The Liberty Voice » Chuck Baldwin http://www.thelibertyvoice.com A Fiercely Independent Newspaper Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:17:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Breakup Of U.S. Is Inevitable http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/breakup-of-u-s-is-inevitable http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/breakup-of-u-s-is-inevitable#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 16:37:09 +0000 sherry http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=3573 by Chuck Baldwin Posted on May 19, 2010 People all over America are discussing freedom’s future. In short, they are worried. In fact, many are actually talking about State secession. In coffee shops and cafes, and around dining room tables, millions of people are speaking favorably of states breaking away from the union. Not since the turn of the twentieth century have this many people thought (and spoken) this favorably about the prospect of a State (or group of states) exiting the union. In my mind, this is a good thing. Even many of those who oppose the prospect of secession understand the increasing tyrannical nature of the current central government in Washington, D.C., and that something must be done about it. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines tyranny as “1: oppressive power . . . 2: a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler . . . 3: a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force . . . 4: a tyrannical act.” Even a casual observer would have to conclude that most of the actions proceeding forth from DC today match at least Webster’s 1st and 3rd definitions of tyranny. Besides, who would argue the advantage of the tyranny of an oligarchy over the tyranny of a monarchy? A tyranny of many cannot be distinguished from a tyranny of one in most cases–especially not by those poor souls who are at the point of the spear of Government’s cruelties. ]]> http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/breakup-of-u-s-is-inevitable/feed 2 Saving Souls–Losing Freedom http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/saving-souls%e2%80%93losing-freedom http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/saving-souls%e2%80%93losing-freedom#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:29:04 +0000 sherry http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=3277 by Chuck Baldwin One would have to be a blind man to not see that America is fast losing the fundamental principles of liberty upon which our once-great country was established. And, without a doubt, the single biggest reason for this decline is the lack of concern and effort on the part of today’s Christians and pastors to resist it. All over America, when one approaches our pastors and church leaders with the obvious decay and ruination of constitutional government and Declaration principles taking place in our land today, the response flippantly comes back: “God hasn’t called me to do that; I’m supposed to win souls and that’s it.” (Or words to that effect.) As if the call to Gospel preaching, evangelism, and missionary endeavor negates our responsibility as citizens of a free land. Of course, this call to “win souls” doesn’t interfere with these preachers’ golf games; it doesn’t interfere with their family vacations; it doesn’t interfere with their active membership in whatever local civic organization they happen to belong to; it doesn’t interfere with their hiring of a lawyer if they are falsely accused or defrauded; it doesn’t interfere with their invitations to celebrity politicians for special church recognition on patriotic holidays; it doesn’t interfere with them going to the polls to vote; it only seems to interfere when they are personally asked to take a stand in the gap for our country’s liberties. Then, all of a sudden, they haven’t been “called,” or “God will take care of it,” or “Jesus is coming soon,” or “Religion and politics don’t mix,” ad infinitum, ad nauseam. ]]> http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/saving-souls%e2%80%93losing-freedom/feed 1 An Imperial Presidency In The Making? http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/an-imperial-presidency-in-the-making http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/an-imperial-presidency-in-the-making#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:50:15 +0000 sm http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=3240 by Chuck Baldwin hat tip: Chuck Baldwin live! Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal carried a story entitled “Obama Steps Up Confrontation.” It said in part, “On Thursday, the president challenged Republicans who planned to campaign on repealing his health-care bill with, ‘Go for it.’ Two days later, he made 15 senior appointments without Senate consent, including a union lawyer whose nomination had been blocked by a filibuster. “At a bill-signing event Tuesday, he is set to laud passage of higher-education legislation that was approved despite Republican objections through a parliamentary maneuver that neutralized the party’s filibuster threat.” Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) called Obama’s decision to federalize most student loans “really brazen” and “the most underreported, biggest Washington takeover in history.” See the WSJ report at: http://tinyurl.com/wsj-obama-confronts If history teaches us anything, it teaches us that power always craves more power. And there are only 2 ways to check power: internally, through self-discipline and humility; or externally, through equally determined and equipped counterforces. ]]> http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/an-imperial-presidency-in-the-making/feed 0 Up Next: Open Gays In The Military And Amnesty For Illegals http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/up-next-open-gays-in-the-military-and-amnesty-for-illegals http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/up-next-open-gays-in-the-military-and-amnesty-for-illegals#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:27:46 +0000 sm http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=3171 by Chuck Baldwin hat tip: Chuck Baldwin Live Fresh off his health care reform victory, President Barack Obama will quickly move to overturn the DOD’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy prohibiting sodomites from serving openly in the US military. He will also move to grant amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. These