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Mar
23
The Time has Come for Texas to Secede
Texas Governor Rick Perry took a prodigious amount of criticism for his brave statements not long ago — in which he intimated that state secession could be an option in these perilous times. I applauded his words then, and redouble my admiration now.
Today, attorneys general from 13 states across the union sued the federal government for the clear and appalling unconstitutionality of the health care bill that passed last weekend. In a statement, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said, “The federal health care legislation passed tonight violates the United States Constitution and unconstitutionally infringes upon Texans’ individual liberties.” Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum echoed Abbott’s words: “To fine or tax someone just for living … that’s unconstitutional. There is no provision in the Constitution giving Congress the power to do that.”
I have predicted a Soviet-style break up of the United states for almost twenty years. In 2001, I completed my book Discipline, in which I detailed an economic collapse that inspired Texas’s secession from the union. Every day these prophesies grow ever closer to an emerging reality.
The United States has rewarded mediocrity and pursued egalitarian policies for over a century — using fiat currency as a tool to manipulate economic conditions at every turn. Its programs create easy credit and cash, pushing asset’s valuations ever-higher with artificial demand, causing bubbles that eventually have no course but to burst; this is what happens when the state controls currency and banking. Too often, blame is placed on the “greed” of entrepreneurs and business people — but this is little more than sophistry, for how would these “greedy” people pursue their interests were it not for government-sponsored entities like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? No — blaming Wall Street for the housing crisis is like blaming gravity for plane crashes.
The United States federal government is populated almost universally with self-serving, arrogant men and women who believe it is their right to pervert and distort the U.S. Constitution — a document created not for them, but in spite of them. If the elected leaders in Washington cannot respect the rules and regulations to which they are bound by oath, then the individual states should take action — by right — to protect their citizens from the horrific abuses in Washington.
Much of the world hates the United States. But who does the world really hate? Does the world hate Idaho? Does the world hate Montana? No; the world stares in awe and contempt at the reckless, fatuous, and hubristic policies bleeding out of Washington, D.C. — a city that has unapologetically caused the deaths of hundreds of millions of people around the world, and used its own citizens’ money — without permission — toward its odious ends.
I believe Texas has the strength, the resources, the spirit, and most importantly, the ethical and moral right to defy the tyranny in Washington, D.C. I call on Ron Paul and his colleagues from our great Republic to lead the way in moving against the unjust tide that has conspired to bring us to this juncture.
I am a Jeffersonian, and I believe in the principles on which he staked his life, along with so many of his peers. This is not his country. It is no longer my country either.
Paco Ahlgren
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Disclosures: Paco is long TBT, UCO, and gold. He also holds U.S. dollars by necessity, pending the advent of private gold-backed currencies.
You can buy his novel Discipline wherever books are sold.
9 Comments so far
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Great post, Paco. One of the issues most people have with an idea such as this is the misunderstanding that our government and our nation are not the same. The American Nation (our people) have lived under many different flags over the last 500 years. Governments come and go, but the American spirit and people transcend the mechanisms that provide order in the form of those governments.
Given our circumstances, Texas and maybe some other states leaving the union would be the best thing that could happen to us all. I'll move back home as soon as it happens!
For 10 years, Russian Academic Igor Panarin has predicted the breakup of the US in 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12305110070963841…
The lawsuits against the Health Care legislation are a small step in that direction. One can easily imagine circumstances that would pit the Feds against a state or a large group of US citizens that would lead to a confrontation forcing everyone to take sides. This discussion is no longer just the domain of fringe elements….it's here and the liberals still have no clue as to the depth of the outrage.
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The concept of "my country" was quaint 50 years ago and dangerously naive today. It is not "your" country. It is run by people who don't represent you and do things you don't agree with that end up causing you a lot of pain (if not danger) and they cannot be held accountable by you as they take by force your assets.
If the similarities of today's American government to totalitarianism drive more citizens to understand that they exist outside the definition of "American" or any government, then all the better.
No one will read Rousseau, Godwin, or Proudhon. But maybe Rothbard? No? Rockwell, Friedman, Hoppe, Long?
If Texas did secede and did it "right", you'd see massive spikes in demand as millions would want to move there. The USA is only marginally better than the worst oppressive, socialist, war mongering nations and it still attracts more immigrants than any other nation. Imagine what a truly free, capitalist country could do.
Of course all those immigrants would most likely immediately start voting to make Texas like the place they just left.
Kim, these are great thoughts. Thank you.
Paco
http://www.BottomViolation.com
0bamaCare Will Eventually ‘CONTROL THE PEOPLE'.
Shocking Audio: Rep. Dingell ADMITS 0bamaCare Will Eventually ‘Control the People’. Shocking only to the dumb-masses who haven't been paying attention. He is the Energy and COMMERCE chairman! FYI: John Dingell (born July 8, 1926) is a Democrat United States Representative from Michigan currently the Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the longest serving Representative and the third longest serving Congressman in history.
Committee assignments
Committee on Energy and Commerce (Chair Emeritus)
As Chair emeritus of the full committee, Dingell may serve as an ex officio member of all subcommittees of which he is not already a voting member.
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Subcommittee on Health
http://www.breitbart.tv/shocking-audio-rep-dingel…
Declaring independence would be the first place to start. That would get a strong reaction, I'm sure…
Paco
http://www.BottomViolation.com
I agree with the strong sentiments expressed but wonder exactly what the process would be for Texas to seceed.
Larry Elder posed an interesting alternative in his op-ed this morning: a constitutional convention. If (as he cites) "39 state legislatures have taken or will take action to block the mandate" then that exceeds the 3/4 requirement to pass an amendment. What if the constitution were amended to remove the commerce clause (or even just clarify the founders' intention) and repeal the 16th amendment? The administration and statists in congress perceived that this is the moment when they have the power to destroy private health care. What if that act were the catalyst to return power and sovereignity firmly back to the states?
We lost control of our reps in Washington D.C. once they could use taxpayer money to buy votes from the non-earners through government programs. The 16th Amendent levied income taxes without limiting votes on fiscal issues to the taxpayers, which allowed for the possibility (now a reality) of conflict of interest. Fix this, and we could restore control of fiscal responsibility. This is all explained very well at http://www.usstakeholders.org.