As blatantly unconstitutional as the Obama Administration has been, NOTHING has done more damage to this Republic than the irresponsible and subversive misuse of the media. 

When will the American people finally learn that the media’s job is to report the news; not create it and not spin it? The American people are smart; we don’t need to be spoon fed or have our little bottoms wiped for us; but the White House and the media disagree.  

What’s worse than media spin, is the lawless Obama Administration’s use of the media to “brainwash” the American People.  Can anyone say “Joseph Goebbels?”.  

This headline from the Drudge Report says more than it intends to say:

 “WHITE HOUSE’S VALERIE JARRETT DINES WITH RUPERT TO PLOT IMMIGRATION STRATEGY”

Why do we need an “immigration strategy” from the media?  Why don’t we simply enforce the laws that are on the books and treat illegals like criminals?  That’s what they are!  Sorry Jeb; illegal immigration is NOT an “act of love”.  Putting innocent children in harm’s way is child abuse and forcing them to break a law is contributing to the delinquency of a minor.  If I’m not mistaken it might also be reckless endangerment of a child.  I don’t buy into the “they just want a better life for their families” strategy.  What they are doing is making our lives more difficult by “stealing” money from our families in the form of free stuff that they expect to receive when they get here. 

Mr. Obama; the poster child for the illegal immigrant is not the child held by a mother and father escaping tyranny; it’s the tattooed gang thug, human trafficker, and drug dealer.  I understand, sir, that you can’t see that from your bubble in the District so please listen to those who see it every day…those who live in states that are near and on the Southern Boarder. 

Now, as for your “immigration strategy” that you plan to “sell” to the American People through Rupert Murdoch and other less than patriotic media thugs; how about going through Congress for once?  How about asking the members of the U.S. House of Representatives to query their constituents directly?  You may just discover that an overwhelming majority of Americans are sick of your “open boarder” policy.  Please stop flashing glib terms like “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” that really boils down to amnesty for criminals…a “reform” that will put an unjust burden on American families through higher unemployment and less available tax revenue to put toward paying down our national debt. 

There are a few things that should be considered here before the American people are once again played for fools and served with yet another bill that they are justifiably opposed to: 

1.  It flies in the face of logic to legislate any further reforms into existing immigration policy prior to securing and properly maintaining our borders.  There should be absolutely no discussion of Immigration “Reform” until The Feds have finally and successfully executed their Constitutional obligation to defend the sovereignty of these Untied States to secure our boarders and enforce the laws that are currently at their disposal.

2. Was Jarrett just testing the waters with Murdoch or are we in bigger trouble than we think?  Could it be possible that she was trying to read his reaction to this whole disgusting plan? Why has the media become more important than the elected members of Congress?  I am not blind to the fact that their reaction to policy matters but why are they continuously being used to shape and form policy?  Sadly, since the ratification of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution in 1913, that is the exact role that the media has taken.  They have virtually replaced the United States Senate in Washington DC and the media reaction to policy has more and more displaced the system of checks and balances that were set forth in our Constitution. 

William Randolph Hurst really did a number on America with his campaign to replace the influence of the Senate with that of the newspaper.  He gave birth to what we refer to today as “Spin”.  His “selling” of the 17th amendment through the media was as deceitful and as disgraceful as was the Obama Administration’s sale of the Affordable Care Act to an angry public.  Now, a fearful public stands on the sidelines as this shameless administration once again,  consults with media moguls regarding policy rather than turning to where it is obligated to turn…CONGRESS!.  Sadly, everyone knows that they aren’t really selling immigration reform at all but rather the gradual and inevitable demise of this precious republic. 

Dear Liberty, please inspire and encourage the American People to think beyond the print; to see beyond the empty faces of Hollywood actors and actresses who involve themselves in causes of which they are ill informed; to hear beyond the insanity of pulpit thugs like Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.  Please help us restore this republic with the Constitutional principles that have worked in the past and that are guaranteed to work again if they are simply and properly applied and not bastardized by the leftist media.

                                       THIS?                                                          OR                                                            THIS?

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For some time now, I have had some very serious concerns regarding the direction of our beautiful republic but even more so since having heard the following statement made on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

“It is our job to support the Federal Government; that’s what we do!”

These frightening words were uttered by the United States Senate Majority Leader regarding his duties and obligations as a U. S. Senator. I would expect these words to be read from the floor of the Russian Politburo but not the floor of the U.S. Senate. The ghost of Karl Marx must have giggled with delight when he heard Harry Reid orate these eerie words. The first question that I have is: Do the people of Nevada finally realize that they have a Senator who, very clearly and openly, does not represent the interests of their state? The Second question: Why is he still in office? And the third: Where is the public outrage?

What I fail to understand is that there was little or no response after Mr. Reid made this blatantly contemptible statement. Have the people forgotten who is supposed to be in control or is it that they truly don’t understand the Constitution of the United States of America? Or even more concerning, is it a combination of both?

Let’s get something straight; the Federal Government is there to serve and support US. The Federal Government is paid by the American People to perform 18 very specific duties listed in Article I Section 8 of our Constitution. These 18 duties are known as the Enumerated Powers; they are the powers that the people and the states have hired the Federal Government to perform on our behalf and according to the 10th Amendment everything else should be handled by the people and the states. The 10th Amendment reads as follows:

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”

I encourage everyone to take a look at Article I Section 8 of our Constitution and see what those 18 powers are. You might be surprised to find out that the Federal Government has reached far beyond them. You might also discover why our Federal Government keeps running out of money and has to keep raising taxes to pay for the programs that should never have been created.

