Posted on November 19, 2009 by grandcountygop
There is a tendency among Americans to think of the nation’s Founders as a group of wealthy white men who owned property, didn’t like British rule, and all thought pretty much alike. But it’s certainly not the case that they all thought alike. Two of the most famous among them, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, held to profoundly different visions of the path the nation should take.
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Posted on August 14, 2009 by grandcountygop
“On the heels of the Adams administration, the people of the States United spoke clearly and loudly through their election of Presidents Thomas Jefferson in 1801 through James Buchanan in 1857. All of these Presidents (through either political expediency or conviction) rejected the centralists’ philosophy and confirmed the fundamental political ideology that the Constitution of the United States of America was a compact assented to by the individual States of America, and that the Federal government’s authority only extended to the specific and enumerated grants acceded to it by the sovereign people of each State. It was not until 1861 that this understanding of Constitutional government and State Sovereignty was seriously challenged.”
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Posted on July 5, 2009 by grandcountygop
Bill Clinton once felt moved to scold the people who took offense at some of the government’s especially monstrous recent crimes by saying, “You can’t love your country and hate your government.” Au contraire, Slick Willy. I am living proof that you can indeed. I do so in every waking minute of every day, and sometimes in my sleep, too. To be perfectly frank, I have trouble in understanding how any decent, halfway honest person who loves America cannot hate its governments, inasmuch as by their laws, their judicial decisions, their regulations, and their daily conduct they prove themselves a standing reproach to every ideal embraced by the men who shed their blood to establish this country’s independence from the British Empire.
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Posted on May 19, 2009 by grandcountygop
Posted on May 16, 2009 by grandcountygop
There were a great many citizens who were very concerned about the ramifications of the Patriot Act. We can expect many more cases like this one. One is reminded of Ben Franklin’s warning that those who would give up liberty for some security will get neither.
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Posted on May 11, 2009 by grandcountygop
This just in from another of our astute members. Call the Governor! Many thanks to our guys in Denver fighting increasingly overreaching government control. HB1180 passes both Houses, heading to Governor’s Desk Sen. Greg Brophy (R-Wray) is the sponsor of HB1180, the Brady Bypass bill. 5/04/2009 – The Brady Bypass bill, HB1180 by Rep. [...]
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Posted on April 25, 2009 by grandcountygop
“…….let’s look at the history: In 1735, in New York, the English tried newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger for seditious libel. Under the law at the time, the facts showed him to be clearly guilty. But lawyer Andrew Hamilton urged the jurors “to see with their own eyes, to hear with their own ears, and to make use of their consciences and understanding in judging of the lives, liberties, or estates of their fellow subjects.”
The jury did so, acquitted Zenger in the face of the judge’s charge, thereby nullifying the law and expanding freedom of the press. The jury ruled on both the law and the facts. Since the law was unjust, the jurors struck it down. Today’s journalists still celebrate the Zenger ruling.”
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