How to Read

How to Read

With all of the progressive politicians, their propaganda media outlets, and useful idiots out there that are having such a hard time understanding the 2^nd Amendment lately, perhaps it’s time for people to go back to basics and learn how to read. Evidently they have forgotten how. Maybe they weren’t taught how to read properly way back in grade school in the first place. Whatever the reason, it is dumbfounding to watch people who actually swear to uphold and defend the Constitution for the United States trip all over themselves stretching for any possible way to deny that the 2^nd Amendment means what it actually says. It’s only one sentence for crying out loud! Seriously, how hard can it be?  If you’ve gotten this far in the paragraph, there is hope for you, but processing letters into words isn’t quite enough. So without further ado (that means “delay” for you illiterate gun grabbers), lets learn how to read. The key to reading is not only knowing the meaning of individual words, but the context of them within each sentence, paragraph, and work as a whole. Here we go.

The 2^nd Amendment is a part of the Bill of Rights. That is basically the “top ten” list of demands that the states required in order to ratify (that means accept or agree to for you gun grabbers) the Constitution for the United States. The Constitution provided the structure for a federal government. The Bill of Rights was the list of protections against it growing outside of that structure. You see, it was the states that authorized the constitution, not the other way around. Each state was sovereign (that means they each created and enforced their own laws independently). The Bill of Rights and therefore the 2^nd Amendment were put in place to contain the federal government and protect the states and the people from a repeat of what they had just gone through. For a quick refresher on that was, please research the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War. I’ll bottom line it for the gun grabbers who may not have stayed awake in history class and likely will not put forth the effort now either. The King of England was a tyrant and the colonies weren’t going to take it anymore. They “Declared” their independence from the crown on the authority of God’s natural order and the King declared war on them. We won.

So with the context in mind of the 2^nd Amendment being demanded by the states as a means of defense against tyranny, we are ready to read that little sentence that has caused such consternation (that’s a feeling of alarm, confusion, or dismay for the dim witted libtards out there). Here is it. “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.” There, was that so hard?

Contextual points of special note:

Because the 2^nd Amendment is a demand from the states not a structure of the federal government, the words “regulate” and “militia” are not directives or structures for the federal government to base laws upon. They are for the states and the people. Furthermore, the definition of the word “militia” is all able bodied people 18 years and older. The word “militia” is not the same as the word “military”. A military is conscripted, commanded, paid, trained, and equipped by government, not to mention specifically authorized in Article I of the Constitution. A military is an official structure within the federal government. A militia is not conscripted, not paid, and is not trained or equipped by the government. The militia is not commanded by the federal government; and not even by the states except in case of emergency when each state governor can call forth the militia as needed.

Since the militia is the people and they are not paid, trained, and most importantly not equipped by any government, it follows that the word “regulate” in the 2^nd Amendment is something the people must out of necessity do for themselves. That is why after that little comma in the sentence, the 2^nd Amendment states that the right is of “the people”. No one else does it for us. We must equip and train; we must regulate ourselves.

This “well regulated militia” is “necessary for the security of a free state”. The most important two words in that last phrase are “free state”. We don’t live in a police state. Well, we aren’t supposed to. Someone should tell that to the TSA. Anyway, the government secures your security in a police state. They are the ones with the guns and you are the helpless little prole. We live in a free state. In a free state you are responsible for your own security.

Because you are responsible for your own security, “the people” is the phrase that is used. It isn’t the military, or the local sheriff, or the weasels in Washington DC. It’s you, the people. Inside our borders, in each state, in our cities towns, and homes, we the people are supposed to provide for our own security.

Thus, the need to keep and bear arms. As simple as it may sound, some people still don’t get even this little phrase. To keep means not just to possess, but to own permanently. To bear means to hold in your hand and or carry on your person. You know, like in a holster on your hip or a sling over your back. You actually have a right to do that. Neat huh?

The word “right” is used to denote from whence said power is derived. It is a condition given by God not granted by government. The Declaration of Independence used the phrase “endowed by their Creator” for a reason. Rights come from God. The 2^nd Amendment is a right and you should not have to ask permission or exception to do something your Creator blessed you with at birth.

So there you have it. If you followed the flow of context from the Declaration of Independence, to the structure of the Constitution, to the Bill of Rights, and read all of the words in that little sentence in context, you now know what the 2^nd Amendment says and means.

The Second Amendment

The Second Amendment

“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.”