I am tired of listening to the Progressive/Socialists who state that our Constitution is “out dated” and needs to be “revised”. What they really mean to say is “That it’s time to get rid of our Representative Democracy and establish a Socialist Republic”. The overwhelming majority of these Progressives aren’t even thinking for themselves; they are reciting Socialist garbage that they have heard from someone else who most likely doesn’t understand our Constitution or who might be intentionally perverting it.

I make the above statement, not on an un-researched assumption but from in depth questioning of those who make these kind of ignorant statements to me. I have not found one single individual who can offer me an example of what needs to be “updated”. They all fall back on the same shallow comeback of “Dude, the thing is like over two hundred years old” Then they throw in ridiculous statements like “Washington and those guys had no idea that one day we would have radios, cell phones, televisions, gay marriage, illegal immigration and stuff” That’s my signal that this conversation is just about over so I hand them a pocket Constitution, politely ask that they read it and invite them to come back and discuss what exactly it is that they would like to change. Some take it and some don’t. Those who have taken it and actually read it discover that there really isn’t much that they would change and ultimately agree that the majority of the social issues that are dividing us should be taken up at the state level. They also discover that the words “guaranteed separation of church and state” don’t appear in there either and that provides me with the opportunity to inform them that that concept is just another Progressive lie taught by ignorant or intentionally misleading teachers and professors.

Why don’t we require that every single student be fully schooled in the U.S. Constitution before they are allowed to graduate high school? Why don’t we test their knowledge on our founding documents before they are commenced? We do it with math, English and science but fail to educate and evaluate our students with one of the most important tools that they need to help them understand and maintain their freedoms; one that will also assist them in making good decisions in the voting booth. There is no doubt that this is done intentionally by our Department of Education; they would rather require that our educators spend precious time teaching that it’s ok to have two daddy penguins or two mommy penguins and other politically correct drivel rather than instruct them with practical knowledge that can be used by the future leaders of our republic.

A good study of our Constitution will immediately reveal to the reader that it does not protect an individual from getting his or her feelings hurt nor prevent them from being offended; this is a waste of Federal time. Politeness and manners are to be taught in the home, not in the schools and they should neither be enforced nor policed by the Federal Government. The reader will also find out that the golden doors of opportunity are not the gates of guaranteed equal results. They quickly discover that a representative democracy requires hard work and that there are no guarantees made to those who do not try. The Constitution does not give the right to the Federal Government to censor our morality nor prevent us from speaking and thinking what we believe as long as we don’t trample on the rights of someone else to do the same.

The Constitution does, however, state very clearly what the duty’s and obligations of the three branches of government are and SUPPORTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT ONE OF THEM. This statement is almost criminal in nature and misstates the objective of the U.S. Senate. It is even more dangerous because it came from the mouth of a powerful, well-known public figure and I, for one, believe that is was intended to incorrectly educate those who didn’t know otherwise.

If Mr. Reid truly believes that the mission of the U.S. Senate is to support the Federal Government then it is most certainly “High Noon” in the Capital City and time to repeal the 17th amendment. I can think of no better time to re-educate the people on the importance of reestablishing state representation at the federal level. Those who are against this repeal ignorantly state that the “conservatives want the repeal because they want to control the government”. Let me state for the record that it is neither the Conservatives nor the Republicans who want the repeal…It is the Constitutionalists; and yes, the Constitutionalists want to return control of governing to the people and the states. Constitutionalists from BOTH parties should be interested in reinstating the system of checks and balances that our Founding Fathers established for us. We should all be uniting against the Progressive/Socialist movement that has always been more ignorantly trendy than intellectually beneficial.

If you consider yourself a Progressive; stop and think before you say it out loud anymore. Study our Constitution and decide for yourself if you really want your country to be “fundamentally transformed” from a successful first world Representative Democracy into a second world Socialist Republic that is guaranteed to fail, just as they have failed time and time again all over the world. Please stop following the Progressive in front of you and see, for yourself, just where this destructive pathway leads. History must neither be ignored nor re-written to hide the horrors that Progressive/Socialism imposes and requires. If I have offended you then this is just an indication that you have stopped thinking for yourself and that you are just too far left to admit it…all I can do is to ask you to reconsider your goals for this republic.

While the Progressive/Socialists see the redistribution of wealth as a just and fair method to operate our society; the Constitutionalists seek the restoration of this Republic through a just and fair redistribution of power by placing the power of governing back into the hands of the people and the states where our Founding Fathers intended it to rest.

Let’s repeal the 17th amendment and rise, once again, as a nation united against oppression and stand firm to prevent our children from becoming subject to the horrors of tyranny.

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There was never a generation that experienced more freedom, had more money and effected more change for this country than that of the Baby Boomer’s. Their time was an era of extreme growth, both politically and economically. They questioned authority at every level. They stood up for the things that they believed in and went to great lengths to ensure that they were heard. They were organized, motivated and determined to bring about the changes that they desired. They were willing to stand up for their rights as Americans and demanded that they be accommodated; their interests, goals and methodology were in direct contrast to the cheap knock off of the “Occupy” movement who just wanted more free stuff.

While I don’t agree with some of the things that the Baby Boomers stood for, I admire their tenacity and their “sticktoitiveness”. I admire how they were willing to step forward and not take “no” for an answer and for their courage in putting flowers down the barrels of the riffles that were pointed at them. They knew their rights, they knew their Constitution and they knew where the government should end and where “the people” should begin…they wanted to make a difference and they did.  We need their help now. We need them to show us how to unite FOR America and not divide against her.

