That Awkward Stage

The Jungle Telegraph. 

You know the scene from every campy Tarzan or other jungle movies in the pre-P.C. days.  Our intrepid heroes or heroines, beset and besieged from they know not where; only that the drums are beating, and that the message they carry is surely ominous.

The drums, they are a beatin'.

Reading my daily blog-list, it's clear to me that what we'd long thought of as a precipice has been all along, more like the event-horizon of a black hole.  One knows when one falls off of a cliff.  One does not know however, when he has crossed the gravitational point-of-no-return into the hungry maw of a collapsed star.  It's really not unlike the slowly-boiled frog; the sense of doom comes far after the fact of said doom is established.  At that point really, it's all over but for the crying.

Ribbit.

The title of this post comes from Claire, one of the finest minds on the net.  Here it is, in all it's famous glory:

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

Kevin, at the Smallest Minority posits that it indeed, too late.  From a Constitutional / Judicial point of view, I have to agree with him completely.  The Courts have usurped power over the Legislative and Executive branches of local, state and federal governments. 

And Kim DuToit points out:

"Let me make just one thing clear, before I go any further: This is not seditious talk—contained within the very heart of the Second Amendment lies the thought that one day, government gets too big for its britches."

Conceivably, I could envision the Legislative and Executive branches rallying together and limiting the scope and power of the Courts.  Sadly though, I see that only as an idealistic pipe-dream, for it shall never happen.

The left has achieved so very much of it's progressive agenda through the courts.  And the courts rely on precedence, far more than they do on original intent, or even the language written into the very Constitution they claim to so assiduously cherish.  And the left, minority though they be, will not allow the appointment of Originalist judges, much less allow legislation to pass which would rein-in the runaway horse which is the Judicial Branch.  One only needs witness the recent debacle over the so-called Nuclear Option in the Senate. 

Couple that with the rampant eliteism, money grubbing and power-maddened sense of entitled empowerment displayed by the vast majority of legislators, state and local executives and most of all, the entrenched bureaucracy, and it's clear to see that they have no motivated self-interest to return to basic, Constitutional concepts.  The idea that government has only specific, limited powers as granted by the governed, rankles with them.  They are all-powerful, or at the least, feel they're entitled to be so, given their grand and lofty status as lords of taxes, liquor, guns, highways and the like.

Add to this the extreme leftward (read; communist) tilt of the Media, and the only conclusion that can be reached is that a Quintocracy of Powers, that is the three branches of government, the bureaucracy and the media, have melded into a monolith of Goliath proportions.

A pox on all them, and their houses.

In that Civics 101 isn't taught in the schools, having been replaced by Socialist Studies and the like, I thought I'd provide a wee bit of context. 

I give you The Declaration of Independence, along with a few observations along the way.

                      IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776

         The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen 

                        united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain Quintocracy of Powers is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refuted his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. 

And has filibustered vital appointments to the Federal bench and the Ambassadorship to the U.N.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

See the convoluted districts gerrymandered by both parties, for the assurance of "safe districts" resulting in the automatic re-election of the incumbent, or the nominee from the party entrenched therein.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

Hello, TSA?  Armed Pilot Training in what city?  After jumping through which needless hoops?

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

And how many times are we to accept the courts repeatedly and arrogantly striking down referendums and State Constitutional amendments, which must need have been reviewed for Constitutional compliance, well before ever having seen a petition or ballot?  Which laws were passed by overwhelming majorities, and are rendered null and void by only one bastard in a black robe?

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

Endless voter fraud, replete with eternal recounts, and recount 'em again, until the desired result is achieved.  And if you don't get the votes you'd pre-planned with your felons, dead-voters and union thugs?  Why, just sue for redress, and get the Bastard in the Black Robes to give you what you want, regardless of the Constitution or validity of thousands of bussed-in votes.

He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

Or in today's world, the flooding of states with UnNaturalized Foreigners.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

Can you say Filibuster, anyone?  We could have said "<strike>Nuclear</strike> Constitutional Option, but sadly the Senatorial Spine was nowhere to be found.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

And now, worthy Judges are at the mercy of a tyrannical minority, holding their appointment hostage to their narrow, socialist and anti-Constitutional world view.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

Department of Education.  Department of Energy.  Department of Transportation.  Department of Housing and Urban Development.  Internal Revenue Service.  etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseum.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

Our legislatures have long since consented to the establishment of a Standing Army.  That said, they never envisioned every single Federal Agency being an armed agent of the State.  Down to the Department of Commerce, if it's a Fed, it has gun-toting agents somewhere in the organization.  And that is far, far more insidious than a Uniformed Soldier held in check by Posse Comitatus.  Federal Agents have no such constraints.  And they know it.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

Sadly, the Military has been rendered not only subservient to the Civil Powers, which is proper, but to every hand-wringing, America Hating leftist ever sent forth with a pre keyboard and camera in hand.  This is anything but proper.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

Hear that, Ruth Bader Ginsburg?  He's talkin' about you, bitch.  With your fealty to the citation of International Law  *spit!*, and giving such weight over the selfsame  Laws of Nature and of Nature's God as described in the opening paragraphs of this very Declaration.  Treason is too mild a word!

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

Fortunately, this speaks of the only one of the original Bill of Rights which has never needed face litigation of any kind.  For it has never happened in the history of this Republic, thank God.

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

Lon Horiuchi, front and center!

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

But now we trade freely with our enemies.

