10th Amendment Center Questionnaire

                I just filled out a questionnaire for the 10th Amendment Center.  I thought that it was a pretty good questionnaire & I decided to post it here.  With the attacks on our constitutional freedoms coming daily now I've decided to become more involved in what's happening to our country and I hope my writings will encourage others to do the same!  Let me know what you think!

Describe in your own words, what is the 10th Amendment, and what does it do?

               

                The 10th Amendment specifically states that all powers not given to the Federal Government nor prohibited by the Constitution are reserved for the States and the People.  The 10th Amendment was written to prevent the Federal Government from overstepping its bounds or becoming too powerful.

What federal law (or proposal) do you believe is the greatest violation of the principles of the 10th?

               

                Wow!  Pick one?  That's hard!  The best answer I can come up with only has one word- Obama!  If I had to pick just one I would have to narrow it down to the NDAA imprisonment provision & Obama's Executive Order of March 16th.  The NDAA is bad but Obama's Executive Order of March 16th really goes way out of bounds in usurping State's rights.  So right now I'd have to pick Obama's Executive Order of March 16th.  That is until Obama issues another Executive Order worse than the last!

What federal law (or proposal) do you believe is the greatest violation of the principles of the 10th?

                Wow!  Pick one?  That's hard!  The best answer I can come up with only has one word- Obama!  If I had to pick just one I would have to narrow it down to the NDAA imprisonment provision & Obama's Executive Order of March 16th.  The NDAA is bad but Obama's Executive Order of March 16th really goes way out of bounds in usurping State's rights.  So right now I'd have to pick Obama's Executive Order of March 16th.  That is until Obama issues another Executive Order worse then the last!

What current public figure (politician or other), best represents the founders’ vision of the 10th Amendment – and why?

                Rand Paul!  He's one of the very few in this country that has both the guts and the position to stand up & protect our Constitution as a whole, including the 10th Amendment!  On the public side I will have to go with Chuck Norris.  Chuck is dedicated to working with the NRA to protect our Constitutional freedoms and to advance through the States, as it should be, the proper interpretation of the 2nd Amendment.

What was the founders’ recommendation for a proper foreign policy?

                The founders set America on course as an isolationist state.  We were originally set to be self sufficient and we kept our noses out of other people's business.  Originally the only time we were allowed to start hostilities with another nation was only if we as a nation were attacked.  In fact up until the outbreak of WWII we pretty much kept to ourselves and didn't get into a major war other the WWI and that was to help some close allies.  Somehow after WWII the U.S. somehow become the world police force which is something the founders never had any intentions of us ever becoming.

What issue are you most passionate about?

                Constitutional Freedoms including moving the U.S. back to a government that abides by our constitution.  I'm also very passionate about all persons having a Constitutional protection guaranteeing them their right to life.  I also work pretty hard on 2nd Amendment issues.  I believe that the 2nd Amendment gives the States the right to have militias to stand against tyranny and the People the right to be armed without reason.  If the people are armed then the government must be subservient to the people otherwise the people will be subservient to the government.  In other words the 2nd Amendment gives the States and the People the right and the power to enforce all other Articles and Amendments of the Constitution.

Are you currently involved in any grassroots groups, and if so, what are they and what's your involvement level?

                Volunteer as a political research analyst for Kansan's For Life, active member of the NRA, active member in Tea party, & active in Republican politics.

When Nothing Created Everything

Sometimes I run across something that someone else has penned that I find worthy of sharing. This is just that case. Here is a satirical piece by a fellow by the name of Joe Carter. Please read it & see if it makes any sense to you as it is what is being taught in our public schools and universities today.

Be Blessed!

Scott

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When Nothing Created Everything

By: JOE CARTER

I've decided to take the elements of materialism and shape them into a purportedly accurate, though mythic, narrative. This is what our culture has been missing for far too long – a creation story for young atheistic materialists.

Throughout history people have been awed and thrilled by retellings of their culture's creation story.

Aztecs would tell of the Lady of the Skirt of Snakes, Phoenicians about the Zophashamin, and Jews and Christians about the one true God – Jehovah. But there is one unfortunate group – the children of atheistic materialists – that has no creation myth to call its own. When an inquisitive tyke asks who created the sun, the animals, and mankind, their materialist parents can only tell them to read a book by Carl Sagan or Richard Dawkins.