When I look at the things that are dividing this republic today, I see a host of things that really don’t make a difference…let’s take gay marriage for instance. Now don’t go throwing your hand up in the air, hang in there with me for a minute. It is an important and sensitive issue but it’s an issue that really affects less than 3% of our population. Where it becomes a problem is when a party makes it the main issue of their platform and people come out of the woodwork to support that one cause and don’t take the time to listen to the other issues that affect the entire population; economic issues…political issues. Issues like gay marriage are used as smokescreens to conceal the true agenda of the Progressive/Socialists; the agenda of dismantling this republic. The American People should be smarter than this and take many of the social issues like this off of the national platform. After all, who truly wants Uncle Sam in their bedroom in the first place telling them what they can and can’t do? Please think about that question very deeply before you answer it.

The federal government has found its way into our living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, class rooms, grocery stores, bathrooms, you name it. They have assigned themselves as the watchdog over all that is and claim that the things that they do are “for our own good”. They have essentially stated that they know more about what we want and need than we do. This is not the characteristic of a Representative Democracy, this is the profile of a Socialist Republic.

“My vote doesn’t count” has become the mantra for those who don’t exercise their right to vote. They claim that it just doesn’t matter if they show up at the poles or not and as a result we have a 47% voter turn out on a good day. Who came up with this ingenious plan that cut the amount of people who vote in half? Think about it; now they only have to influence roughly 50% of the people rather than 100% of them. It’s almost admirable if it wasn’t so devious; we need to unite and rise above this.

Storming the Capitol isn’t going to work anymore. The only way that we can save this republic is to reunite the people from the ground up while simultaneously passing meaningful legislation in Congress that gives the power of governing back to the governed. Passing legislation such as the repeal of the 17th amendment will return power to the states and repealing the 16th amendment will return power to the people. After all the Senate was created to manage the interests of the states and the purse strings are held by the people in the House of Representatives. Repealing both of these amendments will immediately put the federal government back where it belongs…behind bars until it is summoned by the will of the people to perform an appointed task.

Keep in mind that I whole heartedly support and believe in the concept that “all men are created equal”; yet I believe that the politics of equality has been touted so much through political correctness that the politics of productivity has fallen from our sight and our republic has paid a dear price domestically and abroad, both politically and economically and our freedoms have slowly been consumed by an ever expanding federal government.

It’s time to repeal the amendments that have destroyed our sovereignty and stifled our progress. It’s time to make a stand for liberty and unite, once again, as Americans in an effort to  preserve the ideals that our Forefathers put into motion in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven.

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The Bundy Ranch incident is a perfect example of what the 17th amendment has done to this republic. It has rendered every single state powerless to protect themselves, their interests and their residents from the sheer insanity of the Progressive/Socialist agenda. This agenda includes the seizure of private property and increased Federal control over lands that are located within the legal boundaries of each sovereign state. This control also allows the Federal Government the latitude to pick and choose which industries they consider to be “sustainable” or not and whether or not to grant them access to these lands, furthering their oppressive grip on private enterprise and family owned businesses. The interests of the States are being perilously subjugated to the ill will of an overbearing central government.

Rather than weapons of war, the Progressive/Socialists have used their agenda to  silently conquer this republic by instituting a series of supposedly “noble” initiatives that are intended to save one “critter” or another from extinction.  However, beneath their feigned compassion for endangered species, there lays a dark scheme that is designed to transform these United States into a Socialist Republic.   They unfairly play on the emotions of animal lovers everywhere by convincing them that their efforts have saved an ever growing list of endangered species, when the facts show the opposite. The Endangered Species Act has been an overt failure from a “save a species” standpoint.  Of the thousands of species listed in the act, only a few have shown a mild improvement and their successes cannot be contributed to the policies of the ESA but rather to the efforts of private organizations and associations.  In fact, many of the species listed have declined in numbers because of the ESA.  But, this is a topic for another letter to Liberty.

Let’s be honest, no sane person would choose the existence of a critter over the existence of mankind. Oh, I know, I can already hear the attacks from the environmentalists… “This guy hates animals”. My advice for them is to “SAVE IT!”. My comeback is that  “I love animals”. There is no doubt in my mind that if an environmentalist was stranded in the wilderness with no food and the only thing that stood between their living or dying was an animal on the endangered species list; that the critter would, no doubt, meet it’s maker . Perhaps they would wait a little longer to exercise the demise of the creature than the rest of us; but, they would certainly dine nonetheless.

This scenario proves that all sane people believe that their survival is ultimately more important than the survival of a mere creature. This scenario is not to justify the abuse or waste of any animal but rather exhibit man’s inherent and instinctive will to survive; not to mention his God given dominion over all that is.

I cry foul on the millions of acres of land that are quarantined as “Areas of Critical Environmental Concern” and dedicated to a turtle; this makes absolutely no sense to me. All this does is create disdain for a particular species by those who could be using the land to support their families. It kills jobs, limits use of the land and worst of all, destroys state sovereignty. There should be no Federal land in any state whatsoever. There should be no National Forest in any state whatsoever. There should be no National Parks in any state whatsoever; these are Constitutional breaches in my opinion.

