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		<title>By: My Answer to Mr. Obama &#8212; Populist Party Blog</title>
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		<title>By: Alisa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>a rewrite and a little more hammering on sovereignty:

Here in the United States, (and now all over the world) our monetary problems stem from the fact that our Founders gave Congress the power to coin money and regulate its value. Congress never had that power before in the Articles of Confederation- they acquired it with the new Constitution.

The power to coin money and regulate its value is a &lt;strong&gt;sovereign power&lt;/strong&gt;. The Preamble of the Constitution states that &lt;strong&gt;We The People &lt;/strong&gt;created the Constitution, therefore that makes &lt;strong&gt;We the People &lt;/strong&gt;the &lt;strong&gt;Sovereign&lt;/strong&gt; over the Government--not Sovereign over the Government in some areas that &lt;strong&gt;We the People &lt;/strong&gt;created, but Sovereign over the whole Government.  
The Founders were no fools, however, We the People- the dupes.
Bankers are not interested in governments that do not have sovereign money power.  Here in the United States, money was the primary reason for the Constitution. We the People did not create a Consititution because we wanted the Government&#039;s power over us.   The earth&#039;s resources (i.e., gold and silver) are first God&#039;s, then the people&#039;s, then the Government&#039;s, in that order. We the People did not give this earth&#039;s resources to the Government.  The robber class government stole it and have been stealing it from We the People since the beginning of time.   We the people have been stuggling for freedom ever since.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>a rewrite and a little more hammering on sovereignty:</p>
<p>Here in the United States, (and now all over the world) our monetary problems stem from the fact that our Founders gave Congress the power to coin money and regulate its value. Congress never had that power before in the Articles of Confederation- they acquired it with the new Constitution.</p>
<p>The power to coin money and regulate its value is a <strong>sovereign power</strong>. The Preamble of the Constitution states that <strong>We The People </strong>created the Constitution, therefore that makes <strong>We the People </strong>the <strong>Sovereign</strong> over the Government&#8211;not Sovereign over the Government in some areas that <strong>We the People </strong>created, but Sovereign over the whole Government.  <br />
The Founders were no fools, however, We the People- the dupes.<br />
Bankers are not interested in governments that do not have sovereign money power.  Here in the United States, money was the primary reason for the Constitution. We the People did not create a Consititution because we wanted the Government&#8217;s power over us.   The earth&#8217;s resources (i.e., gold and silver) are first God&#8217;s, then the people&#8217;s, then the Government&#8217;s, in that order. We the People did not give this earth&#8217;s resources to the Government.  The robber class government stole it and have been stealing it from We the People since the beginning of time.   We the people have been stuggling for freedom ever since.</p>
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		<title>By: Alisa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Most of this country&#039;s problems stem from the fact that our Founders gave Congress the power to coin money and regulate its value.   Congress didn&#039;t have that power prior to the Constutution.  The power to coin money is a sovereign power.    The Preamble states that We The People created the Constitution for the United State therefore that makes We the People &lt;strong&gt;the&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Sovereign,&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;not the Government-- &lt;/strong&gt;not in some areas but &lt;strong&gt;Sovereign&lt;/strong&gt; over ALL of Government which We the People created.    The Founders were no fools-  although We the People were. 

 Bankers are not interested in governments that do not have money powers.  Money was the primary reason for creating the Constitution, and it wasn&#039;t We the People&#039;s idea. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of this country&#8217;s problems stem from the fact that our Founders gave Congress the power to coin money and regulate its value.   Congress didn&#8217;t have that power prior to the Constutution.  The power to coin money is a sovereign power.    The Preamble states that We The People created the Constitution for the United State therefore that makes We the People <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sovereign,</strong> <strong>not the Government&#8211; </strong>not in some areas but <strong>Sovereign</strong> over ALL of Government which We the People created.    The Founders were no fools-  although We the People were. </p>
<p> Bankers are not interested in governments that do not have money powers.  Money was the primary reason for creating the Constitution, and it wasn&#8217;t We the People&#8217;s idea. </p>
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		<title>By: NIKKI</title>
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		<dc:creator>NIKKI</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To be honest I joined the Republican party so I could vote for Ron Paul. Until I heard of him and researched him I wasn&#039;t sure if I would even register to vote. As an immigrant, I waited for the day when I turned of age to vote in this country. People tried to tell me because I&#039;m a black female I should vote for the Democrat - whomever they would be. Because I am a woman people told me Hillary was my candidate, and because I am black and didn&#039;t believe one word Obama said and chose to vote otherwise I was looked at as weird...and I laughed at it all. I did my research...I thought long and hard about all the candidates. I tried to even see a second one as my option when it was certain Ron Paul wouldn&#039;t get the time of day. And then, the more I thought about it, the more it occurred to me that none of the candidates caught my heart on fire as Ron Paul did. People tried to tell me &quot;OH my! how can you NOT vote. You still have to vote for someone&quot; WHY?! And then I became extremely disappointed and despondent with the political system in this country - the country I believed really cared about it&#039;s people (and by people I mean the back bone, like me who works hard, pays taxes (which i still think is bogus) followed most of the laws and tried to do right by others. Instead I was being force fed these candidates that could care 2 shits about me, or others like me.

