Life & Liberty Report

E pluribus UNUM

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:21:51 -0700

"The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed, it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.

"For this you have every inducement of sympathy and interest. Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles. You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together; the independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint counsels, and joint efforts of common dangers, sufferings, and successes.

"But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest. Here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the union of the whole."

-- President George Washington, from his farewell address

The Spirit of Liberty will never die

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:59:58 -0700

"Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."

-- II Corinthians 3:17

Please pray for a revival of the presence of the Spirit of Liberty in the hearts of the American people.

D-Day - DESTRUCTION or DELIVERANCE - March 21, 2010

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:20:42 -0700

by Tom Hoefling

As Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and their socialist cadre prepare to vote to pass the keystone of their socialist agenda, socialized medicine, this is one of those days upon which history turns.

It will be a day of DESTRUCTION for Liberty and the American way of life, or the beginning of our DELIVERANCE, perhaps, if the people will finally turn back to God and to the fundamental moral principles of our republic.

What core American principles does the socialist Obama scheme violate? Practically all of them.

First, it protects the baby-killing industry, and funds it, with or without the phony "protections" afforded by the fake "pro-life" provisions proposed by liberal Congressman Bart Stupak and his colleagues. And so, what the Founders of this country called God-given and therefore unalienable, the Obama faction alienates. With your money. With prejudice.

Second, in the name of taking care of you, they destroy your liberty. In exchange for your precious birthright of freedom, they offer you and your posterity all the security of the prison cell.

Third, they are destroying the possibility of economic prosperity. Socialism has never worked anywhere, at any time, and it never will. This legislation, piled on top of the teetering edifice of debt and "entitlement" this country has already saddled itself with, will bring our entire nation down to the ground financially.

And last, but certainly not least, this legislation is a massive blow, perhaps a fatal final blow, to constitutional government in the United States. The idea of limited government - government restricted only to those powers granted to it by the people, through the instrument of the Constitution - is nowhere to be found in these appalling machinations on Capitol Hill. Nancy Pelosi, in scoffing at any such suggestion of rightful jurisdiction, displays the attitude of this whole generation of political "leaders." It is the attitude of the lawless tyrant. As one of her top lieutenants admitted this week, "There are no rules. We make them up as we go along."

I was a bit reluctant to use the D-Day analogy in the title of this piece, but upon prayerful consideration decided to go ahead. After all, that decisive battle of World War II on the coast of France, one in which many courageous Americans gave their all, is in a real sense the same battle we are fighting today - the war against Godless socialist tyranny. The only difference is that this phase of the eternal contest has not yet reached the point of bloodshed inside the borders of America. We are still contending by peaceful means, with words, activism, and votes. For now.

But, knowing the inevitable course of socialism throughout history, we can say with certainty that their violent phase always eventually arrives - if they are denied the fulfillment of their insatiable desire for control over the people.

Hear the warning voice of the great man who for decades diligently warned Great Britain and the world, as the darkness approached but before the blood began to flow:

"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves."

-- Winston Churchill

Source: WINSTON CHURCHILL, The Gathering Storm , p. 348 .On March 31, 1939, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had informed the House of Commons that Britain would support Poland against any action threatening its independence. This marked the end of submission to Germany. Churchill thought the decision should have been made sooner when it would have been easier to stop Germany.

Washington's complete waste of valuable time

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:44:54 -0700

If I was in Congress, and had been invited to Barack Obama's six hour socialized health care marathon today, my participation could have been concluded in thirty seconds.

Here's the statement I would have made:

In consideration of the fact that no power over health care is enumerated in the Constitution of the United States, the sacred document that every person in this room has sworn to uphold and defend, I emphatically vote NO on any plans any of you have in this area.

Any more talk about this is a complete waste of valuable time that we could be using to do our real job, which is to protect the American people's rights to life, liberty, and private property.

Come talk to me when you are ready to honor your oath and support bills that immediately terminate all federal government involvement in areas over which we have no lawful jurisdiction.

Good day.

Which would have been followed immediately by my departure.

"Victory!" they cried

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:52:49 -0700

"Victory!", they cried, and the crowd began to boast,

Then they turned to me, and said, "Join us in our toast!"

