What is the single worst thing America has done to destroy itself?

Our country was founded upon freedom from oppression. Are we still free from oppression? How oppressive are taxes? How oppressive are laws defining behavior? How oppressive are dictates by Presidents and agencies that are not representative of the people’s wishes? Is America actually a free country.

Doug Casey on the ‘Worsening Storm,’ QE3 and the Hard Assets Alliance

by printing up trillions of currency units, governments have ? so far successfully ? papered things over. Instead of allowing markets to liquidate, their currency printing has made it possible…

Should not the “National” Guard be the [STATE Guard]?

With all the talk (and Executive Order) regarding possible Martial Law, and the likelihood that We the People might see the Government with it’s Military and “Homeland Security” and National Guards and Obama’s own “civilian military” which they call the TSA, ALL beyond the control of The People.? Our Rulers are ganging up on Americans …

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Republic or Democracy?

From http://dictionary.reference.com — (I think probably more spun than true, so less than helpful – check other dictionaries & comment): de?moc?ra?cy noun,?plural?-cies. 1. ?government?by?the?people;?a?form?of?government?in?which?the?supreme power?is?vested?in?the?people?and?exercised?directly?by?them?or?by?theirelected?agents?under?a?free?electoral?system. 2. ?a?state?having?such?a?form?of?government:?The?United?States?and?Canada?are democracies. 3. ?a?state?of?society?characterized?by?formal?equality?of?rights?and privileges. 4. ?political?or?social?equality;?democratic??spirit. 5. ?the?common?people?of?a?community?as?distinguished?from?anyprivileged?class;?the?common?people?with?respect?to?their?political?power. re?pub?lic noun 1. ?a?state?in?which?the?supreme?power?rests?in?the?body?of?citizens?entitled to?vote?and?is?exercised?by?representatives?chosen?directly?or?indirectlyby?them. 2. ?any?body?of?persons?viewed?as?a?commonwealth. 3. ?a?state?in?which?the?head?of?government?is?not?a?monarch?or?other hereditary?head?of?state. 4. ?(?initial?capital?letter?)?any?of?the?five?periods?of?republican?government?in France.?Compare?First Republic,?Second Republic,?Third Republic,?Fourth Republic,?Fifth Republic. 5. ?(?initial?capital?letter,?italics?)?a?philosophical?dialogue?(4th?century?b.c.)?byPlato?dealing?with?the?composition?and?structure?of?the?ideal?state. …

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Russell Longcore on the Constitution

My highly intelligent “friend” Russell Longcore, seen first with writings in LewRockwell.com and now rarely missing a day on his own DumpDC.com, delivered there a most intriguing article which I reposted if you wish read it in full. I quote his following gem about the validity of the Constitution: So what exactly is this Constitution? …

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Constitution

A Constitution for the Voluntary System  Readers may be pleasantly surprised, as this article should be brief and to the point.? We need to set some basics intended to open the door to discussion.? I am not even certain that we want or need a Constitution for a Voluntary System, but probably few people can …

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Sovereignty Of The People

This came today from a post by Autarchic at Sodahead.com.? It will trigger some thinking by those who can think! 1. Sovereignty itself is, of course, not subject to law, for it is the author and source of law; but in our system, while sovereign powers are delegated to the agencies of government, sovereignty itself …

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