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Sons And Daughters, Equality And Responsibility

Who teaches responsibility regarding life choices to our sons and daughters and who secures that they have equality before the law?

Who teaches our sons and daughters about how We The People ordained and established a Constitution to secure "the blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity" based upon the self-evident truth that we were endowed by our "Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

And who obfuscates these truths, believes that our Constitution is fundamentally flawed, and diminishes respect for life?

Please Click On Me Capital Punishment is the execution of the guilty after they have had the opportunity to face their accusers and be judged by their peers.

Abortion is a summary execution of innocent defenseless human beings as they develop through the early stages of life while in the "safety" of their mothers' wombs. Their offense is existing within their mothers' wombs without their mothers' permission and they have absolutely no opportunity to defend themselves.

Hence their is no conflict between wishing to protect defenseless innocent life and executing the guilty who have taken innocent life.

He or she who does not recognize the above truth has convinced himself or herself that there is no difference between guilt and innocence.

All should also be able to agree or acknowledge that it would be quite difficult for a human mother to abort her unborn without the assistance of the greater society and such is demonstrated by the following question.

What other species summarily executes their unborn while they develop in the womb?

Given that society's assistance is the paramount determinant for the existence of abortion it can be justly reasoned that society at large has an interest in the summary execution of defenseless innocent human beings.

And so I have three challenges for the abortion enablers:

  • Present a morally righteous justification for the termination of the unborn child when there is no life in danger nor rape or incest involved.
  • Prove that the guilt for a rape or incestuous relationship belongs to the conceived unborn child.
  • Other than the actual abortionist, present an equivalent morally outrageous right that men may legally choose.

Our sons do not have the same rights and opportunities as our daughters for after having chosen to engage in reproductive activity they have no legal means to abort the responsibility of their conceived child. Imagine if our sons fought for their equal protection from forced parenthood as the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees.

What will you teach your children?

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Is Compassionate Conservatism Dead?

Conservatism has always been compassionate just as Liberalism has always been about change, even when they had no idea about to what they were changing. Conservatists were always, in general, calling for caution while the Liberal was always calling for trying something new, and so with Liberalism, one would throw Conservatism, caution and compassion to the four winds and try the next latest and greatest way to get high or rebel against family, society and nation.

Compassionate Conservatism created no tragedies during the Bush Administration, rather such ascribed tragedies were more likely the result of the notion of a “New Tone In Washington” that seemed to have no expectations of a response in kind from those across the isle.

President Bush performed well in protecting the citizens of the United States from further offenses by foreign enemies after September the eleventh, but he failed miserably in protecting us from domestic enemies of a partisan nature. This was not entirely his fault for those who were compassionlessly attacking him were also those who, during the Clinton Administration, had mouthed and promoted many of the policies and programs for which President Bush was excoriated.

It is quite obvious that the domestic attackers had changed their positions for political expedience and that they were and are more concerned with their return to power than they were with George W Bush being a successful President and by default the United States being successful on the global stage.

The true tragedy is that there are Americans, wittingly or unwittingly, who place the good of their political party ahead of the good of the nation. Many of these witting and unwitting individuals identify themselves with a group with a grievance that is elevated above all of their other principles.

Democrats promise, realistically or not, each group a solution to their particular grievance and collectively this Party of groups, all for the chance that each particular group’s grievance might be mollified, will abandon many of the principles upon which this nation became the leader of the free world.

President Bush’s “New Tone In Washington” was met with constant and continuous opposition of the most virulent kind from those on the Left and their media advocates.

What did Bush win by allowing himself to be vilified for venerating our troops on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln? A President would be remiss for not encouraging our troops from time to time just as we cheer the home team on to victory.

Now we have a Democrat President claiming to be Republican Abraham Lincoln reincarnate and the Right is too compassionate to say, “Lincoln is ours and you are no Abraham Lincoln” as Democrat Lloyd Bensten callously belittled Republican Dan Quayle.

What did Bush win by allowing himself to be vilified for the deaths during Katrina when they died for Mayor Nagin’s and Governor Blanco’s decision not to evacuate New Orleans, according to their evacuation plan, coinciding with the very Friday that President Bush declared a state of emergency and suggested the evacuation? No, Nagin had to consider for two days, until Sunday, the day before landfall, whether or not they could be sued should the hurricane not be severe.

What did Bush win by allowing himself to be vilified for the so called “outing” of Valerie Plame and not having Wilson and Plame charged with their obvious violation of the Hatch Act when they attempted to perniciously influence a Presidential Election?

