Politics

Regarding the US Constitution.

"It is first necessary to remember how and why the Constitution was drafted and forced on the people of this country. It was written by politicians with the agenda of creating a nation state controlled by a central government. When a group of politicians affect policy based on collective acceptance and compromise, the result will understandably be only as “good as its weakest member.” This was certainly the case, and worse, considering the so-called “rights granting” U.S. Constitution. These pieces of parchment that were made the law of the land were done in secret, behind closed doors and in the dark of night. As I have said in the past, this was a successful coup that created a powerful central government that has since the beginning harmed individual liberty and state’s rights.
Why would this have been necessary if liberty and freedom were truly the desired goals sought?"

I like the description as a coup since the conference was supposed to merely amend the Article of Confederation and it was supposed to have to be ratified by every state.

"Under the Articles of Confederation, there was no president. There was no Supreme Court. There was no federal taxation, and certainly no immoral income tax. This meant that there was no IRS. There was no federal control of interstate commerce. Congress could not raise an army or draft troops. What this meant, was that the states were sovereign, and no national government existed in any real sense."

That definitely beats what we have today.

"It is vitally important to remember that the United States Constitution was drafted, signed and put into effect over 225 years ago by a group of politicians dependent on compromise in order to create a powerful nation state, it was not drafted by men intent on protecting the freedom of the individual. Those who signed and accepted the Constitution in 1787 did so without the legal consent of most living at that time, and as no valid voluntary contract existed between individuals and government then, it should be understood that there certainly is no valid contract today."

I didn't sign it.

"The essence of freedom depends fully on the sovereignty of the individual. It is never given or secured by constitutions, nor is it dependent on what is considered to be in the best interest of the collective. If any doubt this truth, simply consider the history of the United States. What began as the freest country on earth has turned into a tyrannical fascist oligarchy, all under the so-called protection of the U.S. Constitution. This total failure is obvious, and as Lysander Spooner noted, the Constitution is “unfit to exist” because of this sorry record. "

It is a complete failure. It's tempting to think the Constitution protected Americans until the progressives took over both parties in the 20th century, but even that would be a mistake. All three branches of government began subverting liberty the first moment they convened.

"Those who drafted the Constitution used it to purposely create a powerful national government, a government with the power to tax without limit, to war with little restriction, to control trade and to provide for the general welfare, all under the deceitful and dishonest notion of “individual” representation in a republic. Is it any wonder that it has completely failed to secure liberty for the individual, when in fact it authorized exactly the opposite. "

That's why it's a complete failure. Even if you proscribe to the view that the Constitution limits the powers of government, the enumerated powers are all acts of aggression, if not by themselves then because they are all funded by theft.

"Any governing document granting powers to the ruling class at the expense of the people is not in the interest of liberty."

That seems self-evident now, though I certainly never learned that in school.

The people are turning against the government.

Charles Rangel calls the tea party a bunch of white crackers, but I doubt he'll be charged with a hate crime or suspended from work and forced into sensitivity training like that white NFL player who used a racial slur.