As a result of organized Democrat opposition in key state legislatures, the state sovereignty movement is probably not going to be able to sweep the nation or even produce passed sovereignty resolutions in a majority of the states. Yet there have been some important achievements which may be enough to be called a limited victory, though that may never be acknowledged by the media and the current administration, who are doing their best to ignore these efforts of protest.
In one of the biggest developments, on Thursday Governor Rick Perry of Texas came out with a wholehearted endorsement of not only Texas House Representative Brandon Creighton's state sovereignty resolution (HCR 50), but in support of all of the states whose legislatures are seeking to assert their rights to self-governance under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.
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I've never been a big fan of Rick Perry, though I've always admired his lovely hair. He's too much in the pocket of the religious right and has too often been wrong on key issues vital to the future of Texas like the legalization of gambling. Yet on this issue Perry has consistently taken the lead, championing the autonomy of state governments, by rejecting federal stimulus money for unemployment and the strings which came with it, and now by supporting legislative efforts to assert 10th Amendment rights.
The bold stand which Perry and a few other governors like Alaska's Sarah Palin, Haley Barbour of Mississippi and South Carolina's Mark Sanford have taken against federal intrusion into the rights of state governments and the citizens of those states and the efforts of more than 30 state legislatures which have tried to pass — with mixed success — resolutions asserting state sovereignty under the 10th Amendment have offered a small ray of hope for better government at a time when the administration in Washington seems to be running completely out of control.
As the federal government spends us into generations of inconceivable debt, responsible state governments are trying to insulate themselves, protect their citizens and govern with fiscal common sense. Perry summed up what has become the common concern of people across the nation when he said:
"I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state. That is why I am here today to express my unwavering support for efforts all across our country to reaffirm the states’ rights affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I believe that returning to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution and its essential 10th Amendment will free our state from undue regulations, and ultimately strengthen our Union."
Meanwhile state sovereignty resolutions have been moving forward in the state legislatures. In Oklahoma, Alaska, South Dakota, Indiana and most recently this week in Idaho and North Dakota, sovereignty bills have passed in both houses. But New Mexico, Arkansas and New Hampshire sovereignty bills were either killed in committee or voted down along partisan lines, and that's likely to happen in many more states in the next couple of months. In other states bills just seem not to be moving forward and may not go anywhere because of Democrat opposition.
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— go to most recent comments1 - pablo
Rick Perry, Haley Barbour, and Sarah Palin, yeah those are some real good ole boys (and girl) leading the charge against big brother. HAHAHAHA, now that is fucking funny Dave.
2 - Ruvy
You're right, Paul,
That ain't much to lead the charge against the Blessed of Hussein and the CFR boys backing him up - but, at the moment, as we say in Hebrew, zeh mah sh'yésh - that's what there is....
3 - Arch Conservative
Pablo would prefer what?
Being under the stinky thumbs of Pelosi, Reid and King Barry?
4 - Ruvy
Bing, you constantly misread what Paul says. He has as much contempt for Obama as you or I do. The difference is that he thinks (as I do) that most of what looks like opposition to the "Blessed of Hussein" is a damned joke.
It's not an issue of "liberal" or "conservative" - that's all bullshit - all these scum have their hands in the same
jar of cookiestaxpayer pocket, but they have have different direct backers, that's all.5 - Joanne Huspek
I'm glad people in other states are concerned. In Michigan, everyone is still stunned by the Koolaid.
6 - Ruvy
everyone is still stunned by the Koolaid.
Can't anybody spell this product right? It's Kool-Ade and it tastes nasty.
7 - Joanne Huspek
Sorry. My bad. I don't purchase Kool-ADE obviously.
8 - Ruvy
Heck, Joanne, it ain't just you. Every person who I've seen use the term spells it wrong. But that stuff is really bad news. I much prefer Gator-Ade which really satisfies - and which, of course, i can't get in Israel!!
9 - Leslie Bohn
Unsurprisingly, Ruvy is completely sure of himself and proud of his great superiority over the rest of humanity. Thanks for pointing out how silly and lazy everybody else is.
Of course, it's Kool-Aid, so you're wrong, but still. It's much more important to believe you're right.
