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How do you change the world

February 10, 2010
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2010 will be one heck of a year, and like so many years before it the constitution will continue to be a target for destruction. This will also be a good year for opening the eyes of so many good individuals to this very same cause that rides the waves for us. Patrick Henry...

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Shadow of the secret meeting spreading over more of our legislative processes

February 8, 2010
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The following column by Peter Callaghan in Washington State illustrates once again the need to eliminate political parties and all that goes with them.  These *Caucuses* are Political Party dens of iniquity – where no human being should be forced to go.  It is where the WILL OF THE PEOPLE gets KILLED and the...

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DUMBING DOWN HISTORY (AGAIN)

February 8, 2010
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From my friends in North Carolina we have this report: Once again, North Carolina’s educational system is making national headlines. Thanks to Fox News for alerting us to this year’s plan by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to remove U.S. history from the course in U.S. history. Under the plan, the required 11th-grade...

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Nashville is Not THE Tea Party Convention, it’s A Convention

February 8, 2010
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NOTE:  Due to the many Snake Oil Salesmen and Con artists out there trying to get your money I want folks to watch WHO it is that is sending you emails and asking for money. I have mentioned already that Jim Gilchrist is the address behind three MONEY GRUBBING SITES: In the 90′s we...

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No Help in Sight, More Homeowners Walk Away

February 4, 2010
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David Streitfeld’s article in the New York Times examines the next possible dip in financial failures. This one will surprize you, until you think about it for awhile and you realize that it may make a certain amount of financial sense. In 2006, Benjamin Koellmann bought a condominium in Miami Beach. By his calculation,...

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What do you want to be Known for

January 29, 2010
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What do you want to be Known for

I suspect all of us have this internal mechanism that drives us to desire that our name be on the list of individuals that did something that some might say should be immortalized in time. We might have dreamed of being King Leonidas I of Sparta or one of his immortal 300 or kneeling...

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$1.9 trillion national debt limit increase

January 27, 2010
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The Senate is planning to vote on this tomorrow. There is sufficient opposition to this size of debt increase that could lead to its defeat and force the Senate to approve a much smaller increase. Whatever the Senate approves will have to be approved by the House also. The advantage of forcing Congress to...

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Animal Control once Again

January 21, 2010
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I have been in and out of town for the last several days on some rather important family business and came back to find that the Mayors and Dr. Lake had invited all the vets and rescue groups to a meeting. There was no invitation at my door, which I found rude but not...

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Come Again

January 18, 2010
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by Lynn M Stuter On January 16, 2010, Also Known As (AKA) Obama and former Presidents Clinton and Bush held a joint press conference concerning the relief effort under way for Haiti. Snippets of their remarks were broadcast by the lamestream media.  The complete text of their remarks can be found on the White...

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Entities Whose Exposure I Pray for Daily

January 18, 2010
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If you have any questions about why any of these are on this list, let me know and I’ll gladly explain. In no particular order, here they are… Federal Reserve IRS (Internal Revenue Service) United Nations CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) Bilderberg Group Trilateral Commission ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms) FEMA (Federal...

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Be Prepared

January 6, 2010
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This was sent by a friend, who reiterated a question asked at the end of the article about how we will communicate with our loved ones in the event these dire (but realistic) predictions come to pass.  Please consider this very seriously.  Thoughtful suggestions are welcome.  I mentioned walkie-talkies, CB radios, ham radio &...

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Postal about The Service

January 5, 2010
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This morning, just prior to the Jackson City Council meeting the Mayor presented a new item to the agenda meeting for us to vote on. This new and rather expensive document had little to do with city business nor was it an emergency matter that the council had to measure and decide any course of...

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Where does it End

January 2, 2010
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Editor, the Ledger, The Founders would be livid.  This morning’s headline, “Some travelers OK with full body scans” proves two things;  one, the sheer ignorance on the part of “some travelers” of the relationship between safety and liberty, and two, the shamelessness with which the media reports its consequences. Unfortunately for what’s left of...

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Is ObamaCare Constitutional? Do You Really Have to Ask?

January 2, 2010
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While most members of Congress can’t or refuse to answer where and how the current ObamaCare proposal is constitutional – and all Nancy Pelosi could muster up when confronted with that question was, “Are you serious?” – some liberals have stretched the Constitution to the breaking point in efforts to justify the proposal. But...

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January Agenda Jackson Tennessee City Council

December 28, 2009
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“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.“  – Jesus Christ, in Matthew 10:16 (KJV) AGENDA JANUARY 5, 2010 – 9:00 A.M. GEORGE A. SMITH MEETING ROOM   I.        CALL TO ORDER. II.       INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG.          ...

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City of Jackson Tennessee Audit Report

December 28, 2009
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I received this morning some rather alarming news about our city audit which came to me in the form of a letter from Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC. December 8, 2009 Honorable Jerry Gist, Mayor Members of the Council City of Jackson, Tennessee We have completed our audit of the City of Jackson, Tennessee, and...