Federal control of these sovereign lands is forbidden in Article I Section 8 of our Constitution; it reads that Congress has the right to:

“Exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (NOT TO EXCEDE 10 MILES SQUARE) …and to exercise like authority over all places PURCHASED BY THE CONSENT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE SAME SHALL BE, FOR THE ERECTION OF FORTS, MAGAZINES, ARSENALS, DOCKYARDS AND OTHER NEEDFUL BUILDINGS”

Not a word in that clause that mentions a thing about protecting turtles, trees, birds, bats, fish, fowl or the like. It seems to me that sovereign state land can only be PURCHASED with the STATE’S PERMISSION and ONLY for the purpose of protecting and preserving our nation and her citizens; not protecting or preserving wildlife.

What of the lands in oil rich Alaska that the petroleum industry is forbidden to tap because of an obstinate and tyrannical EPA? Hasn’t our energy independence been proven to be a matter of national security? This administration invests in sloppy and badly run enterprises that produce less efficient sources of energy, yet refuses to allow a sovereign state access to a proven and efficient resource naturally stockpiled beneath their soil. What of those same types of lands in Colorado and off the continental shelf where China is allowed to drill but we aren’t!?  The environmentalist, clearly, have way too much control.

How does all this relate to the 17th amendment? Skip back to Bundy Ranch. If the State Legislature of the State of Nevada had TRUE and PROPER representation in Washington DC, the Federal Government would never have dared send their agents against the private citizens in that sovereign state. To begin with, there would have been no “Federal Contract” permitting the Bundy’s to operate that land; it would have been a matter among the Nevada State Legislature, the people of Nevada and the Bundy’s. Forget the drivel about Harry Reid and his possible involvement in this incident, that’s secondary, it’s a smokescreen and dangerous to hang our hats on. Let’s stick with the core issues here; those of state sovereignty and bringing awareness to the destruction that an unconstitutional amendment has wrought upon this republic.

I have no idea whether or not Cliven Bundy’s recent statements stem from prejudice, ignorance or both but they should neither minimize his rights to access land in his own state nor  prevent him from supporting his family. These are separate issues altogether and should not cloud the core issue here: States Rights. The media will discredit his justifiable cause by associating it with his statements…let’s be bigger than that…let’s not lose sight of what this is REALLY all about.

I am aware of the “property clause” in Article IV section 3 of our Constitution. I am also aware that the Supreme Court has interpreted this clause as not to extend federal control of the resources on or below the soils or on the shorelines or waterways “even if the land or waterway is deemed federal”. Their decision is definite and their intention is clear in respecting and maintaining the sovereignty of each state and the resources therein. Our Founders never intended for the small and obedient central government to pick and choose winners and losers in business nor hinder a state from accessing resources that would spur industries and that would ultimately generate federal revenue. The 17th Amendment has allowed the Federal Government to trample the interests of the State.

Each state in this Union needs two individuals, chosen from the legislature thereof, to stand firm on the floor of the U.S. Senate and say “No” to tyranny. Each state in this Union should have a legislature that is carefully selected by the legal residents thereof that accurately represents their electoral majority; that legislature should be filled with individuals whom are intimate with the needs and values of the people and the state that they represent.

This means building an informed and involved electorate that honorably and responsibly performs it’s Constitutional obligation to elect people and then hold them accountable for the manner in which they vote. Our Founding Father’s dreamed of a republic in which the people were well represented and respected by those whom they elected; a Representative Democracy that was comprised of states that kept the central government in check and shouted orders from the helm of Congress rather than cowering in the stronghold below. They established a well represented republic that was absent of the contemptuous and debilitating effects of the 17th amendment… It’s time to restore order and repeal it!

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Dear Liberty;

The most ridiculous argument that I have ever heard regarding the Constitutionality of the 17th amendment was the fact that it was ratified.  I actually had someone hang their hat on that flat and banal statement, then blink their eyes rapidly as if they had just discovered the cure for stupidity.  If that person’s ideology is correct then the fact that someone gets murdered makes it legal simply because it happened.  This ideology is as equally absurd, shallow and childish as the Progressive agenda is misguided, flawed and corrupt. 

The Constitution of the United States of America is a unique document in that it very carefully pieces together the framework of a Representative Democracy which brilliantly limits the control of governing to the consent of the governed…The people. The important concept to grasp here is that of a ” representative democracy ”  because our Founders also provided an avenue by which the interests of each state would be represented at the Federal level; that avenue was the United States Senate.   

Our Founding Fathers created the Senate because they understood that the needs of the people were quite different from the needs of the states.  They recognized at the very onset of this republic that each state possessed different resources, regional opportunities and constraints, weaknesses and strengths.  They saw that the individual states were developing private and corporate enterprises that were unique to each state and that the free market was far better at managing those interests than the new Federal Government.   To our Founders, state representation at the federal level was not only imperative to the success of a united republic but that it would it also serve to ensure that each state would remain a sovereign entity.  In fact, without the assurance of state sovereignty our nation may never have been born.  So in the beginning, all voices vital to the health and success of the emerging republic were given a seat at the Federal Legislative Table. 

Today, at every election the people still have an opportunity to reaffirm their consent through the individuals whom they choose to send to Washington DC to represent their needs and wishes; but the states no longer do.  Federal representation of the interests of each state, as well as the interests of our free enterprise system were literally eliminated with the ratification of the 17th Amendment.  This amendment destroyed the balance of power, leaving the states and our Republic vulnerable to exactly what our Founders feared most, a dominant and overbearing Federal Government. 

Our Constitution never gave the people or the states the latitude to change our style of government from a Representative Democracy to a Socialist Republic.  Yet, that is exactly what happened when the Progressives crammed the 17th amendment down the throats of the American People. 

