All legal American Citizens should be required to read, acknowledge and swear allegiance to our constitution.

Additionally every socialist and RINO in congress should be required to immediately read, take an exam on, and pass with at least a 90%. Those who serve in congress, by virtue of their elevated national positions, should be required to attain a higher passing grade than the general public.

Moreover, a new directive that states that at anytime any politician breaks this allegiance, proposes laws against, or strays from the constitution's original meaning; they will be tried, prosecuted, fined, and imprisoned for the required term according to the new “Constitutional Requirements Test” law.

In fact, we should start now imprisoning many currently in congress for their treasons acts against our beloved constitution!

I would suggest the Air Force Academy for your son. The place is full of patriots, but yet there are the battles with political correctness. My son is a second classman there, and I am a graduate myself. We need more patriots there. Keep up the good work - and fight the good fight.

2 words: TERM LIMITS. That's the main thing that we need. Once we get that, the rest of the initiatives get incrimentally easier to achieve.

Mark

Carry on with the honorable words about the Constitution of our country. I thank God that someone is spreading this to my fellow countrymen.

Thank you

Bob

Mr. Alexander - As much as I hope we can undo Obama's damage, I disagree with you that BHO is the most dangerous President in our history. FDR was far more destructive to our country and our founding principles. He is the one that started us down this path. He had no use at all for the constitution. Even Wilson was probably more dangerous, because he set the philosophical principles that FDR relied upon. Ironicly, BHO may be the one that reverses this movement, since the people are finally waking up to the danger.

Mark,

I look forward to each days' email of the Patriot Post. I have learned much from it and find it refreshing to read a body of work that encompasses my feelings when I find it hard to verbalize them myself. I conclude that my education of our nation's constitution needs work and your publication is a huge help towards that end. And as an Eagle Scout (1969), father of an Eagle Scout (2008), father of a Girl Scout Gold Award recipiant(pending), my congratulations to your son!

Happy Birthday to your son Mark.

Now would be a good time to bring back the old time insane assylums, with electric shock theraphy, because there are a vast number of people in Washington who belong in the NUT HOUSE.

Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution clearly states: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." The obamanation and his sycophants, by allowing, aiding and abetting, this invasion - coupled with the willing abandonment of US soil, citizens and property to invading forces, has committed treason against the United States of America.

Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution clearly states: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." The obamanation and all complicit government officials including the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General of the United States are equally guilty of treason and must be removed from office. Those failing to take such Constitutionally mandated action, and members of congress including but not limited to Congresswoman Pelozi and Senator Reid, are equally guilty and are aiding and abetting traitors. Senator Reid has recently introduced legislation holding the lives and health of our troops fighting the war on terror hostage to further aid and abet this invasion of illegal aliens, coupling his crimes with that of extortion.

It is up to the people of the United States, in the midst of this broad conspiracy of our government in these high crimes, to take whatever action they deem fit. God bless patriots everywhere and God Bless the United States of America.

I would like to comment on President Obama and all the crap he is blamed for since elected by US Citizens. He is not nearly, by a long shot, as dangerous to the United States as is Congress and the size of our government.

Congress is the moldy, cancerous growth that is killnig America. There are no term limits for Congress men/women and probably will not be as long as they are the ones who would put limits in place. They are the ones who spend all our monies, they are the ones taking directions and monies from lobbyists (second most dangerous government department), and they are the ones looking after themselves only and NOT the American people!

WE THE PEOPLE must take back control of OUR government. WE THE PEOPLE must find a way around Congress in order to get issues on the ballot in general elections that allow for US Citizens to demand what we want.

Until this happens we will just plod along until the cancerous growth becomes too big to carry and we collapse on the ground.

Let's lighten up on Obama and go after Congress!

Respectfully,

Doug Johnston

The State of the Union address to the American People on January 20th 2011 as delivered by President Barack Obama as written by Ted Hensley on August 25 – Sept 15, 2010.

My Fellow Americans:

It is with great respect for each of you that I humbly come before you tonight to deliver my 3rd State of the Union address. During the short time we will spend together this evening, I will be outlining a new course for our country, a course which I believe will help steer us back onto the road to Peace and Prosperity.