The answers are that President Bush’s “New Tone In Washington” won him nothing but disdain from the Left and their advocates in the Media.

Now we have a New President in town, and he is also asking for “A New Tone In Washington,” while yet lambasting the Right for the orneriness, obfuscations and obstructions made by his leftist party toward the Bush Administration.

“I Won!”

This is President Barack Hussein Obama responding to Republican concerns about the Democrat Party’s “Economic Stimulus Package” thus demonstrating his notion of “A New Tone In Washington” and what he means when he says that he will reach across the isle with a bipartisan hand.

It seems that was a compassionless backhanded slap to those who dare dissent.

If Conservatists were not exhibiting bipartisanship and compassion during the Bush administration, then why did the government grow so much and spend so much on entitlement programs during that time?

The Left, with the aid of the media, complained simultaneously that the spending was never enough and in the end too much!

Who but the Left could get away with propagating such paradoxical nonsense?

Now, with Democrats firmly in control of the federal government, will they live up to their hype of being fair and bipartisan by not turning too firmly to the Left, or will they live up to their reputation and grow the federal government by leaps and bounds at the expense of We The People and our Constitution?

As long as there is Conservatism there will be Compassion.

Shamefully as long as there is Liberalism there will be some new way to change or abandon our principles.

Let us HOPE that We The People someday soon stand on our principles for a CHANGE.

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The 2nd Amendment Is An Individual Right!

Do What I Say Not What I Do! First of all remember that our Constitution was not written for only lawyers, it was written for the common man, and anyone with any common sense can see that the first Eight Amendments are Individual Rights.

Amendments nine and ten speak to States and Individual Rights.

Unlike Liberals who cherry pick or restate to their own purpose what someone or something says, this Conservative will post verbatim those Constitutional Articles referenced below.

Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner prescribed by law.

Amendment IV: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, an no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on the presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising from the land or naval forces, or int the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

Amendment VII: In suits of common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Notice the nouns and pronouns in red in the above Amendments.

With regards to the word "people" in the First Amendment, outlining our most important rights, we have understood for the many generations, since the Constitution was crafted, that it is representing each and every individual person. If you doubt this amendment guarantees an individual his or her rights, please give your reason.

The word "people", previously representing those who receive individual rights in the First Amendment, just so happens to turn up in the next amendment in importance as was listed by our Founders. If you doubt this amendment guarantees an individual his or her rights, please give your reasoning for the founders to insert a State or Federal right within a body of individual rights and still call it "a right of the people" that "shall not be infringed."

The word "owner" appears in the Third Amendment as being the object of this amendment's protection. Does anyone doubt that this represents an individual right? If you doubt this amendment guarantees an individual rights, please give your reason.

The words "person" and its plural "persons" are represented in the Fourth Amendment as receiving individual rights. If you doubt this amendment guarantees an individual rights, please give your reason.

The word "person" is again the recipient of individual rights in the Fifth Amendment. If you doubt this amendment guarantees an individual rights, please give your reason.

The word "accused" and referenced back to by the pronoun "him" are used by the Sixth Amendment to guarantee individual rights. If you doubt this amendment guarantees an individual rights, please give your reason.

The Seventh Amendment and the Eighth Amendment are obvious extensions of the Sixth Amendment and guarantee an individual rights. If you doubt these amendments guarantee an individual his or her rights, please give your reason.

The Ninth Amendment lets it be known that the enumeration of the first Eight Amendments "shall not be construed to deny or disparage others [rights] retained by the people."

Obviously the Ninth Amendment is additionally confirming that the rights listed before the Ninth Amendment were Rights of We The People, Individual Rights.

The Tenth Amendment speaks to Rights and Powers not given to the United States, or rights and Powers not prohibited to the States, belong to the States or the "people."

Amendments Nine and Ten guarantee that the first Eight Amendments, and those Rights enumerated within, belong to the Individual.

It does not make sense that only one of the First Eight Amendments, most prominently the Second Amendment, would be an enumeration of a singular States' Right.

We The People must be ever vigilant that the Supreme Court, Congress or the President never remove any one or part of those Individual Rights guaranteed by We The People in our great Constitution.

If such travesty were to stand then the entire Constitution would be at risk for raiding by a few well chosen black robed justices or politicians who render personal opinions or actions rather than opinions or actions based on and allowed by The Constitution. All Individual Rights would be subject to their whims.