I didn&#039;t think Obama was so great because as someone mentioned above, he was the same party just a different face and a different angle. The people in power knew the sheep of this country were looking for someone the polar opposite of Bush (and no Bush wasn&#039;t great either) and so they gave us Obama. And like expected everyone ate him up! This whole he is our saviour mentality was/is something I couldn&#039;t get on board with. And now, here we are, crying how Obama betrayed us! He isn&#039;t doing as he prescribed! But, what exactly - as Alisa stated - did he promise that was soooo much different than the crap the people of this country has been spoon fed for years? Nothing. He is an excellent speaker, an excellent reader of people. He is eloquent and well put together, and that is why people voted for him. How could you expect a man, to come in and truly change a system (even if he wanted to which he does not) that was designed to work as it is? He can&#039;t. It wasn&#039;t going to happen...and once again the American people are crying and sighing for once again getting duped. I tell you Dem or Rep it really, and this is what gets to me that people don&#039;t get this, doesn&#039;t matter because they don&#039;t have the middle class or poor of this country&#039;s best intererst at heart. And never will. The only way the people in this country will ever get things to be the way they want is to seriously throw a coup against the government...and that - we know - wont happen because this country is not built on freedom. Never was...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To be honest I joined the Republican party so I could vote for Ron Paul. Until I heard of him and researched him I wasn&#8217;t sure if I would even register to vote. As an immigrant, I waited for the day when I turned of age to vote in this country. People tried to tell me because I&#8217;m a black female I should vote for the Democrat &#8211; whomever they would be. Because I am a woman people told me Hillary was my candidate, and because I am black and didn&#8217;t believe one word Obama said and chose to vote otherwise I was looked at as weird&#8230;and I laughed at it all. I did my research&#8230;I thought long and hard about all the candidates. I tried to even see a second one as my option when it was certain Ron Paul wouldn&#8217;t get the time of day. And then, the more I thought about it, the more it occurred to me that none of the candidates caught my heart on fire as Ron Paul did. People tried to tell me &#8220;OH my! how can you NOT vote. You still have to vote for someone&#8221; WHY?! And then I became extremely disappointed and despondent with the political system in this country &#8211; the country I believed really cared about it&#8217;s people (and by people I mean the back bone, like me who works hard, pays taxes (which i still think is bogus) followed most of the laws and tried to do right by others. Instead I was being force fed these candidates that could care 2 shits about me, or others like me.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t think Obama was so great because as someone mentioned above, he was the same party just a different face and a different angle. The people in power knew the sheep of this country were looking for someone the polar opposite of Bush (and no Bush wasn&#8217;t great either) and so they gave us Obama. And like expected everyone ate him up! This whole he is our saviour mentality was/is something I couldn&#8217;t get on board with. And now, here we are, crying how Obama betrayed us! He isn&#8217;t doing as he prescribed! But, what exactly &#8211; as Alisa stated &#8211; did he promise that was soooo much different than the crap the people of this country has been spoon fed for years? Nothing. He is an excellent speaker, an excellent reader of people. He is eloquent and well put together, and that is why people voted for him. How could you expect a man, to come in and truly change a system (even if he wanted to which he does not) that was designed to work as it is? He can&#8217;t. It wasn&#8217;t going to happen&#8230;and once again the American people are crying and sighing for once again getting duped. I tell you Dem or Rep it really, and this is what gets to me that people don&#8217;t get this, doesn&#8217;t matter because they don&#8217;t have the middle class or poor of this country&#8217;s best intererst at heart. And never will. The only way the people in this country will ever get things to be the way they want is to seriously throw a coup against the government&#8230;and that &#8211; we know &#8211; wont happen because this country is not built on freedom. Never was&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Cliff Carson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cliff Carson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes Michael.

That is why I mentioned the Democrats more prominently as of late.  You may recall that I had in the past wondered why people would think I was a Democrat just because I keep calling for the demise of the Republicans.  Does this mean people are too Party conscionous?