These past two years have been tumultuous for all of us. We have witnessed an unprecedented number of financial crises which today show no sign of turning around. During this time I have taken advice from my many supporters and chosen staff and have acted in good faith to try and correct the worst of these problems. However, I have now come to the realization that even the best of advice from well meaning folks can sometimes be either inaccurate, inappropriate, or at worst, completely contrary to the action needed to solve the problem. Considering the size of the problems we face as a Nation, I am now going to take charge of the situation by going in a new direction.

There will be those who will cry foul and point fingers at this group or that, continuing to try and place blame for this problem or that problem. I for one hereby pledge that I will no longer be among those, for it is time to stand up, take whatever blame I am due, and be the one to turn a deaf ear to those who wish to find someone or something, to blame. Our problems are what they are. Each of us had a part and responsibility for getting us to the present. I now say that each of us have a part and responsibility for resolving the current problems and delivering us to a more sound future – one where families can once again have a home, plan and invest for their own futures, involve themselves in community organizations designed to help folks right there in their own neighborhoods, save for their retirement, feel confident that if they get sick or need medical help that the services they need will be there for them – all the while living the American Dream and fulfilling the hopes and desires of those generations who came before who sacrificed themselves, both on the battlefield and in the field of their labors, so that we might profit from those investments, improve upon them, and pass along an even better future to our offspring.

I know that when I came into office there was much excitement , hope, and enthusiasm – partly because of my high ideals for the future, and partly because what I represented to so many of you – that of an individual with a mixed background who had risen to the highest office in our country. I was held up as an example so that others would once again believe in our system of social justice and reaffirming that indeed our country is a Land of Opportunity. However, I have come to realize that mere ideals are not enough to run a country – that a country is run primarily by the hard-working men and women of the workplace, those who have started a business while providing opportunities to others, those who have been fortunate enough to have the responsibility of overseeing the private wealth of our country and where it needs to be invested, those entrepreneurs who plow the fields or visualize a new neighborhood, those who bet everything they have on building that new shopping mall or other place of business not only because they see a need but who also see the potential for profit, those who work diligently every day just to make sure that the products their factory turn out continue to be competitive given the fierceness of the world economy, those who attend the House of Worship of their choice while donating on a regular basis to see that the wisdom of their faith is not only kept alive but growing as well, those who contribute their own sweat equity to help the less fortunate in their communities, those who have chosen a profession not based on pay but based on their own desire to serve their fellow man, those who have chosen to defend our nation while putting their lives on the line by joining our military forces – and the list goes on. In short, it is you the American People who make this country work – and not your government. For I have come to realize that your government is here merely to assist you along the way by providing those services as provided for in our Constitution. For over many decades our country has veered from this path and it is now time to begin the process that will return us to the Principles of our Founding.........

Now let’s get out there and Make Good Things Happen!

Barack Obama by Ted Hensley

Mr. Alexander,

Please congratulate your son for me on his earning his Eagle Scout preferment - I too archived that pinnacle of Scouting in 1958. The Scout Oath, and the Scout Law, have guided me throughout these fifty-seven years as a Scout, both active and former and neither has ever failed to direct me in the right and proper direction in all my endeavors.

To "True Patriot," et.al.: In the final analysis it is not Obama, Bush, Reagan, Wilson, or FDR who are to blame for the sorry condition we find ourselves in today. The blame and fault lies solely with ourselves, the citizens who, through our laziness, non-attention, and disdain for our institutions and traditions, are to blame. It is past time that we all got up off of our collective duffs and return this nation to the rule of law under the Constitution. No more the "Rex lex" adopted by our so called leaders, but "Lex rex," as ordained by the incalculable wisdom of our founders.

Selah.

Semper Fideles

Keep drinking your cool aid, Ted, since you can't tell sh-- from shine. Pretty soon you'll sound just as incoherent as "True Patriot" who is obviously neither. O'vomit's idea of peace and prosperity, as we all know, is total government control which you are more than welcome to inhabit in your own place and time far, far from America or in any padded cell.

Arnie:

Please read the entire document and not just the Presidential type statements at the beginning. As a Christian Conservative Entrepreneur, I have put months of thought into this message. You will see that I have turned our president 180 degrees from the destructive path he and his congress are on.