Additionally what sense would it make to call for the militia, regular citizens, and when they arrived they had no arms to bear. Why would our founders have noted "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" as that which, "shall not be infringed" if they intended for the States to own the arms that the militia would use?

That makes no sense, just as it would have made no sense to insert a "States' Right" second in a body of eight individual rights.

Even President Barack Hussein Obama agrees that the Second Amendment is an Individual Right, however he also believes that our Constitution is “fundamentally flawed,” as with many Liberals, he believes it to be an Inconvenient Truth.

This Proud American considers the Bills of Rights as "POSITIVE" Rights" and cannot accept the premise that they are "NEGATIVE Rights" as was asserted by our current President.

 


 

Democrat Rule Number One
The Constitution Is An Inconvenient Truth!

 


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Wall Of Separation From Which President Thomas Jefferson Prayed

Most of us are aware of the much referenced “Wall of Separation” alluded to by those who wish to obfuscate its origin to be within the Constitution and additionally to be a humanist commandment from that document that, like Caesar to Moses striking the name Moses from every obelisk and building, strikes the very mention or reference to God from every public place.

How many of We The People have sought out the actual source of the fist allusion to a “Wall of Separation” between church and state?

That source or origin would be President Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury Baptists from January 1, 1802. The paragraph, as sent and received by the Danbury Baptists, which gave birth to the “Wall of Separation” reads as follows:

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“Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.”

Note that he does not separate the most applicable complementary clauses from the First Amendment. Those clauses placed restrictions on the legislators that they shall “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

Note that in full context Jefferson envisioned such “building a wall of separation between Church and State,” such that it “restores to man all his natural rights,” and that he was convinced that none of these “natural rights” were in opposition to his “social duties.”

One must therefore conclude that this “Wall,” protecting religion from the whims of government, nevertheless had a door through which those of any faith or no faith may freely pass to conduct their social duties such as the business of governing.

Those of faith need not abandon their belief at the door, thus denying that faith, for they are yet endowed with the unalienable right to freely exercise that faith, even as they govern, for the complementary proscription to Congress, that they shall make no law “respecting the establishment of religion,” cannot be abridged merely by “the free exercise thereof.”

Note that President Jefferson demonstrated this very fact with the closing paragraph of this very letter to the Danbury Baptists as he offered this prayer:

“I reciprocate your kind prayers for the protection & blessing of the common father and creator of man, and tender you for yourselves & your religious association, assurances of my high respect & esteem.

And so President Thomas Jefferson immediately set an example and prayed from the very wall he envisioned.

Which Presidential candidate will best serve the Constitution?

The Watchman

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The Founders' Presidential Mold & Mitt Romney

The Constitution firstly enumerates in Article II, respecting actual duties of the “executive Power,” that the President is the Commander in Chief. Therefore his or her primary concern is to “provide for the common defense” as proclaimed in the Constitution’s Preamble.

The Preamble declared that “We The People” formed this Union with the goals of seeking perfection, Justice, Domestic Tranquility and that while the government so conceived must actually provide for the common defense it must merely “promote the general Welfare” and yet it must “secure the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.”

Mitt Romney embodies the mission for which the Founders tasked this nation’s government for he obviously does not fear, because of the pressures of political correctness, to identify our enemies as he states his primary concern will be the national defense.

Romney has always been like most Americans, who are personally pro-life, and yet he, like many Americans, lost sight of the founding notion that we must secure the Blessing of Liberty to our posterity. While pondering the issue of cloning Romney rediscovered that it is a founding principle that “We The People” must secure, as Martin Luther King might note, the promissory note of Liberty not only to “ourselves” but also to our future generations, the Posterity so noted in the Constitution.

How can "We The People" claim to secure said Liberty if we allow, and affirm by acceptance, the summary execution of one third of this nation’s innocent and defenseless developing sons and daughters for the offense of existing as unwelcome inconveniences?

Each American should look at each and every candidate and imagine him or her as the Commander in Chief during this era of soaring technology that has created the possibilities for a few to cause here-to-fore unimaginable destruction and death. We know that such is not a groundless fear for indeed it has already been manifested not so long ago.

Mitt Romney has demonstrated that he knows who our enemies are and he has not lost his cool or become tearfully self-absorbed with sentimentalities over being the object of shameful false arguments, such as ad hominem attacks, or revelations that he was behind in a poll, or that he lost a minor primary election.

Of all the Presidential candidates, Democrat or Republican, Mitt Romney may very well be the best to fulfill the Presidential mold that our founders established.

My mind is still open and I am always on watch.

The Watchman

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