More support for my position can be found in Federalist No. 49. Federalist No. 49 discusses why the citizens cannot be relied on to enforce the Constitution. Publius concludes: The PASSIONS, therefore, not the REASON, of the public would sit in judgment. But it is the reason, alone, of the public, that ought to control [...]
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Federalist No 49 helps explain why the people are not the solution to government overreach
Posted in January 31st, 2012
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Federalist No. 48 helps explain why the balance of powers is not the solution to government overreach
Posted in January 31st, 2012
I finally re-read Federalist No. 48. This time I understood it. Its a mind blower. No. 48 clarifies my belief that the balance of powers is not enough to enforce the Constitution. Madison ends it with this: The conclusion which I am warranted in drawing from these observations is, that a mere demarcation on parchment [...]
Here is proof that the problems are not caused by “the liberals” but by a flaw in the Constitution
Posted in January 27th, 2012
The same problems we are seeing today were around in 1825. Today’s Leftists were not around in 1825!!! The problems we have today are caused by a lack of active enforcement of the Constitution, not by “the other guys.” From the Avalon Project. Read this and understand and understand what it says. Nothing has changed [...]
The real difference between democrats and republicans
Posted in January 24th, 2012
Let me address the difference between an ideological democrat and an ideological republican. I say ideological because I am addressing political belief systems, not the political parties. This writing will feel uncomfortable to some people, I know, because it contradicts their own belief systems. See my earlier writing on political moral grammar for more on [...]
The moral grammar of politics
Posted in January 24th, 2012
I’ve been trying to understand something about political change. Why do large populations reject sound ideas and embrace absurdities? The answer lies in something psychologists recognize, something we are born with, which they call a moral grammar. (google: “universal moral grammar”.) Just as we learn a standard set of rules that determine our way of [...]
