How Government Harms and Individuals Help

Today I saw a news segment about a very interesting person.  Not being a sports fan, the story initially did not interest me – he is a multiple award winning sports writer.  What did interest me, at first, was his unexpected rise as a novelist after writing about the final months of a college professor he had.  As with life, various unexpected connections in this story led to what interested me most – his multiple charities and compassion for others.

As a Tea Party person – we are branded as anything but compassionate; and I adamantly disagree.  Compassion is our foundation.  Keeping government out of our personal lives and our purpose.  Tea Party core principles of supporting the original U.S. Constitution as the founders intended, limited federal government, state and individual rights, balanced budgets, individual liberty, freedom and personal responsibility through individual liberty and freedom, personal responsibility, free markets and ultimately giving the power to the States and to the people.

What does this have to do with the story I watched unfold?  Simple – in content and context, it revealed the problems of big government and values of the Tea Party.  However – don’t tell anyone!  The network, program and famous host are all very much anti Tea Party (or anything remotely separated from liberalism).  These people would not recognize the reality and value of what the Tea Party represents.  The sports writer, like so many, very much does – whether a person attaches themselves or not, they are part of this ideology.  As I mentioned, he has several charities and programs – from his local area of Detroit to Haiti (where he spends four days a month at an orphanage he supports).

Detroit is an excellent example.  It has been part of the socialist political program for generations and is socioeconomically unmatched – thankfully – anywhere else in our country for its despair; although there is some competition to be as big a failure.  He noticed that homeless families faced a dire situation – they could not get medical care at government funded clinics for fear of being reported as having no physical address.  This little problem could be reported to social services and the children removed.  Why?  Simple – the clinics receive taxpayer funded government program benefits.  As a result, they must comply with federal rules and regulations.  For childrens’ safety, they must report any abuse and neglect – such as no physical address.  How did our sports writer, a person of unexpected fortune through hard work and entrepreneurship saw a need and a way to fill that need.  He did the same in his own life – he wanted to be a musician, and having no success applied for the first writing job he saw – sports.  How did he fill that need?  He built a clinic that would not accept any government funding and would not ask questions unrelated to the childrens’ health.

How interesting this concept is.  Social needs satisfied through the gifts of another’s fortune and compassion.  We see this during natural disasters – charities and churches provide services and shelter to those in need – no questions asked.  The most Christian based services do not ask the spirituality or denomination of those in need, they simply provide.  This is an example of how

The core principles of limited government, state and individual rights, individual liberty, freedom and personal responsibility through freedom, and free markets that truly - not symbolically - benefit all.  This is not new, as it has existed for generations, and has all but disappeared over the generations.  As noted in my book, ‘Beers with our Founding Fathers’, our healthcare system was originally based on charitable giving.  The town doctor would provide his services and fees were based on the ability of the patient – from cash to chickens.  No filtering of funds through regulations and administrative costs.  This is where all government programs fail amid their perceived successes.  This program in Detroit, and so many like it nationwide in the poorest communities, survive on the generosity of those more fortunate, the time of those who volunteer, and the ability to ignore onerous regulations that only government can promulgate.  Remember the 'its takes a village to raise a child' mantra?  Coming from a person and group agenda in which only government can provide - and not a village - was the tragedy.  Americana has proven time and again that families raise children and community supports families in need - not government.

The Tea Party is not a political party – it is an ideology that freedom comes first and exists in all people.  Freedom is not granted, it is a right of birth.  Similarly, human nature and generosity is not affiliated to any political party.  It is a trait that roots in freedoms and also exists in all people from birth.  Like freedom, this generosity of human nature can be lost if we give in to the confinements of politicizing life.  This sports writer, and so many like him, live by the ideals and concepts I propose in my book for correcting the direction our Country has found itself.
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Patriot Minute - Mayflower Compact

The Mayflower voyage was intended to reach the mouth of the Hudson River.  Due to not landing at the intended settlement area, there was no one that had power over them – essential anarchy.  Many of the pilgrim male leaders (but not a majority) of the voyage chose to form the first government and drafted The Mayflower Compact.   This document is the first colonial governing document. 


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Welcome to your Patriot Minute
The Magna Carta

This is the second video – last week I spoke about the NV ranch showdown.  Today is the official debut of my video series of short historical and topical events.  Subscribe to these videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/PatriotBeers

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Our Founding Fathers were the leaders of the Greatest Generation of their time.

Today is April 19, 2014 – Patriots Day – the first day of the American Revolution, or as I call it – the American War for Independence.  On April 19th 1775 – British troops were enroute to Boston to capture arms, ammunition and rebels.  At Lexington Green was ‘the shot heard around the world’ as England’s troops and Minutemen exchanged gunfire.  The Minutemen killed three times the better trained English troops over their own casualties.