The Second Amendment is a single sentence and a simple one at that. So, why are so many people and politicians unclear on what it says? A lot of politicians would rather you didn’t know and their useful idiot supporters are all too eager to spout off all kinds of nonsense to muddy the water. Perhaps some people really don’t know though so, here is a brief word by word breakdown of what the Second Amendment says and means.

Well Regulated: predictable, working, practiced, equipped, ready

Militia: volunteer unpaid civilians 18 year or older who equip and train themselves (not military, that is different and separately covered under article 1)

Necessary: required, something that you must have

Security: to guard, to keep safe from harm and to be ready to do so, to possess a state of being

Free State: a people not governed by force but by their own personal responsibility that is an integral part of liberty, not a police state

“,” : Very important! A comma in a sentence distinguishes two separate thoughts that are a part of a whole. In this case the comma separates the reason for the right from the declaration of the right and the protection provided for it.

Right: pre-existing condition bestowed by God

The People: everybody, not limited to police, or military, or even just the volunteer militia,

To Keep: to permanently posses, to own

Bear: to carry, to have with you on your person, to have in hand

Arms: any means of defense, Examples include but are not limited to guns, knives, swords, clubs, bows, spears, axes, etc.

Shall Not: legal imperative phrase commanding that no action be taken

Infringed: to impose upon, to violate boundary, to impair, or make difficult

Paraphrased right: Because we do not live in a police state but each have the personal responsibility to maintain our own liberty and care for ourselves and others independently, no-one is allowed to prevent us from owning, possessing, and carrying on our person any means necessary to remain alive and free.

The Second Amendment is not about hunting or any kind of sport or collectors hobby.  It is the lifeblood of liberty. Exercise your right today and keep freedom alive for tomorrow.

Self Governance

Self Governance

A little over two centuries ago, the founding fathers of the Unites States of America championed an ideal that founded the greatest nation on Earth. They dared to declare themselves not only independent from a king in a distant land, but to insist that the people would govern for themselves. The total corruption of all three branches of our government, it’s recent abandonment of our constitution, and complete lack of integrity our nation’s highest court have called that ideal back into question for some.

People absolutely are capable of self governance... within the framework of a constitutional republic which is rule by law and by a people who adhere to basic moral standards. John Adams, second president of the United States, was asked what kind of constitution we had. His reply was that, “the Constitution for the United States was written for a moral and upright people and is wholly inadequate for the governance of any other”. That is what makes self governance work. As a constitutional republic of “moral and upright people”, the United States was the world's most successful self governing nation for a couple of centuries. We managed to remain free, save large portions of the rest of the world from tyranny, achieve the highest standard of living in the world, the highest levels of technology, and we were the world’s lone economic and military superpower.

Anyone upset about the use of past tense in that last paragraph needs to stop and take a candid look around you. We are not the moral nation we once were and we are paying the price for abandoning our founding principles. The lie of democracy has taken root in the immorality of hedonism. “If it feels good do it” has translated into “if you want it vote for it” no matter whether it is wrong or unconstitutional or violates the very founding principles of our nation. That is the difference between a functioning constitutional republic and the free-for-all lawlessness of a democracy.

Under the lawlessness that is the mob mentality of a democracy, nothing long will stand. This ultimately immoral system of rule by influenced popular whims has now led to an oligarchy here. The imposing authorities push the buttons of useful idiots to sway popular opinions and thus gain excuse to impose any tyranny that the latest “crisis” is manufactured to obtain.

Economically, this has resulted in limitless government spending asked for and or allowed by a public that has traded its self sufficient heritage for dependent expectation on a government that simply isn’t capable of meeting its needs. We have witnessed an exponential explosion of debt that is 16 trillion and climbing. That is more than the annual GDP of the entire United States. Additionally, the strain to comply with the unconstitutional reach of government regulations in private business has resulted in an economic climate that is openly hostile to new businesses which are the life blood of our economy.

On the moral front, this means nothing less than the loss of our most cherished freedoms. Chaplains in the military are being barred from public prayer in violation of the first amendment’s protection against any such prohibition. Groups of people must gain approval and even pay for permission to exercise their first amendment right to “peaceably assemble to petition their government for a redress of grievances” in the nation’s capitol. Gun owners are vilified by the attorney general and his boss the Marxist in chief who both swore an oath to preserve, protect, and defend not just the second amendment, but the entire Constitution for the United States. The TSA and DHS, America’s version of the Nazi Gestapo and SS, violate people’s fourth amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure and that without a warrant on a daily basis. The latest National Defense Authorization act contains a provision that violates rights to legal counsel, trial by jury, and excessive bail. Now, the government that used to be “of the people” is employing military grade drones to spy on us from the sky.

