It's been two years since I quit the major party to which I belonged. The two major parties are not interested in following the Constitution of the United States. They are interested in power and control. Machiavelli, in The Prince, said: "…a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance have need of the state and of him, and then he will always find them faithful." The two parties are executing this advice perfectly. We are more and more in every circumstance in need of the government. In fact, a large portion of the populace actually prefers it that way. Just ask around about national health care. You will find that many, many people want to depend on the government for that.
The federal government has usurped control of much of our daily lives. From helmet and seatbelt laws to what kind of eggs you can eat. What's that? I know, but what do you think is going to happen once national health care is passed? Since your health will directly affect the cost of the national program, your diet will be federally mandated. Scoff now, you have been warned.
Read 1984. We are so close to what Orwell described as thoughtcrime, it's just a matter of semantics now. Consider the term hate-crime. Explain to me how anyone can know what motives prompted Johnny down the street to take a baseball bat and beat up Joey. Someone explain to me how it makes a difference to Joey's parents whether Johnny hates the group to which Joey belongs. Their son's skull has been bashed in one way or the other. You tell me: should Johnny's punishment be different based on whether he hates Joey's group, or if he just felt bored that day and picked Joey at random? The invention of something called hate-crimes is an admission that we have thought police in this country. One should be allowed to think what they want. Hate me for my political beliefs, hate me for believing that global warming is a hoax, hate me for the color of shirt I am wearing today. But if you come key my car, should it really matter why you did it? Should it really matter if someone committed some crime because they hate the ethnic, religious, or orientation group to which their victim belongs? The point is, they committed a crime and it should be punished.
The US Supreme Court has usurped power and legislated from the bench. I am going to use the Roe v Wade decision to demonstrate this. Before you have a cow and dismiss me, understand this: The US Constitution has Amendment IX, which states that "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." And Amendment X which states "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." There is nothing in the Constitution regarding abortion, the right to have one, or a law prohibiting the states from making laws concerning it. Before Roe v Wade, there were states that legalized it. There were some states that made it illegal. This is how the Constitution was supposed to work, leaving things up to the people of the several states to decide. Along comes the US Supreme Court and, based upon a clause in another Amendment, essentially passes a law: states can no longer make the decision to pass their own laws regarding abortion. Whammo, the federal government has a bit more control.
Now take the Kelo v. City of New London case. Yadda, yadda, yadda… and now we have no private property rights.
Socialists gleefully agree with these sorts of decisions. There is one problem. Socialism has spawned the most evil governments ever seen in human history. You may not know about most of the atrocities committed, but this is only because the people in control of the dissemination of that information are loathe to point out the follies of a philosophy to which they adhere. "If only," they think, "us good guys were in control - then it would work right." Socialism? You should study up on that, too. The US is a socialist country, and becoming more so every day. People want it that way. Just look at the health care issue. The two main parties agree on socialism, they have only minor disagreements with how fast we should barrel down that hill.
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