I&#039;m not sure how many times, but it is almost as often as I have called for an end of the Republicans, that I have explained in detail why I chose the Republicans to attack.  That&#039;s what surprised me at first, but then I began to realize that most of those who were complaining about me calling down the Republicans, were likely to be Republicans.

See, the thing is I have never been a Democrat, I have all my voting life been a Registered Republican.  I gave up on the party early in 2002 why I realized that the Bush Administration was out to kill the American Dream if they possibly could.

I have lambasted the Republican Party since Obama was elected because they are beating the drums 24/7 to blame the Obama Administration for everything that went wrong for the past eight years.  This is not thinking of America.

I am very disappointed with this new Administration because the promises spoken in the run-up to the election have all been forgotten. 

Once more to hopefully clear the air:

I am not a Democrat and never have been one.

I am no longer ( since 2002 ) a Republican having left that party in disgust and actually angry with myself for sticking with the GOP as long as I did.

I am an Independent now and call myself a Populist.  I know there are around 135 Independent Parties and I have corresponded with a couple of dozen of them since 2002.

Above all I consider myself an American and that means that no party comes before my country.  As I have said before on many occasions, I see Party loyalty as the most problematic issue that affects the morality and the ethical performance of our country.

And for the record again, I call for the demise of the Republican party for the following reasons:

They are the last party to have had a chance to help America but they refused.  They helped themselves and their friends instead.

They do not try to help America out of the mess they caused, instead they blame it all on the new Administration. 

I want the Obama Administration to succeed in restoring America , if it does we&#039;re better off whether the Party is or not.

Getting rid of one head at a time is the most realistic way to kick out the power holders and there is no way to stop the public from doing that.  If the public does it, all the surviving parties will see what is the penalty for bad behavior.  Doing nothing is an option of course, but is not winning strategy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes Michael.</p>
<p>That is why I mentioned the Democrats more prominently as of late.  You may recall that I had in the past wondered why people would think I was a Democrat just because I keep calling for the demise of the Republicans.  Does this mean people are too Party conscionous?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure how many times, but it is almost as often as I have called for an end of the Republicans, that I have explained in detail why I chose the Republicans to attack.  That&#8217;s what surprised me at first, but then I began to realize that most of those who were complaining about me calling down the Republicans, were likely to be Republicans.</p>
<p>See, the thing is I have never been a Democrat, I have all my voting life been a Registered Republican.  I gave up on the party early in 2002 why I realized that the Bush Administration was out to kill the American Dream if they possibly could.</p>
<p>I have lambasted the Republican Party since Obama was elected because they are beating the drums 24/7 to blame the Obama Administration for everything that went wrong for the past eight years.  This is not thinking of America.</p>
<p>I am very disappointed with this new Administration because the promises spoken in the run-up to the election have all been forgotten. </p>
<p>Once more to hopefully clear the air:</p>
<p>I am not a Democrat and never have been one.</p>
<p>I am no longer ( since 2002 ) a Republican having left that party in disgust and actually angry with myself for sticking with the GOP as long as I did.</p>
<p>I am an Independent now and call myself a Populist.  I know there are around 135 Independent Parties and I have corresponded with a couple of dozen of them since 2002.</p>
<p>Above all I consider myself an American and that means that no party comes before my country.  As I have said before on many occasions, I see Party loyalty as the most problematic issue that affects the morality and the ethical performance of our country.</p>
<p>And for the record again, I call for the demise of the Republican party for the following reasons:</p>
<p>They are the last party to have had a chance to help America but they refused.  They helped themselves and their friends instead.</p>
<p>They do not try to help America out of the mess they caused, instead they blame it all on the new Administration. </p>
<p>I want the Obama Administration to succeed in restoring America , if it does we&#8217;re better off whether the Party is or not.</p>
<p>Getting rid of one head at a time is the most realistic way to kick out the power holders and there is no way to stop the public from doing that.  If the public does it, all the surviving parties will see what is the penalty for bad behavior.  Doing nothing is an option of course, but is not winning strategy.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Boldin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Boldin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cliff, Thanks for your perspective again.  I do believe I&#039;ve noticed a bit of a shift in your statements, and I actually agree with them more closely.

You&#039;ve repeatedly talked about getting rid of the republican party, but have not often made that statement while at the same time talked about getting rid of both parties.  Many people have commented on that, getting the impression that you&#039;re supporting the democrats, and I think it&#039;s important to make it clear when you&#039;re referring to this method, that you&#039;re not in favor of either murdering party....unless, of course, you are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cliff, Thanks for your perspective again.  I do believe I&#8217;ve noticed a bit of a shift in your statements, and I actually agree with them more closely.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve repeatedly talked about getting rid of the republican party, but have not often made that statement while at the same time talked about getting rid of both parties.  Many people have commented on that, getting the impression that you&#8217;re supporting the democrats, and I think it&#8217;s important to make it clear when you&#8217;re referring to this method, that you&#8217;re not in favor of either murdering party&#8230;.unless, of course, you are.</p>
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		<title>By: Cliff Carson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cliff Carson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael.