"I voted for him!", cried one, "I sent money!", cried another!

I looked in the cup, my heart did sink, I cried "What about my unborn brother?"

"Praise, God!" cried one, as "Alleluias" they did sing,

And so I thought, I will take this cup, and offer it to my King!

I raised it up, this "Victory cup", the stem became a reed,

The bowl a dripping sponge, I wondered at this deed!

His Throne became the Cross, He tasted and turned His head,

All at once, this "Victory cup", became a source of dread.

Oh man before you cry "Victory!", before you start to sing,

Consider if this victory, is befitting of Thy King!

Catherine Lemek

Personhood is the biggest threat to the child-killing industry, and the abortionists know it

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:38:18 -0700

Pro-Abortion Group Nominates Personhood USA to Abortion “Hall of Shame”

Personhood USA

12/29/09

Washington , D.C.– The National Abortion Rights Action League has announced its nominees for a 2009 “Hall of Shame” – those who posed the greatest threat to abortion in America .

Among a list of noteworthy pro-life individuals - all politicians – the only pro-life organization nominated is Personhood USA, a grassroots Christian organization founded to establish personhood efforts across America .

“We at Personhood USA are honored to be considered one of the top four threats to abortion in America ,” commented Keith Mason, co-founder of Personhood USA. “Preborn babies are human beings with a God-given right to live. NARAL is a greedy, bloodthirsty organization, but they have pegged us correctly – Personhood USA is working to outlaw abortion, recognizing the Personhood rights of every child in America .”

NARAL’s describes Personhood USA as: “The group behind the anti-choice "personhood" measures, Personhood USA, exists solely to establish legal rights for fertilized eggs and trigger legal battles over abortion that could go all the way to the Supreme Court. Not only could the strategy outlaw abortion, but it could even threaten birth control, stem-cell research, and in-vitro fertilization. Working to outlaw abortion makes Personhood USA a strong candidate for Hall of Shame of the year.”

“What’s astonishing about this mention is that Personhood USA is only one year old,” added Cal Zastrow, co-founder of Personhood USA. “Yet in that one year, we’ve launched efforts in over 30 states, and we currently have petitions going in seven states. God is blessing our efforts to protect all babies, and these efforts are being multiplied by regular citizens who want to see an end to child killing in America .”

Personhood USA has noted NARAL’s careful wording concerning birth control, stem-cell research, and in-vitro fertilization.

“ Birth control, stem-cell research, and in-vitro fertilization would only be affected by Personhood when they kill a living human being,” continued Mason. “Birth control methods that do not kill an innocent human will not be affected. Adult stem cell research would not be affected. In-vitro fertilization’s current practice may be adjusted, but certainly not eradicated. The bottom line is that NARAL exists to promote the killing of innocent children. Even their use of the term ‘fertilized egg’ is a misnomer – scientifically, once a human egg is fertilized it is no longer an egg, but a new individual with his or her own DNA. It’s clear that to be on their ‘Hall of Shame’ list is not a bad thing.”

For More Information Contact:

Keith Mason

www.personhoodusa.com

Personhood USA is a grassroots Christian organization founded to establish personhood efforts across America to create protection for every child by love and by law. Personhood USA is committed to assisting and supporting Personhood Legislation and Constitutional Amendments and building local pro-life organizations through raising awareness of the personhood of the pre-born.

AIP is America's Party!

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:14:13 -0700

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America's Party

Invite your friends!

We're not Republicans.

We're not Democrats.

We're Americans!

(We're AIP !)

AIP is an immovable object - If we persevere, it will become an irresistible force

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:27:19 -0700

Tom Hoefling

America's Independent Party is different. Unlike any other party in this country today, we are grounded solidly on America's founding principles, and won't compromise them.

From the "About AIP" page at AIPNews.com:

Our purpose? The same as the stated purpose of the U.S. Constitution: “To secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity.”

That’s why we’re pro-life and pro-liberty, and will always unswervingly support a strong and secure America.

Along with the signers of the Declaration of Independence, we believe in the self-evident truth that all men are created equal, that our unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness come from our Creator, and that just government can only exist by the consent of the governed.

