A Deplorable Government
by TheGreatEscapeOf2008December 3rd, 2007 at 1:50 PM
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You can't open a newspaper and help but find several articles dealing with our national government. Currently our government is in a deplorable state looking to increase its approval rating by granting over 12 million illegal aliens amnesty-12 million is a large boost in any poll. Also, we the citizens are being forced out of the governmental routine, our liberties and freedoms are being revoked. The federal government is failing its citizens. When our founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence and Constitution they did not have a large federal government in mind. Instead they wanted a limited federal government to produce limited restrictions to each state, which would then do most of the governing and have the most control over the state and its residents. Thomas Jefferson wrote the most well known phrase of all time, "Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness." Clearly our founding fathers did not intend for our liberties and rights as citizens to be compromised for a false sense of security and the artificial betterment of a nation. The nation was not top priority for the original framers of the Constitution, the main priority was the people-the citizens. It wasn't until the 12th grade that I was introduced to the book "1984". A book written in 1984 by George Orwell, a British writer and critic. The book nearly depicts current trends in America and worldwide perfectly. The book is a Story of citizens suppressed by their country who has joined forces with other nations to develop three superpowers, Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. The book focuses on Oceania, which coincidentally includes the United States. The trend in Oceania is on of a Marxist-styled Socialist setting. The citizens are suppressed and brainwashed in order for the nation to claim dominance over the other nations and to create what the leaders feel is a Utopia, where the needs of the people are generalized and suppressed, as citizens are closely monitored by the government. It isn't until you do some digging that you find we are heading towards such a situation. Recently there have been secretive talks between leaders in the United States, Canada, and Mexico to unionize and create the North American Union, or NAU. The NAU would then begin to act as a singular nation, rather than three individual nations. May I remind you the needs of the people in America are far different than those of the people in Mexico and Canada. The new-to-be NAU government would also create the Amero, a form of currency to compete with the European Union's Euro. Being a ally of America and Canada, it is common sense that England would become part of the NAU. Mexico having several ties with South American countries would solidify the NAU as the new Oceania. It is a feasible possibility that you and I may soon no longer be citizens of the United States of American, but rather citizens of the NAU. Aside from talks between the three countries in North America, there is the surreal Patriot Act that was passed in 2001 by Congress and President George Bush, basically allowing the government free reign in collecting data of American citizens and limiting a citizens actions in order to fight terrorism. However, the very principle of the Patriot Act is terrorism in itself, striking terror in the hearts of citizens around the country. This act gives free will to the government to search your most intricate functions to determine if you are a terrorist or not. One function given to Law Enforcement is commonly called the "Sneak and Peek" search, allowing law enforcement officers to search a home or business without the owner's or the occupant's permission or knowledge. This in itself would be enough to make the Patriot Act, unpatriotic and unconstitutional, as it obliterates the 4th amendment. The 4th amendment calls for probable cause and a warrant to allow searches and seizures. However this act allows law enforcement officers, or LEOs, to enter a private home or business without a warrant, and without the knowledge of the owner. The Patriot Act also allows LEOs to search your private emails, phone conversations and financial records without a court order. Again, this falls back the the 4th amendment of irrational searches and seizures, because these are unreasonable and unlawful. There are several more keys to the puzzle we call the Patriot Act. Fortunately for the citizens, several legal challenges have been brought up against the Patriot Act, and often times, the Federal courts have ruled in favor of the Patriot Act being unjust and unconstitutional. District Judge Victor Marrero ruled that the use to gain access to e-mails and telephone records from private companies and private homes for what the government called "counter-terrorism investigations" was "the legislative equivalent of breaking and entering, with an ominous free pass to the hijacking of constitutional values." Amnesty is a very controversial topic that needs to be dealt with in order to regain control of our government. For years now, Congress has been fretting over illegal immigrants and how to deal with them. Currently, there is a bill called the Dream Act, which will grant over 12 million illegal immigrants citizenship. Voting for this bill is a few weeks away, fortunately. If you polled the nation, two out of every three people would disagree with this act and would not support amnesty. The Act was named the "Dream Amnesty Act" a cute name to throw off the common American. The purpose of the act is to grant the illegal aliens with their dream of amnesty and becoming official citizens; which is unconstitutional and unpatriotic, a la; The Patriot Act. I can not call an unpatriotic and unconstitutional government anything but deplorable. How can one of the superpowers of the world, be so naive towards its own Constitution? Several current acts, bills, laws, and movements within our government go against the principle of the constitution. This is an unjust Marxist Socialism styled government takeover. It is a slap in the face to our nation's founding fathers and needs to be dealt with. |
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Where do you get your info? 12 million illegal aliens? Where do these numbers come from? I see no sources. Are these facts accurate?
Here is a letter that McCain wrote; He is quoted to say that 4 million illegals crossed the borders in 2002 alone.
http://www.theamericanresistance.com/ref/letter_mccain_2004feb10.html
Here is the Dept. of Homeland Security 2006 report that show there are 12 million illegals that the government "estimated". You can see that the 2002 statistic of 4 million McCain is quoting does not match up with the
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ill_pe_2006.pdf
Here is a Bear Stearns report that says illegal immigrants make up 8% of the total workforce, and are more accurately estimate at 20 million or so.
http://www.bearstearns.com/bscportal/pdfs/underground.pdf
-Todd
I believe he corrected himself in a following post
edit: 1984 was written in 1948
To start with 1984, wasn't written in 1984. Check your facts. furthermore the book is set in London not Oceania, did you read it? Where do you get your info? 12 million illegal aliens? Where do these numbers come from? I see no sources. Are these facts accurate? Why should we take your word for it? Where did you hear about secret talks? did they tell you about it? were you invited there? stop spreading your opinions like they are facts. if they are facts, then cite where you got the info. it's funny you call me names and say I'm a facist yet all I do is give my opinion. I do agree with you on the Patriot Act, I hope it is repealed soon. I am all for keeping our country safe but I don't think that is the way to do it. Until my next article, which I know will draw you to it, please either just share your opinions like I do or cite your info. And pleas eif I say anything that should be cited, Feel free to hit me up. I know I can count on you because I still think yoru a loser and I know how badly you want to prove me wrong
I agree with everything you said about the Patriot Act. It was a very well written article but, "When our founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence and Constitution they did not have a large federal government in mind." No, they didn't. They also had never seen a credit card, or a phone, or a computer. The poplulation has grown and our counrty has evolved over the past 200 years, for better and worse. You will never be able to get the Genie back in the bottle...Big Government is here to stay. Is that bad? It can be, like the Patriot Act, but it doens't have to be. Not all Big Government turns into Socialism and the U.S., no matter how much you bang the "fear drum", will never become a Socialist Nation. Conservatives need a new argument. Still, a very well written article.
edit: 1984 was written in 1948.
-Todd
This is a fantastic, well written article that everyone
should read. This should be taught in every high school
and on every campus. Excellent job!
London IS in Oceania.
http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/1984_fictious_world_map.png
-Todd