitutional and, while the challenges have been working their way theough the courts, numerous companies have asked for, and received exemptions from the various aspects of the Law.  Several States have also passed laws that exempt their citizens from this confiscatory Act that will take over about 1/3 of the Nation's economy with no appreciable improvement to the availability of healthcare.
The government website http://www.healthcare.gov/ paints a very rosy picture about how the Act will make healthcare more accessible for the general population by not allowing insurance companies to refuse coverage for preexisting illnenss which is akin to a country putting together an army after it has been attacked.

The Impact of Nullification

Nullification is a Constitutional theory that gives an individual State the Right to declare null and void an law passed by the United States Congress which the State deems to have an inverse impact on its citizens and is unacceptable and unconstitutional.  The Nullification Concept had its first major test in the slavery/anti-slavery problems that faced this young Nation in the 40 years prior to the Civil War.  The question was whether or not the Federal Government had the right to tell a State what was or was not acceptable.  The result was over 600,000 dead Americans in a bloody war that lasted four years.

Nullification!  The very word sends shivers down the spines of the "ruling class" because it means that the People, working through their Local and State governments, are beginning to want their Country back and are demanding that the people sent to Washington remember who funds the Country and pays the bills.
As you looke at the damage done to this Nation since the time of Theodore Roosevelt by the three Branches of Government and review that damage in the context of The Constitution and the first Ten Amendments (The Bill of Rights), you too should make the decision that it is time to join with your friends and neighbors to tell the politicians in Washington that you are tired of a bunch of "ordinary citizens" setting themselves up as potentates and that they no longer represent you.  IT IS TIME TO TAKE YOUR COUNTRY BACK!  It is time to take it away from the politicians, unions, environmentalists, and other special interest groups who don't care about you daily life.  All they want power over you.  Each State has the Right, no, the Duty, to put an end to the power grab by the Federal Government and to tell the politicians that the free ride has come to an end, that they are no different than each of us, Citizens of the United States of America.  The Constitution is the Law of the Land, and is not to be usurped.  This war of ideas has been underway since the beginning of the 20th Century.  Today, we have a chance to regain our Country.  IT DEPENDS ON YOU!

 The Preamble to the Bill of Rights

"Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.

The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution expressed a desire in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government will best ensure the beneficient ends of its institution.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring that the following articles be proposed to the Legislatures of th eseveral states as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all or any of which articles, when ratified by three fourths of said Legislatures to be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the said Constitution.

Articles in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress and Ratified by the Legislature of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution."

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peacably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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

Amendment III
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the plac eto be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment of indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be witness against himself, no be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for the defence.

Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the UNited States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shalll not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, o certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X
The powere not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The Fall Of The United States - The United Nations

Opinion by Martin

One night I had a dream.  It was a dream about a powerful nation that had been conceived in Liberty and built on the ideal that, if a person worked hard enough, you could succeed.  Then I woke up.

I found the dream was broken.  It was broken by Big Politics, Big Unions, and Big Businesses, but mainly by the greed of the government, at all levels.  And the United Nations.

On October 21, 1945, a war-weary world brought forth a new organization, created by the victorious powers of World War II, which was supposed to become a world body to prevent wars by discussing international difficulties and regional disputes allowing differences to be resolved without the necessity of resorting to hostilities.

That organization has become a giant corrupt bureaucracy with tentacles throughout the world reaching into the sovereignty of all nations, laced with anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism.

That organization has the desire to become the governing body for the entire world.

That organization, created out of the desire to build an organization that would bring Peace and Prosperity to the peoples of the many nations, wishes to be King. 

That organization is the United Nations.

From an innocuous in 1945 to the present, the United Nations has supported despots and tyrants to the detriment of freedom-loving people throughout the world.  The United States taxpayer provides well over 30% of the money that the U.N. spends and gets nothing in return except “you should give more”. 

Most of the “Peacekeeping” missions around the world, especially in Africa, are populated by thugs, rapists, and murderers.  The U.N. has never won a war, and even the Korean 'Conflict', in which the U.S. alone lost over 53,000 men, has not seen a complete resolution. 