Thanks,

Ted

The Obamaphiles in the American PRAVDA and in the Central Committee are claiming that Obama is "lowering taxes on the Middle Class." Like every other word that has come out of his and their mouths, what Obama is proposing is not to raise taxes. In Obamaworld, that qualifies as a tax reduction -- for the moment. Do you remember having been given instructions by your doctor to "Take all the medication i've prescribed, even after you feel fine and the symptoms are gone"? It's the same with Progressivism, Marxism, Communism, Liberalism, the Commiecrats, Obama-ism. We, the People, cannot -- must not -- rest until the entire Liberal cancer of the Body Politic is eradicated. The symptoms might no longer be readily apparent but, rest assured, unless each and every cell of that cancer is destroyed, it will regenerate itself. When it comes to the Commiecrats, there is no such thing as "remission." "But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. It behooves you, therefore, to be watchful in your States as well as in the Federal Government." -- Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address, March 4, 1837

Sorry, Ted, but when it's hunting season, you shouldn't ought to make yourself look like the Buck.

Rifleman, I like your thinking. Which AMA approved procedure do you recommend for cancer: knives, drugs or radiation? In my experience skillful physicians use all three just to make sure.

Recently I received an e-mail which stated that Barack Obama was the best thing that could have happened to the United States---he went on to explain that this was because it had awakened a sleeping, public, and apparently moved the previously apathetic voters to take action to preserve our country's values!

Sadly, impeachment of Obama is not a viable option. The C0nstitution provides that in the case of impeachment of the president he shall be tried by Congress and the presiding judge shall be the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court.

Any guesses how that would turn out ?

Arnie,

I think that Dr. Rifleman is considering the rectal-craniotomy procedure. You know the operation that removes the head from the ----.

Ted,

Good job on the state of the dis-union. I will wager a large portion of my share of the obama debt that we will not see anything like that 20 January 2011 (or around that time). My reasoning is that a change of that magnitude would require intelligence and courage; neither of which are in great supply to the messiah.

TruePatriot,

Go back to drinking the Kool-Aid, watching NKTV and reading the NKTimes. The real Americnas will bail you out of trouble again and again and again. Perhaps some day you will actually learn that GOVERNMENT OF THE FEW BY THE FEW FOR THE FEW IS THE PROBLEM!!!.

Duke

P.S. I am intelligent enough to KNOW that I don't have all of the answers and that I don't even know all of the questions. But I DO KNOW that freedom means having to do for yourself on occasion. Something you and your progressive types can't do.

Duke

Good lord...

1. "Our nation is under siege, and the Socialist regime of Barack Hussein Obama has proven to be a more subversive threat to freedom than that of any sitting president in our nation's history."

Substitute "communist" for "Socialist" and "Dwight D. Eisenhower" for "Barack Hussein Obama," and this could be lifted straight from a John Birch Society pamphlet.

2. "For its first 150 years (with the notable exception Marbury v. Madison in 1803)..."

Well that's quite an exception, don't you think? The exception that established judicial review, that made the Judiciary a co-equal branch of government---fairly "notable," wouldn't you say? So what's the argument here? Deviating from the Constitution is bad except when it's not?

3. "Rule Number One: You must define the debate in terms of First Principles, which is to say, you must be able to articulate those principles."

Please see #2. If you're going to talk about first principles, I'd think that "defining when it's okay to disregard the Constitution" would be one of them.

I would say thanks for the laughs, but they're slowly turning to sobs.

Mr. Alexander,

Congratulations to your son on his completing his Eagle Project. An ominous task as every Eagle Scout knows. He has joined a special group of people.

Congratulations to you too. Welcome to another special group of people: Dads of Eagle Scouts.

We dads, along with all the moms of Eagle Scouts, have a solemn pride in our sons' accomplishments.

I believe the only way to remake our Country in the mold intended by the Founders is to simplify and clarify. Something Republicans cannot do if their lives depend upon it. (It does, actually) With this in mind, I believe that the Country is far better off with the election of President Obama.

