Tag: State Politics

Hamilton May Have Been On To Something

****Please keep any abortion comments to yourself this post is about our loss of freedoms….if you comment stick to the post….we already have enough manure being spread****


Year after year we have watched the states go about taking rights away from their residents and few have anything to say about it other than the old ‘state’s rights’ dodge.


One state has stated that the people do not have a fundamental right to vote….while others are taking the freedom of choice away from the voters….etc etc  I am sure that you have some sort of horror story along these lines coming from your state legislature.


That intro leads me to the point of this post….


Hamilton believed that the US should be one strong unit as opposed to smaller units….



Alexander Hamilton believed that America need- ed a strong central government. Instead of let- ting the states mostly govern themselves, he wanted the federal government to hold more power. This led him to support the approval of the Constitution and affected what he did as the country’s first Treasury secretary.


Hamilton believed that a strong Government is necessary to protect and preserve liberty. He regarded anarchy—exemplified in the French Revolution—as freedom’s worst enemy. He feared that the American people, if allowed to freely express an exaggerated concept of liberty, could destroy the benefits of our Revolution.


Hamilton wanted a new national government that had complete political authority. He disliked state governments and believed that they should be eliminated entirely. In fact, Hamilton believed that the perfect union would be one in which there were no states at all.


A government that gives too much power to the common people cannot be trusted. Wealthy, educated, public-spirited men should lead the country. Alexander Hamilton: How strong should our national government be? We should have a strong national government that unties the states and keeps order among the people.



To keep it simple….Hamilton thought the US should be one country under uniform law not individual states with their own constitution and laws.


The American people basically have two sets of laws they must conform to on any given day.


Got it now?


As the title infers I believe that Hamilton was on to something….one country divided into districts with representatives in the capitol to deliver the wants of those districts.


The whole state’s rights thing is just a powder keg waiting to ignite….and it is a smoldering mess now.


Problems that state’s rights promotes…..


Conflict of Authority – The biggest problem that arises when you have two bodies of
government in power is the power struggle. Both central and state government intend to
assert their power over the other which at time causes conflict between them. Even the long-
term conflict between the central and state government can create hurdles in way of national
development and prosperity.


(We see this today with states usurping federal law)


Regionalism Over Patriotism – The mark of a great country is just how patriotic and
prideful the citizens is to be a part of it. Federalism, since it promotes smaller level of
government, it also promotes smaller levels of pride. It can begin to pit one region against
another and take away from the feeling of patriotism that should be present all over the entire
country.


(Red State vs Blue State is making regionalism the priority among certain states….patriotism is gone)


Inequalities Between States – The federal form of government allows for regional
inequalities between different states. For example, instead of education funding throughout
the country being the same, since it is a state issue, some states will spend more, per capita,
on education than other states, causing what could be considered a disparity. The same goes
for other things, as well, such as taxes, health care programs, and welfare programs which
increases regional inequality amongst the different states.


(We see this in most Southern states that are lagging behind most of the wider nation)


The Blockage of Nationalist Policies by States – States can fight against the existence of
certain national laws by challenging them in court, or going out of their way to not enforce
those national laws, or even deliberately obstructing enforcement of national laws


(Again the states are changing voting laws, freedom of choice, and condemning the population into poverty and hunger)


SO I say once again…I believe Hamilton was on to something.

Educate, Agitate

I Read, I Write, You Know


“cognito ergo me agitare”

Christian Bullshit At Its Best

The nation is confronted with the rise of what some called ‘Christian Nationalism’….a forceful attempt to make all American conform to their warped sense of country.

And yes I wrote about it (go figure)….

Does Theocracy Approach?

It began many years ago when the Right started with their opposition to the freedom of choice (abortion) and when Roe v Wade was overturned by SCOTUS it opened a door that had been closed for about 200 years.

Now states are flexing their misguided religious muscle…..fist with Louisiana….

Under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. The GOP-drafted legislation mandates that a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” be required in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities, the AP reports.