But what sort of story are they likely to find? Should they be told, as famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking claims in his recent book The Grand Design that “the universe… create[d] itself from nothing”?

Since Hawking's explanation is a bit too drab and nonspecific for bedtime reading I've decided to take the elements of materialism and shape them into a purportedly accurate, though mythic, narrative. This is what our culture has been missing for far too long – a creation story for young atheistic materialists.

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In the beginning was Nothing, and Nothing created Everything. When Nothing decided to create Everything, she filled a tiny dot with Time, Chance, and Everything and had it expand. The expansion spread Everything into Everywhere carrying Time and Chance with it to keep it company. The three stretched out together leaving bits of themselves wherever they went. One of those places was the planet Earth.

For no particular Reason – for Reason is rarely particular – Time and Chance took a liking to this little, wet, blue rock and decided to stick around to see what adventures they might have. While the pair found the Earth to be intriguing and pretty, they also found it a bit too quiet, too static. They fixed upon an idea to change Everything (just a little) by creating a special Something. Time and Chance roamed the planet, splashing through the oceans and sloshing through the mud, in search of materials. But though they looked Everywhere, there was a missing ingredient that they needed in order to make a Something that could create more of the same Somethings.

They called to their friend Everything to help. Since Everything had been Everywhere she would no doubt be able to find the missing ingredient. And indeed she did. Hidden away in a small alcove called Somewhere, Everything found what Time and Chance had needed all along: Information. Everything put Information on a piece of ice and rock that happened to be passing by the former planet Pluto and sent it back to her friends on Earth.

Now that they had Information, Time and Chance were finally able to create a self-replicating Something which they called Life. Once they created Life they found that it not only grew into more Somethings, but began to become Otherthings, too! The Somethings and the Otherthings began to fill the Earth – from the bottom of the oceans to the top of the sky. Their creation, which began as a single Something, eventually became millions and billions of Otherthings.

Time and Chance, though, where the bickering sort and were constantly feuding over which of them was the most powerful. One day they began to argue over who had been more responsible for creating Life. Everything (who was forever eavesdropping) overheard the spat and suggested that they settle by putting their creative skills to work on a new creature called Man. They all thought it was a splendid plan – for Man was a dull, hairy beast who would indeed provide a suitable challenge – and began to boast about who could create an ability, which they called Consciousness, that would allow Man to be aware of Chance, Time, Everything, and Nothing.

Chance, always a bit of a dawdler, got off to a slow start, so Time, who never rested, completed the task first. Time rushed around, filling the gooey matter inside each Man's head with Consciousness. But as he was gloating over his victory he noticed a strange reaction. When Man saw that Everything had been created by Time, Chance, and Nothing, his Consciousness filled with Despair.

Chance immediately saw a solution to the problem and took the remaining materials she was using to make Consciousness to create Beliefs. When Chance mixed Beliefs into the gray goo, Man stopped filling with Despair and started creating Illusions. These Illusions took various forms – God, Purpose, Meaning – and were almost always effective in preventing Man from filling up with Despair.

Nothing, who tended to be rather forgetful, remembered her creation and decided to take a look around Everything. When she saw what Time and Chance had done on planet Earth she was mildly amused, but forbade them to fill any more creatures with Consciousness or Beliefs (which is why Man is the only Something that has both). But Nothing took a fancy to Man and told Time and Chance that when each one's Life ran out, she would take him or her and make them into Nothing too.

And that is why, children, when Man loses his Life he goes from being a Something created by Time and Chance into becoming like his creator – Nothing.

Welcome!

Welcome to the first post of my new blog!  After you read this please post comments and let me know what you think!

I am literally inundated daily with emails keeping me up to date about what is happening not only here in America but also around the world.  I spend close to two hours a day sorting through all of this and then deciding what to pass on to those who care about what's happening.  

Here is an excerpt from one of those emails that I just could not help but pass on.  This particular one came from a group called "Emily's List" and their stated objective is "electing pro-choice Democratic women to every level of office." This one I found to be quite amusing.  In fact where I come from in the country we call this woe unto me article as "crying in your beer" for lack of a better descriptive.  My comments follow each of their 10 items.  My comments are in dark red just for safety sake.  Let me know what you think! 

