I Am A Proud Extremist

About 1-1/2 weeks ago Senator Chuck Schumer (despotcRAT - NY) described the spending cuts proposed by the republicans as extreme. By extension, the despotcRATs want the country to believe that those who support the spending cuts, that is, the people who voted to change the make-up of the House of Representatives, are extremists. Schumer, in his own words, has been instructed by the despotcRAT caucus to use the word extreme to describe the proposed spending cuts and to describe how the Tea Party has caused Boehner and the republican leadership in the house to move so far to the right.

I support the principles of the Tea Party, i.e., limited government, huge cuts in profligate federal government spending, a return to the true meaning of the Constitution, and the promotion of individual liberty, the protection of life, and the individual pursuit of happiness.

According to a recent Gallup poll, those who identify themselves as Tea Party supporters are "slightly more likely to be employed, male and definitely more conservative." Well, I am a Tea Party supporter, I am employed, I am male, and I am very conservative. So, I fit the profile. I am proud of that.

According to the despocRATs, the tyrant-and-liar-in-chief, and the leftist mainstream media, I am in the right-wing fringe. Yet, according to the poll, "age, educational background, employment status, and race [of Tea Party supporters] . . . are quite representative of the public at large." So, who really are the extremists? Are those who want to save this country from bankruptcy and restore it to the Constitutional principles established by the Founding Fathers the extremists? Or, are those who would rather drive this country into bankruptcy through irresponsible spending policies and who seek to keep their power by buying votes by giving to their favored groups the money that is earned by the hard-working people in this country?

If I am extremist, then I am proud of being an extremist. I own my extremism. Those elected to Congress last November need to be proud of being extremists, also. They need to own it. Then, they need to use it against the despotcRATs, without fear. I am an extremist (in the eyes of Schumer, Pelosi, Reid, tyrant-and-liar-in-chief, and Matthews, and the rest of the leftists), because I believe in limited government, low taxes, living within the original meaning of the Constitution, getting rid of the deficit, balancing the budget, giving people a hand up rather than a hand-out, deciding for myself how to spend my money and how to live my life, etc.

I am extremist just like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and the rest of the Founding Fathers. And, if I am the modern extremist in the mold of the Founding Fathers, then what does that make Schumer, Pelosi, Reid, tyrant-and-liar-in-chief? Are they not the modern equivalent of King George and the British Parliament? Are not Schumer, Pelosi, Reid, tyrant-and-liar-in-chief, and the despotcRAT party the oppressors?

The Republican leadership in the House needs to have the same attitude as the president expressed after he won. We "extremists" are in the majority in the House. We "extremists" in fly-over country will have their back. It is absolutely necessary that huge cuts in government spending are made, NOW. We cannot wait. Republicans in the House need to lead without fear of what the despotcRATs and the liberal state-controlled media say. They must do the right thing. They must have courage. They must have guts. They must have a backbone. We "extremists" elected them because of the promises they made to make these cuts and limit government's power. The "extemists" in the House must not back down. There is too much at stake.

If the government shuts down for a time, until we get the cuts we were promised, so be it.

God Bless You.
God Bless our Troops.
God Bless the BSA.
God Bless America.

Patriot Mark

The Repeal Amendment Would Make a Real Difference

Here is the language of a new Constitutional Amendment that would make a real difference in controlling the out-of-control federal government:

“Any provision of law or regulation of the United States may be repealed by the several states, and such repeal shall be effective when the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states approve resolutions for this purpose that particularly describe the same provision or provisions of law or regulation to be repealed.”

This is the Repeal Amendment (www.repealamendment.org). According to the group’s site, “Our Founding Fathers gave enumerated powers to the federal government and reserved most of the power to the states and the people. Today, the federal government has usurped the power that the Founders originally intended for the States and the people. The Repeal Amendment is dedicated to restoring our nation’s liberty by advocating for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that restores the balance of power between the states and federal government.” I like it.

Some have suggested that the passage of the 17th Amendment, which provided for the direct popular election of Senators, was a huge breach in the wall that limited the federal government’s power. The proposed Repeal Amendment would have the effect of giving the State legislatures the ability to limit the power of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the federal government, by allowing 2/3 of the state legislatures to repeal any law or regulation by a resolution passed in the state legislatures. This could be considered a back-door way of undoing the 17th Amendment, and I really like it.

This proposal comes from Randy Barnett, who is a noted expert on the 9th Amendment. He is the author of a book titled “Restoring the Lost Constitution, the Presumption of Liberty”, which in part suggests that we should be looking at the original meaning of the Constitutional provisions, rather than the original intent of the Founding Fathers. It is not an easy read (I am only half way through it after over a year of reading it), even for a lawyer. But, from what I have read so far, it is worth reading and should be added to your library on liberty and Constitutional construction.

Marianne Moran, from south Florida, is the Executive Director of the organization promoting the amendment. Her e-mail is: marianne@repealamendment.org; her phone number is: 561-247-0502. I am getting involved. I invite those of you who are truly concerned about preserving our constitutional liberties and restoring our constitutional republic to get involved, also.

God Bless You.
God Bless America.
Remember to Keep Christ in Christmas.

Patriot Mark