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America was founded on individual liberty and local government no more than one day’s horseback ride from the governed.
The 19th century Democrat was the staunch defender of state’s rights, which, under Federalists, Whigs and Republicans was assigned the role of slavery’s justifiers. The civil war cost us local government,the laws affecting behavior rising to the [...]

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Two thousand years ago, the Christmas Revolution began with the birth of Jesus. His teachings were a rebellion against Old World governments, starting a brutal counter revolution against Christians and their teachings that continue today. Christians teach sovereignty of the individual with interests and aspirations unique to each.
It was individual freedom limited by the Golden [...]

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A new WPA for 2009 is a chain gang solution to joblessness. Obama said: the interests of community are more important than are the interests of the individual. He promised change. Change must then mean to abandon individual freedom. Putting us all on the chain gang is one way to do so. You can call [...]

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Will most Americans leave their community herds and think as individuals during the upcoming election season, or remain emotionally committed to their fears and feelings? If staying in the herd Obama’s leftward march is assured in 2012, according to Hollywood. The Rousseau-Marx coalition believes the emotions of the populace will rule in 2012, more than [...]

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Jim Delaney’s article about nullification is right on, except his reference to the Article V Convention is disturbing. Can you imagine what that convention would be like with George Soros buying his way in charge, using ACORN in the convention and in the field as muscle getting states to go for it? I can see [...]

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What really divides Americans today, explaining our legislative and judicial differences? It is our divided views on whether community interests or legitimate self-interests are most important. In America, individual freedom and pursuing our own legitimate self-interests worked best. With individual success, families and communities prospered. America’s successful free market and generosity proved our case. However, [...]

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(Welcome Clay Barham a new blogger at monroerising.com)
I am a Conservative hanging loosely onto the GOP, but uncomfortable with doing that. I wrote a book called THE CHANGING FACE OF DEMOCRATS, on Amazon as well as my site http://www.claysamerica.com/. In that book, I compare 19th century Democrats, beginning with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, [...]

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