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WAR
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The smell of rotting human flesh was heavy in the air.
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It was a something you'd remember for the rest of your life.
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War is hell, I've heard. Now I know!
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The battle against German troops near a quaint, obscure
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French village had been going on for days. This miserable
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rain had soaked us to the skin.
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Every house in the village had grape vines in their
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yards. Yet there was no one to pick beautiful bunches which
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seemed to beg to be harvested. The Germans were experts in
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booby trapping the vines and many who tried to pick grapes
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paid for it with their lives. It isn't very pretty to see
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people killed and draped over vines that way.
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Suddenly, we heard mortar shells headed in our direc-
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tion. We dove for our foxholes. This was a fierce battle
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and apparently we had backed the German troops into one of
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their supply depots. They never were short of ammunition.
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In a momentary lull, we heard voices. To our amaze-
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ment, three elderly French people were walking along a road
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like they were on a Sunday stroll. They paid no attention
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to the foreboding sounds of the shells and bullets. The
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roads in this area were built higher than the surrounding
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ground to prevent flooding during rain storms. This high
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road bed made them look like targets in a shooting gallery.
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None of us could believe they hadn't already been wounded or
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even killed.
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They were absolutely dazed. Two old women and an old
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man, in tattered old coats, carrying what they could have of
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their possessions.
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Two of us ran toward them, keeping our profiles as low
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to the ground as we could. They paid no attention to us as
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we approached.
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"Please," we pleaded with them in our basic French,
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"get off this road until the shelling is over. Do you want
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to get yourselves killed? There has been enough of that
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here already."
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They paid no attention to our pleas. They were in a
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daze and numb. We finally just grabbed them and pulled them
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into the ditch away from the direction of the shells.
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"Please, stay here until the shelling stops. We'll let
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you know when it's safe to go on."
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The older of the two women finally understood what we
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were telling them to do. She told the others to stay here
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with her until it was safe to go on. We returned to our
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positions certain we had the three safe for now.
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It was a good feeling we had then. Suddenly the
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thought hit me. Here we were in the middle of the French
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countryside making the world safe for democracy. We were
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killing or being killed. How grand and glorious! Did those
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three poor harmless old people know we were here to make the
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world safe for democracy?
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It really didn't make much sense to me. Our government
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had been telling us for years we were fighting an enemy to
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make the world safe for democracy. The raving of mad men.
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DEMOCRACY IS THE WORST OF ALL POLITICAL EVILS! This
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was the consensus of our Founding Fathers. They considered
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democracy a dirty word.
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James Madison wrote "[D]emocracies have ever been
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spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been
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found to be incompatible with personal security or the
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rights of property; and have in general been as short in
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their lives as they have been violent in their deaths."
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(The Federalist Papers, No. 10. All references to 'paper
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no.' in this book are from The Federalist Papers.)
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It was an agreement shared by the men who were at the
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drafting of our Constitution in May of 1787.
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Where does the notion come from that the United States
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is a democracy? The word democracy or democratic does not
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even appear in our Constitution. Nowhere.
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When did they decide we are a democracy? This sounds
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ominously like the 'newspeak' which George Orwell spoke of
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in his book 1984. World War I and II were billed as wars to
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make the world safe for democracy. What a sham put over on
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Americans!
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Look at our pledge of allegiance. "[A]nd to the
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Republic for which it stands. . ." That doesn't say
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anything about a democracy, does it?
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Yet, this is all we hear today. No one ever mentions
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we are a republic. This has been intentional since as James
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Madison said, democracies are inconsistent with personal
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security or the rights of property. The philosophy of the
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IRS!
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The word republic is derived from the Latin 'res', a
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thing, and 'publicus', belonging to the people.
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Webster defines a republic as a nation in which the
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supreme power rests in all citizens entitled to vote and
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exercised by representatives elected, directly or indirect-
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ly, by them and responsible to them.
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The people we have elected throughout the years are
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trying to convince us that our country is now a democracy.
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That way they no longer need to consider themselves respon-
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sible to those who elected them. Remember the pay raises?
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Perhaps they trying to create the dissension and
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turbulence which James Madison cautioned us about.
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Another statement heard from government honchos is "We
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would like to see a democracy established in such and such a
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country." Just a slip of the tongue?
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Let's examine some of the notes taken by several people
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during the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in
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1787. One of the best sources is a government publication
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titled "Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union
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of the American States". (House Document No. 398, 69th
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Congress, 1st Session, 1965)
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Another book which details the deliberations of the
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convention is "Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of
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1787" by James Madison. Ohio University Press printed this
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book in 1966.
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Two points are recurrent throughout the debates and
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speeches of the convention. The new government was to be
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republican and they despised and feared democracy.
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Note particularly Article IV, Section 4 of our
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Constitution which states: "The United States shall
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guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of
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government . . . ."
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Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia presented the
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first plan to the Constitutional Convention. The above
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statement was in all three texts of resolutions proposed
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including those in secret debates. They never questioned
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the republican concept and it's in the document as we can
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see.
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Dr. James McHenry of Maryland agreed saying, "None of
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the state constitutions provide sufficient checks against
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democracy."
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Alexander Hamilton of New York makes the statement that
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we are now forming a republican government.
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These were the feelings and convictions of our Founding
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Fathers. One of their fears was a democracy could easily
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turn into a monarchy. By looking at the period this is
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understandable.
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Hamilton further observes there are "Two principles in
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which Americans are unanimous, (1) attachment to Republican
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government and (2) to two branches of legislature." This
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same thought was often heard from Col. George Mason of
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Virginia.
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Neither Gov. Randolph or Col. Mason signed the finished
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proposed document. Both felt the power given to Congress by
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the document was dangerous. They wanted another convention
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to consider the amendments proposed by each state as the
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Constitution was ratified. Sadly, this never occurred.