The ratification of this unconstitutional amendment severely upset our system of checks and balances and opened the door for the establishment of the Socialist principles that our Forefathers had fought so very hard to protect us from; and all this occurred right before the eyes of and against the will of the governed.  Over the last 100 years, these Marxist ideals have given way to the establishment of Socialist style legislative initiatives that are currently bringing The United States to her knees…out of control spending, unfunded federal mandates, one size fits all education standards, federal meddling in the laws of each sovereign state; a rogue EPA, a radical Department of Energy, OBAMACARE, the list goes on.   

Article 1, Section 3 of our Constitution was drafted to establish the protective framework of a true Representative Democracy and the 17th amendment was drafted to dismantled it.  This amendment opened the doors for the Marxist redistribution of America’s prosperity for the “common good”. 

In 1901 there were 2 members of the Socialist Party in our House of Representatives.  Today, there are over 75 admitted Socialists seated in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.  I’m fairly confident that most Americans aren’t aware of the fact that their numbers are so great and I am equally as confident that there are some who simply won’t believe that it’s true at all. It’s difficult for me to believe as well, so let’s start off with specifics…let’s start with Arizona’s Raul Grijalva.  He is also the Co-chair on the Congressional Progressive Caucus.  WHY IS THERE A CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS IN THE FIRST PLACE!? The mere fact that it exists at all should be a major concern for all those who are interested in preserving this republic. I won’t waste my time by listing all 75 of these liars and enemies of liberty, you can look them up for yourself and you will find that all of them are admitted members and allied with the Democratic Socialists of America.   

I refer to these Socialists as liars because when an admitted Socialist takes his or her Constitutional Oath, they are lying.  They are lying simply because they are Socialist and therefore stand in direct opposition to the ideals and principles of a Representative Democracy and have absolutely no intention of defending the Constitution of the United States of America and if they did, they wouldn’t be Socialists!  Am I wrong?

 There was a reason that the Progressive/Socialists so desperately sought the 17th amendment; because without it they couldn’t bring about their American Utopia by “fundamentally transforming” this free and independent republic into a collection of subservient states united in the cause of lobbying before the Federal Government for free stuff.  Take a look at the language that our Founding Fathers used to ensure a stable representative balance in the U.S. Senate. 

Article 1 section 4 of our Constitution states the following: 

 “The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, EXCEPT AS TO THE PLACES OF CHOOSING SENATORS” (Emphasis added) 

Do you think that our Founding Fathers just might have had some insight into what could happen to this republic if Congress were to change the PLACES (the State Legislatures) in which the Senators were chosen?  Do you think that they may have specifically written that in there because they had some grave concerns as to the damage that would be done to their republic if let’s say the Senators were to be chosen by popular election? The answer to both questions is an unequivocal and absolute “Yes”.  Before I go on, I must ask you to ponder as to why you believe that our Founders specifically wrote that exception into that article. 

How then did the American People permit such a tragic amendment to be ratified? Especially when our Constitution specifically stated that Congress COULD NOT CHANGE THE PLACES WHERE SENATORS WERE CHOSEN.  The answer is that they were conned by William Randolph Hearst and his henchmen and by Woodrow Wilson and his Socialist minions.  You see, in order for them to have transformed this Representative Democracy into a Socialist Republic, they would have had to call a Constitutional Convention.  This would have drawn grand attention to their dark scheme.  So, they figured that they would just get the states out of the way and bring about their evil transformation a little bit at a time before the American People could realize what was happening.  This was the intention of the 17th amendment and they devilishly beguiled the American People into believing that the popular election of Senators would give them more power…when in fact, the opposite was true; it shackled the states AND the people.   Again, please remember, that Congress had no authority to make this change. 

Now take a look at the ratification process explained in Article V of our Constitution; it concludes with the following: 

  “…and that no State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate” 

Keep in mind that this clause is un-amendable; yet the 17th amendment was rammed through regardless of the fact that Utah and Delaware voted AGAINST the amendment.  Therefore they lost their suffrage WITHOUT their consent. Since then, Delaware ratified it but not until 2010.  No action has been taken from Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia; ALL of which have lost their suffrage WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT simply because they haven’t given it yet. 

So according to Article 1 section 4 and Article V, the 17th amendment is unconstitutional and should be repealed by Congress on an immediate and permanent basis. 

What of the Progressive/Socialists in our beloved Congress? What can we do to find out more about their dastardly plans for America? What of the Progressive/Socialist laughing at us from the Oval Office? What of those who consider themselves to be “fashionable” or “interesting” by referring to themselves as Progressives? It must be fashionable and interesting to be ignorant as well but I must say that it’s inexcusable and that their trendy ignorance is a menace to our liberty and our God given way of life. 

If we repeal the 17th amendment we can restore our Republic to her greatness and watch as liberty and freedom are pried out of the iron fists of our Federal Government and put back into the open hands of the American People and the states where they belong.  We can stop this Progressive movement that has shackled our nation’s mobility for over 100 years and re-establish a republic that will, once again, lead the world in the fight against tyranny and oppression rather than contributing to them.

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Dear Liberty

In order to truly and effectively conquer a culture, it is important to eliminate or, at the very least, rewrite their history. Within one generation, a mere 25 years, their traditions, beliefs and practices will literally fade into the past and this new perspective will ultimately become their reality.