Our goal is that 100% of our party affiliates, 100% of our party leaders, and 100% of our endorsed candidates are 100% moral conservative, personhood pro-life, peace through strength, constitutionalists - without compromise. And we're willing to do the hard work of contending for it, no matter how difficult the path might be.

We believe that this is the only way that God will bless our efforts, in the true sense.

At our nation's Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin's following wise words changed the course of that deliberation, and thereby bent human history in the direction of true liberty:

Mr President,

The small progress we have made after 4 or five weeks close attendance & continual reasonings with each other--our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ays, is methinks a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the Human Understanding.

We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running about in search of it. We have gone back to ancient history for models of Government, and examined the different forms of those Republics which having been formed with the seeds of their own dissolution now no longer exist. And we have viewed Modern States all round Europe, but find none of their Constitutions suitable to our circumstances.

In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate our understandings?

In the beginning of the Contest with G. Britain, when we were sensible of danger we had daily prayer in this room for the divine protection. - Our prayers, Sir, were heard, & they were graciously answered.

All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity.

And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? or do we imagine that we no longer need His assistance?

I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth - that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?

We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that "except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it." I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the Builders of Babel:

We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages.

And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing Governments by Human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.

I therefore beg leave to move - that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the Clergy of this City be requested to officiate in that Service--

This is why AIP is always in prayer. Without God, we can do nothing. But with God, all things are possible. Even the saving of a great nation that is on a path of self-destruction, for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

Again, from our "About AIP" page:

Our nation’s political leaders have failed, because they have abandoned America’s Principles. A DEDICATED, ORGANIZED, UNITED conservative movement, made up of, and led by, average citizens, is the only hope that exists for saving America from the results of those failures.

We truly believe this. How about you?

AIP Personal Affiliation

"You have kept the good wine until now!"

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:35:08 -0700

"Always in Prayer" Network

November 15, 2009

Tom Hoefling

In His earthly life, even Jesus had to wait on His Father's appointed times and seasons.

John 2

Water Turned to Wine

1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” 4 Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”

6 Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. 7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.”

And they took it. 9 When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. 10 And he said to him, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!”

11 This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.

It is human nature to think that our best days are behind us. As time passes, we feel the burden of age as it encroaches. Our memories can so easily become burdened by the failures of the past. Experience, or at least our humanly-limited perception of it, tends to set like concrete in our thinking. "As things have been, so shall they ever be," we come to believe.

My friends, don't let this process of spiritual rigor mortis take control of your life and rob you of your precious birthright of love, joy and peace. Center your hope once again on the One Who loves you, and who proved it by suffering and dying for you. By faith, allow the Holy Spirit to dissolve the hardening agents that will, if you let them, turn your heart to stone. Don't settle for a cold, dead, faithless existence.

Our God is a great God, and His blessings come in His own good time. He is not limited in any way by our past. He is not limited by our failures. He is not limited by our circumstances. Christ died for our sins and His blood atonement has made us part of His eternal family.

As Christians, in faith we should know with complete certainty that no matter what has come before, the best is yet to come. Our LORD has made many great promises to us of eternal glory and blessing, which will be fulfilled on His exacting timetable.

But, God may well have amazing blessings awaiting you in this world as well. Noah, Abraham and Moses were all quite elderly when God did His greatest works through them. Ronald Reagan was older than any other President when he was sworn into office, and went on to be modern America's greatest leader, the indispensable man in the fight against communist tyranny.

Seek God diligently about what He would have you be and do while He still has you here upon this earth. He is faithful to His Word, and He will show you.

James 1:5

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Isaiah 40:31

31 But those who wait on the LORD

      Shall renew their strength;

      They shall mount up with wings like eagles,

      They shall run and not be weary,

      They shall walk and not faint.

No matter where you now find yourself, remember this: God loves you and He has a plan for your life.

Jeremiah 29:11

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Expectant hope and faith will produce abundant love and joy in your heart and will then have marvelous results in your life. You will then be what God intended you to be: a vessel and a channel of His blessing in the lives of those around you.

