Tag: secession
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The Constitutional Imperative: Federal Authority Over Immigration Law Enforcement
by Robert Kalebra, ©2026 (Jan. 31, 2026) — “The Constitution itself never yields to treaty or enactment; it neither changes with time nor does it in theory bend to the force of circumstances. It may be amended according to its own permission; but while it stands it is `a law for rulers and people, equally…
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A Different Type of Secession is Already Happening in the USA
by Jeff Crouere, ©2021 (Jan. 30, 2021) — Lately there has been so much frustration with the last election and the direction of our country that some Trump supporters have been talking about “secession.” Many conservatives and libertarians are asking if it makes sense for certain states to leave the union the way South Carolina…
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The Democratic Party: A History of Anarchy, Part 2
TODAY’S DEMOCRATS: SLAVERY IS THE GREATEST BLESSING FOR MASTER AND SLAVE by Steven Neill, ©2018 (Oct. 23, 2018) — [Editor’s Note: The following is a continuation from Part 1 published here.] “I want Cuba, I want Tamaulipas, Potosi, and one or two other Mexican States; and I want them all for the same reason – for…
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Big City Liberals Are Forcing Rural Counties To Secede
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2017, President, NARLO (Nov. 19, 2017) — History has shown us that people don’t behave well when crammed together in big cities. Big cities have given us the “Blue” states. Big cities are hotbeds of socialism and government control. Big cities, with their voting majorities, control…
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Even a Blind Hog…
“ALL STATES HAVE THE RIGHT TO SECEDE” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016 (Nov. 29, 2016) — Once, when a completely irrational relative did something commendable which was totally out of character, my grandfather declared that “even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while.” It would appear to the unjaundiced eye that the state of…
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OK, So Trump Was Elected. Don’t Be Expecting Miracles.
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2016 (Nov. 13, 2016) — Yes, Donald Trump has been elected President, but the situation America faces is just as dire as it was before November 8th, 2016. The accumulated difficulties that have piled up over the last 100 years are not going to…
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Missouri and our Second War for Independence
“REVOLUTIONARY IN ITS OBJECT” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Nov. 1, 2016) — “In Northern Missouri the irregularities of the soldiers—such as taking poultry, pigs, milk, butter, preserves, potatoes, horses, and in fact everything they want; entering and searching houses, and stealing in many cases; committing rapes on the negroes and…
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Did Secession Hasten the End of Slavery?
“ANOTHER POLITICAL MANEUVER” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Oct. 31, 2016) — *Author’s note: There is a question which deserves much more attention than it receives: Considering Lincoln was willing to make slavery perpetual and to remove it from even congressional action with the Corwin Amendment in order to “preserve the…
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Old Jack Hinson, an Accidental Terrorist
JAMES MADISON: WAR “THE MOST DREADED” ENEMY TO LIBERTY by Michael Gaddy, ©2016 (Oct. 19, 2016) — What is the point of no return? What could possibly happen to an individual that would cause them to abandon all sense of order and seek instead violent and deadly revenge against another human being or group of…
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Reminder: Constitution Class 8/27/16
“BRING A FRIEND” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016 (Aug. 24, 2016) — We will have our first Constitution class of the fall on Saturday, August 27th at Shiloh Steak House in Cortez, Colorado from 10am until 2pm. The fine fare of Shiloh will be available as always. The subject for this class will be The Wisdom of Many of…
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The Nuremberg Syndrome
“SERVING ‘THE ONE’” by Thomas Pastore, ©2016 (Aug. 11, 2016) — The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals held by the Allies after World War II which were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial and economic leadership of Nazi Germany who planned, carried out, or otherwise…
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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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When Our Government Became a Completely Criminal Enterprise
“CLEAR BATTLE LINES HAVE BEEN DRAWN” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jul. 18, 2016) — By legal definition, the government of this country has been a criminal enterprise since April of 1865. When the Confederate States capitulated, “Just” government as defined in our Declaration of Independence ceased to exist in this…
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Which President Brought Us Socialism on a Grand Scale?
“CLOSE TIES TO KARL MARX HIMSELF” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (May 6, 2016) — Recently, on a website that originates in Chicago, I asked one of the regular commenters who was blaming the “socialist liberals” for the crime, violence and corruption that is rampant in Chicago, who, in his opinion,…
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The War That Destroyed the Declaration of Independence
“THE RIGHT TO SECEDE…EXISTS” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Apr. 21, 2016) — One would be hard pressed to disagree with the fact the Declaration of Independence not only defines the beginnings of our country but could be called our founding charter. Thomas Jefferson most eloquently laid out the tenets of…
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Lying to Our Children and Ourselves (IV)
“IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Mar. 30, 2016) — “Conspirators do not make minutes of their machinations, progress, and objectives. Seldom, therefore, can conspiracy be proved by other than circumstantial evidence. It is only by assembling the results, with such evidence as may be of the progress thereof…
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Happy Birthday, Stonewall
“I LOVE VIRGINIA MORE” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jan. 21, 2016) — I take a lot of pride in being an unapologetic and unreconstructed Confederate Rebel; perhaps you have noticed. If you have, it should come as no surprise to you at all that two of my historical heroes are…
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Lying to Our Children and Ourselves (Part IV)
“THIS GOVERNMENT…HAS MADE SLAVES OF US ALL” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jan. 14, 2016) — (Author’s note: this was part IV in a series of articles about the War to Destroy the principles of the Declaration of Independence, referred to by those who worship government as the Civil War. I…
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Should Secession Be Given Credit for Ending Chattel Slavery in America?
“A MILITARY INVASION” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jan. 12, 2016) — (Author’s note: A question that has not been addressed but should be is this: had 7 Southern states not seceded in late 1860 and early 1861 and brought about the threat of economic chaos in the North, a North…
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Union or Death
“MONEY AND POWER” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Dec. 31, 2015) — “There were two Lincolns—the myth and the man. The man is dead, the myth lives. The war he made was no myth. The War to Prevent Southern Independence is a cancer in the very living marrow of America.” ~ Charles…