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- Welcome! 10:22pm Aug 6|22 Comments
J. R. Wilson
RE: Audit of the Federal Reserve.
There are currently two bills being reviewed in the House and the Senate and they are (finally) gaining steam on both sides of the aisle.
Ron Paul (R-TX) now has 245 co-sponsors for HR1207, which requires an audit of the Fed by the General Accounting Office (GAO) with strict reporting requirements to congress. There is a similar bill in the Senate (S604) sponsored by Benard Sanders (I-VT) requiring the same audit and reporting structure.
PLEASE contact your congressman and senator and ask them to support (or sign on as co-sponsors) for these bills!
A full audit of the Federal Reserve will truly tell us where our money is!
Kell at 8:30am July 2
Typical conspiracy theory BS. The fed is already audited annually. This is just the kind of thing that polititions waste their time with instead of focusing on real issues. Please spend about 5 minutes looking into this issue before you attempt to respond.
Laura at 8:01pm July 5
Just curious - the annual audit that Mr. Mercer references above, who conducts this audit? The Federal Reserve Banks are audited but I believe laws are in place that prohibit Congress from auditing the Federal Reserve - a VERY powerful and ever growing, unchecked giant.
Lenny
I have a question: In most folk interpretation what does the Due Process and Equal protection specifically mean: in the, XIV. 1(1868) citizen privileges against any state passing laws which shall abridge the privileges or immunities – no state to deprive of life, liberty, property w/o due process, nor deny equal protection of laws.
Just curious, I will not be able to respond to any comments for I have been blocked, for being too rude. I wanted to get a broad idea of what people think that Due process and Equal protection, specifically protects. Which over the years has protected citizens from laws that would be by today's standards repugnant: i.e. discrimination of public schools due to race, women the right to have certain occupations, freedom to raise your children as you see fit ( sans, criminal negligence) without the states interference, to buy birth control... none of these are specifically protected in the Constitution, except under Due Process and Equal protection.
Jeannie at 2:01pm July 2
I agree you Matt, I think. I believe that everyone should be allowed to marry who they want, but I think the church should retain the right to perform only the marriages they choose. I don't see a need to give them different names: you get marriage, you get only civil unions.
Kell at 2:19pm July 2
I agree with that much of what Matt said. I doin't think the governement should/could ever require a church to perform any particular marriage.
Jeff Engelmann
The Constitution was intended to LIMIT the powers of government, not to empower government to do anything not specifically spelled out in the Constitution. For the past century the constitution has been subverted by those who would give government unlimited power.
Power corrupts, and that was the defining philosophy behind that great document. The framers recognized that every state eventually becomes corrupted by those who crave power, whatever their aims might be, however benevolent they might believe their goals to be.
To understand just how endangered our constitutional republic is today, learn about Saul Alinsky and discover the real political philosophy behind Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, et al. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_R
Then pick up a copy of Glenn Beck's Common Sense. It is NOT a pro republican screed; it spanks both parties for what they have done to elevate the state above the people.
Jeannie at 2:20pm July 2
i mean, he was a commentator, not a reporter... btw, I think we need some ratings so people know if they are listening to fact checkers or not when presented with info in a news format.
Laura at 7:04pm July 5
You should spend a few nights and watch Beck - it's full of facts. If you don't believe what he's reporting - check the facts yourself. I did! and learned that he has a credible research team.
Jason
The government's never going to actually realize what it's doing. All of its increasing erosion of the constitution stems from the government no longer trusting its people because of a few radicals (e.g. Tim McVeigh) who make "the people" look bad.
The government honestly thinks it can stop every terrorist that will inevitably crop up now and then. Otherwise, they would realize that a couple terrorist acts every now and then are going to happen regardless of what regulations are put in place. But no, they refuse to accept this hard fact. In the end, they're only screwing themselves over because clearly, "the people" no longer trust their own government and we will fight for what our nation is supposed to represent if/when we have to.
The only real question is, "Are we willing to fight, quite possibly die, for what we believe in when the time comes?"
