I went on the Sightings site (did not use the search - yet)
and could not find this. Also, is this true as it is written?
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The true test is to give a person power.
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Atrocities happen when the people about you - start considering you surplus.
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Title: SIGHTINGS
SIGHTINGS
- New Executive Order On
Federalism - Latest Assault
On The Constitution
Comment
- By Brad Bernards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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- Amending the 10th Amendment
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- -August 10, 1999-
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- On August 5, President Clinton signed an Executive Order
on Federalism, the division of power between Washington, D.C. and the States.
The President claims Constitutional authority to turn our Constitution
on it's head. This executive order, which I have read, seeks to guarantee
the division of governmental responsibilities intended by the Framers of
the Constitution. The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, part of the
Bill of Rights, does not need to be clarified. I have quoted the Constitution
before and I proudly do it again: "The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States,
are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." That's
the tenth amendment, and any attempt by President Clinton to improve on
it will most certainly not be to the benefit of the states or the people.
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- This is an outright attempt by the federal government
to take from us power we have yet to claim but, nonetheless, is still ours
under the Constitution. The Constitution enumerates the powers of the federal
government - they are finite and limited intentionally. The President,
through each and every agency, would like to impose federal rules and regulations
absorbing powers that are, as of yet, unclaimed by the states. The previous
attempt to steal away our power last year in Executive Order 13083 was
met with much opposition after it was exposed. He had created the document
without the input of those affected. It was later suspended, and now revoked
as this EO replaces it. Amending the Constitution takes the congress and
all 50 States but the President may do it, unnoticed, through an Executive
Order
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- The document is clever because it now has the input of
many, although we don't know specifically who, and on the surface appears
quite benign. The AP reports that state and local officials appear satisfied
with the rewritten order. The language of this Executive Order is indeed
deferential to the states. The document reads well until you discover that
all the input gathered from state and local government, the consulting
with state and local officials on developing standards and the opportunity
for participation in rulemaking proceedings is just that much talk. I see
nowhere in the document that any input be digested at all. Federal agencies
will be able to do what they want provided they follow the prescribed method
which is not much more than whoops to placate the intergovernmental organizations
concerned. The federal government can and will put into force any rule
they want with or without the approval of anyone.
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- The White House's own press release says: "...the
Order makes clear that federal action is appropriate in the presence of
a problem of national scope or significance." This statement by itself
admits that the Executive Branch can make anything their business and have
an agency create federal rules to govern it. At a time when we need to
pare back the federal government, they seem intent on grabbing any remaining
power not nailed down by claim of the states or the people.
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- The United States Constitution is a magnificent document
and Clinton would do best to read it and follow it. Instead, he's going
to fix it. He calls it strengthening the partnership. He says that the
Federal government and State and local governments should work together
as partners. He wants to be my partner and my State's partner for the simple
reason that we have something that he wants - power. After all, he didn't
sign an Executive Order promising to limit the reach of the federal government.
This will make government bigger. It will compromise our individual rights
to the powers reserved to us by the Constitution and will compromise the
sovereignty of every state in this union.
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- You have to remember who wrote this Executive Order.
The word "is" appears 24 times. This is a man who will trick
you with verb tenses. He has proven that he will make a statement that
says the exact opposite of what he means. Now, he has made a statement
that implies he is protecting the Constitution. It is the work of smarter
people than me to take his words apart - to dissect the 7 pages of this
order to see if it looks anything like the 28 words of the tenth amendment.
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- We have 90 days from August fifth until this Order takes
effect. It's going to be harder this time around to expose this Clinton
Lie now that he has received input from those affected. So far, I have
no hope the major media will jump on this without pressure. It's our power
he wants, so it's our responsibility to stop him.
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