First, some background. Proposition 19 in the State of California would “allow Californians age 21 and older to grow up to 25 square feet of marijuana and possess up to an ounce. It also allows cities and counties to authorize cultivation and sales, and to tax them.”
“Let me state clearly that the Department of Justice strongly opposes Proposition 19. If passed, this legislation will greatly complicate federal drug enforcement efforts to the detriment of our citizens.”
So does this mean that Obama’s justice department will begin enforcing federal drug laws once again in California? Yes, it appears it does.
This goes right back to the nullification debate. Do states have the right to nullify unconstitutional federal laws? Given this news it appears that Obama’s justice department’s Constitution goes right from Amendment 9 to Amendment 11.
It appears that a certain California Sheriff has a similar version of the Constitution:
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who is a co-chairman of the main opposition committee, released the letter at a news conference at his headquarters Friday, flanked by two former DEA heads, the district attorney and the Los Angeles city attorney.
“He is saying it is an unenforceable law and the federal government will not allow California to become a rogue state on this issue,” Baca said. “You can’t make a law in contradiction to federal law as a state. Therefore Proposition 19 is null and void and dead on arrival.”
Wow. Baca’s ignorance would be astounding if it wasn’t for Obama through Holder saying basically the same thing. This directly contradicts our Founders. Obama is King and anyone who disagrees with him are peasants or worse, racists. I suppose we can thank Abraham Lincoln for this.
The America we live in is one where the National Government can nullify state laws and “F%*@ the Founders” sing the Statists.
Some naysayers, even libertarian naysayers, firmly believe there is simply no hope of a true libertarian society taking hold in America. Then there are those that are trying to making it actually happen. I learned of the Free State Project shortly after it began. Now, years later, the concept has become reality for many liberty-lovers.
If you’ve not heard of the Free State Project, I strongly encourage you to check it out. Now there’s even a movie about it.Libertopia is an upcoming documentary about the project and its people. From the Libertopia movie web site:
It could be your neighbor. Your boss. Your brother, sister, or perhaps a spouse. Right now thousands of Americans, passionate in the ultimate pursuit of liberty, are planning to converge in a single state…
Permanently.
Hundreds have already moved, and their plan is simple:
First, find a state with limited government, a small population, and a vibrant economy.
Second, find 20,000 freedom activists willing to move there and vow to further reduce the size of its government.
By their accounts, that state is New Hampshire. And if their project works, the “Live Free or Die” state just may become a libertarian-utopia.
Libertopia is a documentary that examines the people of the Free State Project– ordinary citizens attempting to reclaim a voice against a government which they believe shares neither their priorities nor their interests. Primarily libertarian leaning, and often considered radicals in their home towns, these people have begun a modern-day pilgrimage to the Granite State.
Here is the trailer for the documentary, set to be released on DVD in 2011:
“Know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow?” – Lord Byron
Last night at a local candidates’ night I gave the below speech, though the bracketed paragraphs were cut out due to time limitations. The event was co-sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Tea Party and Lehighton Tea Party. My Republocrat competition – for the second event in a row – failed to show up.
During the past 6 years, the official national debt has nearly doubled from $7.6 to $13.5 trillion. Per the US Treasury, the unfunded liabilities for Social Security and Medicare is $107 trillion dollars, which is nearly $400,000 for every man, woman, and child. What has the taxpayer gotten in return?
During the past 6 years, the number of service members killed in Afghanistan has risen from 160 to 1,311.
During the past 6 years, unemployment locally has doubled from 5 to 10%. The number of people living on food stamps has increased from 25 to 41 million which is nearly 1 in 8 Americans.
Now over 3 in 4 Americans live paycheck to paycheck, a figure which has about doubled since 2006. What has the taxpayer gotten in return?
We must stop the endless debt. I have pledged to balance the budget each year, and I have called upon my competitors to join me, and they have chosen to not do so.
Once again Jim DeMint and Ron Paul have formed a coalition. They have worked hard on getting a full Federal Reserve audit and share many commonalities on economic issues. Now they come together for a campaign fund raiser for Ron Paul’s son, Rand Paul in Kentucky. Hmmm I wonder if DeMint and Ron Paul discussed any plans of forming another coalition for 2012 as suggested in our recent poll.
