Stephanie
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this article says a lot of where we are headed...if the people don't wake up and take back (your government)...then we will all go down because of it..
SNIP:
Why are House and Senate members surrendering so much power to the executive branch?
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Janine Turner
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May 4, 2014 - 1:25 pm
The number one threat to our republic is not the debt, is not the entitlements, is not invasion from another country. The number one threat to our country is lust. It is not a sexual lust. It is a lust for power. Since time began, the lust for power and its ruthlessness has ruined liberty, derailed democracy, wrecked republicanism, crippled nations and killed millions. The paths have been many but the goal singular lust, lust for power.
Our founders knew firsthand how the lust for power corrupted human rights. They knew that, to quote James Madison, men are not angels. Thus, they created a government of checks and balances that would keep tyranny at bay. According to the Constitution, one branch of government can never usurp the other and no one branch can be autonomous.
There has been, and is, a faction amongst us that wants to change the fundamental structure of these checks the progressives. The progressives dont want a multi-tiered, self-checking and self-limiting government. They want an all-powerful, singular nexus of decision-making in the executive branch, free from checks and balances.
American progressives are savvy and cunning. They know that Americans will never willfully accept tyranny or a lustful tyrant. Thus, the progressives set forth, over one hundred years ago, to accomplish their goals in an underhanded manner slowly, steadily, stealthily. Their mission is a progression away from three branches of government to one autonomous branch in other words, tyranny/big government.
It is interesting to note how they have already managed to accomplish this and how they are continuing to do so with exactly the same tactics. Their mission is to eradicate the potency of the U.S. Congress, thus eliminating the utterly crucial check on executive power. They accomplish this by diminishing the reputation of the legislative branch and thus crippling its power and effectiveness. Our legislators fell for this in 1912. They are falling for it again and they are taking the American people with them.
Progressives had astonishing results in 1912 and 1913 with the 17th Amendment. Progressives managed to convince the state legislatures and the U.S senators that they were, themselves, corrupt. They convinced them to vote for their own demise. In the late 1800s, patient and premeditated, the progressives had planted a negative Senate public-relations campaign to germinate into the nucleus of the culture. With political comments such as the Senate is dictated by special interests and the Senate is ineffectual, the progressives fanned the flames of destruction.
They manipulated a masterful coup in the Senate, denying states rights, with a simple message The Senate is corrupted by special interest groups. Sound familiar? It was simply stunning. Henceforth, the senators would no longer be appointed by the state legislators, but by the people. With this singular, monumental sweep of states rights, the Constitution, which they conveniently believe to be outdated, was thrown off-kilter.
Be aware: the progressive are not finished. They are enacting the same campaign today. Now instead of the Senate, the entire legislative branch is the problem. The legislative branch prevents all good from taking place. The legislative branch is corrupt. The legislative branch is a bother. The legislative branch never gets anything done. The legislative branch is corrupted by special interest groups. By beating down the legislative branch, the executive branch rises.
ALL of it here with comments
PJ Media » Legislators Are Digging Their Own Grave, Taking Us Down with Them
SNIP:
Why are House and Senate members surrendering so much power to the executive branch?
by
Janine Turner
Bio
May 4, 2014 - 1:25 pm
The number one threat to our republic is not the debt, is not the entitlements, is not invasion from another country. The number one threat to our country is lust. It is not a sexual lust. It is a lust for power. Since time began, the lust for power and its ruthlessness has ruined liberty, derailed democracy, wrecked republicanism, crippled nations and killed millions. The paths have been many but the goal singular lust, lust for power.
Our founders knew firsthand how the lust for power corrupted human rights. They knew that, to quote James Madison, men are not angels. Thus, they created a government of checks and balances that would keep tyranny at bay. According to the Constitution, one branch of government can never usurp the other and no one branch can be autonomous.
There has been, and is, a faction amongst us that wants to change the fundamental structure of these checks the progressives. The progressives dont want a multi-tiered, self-checking and self-limiting government. They want an all-powerful, singular nexus of decision-making in the executive branch, free from checks and balances.
American progressives are savvy and cunning. They know that Americans will never willfully accept tyranny or a lustful tyrant. Thus, the progressives set forth, over one hundred years ago, to accomplish their goals in an underhanded manner slowly, steadily, stealthily. Their mission is a progression away from three branches of government to one autonomous branch in other words, tyranny/big government.
It is interesting to note how they have already managed to accomplish this and how they are continuing to do so with exactly the same tactics. Their mission is to eradicate the potency of the U.S. Congress, thus eliminating the utterly crucial check on executive power. They accomplish this by diminishing the reputation of the legislative branch and thus crippling its power and effectiveness. Our legislators fell for this in 1912. They are falling for it again and they are taking the American people with them.
Progressives had astonishing results in 1912 and 1913 with the 17th Amendment. Progressives managed to convince the state legislatures and the U.S senators that they were, themselves, corrupt. They convinced them to vote for their own demise. In the late 1800s, patient and premeditated, the progressives had planted a negative Senate public-relations campaign to germinate into the nucleus of the culture. With political comments such as the Senate is dictated by special interests and the Senate is ineffectual, the progressives fanned the flames of destruction.
They manipulated a masterful coup in the Senate, denying states rights, with a simple message The Senate is corrupted by special interest groups. Sound familiar? It was simply stunning. Henceforth, the senators would no longer be appointed by the state legislators, but by the people. With this singular, monumental sweep of states rights, the Constitution, which they conveniently believe to be outdated, was thrown off-kilter.
Be aware: the progressive are not finished. They are enacting the same campaign today. Now instead of the Senate, the entire legislative branch is the problem. The legislative branch prevents all good from taking place. The legislative branch is corrupt. The legislative branch is a bother. The legislative branch never gets anything done. The legislative branch is corrupted by special interest groups. By beating down the legislative branch, the executive branch rises.
ALL of it here with comments
PJ Media » Legislators Are Digging Their Own Grave, Taking Us Down with Them
