tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228186022008-09-07T12:16:03.979-04:00This weblog calls for the repeal of the 17th Amendment and addresses the abusive hegemony committed by the U. S. Senate. If Americans want to remove some corruption from government, the first significant step is to repeal the 17th Amendment. Americans should fear the steady growth by the oligarchy in the Senate. We should fear the oligarchs more because our Constitution cannot be spoiled by bombs, the courts, or the President; only through legislation.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05043279868308825316noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22818602.post-10987183993471759072008-09-07T09:28:00.001-04:002008-09-07T09:28:25.711-04:00

RPT-UPDATE 1-US Treasury sets news conference;GSE plan expected; Rueters; 7 Sept 2008. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. (1500 GMT) on Sunday, the Treasury Department said. The officials are expected to announce plans for a federal takeover of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae (FNM.N

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HT: LewRockwell.Com

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Democrats Press Battle For 60 Seats In Senate; by Paul Kane; Washington Post; August 28, 2008. Their moments came outside prime time, but the candidates Senate Democratic leaders hope will propel them to their biggest majority in decades also had their time in the spotlight at the Democratic convention. After spending months trying to tamp down expectations, Democrats are openly

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ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors; Brian Ross; ABC News; August 27, 2008. Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel. A police official later told lawyers for ABC News that

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HT: Mike P from Repeal the 17th Amendment Discussion Board “Should the 17th Amendment be repealed?” Repeal of the amendment would restore both federalism and bicameralism. It would also have a dramatic and positive effect on campaign spending. Senate races are currently among the most expensive. But if state legislatures were the focus of campaigns, more candidates might get more access with

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I caught this video on YouTube and boy does Cramer ever hit the nail on the head. Please watch it, it’s very important. Comment: I admit I am a fan of Jim Cramer, but I don’t watch him all the time and I certainly don’t follow his investing lead zealously, but he is entertaining and has some very useful investing advice. Likewise, I know of various stories about using his show as a means of

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HT: Mike P from Repeal the 17th Amendment Discussion Board On the discussion board “Christian Forum,” member “jameswright3” started a discussion centering on the repeal of the 17th Amendment. The 17th Amendment allowing Senators to be directly elected passed in 1913.The Founding Fathers set up the Senate to be a house that was a check/balance on Federal powers and each Senator was

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Comment: I do not make any claim to have an in-depth understanding of the financial industry or the Federal Reserve, but after watching this video from Don Harrold and other videos on YouTube concerning the Federal Reserve I get the bleak feeling we are getting seriously screwed. And yet the oligarchs in the US Senate waste our time with the sheer stupidity of non issues like “carbon credits”

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The Boring Made Dull: Culture of Corruption: Ted Stevens To borrow from Rev. Jackson: Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Mr. Bridge to Nowhere’s gotta go! The only shocking thing is the trivial amounts involved. But, home renovations seem to be the graft of choice. The Republican answer to William “Freezer” Jefferson and Allan Mollohan. Resign already. Comment: Stevens is the archetypical US Senator; I

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HT: Devvy Kidd, NewsWithViews.com Why Democrats don't want to lower gas prices; Senator lets cat out of the bag on Bloomberg TV show; WorldNetDaily; July 22, 2008. A Democratic senator on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee inadvertently explained why her colleagues have no intention of ending the moratorium on offshore oil drilling or increasing the areas open for exploration

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HT: Mike P from Repeal the 17th Amendment Discussion Board From: Beyond the Cusp: Oklahoma, a State to Crow About Living in Oklahoma is not exactly living in the fast lane. Truth be known, Oklahoma is rarely at the leading edge of anything. That has now changed with the House’s attempt to pass new groundbreaking legislation. Reading the recent Walter William’s article, Oklahoma Rebellion, I was

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Comment: It is refreshing to hear the third party candidates standing up for the Constitution. The time is right to put aside the old two party politics and move to those that have core beliefs.

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I thought this posting is a fitting tribute to the only presidential candidate that cared about the United States.

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"It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been able to read the Constitution and do what it says." John Jay Hooker

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HT: Mike P from Repeal the 17th Amendment Discussion Board The 17th Amendment and the Nationalized Senate; Republicae-Seditionist; Patrick J Buchanan Weblog Forum; May 20, 2008. On the forum page of the “Patrick J Buchanan Weblog” there is an excellent overview of James Madison’s thoughts that contributed to design of the two distinct houses in Congress, which lasted until 1913.

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How long can you sit back as business after business leaves the State of Ohio? How long can you sit back while second-rate leadership in the Republican led General Assembly raises taxes, increases the size of government, and gives away millions of our tax dollars to pie and the sky fantasies? How long can you sit back as our Republican congressional officials dig this nation deeper and deeper

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Cap and Destroy; By Larry Thornberry; The American Spectator; 6/3/2008. HT: Collecting My Thoughts “Yesterday the U.S. Senate began what it insists on calling "debate" (more like serial dopey speeches designed for home consumption) on the worst piece of legislation introduced into that body in the new century. Perhaps worse than anything in the last century as well. “There's nothing

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Via EconTalk: June 02, 2008, Featuring Gene Epstein “Gene Epstein, Barron's economics editor, talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the virtues of the gold standard relative to fiat money. Epstein argues that privately issued money, backed by gold, would lead to an economy with much greater price stability and fewer and milder recessions.” TIME: 1:07:23 PODCAST/AUDIO LINK HERE

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Could a North American Union be next? Brazil: South America Union Born; By The Associated Press; 24 May 2008. Via the New York Times: “A new South American union was created as leaders of the continent’s 12 independent nations signed a treaty creating the organization and set out to devise a continental parliament. Some view the union, known as UNASUR, as the region’s version of the

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Federalism, the Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment: The Irony of Constitutional Democracy, by Ralph Rossum, was recommended by Ken M, member of the Repeal the 17th Amendment Discussion Board. From Amazon Books: Book Description Abraham Lincoln worried that the "walls" of the constitution would ultimately be levelled by the "silent artillery of time." His fears materialized

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HT: Daily Paul Warning: this video may cause most republicans to have nightmares, democrats to go insane, socialists and communists to turn to stone…we could only hope. Note: This video was taped on May 7, 2008 and is about 53 minutes. Comment: I have tried to stay as nonpartisan as possible on this weblog, however since the foremost candidates from the two major parties have

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HT: Daily Paul Warning: this video may cause most republicans to have nightmares, democrats to go insane, socialists and communists to turn to stone…we could only hope.

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HT: Daily Paul Warning: this video may cause most republicans to have nightmares, democrats to go insane, socialists and communists to turn to stone…we could only hope.

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