So, What's Wrong With America?
Most of the people in this country today have no idea what the Revolution was
fought for - and they are striving to give up the very rights on which this
once great nation was founded. This is a course of action that can only have
dire consequences in the long run.
Do you think our forefathers fought so that we could live in a "well
regulated society" - the objective I've heard politicians and government
officials state they are trying to achieve? NO! That is not
what the Revolution was fought for! The war that led to the creation of
this nation was a battle for liberty and justice for all - and
making "law and order" the primary objective of government is in direct
conflict with those ideals.
I will grant the argument that the United States of America is the best
country to live in on the face of the Earth today. It is not,
however, the best country that could be. In this page I will be
discussing some of the things I see wrong with the country I live in - part
of the reason I want to move to space and build a new nation from scratch.
This page is a growing document, and will be added to when I have the chance
or feel a particular need to discuss some of the threats I perceive from time
to time.
Table of Contents for this page
An observation by R.
Keith Beal: "America - the Land of the Fee and the Home of the Slave..."
Everyone is granted rights (by the Declaration of Independence and
Constitution). No one is required to uphold the responsibilities that make
those rights possible.
Society cannot function very long or effectively without Individual
Responsibility, wherein each individual assumes the responsibility for
their own actions. If an animal refuses to accept the responsibility for its
existence, it either dies of starvation, or is eaten by a more aggressive one.
How do humans think they can get away with not accepting the same set of rules
of existence?
Note that the condition of not being responsible for one's own actions is
commonly called "insanity." (What does that say about government employees
who cannot be held legally responsible for their actions while performing
their government jobs?)
On a (slightly) lighter note, here is something else to consider:
The Bill of No Rights.
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The reason the right to bear arms was put into the Bill of Rights was to
protect the population against the government - not to allow citizens to go
duck hunting. Even if a well-armed militia were to claim an area of ground
as their own, what protection do they have against small thermonuclear weapons
- which only the government is "allowed" to have? (Or, for that matter, what
protection does an organization have against tanks with flame throwers - does
anybody remember Waco?)
The Bill of Rights grants citizens the right to own and bear arms. It does
not make any limitations on what types of arms a person is allowed to
own and carry. It does not say we are allowed to own and bear arms
simply for duck hunting. The reason the populace was granted the right to own
and bear arms is because the architects of our nation wanted to insure that
the government would not become the master of the people: The right to own
and bear arms is our ultimate defense against a government that has gone
beyond its proper authority - and to rise up in an armed defense against said
government.
Citizens of the United States of America are Constitutionally granted the
right to own assault weapons, 30-round clips, guns in court rooms (such as
those carried there by the police every day), and thermonuclear weapons.
There are laws both at the national level and in most states which place
limits on a person's right to own and bear arms - either through "licensing"
requirements, or outright bans. These actions are all
UNCONSTITUTIONAL!! The only reason these laws have been allowed to
stand is because the nation's population has failed to uphold their
responsibility in defending the rights that were granted to us by our
forefathers.
The government which fears arms in the hands of its people ... should.
Robert A. Fowler
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Our best students are socially outcast by their peers.
Workers are chastised by others around them for doing "too good a job" -
because the slower ones will then be expected to keep up.
Motorists are punished for making the best use of their time and ability while
on the road. See my opinions about driving
for more about this, and http://www.StopHighwayRobbery.com.
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Where but in jail can you expect top-notch medical and dental attention, color
cable TV, room and board, an education, and not have to pay for any of it?
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Quick! What are the first three words of the Constitution of the United
States of America - the legal document on which all other law in the country
is supposed to be based?
You've scored points if you answered "We the People."
Now, here's the trick question: What three words in the Constitution are
most often ignored by the governments in this country?
If 90% of the people on any given stretch of road are driving at speeds over
the posted limit, how does the government get to say their limit is in force?
Do you know that there is no way for the people of the United States of
America to change the Constitution? It can only be done by government
action: There is no way a popular referendum can amend the Constitution.