John McCain would have been for cap and trade, some form of healthcare reform and an increase of taxes. We would have gotten the same, but "lighter". Now we have a revolt instead of a slow boil. But only because an Obama election was incredibly clarifying. We should expand on this clarification.

The difference between Democrats and Republicans is that Socialism lives within the Democrat party and capitalism has a home in the Republican party. Now, through this prism, let's look at what is said.

For instance, if one were to look at everything the Democrats say and do and compare it to the Communist Manifesto, there would be no degree of separation. Democrats are for the "little guy", Republicans are for the rich. No, Demos are for income redistribution from the rich to everyone else. The Manifesto? Check. They are for unions. The Manifesto? Check. Progressive tax system? Check. Government control of education? Check. Elimination of religion? Check. National healthcare? Check. I wish people would actually read the Manifesto.

This exercise would be clarifying in itself but would also cut into each and every argument they make. Tax cuts for the rich has some currency unless it is thought about in terms of redistribution. It does not make sense in terms of coherent economic policy. Everything becomes clear. The term "socialism" would be our "racist, homophobe, etc.". Let them try to deny it. They would stutter like Petunia Pig.

I respect you very much and read each of your essays. Does this have any merit?

David Telles

602-339-1144

I admit my embarrassment, that my realization of the meaning of, "Community Organizer" should take so long to realize.

Essentially, it means, "Underling Socialist S#1t-disturbing Rat".

Oh, well... Better late than never.

Ted,

I loved it. Good job my brother... but, I'm not going to hold my breath that the President is going to take you on as his new speech writer. Based on his obvious narcissism, I seriously doubt he would ever deign to admit (with a view to changing course) that he or his gaggle of syncophants were responsible for any ills caused to the country. Ah, if only though...

God Save the Republic!

"Responsibility n: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbour. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star." ~ Ambrose Bierce

I recently recorded a 1949 movie, Ayn Rand’s “Fountainhead”. I came upon one passage that I thought so pertinent that I ran the DVD back several times in order to write it down. I don’t know if it appears this way in the book since I read it nearly fifty years ago, but I’ll bet it does since Rand also wrote the screenplay for the movie.

"You can’t turn men into slaves unless you break their spirit, kill their capacity to think, and act on their own. Tie them together, teach them to conform, to unite, to agree, to obey. - - - If you kill a man’s sense of personal value he’ll submit."

Looks like “Hope and Change” to me.

Geeezzz .... you whacko's who are so against Obama ... but supported that sleezebag Bush ... do you have a brain between those ears? Or just mush???

Oh,,,, I forget. Republican = Mush.

Sorry for asking...

Arnie: My Dad, who was born in 1893 and lived 91 years, offered me many episodes of sage advice. One of my favorites was this one: "If at all possible, live your life so that you will never need a lawyer or a doctor."

I'm a pro-lifer. That being said, I feel very strongly that the likes of Dodd, the Clintons, B. Frank, Obama, Pelosi, Biden, Reed, Shumer, Kerry, on and on and on...I could fill volumes, and almost all claim to be Democrats. I must also add the sycophants, the atheist Bill Maher, the demented Michael Moore, Soros, and again I could go on and on and on. This group of miscreants make a very strong argument for birth control!

Dear Mark:

As a long time Eagle Scout myself (I got mine in November, 1940) I must offer my most sincere congratulations to you son. Both my sons and two of my grandsons are also eagles as well as two of my brothers. It is a good indication of a young man's integrity and stick-to-it-iveness and a good indicator of future sucess. Too bad more young men don't do what it takes to get there. Once again -CONGRATULATIONS.

"Hope and Change" ?? No, no... you misunderstood. He said "Rope and Chains". The purpose of the rope and chains is to keep us on the taxpayer plantation.

Gotta agree that Wilson and FDR started us down this road... and BHO is just continuing the FDR/LBJ tradition. So many southerners were so 'burned' by the War and the so-called 'Reconstruction' that followed that they ceased to realize that Republicans were not the only enemy to federalism and the Constitution as viewed by the "solid South." The Democrats of Wilson/FDR had changed to from Constitutionalism to Communism....they just called it the "New Deal." Yet, southerners supported Democrats despite their treachery against the Constitution.