10 - Ruvy
Unsurprisingly, Ruvy is completely sure of himself and proud of his great superiority over the rest of humanity. Thanks for pointing out how silly and lazy everybody else is.
Gee, Leslie, I didn't know you cared. I looked up Kool-aid/Kool Ade on Wikipedia and guess what I found!
I realize it is just Wikipedia but according to this article my spelling was the original one - and was changed
due to a change in U.S. government regulations regarding the need for fruit juice in products using the suffix "-ade"[citation needed][dubious â€" discuss]
So, while I wasn't entirely wrong, I'll spell it the way all the other Kool-aid drinkers spell it - but I will still hold my nose at this nasty drink.
After Passover, I will again search for Gator-Ade in the stores here. Hopefully there is no lard in it!
11 - Dave Nalle
Sorry, Pablo. [Personal attack deleted by Comments Editor]
You either believe in individual liberty or you don't. If you do, then progress against statism is good. Since you seem to think these signs of progress are NOT good, you put your past statements in question [Personal attack deleted by Comments Editor].
Dave
12 - Ruvy
Dave,
If I saw the world as Pablo does (and to a large extent I do) and I didn't have faith in something like Divine intervention to somehow fix or change events to a better path, I might feel I had few solutions. As it is, he has retreated from where he feels the worst of the bad changes he foresees will occur. Given the options apparently open to him, he is doing what he can. That is not hypocrisy. That is prudence.
13 - Dave Nalle
It's nihilism, Ruvy. It's opting out of the fight. [Personal attack deleted by Comments Editor]
Having lived in Russia where nihilism was born as a way of life and where it really was justified, I find him to be a whiney poser.
Dave
14 - Ruvy
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Oh, by the way, Mr. Nalle. I also left the country.
If necessary, I'll die to defend what I regard to be my real home, this country. I suspect, (but I may be wrong) that if push came to shove, Paul's new home is more real to him than the one he left, and that he would fight to defend it even though he is a foreigner there.
Paul is trying to make a clean start here. Or are you too mean to let him even attempt that?
15 - pablo
[Personal attack deleted by Comments Editor]
No comment on Badnarak on Jones buddy? Turns out he is a huge fan of Alex's. hehehe :)
16 - roger nowosielski
Dave,
By the logic in your #14, then we should discount all comments by those from abroad, no? - including Ruvy and Jacobine.
17 - One of those Dreadful people from abroad
Please disregard this comment.
18 - roger nowosielski
"Having lived in Russia where nihilism was born as a way of life and where it really was justified."
When you lived in Russia, it wasn't nihilism that you saw but resignation. Not the same thing.
But then again, that's part of Russian national character. A certain quiet strength in face of unsurmountable odds.
The nihilistic period (as regards philosophy and literary works) was at the turn of the century - Dostoevsky, e.g.
19 - Dave Nalle
Oh, by the way, Mr. Nalle. I also left the country.
I'll give you the credit that you at least did it for somewhat more positive reasons. You didn't as much run away as run towards something.
Paul is trying to make a clean start here. Or are you too mean to let him even attempt that?
I'm 100% certain that nothing I post here has any concrete effect on how Paul's day to day life goes in his new home.
Dave
20 - Dave Nalle
No comment on Badnarak on Jones buddy? Turns out he is a huge fan of Alex's. hehehe :)
I didn't know Mike had been on the show recently. Sadly some people including him and Ron Paul will do almost anything for publicity once they get a taste for it.
Dave
21 - Dave Nalle
By the logic in your #14, then we should discount all comments by those from abroad, no? - including Ruvy and Jacobine.
Just the ones which are hypocritical.
Dave
22 - Cindy
Reminds me of one of those political buttons I had in college Dr.D. It said, "Stop looking at my button."
23 - Baronius
Dave, it seems to me that the movement doesn't need 15 or 57 states to pass the legislation. It needs one, and a challenge that goes before the Supreme Court.
24 - Dave Nalle
Good point. It also requires the Obama administration to try to impose their assistance on that state against its will the way they have with companies like Wells Fargo.
Dave
25 - Ken Skiba
Dave, my perception is that via politcal action process, the state sovereignty resolution (HCR 50) will get watered down as many stands taken do once aclimated through our political process