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Tea Party Committee Announces Campaign to Recall Senator Menendez

December 28, 2009
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A “Committee to Recall U.S. Senator Robert Menendez,” sponsored by the Sussex County Tea Party has announced plans to launch an effort to recall Senator Robert Menendez from his position in office. Helping to lead the charge is New Jersey Tea Parties United, the state’s grass-roots coalition of county and regional Tea Party groups...

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Mayor’s Report

December 27, 2009
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Friday, Mayor Jerry Gist released his report to the council on areas important to city and its well being. My remarks are included.   Financial: December sales tax receipts (October, 2009) are running 2.9% above 2008 within the city.  Madison County receipts are down 0.7%. (Remember that 2008 was not a particularly good year...

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The Birth Of Christ And The Birth Of America Are Linked

December 24, 2009
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As we approach the celebration of Christ’s birth, I am reminded of the words of John Quincy Adams. On July 4, 1837, he spoke these words: “Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day? … Is it...

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Merry Christmas

December 24, 2009
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Merry Christmas

It is the near the end of 2009 and this has been a tough year, but this is my time to take a few days off to celebrate the holidays with family and friends and unless it is something very local I will be out of the fray till December 29th, 2009. Our next...

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Madison County Commission meets this Morning

December 21, 2009
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The regular meeting of the Madison County Board of Commissioners will Ag center on Airways this morning at 8:30 A.M. One of the more important items on the agenda is: CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN THE REDEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND, PURSUANT TO SECTION 21 OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1998.   This would be...

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Quick Bit of News

December 16, 2009
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On the Enviroment Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry today said Congress will prove the naysayers wrong and pass climate change legislation next year. Speaking at global climate talks in Denmark, Kerry said, “With a successful deal here in Copenhagen, next year, the United States Congress — House and Senate — will pass comprehensive...

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Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Shooting Could be Out in 6

December 16, 2009
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  Press release from late yesterday. Typical case where man shoots a woman with the intent to kill her, leaving her crippled for life, and he could be out in 6 years… don’t you love it. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT DATE: December 15, 2009 BY: Chief Gill Kendrick Man Sentenced to 20...

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Internet censorship plan gets the green light, Australia

December 16, 2009
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The Federal Government has announced it will proceed with controversial plans to censor the internet after Government-commissioned trials found filtering a blacklist of banned sites was accurate and would not slow down the internet. But critics, including the online users’ lobby group Electronic Frontiers Australia and the Greens communications spokesman Scott Ludlam, said the...

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LIBERTY DOLLAR NEWS

December 16, 2009
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LIBERTY DOLLAR NEWS: November 2009 Vol. 11 No. 11 Death of Liberty Dollar Site and More URGENT: The Liberty Dollar site may be killed. I suggest you save the site while you can. Pleases read the first article and the Legal Update below. My apologies for this late Newsletter. My computer had a terrible...

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Downtown Parking

December 13, 2009
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I, on occasion, have blistered the city council for poor decisions based on facts that really didn’t exist. Normally, in a situation similar like this,  I would have been the only councilman to have voted no. However the atmosphere has changed on the council and three additional council members agreed that the offer was either too...

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Moore for Governor and Why

December 11, 2009
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In an article by By Joseph Farah, editor and CEO of WorldNetDaily he stated his reasons for selecting Roy Moore in his run for Governor of Alabama. There is one very interesting governor’s race shaping up for 2010 – one in which every American who values liberty should be engaged, no matter where you...

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Not so Random Comments

December 10, 2009
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“Posterity, you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom!  I hope you will make good use of it.  If you do not, I shall repent that ever I took half the pains to preserve it.”  – John Adams, 1777 “They that give up essential liberty to obtain...

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Prayer Targets

December 10, 2009
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From the Family Research Council: Nowhere in the Bible or the Constitution are we told that health care is a fundamental human right. Gov. Bradford observed that the socialistic system embraced by the Pilgrims brought out the worst in them: laziness, selfishness, even thievery became commonplace. Free market reform led to their recovery of...

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The Bush-Obama War

December 10, 2009
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Now it’s Barack Obama’s war. After campaigning against “George Bush’s War” in the Middle East, Obama has escalated that war. By transferring thousands of America’s forces from Iraq to Afghanistan, and by sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, the liberal Democrat has demonstrated that his administration is not so different from that of...

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Oppose the Patriot Act Provisions Reauthorization

December 10, 2009
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From JBS There are certain provisions of the Patriot Act handed to the American people in the wake of 9/11 that are set to expire at the end of 2009. The Senate is set to disentangle itself from the healthcare debate long enough to address the issues in response to the Obama administration’s desire...

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Future Civil War

December 10, 2009
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Members of all branches of the United States Military will soon be facing a most critical decision. The European Union Times is reporting here that Obama is using the deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan to cover for the movement of some 200,000 troops, presently on duty in countries other than Iraq and Afghanistan,...

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DEMOCRATS SEEK COMPROMISE ON PUBLIC OPTION

December 6, 2009
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By ERICA WERNER Associated Press Writer On the Senate floor, Democrats are debating Republicans on health care. Behind the scenes, they’re debating each other. Those closed-door discussions may be less predictable — and more consequential — as majority Democrats struggle to settle controversies within the party that are standing in the way of passage...