Freedom has quietly died.

To be self governing you first have to have and adhere to moral and upright principles. Sadly, most people just don’t have those any more. It isn’t the practice of self governance that has failed. It is the abandonment of the principles of that system that has failed.

Go back and read the history of how kings, dictators, and tyrants have subjugated whole nations of people and killed millions. Maybe you weren’t taught that kind of vitally important history in school. The government has stripped so much of what we once were from our education system. Do it on your own. No one else can learn it for you. Read again about the United States own humble beginnings, our Declaration of Independence based on the firm reliance on the divine providence of our Creator God, the Constitution for the United States, and the Bill of Rights. Read the Bible. Grow a spine and stand for what is right. It is the only way self governance works.

Lawless

Lawless

Lawless: That is what Amerika is now. I usually make sure to use the name “United States of America”, but after this week, any idea that we were a union of sovereign states went up in Supreme Court smoke.  First the Supreme Court “ruled” that Arizona didn’t have enough sovereignty to police its own borders, and now today it upheld federally mandated healthcare that more than half the states were suing to stop. The Supreme Court has decided against state sovereignty twice in one week.

But wait there’s more!

Judas Roberts… sorry, “Justice” Roberts shocked constitutional conservatives today by a stunning betrayal, performing legal wording acrobatics that twisted constitutional logic like a carnival pretzel. He used a lot of words, but the bottom line is that he upheld Obamacare today by substituting the word “tax” for the word “mandate”. His convoluted explanation for this was that while congress does not have the authority to mandate that people buy something, they can make people pay for it so long as they use the word “tax” to do it. Ever seen a street con-man running a shell game with some nut shells and a little ball? That’s what happened at the Supreme Court today. Amerika got conned.

When you get conned you usually lose something. What we lost today was the rule of law. Our most basic law is the Constitution and nowhere in it was the federal government given the authority to do the kinds things it has been doing for the last several years. Originally it was called The Constitution for the United States because it was originally a bunch of states who were trying to figure out how to best unify while keeping their sovereignty intact. It was for the states, not imposed on them. The states empowered the federal government with only a limited amount of power and retained the rest for themselves. It worked great for a couple of hundred years. (The Civil War happened after the South lawfully seceded by unanimous vote of congress).

Today though marks a new day in Amerika. Today the federal government can force individuals and States to do anything or stop us from doing anything it wants regardless of what the old irrelevant constitution has to say about it. There is a Marxist in the Whitehouse, a traitor at the head of the Supreme Court, and a congress that couldn’t keep its own lust for power in check if they were forced to watch the Star Wars clip of Chancellor Palpatine turning Anakin Skywalker to the dark side every day.

A wise man once said “All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing”. In November, it is going to take a heck of a lot of good men and women voting for people who want to live in a free Constitutional Republic. Failing that, we are witnessing the end of the Republic. May God have mercy on our souls.

Disillusioned Tea Party Patriots

Disillusionment: loss of false belief, disappointment caused by a frustrated ideal that fails

Almost a year ago in November of 2010, a surge of popular dissent from people who were sick and tired of being lied to and ignored resulted in a historic shift of power in the House of Representatives. Now, one election by itself (even the biggest change in a generation) isn’t enough when you only change about 70 seats in a 535 member congress, but it certainly was enough to apply the brakes in a big way.

Or was it? Even the most conservative of Tennessee’s representatives, Marsha Blackburn, and tea party freshman, Dianne Black, both voted not only to raise the debt limit by more than $2,000,000,000,000, but did so without any cuts at all… and they call that a deal? A cut is a reduction of what you have. 10-1=9. That’s a cut. What they voted for was an increase that may not be quite as large as it otherwise would have been. 10+2=12. That is an increase. What’s worse, they voted to create a new “super congress” of just 12 people, hand-picked by the leaders of each political party, to come up with a plan not to cut anything from the budget, but to increase it by just a tiny bit less. Worse still, the new “super congress” recommendations are not debatable and not amendable. They will only get a straight up or down vote and if their recommendation fails, then automatic “cuts” go into effect in places where the full congress would never agree to. Our representative republic has just been co-opted by an elite group of 12. That’s not a representative republic. That’s not even a democracy. That is an oligarchy. That is the complete opposite of what millions of people voted for in November 2010.