Here are their Top 10 Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Attacks on Women’s Rights (just in the last 6 months!)

1: The Blunt Amendment. Reasonable religious exemptions weren’t enough for Roy Blunt. This amendment would have allowed your employer – not your doctor - to decide what kind of health care you could get based on his or her own personal moral or religious convictions.  So much for our Constitution which Obama and the liberal left have shown that they have zero regard for.  It is apparent that Freedom of Speech & Religion means nothing to them.  Virtually all health insurance is issued on a state-by-state basis.  The liberal pro-aborts via Obamacare have sought to trample on both the 10th Amendment & the Commerce Clause which states what commerce the Federal Government can regulate.

2: The All-Male Birth Control Panel, or the Man Panel. Congressman Darrell Issa convened a panel to discuss the coverage of birth control – but refused to include any women.  Umm... Refused?  Just how far does one have to stretch the truth to make it a lie?  What Congressman Issa ACTUALLY DID was to convene several prominent religious leaders which by Bible standards were all men to ask them if they felt their religious rights were being trampled by the Obama administration.  Not quite how the liberal left and the liberal media made it out to be.

3: Susan G. Komen Foundation defunds Planned Parenthood. Komen opted to cut off funding to the largest provider of reproductive health services in the US because of their new VP’s objection to a mere 3% of their activities.  Planned Parenthood doesn't do breast exams, they only do referrals for breast exams.  Why shouldn't Komen shut them off?  A major point the liberal pro-aborts conveniently leave out here is that through some unknown back door pressure (read thuggery) Komen all of a sudden reversed course and reinstated Planned Paqrenthood AFTER one of Komen's best weeks ever for fundraising which happened immediately after Komen's announcement to cut Planned Parenthood off.

4:Rush Limbaugh Calls Sandra Fluke a Prostitute and a Slut. After Sandra Fluke stood up for women everywhere, Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves and called her a prostitute and a slut for speaking out in favor of birth control coverage. He also said she should have to put videos of her having sex online to compensate the taxpayers who “are going to pay for your contraceptives." Classy.  Once again the hypocrisy of the liberal left pro-aborts shines bright.  The darling comedian/now politician of the liberal left pro-aborts donated $1,000,000.00 to Obama's re-election campaign after he called Sarah Palin every filthy derogative you can think of & I can't mention here as this is family friendly.  Do you think for just one minute that the liberal media or the liberal pro-aborts got up in arms about that?  Not a chance?  Think Obama who took Fluke's side is returning the million dollars Maher gave him?  Yup!  NOT A CHANCE!

5: Forced Trans-Vaginal Ultrasounds. Republican legislators in Virginia invited the commonwealth into the exam room when they proposed a bill that would require women seeking abortions to undergo an invasive, medically-unnecessary vaginal probe before their procedure.  Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill!  This was just a minor technicality that was quickly cleared up & eliminated.  All the Virginia Legislature was trying to do was to get it right.  When the liberal left pro-aborts who don't want the pregnant woman to see her BABY because she might decide to give it life thus costing the abortion industry some if it's almighty dollar that it's grub hungry for ($$$ = power), they turned it into a media circus and even worse an excuse to cry out for more donations!  The Virginia Legislature quickly sought more expert guidance and quickly made the necessary changes but the damage was already done.

6: Texas defunds Planned Parenthood. Under Governor Rick Perry, the state of Texas banned funding to Planned Parenthood because it provides abortion services. In the end, though, this fight has only served to hurt low-income women looking for breast cancer screenings, birth control and pap smears.  As I said above, Planned Parenthood does not do breast cancer screenings, only referrals.  Sheesh!  Now it appears that Planned Parenthood in Texas got caught with its hand in the cookie jar!  Looks like Planned Parenthood in Texas bilked the Government out of around SIX MILLION DOLLARS!  By law if this is proven Planned Parenthood should lose all government support nationwide.  Period!  Add to this now that Planned Parenthood of North Texas CEO Tony Thornton has been busted for indecent exposure!  How can Planned Parenthood's actions in Texas be defended much less lauded and funded is what I want to know!

