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The Constitutional Observer
Updated 12/24/08
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The Erosion of
our First Amendment Rights to Free Speech. The Bill of Rights is a
collective term for the first 10 amendments. The First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of
speech, of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The right to free speech.
Constitutionally with the first amendment, we have no need of laws
regulating our personal speech. Why then were such laws referred to as
"hate speech" laws, enacted. What is deemed hateful by
one is simply a freedom of expression by another. For example, if I were
to say, all people over 6 feet tall are intolerant, the over 6 foot
crowd would respond with an opposing viewpoint. If I were to say
all people under 6 feet tall are intolerant. The under 6 foot
crowd would respond. That’s the way this
country has operated since its inception. It has worked very well, as we as a
people have agreed to disagree on any number of issues. The one
thing we all agree on is our democratic form of government. The Constitution expressly
protects our right to voice our opinions. That makes these 'Hate Speech"
Laws unconstitutional. Who decides what is considered hateful. Congress? The
press? A few special interest groups? How did we get on this narrow
path? It seems to have started
with the expression of “politically correct.” Anyone saying anything not deemed politically correct was
vilified by the politicians and the press and in our public schools. Out
of this stifling atmosphere came the intolerance of anyone stating any views
not shared by the politically correct crowd. Shortly thereafter the call for
Hate Speech laws started sounding. It gained momentum by being editorialized
by the media as something necessary to the public’s safety and
well-being. Soon anyone not agreeing was being called intolerant, ignorant,
hateful. What ever happened to agreeing to disagree? That’s what our free
speech society is all about. I find it
alarming that our first amendment rights to free speech are eroding in
such a short time. We need to contact our elected officials and remind them
of our constitutional rights to free speech and to insist that these free
speech constricting laws be stopped. We also need to insist that radio and
T.V. talk shows remain a showcase for presenting our free speech ideas and
thoughts, without the censorship of the politically correct. The so-called
Fairness Act is being considered now. That act states that you may only
voice your side if you have an opposing side to rebut on the same show. That
will result in you not being able to host your own show with your
viewpoints unless you have a guest on to say you’re wrong. If you are unable
to find anyone with an opposing viewpoint to appear on your show, you will
NOT be allowed to air that particular show. This is anything but free
speech. This bill is in fact designed to limit YOUR free speech if it doesn’t
agree with the "powers that be." We cannot sit by and watch
our rights under the constitution be taken away from us one word at a time.
If you are as concerned as I am, we must speak out to our elected officials
and we must do it now!!! |
Bailout
We are a constitutional republican form of
government that has prospered hugely as a result of our free enterprise system.
The free enterprise system works because its "free" enterprise and
not government controlled enterprise. This brings me to the economic situation
that we have at the moment.
These corporations have reaped the benefits of
our free enterprise system for decades. Now due to their own greed, building
their empires on debt, credit and fraudulent accounting practices, their empire
is falling. What do they do? They run to the federal government for a bailout.
They take no responsibility for their actions and policies. They offer
excuses, they whine its not their FAULT!!! It is their
fault. Let them deal with the consequences of their actions, not run to
the federal government for a bailout.
The federal government is us. It’s our tax
dollars they are so willing to squander.
Now the federal government is going to
punish us with higher taxes to bailout giant corporations whose greed and
corruption knew no bounds. Its outrageous that the federal government wants to
waste our hard earned tax dollars to reward both corporations and individuals
who were irresponsible at best and corrupt at worst.
The sole purpose of our constitutional government
is to protect and serve its people. The federal government is not serving
its people by increasing an already huge tax burden on the middle class working
people. Give us some of OUR money back in tax reductions, and WE will
revive this economy, not the government.
It’s an election year. A coincidence? I think
not. With congressional approval in the single digits our representatives are
running scared. They might be held accountable for being a do nothing congress,
focused on their own little agendas and not on their constituents or their
country. I believe they have "invented" a financial crises, they will
act on it and everyone will think them heroes and they will get re-elected. Is
there a true crisis? I do not believe so. Have things taken a big downturn? Yes
they have. Why?? Because our free enterprise system is working. It’s adjusting
itself. It was grossly over inflated, now it must correct itself. A free
enterprise system will heal itself WITHOUT government interference. It will be
painful, it may be slow, but it is necessary for the health of this economy.
The only result that can happen with government involvement is socialism. The
government can’t even run the post office and break even let alone make a
profit. How can they run an entire economy? The answer is they cant. And
under our constitution, they are NOT suppose to.
Everyone who believes in our constitutional form
of government and wants to keep our free enterprise system as free from
governmental control as possible, must contact their representatives at once. Let
them hear from you loud and clear, our constitutional government has NO
BUSINESS taking over, using our hard earned money for a bailout, or
controlling our free enterprise system.
