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    2012 Republican Presidential Dance Card . . . Thus Far


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Wed Jun 15, 2011 at 01:13:41 PM EST
    Tags: GOP 2012 Presidential Nominee, Michele Bachman, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Gary Johnson, Fred Karger, Andy Martin, Jimmy McMillan, Roy Moore, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Buddy Roemer, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Jonathon Sharkey, Ames Straw Poll, New Hampshire Primary (all tags)

    It's often been said (including frequently on this site) that the real choice in any election is in the primaries.  Once the primaries are over, you're essentially stuck with whoever survives.  And in the quadrennial contest for the Republican nominee for the President of the United States, direct involvement in the primaries is going to be critical . . . there is no excuse for sitting on the sidelines and then carping because you don't like who wound up on the top of the ticket.

    Of course, making an informed choice is always useful, and for that we should go below the fold.


    (55 comments, 1041 words in story) Full Story

    Making The President A King


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Sat May 28, 2011 at 03:45:57 PM EST
    Tags: H.R. 1540 of 2011 (Section 1034), House Vote # 361, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, War Powers, Posse Comitatus Act, Bill of Rights, military draft, debt ceiling, Justin Amash, John Conyers, Ron Paul, Michigan Congressional Republicans (all tags)

    Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure.  Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect, after having given him so much as you propose.  If today he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him?  You may say to him, - "I see no probability of the British invading us;" but he will say to you, "Be silent: I see it, if you don't."

    To provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.  This our convention understood to be the most oppressive of all kingly oppressions, and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.  But your view destroys the whole matter, and places our President where kings have always stood.

    The above quote is from a letter written by Abraham Lincoln, while serving in the United States Congress (representing Illinois' 7th District), to his friend and law-partner William H. Herndon on 15 February 1848.  The purpose of the quote, and indeed much of the letter, was that Lincoln was defending his Spot Resolutions and his position opposing the Mexican-American War.

    Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution clearly specifies that the power to declare war is reserved to Congress only.  While the President is indeed the Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Armed Forces, he does not have the authority to order the military into an offensive engagement without Congress' consent.

    But that's about to change . . . and God help us all if this stands.


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    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Who does Gary Peters (D,MI-9) Work for?


    By Crippy, Section News
    Posted on Tue Dec 21, 2010 at 12:19:18 PM EST
    Tags: Gary Peters, Ron Paul (all tags)

    I recently contacted Congressman Gary Peters's office regarding the new TSA security theater and Ron Paul's bill to hold the TSA goons accountable.  As a software consultant, I am on a plane at least twice a week and find the screening procedures reprehensible.  

    At least twice a week I have to decide whether to go through Airport gas chambers or be subjected to sexual assault.

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    Monday is massive calling in support of H.R 1207 "Audit the Fed"


    By apackof2, Section News
    Posted on Sat Apr 25, 2009 at 11:26:26 AM EST
    Tags: audit the fed, H.R 1207, monday, Ron Paul (all tags)

    Even though H.R. 1207 is getting surprisingly good bipartisan support and has 84 co-sponsers in the House as of today,

    (1 comment, 412 words in story) Full Story

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