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I am willing to risk the giving up of my Rights and Privileges as a Citizen for our Great Military and Country! [More]
I’m not. Especially when Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 has been ignored. That other presidents have also done that is not so much a compelling argument as it is evidence of how far the Republic has strayed.
Today seemed an appropriate day to post this, and note the president said it on the day filings were due under penalty of imprisonment on a tax the Founders would have declared unconstitutional and rebelled against.
Seems they had some concerns about foreign entanglements and standing armies, too…
And the “solution,” we’re being told, is to ignore this:
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
I wonder if we’ll get another statement this year. And another post…