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Col. Mason feared the dangerous power and structure of
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the government and his conclusion was "that it would end
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either in monarchy, or a tyrannical aristocracy; which, he
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was in doubt, but one or the other, he was sure." A
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tyrannical democracy would be closer to the truth today.
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On page 952 of Documents Illustrative of the Formation
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of the Union of the American States, we find the following
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interesting little story which happened when the convention
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was completed: (punctuation added)
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A lady asked Dr. Franklin, "Well Doctor, what have we
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got? A republic or a monarchy?" "A republic," replied the
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Doctor, "if you can keep it."
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His admonition was prophetic. We haven't been able to
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keep it.
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Webster defines a democracy in part as majority rule.
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That's precisely what we have today. The majority has found
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they can get our elected representatives to violate their
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oaths. They pass laws to take money out of the public
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treasury to give to those who produce nothing. Democracy
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then reigns.
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When did this turn about? There is NO authority to
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dispense public funds beyond the permission which we
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entrusted when we agreed to this business of government.
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The supremacy clause is verification . . . "This
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Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall
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be made in pursuance thereof . . shall be the supreme Law of
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the Land;"
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There it is in a nutshell. ALL laws made have to
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comply with the warrant we granted in the basic document or
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they are not laws. This is what makes the command of due
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process of law so important. If any law goes beyond the
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grant of power, there is no due process of law! And we are
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not required to obey such a law.
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To hold the feet of the people working for the
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federales to the fire, we included the requirement that all
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elected Senators and Representatives, as well as anyone who
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works for government, take an oath to support the supremacy
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of the Constitution. (Art VI, Sec 3).
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In paper No.51, Madison states that it is of great
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importance in a republic to guard the society against the
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oppression of its rulers. It is equally important to guard
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one part of society against the injustice of the other part.
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We now have part of society not protected against
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oppression by rulers or from the injustices of another part
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of our society. Another warning not heeded.
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Let's take another look at paper No. 57 by Madison:
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The House of Representatives are restrained from oppressive
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measures in "that they can make no law which will not have
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its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well
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as the great mass of society . . It creates between them
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that communion of interests and sympathy of sentiments of
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which few governments have furnished examples; but without
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which every government degenerates into a tyranny. If it be
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asked, what is to restrain the House of Representatives from
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making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a
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particular class of society? I answer: the genius of the
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whole system; the nature of just and constitutional laws;
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and, above all, the vigilant and manly spirit which actuates
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the people of America -- a spirit which nourishes freedom,
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and in return is nourished by it."
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"If this spirit shall ever be so far debased as to
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tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature as well as
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on the people, the people will be ready to tolerate anything
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but liberty."
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It's common knowledge today that Congress passes all
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sorts of laws but exempts themselves and their staff from
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any requirement to be held accountable. What horse manure!
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Madison said the vigilant and manly spirit which
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inspires Americans and in turn is nourished by freedom.
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This is the spirit which needs to be awakened and rekindled
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to restore our Republic.
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In the beginning of our history, the republican theory
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was alive and well in all branches of government. Even
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decisions by the Supreme Court referred to our government as
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a republic. Justice Joseph Story summarized it well when he
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wrote in about 1837: "The founders of the Constitution laid
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the cornerstone of our national republic."
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The farther our government strayed from the specific
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powers we granted, the idea was spread that America is now a
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democracy. Big brother has convinced the people of this
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nation that they are doing what is best for us. They are
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even going to determine what goes into our pizza or how much
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television cable companies can charge customers. They are
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showing us they are the hallmark of a great democracy and
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thereby gain support for specific welfare and free cheese.
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And, they are doing it, getting away with it and we go
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along with it. Apparently, it shows our approval.
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The introduction to our Constitution shows the objec-
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tives for our country when it was established. These
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objectives illustrate the spirit and ideals of another great
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document, the Declaration of Independence. This introduc-
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tory statement is the antithesis of democracy.
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Search for the domestic tranquility they sought. We
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won't find it at Kent State University or at hundreds of
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other oppressive situations which occur throughout our land
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each month. Look at the wanton stealing by the IRS with
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their audits and seizure of property. Is this promoting the
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general welfare? Our elected and appointed officials have
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decided power and might are now a right. The people and the
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Constitution be damned!
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Dr. Benjamin Franklin, on signing the proposed
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document, said any government could turn into despotism.
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This would happen when the people became so corrupted they
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would be incapable of any other. (House Document No.398)
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We are almost at that stage today. Are the people so
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corrupted we are incapable of anything but a despotic
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government? Despotism is an absolute power or influence of
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any kind.
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Americans are not so corrupted that today we are
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incapable of receiving anything but a despotic government.
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There is a problem however. We have lost the true purpose
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of our republic. This has been intentional on the part of
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some people in our government. We must reverse this
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tendency and wake Americans to the pitfalls of democracy and
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to their birthright of our republic.
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If we do not reverse this, we will lose our republic by
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default! The road to slavery is devious and slippery. If
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we are not watchful, we could wake some morning to find we
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are now called the Sovereign State of the United Nations.
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Are we already receiving our mental conditioning on TV for
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that possibility? Conditioning to become part of the 'New
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World Order'?
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The principles and ideals established in the preamble
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were to be for us and for our posterity. Posterity means
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all future generations. What will it be like for our
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children or grandchildren should we allow this idea to
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perpetuate? Will the distress and conflict of a democracy
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continue and increase? One of our duties as a citizen is to
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make certain our republican form of government continues.
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For evil to continue, good men and women only need to
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do nothing. People don't want to get involved. People will
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be forcibly involved someday when they have to line up to
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have their number tattooed on their arm.
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Slaves or a free people? The choice is ours!
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