Nehemiah 8:10

¹⁰ Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Psalm 36
¹ An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked:

         There is no fear of God before his eyes.

² For he flatters himself in his own eyes,

         When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.

³ The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;

         He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

⁴ He devises wickedness on his bed;

         He sets himself in a way that is not good;

         He does not abhor evil.



⁵ Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens;

         Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

⁶ Your righteousness is like the great mountains;

         Your judgments are a great deep;

         O LORD, You preserve man and beast.



⁷ How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!

         Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.

⁸ They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,

         And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.

⁹ For with You is the fountain of life;

         In Your light we see light.



¹⁰ Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,

         And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

¹¹ Let not the foot of pride come against me,

         And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

¹² There the workers of iniquity have fallen;

         They have been cast down and are not able to rise.

Exquisite distrust

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:44:42 -0700

LifeandLibertyReport.com

November 5, 2009

By Tom Hoefling

“It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.” – Psalm 118:8

It may shock some these days to know that our American form of republican government was founded in a belief that men are intrinsically wicked power-mongers, but it’s true. “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” Lord Acton famously said a century after our nation’s founding, but the men who framed the American republic already understood this truism well. This knowledge was rooted in their understanding of the Bible, of history, and of fallen human nature.

Which is why they set up a government of divided, enumerated powers.

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government – lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” -- Patrick Henry

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined." --James Madison, Federalist No. 45

But, in the founding generation there were already those who, in the pursuit of their own power, had devoted themselves to the [mis]use of the very words of our Constitution against itself, destroying one of its primary purposes, which is the limitation of power.

The father of that great document, James Madison, was compelled in 1792, just a few short years after its adoption, to stand in the House of Representatives and rail against an unlimited construction on the words “general welfare.”

Mr. MADISON. It is supposed, by some gentlemen, that Congress have authority not only to grant bounties in the sense here used, merely as a commutation for drawback, but even to grant them under a power by virtue of which they may do any thing which they may think conducive to the general welfare! This, sir, in my mind, raises the important and fundamental question, whether the general terms which have been cited are to be considered as a sort of caption, or general description of the specified powers; and as having no further meaning, and giving no further powers, than what is found in that specification, or as an abstract and indefinite delegation of power extending to all cases whatever -- to all such, at least, as will admit the application of money -- which is giving as much latitude as any government could well desire.

I, sir, have always conceived -- I believe those who proposed the Constitution conceived -- it is still more fully known, and more material to observe, that those who ratified the Constitution conceived -- that this is not an indefinite government, deriving its powers from the general terms prefixed to the specified powers -- but a limited government, tied down to the specified powers, which explain and define the general terms.

It is to be recollected that the terms "common defence and general welfare," as here used, are not novel terms, first introduced into this Constitution. They are terms familiar in their construction, and well known to the people of America. They are repeatedly found in the old Articles of Confederation, where, although they are susceptible of as great a latitude as can be given them by the context here, it was never supposed or pretended that they conveyed any such power as is now assigned to them. On the contrary, it was always considered clear and certain that the old Congress was limited to the enumerated powers, and that the enumeration limited and explained the general terms. I ask the gentlemen themselves, whether it was ever supposed or suspected that the old Congress could give away the money of the states to bounties to encourage agriculture, or for any other purpose they pleased. If such a power had been possessed by that body, it would have been much less impotent, or have borne a very different character from that universally ascribed to it.

The novel idea now annexed to those terms, and never before entertained by the friends or enemies of the government, will have a further consequence, which cannot have been taken into the view of the gentlemen. Their construction would not only give Congress the complete legislative power I have stated, -- it would do more; it would supersede all the restrictions understood at present to lie, in their power with respect to a judiciary. It would put it in the power of Congress to establish courts throughout the United States, with cognizance of suits between citizen and citizen, and in all cases whatsoever.