Neither major party is a friend to liberty and the Constitution. The Constitution is an inconvenience to be subverted and given lip service. Both major parties, owned and operated by the same forces, are out to maintain the status quo, to enrich themselves and keep the taxpayers down on the tax slavery plantation. The so-called "Contract with America," the "Revolution of 1994" and the Bush years with GOP Congress prove that Repubs are just as bad and the FDR/LBJ Democrats. Only the rhetoric changes... the results are the same: more tax slavery, more debt, more out of control spending.

And keep this in mind, too. Wilson/FDR/LBJ owe their ability to subvert the Constitution to a People wholly conditioned to the crushing of the Constitution by Lincoln and the tyrants who invoked his name to advance us from a Republic to an empire. It began in the 1860s...and accelerated in the 1930s and 1960s.

As economist Robert Higgs so ably points out, it was wars that expanded the government with the "Rachet Effect"...following each war (WBTS, WWI, WWII, etc.), the government never contracted to its pre-war size... it just kept growing -- working to increase its power. Eisenhower warned us of the "military-industrial complex" which is equally dangerous to our liberties as is the failed policies of the FDR/LBJ entitlement complex.

Pat Buchanan ably points out that we must 'liquidate the empire' and put checks on the military-industrial complex. Likewise, we must reverse the entitlement-complex and undo FDR's social security, LBJ's medicare and Bush's Drug entitlement. One look at the Debt Clock for the US will show you that it's entitlements that will bankrupt the U.S. We owe over $13.5 TRILLION in interest bearing debt... but we owe over $120 TRILLION in entitlement obligations. The madness has brought us to the brink of disaster. Is it too late to pull back?

http://usdebtclock.org/

Writer Joseph Sobran is probably right... it's probably too late. He wrote:

"Can the real Constitution be restored? Probably not. Too many Americans depend on government money under programs the Constitution doesn’t authorize, and money talks with an eloquence Shakespeare could only envy. Ignorant people don’t understand The Federalist Papers, but they understand government checks with their names on them." --Joseph Sobran, Nov. 21, 2000

James Madison was correct when he wrote that public debt is "a curse." He could not have imagined what we have today.

http://georgiaheritagecouncil.org/site2/commentary/scroggins-vertical-debt-limit030210.phtml

Thank you, Mr Alexander, for the lighthouse and the shorebell during these turbulent times. While many are content to steer to any mad wind, we have been blessed by God Our Heavenly Father with a voice in the wilderness. You are the watchman of Ezekiel - charged with sounding the alarum; we hear and we respond.

I have copied your essays to send to my friends who have not heard yet. I can only hope they will hear and respond also.

May Our Loving Father in Heaven always find you so worthy and so willing to His will.

How can I forward something for your humor page . . . I could not find any other place to submit a question!

mary

Mark, hearty congratulations to your son on the completion of his Eagle project! My twins will receive their Tenderfoot ranks on Monday (along with 12 merit badges they earned over the summer!) and are nearly done with Second Class. Boy Scouting is the BEST. I'll bet you and he had a great time working on Citizenship in the Nation.

Term and Tenure Limits---Proposed Constitutional Amendment as follows:

We The People of the United States of America, declare the Declaration of Independence and the Signatory Clause as the fore word and the end word of this our Constitution, and ever proclaim our Sovereignty as a People and a Nation. And Renounce the use of Force: Armies, Navies to make aggressive War, declared or nor, for the purpose of conquest or dominion.

No Person, upon sole reason of quantity of debt shall be deprived of life or liberty; and the Congress shall make No Debt for the Nation or the several States, lest the monies appropriated be for exigencies of War or of the common defense.

The Person, a Citizen, whether being; Elected, Appointed, or Commissioned; such that each of these officers, not elsewhere provided for in this Constitution, shall have been a Citizen of the United States seven years; and Cadre military, hired civil servants, and contractors of all inferior offices shall be a Citizen. And these Persons upon candidacy for office, to prove literacy and to Know Thine Oath, shall read aloud and whole, in English, henceforth the official language of the Land, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States; before a randomly Called and Sworn Jury of one hundred Citizen peers of the vicinage of the Person; and after reading, the Jurors being empowered to annul such candidacy by a vote of seventy-six. Citizenship is not required of non-cadre enlisted military lest secrecy be a necessity in the performance of their regular duty.

