Our great Republic, our nation, is in deep trouble. Not the least of those troubles comes from Americans not understanding our system of government. How can they when most of our elected officials and media types refer to America as a Democracy?
We do not live in a Democracy, even though our so-called leaders wish we did. We live in a Republic; as in “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands…”
In a nutshell, a Republic is a government ruled by law and a Democracy is “majority rules.” Traditionally, a Democracy is a very unstable form of government while a Republic is much more stable.
We will cover more of this later, but for now, let me just say that our Republic is in serious trouble.
The foundation of our Republic is the Constitution and that document and the principles for which it stands are in enormous danger. As I write these words it is March 2, 1008. We are in the middle of a political race to determine who will be the next president of these United States. Will it be Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Sidney McCain III or Mike Huckabee?
The question in my mind is, is any one of these candidates suited to become the next president? First, Obama, Clinton and McCain are all sitting Senators. Why are they out campaigning for higher office while still hauling in an inflated, bloated, ridiculous salary footed by we the taxpayers? How many Senate votes and debates have they missed as they scramble for more power? We could go a long way in preserving our Republic by requiring any office holder who seeks to gain a higher office to first resign from his current office.
Obama and Clinton both want “universal health care” for all Americans. Nowhere in the Constitution is health care mentioned. According to the 10th Amendment, any powers not specifically granted to the federal government by the states, is reserved for the states or the people respectively. That means, quite simply, that if a particular state wants to use state funds to provide health care for its citizens, it can. But the federal government is forbidden due to the 10th Amendment.
Even worse, Obama and Clinton intend to make their universal health care plans MANDATORY. Clinton has even said she would approve of wage garnishment for anyone reluctant to join.
McCain co-sponsored the McCain/Feingold campaign finance act which took a huge chunk out of the 1st Amendment which guarantees all of us freedom of speech.
If any one of the three, McCain, Clinton or Obama is elected president he or she will be required to take an oath. The oath, as prescribed by the Constitution itself, says: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
McCain has already violated the Constitution and Obama and Clinton are chomping at the bit for their chance. A refreshing step toward upholding our Republic would be for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to refuse to administer the Presidential Oath of Office to anyone who has already pledged to violate that oath in order to get elected.
Clinton is a liberal (Socialist?) and Obama is even further left than she. In fact, if Obama took one step further to the left he would be in danger of falling off the world. But is McCain a liberal as well? I’ll let my 86-year-old mother answer that. She is a die-hard, card-carrying union member as well as a life-long Democrat and she told me last week she will vote for McCain before she sees a black man become president. She says there is something sneaky about him. She doesn’t like Hillary either because the shrillness of her voice gives her a headache.
We do not live in a Democracy, even though our so-called leaders wish we did. We live in a Republic; as in “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands…”
In a nutshell, a Republic is a government ruled by law and a Democracy is “majority rules.” Traditionally, a Democracy is a very unstable form of government while a Republic is much more stable.
We will cover more of this later, but for now, let me just say that our Republic is in serious trouble.
The foundation of our Republic is the Constitution and that document and the principles for which it stands are in enormous danger. As I write these words it is March 2, 1008. We are in the middle of a political race to determine who will be the next president of these United States. Will it be Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Sidney McCain III or Mike Huckabee?
The question in my mind is, is any one of these candidates suited to become the next president? First, Obama, Clinton and McCain are all sitting Senators. Why are they out campaigning for higher office while still hauling in an inflated, bloated, ridiculous salary footed by we the taxpayers? How many Senate votes and debates have they missed as they scramble for more power? We could go a long way in preserving our Republic by requiring any office holder who seeks to gain a higher office to first resign from his current office.
Obama and Clinton both want “universal health care” for all Americans. Nowhere in the Constitution is health care mentioned. According to the 10th Amendment, any powers not specifically granted to the federal government by the states, is reserved for the states or the people respectively. That means, quite simply, that if a particular state wants to use state funds to provide health care for its citizens, it can. But the federal government is forbidden due to the 10th Amendment.
Even worse, Obama and Clinton intend to make their universal health care plans MANDATORY. Clinton has even said she would approve of wage garnishment for anyone reluctant to join.
McCain co-sponsored the McCain/Feingold campaign finance act which took a huge chunk out of the 1st Amendment which guarantees all of us freedom of speech.
If any one of the three, McCain, Clinton or Obama is elected president he or she will be required to take an oath. The oath, as prescribed by the Constitution itself, says: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
McCain has already violated the Constitution and Obama and Clinton are chomping at the bit for their chance. A refreshing step toward upholding our Republic would be for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to refuse to administer the Presidential Oath of Office to anyone who has already pledged to violate that oath in order to get elected.
Clinton is a liberal (Socialist?) and Obama is even further left than she. In fact, if Obama took one step further to the left he would be in danger of falling off the world. But is McCain a liberal as well? I’ll let my 86-year-old mother answer that. She is a die-hard, card-carrying union member as well as a life-long Democrat and she told me last week she will vote for McCain before she sees a black man become president. She says there is something sneaky about him. She doesn’t like Hillary either because the shrillness of her voice gives her a headache.