  • The displays, which will be paired with a four-paragraph “context statement” describing how the Ten Commandments “were a prominent part of American public education for almost three centuries,” must be in place in classrooms by the start of 2025.
  • The posters would be paid for through donations. State funds will not be used to implement the mandate, based on language in the legislation. The law also “authorizes”—but does not require—the display of the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, and the Northwest Ordinance in K-12 public schools.
  • Opponents question the law’s constitutionality, warning that lawsuits are likely to follow. Proponents say the purpose of the measure is not solely religious, but that it has historical significance. In the law’s language, the Ten Commandments are described as “foundational documents of our state and national government.”
  • The Tennessean reports that Landry boasted about the bill at a Republican fundraiser in Nashville on Saturday. “I’m going home to sign a bill that places the Ten Commandments in public classrooms,” he said. “And I can’t wait to be sued.”

This is a bad idea and should not be allowed to stand.

After Louisiana’s assault the great state of Oklahoma had to inject its brand of ignorance…..

Coming to classrooms in Oklahoma: the Bible. The state’s superintendent has ordered the religious text be taught in Oklahoma’s public schools, reports the New York Times, which calls it “an extraordinary move that blurs the lines between religious instruction and public education.” “Every teacher, every classroom in the state will have a Bible in the classroom, and will be teaching from the Bible in the classroom,” Ryan Walters said on Thursday, though the AP notes that the directive from Walters, a 39-year-old conservative Christian and ex-AP history instructor, applies to classrooms from fifth grade through 12th.

“Immediate and strict compliance is expected,” the order reads. It comes about a week after Louisiana ordered the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools, a move that has already been hit with legal challenges. This, too, will likely face pushback in the courts. “Public schools are not Sunday schools,” Rachel Laser, head of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, tells the Times, adding to the Wall Street Journal that the decision is a “transparent, unconstitutional effort to indoctrinate and religiously coerce public school students.”

Her group is also challenging the Louisiana Ten Commandments mandate. Some aren’t even sure that Walters has the authority to make such a sweeping order, as state law leaves such authority on instruction and curriculum to individual school districts. The superintendent, however, is adamant that the Bible be a required study topic in his state. It’s “a necessary historical document to teach our kids about the history of this country, to have a complete understanding of Western civilization, to have an understanding of the basis of our legal system,” Walters says, per the Times.

Both these will make it to the Supreme Court and I have NO faith that the judges will even take the Constitution into consideration before the make their ruling.  After all only the First Amendment is at stake….no big deal.

I am truly sick of these lying assholes about the history of this nation.

The sooner we can pull the plug on this mindless twats the better.

I personally do not want to0 live in the theocracy….do you?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“cognito ergo me agitare”

We Do Not Want Your Money

That is what several governors have told the Federal government, most of them in the South and Repubs, but why would a governor not want stimulus money to help his/her state?  Well, some say that it would put a strain on their budgets in the future.  Or maybe it is the red tape involved.  Or maybe it is because it is coming from a Democratic pres.

There has not been a definitive answer to why they do not need or want the cash…but with a little reading and research there could be an answer…..

The buzz grows surrounding the possibility of a second massive economic stimulus package, President Obama and Vice President Biden warned state officials yesterday to spend their shares of the approved $787 billion wisely – or else.

“If we see money being misspent, we’re going to put a stop to it,” Obama said at a daylong White House conference on the recovery package.

With that one statement it could explain the hesitancy of the governors to accept the cash.  It must be spent for the good of the state…not put in some “general fund” to be pissed away like so many other funds that some of the states receive.

Could it be that the governors are afraid of the word “transparency”?

I did find one thing that caught my attention.

Some state officials expressed confusion about what role they will play in passing on stimulus money to cities and towns and what reporting requirements they’ll face. They also complained that there has been a lack of communication about projects that have been announced.

This is a good possibliity, especially in my state of Mississippi, where we have the absolute worst system of record checking….another good way to piss money away …if no one can check where it goes…..

These governors are NOT acting in the best interests of their states and its people.  They are playing politics…in a tiome when politics should be the furtherest thing from their minds.