To Be Informed 101

Understanding the Political Matrix

2008-10-08T05:35:00.000-07:00

It has becomes more and more disheartening to see and hear people memorize the latest talking points and think that they are informed. in reality they have no clue about the facade of our political structure. There is a man who has done a decent job in illustrating what I have been telling people. Hopefully this helps everyone see the phony left/right debate for what it is. it is a joke. if you are a partisan supporter, you have been hoodwinked. if you are voting for the mainline establishment candidates, then you have been hoodwinked. obama, palin, clinton, bush are all bought and paid for. they dont represent you. they represent the establishment. until everyone figures that out, nothing will change. it will just continue to be a campaign slogan. wake up, america. we are not leaving a good inheritance to our children.

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Wake Up America

2008-09-24T21:56:00.000-07:00

Fifty percent of their air time is wasted on previews ofhyper-shallow stories that are "coming up next".Lead stories are always the most disgusting dirt they can dig up that day.NEWS RULE 1: Pedophile stories always lead.NEWS RULE 2: Must find Pedophile story.These are followed by Weather Forecasts that are always wrong. (Except in Hawaii)Then come the daily health reports, by a 'Specialist'. These are beyond shallow, but funny. In the early days, gas actually sold for 9.9 cents per gallon,so that was not very dumb way back then...But Now Days... just plain stupid.When a gallon of gas costs $79.99 someday, what will happen? Watch "Meet the Press" or "Face the Nation".The hosts won't ask tough questions.Why? If they do, just one time, the guest will never again appear on their show.

Learning the Constitution of the United States

2008-06-17T11:34:00.000-07:00

For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure.

Proverbs 11:14

What is the importance of learning the Constitution of the United States? It clarifies how we choose those who govern, how the government is run, and what our rights, as citizens, are. Without a firm knowledge of the Constitution, we cannot truly know our rights.
SYNOPSIS OF THE CONSTITUTION:
PREAMBLE (Introduction) - Explains that the Constitution proposes to establish a more perfect government complete with justice, tranquility, and liberty
ARTICLE I - Establishes the Legislative Branch (House of Representatives and the Senate).
ARTICLE II - Establishes the Executive Branch (headed by the President).
ARTICLE III - Establishes the Judicial Branch (a system of courts and judges).
ARTICLE IV - Establishes the relationship between the states and the federal government. Describes how to admit new states to the Union.
ARTICLE V - Describes how to amend the Constitution.
ARTICLE VI - Establishes the Constitution as the supreme law of the USA. Authorizes the national debt (Congress can borrow money). Public officials must take an oath to support the Constitution.
ARTICLE VII - Lists the requirements for ratification of the Constitution.
AMENDMENTS 1-10 (THE BILL OF RIGHTS) (added in 1791) - Preserves the rights of the people.

Amendment 1 - Freedom of religion, press, speech
Amendment 2 - Right to bear arms
Amendment 3 - Limits the quartering of soldiers
Amendment 4 - Search and seizure of property
Amendment 5 - Right to a trial if accused, no self-incrimination required, no double-jeopardy (you cannot be tried twice for the same crime), right to compensation for takings by gov't.
Amendment 6 - Right to a speedy trial by jury and confrontation of witnesses
Amendment 7 - Right to a trial by jury in civil cases
Amendment 8 - Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 9 - People may have other rights, even if they are not listed here
Amendment 10 - The federal government's powers are limited to those listed in the Constitution

AMENDMENTS 11-27

Amendment 11 (1798) - Judicial limits
Amendement 12 (1804) - Method for choosing the President, Vice President
Amendment 13 (1865) - Abolished slavery
Amendment 14 (1868) - Rights of citizenship to all people born in USA or naturalized
Amendment 15 (1870) - Gives the right to vote to all citizens, regardless of color or race, but women are not mentioned
Amendment 16 (1913) - Income tax authorized
Amendment 17 (1913) - Senators elected by the popular vote
Amendment 18 (1919) - Prohibition - Liquor prohibited
Amendment 19 (1920) - Women's suffrage (voting rights)
Amendment 20 (1933) - New terms of office for the President and Congress
Amendment 21 (1933) - Amendment 18 repealed (overturned)
Amendment 22 (1951) - Presidential term limited
Amendment 23 (1961) - Presidential vote given to Washington, D. C.
Amendment 24 (1964) - Poll taxes barred (you cannot charge people to vote)
Amendment 25 (1967) - Presidential disability and succession
Amendment 26 (1971) - Voting age lowered to 18 years old (same as the age at which men can be drafted into the army)
Amendment 27 (1992) - Congressional pay increases go into effect only during the next Congressional session.