This is the date when General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern

Virginia to U.S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Regardless of

where one comes down on the subject of the Civil War, one fact is

undeniable: Abraham Lincoln forever destroyed the Jeffersonian model of

federalism in America. Ever since, virtually every battle that free men have

fought for the principles of limited government, State sovereignty, etc.,

have all stemmed directly from Lincoln's usurpation of power, which resulted

in the subjugation and forced union of what used to be "Free and Independent

States" (the Declaration of Independence). In fact, the philosophical

battles being waged today regarding the recent health care debacle (and

every other encroachment upon liberty and State power by the central

government) have their roots in Lincoln's tyranny.

December 23, 1913

 

This is the date when the Federal Reserve Act was passed. This Act placed

oversight of America's financial matters into the hands of a cabal of

private international bankers, who have completely destroyed the

constitutional principles of sound money and (for the most part) free

enterprise. No longer would the marketplace (private consumption, thrift,

growth, etc.) be the determinant of the US economy (which is what freedom is

all about), but now a private, unaccountable international banking cartel

would have total power and authority to micromanage (for their own private,

parochial purposes) America's financial sector. Virtually every recession,

depression, and downturn (including the one we are now experiencing) has

been the direct result of the Fed's manipulation (again, for its own

purposes and with Washington's cooperation) of the market.

June 26, 1945

 

This is the date when the United Nations Charter was signed and America

joined the push for global government.

June 25, 1962, and June 17, 1963

 

These are the dates when the US Supreme Court removed prayer ('62) and Bible

reading ('63) from public schools. At this point, these two Supreme Court

decisions were the most serious affront to the First Amendment in US

history.

October 22, 1968

 

This is the date when President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Gun Control

Act of 1968. Before this Act, the 2nd Amendment was alive and well in the

United States. The Gun Control Act of 1968 turned a right into a privilege

and forever forced the American people to bow to the altar of government

when seeking to arm themselves.

 

Interestingly enough, this Gun Control Act mirrored Nazi Germany's Gun Control Act of 1938.

In fact, the Gun Control Act of 1968 is nearly a verbatim copy.

 

Our Founding Fathers could never have imagined that governments within the

"several States" would ever be allowed to deny the people's right to keep

and bear arms. In fact, it was the attempted confiscation of the firearms

stored at Concord, Massachusetts, that triggered the War of Independence in

1775. That the people of Massachusetts would be denied their right to keep

and bear arms, as they are today, could not have been foreseen--and would

never have been tolerated--by America's founders.

Yet, most of the hundreds of draconian gun control laws that have been

inflicted upon the American people have all come about as a result of the

Gun Control Act of 1968.  [Chuck Baldwin 2010]

October 26, 2001

 

This is the date when President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriot Act,

and the federal government's war against individual liberty began in

earnest. Most of the unconstitutional eavesdropping, snooping, wiretapping,

phone call intercepting, email reading, prying, financial records tracking,

travel watching, ad infinitum, ad nauseam, by federal police agencies began

with the implementation of the Patriot Act. The Department of Homeland

Security and the "war on terrorism," which have resulted in the deaths of

tens of thousands of innocent people worldwide, and the usurpation of

federal power at home, have all come about as an outgrowth of the Patriot

Act. The USA Patriot Act has forever shifted the focus of American law and

jurisprudence against constitutional government and individual liberty,

toward a police-state mentality. The Patriot Act is even turning our local

and State law enforcement agencies into military-style "Jackboots," where

police officers see themselves not necessarily as guardians of the

citizenry, but, as often as not, as adversaries, where citizens are deemed

to be the "enemy."

October 17, 2006, and October 9, 2009

 

These are the dates when President G.W. Bush signed and re-signed the

Military Commissions Act. This Act is the outgrowth of the Patriot Act but

has, in effect, terminated the fundamental protections of individual

liberty, which are found in the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. For all

intents and purposes, the Patriot Act and Military Commissions Act

eviscerated the 4th and 5th Amendments, and do serious injury to several

others. The Military Commissions Act also expunges the constitutional right

of Habeas Corpus.

March 21 and 23, 2010

 

These are the dates when Congress passed and President Obama signed into law

the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," the so-called "health care

reform" bill that we spoke about at the beginning of this column. While

Social Security and various Welfare programs have toyed with socialism in

the United States, this bill is the largest and most expansive endorsement

of socialism in American history. This bill socializes some 18% of the US

economy by socializing the health care industry in America. The fallout and

ramifications of this bill are going to be horrific.

When future historians review the demise of our once-great republic, they

will observe that the above dates, including March 21 and March 23, 2010,

were the dates that destroyed America.

The American people have been far too tolerant for far too long.

People concerned about the future of freedom and prosperity in America

should line up quickly and demand that their respective State legislatures

and governors resist this new health care bill, even to the point of

refusing to implement it in their states. More than 30 states are

threatening to take the health care bill to court. But states must do more

than that. They must follow the lead of the State of Virginia and pass

legislation refusing to comply with it. Yes, I'm saying it: it is time for

another State rebellion! If states do not stand up and draw their lines in

the sand now, it will be forever too late.