In my book I began as near the beginning as I can with our history and freedoms – The Magna Carta or Great Charter of England (June 16th 1215 – more than 550 years before our Declaration of Independence and about 560 years before our Constitution.  What does a document in England, from the medieval era, have to do with the birth of our Country?
o   By signing the charter, by force, he limited his powers as king, and also laid the foundation for England’s parliament and citizen’s rights.

o   The concepts of this charter are found in our own founding documents.  It is important to note nearly every country, until the birth of our own, was ruled by royalty – king or queen, emperor or empress, czar or czaress, etc.  Other countries were ruled by dictators, etc.

o   Royalty ruled by absolute authority, until the Magna Carta and representation in a parliament.

o   The Magna Carta, for the first time, limited royalty and empowered – to a constrained degree – the citizens.

It should also be noted that the events leading up to this historical event were based on a conflict between the Catholic pope, and excessive – extortion levels – taxes.  For centuries, religious leaders held authorities, not much different than royalty.  There was a conflict between the king and the church over who should be the next archbishop.  As a result of this conflict, the king was excommunicated and banned church services.  The pope forced the king’s hand and ‘taxed’ the king any time he wished.  For this, and many other historical reasons, we have Freedom of Religion as a birthright in our Bill of Rights.  Moreover, the king taxed the landowners (commoners worked the land, they did not own it) – now known as ‘the rich’ excessively.  Of course these taxes were passed on to commoners working the land, in addition to the personal taxes they already paid.  For this, and many other historical reasons, we are not supposed to have taxation without representation. 

In retaliation, the landowners took up arms against the king and forced him to sign the Magna Carta.  However, the king had no intention to, nor did he, abide by the Magna Carta.  The landowners again took up arms and supported the invasion of England by France, and accepted their king.   They later turned against their new king and crowned the son of their own king. 

For all of these reasons, and many other historical reasons, we have the birthright to hold our government accountable and water the Tree of Liberty.  It is why we have the Right to Bear Arms as a sacred unalienable birthright in our Bill of Rights.

The Supreme Court (all courts) considers and cites case law and legal documents as far back as the Magna Carta when reviewing and determining present case law, assessing the intent of our founding documents and Founding Fathers.  Yes, the Magna Carta is important.  What other laws are in the Magna Carta?  The Magna Carta consisted of 37 laws that were renewed or created.  These included laws regarding taxation (very limited, except as granted by representative parliament), separation of church and state, due process and trial by jury, and many others.  Historically, the Magna Carta has changed and evolved, but still survives in England today; now limited to three clauses.  However, United States courts look back to the Magna Carta and common law because our own laws are based on England common law.  History is important – even medieval history.

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Individual and State Sovereignty is not a Federal issue

What started the standoff in Nevada with the private rancher?

Information and facts, over a 20 year period, are still uncertain. What is certain is one of the largest contingents of law enforcement since Waco, Ruby Ridge and others. Cell service was cut off and designated protest areas were forced to be dismantled.  Sounds like multiple violations of our Bill of Rights.

Reports are the rancher stopped paying grazing leases 20 years ago. Why? "Bundy, 67, and his large family cast their resistance to the roundup as a constitutional stand. He says he doesn't recognize federal authority over state land."

I agree.  As far as I'm concerned - the federal government became nothing more than cattle rustlers. This land is your land, this land is my land...

In my book I detail why states must take back federal land, no federal sales tax within the states, etc. In other words, the states need to take back their sovereignty. UT and NV both ceded large parcels of land to the federal government and have yet to be fully compensated. UT had started formal proceedings to 'foreclose' - not sure where that went.

Excerpts from the book, 'Beers with our Founding Fathers'...
Our Founding Fathers, in favor of states’ and individual rights with less government, intentionally gave more latitude for the interpretation of state sovereignty.  It is important to understand this essential interpretation – otherwise you have a ‘what came first, the chicken [state’s rights] or the egg [individual rights]’ question – individual rights come first, which cannot be infringed upon by the state or federal governments, and states’ rights cannot be infringed upon by the federal government.

The history of our Constitution is that the federal government has no jurisdiction or authority over the states, except as provided under the commerce clause, and interstate activities and commerce.  By inference, it also provides that the states maintain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters within their boundaries, and which are not either reserved to or under the jurisdiction of the federal government.

Second Amendment places the responsibility, and empowerment, to the individual to not only protect themselves, but to protect the sovereignty of their state and Country.

The history presented in this work ends with the ratification of our Bill of Rights, but our history, of course, does not.  One significant event was another revolution – the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865.  Often also referred to as the War of Northern Aggression, it was a War of States’ Rights.  It was a war in which growing animosity – political and socioeconomic disparity – would lead to the severing of the bonds that held the states together.  The federal government suspended rights of citizens and engaged in a war to enforce federal powers over state sovereignty.  But, that is perhaps another book, but an important lesson to look into as we decide the direction of our Country.

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