Posts Tagged ‘Citizens’
I received this through the TEA Party movement - it is the Tennessean version of what was NH's HCR 6 that was submitted by Dan Itse in the last session. It will not be the last. As I have become more politically aware and active over the last few years, I have become convinced of one of the great truths that our Founding Fathers knew - government has to be accountable to those who consent to be governed, and a smaller government is much easier to hold accountable by its citizens. Why else do
The Federalist No. 15
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
October 11, 2009Leave a commentGo to comments by Alexander HamiltonInsufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the UnionTo the People of the State of New York:IN THE course of the preceding papers, I have endeavored, my fellow citizens, to place before you, in a clear and convincing light, the importance of Union to your political safety and happiness. I have unfolded to you a complication of dangers to which you would be exposed, should you permit that sacred knot which binds the peo
NW Power Plan on track, but must go further!
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
I have recently moved to Oregon and I just attended my first energy hearing on the West Coast. As someone who comes from the Southeast US, it was extremely refreshing to be at a hearing that was about a regional energy plan focused on efficiency, conservation and renewable energy and NOT about any new coal or nuclear plants or reducing mining protections! The plan was created by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council , a group created by Congress to give the citizens of Idaho, Montana
The Biggest Con: Democrats & Republicans Work Together To Destroy America, Part 2 of 3
Monday, September 7th, 2009
Submitted by Jonathan on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 4:25pm . Nothing important gets into the corporate media unless officially created, sanctioned, approved or leaked on purpose. I cite two recent examples of media manipulation, omission and/or fabrication. The NSA domestic spying story : Spying has been standard operating procedure by the US government for decades against its own citizens — the story was held by the New York Times before the 2004 elections but was released in Dece
The Failed state of South Asia-”India”
Friday, September 4th, 2009
In a sea of affluence spreading from Luxemburg to Sydney south Asia is the only island of penury—kept down by India, that is a heavy millstone for South Asia. Unlike China India has been unable to pull herself from the bootstraps and provide decent living, food and shelter to her citizens. Marketing alone cannot gloss over the poverty stricken population of India. Bollywood may be able to hide the Indian slums by filming in Kuala Lumpur but Bollywood cannot hide the dilapidated infrastructure of