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Title: No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority
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Rockwell
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Published: Dec 16, 1860
Author: Lysander Spooner
Post Date: 2010-03-16 10:21:01 by ghostdogtxn
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Comments: 9
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#1. To: ghostdogtxn (#0)
No one has ever understood, or exposed the fraud, as well as Spooner. (And likely never will.)
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
Declaration of Independence vs the Constitution of the United States of America When comparing the Declaration of Independence (henceforth known as simply the ‘Declaration’) with the Constitution of the United States of America, it becomes apparent that there is a staunch contrast in interests and intents amongst the two documents. While the Declaration appears as a passionate outcry of abuse and emancipation for the colonists, the Constitution revokes such revolutionary presence and institutes a Bourgeois liberal government. The respective tone of the Declaration is that of raw emotion driven from a chain of events that left them alienated, infuriated, and desperate to break away from Great Britain. The Constitution on the other hand is setting for the plans for a new type of government that yields considerable power; contrasting the wishes of the early republicans. It is this contrast between Hamiltonian Federalism and Jeffersonian republicanism that separates the two documents; most notably when observing the signers of each respective document. There are few men who signed both documents: George Read, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, and James Wilson. There are significant men’s names that are missing from each document; such as Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and John Adams stand out the most. Many of those who didn’t sign the Constitution were doing so on behalf of their acceptance of the previous system of the government, i.e. the Articles of Confederation.
For additional Spooner: http://www.lysanderspooner.org/
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
That's because everything that he points out is antithetical to all that was taught to us, and we trustingly believed all those years ago. Spooner's thoughts are our red pill to embrace, or reject.
The Constitution is our government. The problem is defectors from it. They aren't the Posterity of our Founders. They are outlaws. It's not our job to cater to them in any way. They should find quarters elsewhere more to their liking, ASAP.
"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
Yes I am.
hamilton. Feh
what a pleasure to read - thanks
#2. To: Lod (#1)
#3. To: ghostdogtxn, Lod (#2)
www.associatedcontent.com..._independence_vs_the.html
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#5. To: Lysander_Spooner (#4)
#6. To: ghostdogtxn. all (#2)
It's taken me a long time to wrap my head around Lysander Spooner's thoughts, and every time I read him I find something new to think about. Truly a great American, our answer to Diogenes.
#7. To: ghostdogtxn (#0)
#8. To: ghostdogtxn (#5)
#9. To: christine (#3)
bump
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
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