A firm understanding of this concept is important because it separates the meaning of two words that are commonly, but incorrectly, used interchangeably…reality and truth. Reality is a person’s perspective on a specific subject and there can be several different perspectives on any given subject. The truth, however, is concealed deeply within the combination of all the perspectives and it requires extra effort from an individual to ponder and think beyond their own perspective to find the actual truth. Sometimes facts are intentionally obscured, left out or altered to influence a desired outcome; when that happens, the perspective has been changed and a new reality can be projected and perceived. So what then happens to truth?

This is not a philosophy lesson by any means but relate the above concept to the media and its potential. The media has the ability to influence, to change one’s perspective, to alter their reality if you will; it’s a very powerful estate and one that needs to be utilized wisely. But I submit to you that its power has been abused. The media, all media, no longer report the facts; they report a perspective and depending upon who is reporting the information is whose reality you are going to get. Now, relate this to history and how those who write it have the ability to change a reality and replace it with a new “truth”.

When we think of William Randolph Hearst the first thing that we think of is Hearst Castle and the amazing stories on how he unselfishly and lavishly entertained the most influential people of his time. We remember hearing about the extended courtesies of his providing entire wardrobes for his guests while they resided at The Castle. We remember how his family so kindly donated Hearst Castle to the State of California so that millions of people could enjoy it. What a wonderful picture history paints of this man. Or should I say what a wonderful picture history RE-paints of this man?

What you will learn here about William Randolph Hearst might surprise you. What you were not told about him was that in the early years of his reign as a media giant he was the ultimate Progressive/Socialist and an enemy of our Constitution. He supported The American Socialist Movement’s philosophy of a large, centralized Federal Government that was to somehow magically solve all of society’s ills. In order to accomplish these ends, he aggressively used his vast influence as a media magnate to destroy the stronghold of the United States Constitution; state’s rights. He knew that by silencing the state’s voice in Washington DC he would be able to open the gates for the Progressive/Socialists to march in and exact their evil influence over our republic.

As if that wasn’t enough, Hearst’s motivation was first and foremost opportunistic. The Socialist Movement provided Hearst with an opportunity to promote himself, his empire and change the very nature of the role that Journalism played in the United States.

In last week’s letter we entered a quote by Comrade Hearst where he very clearly exposed his ambitions for the Press to replace the States Legislatures as the “protectors of the people and the States”! Wait a minute! I thought that was why our Founding Fathers gave us a Constitution! I thought that was why they created a House of Representatives to represent the people and a Senate to represent the states! I thought that it was these elective bodies that were constitutionally assigned the tasks of protecting us from the Federal Government! Why then was it Mr. Hearst’s ambition to have a faceless, unelected body of narcissistic cowards act in their stay? The answer is: POWER, MONEY AND INFLUENCE !

William Randolph Hearst wanted nothing more than to springboard the press into becoming the most powerful and influential body in America. His ambition was clear; to use the press to influence thought, thereby influence policy and pave the way for Socialism’s grand entrance into America. There was, however, something standing in his way; the gatekeeper of Liberty and the watchdog over the Federal Government; it was the powerful United States Senate. In an effort to remove this Constitutional obstacle from his path he unjustifiably targeted the Senate by hiring a literary hit man, by the name of David Graham Phillips, to write a piece that would be published in Hearst’s own Cosmopolitan Magazine. He published a series of 9 Articles beginning in March of 1906 entitled, “The Treason of the Senate”. In these articles, Mr. Phillips exposed the worst in the worst Senators. He exposed their pasts, their inside deals, their crimes and their selfish maneuvering. But the smarmy trick that Mr. Phillips played on America was that he blamed the corruption of these men on the manner in which they were elected. Remember that Senators were originally appointed by each state’s legislature.

Though the allegations of corruption were often trumped up and more often misrepresented, Mr. Phillips was successful in his charade to shift the focus from the actual corruption of these Senators onto the manner in which they were appointed. Keep in mind that the Senate was established to protect state’s rights at the federal level; state’s needs and interests are established and held by each of the states legislatures. His goal was to sever the ties between the state legislatures and the Federal Government. Armed with a host of sensational lies, misrepresentations and outright deceit, Hearst through Phillips, set out to convince the American people that the direct election of their Senators would ultimately give them more power and put an end to the corruption in the Senate. Both were lies.

For years Hearst and his crusaders pushed for the direct election of U.S. Senators and finally, in 1913, the 17th amendment was ratified under the Progressive/Socialist Woodrow Wilson. Ever since 1913, not a single state in the union has had true representation at the Federal Legislative table and the American people have had no buffer to protect them from the power grabbing clutches of an overbearing and ever expanding Federal government. Our system of checks and balances was shattered.

What did the 17th amendment do for corruption? NOTHING! What did the 17th amendment do for the people? NOTHING! What did the 17th amendment do for state rights and sovereignty? IT DESTROYED BOTH! What did it do to the U. S. Senate? IT DESTROYED IT!

Ah, but what has the 17th done for the Progressive/Socialists who believe in expanding the influence of the Federal Government? It established its dominance over the states. It lengthened its reach into the homes, bedrooms and lives of the very people who were fooled into supporting its ratification. It broadened its influence over private businesses and industries. It allowed it to establish control over the minerals and precious resources under the soil and in the forests located within the legal boundaries of each sovereign state. The Federal Government has assumed millions upon millions of acres of state land and declared them National. It has allowed them the latitude to arbitrarily impose hostile and oppressive regulations that are intended to target and destroy industries that do not help them promote their agenda. Look at this administration’s promise to “bankrupt the coal industry” and their promise that “under their policies, energy costs would skyrocket”. Look at Obamacare, it is tragic, Socialist garbage designed to do two things; cripple the health care industry and exact more control over the American People.

