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Freedom

“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.” ~ Ronald Reagan, from his first inaugural speech as governor of California, January 5, 1967

The Slippery Slope Towards Tyranny

Indiana Sheriff: If We Need to Conduct RANDOM HOUSE to HOUSE Searches We Will

Indiana Supreme Court: Resisting an Unlawful Entry Into Your Home is… Unlawful

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. — 4th Amendment to the US Constitution

Supreme Court affirms police action in Kentucky drug case

Doors being knocked down with out warrants will not have a happy ending. People will end up dead for smoking pot. How many people died over alcohol during prohibition? hwrjr

The U.S. Constitution Owes It's Life To The 10th Amendment and The Bill Of Rights

Americans can learn about such forbidden ideas as the Principles of 1798, when Jefferson and Madison laid out the idea that to give the central government the sole ability to interpret the constitution was the path to tyranny, and that the states have the right and the duty to oppose tyrannical actions by the feds.

For a long time, it had been touch-and-go as to whether the Constitution would be ratified at all. Two states initially refused to agree, and of the remainder five had approved the document only after the Constitution’s supporters and moderate opponents had cut a political deal calling for a Bill of Rights. As soon as the new Congress met, two of the most important states, Virginia and New York, petitioned for a new convention to re-write the Constitution. Only after Congress had approved the Bill of Rights did Virginia and New York abandon their petitions and only then did the last two hold-outs, North Carolina and Rhode Island, join the union. The fourteenth state, Vermont, came in at the beginning of 1791.

The 10th Amendment, also known as the “states rights” amendment says very simply, “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.” Very simple words…and these simple words mean just this: If it’s not in the enumerated powers of the Constitution, the US government is not empowered to legislate it.

There is nothing in the US Constitution that authorizes the New Deal, the Great Society, or nationalized health care or any other fiscal or civil dishonesty that is being perpetrated upon the people.

All of the text above from tenthamendmentcnter.com

I can only take credit for the title.

The Blessed Institution: Liberty

Since the beginning of the last century, many seeds of destruction have been planted that are now maturing into a systematic assault on our freedoms. With a horrendous financial and currency crisis both upon us and looming into the future as far as the eye can see, it has become quite apparent that the national debt is unsustainable, liberty is threatened, and the people's anger and fears are growing. Most importantly, it is now clear that government promises and panaceas are worthless. Government has once again failed, and the demand for change is growing louder by the day. Just witness the dramatic back-and-forth swings of the parties in power.

Ron Paul

Introduction to Liberty Defined Here

Thanks and Giving

It seems a trifle peculiar to send someone on a walking tour of a medical facility. But in the case of Pennsylvania Hospital, the oldest such institution in the land, history, architecture, and landscaping combine in making yet another of Benjamin Franklin's legacies a singular destination. The indefatigable Franklin raised money to help found the hospital in 1751, in conjunction with Dr. Thomas Bond. When the United States declared independence from Great Britain, the hospital was already 25 years old. Franklin also served on the hospital's original Board of Managers, as well as being its first secretary and second president.

More here http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/philadelphia/hospital.htm Thanks go out to the happy ebay auction winner of the Benjamin Franklin tshirt. The bid price of $117.91 rather than the purchase price was paid by the winner. The bid price has been matched by ROCapparel, LLC and has been donated to St. Davids' of Hanover Pa. building fund. Please check in soon for details of the next auction. Thank You.

Rebellion

against tyrants

is

obedience to

God

Benjamin Franklin

Exporting Wealth & Importing Oil

Two-thirds of oil and gas leases in Gulf inactive

Opec set for $1,000bn in export revenues

Petrobras told it can use deep-water vessel in Gulf

The fields are in more than 8,000 feet of water about 165 miles off Louisiana, in an area called Walker Ridge.

Brazil's state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (PBR Stock Quote" a >PBR<> - PBR Zacks Equity Analyst Report">Analyst Report), or Petrobras S.A., has got the green light for the use of a floating production storage and offloading (“FPSO”) vessel in the Gulf of Mexico (“GoM”) to extract oil and gas from its deepwater Chinook-Cascade project.

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Spreading the wealth on a Global Scale and debt spending of historical amounts will not have a happy ending.

The solution would be to do the exact opposite. Produce U.S. oil and make historical spending cuts.

Looking at the headlines above it would have you believe that Barack Obama is currently controlling oil prices around the world. Debt spending and the printing of money is also effecting food prices around the world.

Hope and Change - Yes We Can - will "Yes We Did" be the slogan for 2012?

or how about " Four More and You'll Be Poor"

The tail gate was right

Saturday, March 14, 2009

12 Warning Signs of U.S. Hyperinflation

In our estimation, the most likely time frame for a full-fledged outbreak of hyperinflation is between the years 2013 and 2015. Americans who wait until 2013 to prepare, will most likely see the majority of their purchasing power wiped out. It is essential that all Americans begin preparing for hyperinflation immediately. To read all 12 warning signs go to: http://inflation.us/hyperinflationwarningsigns.html

8) Record U.S. Budget Deficit in February of $222.5 Billion. The U.S. government just reported a record budget deficit for the month of February of $222.5 billion. February's budget deficit was more than the entire fiscal year of 2007. In fact, February's deficit on an annualized basis was $2.67 trillion. NIA believes this is just a preview of future annual budget deficits, and we will see annual budget deficits surpass $2.67 trillion within the next several years.

10) Obama Lies About Foreign Policy. President Obama campaigned as an anti-war President who would get our troops out of Iraq. NIA believes that many Libertarian voters actually voted for Obama in 2008 over John McCain because they felt Obama was more likely to end our wars that are adding greatly to our budget deficits and making the U.S. a lot less safe as a result. Obama may have reduced troop levels in Iraq, but he increased troops levels in Afghanistan, and is now sending troops into Libya for no reason. The U.S. is now beginning to occupy Libya, when Libya didn't do anything to the U.S. and they are no threat to the U.S. Obama has increased our overall overseas troop levels since becoming President and the U.S. is now spending $1 trillion annually on military expenses, which includes the costs to maintain over 700 military bases in 135 countries around the world. There is no way that we can continue on with our overseas military presence without seeing hyperinflation.

Make Love not "kinetic military action"

White House: Libya fight is not war, it's 'kinetic military action'Read more at the Washington

Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/03/white-house-libya-fight-not-war-its-kinetic-military-action##ixzz1Hc4NBOme

Lipstick On A Pig

and this from March of 2009

The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration has renamed the Global War on Terror. Apparently it is no longer a war, nor is terror worth mentioning. It is now the “Overseas Contingency Operation.”
http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/mom-apple-pie-and-the-overseas-contingency-operation/


So, if we combine the two we get "kinetic military action overseas contingency operations"

That sure sounds better then World War III

and this from March of 2009
Terrorism Is a 'Man-Caused' Disaster?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509597,00.html

Global War on Terror = The global kinetic military action overseas contingency operations on man caused disasters.

Political correctness is so confusing