The U.N. went to Kosovo and wound up with the United States, Britain and France spending most of the money and lives while the U.N. took credit for any successes and denied mistakes when things went wrong.

Haiti is another example of UN ineptitude.  The poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere and the UN can’t seem to help get it straightened out.  The US alone has spent nearly a trillion dollars over the years only to see that money squandered by dictators and UN contractors who have wasted most of it on excellent lifestyles as Haitians starve and remain downtrodden.  The UN has virtually nothing that they can point to as successful.  Even the UN Building in New York City is crumbling and the UN expects the US Taxpayer to rebuild it.

The United Nations is a symbol of an absolute waste of US Taxpayer’s money.  It is filled with spies and “diplomats” who know that if they were in their own countries, their lives would be completely different, and they would not have the lifestyle that they have on US soil.

Now, in 2011 and 2012, the United Nations is coming after you and your Rights as spelled out in the Constitution of The United States.  Part of this assault is in the form of the “Small Arms Treaty” which will require you as a Citizen of the United States to surrender any weapons that you own and depend upon the government to protect you in your home.  The Obama Administration is joining 152 other countries to attack American sovereignty by stripping Americans of the right to keep and bear arms.  Anti-gun groups are scripting language for the conference this year, creating a blueprint for other countries to follow when they meet at the full conference. 

For you, the American Citizen, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

The really sad part is Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a serious enemy of Constitutional Rights, has already indicated that the Obama Administration will sign the treaty whether or not the Senate ratifies it.   Clinton has pledged to push the U.S. Senate to ratify the treaty.  She will push for passage of a treaty that is designed to register, ban and CONFISCATE firearms owned by private citizens like YOU, depriving you of the Right to defend your home and family from criminals who most likely will not pay any attention to the “Small Arms Treaty” anyway. 

You can be certain that the treaty is going to address private ownership of firearms.  Don’t let any of the “experts” lull you to sleep by saying “Oh, we have it handled” or “Until you know exactly what’s in the treaty you can’t fight against it.”  So, YOU, as an American Citizen, must fight back.  You must write or email your U.S. Senators and DEMAND that they vote AGAINST ratification of the UN’s “Small Arms Treaty”.  One letter or email is not enough; you must continue to “bombard” the Senate continually until this assault on Our Rights is defeated.

If passed by the UN and ratified by the U.S. Senate (where we must ultimately make our stand), the UN “Small Arms Treaty” would almost certainly FORCE national governments to:

Enact tougher licensing requirements, making law-abiding citizens cut through even more bureaucratic red tape just to own a firearm legally;

CONFISCATE and DESTROY ALL “unauthorized” civilian firearms (all firearms owned by the government are excluded, of course);

BAN the trade, sale and private ownership of ALL semi-automatic weapons;

Create an INTERNATIONAL gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun CONFISCATION.

 So please write your U.S. Senators before it’s too late!  As you can see, this is NOT a fight we can afford to lose.

The “Small Arms Treaty” is one of the many “plans” and “agendas” that are coming out of the UN.  There are plans to deprive you of many of the Rights that you enjoy under the Constitution of The United States.  Agenda 21 is another assault on your Rights and will be addressed in a future opinion piece.

At its inception, the United Nations was a flawed idea that should have gone the way of the League of Nations and the Dodo.  It has gone completely awry and should be ended once and for all.  The leadership has come to believe that they should govern the entire world to the detriment of individual Rights. 

I say that we pack up this entire gang of thieves and dictators.  Send them back to their homelands.  

THE FALL OF THE UNITED STATES - The Entitlement Generation

Opinion by Martin

One night I had a dream.  It was a dream about a powerful nation that had been conceived in Liberty and built on the ideal that, if a person worked hard enough, you could succeed.  Then I woke up.

I found that the dream was broken.  It was broken by Big Politics, Big Unions, and Big Businesses, but mainly by the greed of the government, at all levels and, The Entitlement Generation.

