Taking the Tenth - The Last Hope - Fred on Everything

[Pluvious]

Fred On Everything — Scurrilous Commentary by Fred Reed

"Taking the Tenth"
The Last Hope

March 19, 2010
http://www.fredoneverything.net/Nullification.shtml

Washington is out of control. It does as it likes, without restraint. It spends American money and American lives to fight remote wars for which it cannot provide a plausible reason. It determines what our children will be taught, who we can hire and fire, to whom we can sell our houses, whether we can defend ourselves, even what names we can call each other. The feds read our email and track the web sites we visit, make us hop around barefoot in airports at the command of surly unaccountable rentacops. They search us at random in train stations without even a pretense of probable cause. We have no influence over them, no way of resisting.

Except, perhaps, to ignore them.
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At bottom, Washington’s power is economic. The feds rely for control on taxing money from the states and giving some of it back in exchange for obedience. They cannot arrest Wyoming, but they can deny it federal highway funds. This technique provides de facto control over everything from kindergarten to MIT.

What will it take to fix our broken government ?
Maybe Fred's idea is the only tool we have left to force some changes, voting sure isn't doing it !

[jody]

1. Founders of our party Jefferson & Madison were staunch 10th supporters and attempted to pass laws in

KY & VA doing that.

[Gaedel]

2. Surprised to see this on here

Fred Reed is pretty right wing libertarian.

If he was posting on here, he wouldn't last two weeks before being booted.

[treestar]

3. that first paragraph is purely delusional

The airport stuff - he makes it sound like it was foisted on us out of nowhere and for no reason. One can disagree with it, but admit 911 caused it all.

What restrictions on who we sell our house to?

What is he whining about who to hire and fire? The Anti-Discrimination laws?

[Possumpoint]

4. I haven't Flown In Years

I read of the searches and techniques used and think of the 4th amendment and wonder where we went wrong. I won't submit to it. Therefore I choose not to fly. If ever stopped in a rail or bus station for a random search I'd refuse on principal. Produce a search warrant or no cooperation. Probably get myself in trouble so I don't ride trains or buses too much.

Just who are they protecting anyway? Is it the country? If so, then why aren't they doing a better job of searching air cargo? I think it's being done to protect the airline business from fear downturns.