We have been betrayed by politicians in Washington DC again, even the ones we trusted, and if you call their offices and challenge them on it, their excuse is that they had to “do something” and what they finally voted for was “the best they could get”. What is it about that cesspool of corruption and deceit called Washington DC that strips away the principles, honesty, and common sense of the people we send there?

If the good Lord tarries, what will happen next year when we elect a new president and new congressmen? Will they betray us as well? They will if we don’t elect the right people in enough numbers and if we don’t understand the key to how and why our constitutional republic is supposed to work. The Constitution for the United States is a plainly written relatively short document. It was written to be easy to understand and difficult to change. There is just one catch. It was written for a specific group of people that are fast fading into the dust bin of history. Founding father, co-author of the Constitution for the United States, and 2nd President of the United States defined this group of people in one beautifully short statement of warning. “Our constitution was written for a moral and upright people and is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.”

Want your country back? Do you want the constitution to matter? Be the person for whom John Adams co-authored the Constitution. Be moral and upright. Pray for God’s providence, and vote for people like that. Anything else is just asking for our nation to continue to devolve into tyranny and chaos.

Consent of the Governed

The Federal government is no longer a lawful one. Yes, you read that right. Having abandoned the limits of the Constitution and overruled the will of the people and the States, we now live not in a Representative Republic but under a tyrannical Oligarchy. The Federal Government has grossly defied the limits of the United States Constitution and assumed an authority it does not have. With the passing of the unconstitutional mandate that individual citizens purchase (under penalty of IRS tax evasion laws) goods and services (that is what health care is) the House of Representatives and the Senate have abandoned the Constitutional law on which they are based. The President of the United States, likewise, is no longer the executive of a Representative Republic, but a dictator pure and simple. Over the expressed and overwhelming opposition of the people and the States, he has successfully dictated a policy that is foreign to our laws and customs. President Obama is a Dictator and Congress is his politburo.

It is time we remembered and revived the principles on which our country was founded.

From the opening of the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security."

As I write this, 12 states (with 26 more preparing to join) have already filed suite against the Federal government over Obama, Pelosi, and Reid's new health care law on the solid ground that it's unconstitutional mandate that all citizens purchase the goods and services of heath insurance exceeds their authority to do so. Furthermore, the new health care law also mandates that the States themselves pay for this exorbitant new entitlement that frankly none can afford at this time.

In defiant insistence on his Health Care legislation, President Obama recently said, "elections have consequences". At least on that matter, he is absolutely right. November of this year, the next round of elections will bring the consequences of dictatorship reigning down on Congress and any plans he has for future dominance. Yes, elections do have consequences. Those who voted for this unconstitutional mandate and reckless expense are about to find out that the same works in reverse.

Bart Gordon - Socialist Non-Representative

Bart Gordon is allegedly a U.S. House Representative for Middle Tennessee. He changed his vote from no to yes today on the current health care legislation. Here is the letter I hand delivered to his local office today.

Mr. Bart Gordon,

With your announcement today that you intend to ignore the overwhelming majority of your constituents, the people of Tennessee, and the nation to vote in favor of the unconstitutional health care legislation, you have ceased to be a representative of the people of Middle Tennessee. You are no longer a representative. You are a Washington DC Socialist. Your career will be remembered here as one of complicity in the shredding of the Constitution of the United States of America to which you swore an oath to uphold and defend. You are a traitor to this Republic and to the people of Tennessee.

Currently there are 37 states introducing and or having already passed legislation to protect their citizens from your abuse of power in Washington DC with this abomination of unconstitutional federal tyranny. Tennessee, your previous home state, already has three separate bills before the state legislature to combat your willful act of sedition. From Tennessee’s General Assembly website http://www.capitol.tn.gov/ these bills are:

Rep Lynn HJR 0745 : Constitutional Amendments - Prohibits laws or rules that would compel any person, employer, or health care provider to participate in any health care system. - This one is aimed at providing a stronger legal route for the state to sue the federal government.

Rep Maggart HB 2654 / Sen Black 2490 : Health Care - As introduced, prohibits any provision of law from compelling any person, health care provider, or employer from participating in any health care system. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. - This one would stop your mandatory socialist agenda at the state line.

Rep Hill HB 2680 : Health Care - As introduced, prohibits coverage for abortion services under any health care plan required to be established in this state pursuant to federal health care reform legislation. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 3; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71. - This would stop you from using our tax dollars to murder the unborn in TN.

You are a disgrace. You have no honor. Your name will forever be remembered here with disgust. Repent of your sins against the people of Tennessee and vote no on this madness and we will at least try to forget you ever held office here.