I notice those the pro Federal government power people here at the SPLC strenuously avoid the fact that nullification is based on the actions and writing of Thomas Jefferson.

And least you think I am a right wing extremist in fact I am a left wing market anarchist. I will however take the nullfiers belief in return power to more the more decentralized and accountable states to SPLC’s uncritical embrace of centralizing power in the hands of the state capitalist imperialist nation state any day of the week. Oh and you can take your labeling of Earth First! and black block anarchists as hate groups as well and shove it!

Similarly, if someone had thought of it, would the states have been justified in nullifying the requirement to report to Japanese internment camps during WWII?

How ’bout in the original, 1798, context of nullification. Should the states have resisted the Alien & Sedition acts or just buried their heads in the sand, helplessly, while their citizens went to jail for their political beliefs?

Something tells me that if there’s an (R) winner in 2012 and a couple of new members on the Supreme Court, SPLC is going to be nullification’s best friend…

And you’ll be right. After all, we find unconstitutional actions on both sides of the aisle. As Jefferson wrote, “where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy”

It’s called moderation. For example, if people were verbally attacking me in the comments, and saying nothing else, I would expect the moderators to prefer their comments from appearing.

Once again, get a clue.

Your post was quite a pleasant surprise, but in observing the trend in state-level immigration laws, I would deem it likely that the states would attempt to nullify any federal legislation that provided any kind of amnesty (let alone open borders), even for the subset of undocumented immigrants that would be covered by the Dream Act. Do you disagree?

If you believe that it is wrong to lump people into groups, then why did you declare everyone at SPLC to be racists and cowards?

By all means, explain what it is then. I’m sure we can find all kinds of ways you benefit from government interference.

“You can only think in terms of the collective, a sure sign that you are communist in nature”

Humans are social animals. Had we not thought “collectively”, we would never have survived.

.” Well, there’s no place for communism in the United States.”

You couldn’t be more wrong. Many pioneer communities adopted a communist(little c) style of living, as it was the only way to survive.

“Try reading the Constitution and studying the history of this great country.”

You should do the same.

” You focus too much on group rights and miss entirely the rights of the individual.”

The problem with individual rights is that they presuppose an equality that does not exist in capitalist society. The “individual” as we think of it is also not an objective thing, but rather a social construct. It may be a positive thing, but it’s not something we should attach romantic notions to.

” Still, you know how to spin a story with the best of the leftist, Marxists. You just have no idea that you forge your own chains. So many people died to free the slaves and yet you turn back to embrace your servitude and Master, the Almighty Government. Shame!”

Yes, we’re all sheep and YOU know what’s REALLY going on! Oh I only wish I had your insight so I could enrich my life by constantly being afraid of everything.

You would lose and you know it. That is why you did not announce yourself there. You people are cowards and exactly the reason this country is in the shape it is in. I personally don’t know how you sleep at night.

Patients’ rights and affordable medical care should always remain secondary to the compassionate model of centralized, one-size-fits-all federal legislation, per the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.

Keep raiding those dispensaries, President Obama! They were voted for and supported by hateful, right wing extremists!

The constitution and Bill of Rights are now being touted by those oppressors as a terrorist manifesto. Along with the likes of Rachel Maddow et al.

It makes me sad to know that my son will never live to see a truly free America, but rather a police-state, put in place by miscreants and lovingly watched by idiot ‘progressives’ that aren’t able to look deeper into life than even the skin on their own noses.

Right?

You folks need to get a grip.

Aron

Woods did compare his critics to Hitler/Nazi’s.

It is also true that this administration in open testimony before congress has stated that the president is within his powers as chief executive to order the assassination of American citizens that are allegedly tied to terrorism. No due process or evidentiary hearings are necessary.

Anwr Al-awlaki was the first to feel the humane touch of a predator launched hellfire missile. This despite the fact that a grand jury failed to return an indictment after being presented with the evidence that tied him toMajor Hassan, the Ft. Hood murderer. The Director of National Intelligence testified before a congressional hearing that there are dozens of people on the presidents “hit list”.

Without due process, which I was confident your group understood, and evidentiary hearings of any kind being required; it would seem that there are a couple dozen American citizens in danger of a unilateral decision by the chief executive to take them out.

A rather low threshold to meet, I would say.

If anybody cares to actually find out the truth about what we believe at the Tenth Amendment Center, or whether we actually hate anybody, I would encourage you to email me at michael.maharrey@tenthamendmentcenter.com. I will be more than happy to answer any questions and engage in a respectful exchange of ideas, something that Ryan was apparently unwilling to actually do during the event.

Sincerely,

Mike Maharrey
National Communications Director
TAC

Did you forget, or omit – THAT speech?

And 100 people? That’s nearly absurd. I can post some links to pictures and people can count. It wasn’t huge, but anything under 200 is just idiotic to say.

However, I would like to see raw milk available. Because you just can’t get decent cheese in the US, and that’s a shame.