This, sir, seems to be demonstrable; for if the clause in question really authorizes Congress to do whatever they think fit, provided it be for the general welfare, of which they are to judge, and money can be applied to it, Congress must have power to create and support a judiciary establishment, with a jurisdiction extending to all cases favorable, in their opinion, to the general welfare, in the same manner as they have power to pass laws, and apply money providing in any other way for the general welfare. I shall be reminded, perhaps, that, according to the terms of the Constitution, the judicial power is to extend to certain cases only, not to all cases. But this circumstance can have no effect in the argument, it being presupposed by the gentlemen, that the specification of certain objects does not limit the import of the general terms. Taking these terms as an abstract and indefinite grant of power, they comprise all the objectsof legislative regulations -- as well such as fall under the judiciary article in the Constitution as those falling immediately under the legislative article; and if the partial enumeration of objects in the legislative article does not, as these gentlemen contend, limit the general power, neither will it be limited by the partial enumeration of objects in the judiciary article.

There are consequences, sir, still more extensive, which, as they follow dearly from the doctrine combated, must either be admitted, or the doctrine must be given up. If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their Own hands; they may a point teachers in every state, county, and parish, and pay them out of their public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, establishing in like manner schools throughout the Union; they may assume the provision for the poor; they may undertake the regulation of all roads other than post-roads; in short, every thing, from the highest object of state legislation down to the most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of Congress; for every object I have mentioned would admit of the application of money, and might be called, if Congress pleased, provisions for the general welfare.
The language held in various discussions of this house is a proof that the doctrine in question was never entertained by this body. Arguments, wherever the subject would permit, have constantly been drawn from the peculiar nature of this government, as limited to certain enumerated powers, instead of extending, like other governments, to all cases not particularly excepted. In a very late instance -- I mean the debate on the representation bill -- it must be remembered that an argument much used, particularly by gentlemen from Massachusetts, against the ratio of 1 for 30,000, was, that this government was unlike the state governments, which had an indefinite variety of objects within their power; that it had a small number of objects only to attend to; and therefore, that a smaller number of representatives would be sufficient to administer it.

Arguments have been advanced to show that because, in the regulation of trade, indirect and eventual encouragement is given to manufactures, therefore Congress have power to give money in direct bounties, or to grant it in any other way that would answer the same purpose. But surely, sir, there is a great and obvious difference, which it cannot be necessary to enlarge upon. A duty laid on imported implements of husbandry would, in its operation, be an indirect tax on exported produce; but will any one say that, by virtue of a mere power to lay duties on imports, Congress might go directly to the produce or implements of agriculture, or to the articles exported? It is true, duties on exports are expressly prohibited; but if there were no article forbidding them, a power directly to tax exports could never be deduced from a power to tax imports, although such a power might indirectly and incidentally affect exports.

In short, sir, without going farther into the subject. Which I should not have here touched at all but for the reasons already mentioned, I venture to declare it as my opinion, that, were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America; and what inferences might be drawn, or what consequences ensue, from such a step, it is incumbent on us all to consider.

How far have succeeding generations, and this generation in particular, departed from the core principles of America’s founding? So far that our corrupt oath-breaking politicians scoff at any who dare raise a mere question that might suggest any limitation on the scope of their personal power. Madison, along with the entire founding generation, would be appalled. We now have a lawless government that totally ignores the clear purposes of our Constitution and seeks to control every single aspect of our lives.

Perhaps if “We the People” could find the will and the strength to force our politicians back within their proper jurisdiction, these "public servants" could then find the time to do their real job, which according to the cornerstone of the organic law of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, is to secure the God-given and unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to all.

Perhaps they could then find a way to fulfill their duty, sworn before God, to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution, which states as its ultimate purpose: “to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity.”

"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators."

-- James Madison

"In questions of power then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."

-- Thomas Jefferson

Tom Hoefling is the chairman and founder of America's Independent Party . You can read the AIP Platform and Personal Affiliation Agreement at www.AIPNews.com.

A man of character would just produce the birth certificate - TOM HOEFLING

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:09:22 -0700

Special to AIPNews.com

Tom Hoefling

On the eve of the hearing in Judge David Carter's federal courtroom in Santa Ana, California, over whether Barack Obama will be forced to produce documentation of his birth, several things are clear:

1) Barack Obama still refuses to produce any documentation concerning the circumstances of his birth. The question remains: Why?

