I don't know how many readers I actually have... if ANY. The problem with not monetizing my blog is I don't have any way to gauge how many people are reading the drivel I'm pouring out. I'd like to think there are a few out there. Fact is, it doesn't really matter. Even if nobody reads it, at least I'm doing something. You know that famous question? If a tree falls in the forest, and none are there to hear it, blah, blah, blah? Well, the way I see it, even if none are there to hear it, and even if it made no sound, the fact that it fell would eventually have an effect on the forest. If in no other way, at least it would provide nutrients for the soil where it fell. That's what I'm doing. Providing nutrients.
Since falling short of the signatures necessary to secure a place on the ballot, for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat, (notice I call it OHIO's seat), I've taken up the cause of the Ohio Project. That being to first, get the Ohio Health Care Amendment and the Ohio Sovereignty Amendment on the ballot in November, and second, to get them passed. I'm in this fight because it is precisely the fight I was engaging in as a potential candidate to the senate, that of STATE SOVEREIGNTY.
Many heard me say that, if elected, I would stand before the Senate and proclaim, "I represent the State of Ohio, and we would like our sovereignty back!" Well, that's the statement these amendments make. The real power in THIS statement comes from the fact that it's the PEOPLE of Ohio making the proclamation.
Our federal government derives its power from the "consent of the governed". But passive disapproval is nothing short of consent in the eyes of a tyrant. Our legislators have forgotten that WE THE PEOPLE are the government. That WE THE PEOPLE tell them what to do, not the other way around. It is not for the federal government to decide what is best for Ohio, or any other state. It is the responsibility of the federal government to protect the states, and allow the states to do commerce. Does anyone think that our Founders (as delegates from their respective states), knowing they were creating a tool for their own destruction, would have put quill to parchment to sign the Constitution? Make no mistake, there were those among them who would have liked to have had what we are SO DANGEROUSLY close to having today, (an ALL POWERFUL national government). Here's a news bulletin... They were OUT NUMBERED. We do have cause to thank those men though. Men like James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton, who tried VERY HARD to see to it that the states had no authority over their own affairs. It is thanks to the efforts of men such as these, (or in spite of them), that the BILL of RIGHTS was amended to the Constitution.
The legislators of the states, saw the danger posed by giving too much authority to even a well intentioned federal government. They insisted on protecting the rights of their states, FOR POSTERITY!
Until the the 17th Amendment was ratified, the Senate saw its role in Congress for what it was, protection for the interests of their respective states, (their rights). It was easy enough to do that, because they didn't have to worry about getting voted out of office as a result of an unpopular position. Since then, even though the JOB is the same, the BOSS is different. And the new boss, until recently, has only been interested in one thing... HIMSELF. The members of the Senate have forgotten who they represent. They have been making the popular choices, instead of the right choices with regard to the best interest of the state. How many of the programs Americans depend on today, that have brought us to the brink of insolvency, would not exist at ALL had the members of the Senate had the courage to say, "In the long run, my state can't afford that". "I vote no". ... ... How many?
So, until the next election cycle begins, I'll be doing what I can to SOUND like a Senator, if I can't actually BE one. I'll be taking every opportunity to spout off about the rights and interests of my state. I'll be doing all I can to protect and preserve the Constitution of the United States. I would like to suggest that YOU do the same... WHATEVER state you're in. Educate those around you on the role of government in their lives, and their own responsibility to themselves and others.
As a measure of comfort, I'd like to tell you that there isn't a lot of difference between the condition of things today, and the earliest days of our Republic. The characters have changed. The weapons have changed. The speed at which information moves has changed. But the fight is the same as it has always been. LIBERTY vs. TYRANNY in an all out, no holds barred, brawl. Same as it's always been. Even the press was the same. What remains to be seen is this... Do WE THE PEOPLE of today, have the STONES our ancestors had? Those first days of liberty were DOWN RIGHT TOUGH. The road back to liberty will be tough too. WE THE PEOPLE are a lot softer today.
Oh I know I'm up for it. I'm pretty sure you are too. It's your neighbor I'm worried about. He'll be voting too. What are you doing to toughen HIM up?
I'll get back to ya...
Until the the 17th Amendment was ratified, the Senate saw its role in Congress for what it was, protection for the interests of their respective states, (their rights). It was easy enough to do that, because they didn't have to worry about getting voted out of office as a result of an unpopular position. Since then, even though the JOB is the same, the BOSS is different. And the new boss, until recently, has only been interested in one thing... HIMSELF. The members of the Senate have forgotten who they represent. They have been making the popular choices, instead of the right choices with regard to the best interest of the state. How many of the programs Americans depend on today, that have brought us to the brink of insolvency, would not exist at ALL had the members of the Senate had the courage to say, "In the long run, my state can't afford that". "I vote no". ... ... How many?
So, until the next election cycle begins, I'll be doing what I can to SOUND like a Senator, if I can't actually BE one. I'll be taking every opportunity to spout off about the rights and interests of my state. I'll be doing all I can to protect and preserve the Constitution of the United States. I would like to suggest that YOU do the same... WHATEVER state you're in. Educate those around you on the role of government in their lives, and their own responsibility to themselves and others.
As a measure of comfort, I'd like to tell you that there isn't a lot of difference between the condition of things today, and the earliest days of our Republic. The characters have changed. The weapons have changed. The speed at which information moves has changed. But the fight is the same as it has always been. LIBERTY vs. TYRANNY in an all out, no holds barred, brawl. Same as it's always been. Even the press was the same. What remains to be seen is this... Do WE THE PEOPLE of today, have the STONES our ancestors had? Those first days of liberty were DOWN RIGHT TOUGH. The road back to liberty will be tough too. WE THE PEOPLE are a lot softer today.
Oh I know I'm up for it. I'm pretty sure you are too. It's your neighbor I'm worried about. He'll be voting too. What are you doing to toughen HIM up?
I'll get back to ya...
