The Liberty Tree Lantern

Wisconsin State Assemblyman John Nygren (Republican from the 89th District – N.E. Wisconsin) is a true patriot who believes in the ability of Americans to self-govern and produce prosperity through the power of FREEDOM (from Government).  Today I drafted the following open e-mail to him.  If you agree with what I wrote, perhaps you too may wish to take the time to use the same e-mail or draft your own, and send it to him or your State Congressmen in your district OR State, to show your support for Freedom and State sovereignty.  If we could get all 50 States to legislate similar legislation it would go along way to saving us from Socialism and the equal distribution of misery and poverty:

Dear Honorable Congressman John Nygren:

 Please read through the Walter E. Williams article, below, regarding Oklahoma House of Representatives and Senate Joint Resolution 1089, introduced by State Representative Charles Key.  The bill would legislate sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution which also serves as a Notice and Demand to the federal government, which constitutionally is an agent of the sovereign states as there in guaranteed; whereas now the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government.

As our honorable State Congressman of the 89^th Assembly District I humbly request and pray that you would draft a facsimile of said bill.   I would personally be honored to lobby with you at the capitol for the bill and I am confident that I could easily muster a handful of citizens who would like to physically be there with us.

John, I believe you have read or otherwise know of the concerns I have with regards of the direction of this country in terms of socialism which will  lead to the equal distribution of misery with no hope for American families to get ahead unless we turn it around.  I believe and I know you agree that ultimately the socialist behaviors and costly rise in energy costs and sustenance are the result of the loss of our freedom, which is symptomatic of a constitutionally contemptuous U.S. Congress.  It is concern for the freedom and prosperity of our fellow countrymen and individual families that I make this proposition to you.  This bill is not only constitutional; it is the start of returning our country back to constitutionality which protects freedom and will yield a return of the usurped power of the people from the tyrants in the U.S. Congress.

I would suspect that such a bill would attract unforeseen and astonishing enemies of true freedom because it is perceivable that such a bill may result in the collapse of the unconstitutional power structure of megalomaniacal despots’ hell bent on the usurpation of the power of “the FREE”; We The People of the United States of America who did ordain and establish the constitution.  That as a part of this fact elected representatives must be made to realize that the federal government is the creation of the states. 

Please, I implore you, let the Federal Government know that Wisconsin AND her citizens stand on the side of the Constitution and WILL FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, by composing and facilitating passage of such a bill.

For without FREEDOM and sovereignty, at the State level as ordained by The People through our founders as guaranteed by The Constitution, we shall surely loose our prosperity through Federal taxation, legislation and ever mounting high energy and sustenance costs due to the lack of it.

Next weekend my family and I will be at the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) “Hot Air Tour” Tailgate party and Milwaukee Brewer Baseball game against the Astros on Saturday which is completely open to anybody (great price DEAL BTW) who wants to attend by simply purchasing tickets over the Internet at http://hotairtour.org/index.php?content=HAT16 (and to see what the Hot Air Tour is about: http://hotairtour.org/index.php?content=dcmedia).  I will be bringing up this prospective bill for discussion amongst my fellow members of AFP at the tailgate party.  Being that the hundreds of AFP members are “typical ordinary FREE citizens” from Wisconsin and are patriots who deeply believe in and have a concern for FREEDOM and the prosperity that it generates, I believe that this is a great opportunity for me to generate interest in the concept of such a bill as the Oklahoma Joint Resolution 1089, which if I know my fellow Wisconsin AFP members, will result in action.  Will you be there my friend Congressman John Nygren?

 Sincerely,

Capt. Karl 

p.s.:  Also see blog: “The Liberty Tree Lantern” http://captkarl.blogivists.com/

Oklahoma Rebellion

 One of the unappreciated casualties of the War of 1861, erroneously called a Civil War, was its contribution to the erosion of constitutional guarantees of state sovereignty. It settled the issue of secession, making it possible for the federal government to increasingly run roughshod over Ninth and 10th Amendment guarantees. A civil war, by the way, is a struggle where two or more parties try to take over the central government. Confederate President Jefferson Davis no more wanted to take over Washington, D.C., than George Washington wanted to take over London. Both wars are more properly described as wars of independence.

Oklahomans are trying to recover some of their lost state sovereignty by House Joint Resolution 1089, introduced by State Rep. Charles Key.

The resolution’s language, in part, reads: “Whereas, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: ‘The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.’; and Whereas, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and whereas, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and Whereas, today, in 2008, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government. … Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the 2nd session of the 51st Oklahoma Legislature: that the State of Oklahoma hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States. That this serve as Notice and Demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers.”

Key’s resolution passed in the Oklahoma House of Representatives with a 92 to 3 vote, but it reached a bottleneck in the Senate where it languished until adjournment.

However, Key plans to reintroduce the measure when the legislature reconvenes.

Federal usurpation goes beyond anything the Constitution’s framers would have imagined. James Madison, explaining the constitution, in Federalist Paper 45, said, “The powers delegated … to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, [such] as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce. … The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people.” Thomas Jefferson emphasized that the states are not “subordinate” to the national government, but rather the two are “coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole. … The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch of the same government.”

Both parties and all branches of the federal government have made a mockery of the checks and balances, separation of powers and the republican form of government envisioned by the founders. One of the more disgusting sights for me to is to watch a president, congressman or federal judge take an oath to uphold and defend the United States Constitution, when in reality they either hold constitutional principles in contempt or they are ignorant of those principles.

State efforts, such as Oklahoma’s, create a glimmer of hope that one day Americans and their elected representatives will realize that the federal government is the creation of the states. A bit of rebellion by officials in other states will speed that process along.