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

The Founders would have considered the Crown's taxes a mere pittance compared to the government thievery which now abounds.

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

The concept of a Jury of one's Peers has been sadly, lost.  I would gladly face justice at the hands of The Nation of Riflemen.  It may be more harsh, be I deserving of such, but it would be just.  And conversely, being just, my peers would know when to judge the act, vs. when to judge the law itself, and it is this distinction, (actually the lack thereof), which emasculates today's juries.  And no, illiterate burger flippers and Oprah watchers are not my peers!

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

We don't do that now.....but if the democrat party in their current form ever regain power, why, say hello to the International Courts, y'all.  And kiss your rights as an American, g'bye.

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

Free trade treaties, anyone?

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

Rule by judicial fiat, the usurpation of power by a Senatorial minority and grossly over-empowering the Federal government at the expense of localized self-rule.

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

Ninth U.S. Circuit Court come to mind here?   Not to mention every inflated-ego agenda-driven black robed bastard out there who dares think he or she wiser than the Founders and their clearly stated Constitutional intentions.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

Which is why you've so precious few Nativity scenes in your town squares at <strike>Chri....</strike>...um...  Winter Solstice festivals.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

David Koresh, whackball he may have been, but they had no right to burn 'em down like that.  None at all.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

And the first time I see a Blue Helmet in my sight, in my town, enforcing U.N. law over the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God I'll be letting out half a breath and taking up slack on the trigger.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

Look for such to happen in a Hildebeest administration.  Except it'll be your neighbors being required under pain of law, to turn in every one of we in the Nation of Riflemen.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

Savages.....  Democratic Underground.....   frankly, I'd take the onslaught of savages.  At least they fought with honor and dignity, rather than weaselly whining and hysterical propagandizing.  Sad to say though, the D.U. really is the democrat party.....they bought and paid for it, after all.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

But the Tyrant, the Prince....he felt your pain!  He knew what was best!  He could have given those nasty tax cuts, but .....  "We could give it all back to you and hope you spend it right."   NOT!

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British Washingtonian brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred. to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

Words to heed, both then.........and now.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. --And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

We did it once.  If necessary, we can do it again.

Comments

[Merry]

Glad to see you posting again, and writing extremely well, expressing what so many of us believe!

[Tina]

Hit the nail on the head with the Ginsburg part.

[Rivrdog]

Magnificent! Worth sitting at the monitor past the 10 minutes of pain I alloted myself today.

It is indeed too late. There would have to be a
person of huge conservative charisma rise up to lead the downtrodden masses out of this pile of rubble that is our current governance that makes it unlikely to happen.

It will probably have to be a Second American Revolution, and while it may not occur in my lifetime, I can, at least, use my life experience to help prepare those who will have to fight that war.

[Heywood]

Outstanding, Jim!

Keep up the good work

Heywood

[Guy S]

Welcome back Jim! If it takes this long for the well of your passions to full up enough in order to produce something of this magnitude, then take all the time between posts you need!!

Riverdog, I don't know when (or sadly even "if" the "Second Revolution" will happen. If I were a betting man, I would say 5-10years tops, or not at all. Or at least not for many a generation to come.

[Chuck]

Have you ever heard of John Titor? He claims such a civil war is coming and soon. He is supposed to be a time traveler from the future. I know pretty far-fetched but very interesting. Some of the posts he made in 1999, 2000 are very close to becoming true in the scientific circles. And yes, the right side wins.

[Rivrdog]

Chuck, the "right" side will win, all you have to do is look at who will be on the other side, and you figure that the kill ratio should be at least 100:1.

That all depends on the military sitting out the street action, though. If the full capability of the Army were brought to bear, the best that could be achieved would be a stalemate.

[Raging Dave]

Yes, but don't forget that the vast majority of the military is conservative. Not only would they have a hard time firing on most Americans, but they would be tied into knots if they were forced to fire on Americans who wanted to actually follow the constitution for a change. I don't see the military as much of a playmaker in a Second Civil War.

[Jakester]

duh, this post makes no sense.

[Guy S]

And my sad little excuse for a human....that is why you are part of the problem and not the solution. Go read your history...from the source..."The Federal Papers", "The Constitution", "The Declaration of Independence", any of the writing's of Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Paine, Addams. (Including the wonderful exchanges between him and his wife...it will clue you in as to how the folks back home felt about the battle for Independence.) Once you can grasp what these great men, the founders of the country, achieved, in building a nation which allows flotsam such as yourself to live in ignorant bliss, then perhaps you can come and sit at the adult table and try to hold an adult conversation. Otherwise go back to your coloring books and crayons, and leave adult matters to those better able to grasp same.

[Jon. Imperial Hunter]

Jokestir, you are an idiot afflicted with reading comprehension. And those are your good points.

Great post Jim. May it happen while I can still see to shoot. The human race generally needs a good genetic purge every so often and if it can be combined with a re-establishment of the finest document for self governance ever written, so much the better.

Best Regards,

Jon

[JC]

"We did it once. If necessary, we can do it again."

That's the central point which the unconstitutionally-inclined in and around government ought to bear in mind.

Not only does the military trend conservative, but they've all taken an oath/affirmation to defind the constitution and owe no personal loyalty to any particular officeholder--not even the Black [-robed bench] Riders.

[RWM]

I'd sign my name to that declaration.

[Fz]

After Raich and Kelo, there's no plain-language understanding remaining for our country's Constitution.