No one Person shall be an employee of the United States as any Officer or subordinate- receiving an emolument or profit, for a span longer than thirty-eight years. A Citizen only, shall vote in the vicinage of the state wherein they reside, proving residence of seven months per annum; for elective offices or issues in federal, state, or local elections or referendums within the United States or any jurisdiction thereof. And the Will of the People as determined by vote tally shall not be challenged, stayed, or negated, by any Person, Citizen, Judicial Court, or Officer of the United States or of any State, lest the resultant margin be less than one percentile. And no Justice, Judge, or other Officer shall cite any other source save this Constitution to decide the constitutionality and meaning of the Laws of the Land, or treaties made in pursuance thereof; or to decide any cause of action.

The President; -he, in the event of a vacancy of Office not elsewhere provided for in this Constitution, shall appoint Constitutional Officers, military Flag officers, and other inferior managerial and staff officers made by Congress, to take office with the advise and consent of the Senate; such that all terms of appointment and commission, and of election, begin upon the day of Senate consent, certification of election, and upon Oath or Affirmation. Each Person appointed to be twice eligible for appointment of the same Office, except military officers thrice eligible for appointment. So, henceforth, the President, –he, shall appoint Supreme Court Justices; and Judges to the Bench of inferior courts made by Congress, to a term of eleven and nine years, respectively, though not subject to His forbearance. So, the President, -he shall appoint Secretaries, Generals, counselors, chairmen, directors, ad-ministers, and other officers of the Departments to one term concurrent with his own term; but subject to his forbearance as chief-executive. So, the President, -he shall appoint Ambassadors and Consuls to a term of five years, subject to his forbearance as head-of-state; with Senate consent to affirm to Office or recall from Abroad or Office, all these officers of state. So, the President, -he shall appoint to a term of five years, Flag-officers of the military, though these be subject to his forbearance as commander-in-chief, and he may repost or retire military officers by his own initiative.

Each of the several states shall be entitled to three and no more than fifty-three Representatives. Each Representative shall be elected by the citizens of the state such that each citizen shall vote election of two Representatives, one of which shall be elected by the citizens of the whole state and shall be the Spox of the State congressional delegates; the remaining Representatives allotted to the several States per the Census, shall be elected by citizens within a district made by the state legislature. The Representative shall have a term of two years, and be nine times eligible for election, no more than eighteen years. In the event of a vacancy of office, the Governing executive of the State, with consent of the state Legislature, shall appoint a Representative for the remainder of the vacant term, and a Representative elected from one state or district within that state shall Not be elected a Representative by any other of the several states. A majority of all Representatives must be present to constitute a Quorum to do business provided each State shall have one Representative present.

Each Senator shall be elected by the citizens of the whole state; such that each citizen shall vote election of three Senators. Each Senator elected upon bi-annual years. The Senator shall have a term of six years and be thrice eligible for election no more than eighteen years. In the event of a vacancy of Office, the Governing executive of the State, with consent of the state Legislature, shall appoint a Senator for the remainder of the vacant term, and a Senator elected from one state shall Not be elected a Senator by any other of the several states. Each Senators staff shall be provisioned by the State. A majority of all Senators must be present to constitute a Quorum to do business provided each State shall have one Senator present.

The Congress shall meet at least once per year, commencing the third day of January, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, no less than eighty days, nor more than ninety-nine days; the President may waive this provision to call a Special Session, or the Congress may assemble should imminent danger to the Union or to any of the several States will not admit of delay. Upon certifications of election of the new Congress, each Elected shall be sworn or affirmed to office and assume their place. The members of the House of Representatives shall number no more than three times the number of members elected to the Senate.