Since the states have been handcuffed, the Federal Government can waste our tax dollars on any program that it feels will advance its agenda; take Solyndra for instance. Because spending is now unfettered we have a national debt approaching 18 trillion dollars; we are broke. The 17th amendment gave way to this kind of reckless abandon and insane Executive power.

There are two questions that I seek answers for: When will the American people realize that it’s time to re-establish states rights and take back this nation from a radical and out of control Federal Government? and When will The honor, dignity and authority of the upper chamber be restored so that a U. S. Senator can, once again, stand strong and courageously in defense of his or her state?

It’s time to Repeal the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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I can think of no other call for public action that is more important to the survival of this republic than that of the immediate restoration of state’s rights.  Our Constitution ensured that each state would remain a sovereign and independent entity and that together, as a united Republic, they would “pay” the Federal Government to perform certain tasks that each state could not perform efficiently on their own.   

Our Forefathers never meant for the Federal Government to have the power to tell the states what they could and could not do.  In fact, they were so concerned with the prospect of the Federal Government growing too powerful that our Founders established the US Senate specifically to protect and defend the states against the possibility of any such future tyranny. As far back as 1781, maintaining state sovereignty was an important issue with our Founders; this is evidenced by an entry made in Article II of the Articles of Confederation that reads; “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence….”.  

Around 1890, there emerged a group of people who didn’t like the fact that the Federal Government was controlled by the States and more importantly they didn’t like the fact that it had to confer with the States, in all matters, before this protective body known as the United States Senate. This group of people, who opposed the rightful sovereignty of the States, were the Progressive/Socialists.  Their greed for power, money and control of America’s precious resources drove their cause to redefine and “transform” these United States by lying to the American People. They, by a conniving scheme, introduced the 17th amendment. They fooled America into believing that the direct election of Senators would give the people more power, mitigate corruption and eliminate the interference from special interest groups. This was an ingenious plan but it was nothing more than a wicked plot to destroy the world’s first and only Representative Democracy.  Their campaign was based on lies and packed with misinformation, but it worked. 

Since that time, so many people have grown to believe that their vote doesn’t matter.  How many people don’t even bother going to the voting polls because they honestly believe that their vote doesn’t count?  The answer is MILLIONS!  The reason that people feel powerless nowadays is that we truly are.  There is no real “state representation” in Washington DC anymore.  There is no one doing battle to ensure that each state retains their sovereignty and maintains their Constitutionally guaranteed right to govern themselves.  What the American People have forgotten is that it was the Progressives who so deviously destroyed the original intent of U.S. Senator, which was to protect the states and the people from being pushed around by the Federal Government.  

When the 17th amendment was ratified in 1913, the Progressives went full steam ahead, cramming their will down the throats of American People.  Since that time there has been a huge expansion of the Federal Government at the expense of individual and state freedom.                                                                                

Do you ever stop and wonder why there seems to be no one in Washington DC who truly represents your values or stands up for the things that you believe in? The reason is that the “powerhouse”, the Senate, that used to be the state’s watchdog over the Federal Government has completely lost it’s authority.  Since 1913, no state has had the ability to send representatives from their legislatures, so the states, who were once the mighty keystones of liberty have become a powerless, voiceless and invisible entity. In steps the Federal Government began to exercise the power that they stole from the Senate, aided by the newly proclaimed watch dogs of the American people and the “keeper of their freedoms”…The Press. 

Here is the Progressive/Socialist William Randolph Hearst on the subject: 

“Who is to protect us from the Senate?” Hearst asks.  It’s not the States Legislature who were, by our Founders intended to be the protectors of our liberties.  No, his answer to the question is “Who, then is to protect the people but THE PRESS?”

William R. Hearst “The Treason of the Senate “. 

This was obviously a selfish and wicked act to propel the power of the media, to ring shank the American People and to expand the Progressive/Socialist agenda of increasing the power of the government.  How well has that worked out for us? 

Every single state in this union has been handcuffed since the ratification of the 17th amendment.  The Federal Government has literally held every state, and therefore every person, hostage.  They now have the power to dictate, mandate and impose programs, regulations and legislations that the people don’t want. Take ObamaCare for instance.  I guarantee that if each state had PROPER representation in the U.S. Senate, this tragic, manipulative and overbearing mandate would never have been forced down our throats.  It never would have even made the floor for consideration. ObamaCare and the Progressive/Socialists owe the victory of this oppressive legislation to the 17th Amendment. 

So, who is going to stand up to an out of control Executive (with a pen and a phone) and tell him that he can’t have any more money?  Not the US Senate!  Stop and think for a second about where the Federal Government gets its money…Yes, the States and the people.  Remember that the original intent of the Federal Government was to be an “employee” of the collective states. The Federal Government was supposed to listen to us on how much of our money we wanted them to spend and on what.  The Feds are out of control with our hard earned money.  They spend our money recklessly then turn to us and DEMAND more.  When was the last time you heard a president politely ask for more money?  NEVER!  They DEMAND it through tax hikes and penalties but they never make an effort to cut spending.  The 17th amendment made sure that the states would have no power to stand up and say “NO MORE” because the Senators are little more than “Yes Ambassadors” for the Federal Government. More often than not these days, our esteemed US Senators see themselves as representatives of the Federal Government, whose job it is to sell the Federal Agenda to their States.  

