Tag: Anti-Federalists
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It’s All Over but the Sad Singing and Slow Walking!
“VARYING DEGREES OF SOCIALISM” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016 (Dec. 22, 2016) — “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” ~ Sir Edmund Burke It does not take any great level of discernment to understand the great experiment in Liberty brought forth by those…
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Who Represents Whom, and Did Our Founders Support Term Limits?
“THE BATTLE FOR LIBERTY AGAINST TYRANNY” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Dec. 7, 2016) — “It is a sound and important principle that the representative ought to be acquainted with the interests and circumstances of his constituents.” James Madison, ~ Federalist #56 Article I, Section 2 of our Constitution states in part, “The number…
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Complaining of Symptoms, Ignoring the Cause
“UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTS” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Oct. 27, 2016) — Arguably, the greatest form of mental illness in this country is cognitive disconnect. People get totally lost when it comes to being able to rationally address cause and effect. Of course, mental acuity, when saturated with liberal doses of emotionalism…
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The Battered State Syndrome
“FREE, SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Aug. 8, 2016) — Any semi-conscious individual with a modicum of intelligence would advise anyone caught up in an abusive relationship of any kind to sever all ties to the opprobrious partner. Yet, almost to a person, these same people would readily…
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The Danger of the Misconception
RELIGION, PARTY POLITICS, GOVERNMENT: DO AMERICANS ACCEPT THE “STATUS QUO?” by Dr. Thomas E. Davis, Colonel, USA (Ret), ©2016 (Aug. 8, 2016) — First, precisely, what is a misconception? Most Americans understand the meaning of the word. However, I will refine the term “misconception” by the use of synonyms. A misconception is clearly a misunderstanding, misinterpretation,…
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We Live in Occupied Territory: It is Not Getting Better
“THE ILLUSION OF HOPE” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016 (Aug. 3, 2016) — Somewhere down the road of history, someone will write of this period in America and make the observation that most of our population had to be either, drugged, delusional or insane, for this alone could explain people who hold tightly to several conflicting…
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A Modern Day Fable: The Scorpion and the Frog
“AN INSTRUMENT OF TYRANNY” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jul. 9, 2016) — Anarchist Emma Goldman correctly stated, “Most human beings only think they want freedom. In truth they yearn for the bondage of social order, rigid laws, materialism. The only freedom man really wants, is the freedom to become comfortable.” No better…
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A Holiday Totally Perverted
“A COMPLETE AND TOTAL CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jul. 4, 2016) — *Author’s warning: If you came to this article hoping to find some feel-good, stars and stripes forever, hero worshipping, reality avoiding diatribe, just move along—there is nothing to see here. But, if you realize our government…
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The Tyranny of Good Intentions
IS TRYING TO “FIX” GOVERNMENT THE ANSWER? by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jun. 9, 2016) — To paraphrase an ancient Greek, society will often survive the evil that men do for evil purposes, but a society’s downfall can often be attributed to the evil done in the name of good intentions.…
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Lessons From the Beginning III
“IGNORANCE REIGNS SUPREME” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (May 21, 2016) — (Authors note: Several readers have asked about the importance of covering the fact Madison, Hamilton, and others were pushing a nationalist form of government. This information is critical because the nationalist/monarchical form of government that was introduced and supported…
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Constitution Class, May 14, Cortez, CO
WHAT DID THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS KNOW? by Michael Gaddy, ©2016 (May 8, 2016) — On Saturday, May 14, we will resume our studies of our Constitution, Bill of Rights and America’s founding era at Shiloh Restaurant, Cortez, Colorado at 10:00 am. The subject for this class will be: THE BRILLIANCE OF OUR FOUNDERS KNOWN AS THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS ESPECIALLY RELATING…
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Thoughts and Comments on the News, 2/20/16
MORAL OR POLITICAL DECISIONS? by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Feb. 20, 2016) — For the past week I have been working on several different Rants but my mind kept reverting back to the news stories of each day. To that end I decided to compose this Rant on my thoughts on…
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What is in a Word?
“LAW” VS. “THE CONSTITUTION” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016 (Feb. 2, 2016) — Possibly the most misunderstood, misapplied, misrepresented word in the English language is the simple three letter word spelled, l-a-w. What or who is the law? How is it to be defined? Who is charged with its application as relates to the citizens of…
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The Jury is Out
“TO INSURE THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Dec. 17, 2015) — I am frequently asked, especially by one very patriotic lady in Utah, what are the solutions to all of the problems with our government that are illustrated in my writings. My first answer is a…
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Lessons From the Beginning (X)
A SUBVERSION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Oct. 21, 2015) — (Author’s note: Robert Yates, delegate to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 from New York, would, along with fellow NY delegate John Lansing, leave the convention in Philadelphia on July 5, 1787, citing their reasons for leaving in a letter to NY Governor…
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Lessons From the Beginning (IX)
MR. WILSON OF PENNSYLVANIA TOLD US WHAT WOULD BE by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Oct. 15, 2015) — (Author’s note: It is critical in order to understand the importance of Federalist James Wilson of Pennsylvania’s words as quoted, one must realize the size of the country at the time of those words was the original 13…
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Lessons From the Beginning (VIII)
“A CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE FREEDOM OF AMERICA” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Oct. 10, 2015) — (Author’s note: I began this series of articles in February/March of this year. From a perceived lack of interest by many, I decided to stop writing on this subject for a while. Some recent events, one being preparation for an…
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Reminder: Constitution Class 10/17/15 pb
ARE THERE “TWO NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS?” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Oct. 4, 2015) — We will meet again on Saturday, 17 October at Shiloh’s Restaurant in Cortez, Colorado at 10:00 AM to renew our studies of our Constitution, Bill of Rights and founding era. We will first look at what those who called themselves Federalists wrote,…
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Black Lives Matter, But Not to Black Leaders pb
“MORE AND MORE POWER OVER THE INDIVIDUAL” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Oct. 3, 2015) — In recent rants, I have noted the problems we as a country have inherited from two blatantly unconstitutional issues or programs; that being our Welfare State and the “War on Drugs.” Both of these programs have wide support among liberals…
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Is Immigration the Catalyst for a Constitutional Crisis?
REGIME ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO JUDGE WHO ISSUED TEMPORARY STAY ON EXECUTIVE ACTIONS by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 23, 2015) — On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge to lift a stay he had placed one week ago on Obama’s executive actions declaring millions of illegal aliens as non-deportable for up to three…