I haven&#039;t changed my tune at all.  Obviously I don&#039;t write clearly enough to convince people that when I say go after the Republican Party, and when I give my reasons, no one seems to address my reasons, all they do is say &quot;The Democrats are just as bad&quot;.   Hell will freeze over before that gambit will solve anything.

And as to Power exists, it is because we the people are too busy pointing out that one Party is just as bad as the other.  Then the next thing I hear is that getting rid of the Parties is next to impossible.

However, it is the most possible legal solution, short of revolution, and I don&#039;t think revolution is the answer.  I keep saying that the problem is the people&#039;s &quot;Party First&quot; mentality.  I keep saying that the reason that we have the crooks still in office is because too many people look upon their Party leaders even knowing they are crooks, believing they won&#039;t steal as much of their freedoms and livelihood as the other party&#039;s leaders.  Thus the old adage &quot;Yep he&#039;s a crook, be he&#039;s our crook.&quot;  A real loser mentality.

Trying to oust both parties simultaneously is an impossible task as I have said many times.  That is why I selected the weakest part to go after.  I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican.

The American people have got to do better that being the pot calling the kettle black.  Ousting a Party will have a tremendous effect on our country - but only if the people want it, their freedom back , that is.

And it is why I repeat time and again that we must build an alternative to the ousted party.  Can you imagine the power of a Coalition of Independent Parties running a slate locally and Nationally and that Coalition determined to act in the good will of the American people?

It amazes me that people will not see the strength we could have if we would just organize.  I will assure you that if we don&#039;t organize, this country will become a straight Kleptocracy.  And then it will be only with rivers of blood that the people could take back their Government.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael.</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t changed my tune at all.  Obviously I don&#8217;t write clearly enough to convince people that when I say go after the Republican Party, and when I give my reasons, no one seems to address my reasons, all they do is say &#8220;The Democrats are just as bad&#8221;.   Hell will freeze over before that gambit will solve anything.</p>
<p>And as to Power exists, it is because we the people are too busy pointing out that one Party is just as bad as the other.  Then the next thing I hear is that getting rid of the Parties is next to impossible.</p>
<p>However, it is the most possible legal solution, short of revolution, and I don&#8217;t think revolution is the answer.  I keep saying that the problem is the people&#8217;s &#8220;Party First&#8221; mentality.  I keep saying that the reason that we have the crooks still in office is because too many people look upon their Party leaders even knowing they are crooks, believing they won&#8217;t steal as much of their freedoms and livelihood as the other party&#8217;s leaders.  Thus the old adage &#8220;Yep he&#8217;s a crook, be he&#8217;s our crook.&#8221;  A real loser mentality.</p>
<p>Trying to oust both parties simultaneously is an impossible task as I have said many times.  That is why I selected the weakest part to go after.  I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican.</p>
<p>The American people have got to do better that being the pot calling the kettle black.  Ousting a Party will have a tremendous effect on our country &#8211; but only if the people want it, their freedom back , that is.</p>
<p>And it is why I repeat time and again that we must build an alternative to the ousted party.  Can you imagine the power of a Coalition of Independent Parties running a slate locally and Nationally and that Coalition determined to act in the good will of the American people?</p>
<p>It amazes me that people will not see the strength we could have if we would just organize.  I will assure you that if we don&#8217;t organize, this country will become a straight Kleptocracy.  And then it will be only with rivers of blood that the people could take back their Government.</p>
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		<title>By: Alisa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After the Revolution, Patrick Henry again served as governor of Virginia from 1784 to 1786, but declined to attend the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_of_1787&quot; title=&quot;Constitutional Convention of 1787&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Constitutional Convention of 1787&lt;/a&gt; saying that he &quot;smelt a rat in Philadelphia, &lt;strong&gt;tending toward the monarchy&lt;/strong&gt;.&quot; An ardent supporter of state rights, Henry was an outspoken critic of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution&quot; title=&quot;United States Constitution&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;United States Constitution&lt;/a&gt; and led the Virginia opposition to its ratification arguing &lt;strong&gt;that it gave the federal government too much power&lt;/strong&gt; and that the untested &lt;strong&gt;office of the presidency could devolve into a monarchy&lt;/strong&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After the Revolution, Patrick Henry again served as governor of Virginia from 1784 to 1786, but declined to attend the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_of_1787" title="Constitutional Convention of 1787" rel="nofollow">Constitutional Convention of 1787</a> saying that he &#8220;smelt a rat in Philadelphia, <strong>tending toward the monarchy</strong>.&#8221; An ardent supporter of state rights, Henry was an outspoken critic of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution" title="United States Constitution" rel="nofollow">United States Constitution</a> and led the Virginia opposition to its ratification arguing <strong>that it gave the federal government too much power</strong> and that the untested <strong>office of the presidency could devolve into a monarchy</strong>.</p>
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		<title>By: Alisa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>more from Abolition of the Presidency:


