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NEWS AND VIEWS THAT IMPACT LIMITED CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT

"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with
power to endanger the public liberty." - - - - John Adams

Friday, September 23, 2011

The Constitution - Neither party gives a crap


The NATO bombing of Libya and the overthrow of a government.
Slice by slice the Constitution of the United States is torn up and dumped in
the trash can of history.  Freedom and Constitutional Government, that is just crazy talk.

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."   - - - Patrick Henry


By Gary;

Now that the war in Libya is starting to wind up you will see assorted Beltway Elite political hacks and liars parade in front of TV cameras, puff up their feathers and congratulated themselves on the latest overthrowing a government of a foreign nation.

And our Federalist Founding Fathers are again rolling over in their graves.

One by one our freedoms and Constitutional liberties are abandoned or are simply taken away from us by our "betters" in the Beltway Elite.

The un-Constitutional war on Libya on the orders of the United Nations is nothing new.  Ignoring the Constitution is truly a bi-partisan sport.  The list un-Constitutional wars gets longer and longer:
  • The Philippine-American War (1898–1903)
  • The Korean War (1950-1953)
  • The Panama-American War (1989-1990)
  • The Bosnian War (1992-1995)
But the vast, vast bulk of the politicians don't really give a damn about the Constitution.  After all they usually are sending other people's children to fight and die and spending other people's money to finance them.  The hacks believe in letting our Elected Caesar-of-the-Moment run the show.  That way Congress can avoid making life an death decisions, but can always take credit or place any blame as needed.

So as a public service here are some sample Declarations of War.


Some sample Declarations of War from the olden days when the Constitution mattered.


A Declaration of War   -   against the United Kingdom (1812)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That war be and is hereby declared to exist between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America and their territories; and that the President of the United States is hereby authorized to use the whole land and naval force of the United States to carry the same into effect, and to issue to private armed vessels of the United States commissions or letters of marque and general reprisal, in such form as he shall think proper, and under the seal of the United States, against the vessels, goods, and effects of the government of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the subjects thereof.



A Declaration of War   -   against Spain (1898)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

First. That war be, and the same is hereby, declared to exist, and that war has existed since the 21st day of April, A.D. 1898, including said day, between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain.

Second. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States and to call into actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry this act into effect.

Approved, April 25, 1898.



A Declaration of War   -   against the Empire of Germany (1917)

Whereas the Imperial German Government has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America;

Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, that the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.

CHAMP CLARK
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOS. R. MARSHALL
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate



A Declaration of War   -   against the Tsardom of Bulgaria (1942)

JOINT RESOLUTION Declaring that a state of war exists between the Government of Bulgaria and the Government and the people of the United States and making provisions to prosecute the same.

Whereas the Government of Bulgaria has formally declared war against the Government and the people of the United States of America: Therefore be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of war between the United States and the Government of Bulgaria which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and the President is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Government of Bulgaria; and, to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.

A Declaration of War  -  How quaint.  How old fashioned.


The Republic is dead  -  Long live the Empire.
That "oath" that political hacks take to protect the Constitution is a fraud.  Both Big Government Socialist parties are happy to give the elected Caesar-of-the-Moment the war power to do whatever the Hell he wants to.  Members of Congress have no interest in doing their job.  Their own interest is in strutting in front of TV cameras and in continuing to hold their offices.


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