In less than one hour from the time of this writing, Rand Paul and Jack Conway will appear together with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday for a nationally televised debate. The debate has no rules and will comprise the first half-hour of the show. It airs at 9am Eastern on most local Fox affiliates. The latest polls still show Rand Paul with a lead in the race.
Many thanks to Dan, Jane, Clayton, and John for volunteering as zombies, cameramen, editors, directors, etc. to make this entertaining video!!
The campaign’s second revision of a 30-second radio ad is here. Thanks to a one-day September online money bomb, several thousand dollars were raised and this ad was placed on the local airwaves. Thanks to Adam Temple of A.R.T. Productions for helping create this radio ad!
Earlier this year J. Christian Adams resigned his Justice Department position and began discussing the new administration’s policy of inequality under the rule of law. This story, which should have been national news, petered out over the past few months. However, there’s a new whistleblower in town corroborating everything Adams said. And it’s not just anyone, it is Christopher Coates, the former Justice Department Voting Rights section chief.
Despite news coverage of this lack of response thanks Eric Holder’s discriminatory direction. New Blank Panthers who threatened voters and verbalized racial slurs, clearly in violation of the law, were never charged. Not only was Chris Adams characterized as a disgruntled employee, but he was forbidden by his former employer to testify if subpoenaed by the US Commission on Civil Rights. Adams left and the story died. Adams was quoted as accusing fellow employees as making comments such as , “this is payback.”
Now Chris Coates, Section Chief, and a vigorous, award winning, litigator for the DOJ, his career has spanned more than three decades, now intends to testify against his former employer. Coates resigned months ago unable to rationalize politicizing his department’s primary purpose. In opposition to the blatant conflict of interest that has been orchestrated by Eric Holder, Chris will appear in court despite obvious pressure exerted upon him to remain silent.
This crucial testimony will uncover the illegal abandonment of duty based upon racial bias and in violation of civil rights laws. Coates testimony will necessitate proceedings against the Department of Justice. As before with Christian Adams, their defense strategy will probably entail trying to discredit Coates by portraying him as yet just one more disgruntled attorney who is making unfounded allegations. The only other possible defense would be to feign ignorance of the internal policy of the DOJ that had dictated an illegal leniency for black offenders. Either defense will prove preposterous. To depict Chris Coates, one of the most prolific defenders of civil rights as a right wing protester to an ideological argument will not bode well for Obama or Eric Holder. It will expose them!
Will the main stream media cover this new development in this story? Shouldn’t this be something the American people are made aware of? There are a few reasons they could sweep this under the rug again.
Could it be that the media is just liberal-leaning and delivers the news much like today’s Justice Department selectively litigates cases? Could “white guilt” be the culprit? Where is the objectivity? Whatever the reason for the media stonewall, the age-old axiom of “blind justice” does not apply to Eric Holder’s Justice Department.
Yes, someone said these words to me today, “If Obama says it, it must be true!” And the guy wasn’t being sarcastic. I couldn’t help but reply with, “Obama is full of shit” and then I pointed him to the following by Matt Welch at Reason.com:
Between 2001 and 2009 [...] a very specific philosophy reigned in Washington: You cut taxes, especially for millionaires and billionaires; you cut regulations for special interests; you cut back on investments in education and clean energy, in research and technology. The idea was if we put blind faith in the market, if we let corporations play by their own rules, if we left everybody to fend for themselves, America would grow and America would prosper.
That was the philosophy that was put forward. For eight years, we tried that. And that experiment failed miserably.
Important note: Obama is full of shit.
Somehow this has become Obama’s minions favorite arguments. This is a very dangerous lie if left unchecked. If the “previous 8 years” were a period of deregulation and lower spending according to Obama then what are the next 8 years (at this point it looks like it may be only 2 more) going to look like? Of course, Obama doesn’t call it “spending”. He calls it “investment”. Here’s a newsflash for our president. Investment that shows a 0% or negative return is really just a nice way to say that you wasted a bunch of money (ie. spent it).