If you want government interference in the
economy move to France, China, or Russia. If you don’t, then contact your
representatives and put a stop to this or we will join the above counties with
socialistic or communistic governments and economies.
The Constitutional Observer.
Voting
It’s
fall. The days are noticeably shorter, it’s cooler, and there are campaign
signs springing up everywhere. I am pleased when I see them in people’s yards
or in front of their businesses. These people have taken the time to look
into the issues and make informed decisions in their voting and are expressing
their right to freedom of speech under the first amendment.
I
am annoyed by the ones I see crowding vacant lots, and along
roadsides. Sadly they must work or the time and expense to put
them in these places would not be beneficial. I say sadly because a great
number of people make their voting decisions after seeing these signs. Why
should that make me sad??? It is because the single most important right we
have guaranteed by our constitution is voting!!!!! Why would any legal citizen
living in this country rely on a roadside sign to make some of the most
important decisions they will ever make? Decisions that can and will affect
every aspect of their lives and the lives of their loved ones, friends,
neighbors, and the businesses they work for.
We
spend more time picking out color coordinating towels for our bathrooms, than
we do picking our representatives, and voting on propositions.
WAKE
UP AMERICA!!!! Stop being lazy, and or apathetic when it comes to voting.
You think nothing of going to the gym to exercise your bodies, but you
cant find the time to exercise your right to vote, and just like with your
bodies, if you don't "use" it, you will lose it. You think
nothing of carefully selecting food to feed yourselves and your families.
You pore over the TV guide deciding what you will watch on any given day or
evening. You stand in lines for hours at Christmas for that
"perfect toy" to buy your children, then you stampede when the store
opens, and engage in fistfights over that toy on the store shelves. You camp
out overnight to buy tickets to some so called music or movie star’s
performance. But you willfully refuse to take the time to educate
yourselves on the issues and the candidates. You willfully refuse to take
the time to vote.
You
spurn the most precious thing we have - the freedom to vote. And then you
sit back in wonder and amazement as the world looks at us with
contempt!!!! We scorn the very freedoms that allow us to do all the things we
take passing pleasure in. All the freedoms that have made this
the longest democratic government in the history of the world.
Maybe
the world has a clearer view of us than we do of ourselves. What does the
world see, a bloated, lazy, self righteous, self indulgent, self satisfied nation.
A nation that is skating along on what has become the very thin ice of our
Constitution and its rights. Our Constitution that is being shredded by
ridiculous law suits from a few on the fringe of our society, from APPOINTED
liberal judges legislating our constitutional rights away from the bench,
with absolutely no repercussions for their decisions. That's not a very pretty
picture, is it? Unfortunately the truth
often is not pleasant.
If
you want to keep your rights, keep this wonderful nation from further eroding
into self indulgent oblivion, you MUST stop taking all your freedoms and
rights for granted. It took the blood, fortunes and lives of men and
women to create this unique and wonderful country of ours. These were
people of tremendous faith and courage. How dare we scorn their sacrifices,
their incredible vision and their courage, by being so apathetic, and so
unwilling to exercise our right to vote.
Take
the time to learn about the issues and candidates this fall. Take a stand,
be counted, VOTE. If you can’t be bothered, and we continue down
this self indulgent and shortsighted road, you won’t have to worry
about taking the time to vote, we won’t be able to.
On Education
Once again Deb, one
of the things you touched on in your latest rant caught my attention. It’s
public education. What a misnomer that is. A more accurate name
would be government indoctrination. These schools are run by the
government, paid for completely with all of OUR tax money, yet we have little
or no voice in what’s being taught or how it’s being taught. Those
decisions are being made by government employees - NOT the parents who
should be making those decisions. The government schools have gotten the idea
that THEY know what is best for our children - Not the parents. This
is a good example of the government taking the authority that rightfully
belongs to the parents.
Lets use
Darwin’s THEORY of Evolution as an example. Somewhere between when I was in
school, (the 1950s and 60s) and now, this THEORY is being taught as a
fact. I have noticed that it is no longer called Darwin’s THEORY of evolution,
it is simply called evolution. I must have missed something, as I have not seen
or heard of any FACTS that have come to light that would actually PROVE this
THEORY. Yet all school children in government schools in this country are
taught evolution. If they were being educated instead of indoctrinated it would
be examined as an interesting theory, and there would be no resistance to
teaching other concepts, such as Creationism, or if that is too Judeo/Christian
for some to stomach (you know the old separation of church and state
lie), there is intelligent design. But No, that is not to be, there
are HOWLS of protest to anything but evolution being taught. Were
these howls from the parents? NO, they were from the government
employees. One has to ask oneself why is that??? If indeed children were
being educated, they would be challenged to actually use their thinking
abilities to investigate, to search, to look at FACTS, to make up their own
minds about what is factually well represented and what isn't.