Joe Coleman The Sailor's Creed says "...I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America." By default, that means to the death. It irks me when our Constitution is not even being applied in our own country in many cases yet we are on the hook to spread the ideals of democracy overseas. Many of the GTMO prisoners are legally as "innocent" as you or me, having never been convicted, or even charged with a crime yet have been in prison for 6 years or more. Constitutional preservation IS a matter of NATIONAL SECURITY. So vote often, exercise free speech, free assembly, buy a gun simply because you can and don't let the police search without a warrant.
Carla Miller God bless our Country and our Constitution. That our fore Fathers gave us. We can not let this beautiful U.S.A. just get slamed by other countries. and stand by our rights
Kell at 10:08am June 19
Too funny.
Jeannie LeBlanc Moss
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Joshua at 8:55pm June 18
You know, there are two issues that I can't give a definite answer to. Abortion, and gay marriage. While on the one hand, I refuse to say that I support it, I also refuse to say that I don't think it should be legalized. While it is something, like abortion, that I will never take part in, it is something, like abortion, that my dislike of is based on my religious beliefs, and I don't feel right forcing my beliefs on others. But I have to say, it is a persuasive legal argument.
Joshua at 8:16pm June 18
What other questions have you asked? I would be happy to answer.
(By the way, when people are civil to me, you can ask me anything, and I will answer. If you act like an ass, I will evade. Sorry.)
(By the way, when people are civil to me, you can ask me anything, and I will answer. If you act like an ass, I will evade. Sorry.)
Joshua at 8:24pm June 18
Actually, I agree with you. I don't think it is a good use of time just to placate a certain group and make a point in front of cameras. However, if you are going to call him on it, how come no one is calling all the other people that do it on the carpet? Like that resolution today, apologizing for slavery? No one that was responsible for slavery is alive today. IT IS TOO LATE. I think that was a bigger waste of time, but still a waste.
Wanda Harms EVERYONE SHOULD RE-LEARN THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT ACTUALLY SAYS AND MEANS!!!!!!!!!!!
Kevin Shelton Are we really one nation under GOD or the Government!!
Kell at 5:55pm June 17
There is also room for atheists under the constitution.
Lenny at 8:40am June 18
Yes, a nation under the god of your choice even if that god is no god.
Joshua Ingram
Here's a question: How many people in here would like for the rude people (you know who you are) to either shut up or learn civility? It's just an idea, and now I've made myself a target, but that's okay. I have no problem being shot at.
You rude people are on notice: Some of us might not have perfect spelling or exceptional typing skills, but we have the same abilities to discuss the Constitution as you do. So learn some civility, and learn some of the tolerance that you so loudly proclaim.
Wanda at 4:53pm June 17
CAN'T WE JUST ALL GET ALONG!! :+) EVERY ONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINION, THAT IS IN THE CONSTITUTION, BUT PLEASE BE NICE ABOUT IT.
Joshua at 6:56pm June 18
I have never said it is right to support the President. I have, however, said from the beginning that while it is okay to question the ideas and policies of anyone, it is not okay to make fun of them or be rude to them, or make rude assertions that have no basis in fact.
Lenny New question of the Day. My fellow Americas how many agree with Chief Justice Warren Declaration...? "The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men. Marriage is one of the BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS of MAN, fundamental to our very existence and survival" ... Your thoughts
Lenny Can the Government say we are Christian Nation without establishing or implying a Christian national religion? Nation=National,... Establishment clause states:the government will not have or promote a national religion, so under the US Constitution we are not a Christian Nation and should never claim to be.
Joshua at 7:31pm June 18
Saying that we are a Christian nation does not imply an established religion, except to people who are looking for a reason to complain. Since you have fit that description since I got here, I am not surprised you have a problem with this. But maybe you should just try doing what the best complainer I know, my five-year-old nephew, does when he has... Read More a problem. The only problem is, I don't know how far a hissy fit will get you with your Senator or Congressman...
By the way, for all those who have noticed that I was the guy who complained about the rudeness, and now I'm being exceptionally rude, Mr. Mayeux emailed me privately to continue trying to convince me to see his point of view. After repeating the same thing over and over again, that my heart's desire was for the States to be able to infringe the rights of everyone, I told him he had succeeded in making an enemy. I will try to refrain from being rude to everyone else, but I will be nothing but rude to Mr. Mayeux.