2) His lawyers (paid for by you, the taxpayer) made NO assertions in their pleadings concerning whether or not Obama is a natural born citizen. None. They simply told the court that it doesn't have jurisdiction in this matter.

If you want to boil the message of Obama and his government lawyers to the American people down to its essence, what they are saying is "WE WON. Get over it." If you’ve been paying attention, you know that this bit of arrogance is hardly something new for Barack Obama.

Sorry, but millions of Americans refuse to "get over it." The Constitution's simple requirements still matter to us. We deserve to know whether the man in the White House, occupying the most powerful position in our country and in the world, is actually constitutionally qualified to be there. Some of us have sons and daughters who may live or die based on the decisions that are made in that particular office, and the quality of the character of the man making the decisions.

Congress should have taken care of this months ago. But they refused to do their job. You see, the two-legged beast known as the Democrat and Republican political establishment no longer cares at all about the Constitution's requirements. The oath of office has become nothing more to them than a formality.

No matter what the outcome might be in the courtroom tomorrow, that isn't going to change. At least, not until We the People clean out the lawless septic tank Washington has become and elect people who understand and will adhere to the most basic laws of our land.

And so, tomorrow we will see the quality of the character of a single federal judge, former Marine Judge David Carter. We will see if he buys into the argument that because everyone else has abrogated their oath, he must do the same.

The USA - a special nation with special responsibilities - ALAN KEYES

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:06:43 -0700

Loyal to Liberty

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Alan Keyes

"Alan Keyes is Loyal to Liberty" forum at AIPNEWS.com

Obama abandons Founding Fathers' dream - ALAN KEYES

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:51:14 -0700

WorldNetDaily.com

Sept. 25, 2009

Alan Keyes

Make the earlier protests look like tea parties - the kind with tea and crumpets

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:56:29 -0700

AIPNews.com

Tom Hoefling

The next major outrage coming down the pike is a looming drive by the power elites to finally push through amnesty for more than thirty million foreign nationals who are in our country illegally.

It is time to make the protests from earlier in the year look like tea parties -- the kind with tea and crumpets.

No elected official should be able to show his face in public without being confronted strongly by bold and courageous citizens demanding their country back.

No incumbent should be left free to campaign without confrontation like they've always done.

And the citizenry needs to automatically discount every bit of political information that comes through the idiot box.

These steps alone would exclude the power of incumbency and money and the liberal media from the process, which would tip the advantage back to the people.

For if the people, united around principle, don't wrest control back soon, this republic, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, will not survive.

We are the media.

Saving America in Five Simple, Straightforward, Steps

nospam@example.com (Staff) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:32:40 -0700

By Tom Hoefling

September 12, 2009

1. Get your own heart and life right with God.

2. Fix America’s first principles of God-given, unalienable rights and their protection for ALL persons, born or as yet unborn, as spelled out in our Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, firmly in your mind. (Join yourself to “We the People”!)

3. Make a personal determination not to compromise in any way with any words, policies, or actions that serve to alienate God-given rights or which abrogate the clear provisions of the Constitution, to give any support to any candidate for public office who violates America’s first principles, or to let any outside party, factional, media, or money influences to in any way affect your political decisions, words, or actions.

4. Make a determination to by every means available find and politically associate yourself with other like-minded American patriots in your town or city, in your county, in your congressional district, in your state, and in America.

5. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. True American citizenship is a life-long vocation. No matter how long it takes, or how hard the task might be, make a determination to take all practical steps to restore every part of the government of our American Republic, at every level, to America’s principles, AND THEN, TOGETHER, DO IT!

By the way, I didn’t say they were “easy” steps. I said they were “simple and straightforward,” which they are.

Along with my entire family and all my friends, I have made a commitment to follow this path, no matter the cost. We believe that the only hope for our country is that millions of our fellow citizens do the same. We also believe that unless a sufficient number of our fellow citizens take these steps that our precious Republic WILL fail, for which our posterity, should there be one, will rightfully curse our generation and our names.

One last point: I do not believe that these steps are optional. I believe them to be the only possible way to save our country. I also believe that any individual who fails in any single point is part of the problem, not part of the saving of this great nation.

To join with us, please visit the links below:

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