The Missouri Tenth is a small group of common people who care about our communities, and how the governing decisions made on state and local levels impact our lives. We believe in personal responsibility (see our resource on True Liberty), the fulfilling pursuit of individual education, and the fostering of rational thought in decision making. We understand that the people who wrote our United States Constitution experienced and understood the abuses of government, and as such created a foundational work which continues to serve our people today. Through the 10th Amendment, it’s clear that the creators of the Constitution intended for local communities to be in healthy partnership with each other, instead of smothered by a blanketing Federal notion of one-size-fits all. Please see the Missouri Tenth FAQ for more information.
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We need, as a nation, to consider the repeal of Amendment 17. Also 14 could use a rehash by the states. Thanks!
Repealing the 17th Amendment is a great action to consider. People have not idea why it was the states were designated to pick their Senators and would likely understand if it was cogently presented to them. For most people alive today it has never been any other way and they may need to do some mental heavy lifting to give the idea room to take root.
I think it can be done.
Dave Moore
ThinkersAndSinkers.com
What exactly would be accomplished by repealing the 17th Amendemnt?
Which part of the 14th should be rehashed?
I think the 14th Amendment has some serious problems – one is that the Amendment can be considered as illegal, simply because it never gained enough votes for its ratification (after the UnCivil War, ten states were not allowed to vote, and therefore the Amendment never reached the requirements for its passage). Also, the 14th Amendment has caused States to lose significant power through the citizenship of individuals to that particular State community. Missouri Tenth wrote a bit about the 14th Amendment at: http://missouritenth.com/2011/12/15/the-fed-vs-the-14th-amendment-and-christian-tolerance/
As for the 17th Amendment, National Review has an interesting article on the repeal of the 17th, which you can read here: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/341894/repeal-17th-amendment-charles-c-w-cooke. In a nut-shell, this amendment has resulted in, as the framers predicted, a national government with influence, power and control unchecked by any political mechanism. This unlimited structure threatens the uniquely American way of life and the solvency of the national government. However, I don’t really think a repeal of the 17th, or the 14th will ever happen. Will the Federal Government take away it’s own power? Highly unlikely. One of the reasons Missouri Tenth advocates State Sovereignty and the self determination of individual state communities.
The 10th Amendment says it all. Individuals will be the solution to every problem when we are self-aware, self-dependent, and self-realized. Those among us who continue to struggle in beginning to grasp this concept are the most in need of our support and inspiration. Those are who we need to converse with as we never stop reminding ourselves of the self-aware, self-dependent, and self-realized individuals who inspired us. As the greatest challenge we may be faced with we must also accept others who seek their personally divined fulfillment (within the law), although it may not match our standard of behavior. Many of us question the events and circumstances of this world and we depend on support from a greater source than ourselves as we manage our lives. We cannot dictate our solutions upon others yet we can hope our good works will inspire others to perform their own good works knowing the source of love is beyond our making even as we help in delivering it effects. We are all good people when we listen to our heart and choose other than to judge.
That’s how I feel,
Dave Moore
ThinkersAndSinkers.com
Didn’t know your group existed. There is a group of us on Facebook-almost 100 members-please check us out: http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/128604957151421/
The federal relations between the Confederate State Republics and the United States were dissolved in 1861, a fact accomplished. Secession status has not changed since 1861, even though forced to endure imposed martial law and occupation since 1865. Lawful, legal, justified and peaceful restoration is now underway of the de jure Confederate State Republics under America’s original Republican form of government, while SECESSION HAS BEEN AN ACCOMPLISHED FACT SINCE 1861. The Democracy government is not proper government for Confederates. This work is all about Peacefully Restoring State Republics under America’s Original Republican Form of Government. A fundamental and critical part of the ongoing peaceful Restoration is DECLARATIONS OF CONFEDERACY.
Want to prod you guys to submit a bill into the MO legislature:
A preemptive nullification of any firearms related executive orders by the so called president.
Any such EO would clearly be unconstitutional.
Thanks.