Its time to break up the real monopoly

When you look at dictatorships and some of the great nations that the world has seen, from the Roman Empire through the current century, a few common threads flow through each.

The first step is the removal of guns and other weapons that could be used for self defence.

Step two is taking control of the media; the press, television, radio, etc.

Finally, to assure long term commitment to the leadership, the new rulers take over the educational system. A government can change the perceptions and belief systems of an entire nation if it can control the educational system long enough.

Sadly, this has happened in America. If you look at the curriculum of the modern government school, one glaring omission is the in-depth study our our US Constitution. Just ask any kid who graduated from a government high-school to tell you what they know about the Constitution and you normally get nothing more than "Its a document to help us create laws". A 'document', just like any other. Its a list of suggestions, a "living, breathing" piece of Americana that sometimes gets in the way of real socialital change.

Unfortunately, this is how many people perceive the Constitution, sadder still, barely anyone under the age of 50 has ever actually read the document that our country was founded on.

Let's pause for a moment though, and look at what rights the Constitution actually provides to our federal lawmakers, shall we?

Section 8 - Powers of Congress

• The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
• To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
• To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
• To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
• To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
• To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
• To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
• To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
• To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
• To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
• To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
• To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
• To provide and maintain a Navy;
• To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
• To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
• To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
• To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings
• To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof

Now think about all the laws our elected officials have placed on the populace. They prevent us from drilling for natural resources on private and public lands. They force free enterprises to raise production costs to reach artificial standards, such as miles per-gallon. They impose regulation upon regulation telling people what they can and can't do with their own private property. They give billions of dollars to people to NOT plant certain crops. The dole out funds for local building projects, and worse of all, they have taken control of the educational system in America.

Where in the Constitution do they get the right to do any of these things? Look at it yourself. Do you see anyplace that the founding fathers of our nation envisioned the central government to tell you how to use, or not use, your own property? Do you see anything in the rights granted to the legislature to allow them to set minimum standards on manufactured goods? Do you see anything in the Constitution that allows the FEDERAL government to dictate how and what to teach our children?

Its time to put an end to this tyranny. Its time to put an end to unconstitutional law making. Its time to take back the country and marginalize the federal government. The big government monopoly should be dismantled and the power given back to the states where our founding fathers intended it to be.

We have an election cycle this year. We have an opportunity to send a message to the people of this nation that we firmly believe in the words, and meaning of our Constitution. Who is going to carry this message forward? hillary? obamma? mccain? These are the same people who took away state rights to begin with. Its time for a change alright, but not simply a change of color or clothing. Its time to rid the nation of the monopoly of the federal government. Its time for a new political party, one who's dedicated to the ideals given us by the blood of our forefathers and all who have fought for the principles of the US Constitution.

Its time for the end of both the Republican and Democratic Parties.