7: Women in the Military Should “Expect” to be Raped. Responding to a 64% increase in the reports of rape and violent sexual assaults in the military, Fox News pundit Liz Trotta responds, “What did they expect?” She goes on to say that there is a bureaucracy of people to support these women who are being “raped too much.”  Once again the liberal left takes something completely out of context.  Surprise!  Surprise!  What Liz Trotta was actually doing was taking the feminist movement to task for pressuring the military to deploy women closer to the front line.  The point she was trying to make which was once again so conveniently overlooked was that everyone from the high ranking military commanders on down plus the feminists should have known this was going to happen when you put young people in super high stress situations with way to many opportunities for this to happen thus it should have been stopped before it had a chance for it to start.  Just for the record so no one throws rotten tomatoes at me I say rape is always wrong.  Period.  The Defense Department needs to tell the ultra-liberal feminists to take a hike and get our super brave young women warriors to a place where this won't happen.

8: Foster Friess Suggests Women Put Aspirin Between Their Knees. Rick Santorum supporter, Foster Friess, reminisced about back in his day when ladies put aspirin between their knees for birth control. Back in his day, people also died of polio.  Once again, Umm...  this is big news why?  One out of millions of Santorum supporters makes a comment the pro-aborts don't like?  Sheesh!  What would happen if Fox News jumped on even one out of a hundred of the derogatory comments the big Democratic supporters had to say that wasn't family friendly?  Fox would never be able to cover the real news!  Attention liberal pro-aborts!  Look in the mirror and repeat after me:  H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T.  There is your first nugget of real truth!

9: Santorum wants to deny birth control coverage because he thinks it’s available and affordable. Despite the fact that most forms of birth control still require a prescription and 1 in 3 women have reported struggling to afford birth control. Santorum feels there is no barrier to access, so it shouldn’t be covered by insurance.  Here is another case where the hypocrisy of the liberal pro-aborts shines so bright.  First of all the only thing I've heard out of the Santorum camp is that the Federal Government should not interfere in states issues or trample on the rights of churches or businesses.  With that said let's use Kansas as an example on how things are really working now since Kansas is where I live.  Kansas took a stand against Planned Parenthood and other women's clinics that do abortions.  To insure that Federal dollars that are earmarked for family planning (contraception, not abortion) actually get used for that purpose and to insure family planning services STATE WIDE, not just Wichita & Kansas City, the State of Kansas passed a law saying that the earmarked money should be distributed state wide and family planning should be available then to all Kansas women who need the help.  Planned Parenthood screamed bloody murder & got a liberal judge to order the money be paid back to Planned Parenthood in Kansas City and leave the rest of the state basically high and dry.  Looks to me like it's the liberal pro-aborts who are denying people that need it family planning!

10: Mitt Romney doesn’t understand a woman’s reproductive system. Romney has publicly supported “personhood amendments,” which would ban abortion by declaring life begins at conception. When asked about how this affects birth control, Romney seemed to be completely unaware that hormonal forms of birth control stop implantation, not conception and would be banned under any personhood amendment.  Medically & scientifically, we've advanced light years since the Roe V. Wade decision in 1973.  In 1973 we had no idea that all of the chromosomes that define a living creature were present at the moment of conception (I'll call moment of conception as the instant the sperm enters the egg just for argument's sake).  Little did we know then about the fetal development of the baby inside of the mother in the very early stages such as on day 22 after conception heart begins to beat with the child's own blood, often a different type than the mothers'. 

Here are some other things about the developing baby we either did not know or did not somehow fully comprehend.  By the end of third week the child's backbone spinal column and nervous system are forming & the liver, kidneys and intestines begin to take shape.  By the end of week 5 the eyes, legs, and hands begin to develop.  By the end of the week 6 brain waves are detectable; mouth and lips are present; fingernails are forming.  Finally by the end of week 8 eyelids, and toes form, nose distinct.  The baby is kicking and swimming.  Every organ is in place, bones begin to replace cartilage, and fingerprints begin to form.  In fact, by the 8^th week the baby can begin to hear.  Now consider this, according to the Centers for Disease Control 91.5% of abortions take place by the end of the 9th week.  Had we known in 1973 what we know now one can only speculate how different things would be now but of course these are facts the liberal pro-aborts do not want you to know.