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TRADING A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC FOR BIG BROTHER
Chuck Baldwin
The principle of limited federal authority is the bedrock principle
upon which our government was created. America's founders
envisioned a nation of strong, independent but united states, and
a very limited and myopic central system.
However, when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S.
Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, the vision of the
Founding Fathers was destroyed. The principle of limited federal
authority was cast aside and a nation preoccupied with unlimited
federal power and authority took its place.
As a result, we have lived under a European-style federal system
for nearly a century and a half. America today has become the
very kind of country that our forebears fought to break free from.
Conservatives would have us believe that President Bush and the
Republican Party are working to reverse the rush toward bigger
and bigger government. They aren't. In fact, Bush and Company
are putting the pedal to the metal when it comes to promoting a
bigger-than-ever federal system. In fact, Bush has used the
events of 9/11 to strip Americans of more liberties than any
President during the 20th Century, including Bill Clinton or
Franklin Roosevelt.
For example, Bush has selectively suspended the right of habeas
corpus, which means the right to know the charges one is being
held under. Through his attorney general, Bush has also
authorized using federal agencies to conduct searches and
seizures without requiring them to first obtain proper warrants.
This is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional!
Furthermore, the Bush government now even has the power to
investigate American citizens with absolutely no probable cause.
Under Bush's policies, a citizen could even have his or her
citizenship revoked if they were found to violate these newly
enacted and loosely defined anti-terrorism laws.
Obviously, you will not find these kinds of policies in the U.S.
Constitution. They are right out of Orwell's "1984" and Hitler's
Third Reich. But it doesn't stop there.
Now, President Bush wants to give the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the
National Security Agency the authority to demand personal and
financial records of individual citizens. Beyond that, sources are
reporting that private pressure groups are currently being
organized to collect taxes for the IRS. They will be paid by
commission, of course.
Furthermore, bankers are already being told that beginning this
fall all new customers will be subjected to a required background
check which will be forwarded to the federal government. That's
right! Your banker is soon to be a private snoop for the federal
government.
In addition, have you noticed all the check-points going up
everywhere? One can hardly travel more than a few miles
without finding himself in a long line where various and sundry
police agencies probe and even search his or her person and
property. If you look closely, you will notice that federal agents
are included in practically every one of these random check-
points. The old Communist command, "Show me your papers,"
has become a routine American demand.
This administration is quickly turning what was once a
constitutional republic into a federal police state. But what is
worse is that the architect of this tyranny, President George W.
Bush, seems to enjoy the support of the vast majority of
Christian conservatives.
It is extremely difficult to imagine how willingly we forfeited the
fundamental principle of limited government upon the altar of
pseudo-conservatism and disarming Christian rhetoric. Yet, that
is exactly what we seem to have done.
© Chuck Baldwin
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