are Obama’s next two agenda items, as he attempts to fulfill his campaign promise to “remake America.” Already the Pentagon has opened the door for women to serve alongside men aboard submarines, something the Navy has never allowed–for what should be obvious reasons. Furthermore, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates just this week closed the door on rank and file military personnel from “outing” homosexuals that they discover among the troops. This move is seen as a precursor to the soon-coming complete undoing of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” See Secretary Gates’ press conference at: http://tinyurl.com/abc-gays-military It is difficult for me to imagine that frontline troops could tolerate open homosexuals serving among them. Over the past 30 years, I have spoken with hundreds (literally) of active duty and retired frontline soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen, and I can unequivocally say that not one of them supported allowing sodomites to serve openly in the US military–especially in combat units. Not one! And the vast majority of them were also opposed to women serving in combat units. ]]> http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/up-next-open-gays-in-the-military-and-amnesty-for-illegals/feed 0 Dates That Destroyed America http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/dates-that-destroyed-america http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/dates-that-destroyed-america#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:53:15 +0000 sm http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=3151 by Chuck Baldwin Posted on Mar 24, 2010 hat tip: Chuck Baldwin Live Passage of the so-called “health care reform” bill in the House of Representatives this past Sunday, March 21 (I won’t even address the inferred unconstitutionality of Congress doing business on the Lord’s Day. See Article. I. Section. 7. Paragraph. 2.) drove yet another stake into the heart of America. For all intents and purposes, it is the health of the United States that is in dire need of healing. In fact, the US has been on extended life-support for decades. With its condition being rendered critical, and absent major surgery, its days are numbered. The passage of this bill only serves to further weaken an already frail Constitution. In fact, this one may prove to be the fatal blow. Lady Liberty may never recover. The decision by Congress to socialize medicine in the US ranks among the most draconian, most egregious, most horrific actions ever taken by the central government in Washington, D.C. This bill rocks the principles of liberty and constitutional government to the core. It changes fundamental foundations; it repudiates historical principle. Oh! The same flag may fly on our flagpoles, the same monuments may grace our landscape, and the same National Anthem may be sung during our public ceremonies, but it is not the same America. The Congress of the United States has now officially turned America into a socialist state. On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the health care bill into law, and as such, this date–along with March 21–joins a list of dates that have each inflicted unconstitutional, socialistic, and sometimes even tyrannical action against the States United and have, therefore, contributed to the destruction of a free America. ]]> http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/dates-that-destroyed-america/feed 0 Census Is For Counting Not Prying http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/census-is-for-counting-not-prying http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/census-is-for-counting-not-prying#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:44:32 +0000 sm http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=3068 by Chuck Baldwin The constitutional requirement for the Census is found in Article. I. Section. 2. Paragraph. 3. “The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.” The purpose of the Census is that of counting the US population in order to apportion among the states the number of representatives in the US House of Representatives. That’s it. Nothing more. Nothing less. There is nothing in the Constitution requiring or even suggesting questions regarding race, ethnicity, whether one owns or rents his or her home, income status, disability status, education, or anything of the sort. The only purpose of the Census is to count the US population. Anything beyond that is nothing more than an intrusive government prying and snooping into our lives: something the federal government is doing with greater and greater frequency and intensity these days. As to the phrase, “[As] they shall by Law direct,” Paul Galvin rightly notes, “This language merely goes to the mechanics of the counting (who will do it; when it is to be done; how, when results are to be reported; and so forth); it does not enlarge what may be counted. Constitutionally the only permitted enumeration is the number of people in the United States. Why? Because that count is the determinant for apportionment and therefore the only pertinent information needed.” ]]> http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/census-is-for-counting-not-prying/feed 0 Hooray For Starbucks http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/hooray-for-starbucks http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/hooray-for-starbucks#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:40:07 +0000 sm http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=2436 by Chuck Baldwin March 2, 2010 The major news media was replete with reports over the weekend that the coffee company, Starbucks, "has no problem with customers packing heat while placing their orders." "The coffee giant says it won't take issue with gun owners who take advantage of 'open carry' laws and bring firearms into their restaurant." (Source: NBC News) To tell you the truth, I'm not sure why this is even considered "newsworthy." Perhaps because Starbucks is a Seattle-based company that caters to the "yuppie" crowd? Maybe because the anti-gun national news media is shocked and chagrined at Starbucks' statement? Who knows? That Starbucks would not want to alienate millions of gun owners (many of whom lawfully carry concealed weapons for personal protection) makes perfectly good sense to me. I'm sure the statement by Starbucks has little to do with guns and everything to do with business. But the fact is, there are