And it needs to be pointed out yet again that the money he is talking about wasting (sorry, investing) is yours and mine, not his.
This looks like fun. There’s a pretty cool new iPhone app that liberty-lovers can use to help “educate” the government-loving statists out there. Maybe you can even debate well enough to get them to see that the Constitution should apply in all cases rather than only when it is convenient.
Here are the details from the VingTalk Press Release:
ParTea America gives you the opportunity to debate friends or your political arch-nemesis during this political season
(September XX, 2010) LOS ANGELES – Argue politics and debate the critical issues affecting your community and nation with the ParTea America iPhone and iTouch Application. ParTea America brings the Battle to Politics and is available RIGHT NOW in the AppStore and iTunes. ParTea America is brought to you by VingTalk Inc.
Sign in and start a new battle. Record your opinion and argue back and forth with a friend or rival! Listen to other public battles and leave text or voice comments. Cast your vote for the best ideas, debates and arguments.
Any number of recordings may be added to the battle at anytime – allowing for an infinite amount of retorts and responses between the two users. The best battles are then selected for the Featured Section of the application.
We received several responses to the points I made in my article from yesterday suggesting I could support a Republican ticket of Jim DeMint and Ron Paul in 2012.
As expected many of my fellow liberty-lovers disagreed with the notion of supporting DeMint. I was even called a neo-con. I think that was a first for me since I started Liberty Maven in 2007. Then again I probably was called a neo-con for supporting the Libertarian ticket of Bob Barr and Wayne Root in 2008 (once Ron Paul dropped out) by some, but I forget.
Given the reaction I thought this may be a good time to run the first ever Liberty Maven unscientific poll. Let your vote count below. The choices assume that DeMint and Paul have won the GOP nomination to go against Obama and Biden in the general election. If neither of those choices work for you I’ve also included some 3rd party options for protest or principle.
Earlier tonight Ron Paul appeared on CNN with Anderson Cooper and boldly stated, “We live in revolutionary times”. He’s right. You can watch that appearance below. There’s been a lot of discussion lately about a fractured Republican Party following Christine O’Donnell’s win in the Delaware GOP primary over establishment moderate Mike Castle.
Jim DeMint endorsed O’Donnell and is being criticized by some for being too ideological. DeMint is having none of it. From Politico.com:
Asked if he were concerned that O’Donnell’s nomination could cost his party a seat, DeMint said he wasn’t “interested in political ideology or party right now. We need people up here to understand we’ve got to get back to limited government, and we can’t afford to have other Republicans who don’t get the message.”
Like Ron Paul, DeMint is, of course, exactly right. On CNN Ron Paul spoke about building coalitions while not compromising principles. That is something he has done his entire career in politics.
I don’t believe Ron Paul can win the presidency in 2012 should he choose to run. He has too much baggage for some ignorant people and there are a lot of ignorant people who vote. However, should Jim DeMint make a run in 2012 and team up with Ron Paul as his running mate… well… I think that could be a compelling ticket for Republicans and all of the truly limited government conservatives, independents and tea party revolutionaries out there.
Some of my fellow Ron Paulites will scoff at the thought of having DeMint, a foreign policy interventionist, at the top of the ticket. For as wrong as DeMint is on foreign policy, he is exactly what America needs for economic policy. There will be plenty of time for Ron Paul to bring him around on foreign policy, especially as it relates to economics. In the meantime, they could unite on cutting spending and taxes, auditing the Federal Reserve, repealing Obamacare, and so much more.
Mark Sanford’s affair killed his chances. Sarah Palin is much too polarizing. Gary Johnson just doesn’t have “it”. Mitt Romney’s hair may be tight, but his positions are over-cooked spaghetti. Everyone else is too moderate to really affect change.
If Ron Paul is willing to form uncompromising coalitions to focus on areas of agreement then I’m all for it. I hope the rest of the Ron Paul faithful would be as well.
Welcome to the DeMint/Paul Evolution Revolution of 2012!
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