Posted under Obama & Sovereignty and Secession
This spells things out pretty clearly:
Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly declares that the people of this State have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State, and shall exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right pertaining thereto, which is not expressly delegated by them to the United States of America in the congress assembled …
The body of the resolution is here.
So the question is: What’s next?
As Joe Biden told ABC News, “Opportunity presents itself in the middle of a crisis.” And the Obama Administration is clearly using the current crisis to reconstruct the nation, including the imposition of socialized medicine and central control over the entire economy. Will the government continue to provoke in order to justify martial law? As more States assert their sovereignty, at some point DC may well decide to use the situation as an excuse to tighten its grip. Obama could then take care of that Constitution he finds so restricting.
And then Obama’s dream of imitating Lincoln may very well come true.
roho on 27 Feb 2009 at 3:39 pm #
WOW HB2!……..I love it!
Something that is never talked about is the reality that African/Americans really don’t care for the “FOUNDING FATHERS”.
Be it Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, or whichever, they perceive those White Europeans to preceed their founder of Abraham Lincoln.(The real Father of America.) And all documents prior to Mr. Lincoln are void with few exceptions?
When asked who their heros were growing up, none will refer back to the American Revolution, but launch into a lengthy diatribe on George Washington Carver, Douglas, Joe Lewis, etc.(Even John Brown and Harriet Beecher Stowe get’s left out of the mix.)
So, good for South Carolina! They were the first to step out the first time, and now I wait to see which follow suit again?
Kirt Higdon on 27 Feb 2009 at 3:45 pm #
Talk is cheap and resolutions cheaper. I note with amusement that the valiant legislators say they will resist “further” infringements on free speech or on the right to bear arms. Their resistance to foreign imperial adventures is conveniently limited to using drafted South Carolina troops in undeclared wars. Since the regime has no intention of reinstating the draft, this is as safe a posture as you can take. I’ll take this seriously when our South Carolina friends expel the feds from some military base? Is Ft. Sumter still around? I assume its some kind of national monument now under fed control so it would make a good test case.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 27 Feb 2009 at 4:04 pm #
roho,
Sadly, most white Americans care nothing about the Founders. After all, they were just a bunch of rich, white slaveholders.
St. Martin and St. Abraham are the real Founders. At least, that’s what the governent indoctrination centers teach.
HarrisonBergeron2 on 27 Feb 2009 at 4:05 pm #
Kirt Higdon,
Agreed! A resolution to reclaim control of the State’s militia (the “National Guard”) would be a real step forward.
And it may be the next step — assuming the sovereignty resolutions are more than just words. We will see.
Weaver on 27 Feb 2009 at 5:12 pm #
Mr. Higdon,
Ft. Sumter is very much around, but it’s just a, ah, relic/museum not a functioning base now.
I’ve no idea who controls it. It’s under the National Park Service, so I assume it’s federally owned.
roho on 27 Feb 2009 at 7:08 pm #
HB2…….Your Right
But, I found this wonderful video that tells a different story regarding slavery?……Us Po, Dum, Whitefolks can lift our guilt that was laid upon our shoulders by Steven Spielberg’s movie “Armistad”, and ask the question: WHO REALLY OWNED THOSE SLAVE SHIPS ?
http://www.honestmediatoday.com/who_brought_the_slaves_to_america.htm
Forty minutes of awesome history backed up by the carnegie foundation and other sources.
My shame has been lifted and bad history now has truth!
PWNC on 28 Feb 2009 at 2:44 pm #
Why in the world ANYONE would feel shame at this point in history is beyond me. The fact is that blacks are a dependent people who leave individual thought to others. Doesn’t matter WHICH country you are talking about. The United States is the BEST CASE SCENARIO for blacks…and they condemn the wonderful situation they enjoy here. Ingrates.
Dr Bob on 04 Mar 2009 at 8:25 pm #
To It’s credit I believe that the Oklahoma House already passed this type of a resolution last month.
And the state does not have to take over the national guard. (The federal government will just federalize them in a crisis and leave the state high and dry.) All they have to do is what Mississippi does. They have the national guard, that is true. But they also have the State Guard. And that is an organization that the federal government cannot nationalize. So just train a more robust State Guard. They can help out in times of natural disasters and further their training as well as render service at the same time.
Robert on 14 Mar 2010 at 4:37 am #
Is SC going to print it’s own money?