&quot;&lt;em&gt;I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States&lt;/em&gt;.&quot;

 It is desired particularly to draw attention to a very ominous omission.  There is nothing direct and specific which makes it the duty of the president, that he shall execute the laws of Congress.  His conscience is not bound so far as the obligation of an oath may go to do the will of Congress.  Nor is the defect remedied by the subsequent section of the Constitution which provides that the president shall take care, that the laws be faithfully executed, for this is an obligation outside of the oath and leaves the matter of executing the law too much to the discretion of the executive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>more from Abolition of the Presidency:</p>
<p>&#8220;<em>I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States</em>.&#8221;</p>
<p> It is desired particularly to draw attention to a very ominous omission.  There is nothing direct and specific which makes it the duty of the president, that he shall execute the laws of Congress.  His conscience is not bound so far as the obligation of an oath may go to do the will of Congress.  Nor is the defect remedied by the subsequent section of the Constitution which provides that the president shall take care, that the laws be faithfully executed, for this is an obligation outside of the oath and leaves the matter of executing the law too much to the discretion of the executive.</p>
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		<title>By: Alisa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree there is WAY too much POWER.  

Excerpts from the book The Abolition of the Presidency (1884):


We say unhesitatingly, that insofar as the Executive authority is concern, the Articles of Confederation were far superior to the Constitution of the United States under which we live today and better calculated to ensure peace, tranquility, liberty and good government.

The government created by the Articles of Confederation consisted of one representative body.  In that body were united all persons- executive, legislative and judicial.  There was &lt;strong&gt;no President or Senate&lt;/strong&gt; provided for in our early law, and we look in the law for those monocratic forms which were afterwards adopted.

Our conclusion is that the presidency should be abolished and the following amendments to the constitution be adopted:
[snip]&quot;

&quot;The Constitution provides that the President shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the U.S. , and of the militia of the several states when called into actual services of the United States.  This is truly a kingly power.  It is difficult to conceive of a greater one. &quot;

&quot;The law fosters and protects a disguised monarchy.  The question is, whether the common sense of the masses will give timely recognition to these facts. &quot;



The reason the Articles of Confederation were not completed and adopted is because the United States Constitution was more adequate in exacting a&lt;strong&gt; payment&lt;/strong&gt; from its young debtor the United States.   The U.S. Constitution was the vehicle the bankers used increase control over the social compact known as &quot;The United States of America.&quot;        The cart (money) came before the horse (the people) and it has been that way ever since:  Cart before the horse.      </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree there is WAY too much POWER.  </p>
<p>Excerpts from the book The Abolition of the Presidency (1884):</p>
<p>We say unhesitatingly, that insofar as the Executive authority is concern, the Articles of Confederation were far superior to the Constitution of the United States under which we live today and better calculated to ensure peace, tranquility, liberty and good government.</p>
<p>The government created by the Articles of Confederation consisted of one representative body.  In that body were united all persons- executive, legislative and judicial.  There was <strong>no President or Senate</strong> provided for in our early law, and we look in the law for those monocratic forms which were afterwards adopted.</p>
<p>Our conclusion is that the presidency should be abolished and the following amendments to the constitution be adopted:<br />
[snip]&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The Constitution provides that the President shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the U.S. , and of the militia of the several states when called into actual services of the United States.  This is truly a kingly power.  It is difficult to conceive of a greater one. &#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The law fosters and protects a disguised monarchy.  The question is, whether the common sense of the masses will give timely recognition to these facts. &#8221;</p>
<p>The reason the Articles of Confederation were not completed and adopted is because the United States Constitution was more adequate in exacting a<strong> payment</strong> from its young debtor the United States.   The U.S. Constitution was the vehicle the bankers used increase control over the social compact known as &#8220;The United States of America.&#8221;        The cart (money) came before the horse (the people) and it has been that way ever since:  Cart before the horse.      </p>
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