What degree of madness
Published Fri, Jun 8 2007 9:39 AM
Technorati Tags: Republicans, Democrats
The Patriot sends out a daily "founders quote". I found today's to be quite interesting.
"But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would not excite the opposition of a single State, or of a few States only. They would be signals of general alarm... But what degree of madness could ever drive the federal government to such an extremity."
-- James Madison (Federalist No. 46, 29 January 1788)
What degree of madness indeed... only socialism, the 17th amendment, and an insatiable appetite for pork. Pork, "national health care", other socialist policies, an environmental protection agency that regulates things that have nothing whatsoever to do with interstate commerce (since when was a swamp an interstate waterway), and an ever increasing federal bureaucracy... these are the signals of general alarm that both the Republican and Democratic parties are ignoring today.
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Sammy Benoit responded with: The Number 1 job of the federal Govt
 | The Number 1 job of the federal Govt is protecting the borders and the population--and its not doing that I.s it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a single cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves right to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 12 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow. |
Perri Nelson responded with:
 | But we'd have to find them first to give them the cow :-)
It's maddening isn't it. Congress has proven that they're more interested in power than in governance or the rule of law. Most of them ignore the Constitution entirely, except when it serves their personal interests. The Republicans are getting to be just as bad as the Democrats at this. |
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