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Cracking Down

December 2, 2009
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How do you like this bowl of chilli? A House panel today approved a bill that would give the government power to shut down financial firms that pose a threat to the economy. On a 31-27 party-line vote, the House Financial Services Committee sent the bill to the House floor, where a vote could...

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Convicted Triple Murderer Executed

December 2, 2009
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The state of Tennessee did its job in executing Cecil Johnson at the Riverbend facility early this morning. May God have mercy on his soul. “He was convicted in the murders of 12-year-old Bob Bell, Jr., James Moore and Charles House during a robbery at Bob Bell’s Market in Nashville in 1980. Bob Bell...

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Catholic Bishops and Illegal Aliens

December 2, 2009
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As far as illegal immigrants being able to access the proposed health insurance “exchanges,” the House version of the bill gives ‘em a green light.  But Dan Carter of Air America claims the Catholic Church “has declined take up the cause for undocumented workers in the Senate.”   Not true. (I’m shocked!  Air America is...

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Arizona law denying benefits to illegal aliens draws criticism

December 2, 2009
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“The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone expects to live at the expense of everyone else.”  Frederic Bastiat If the ILLEGALS can use the argument that giving birth to a child on American soil means those children are henceforth the financial and social responsibility of America and American’s taxes – then...

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HEMOPHILIA FOREVER?

November 20, 2009
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Is it that I foolishly chose a preposition to end a sentence with? Or is it that I chose to blithely split an infinitive? There’s got to be something that I am doing – or else something that I am not doing – that is the cause of myfailure to convince my very best...

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I Know it is not Christmas Yet

November 14, 2009
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It is only mid November and about  two weeks away from Thanksgiving, but according to most of the commercial world we moved into first gear for Christmas even before Halloween.  So I guess it is time to roll the annual speech about Christmas or lack of it to some of those in the resale...

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Jackie’s Thoughts

November 12, 2009
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As I have been reading and thinking on the events taking place on this earth and especially here in America many parts of scripture have come to mind. The Money changers in the Temple The high priests who were more concerned about their *place* in the community. How Satan tried to deceive Christ by...

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Is The Day Of Great Leaders Past?

November 12, 2009
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A recent column co-authored by John Eidsmoe and Ben DuPré struck me. They titled their column, “What makes a ‘great’ president?” The basic thrust of the column was to examine the qualities that make one a “great” President. They start by examining the Presidency of our 11th President, James K. Polk. They note that...

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HR3962

November 12, 2009
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I received this message from my good friends at JBS and I am passing it along to those because of the importance of the message itself. A great many have decided that your choice of health care should no longer be your choice. ‘If you were upset by House passage of its health care...

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Sin, Weeds & Government

November 11, 2009
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It will be immediately apparent to most that these three things share some common traits.  The inspiration for this treatise actually came a few years ago while pulling weeds in my yard, a task I find more instructive than distasteful the older I get. I haven’t reached whatever age where I’ll truly appreciate gardening...

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Andromeda Strained

November 9, 2009
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You might remember Michael Crichton’s fiction novel “The Andromeda Strain” about the epidemic spread of a deadly virus.  My memory of the book was (spoiler alert) it ended with the self-destruct mechanism of the compound where the scientists and laboratories were was canceled with forty five seconds remaining.  In typical Hollywood fashion, the subsequent...

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The TIES that BIND America

November 9, 2009
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In surfing the news this morning and reading the articles related to the three shootings – Texas, Florida, Seattle – in reading the background on the individuals involved a thought crosses my mind.  While these events are terrible in themselves I look to WHY and in all of them I see one root cause...

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THEY DON’T EVEN LOOK LIKE MEN

November 5, 2009
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One can go back to the bra burning days that gave birth to the Feminazi’s – the NOW Nags as LimPaw called them.  When it became politically correct to make the female of the species run things (not that some couldn’t do a great job at it when required) and think that is how...

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Vote NO on H.R. 3962

November 5, 2009
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I recieved this email this morning and I believe that it is important that we, as responsible citizens react to its message: Let’s face it. We’re all tired of this health care reform debate. We know what’s at stake — an eventual complete government takeover of our health care system. We know that the...

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The Economic Situation

November 4, 2009
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The Economic Situation

There have been so many confusing things put on the table to solve our economic woes… tax rebates, stimulus packages, Federal Reserve rate cuts and sub-prime mortgage savings packages. Nothing has been ignored – except the truth. To understand why the proposals make no sense, you need to understand what caused our current economic...

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Standing on Principle

November 4, 2009
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Standing on Principle

In an article written on Post Politics it appears that parts of the Republican Party in the state of Tennessee are not happy with their conservative Vice Chair of the Davidson County GOP and is attempting to oust Vice Chairman Matt Collins. The original post is here. “Collins was informed that he will face...

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Choosing Federalism, Choosing Freedom

November 4, 2009
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By Chuck Baldwin’s Son, Tim Baldwin After the release of my last column “Freedom’s Destruction by Constitutional De-Construction,” I received so many responses to my statement, “The people of the states once again reject this national form of government and assert and defend the principles of federalism,” that I felt the need to...

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