By the way, for all those who have noticed that I was the guy who complained about the rudeness, and now I'm being exceptionally rude, Mr. Mayeux emailed me privately to continue trying to convince me to see his point of view. After repeating the same thing over and over again, that my heart's desire was for the States to be able to infringe the rights of everyone, I told him he had succeeded in making an enemy. I will try to refrain from being rude to everyone else, but I will be nothing but rude to Mr. Mayeux.
Joshua at 7:34pm June 18
And no, I did not fight for this country. I weighed too much in high school, and they wouldn't take me. I have decided to attempt to lose a lot of weight over the summer, and request admittance to the Army ROTC program at Missouri State University. And, by the way, thank you for your service, Mr. Mayeux.
Margie Laupheimer
Don't mess with the Constitution because those in power will blenderize it beyond recognition if given half a chance. (Our past administrations and Congresses have done enough of a number on it.)
There are a few things in it that need serious tweaking, though, to insure our liberty and sovereignty..... just NOT NOW!
(Probably never without the shedding of blood but that's another story.)
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Jeannie at 4:44pm June 17
I dig Ron Paul, but some of his his big ideas are really not practical. I do like that he gets dialogue going, but really (taken from his platform): He would eliminate many federal government agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Education,[73] the U.S. Department of Energy, the US Department of Commerce,[74] the US Department of Health and ... Read MoreHuman Services,[74] the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Administration, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Internal Revenue Service,[75] calling them "unnecessary bureaucracies." Seems a bit much to me.
Joshua at 8:15pm June 18
I have a question. Why does it matter that he's a Mason? Is that supposed to make him more electable?
Alonzo Barnes Our Constitution and all in it were give us by the Blood of Saints, and They sought the Heart and Will of Our God. For They Were Spirit Lead. Men of Honor. and Service. Just Like The Bible. This Constitution Was Inspired By The Spirit of God= Truth. and Any Who Stand In It and Fall. Become The Grapes of Wrath. That Are Stored at The Foot Of The Thrown Of Our God. For The Day Of Wrath. for This Is The Honor and Faith Of His Saints.
Richard at 11:41am June 19
What the hell did I just read? Something about being stoned by the grapes of wrath?
Kell at 11:43am June 19
You'll never be able to figure it out. And Mr. Barnes don't come around here no more to explain.
Alan Hamilton How fitting that those who give the least effort, and accordingly have the least in life, resent a constititution and free enterprise system that allows each of us the freedom to work hard, sacrifice and one day enjoy the rewards of our efforts. The " I want what you have, but I shouldn't have to give what you give to get it" crowd fears free enterprise and freedom from government interference because it exposes their unwillingness to take ownership of their chosen path in life. Class envy abounds and those who have earned their mediocrity will always resent those who earn prosperity.
Rebecca at 4:31pm June 15
Typical post from an envying class. Nothing is the fault of people who make a shitload of money for being born into a rich family. The real threat to The Constitution is the people (read: people of color) who want what I have, or more likely, what I *want* to have. They are just lazy slobs, where as I work my ass of every day. (But really I'm ... Read Moreonly talking about the n--ggers, cuz they are lazy. The Mexicans work hard, but they're stealing my jobs cuz they charge less).
But still, Capitalism is the best, even though that's what allows "darkies" to steal my job. But that doesn't matter because anything that protects my job is "protectionism" or "socialism" or "unions." And everything I don't understand is socialism or evil! So I'll bitch and keep voting for those fuckers who keep sending our jobs overseas, while cutting my pension and health care, because that's what's good for MERKIA!
But still, Capitalism is the best, even though that's what allows "darkies" to steal my job. But that doesn't matter because anything that protects my job is "protectionism" or "socialism" or "unions." And everything I don't understand is socialism or evil! So I'll bitch and keep voting for those fuckers who keep sending our jobs overseas, while cutting my pension and health care, because that's what's good for MERKIA!
Richard at 10:24pm June 18
Alan, I am not politically savvy in the least bit. I admit some ignorance, but what you just said is the stuff of nightmares.
Kelly Grant
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Lynn at 7:11am June 13
It really is. Time to get a little less cordial than they're used to. The Constitution is NOT to be messed with.
Lenny at 12:34pm June 16
not According to the framers who left in a mechanism for changing and amending the document!