There can be
only one reason government schools don't want children to be educated, to
learn to think for themselves, to learn to use the wonderful minds and
intelligence that God has given them. They want them to be indoctrinated at an
early age so they can be mindlessly, unquestioningly LED as children
and more importantly as voting adults. Indoctrinated children become indoctrinated
adults. They will follow whatever they are told to follow, they will believe
what they are told to believe. They will be well indoctrinated, but they will
be ignorant.
To quote Thomas
Jefferson, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what
never was and never will be." Think about it, as our freedoms are
eroding daily.
What does the
Constitution have to say about public education? Nothing. It is not mentioned.
I believe it is not mentioned because the Founding Fathers felt no need to
address their children’s education. It never occurred to them that parents
would let the government take control of their children’s education in the
future. Parents were responsible for the education of their children when this
country was being founded, as it had been throughout recorded history.
What can we do??
Parents take back control of your children’s education. Run for election to
your local school board, attend the school board meetings and make your beliefs
known, Invite other parents to attend with you. Vote for the people that share
your beliefs. Make it your business to know what is being taught at your
children’s schools. Make the time to get involved and stay involved.
Nothing can be more important for your child’s future and our country’s.
Consider home schooling. It’s NOT too late, not yet, but the day is
coming when it will be.
Stand Up and Be Counted
The Constitutional Observer
08/27/06
Your Rant of
August 18th was well said, Deb. I am one of those staunch Constitutionalists
you mentioned in your rant, however, I stand WITH YOU.
The Constitution
was made for Americans!!!!!! NOT illegal immigrants, or any immigrants on a
work, school or visitor’s visa. If you are not a legal United States Citizen,
then the Constitution does NOT apply to you. You have NO right to hide
behind its principles and claim them as your own. The freedoms outlined in that document were
written in the blood of the heroes who waged war against British rule and won.
It was paid for from the fortunes of private citizens who lost every penny and
were proud to do so and would do it again for that document. How those men and
women must be rolling over in their graves to see the concepts in this document
twisted beyond any recognition of their original intent. It is a further
outrage that the heroes in our military, proudly wearing their respective
uniforms are being singled out by screeners for more intense scrutiny. That is
ludicrous, even for government workers.
The facts are
clear. It is men in their 20s-40s of Middle Eastern descent that have
waged this war of terrorism against the United States and continue to do so. We
need to profile anyone and everyone who fits that description. Indeed lets
expand it to include women and older teens. Anyone who claims profiling is
NOT constitutional would benefit from actually reading our U.S. Constitution.
The people screaming the loudest against profiling, no doubt have never
even read the Constitution, let alone studied it, or delved into its original
intent. These are also the first people who would be raving about
ineffective screening at airports if their loved ones went down in a terrorist
crash. Americans take back YOUR country from the politically correct who care
nothing for this country. They care only for what would benefit them and
whatever agenda they have.
And by the way,
my grandmother and all 12 of her brothers and sisters immigrated to this
country in the early 1900s. They endured disgusting and filthy conditions in
"steerage" of the ships they arrived on. They had to go through Ellis
Island where they were treated worse than cattle, and in some cases had to go
through Ellis Island twice. No one cared that they had already gone through
once a few months earlier. They were happy to endure this and more than I
can mention to move here and become United States citizens. It was the
proudest day of their lives when they became legal citizens.
Americans, STOP
WHINING. Stop believing the mindless drivel spewed on most of the major networks
and news publications. STOP having a victim mentality. It took boundless
courage to form this great country, but it takes courage to KEEP this country
as it was founded and as it was originally intended to be. If the citizens
of this country contacted all their elected representatives and INSISTED that
profiling be implemented, that common sense rule, that our military heroes were
treated with respect and honor, it would happen. We, as the people of this
Republic have ALLLLL the power. Lets start using it and stop acting like a
bunch of lazy sheep being herded around by imbeciles. We need to hold the
government and its workers making these decisions accountable to US, the
people of this great Republic. How do we do this? Contact all of your elected officials, make
your opinions known and VOTE in every election. And vote intelligently. Take the time to learn the voting records
of incumbents, take the time to find out where those running for offices stand
on issues that concern the well-being of our great country. Don’t rely on the
T.V. and advertisements that those running for office pay for. Do a little
homework. The time you invest in this will have payoffs greater than you can
imagine. Payoffs that will strengthen this country long after we are gone, and
our children and grandchildren will benefit from it.
Stand Up and be
COUNTED.