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 June 22, 2009 by grandcountygop
This just in from Downsize DC.org NAIS does nothing for food safety and wreaks havoc for small producers. Downsize calls it another form of corporate welfare designed to get the little guy out of the way. Here’s the latest: D o w n s i z e r – D i s p a t [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by grandcountygop
The Enumerated Powers Act, gaining credibiity in the House, is copied in the link from DownsizeDC, below. It reiterates the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, that the federal government has power to act ONLY in those matters enumerated in the Constitution. All other powers are reserved for the People and the States. A rough rationale for [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by grandcountygop
This just in from a citizen of Grand County. It speaks for itself: “Tired of what you see happening in Washington D.C. and wish that little ole you in Colorado could do something about it? Well here it our chance to join Montana and Texas (and 18 other states) in declaring Colorado a sovereign state [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2009 by grandcountygop
Posted on May 14, 2009 by grandcountygop
“If the GOP must move to the middle to win elections, exactly what do Republicans gain by backing massive spending increases which even those who support Obama are uncomfortable with? Why is becoming more like the Democrats considered the path to GOP success? What’s the point of even having a Republican Party?”
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Posted on May 11, 2009 by grandcountygop
This just in from one of our Grand County members regarding Montana’s refusal to abide by Federal Gun regulation. Montana is asserting its 9th and 10th amendment rights, and they are creating jobs and commerce in their State. Go Montana! Montana Governor Signs New Gun Law Executive Summary – The USA state of Montana [...]
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