tens of thousands of lawfully armed citizens who carry either concealed or open that have been peacefully doing business with thousands of companies around the country for years. ]]> http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/hooray-for-starbucks/feed 0 Is America Becoming A Police State? http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/is-america-becoming-a-police-state http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/is-america-becoming-a-police-state#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:47:27 +0000 sm http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=2317 by Chuck Baldwin February 26, 2010 There is a classic story about how no one had been able to capture a herd of wild hogs that was rooting up crops from numerous farms. It got so bad that rewards had been posted for anyone clever enough to corral the critters. But even this resulted in only limited success. One day a stranger (who was a wily old trapper) came into town and--entering the general store--ordered a truckload of fence posts and fencing, along with some feed. When asked what he was going to use it for, he said, "I'm going to get those wild hogs y'all are having trouble with." Of course, everyone in the store laughed at the overconfident stranger. A few weeks later, however, the stranger rode into town with the back of his truck tightly packed with the smelly swine. When asked how he was able to accomplish what no one else had been able to do, the old trapper replied, "Simple. I started putting the feed out in a small clearing and the hogs began freely eating the feed. It didn't take long and they were there every day. Then I put up the fence posts, but with no fencing. At first the hogs were a little skittish, but it wasn't long and they ignored the posts. Then I began putting the fence up, but I left the gate off. Again, the hogs were skittish at first, but soon realized they could come and go freely, and before long, they were devouring the free food with a vengeance. Then, one day when the hogs were aggressively consuming the vittles, I slammed the gate closed." Ladies and gentlemen, I submit that what the old trapper did to the wild hogs is exactly what our soon-to-be oppressors are doing to us! What is worse, most Americans seem about as oblivious to the whole thing as that bunch of pigs. For anyone who is paying attention, however, the signs of growing enslavement are everywhere. ]]> http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/is-america-becoming-a-police-state/feed 0 Remembering The Alamo http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/remembering-the-alamo http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/remembering-the-alamo#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:19:16 +0000 sm http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=2187 by Chuck Baldwin February 23, 2010 February 23 marks the anniversary of the beginning of the battle of the Alamo back in 1836. For more than 13 days, 186 brave and determined patriots withstood Santa Anna's seasoned army of over 4,000 troops. To a man, the defenders of that mission fort knew they would never leave those ramparts alive. They had several opportunities to leave and live. Yet, they chose to fight and die. How foolish they must look to this generation of spoiled Americans. It is difficult to recall that stouthearted men such as Davy Crockett (a nationally known frontiersman and former congressman), Will Travis (only 23 years old with a little baby at home), and Jim Bowie (a wealthy landowner with properties on both sides of the Rio Grande) really existed. These were real men with real dreams and real desires. Real blood flowed through their veins. They loved their families and enjoyed life as much as any of us do. There was something different about them, however. They possessed a commitment to liberty that transcended personal safety and comfort. Liberty is an easy word to say, but it is a hard word to live up to. Freedom has little to do with financial gain or personal pleasure. Accompanying Freedom is her constant and unattractive companion, Responsibility. Neither is she an only child. Patriotism and Morality are her sisters. They are inseparable: destroy one and all will die. Early in the siege, Travis wrote these words to the people of Texas: "Fellow Citizens & Compatriots: I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. . . . The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword . . . I have answered the demand with a cannon shot & our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. . . . VICTORY OR DEATH! P.S. The Lord is on our side. . . ." ]]> http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/remembering-the-alamo/feed 0 I Wish Joe Stack Had Not Killed Himself! http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/i-wish-joe-stack-had-not-killed-himself http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/i-wish-joe-stack-had-not-killed-himself#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:09:50 +0000 sm http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/?p=2101 by Chuck Baldwin February 19, 2010 All of us are now aware of the Texas man who yesterday flew his private plane into a 7-story Austin office building. Apparently, he intentionally crashed his plane into the building to target the IRS offices that were housed inside the facility. As I am writing this column just hours after the event took place, there has not yet been a lot of time for the major news media talking heads to spin the story. By the time this column is released on Friday, however, I'm sure we will all have been inundated with copious references to this man, Joe Stack, as being "off his rocker," or similar assertions. Perhaps our friends at DHS will label Stack a "right-wing domestic terrorist." However, Mr. Stack apparently left behind a "suicide manifesto" explaining his actions. After carefully reading Stack's manifesto, I am quite convinced that he was not crazy, and he was not a "terrorist." However, he was angry. A lot of us are angry--and for many of the same reasons that Mr. Stack was angry! While I would certainly take exception to some of the things Stack says in his manifesto, he said things that many of us are feeling.
Stack began his manifesto by saying, "If you're reading this, you're no doubt asking yourself, 'Why did this have to happen?' The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time."
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