Lynn, if you really believe that then you should give up your right to vote which was not afforded to women until 1920. That was the argument that people had during suffrage, that the Constitution should not be messed with. I don't know I think giving the right to vote to women ( a liberal ideal) was a pretty good thing, no?
Lynn, if you really believe that then you should give up your right to vote which was not afforded to women until 1920. That was the argument that people had during suffrage, that the Constitution should not be messed with. I don't know I think giving the right to vote to women ( a liberal ideal) was a pretty good thing, no?
Lynn A Ewing
Just what is he so scared of? Why can't he just leave everything alone and let us be Americans? I don't think I'm going to enjoy living in Czarmerica. I don't need anyone controlling my every move, every waking hour. I've been in my clothes for more than one dance and I can take care of myself. And what the heck do we need all those Czars for? Talk about not knowing what the other hand is doing. This way he can blame them when the proverbial crap hits the proverbial fan and his hands are clean.
The Constitution is NOT to be messed with! It is a living, breathing historical document and we love it.
Lenny at 11:52am June 17
Not to messed with what do you think amendments are? These are ratified changes, so in your mind the 19th amendment ratified on August 18, 1920, giving women the right to vote should not have happened? Or once you got your changes, refused equal rights and intelligent growth for the rest of the citizenry? If it was designed not be changed why did the framers allow for change?
Matt at 10:13am June 30
Did you just equate giving women the right to vote with ending trial by jury? Extending constitutional protection of citizens rights is different than stripping them away.
Laura at 7:29pm July 5
Mr. Hunter - intelligent post. Keep them coming!
Stacy Stiltner People..You Loved what this Country was!,,Not what it has Become..I cant love What it has become and where it is heading. This So called Goverment we have..What goverment..ZARMENT?...We dont have no goverment anymore. Its totaly out of controll..If we the people dont stand up for what we know is right..we fail not only ourselvs, but the thousands of men and women who gave all to protect just what They..the goverment ZARs are slowley taking away..
Timothy Miller This country needs an uprising to show our government that the consitution still means something and is not simply a suggestion.
Kell at 6:29pm June 15
Just what kind of "uprising" are you advocating, Mr. Miller? And what would that prove about our constitution? Wouldn't a more logical approach to demonstrate the strength be a general election? And it seems to me that your point of view did not prevail in the last general election. Are you suggesting that our constitutional form of government is not working? Isn't that ironic?
Ingrid Herrington Dean Two things: Don't mess with Texas and don't mess with the CONSTITUTION!!!
Heidi Petro I Love My Country! My question is can I stop fearing my government!
Rebecca at 4:51pm June 15
Depends...did you fear your government in November? If not, than you're probably afraid because a black middle-of-the-road Democrat is President. If you were afraid of our government for the past 7-8 years...you can relax a bit.
Talitha Mikel Musacchio Now I do not believe I would ever say this about anything in direct connection to facebook, but . . . "Now this is American!"
Timothy Coates
No matter how bad it gets, the United States is still the greatest nation on earth!
Of course everyone knows we are in a recession and I have two points that I would like to make: #1 I believe the recession has become much worse because of the news media. As a matter of fact I am a small part of the media. If the press would have reported, but downplayed it, I wouldn't have even known that we have a recession. Wasn't it FDR that said: "That all we have to fear is fear itself"?
2 There is a simple answer to all of this. If government would put across the board, much higher tarriff's on ALL imports, we could really reduce taxes, not a few pennies here or there. Put all Americans on a level playing field and watch the factories open back up, people go back to work, and the American dream will be within reach of all of us again! We have the natural resources, the technologies and abilties. We American's are just waiting for our chance.
God bless America! Timothy Coates.
Rebecca at 5:00pm June 15
Stacy, you can't buy American if nothing is actually produced in America. Assembling items that were manufactured elsewhere doesn't count...even if it's labeled as "Made in the USA" (wrong and misleading..but legal.) Timothy is correct. Import tariffs are the way to go. If it cost more to import their products, companies (American, even!) will ... Read Morestart manufacturing and employing here. It worked until Reagan dismantled it in the 80's. No reason it won't work now. (Even though members of the previous administration are hiring themselves out to China to tell them how to overcommitment our import rules.)
