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1. Governments are instituted among men to secure our rights against infringement, especially against infringement by the very government to which we have entrusted that task. 2. You were elected by WE the People, NOT the lobbyists and bureaucrats, to do business for us, not them. 3. You were elected to be our representatives, not our rulers, and not members of the Capitol Hill chapter of the good-ol'-boys club. 4. Respect is earned, not demanded. We will stand up for you if and when you stand up for us. 5. You cannot do just any old thing you want. Like teenagers, you can only do what we, your 'parents', have given you permission to do. 6. What we have given you permission to do is found in the constitutions you swore to uphold and defend in an oath you took before God and man. It's part of your job description...READ IT. 7. What we have denied you permission to do is found in the same place. It's part of your job description...READ IT. Oh, but the way...we didn't hire you to look for ways to get around you limits, either. 8. It's YOUR job, not the courts', to make sure your bills to not violate the constitution. It was you, not the judges, who took your oath of legislative office. It's also your job to know what you're voting for. Don't vote for a bill if you haven't personally read it in its entirety or don't understand its meaning and consepuences. 9. If you find you don't have the time to, or otherwise can't, live up to your oath of office, do your job within its limits, or read all those bills, resign and let someone else do the job. 10. And speaking of judges, it's YOUR job to keep an eye on what they're doing and to get rid of bad ones, even if it hurts their feelings. It hurts our liberties when you don't Judges are NOT gods, they're people hired to do a job. (And, come to think of it, that goes for you too.) P.S. One more for good measure... The right to initiate laws is not just a right, it is a reserved power. That means you have no business trying ot figure out ways to make it more difficult for us to exercise that power. Your only job is to implement it as written in the constitution. Whether you find the results personally inconvenient is irrelevant. YOU are NOT the government; WE (the People) ARE! |
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