The Senate Judiciary Comittee will hold a hearing on the NDAA-National Defense Authorization Act-At 10:00 AM On Wednesday, February 29th, 2012. I urge everyone to participate in informing your Senators and Representatives and also watching the hearing. With momentum around the Country resulting in States already nullifying the NDAA (opting out of recognizing it as law), Congress will hear the concerns that the bill is not only Unconstitutional, but also represents a gross misunderstanding of the delegation of authority under the Constitution of the United States. David Seaman was more than ready to break this story HERE, and thanks to the work of the Tenth Amendment Center, ACLU, and many others, the story is spreading across the Country. The mainstream media deserves criticism for near zero news coverage ranging from Pre-NDAA “Deliberation”, NDAA vote, NDAA passage, to Post-NDAA explanation. [Texas Congressman and Presidential Candidate Ron Paul on introduction of legislation against NDAA] Dr. Thomas Woods of the Mises Institute, who is well-renowned for his expertise in nullification, has written NULLIFY NOW! among other actionable causes to spread the knowledge of liberty and inspire Constitutional objection of tyrannical law. Nullification, as explained under my interpretation from Dr. Woods research, is the doctrine of the States to object to tyrannical [...]
February, 2012:
Veterans for Ron Paul March for Liberty
“Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship with All Nations-Entangling Alliances with None” Thomas Jefferson Veterans for Ron Paul filled the streets of Washington D.C. on President’s Day, February 20th, 2012, in support of the Constitution and a Constitutional Foreign policy, and in memory of the men and women who gave their lives in defense of liberty over the past 11 years. With close to 9000 Military deaths, over 40,000 injuries, many more thousands suffering through PTSD, and thousands more in innocent civilian deaths (Americans and Foreign citizens), Adam Kokesh, Nathan Cox, and other Veterans took it upon themselves to bring attention to the crisis we are facing. A prayer and moment of silence, along with a salute opposite to the face of the White House, at the length of a second for every soldier that has died due to War and war-related illness under the Obama Administration, occurred and was carried out by the 600+ Active Duty/Retired/Reserve Veterans. Close to, if not over a thousand, Constitution/Ron Paul/ Peace/ Free Market supporters also filled the streets in support of the troops and the message they not only fought for, but were marching for and conveyed with their passion. Shouts and passionate speeches were given on [...]
When Interstate Commerce becomes Intrastate Commerce
The Food and Drug Administration has succeeded in a case against an Amish Raw Milk farm in Pennsylvania on charges of SELLING MILK to cow share owners across state lines. These share owners were surprised when their investment in a cow and return of products from the farm, including raw or fresh milk, resulted in a 5AM raid on Mr. Daniel Allgyer’s farm. The legal mess the FDA has caused has resulted in the shutdown of the farm by Allgyer, and the enragement of many customers over what seems like a ridiculous waste of taxpayer money and interpretation of the Constitution. As one customer of Mr. Allgyer’s farm put it to the Washington Times, “I can’t believe in 2012 the Federal Government is raiding Amish farmers at gunpoint all over a basic human right to eat natural food…” This authority to control what people eat and put in their own bodies was perpetuated by the decision in Wickard v. Filburn (1942) to expand on the Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution Interstate Commerce Clause to include Intrastate commerce. The justification for this was of course based on ridiculous reasoning, that because intrastate commerce was related to interstate commerce, the interstate [...]
Government Recommended Diet Goes Wrong
What happens when the Government Recommended Diet clashes with another Government dietary recommendation? Statism you say? The Center for Disease Control recently released a report headlining with the statistic, “90% of Americans eat more sodium than is recommended for a healthy diet” [Source]. From the summary at the CDC website, the report highlights the growing problem of sodium in the American diet, and explains how some of the most common and unexpected foods can have large amounts of sodium. Excessive levels of sodium in the diet have been shown to correlate with increased blood pressure and increased levels of risk for heart disease. What’s interesting in the report is something that Mike Stobbe, an AP Medical writer, highlights HERE, that grains are the number one source of salt in the American diet. The officials were surprised at the short list of foods that contributed to the massive amounts of sodium that we consume and probably the presence grain and carbohydrate-dominated foods had on the list. It gets even more interesting when you realize that because of this report, the USDA and related organizations are heightening their advisory of lowering daily sodium levels, but not advising lowering amounts of grain consumed. The United States Department [...]
Regulating Sugar or Restoring Responsibility
Regulating sugar like Tobacco and Alcohol is becoming a valid issue in the 2012 election with Researchers out of California claiming that sugar is “Toxic” and among other things, is bad for you. I agree that sugar is bad for me. These researchers then blindly go from the position of claiming that sugar is bad for you, to claiming that sugar should be regulated by the Government. I disagree that my position or the scientific position of the healthiness of sugar should influence whether or not people are allowed to choose what they put in their own bodies. The idea that we should research and educate on what we think is unhealthy or healthy is fine. I completely support it. Research and education are key in understanding the human body and how the foods we eat and we create interact with the body. Especially with sugar, where in the case of these researchers, the claim is that Americans consume around 450 calories, or 112.5 grams, of sugar a day. Sugar consumption in the US has climbed, along with imports of sugar to the US. Correlating with the increase in high fructose corn syrup consumption (a form of sugar), we’ve seen increases in obesity, disease, [...]
