Obama Citizenship

The Sovereign Individual

By Phil

Bilderberg 2010: PrisonPlanet.com Master Page Photo

American Declaration of Independence, Paragraph 2[a]:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.? That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, ? That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. …

New York v. US:

…[T]he residents of the State retain the ultimate decision as to whether or not the State will comply [to conformation of federal policy choices]. If a State?s citizens view federal policy as sufficiently contrary to local interests, they may elect to decline a federal grant. If state residents would prefer their government to devote its attention and resources to problems other than those deemed important by Congress, they may choose to have the Federal Government, rather than the State, bear the expense of a federally mandated regulatory program, and they may continue to supplement that program to the extent state law is not pre-empted. Where Congress encourages state regulation, rather than compelling it, state governments remain responsive to the local electorate?s preferences; state officials remain accountable to the people. …

Some truths are so basic that, like the air around us, they are easily overlooked. … But the Constitution protects us from our own best intentions: it divides power among sovereigns and among branches of government precisely so that we may resist the temptation to concentrate power in one location as an expedient solution to the crisis of the day. …

States are not mere political subdivisions of the United States. State governments are neither regional offices nor administrative agencies of the Federal Government. The positions occupied by state officials appear nowhere on the Federal Government?s most detailed organizational chart. The Constitution instead ?leaves to the several States a residuary and inviolable sovereignty,? The Federalist No. 39, p. 246 (C. Rossiter ed. 1961), reserved explicitly to the States by the Tenth Amendment.

Whatever the outer limits of that sovereignty may be, one thing is clear: the Federal Government may not compel the States to enact or administer a federal regulatory program. … The Constitution enables the Federal Government to pre-empt state regulation contrary to federal interests, and it permits the Federal Government to hold out incentives to the States as a means of encouraging them to adopt suggested regulatory schemes.

It is important to realize the role of the individual citizen within the constitutional republic we call America. That citizen has a copious amount of individual sovereignty with respect to the American constitution; after all, if enough individuals band together for the purpose of making political change, they can do so — and are presently doing so.

As most students of the Constitution will readily admit, only certain powers and authority have been delegated to the federal government; all other powers and authority have been otherwise reserved to the States or the People thereof (despite the fact that this has been recursively applied to the States — unfairly, in my view — via the Incorporation Doctrine).

Where am I going with all of this, in light of the photo, above, having to do with the Bilderberg convention?

I have previously and personally reserved any discussion of the Bilderberg topic to more extreme views of conspiracy theorists — as in, those types of conspiracies that have no possible way of being proven.

Then, Drudge got a hold of a few links:

• Bilderberg 2010: Why the protesters are your very best friends
• Bilderberg 2010: Between the sword and the wall
• Sitges, Spain 3-6 June 2010 Final List of Participants
• Bilderberg 2010: Prisonplanet.com Master Page
• Charlie Skelton’s Bilderblog

I think that the Bilderberg gathering represents the final stronghold of the elites — that is, those individuals and organizations who represent the antithesis of individual freedom (and, by extension, responsibility). To me, the Bilderberg gathering represents the utmost of the Establishment; those who think they are the enlightened ones, the ones who believe that only they have the truest solutions to the world’s problems.

In light of America heaping on so much debt that it’s about to take over GDP — much less what’s going on with so many issues with such a radical Administration as what we currently have in the Executive branch — I felt it necessary to impress upon the reader the importance of individual sovereignty. According to the Constitution, it is you, the individual, who holds the key to America’s future in your vote, both at the primary level and in any given General Election.

More importantly, how is this playing out? Quite certainly, via the Tea Party movement and with those individuals and organizations who are intent on getting America back to seriously considering the Constitution once again.

The Bilderberg gathering is secret, involves lots of high-powered individuals, and nobody wants to really talk about it. Personally, I don’t like situations like this, and, to me, the bulwark against such a meeting is the open and active forum of not only the blogosphere but also the Tea Party movement.

So, it is, quite appropriately, the Individual versus the Establishment. There is nothing about which to be fearful here — instead, it is time to move forward in the right direction.

Personally, I’m taking the side of the Individual — and so is the Tea that’s brewing…

Both of the following movies have great effect when you go full screen and turn up the volume.

Via 73Wire:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX7xjAs1UuA

And, of course, we cannot forget “America Rising:”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0bh77k2Wdk

-Phil

Email: phil [at] therightsideoflife [dot] com

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Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on June 06, 2010 (boomark / email).