You ask, I answer, tempered with a very old school education during which study of the history of the formation of our government and the Constitution was a required course of study over 12 years.
As founded and as intended, [study Federalist papers for legislative intent of words used to write Constitution, come back to me in 5 years], government was only formed to serve We the People for very specific and carefully enumerated purposes. Much of the wording of Constitution is dedicated to very specifically limiting the powers and actions of government and very specifically ensuring all powers not specifically given to the government SHALL [very exacting legal word] reside with the States [who are also very limited by the Constitution in their powers] and to the Citizens [spelled with a capital letter to annotate the superior powers reserved to Citizens]. I was taught, and clearly understand, that ALL powers not specifically granted to government, SHALL and DOES reside with the Citizens [legal ones only]. Further, what is given can be taken back by the original grantor, Said powers reside with Citizens, they are granted to government to be used only under good stewardship. At ANY time, should the Citizens [We the People] so choose, said powers can be revoked. The powers given to government are neither permanent, nor non-revokable. They can be withdrawn at any time the Citizens so choose, by any means deemed necessary. As evidence of this power, see, 1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment, et al. Government workers [and elected representatives] take an oath to uphold the Constitution, before they can serve in office. This act of oath taking manifests their agreement to the power of the document and the powers reserved to the Citizens. Breach of oath of office holds serious consequences. Unfortunately, We the People have failed to hold said elected representatives accountable [POTUS on down, even IRS agents take the oath]. Failure to promptly execute charges does not relieve them from misdeeds. As a function of law, there is no statue of limitation on fraud. Breach of oath of office is fraud. I relinquish the soap box to the gentleman from xxxxx. Grant... Who served on the floor of the House of Representatives as a Congressional Aid for some time when there were actually Statesmen rather than professional politicians holding office. One of those being my Father. On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Craig <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: > On Fri, 3 May 2013 14:29:14 -0400 "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> > wrote: > > > > > I think we need to consider the real purpose of government. Is it to > > keep us safe or to keep us free? The two conflict quite a bit. > > The preamble of the U.S. Constitution says, > > We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect > Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for > the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the > Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and > establish this Constitution for the United States of America. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