If you ask me, that's a serious defect that needs to be corrected.
Email me if you agree. I think a
political action committee is the way to go, but I'm open to listening to any
reasonable suggestions.
Massachusett's seat belt law - passed by the government after the people voted
in a popular referendum against it: UNCONSTITUTIONAL!! When
is that going to make a difference?
The USA doesn't need a Gestapo - it's got the IRS. For more about taxes,
be sure to visit the taxes section of my
Philosopy page.
As long as police officers can lie on the witness stand and get away with it,
there is little hope for successful defense within the law. It's been my
observation the reason they are granted the title "expert witness" is they
have more experience presenting false testimony without hesitiation than does
the "common man." I'm not saying that all police officers lie on the stand
all the time - just the ones I've had opportunity to observe in court.
"We the people" really have no control over government spending: Even with
special interest groups, political action committees, and lobbying efforts,
there are lots of other things going on to distract the politicians who are
spending your tax dollars. (Expensive dinners? Trips to other countries with
products putting Americans out of work? Some of these things make bribery,
kickbacks and liquor seem innocent by comparison!) How else is it that taxes
taken from the working public spent to support those who will not (i.e.,
refuse to) work? Even NASA, once the pride and joy of so many Americans, has
become a bloated pig snarfling up everything around it: The space shuttle,
once touted as the way the cost of access to space would be decreased, is the
most expensive launch system in the world. (Will the X-33 be any better?)
Look at the space station boondogle: Science budgets are being raided to
cover increased construction costs, and that's still not enough. A few years
ago, the space station was supposedly going to be a $10 billion project.
In 2000, there was talk about it would hopefully stay within the $30
billion budget. I've now seen it discussed in trade journals, blandly,
as a $40 billion dollar project. Meanwhile, everything else
but communication satellites have to work with shrinking budgets - and the
only reason the communication birds get out of the squeeze is they are
funded, lofted, and operated by private enterprise. If that weren't enough,
consider what's happening with the military budget: We spend uncounted
millions (billions?) on weapons built by secret laboratories, so secret that
military commanders aren't even aware of them. Once a conflict arises, they
can't be used in the war because the soldiers haven't been trained with them.
As if that weren't enough, police departments are buying more radar guns and
hiring more "traffic control" officers with the revenues from fines collected
from their existing extortion system. There are unattended cameras being
installed at intersections to catch motorists who don't wait at traffic
lights when no one is around (if there's no one around, why do you have to
wait at a traffic light at all?), and reconnaissance airplanes are used
(at considerable expense) to catch motorists who do nothing more than pass
some of the other traffic on the road.
This is supposed to be a country with a government of the people,
for the people, and by the people, not one where the people exist only to
serve the whims of the government.
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The 1929 Socialist Party's entire platform is now enacted into law in
this country. No other political movement can make that claim.
This is a democracy, based on free trade between individuals that have chosen
to voluntarily enter into business relationships of their own choosing, right?
What's wrong with this picture?
Does the minimum wage insure that the lowest people in the employment chain
can afford to support themselves? No, it makes it impossible for many of them
to get jobs, because no one can afford to hire them.
Does welfare help destitute people recover from their poverty? When was the
last time a hand-out really helped anyone? Remember the proverb: If
you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; if you teach him to fish, you
feed him for a lifetime. Welfare is nothing more than liberal politicians
buying the votes of indigent people who believe they have no other way of
getting out of their poverty.
If a child grows up in a household where no one has to work, because the
government pays their bills, do you think that child is ever
going to think they need to get a job? Probably not, as long as politicians
can be convinced they have the money to buy their vo--, er, that is, hand out
to them.
How long do you think the Social(ist) (in)Security system is going to hold
out? It's a system that was designed with the mortality rates extant in the
1920's. Now people live much longer, which means there are more older people
trying to spend the same pie - paid for by the working stiffs who haven't
reached retirement age yet. What's going to pay for the rest of the crew
when they do get old enough to retire? More taxes?
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