With over 17 trillion in national debt how much more can we pile on our children and Grandchildren?  This is real folks!  This is a serious injustice that we are inflicting on the up and coming generation. We say that we care about them; we say that we are looking out for them, we make them wear seat belts, bicycle and skateboard helmets, demand that fast food establishments offer apple strips instead of French fries then we break their backs with a crushing debt that they will NEVER be able to get out from under.  Who is benefiting from this “its for your own good” type of government?  The answer; the Federal Government, because the more that they “give”, the more they can control the states and the people.  A full repeal of the 17th amendment would bring a little common sense to Washington DC in the form of 2 representatives from each state legislature that will stand up and say “We’re not going to take it anymore”. 

Who decided that it was ok to fund programs with money from hard working Americans that benefit an embarrassingly small group of people? How many programs exist that benefit NO ONE?  We laugh about these programs all the time; programs like the study of the reproductive habits of snails and the like.  What good comes from these programs? More importantly, WHO CARES? The snails might care but they already know how they do it; so I ask again WHO CARES?  Representatives from each state legislature, TRULY representing the interests of each state would have the power to put their feet down and put an end to this kind of insanity.  It sounds funny but it’s not a laughing matter; it’s a foul and disgusting misuse of our money and it needs to stop.  A repeal of the 17th amendment would give each state a fighting chance to put an end to this kind of ludicrous spending. 

Dear Liberty, will you help us make a move toward restoring the original order of this country?  A true republic where THE PEOPLE and THE STATES are TRULY in control of the Federal Government.  Help us move together as a people who will view our diversity as a strength and who will no longer stand for the divisiveness of a lawless Executive who wants nothing more than to divide us up and watch us destroy each other. Help us stand together with the courage that we need to put the states back in the driver’s seat with a repeal of the 17th amendment and a firm repudiation the Progressive/ Socialist tyranny that has been plaguing our beloved republic.

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There is no doubt in my mind that this is by far the most lawless and unconstitutional administration in the history of this republic. Woodrow Wilson could have only dreamed of getting away with such blatant, grotesque and foul disregard for the values of liberty and freedom. His dedication and hard work in eradicating the protective properties that our Constitution once offered, is now being enjoyed by America’s most divisive and constitutionally caustic president.

Like Martin Luther King Jr., I too have a dream. My dream, like his, is inspired by the precious gifts of freedom, honor and dignity. A dream in which those gifts are enjoyed by a people who are not afraid to protect the moral standards and values that America once stood for. My dream is about an America that includes a people who have the courage to, once again, stand strong against the tyranny of an out of control Executive without the fear of being silenced by a collection of lawless and oppressive agencies and their complicit media partners.

America was once like the America in my dream; she was dignified and honorable. She was the harbinger of world peace because of her unprecedented strength and her commitment to protecting the weak. She was a beacon of hope for those who were beaten down and a destination of safety for those who were oppressed. She was a giant among nations and an example to the world on how to govern…it was the voice of her people that made her strong and noble not the boot heel of her government.

Someone stole her backbone. Someone amended the vital components of the main source of her strength and left a shell that barely resembles the world’s first and only Representative Democracy. These thieves were the Progressives…the Socialists.

Socialism is built on the premise of strong central control. This central control of all industries, institutions and businesses is the premier characteristic of Socialism. This control ensures that the government will dictate how much, to whom and when. Socialism requires that the central government be the only source that establishes the rights of the people and is exclusively responsible for “updating” those rights as it feels necessary. This “updating” usually is used to re-establish, maintain, or increase central control.

Keep the above characteristics of Socialism in mind while you ponder the answer to this one very important question. Why would a Progressive/Socialist want to amend the United States Constitution to increase the control of the people and further limit the powers of the Federal Government? The answer is…He wouldn’t. It would seem logical that a Progressive/Socialist would introduce an amendment that would do the exact opposite wouldn’t it?

Let’s take a look at the 17th amendment which was “sold” to the America People by the Progressive/Socialists from 1906 to 1913 when it was finally ratified. It established the right of the people to elect their U.S. Senators by popular election rather than having them be appointed by each state’s legislature the way that our Forefathers originally intended.

Our Forefather’s established the Senate and its members as a mechanism of maintaining state sovereignty. This state sovereignty was the backbone to America’s strength; it was the ONLY way to ensure that the states were protected from the Federal Government. It was the only way to ensure that the Federal Government would not be able to control the states. Now, stop and look what has happened; no state representation since 1913 and the federal Government has been in complete control ever since. The Progressive/Socialist agenda accomplished.

What I am about to tell you is not an opinion, it is a constitutional fact and anyone who will try to tell you otherwise is either lying to you, is ignorant or both. The repeal of the 17th amendment will re-establish state sovereignty, dramatically increase state and individual rights and put the Federal Government back in its cage where it belongs. The media, who has lots to lose with a repeal, will lead the charge against it by reprinting the lies that they used fool America into supporting the amendment. Our plan is to expose their wicked selfishness before they have a chance to do it again.

If you believe in freedom and you believe in liberty and you want a stronger voice at the federal level then we must repeal the 17th amendment.

For the next several weeks we will be posting a series of letters that make a case for re-establishing the greatness of this republic through this repeal. If you have concerns or questions, please post them as a comment and we will answer them in a dignified, respectful and informative manner. Please also share this information with your friends and family and have them post their concerns as well. This is a movement that requires the participation of a well informed electorate. Won’t you join us in this cause to restore our freedoms?

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