Laura at 7:38pm July 5
Rebecca, not sure what your last sentence means. Please read about Tariff's and FDR - how historians agree that increasing Tariff's was one of the leading causes of the great depression. Then look at the prosperity of this country in the 80's during Reagan years. Do you have any historical evidence that imposing Tariff's on imports = prosperity? Please share.
Brian Chapman Government, whether state, local or national, is an agency for defending life, liberty and property and not a force for the redistribution of wealth or the conferring of economic favors. -H. Verlan Andersen-
Lynn A Ewing It seems politicians forget one thing--WE THE PEOPLE pay their salaries. They're suppose to listen to us and work with us, not ignore us and do whatever the heck they want to do with our money. Career politicians are corrupt and greedy anymore. Time for some major housecleaning!
Mike at 4:22pm May 25
its time for revolution! We the people need to rise up and show the greedy corporations and politicians that we the people mean business!
Lenny at 5:34pm June 17
What is the premise of the revolution? To put an end to a democratic -republic? Stop letting the people vote for their representation in government? Is this like the 26th of July movement from Fidel, you want a new Dictator?
WE THE PEOPLE pay their salaries, yes "WE" not YOU pay their salaries. Maybe they are doing what the majority wants, since the majority voted them into office.
WE THE PEOPLE pay their salaries, yes "WE" not YOU pay their salaries. Maybe they are doing what the majority wants, since the majority voted them into office.
Laura at 7:41pm July 5
Now let's educate the majority so we have real representation; not celebrities.
Chris Rowan God Bless America? I find that throwaway phrase so annoying. Deities don't give special treatment to countries. That type of bigoted thinking just creates friction. God bless the whole world!
Kevin at 1:17pm May 29
America was founded on Enlightenment humanist principles...show me one mention of Christianity in the US Constitution. Oh, you can't because there isn't one! What are Christian principles anyway? Keeping slaves? Women keeping their mouths shut, doing as they're told by their husbands? Eating children and dung? Offering up your daughters to be ... Read Moregang raped? All of 'em are in the Holy Bible. Your religion has no place in our government. CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCIZE THEREOF.
Kyla at 4:31am June 4
"Or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." that means that anyone, government employee, lowly worker, billionaire, or President of the United States, can express religious thoughts and feelings.
The Founding Fathers were Christian, the vast majority of them anyway. I will say, Kevin, that the Constitution doesn't say God, but the principles expressed in it have many Biblical foundations.
Now, I am not one of the theocracy proponents, but I do think we need to acknowledge that yes, we do have some Christian principles in our background.... Read More
And just for the record, Kevin- many of those things were in the Law books, not in the New Testament, where we find salvation by grace. And Lot offered his daughters to the men, not God. It was not Biblical at all!
Just thought I'd throw that out there. ;)
The Founding Fathers were Christian, the vast majority of them anyway. I will say, Kevin, that the Constitution doesn't say God, but the principles expressed in it have many Biblical foundations.
Now, I am not one of the theocracy proponents, but I do think we need to acknowledge that yes, we do have some Christian principles in our background.... Read More
And just for the record, Kevin- many of those things were in the Law books, not in the New Testament, where we find salvation by grace. And Lot offered his daughters to the men, not God. It was not Biblical at all!
Just thought I'd throw that out there. ;)
Brad If anyone needs a copy of The Constitution, my Representative, Dr. Ron Paul will provide you one at no cost. He carries one at all times.
Kell at 3:11pm June 16
Mr. Mayeaux, if you had carefully read Mr. Brown's post, you would know that D.R Paul carries exactly one "at all times." Thus, upon handing one copy over to you, he would still have one copy. He cannot have more than one, but he also cannot have less than one. That is obviously what Mr. Brown meant by "He carries one at all times." His ... Read Moreapparent perpetual (and regenerative) source of a single copy of the constitution is masonic in nature and should not be questioned -- not by the likes of you, anyway.
Lenny at 12:22am June 17
Mr. Mercer, I must first apologize to both you and Brad. I had totally forgotten about the Masonic Grand pooh ba Constitution regeneration powers, which, I'm without a doubt, are wielded by Dr. Paul with great skill and accuracy.
Peggy Datoli i AM A TRUE BLUE AMERICAN----GIVE ME THE LIBERTY BEFORE I GO BROKE!!!!!!!