Upon each decade, in the seventh year, betwixt assembly the second Monday of May and adjournment and disbandment September 17, a Federal Convention shall be convened, presided by the Speaker of the House, who shall have no vote lest they be equally divided. This Body may adjourn for any exigency, or to meet as the House and the Senate in regular session. This Body shall be composed of the Spox of each State and those Senators elected upon the sixth year, and each member shall have one vote. Upon convening, each member shall be sworn or affirmed to office. This Body, upon necessity, shall be empowered to propose and submit to the legislatures of the several States, upon the approval of seventy-six of the members, Constitutional Amendments for ratification- pursuant to petitions for the redress of grievances, received by the President or the Speaker, and being originated by one-tenth of the populations of each of two-fifths of the several States, or pursuant to applications of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States. Further, this Body shall be empowered to review the Constitutionality of all laws, resolves, treaties, and other Acts which shall have been approved by Congress, or ratified by the Senate; and signed by the President; also all executive orders, rules, and regulations, having the force of law pursuant to those Acts; also all judicial reviews, adjudications, and opinions of the Supreme Court or of the inferior courts of the United States. And to introduce, and by simple majority vote, approve bills of statute legislation for corrections, or pursuant to petitions as afore being originated, for the requisite approval or disapproval of the House of Representatives and of the Senate in next regular session. The Convention shall make NO Amendments of effect upon this Constitution as provided hereunto and any other provisions wherein this Body shall deem proper to add hereunto: inclusive of Amendments One through Ten, the Bill of Rights; Article I, Section 7; Article I, Section 8; Article I, Section 9; Article I, Section 10.

My first election was the Goldwater-Johnson election of 1964. I think it was a definitive moment in our history when America could have been turned around from sinking deeper in the abyss of socialism and into a war fought not to win. we still carry scars of Lyndon Johnson both from the war and the "Great Society". Today we face an internal enemy worse than liberalism, we face anarchist Marxists of the home-grown variety. The Obama mystique is nothing more than the proverbial lion in lamb's clothing. This coming election may be our last hope of restoring America. They will not go quietly, they will put people on the streets if necessary to try to intimidate us into backing off. We will be called raciest, phobic, full of hate, and stupid, but this is our time to stand for America, home of the free and the brave.

Ro

Dear Fellow Patriots:

It's too late unless we end all entitlements, foreign aid, and allow only those who pay taxes and own property to vote. I do not see that ever happening so I see the end of the our individual rights and freedoms. Then I see continued progress into the "New World Order" and complete global governance.

(For more information please see www.sovereignty.net)

May God Bless and Help America,

Paula

As a general rule, the most successful man

in life is the man who has the best information.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)

Personal for Mark: Sir: Regarding your son's interest to attend one of our Service Academies - I'm an Admissions Coordinator for West Point in Southern Oregon. Do you have a local contact to get more information about West Point? If not, I'd be glad to help find a local Admissions Mentor in your area. Just let me know if I may be of service. Keep up the good fight!

Russ

Blame Bush.Its time for Barry to turn in his man card.

Unfortunately, this Government has been so self induldging in satisfying their individual name maing that they seem to have forgotten exactly who is captain of the ship. It's "We the Peolpe", not Obamaism Socialistic Rules. This Government needs an awaking and 11-2-10 is just the start. The Tea Party, of which I am a very proud member, is becoming very strong and organized. It isn't going away after 11-2-10. The Tea Party will be monitoring every minute of all Government elected individuals and the course of their political agendas. I for one, being a Viet-Nam era Veteran, know the value of Freedom. This administration "CHANGE" isn't what we fought for. Considering the Socialism Program of Implementation and Obama's agenda, millions of Americans see the silent comparison and implementation of these steps leading to complete Socialism. From the "programming of little children in public schools to making it illeagal to own firearms. Of course the constant spending of what we don't have has to come from somewhere. Guess where? Yep, increases in taxes, but in a way that the Government thinks we are stupid for the taxes that are in place probably will not be increased, but they will eliminate the tax benefits on items such as Home Loans, etc. where ever they can place a NEW tax. Look at the "death tax" elimination and what that is going to cost Farmers for one. Believe me, I've had enough. I have already destroyed a TV clicker throwing it at the TV when Pelosi and O'bummer passed that Health Care bill. My wife hides the new one now when ever O'bummer is on TV giving a speech of some kind. By the way, I'm not misspelling his name, it's what it sounds like to me. Make a difference and get involved with the Tea Party meetings in your area.