We have passed September 11, 2010 without any significant attacks by the “external” enemies of the United States.  There were two special elections on Tuesday, September 13, one in New York and one in Nevada showing that the people are no longer enchanted with Obama.  The only people still supporting him are the “brain-dead zombies” who want to suckle from the public teat a bit longer.

What will happen when the public spigot is shut off because there is no more money? 

Will we have rioting in the streets by the “Entitled Class” ala England? 

Will there be “no go” zones for police and fire officials, similar to those throughout Europe? 

To be honest, these are extreme examples.  The English rioting was fomented by the death of a petty criminal at the hands of the police and was used by anarchists to attack the English Government and its welfare system.  The second is due to the lack of assimilation into national cultures throughout Europe by immigrants from the Middle East, legal and illegal who have created their own enclaves within great cities of France, England, Holland, and Germany, among others.  Could we see this type of activity here in the United States?

The answer:  Absolutely!!

As I have explained before, in previous opinions, the United States has developed an “Entitlement Class” that has evolved since the Depression-era programs of Franklin Roosevelt and grown larger through the succeeding generations of politicians as they attempt to buy votes and retain their grasp on office.  To begin with, you must understand the definition of Entitlement.

An Entitlement is a conditioned state of mind where the recipient believe that he/she has a Right to certain benefits provided by the State because of either a Public Law or Contract.  This could be a government program that provides funds to the Elderly (Social Security or Medicare) or to the Poor (Welfare and Medicaid) as well as a belief that one is deserving of, or entitled to, certain privileges ( both of the above and including Congress? the President?) that others don’t receive but are expected to pay.

And therein, lies the rub. 

In the United States and other countries around the world, most citizens are beginning to understand that the money to continue these Entitlements as presently formatted is just not available and that changes must take place.  The burning question is how to make the changes while continuing the contracts already in place?   

Some of the alternatives to Social Security and Medicare have included maintaining the present systems for today’s recipients while allowing upcoming generations to build personal retirement and health programs as an alternative.  Opponents fear, that would take too much money out of the coffers and there would have to be cuts to the amount paid to present recipients, which in some cases would be devastating, or less paid to people who are on the verge of retirement.  And besides, it would take control of these programs away from the bureaucrats which is their greatest fear.

And then, you have Welfare and Medicaid!

During the 1960s, the Federal Government in a misguided attempt to help people, Black and White, who were living in what passes for extreme poverty in the United States created a Social System known as Welfare which was to be used to help the poor move up in the social system and out of “the cellar” as it were.  This has backfired tremendously, in that it has created another layer of dependency, destroyed families, and trained several generations of citizens that you cannot be expected to succeed on your own, so the benevolent Government will provide for your needs.  And this now includes illegal aliens who have been added to the system by politicians wanting votes.

The real travesty is that none of the above includes the “unfunded mandates” that the Federal Government has placed on the many States, forcing them to assume part of the financing for this misguided system of dependency when the States are unable to pay their own bills due to their own stupidity by funding programs at the local level in attempt to retain power.  I have a plan to repair all of this damage which I will discuss in future opinion pieces.

So now, we have the cretins in the streets demanding that people who succeed in the United States be “re-educated” or executed.  They are demanding free “everything” while not having to contribute to the process.  This is the Entitlement Generation at its finest.  Now WE have to take our Country back and put Lady Liberty back on the proper course to Freedom once again

One night I had a dream.  It was a dream about a powerful nation that had been conceived in Liberty and built on the ideal that, if a person worked hard enough, you could succeed.  Then I woke up.

I found that the dream was broken.  It was broken by Big Politics, Big Unions, and Big Businesses, but mainly by the greed of the government, at all levels and, The Entitlement Generation. 

But it can be fixed!  YOU can fix it if YOU wish by registering to vote.  By voting and then by continuing to review the work done by those who work for you.  This is a Representative Democracy.  It is run through the Ballot Box, not by mobs in the streets and not by Special Interest Groups with deep pockets.  YOU hold the keys to the kingdom.  Those keys are not YOURS to surrender!