Told You So

I'm not going to say I told you so, or maybe I am. After it became mathematically impossible for Ron Paul to win the Republican nomination, there were some of the single or few issue voters who supported Dr. Paul on the war and civil liberties issues that jumped ship to the Obama camp, and few of them invited me along. Their argument was that Obama was the better choice for libertarian voters, because even if Obama was socialist leaning on the economic side, McCain didn't fare much better and at least Obama was against the war and would protect civil liberties. While I did concede that Obama was probably the lesser of two evils, he was still no differnent than most major party candidate(save for Kucinich, Gravel, and Paul), and wasn't exactly going to be a force for change, especially when going into the general election. So far I've been proven right. Since wrapping up the Democratic nomination, Obama has been seen paderning to the Israeli power behind the throne: AIPAC, supporting the capitulation to compromise with Bush on FISA, and he's even calling Iran a grave threat to the US that needs to be eliminated. Sure, Obama is pretty good speaker, even inspirational at times, but it looks like his words ring hollow at the end of the day and can be thrown away for a few extra "centrist" votes.

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Oklahoma Sovereignty

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Committee Substitute for

House Joint

Resolution No. 1089

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1089 - By: KEY AND DORMAN of the House.

A Joint Resolution claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers; serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates; providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed; and directing distribution.

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; and

WHEREAS, many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and

WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and

WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 4 says, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”, and the Ninth Amendment states that ”The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”; and

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and

WHEREAS, a number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States.

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.

THAT all compulsory federal legislation which directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed.

THAT a copy of this resolution be distributed to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate of each state's legislature of the United States of America, and each member of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation.

COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RULES, dated 03-04-08 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.

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