The Whackopatriots comment is from a typical Democrat brain washed idiot. They never seem to know when, in a civil debate, to shut up and listen.

Leo called it right on the election of 1964... it was a possible turning point, a missed opportunity as were the FDR election of the 1930s-40s.

Paula also nailed it on 9/18. The Founders during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 debated the right of suffrage considering it as it existed in the several states then...and decided to leave that power to define eligibility with the States. After 1865, the central government grabbed this power to define voting rights under cover of the so-called "Reconstruction" amendments and later under the VOTING RIGHTS ACT of 1965. NOW...we have the issue that James Madison wrote about in the 1787 debates. Those with land/property have no protection against the invasion of their rights by the mass of have-nots. The Founders gave us a Republic... and we have lost it. We, the People, allowed FDR and LBJ to convert us to a "democracy" ruled by elites that ignores the essential protections and prohibitions of the Constitution. As Jefferson aptly noted, "A democracy is a government where 51 percent take away the rights of the other 49."

Senator Goldwater summed it up well:

"How did it happen? How did our national government grow from a servant with sharply limited powers into a master with virtually unlimited power? In part, we were swindled. There are occasions when we have elevated men and political parties to power that promised to restore limited government and then proceeded, after their election, to expand the activities of government. But let us be honest with ourselves. Broken promises are not the major causes of our trouble. Kept promises are. All too often we have put men in office who have suggested spending a little more on this, a little more on that, who have proposed a new welfare program, who have thought of another variety of 'security.' We have taken the bait, preferring to put off to another day the recapture of freedom and the restoration of our constitutional system." --U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater (1909-1998)

On their first day of office, each of our elected leaders and representatives swears allegiance to the Constitution, but for too long many have freely ignored that oath and instead worked to subvert the Constitutional limits on their actions.

While the policies of Obama and his willing minions have thrown our nation into economic chaos, they have at least hastened the day when it will no longer be possible for liberal politicians to pretend even to pay lip service to the Constitution, but will be forced to declare openly their derision for the principles that made America great.

When I served as an officer in the Navy, I too took an oath, but unlike many currently serving in government, I meant it when I swore to support and defend the Constitution. Although I am no longer in uniform, I feel that sacred charge even more keenly today.

The time is fast approaching when each American will have to make the clear choice between a further decline into Marxist feel-goodism and a restoration of limited government of, by, and for the people. When you meet with your fellow Patriots at the Tea Parties and other gatherings of like-minded conservatives, consider reciting this pledge:

"I pledge allegiance to THE CONSTITUTION of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as originally written and ratified by our nation's founding fathers, and as legally amended by the citizens.

I solemnly swear that I will support and defend THE CONSTITUTION from all enemies, both foreign and especially domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, and that I will endeavor to hold accountable those who would subvert or distort its meaning.

To this end I devote my life, my fortune, and my sacred honor, that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA will forever remain one nation under God, a free people."

I am inspired by your family care and protection with the constitution !

However I do remain puzeled , what constitution are you speaking of ? the U S Constitution or the Federal constitution . Afterall we were only free till 1793 .

The Court had the chance to respond to this remarkable ambiguity in its very first case--Chisholm v. Georgia (1793). On its face, the case was simply a debt dispute that involved the legal standing of "foreigners" (citizens of a different state or country) to sue a state. But the majority's decision turned the case into "the first constitutionally significant case ever decided by the Supreme Court" (Amar, 2005, p. 332). The Court's remarkable, and controversial, decision shifted the case away from the common law tradition, which, until that time, had been the dominant legal force in America, and toward constitutional arguments regarding the dimensions of political representation. This shift carved out for the Court a unique place in debates over the boundaries between the branches of government, national and local affairs, and individual citizens in American society. For these reasons, the decision occupies an early place in America's "high drama of public affairs" (Orth, 1987, p. 19). In short, the Court's response to the legal and political cultures in which it operated would shape the form and content of America's constitutional experiment.

Read the 11th Amen. and compare it with Art.3 Sec. 2 and for further violations of the U S Constitution the judges are trying to get rid of Article 7 . we would not be in this situation today if all the violaters of the U S Constitution would be facing treason charges and suffer the death penalty .