Patriotic Federalist

Hillsdale College Presents, The Declaration of Independence. (Download PDF)

The Declaration of Independence

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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Kokesh’s anti-war and pro-drug views are obviously repulsive to most veterans, but he does at least realize the government has become a soft tyranny.  They no longer follow their own rules, the unelected dictators in black robes reenforce unconstitutional law as legitimate constitutional law.

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Imprisoned activist demands march on governors of 50 states

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
May 24, 2013

Imprisoned activist and former Marine Adam Kokesh – arrested last Saturday for exercising his First Amendment right at a protest – has called for a “new American revolution” to begin on July 4 with a march on all 50 state capitols.

Adam Kokesh

Kokesh remains in a federal prison in Philadelphia on what many of his supporters claim are trumped up charges of assaulting a police officer and has been denied bail.

The former Iraq war veteran was already planning to lead a controversial armed march on Washington DC on Independence Day, but has rapidly expanded the scope of his plans, calling on an, “American Revolutionary Army (that) will march on each state capital to demand that the governors of these 50 states immediately initiate the process of an orderly dissolution of the federal government through secession and reclamation of federally held property.”

DC police responded to Kokesh’s plan for an armed march by vowing to arrest Kokesh and any other armed demonstrators who take part. Continue reading

These are dark days for BitTorrent. Using it leaves you open to fake torrents, viruses, an ISP that throttles your connection, and media companies that snoop to see what you’re downloading. If you want to avoid all that, you can create an uber-private BitTorrent community that only you and your friends can access. Here’s how.

You’re open to these problems because most BitTorrent trackers allow anyone to come in and share files (a BitTorrent tracker, for those that don’t remember, is the server that connects you with other BitTorrent users in order to download files). Those other people could include virus spreaders, snoopers, and other untrustworthy folk. While joining a private tracker can help, many users feel they aren’t private enough—after all, if you can get an invite, can’t anyone?

What You’ll Get: A Tracker Only Your Friends Can Join

You can do a lot of things to protect yourself, but why go through all that trouble? Between you and your best friends, you probably have a pretty solid collection of media and other files you could share without the need for other, less secure parties. We’ve shown you how to share your own files using BitTorrent, but if you want a bit more privacy, you can create your own BitTorrent tracker right on your home computer.

When you’re done with this process, you’ll have a (admittedly primitive) BitTorrent tracker running on your PC, sharing your files through torrents you create. Send those torrents to your friends, and they can download the files directly from you, without any other parties snooping. If your friends share their files too, you can pool your torrents together in a shared Dropbox folder (or something similar) and have a pretty sizable library of stuff to download, without the need for other unsafe channels. Continue reading

Has your “Allow Comments” check box gone away for some reason?  You can go to “screen options” near the top right of the “edit post” or “edit page” page.  There are several options there, but the “discussion” one will bring your check box to allow comments or not.  You can also see in under “All Posts” then “Quick Edit” regardless of the “discussion” box status.

Anti-Amnesty

Did you know there are over 4 million people waiting to enter this country legally? The Amnesty bills in Congress would reward 11.5 million others to cut into that line. Simply put, the amnesty bill is unfair, too costly and encourages more illegal behavior.

There’s a better way to strengthen the immigration system that focuses on the things that are supported by the majority of Americans:

• Fix our slow, broken, lawful immigration system through step-by-step legislation that is simple, clear, and transparent. This creates opportunities for legislative victories that make it hard to hide loopholes or sweetheart deals for special interests.
• Congress should keep the promises they made when they granted amnesty “for only this one time” in 1986.
• Enforce our existing laws by imposing stiff fines on those who hire illegal immigrants.
• Secure our borders – It is a top priority for Americans.

Don’t put up with the costly, bureaucratic, special interest-loving approach to immigration reform. Know what’s really going on in Washington and get information on the better way of fair, firm, and consistent immigration reform.

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Congressional Budget Office Should Forecast Long-Term Cost of Amnesty

With the Congressional Budget Office preparing to release a cost estimate for the Senate’s Gang of Eight bill in the coming days, a key Republican lawmaker yesterday insisted that any projection look beyond the 10-year budget window to fully understand the magnitude of granting amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants.

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), ranking member on the Budget Committee, wrote to CBO Director Doug Elmendorf that it was crucial to have a long-term fiscal and economic analysis given the implementation timetable included in the Gang of Eight amnesty bill.

Not only is a longer forecast period required because the legislation contains phase-in periods that differ by visa classification, but the fiscal and economic effects will likely develop across the lifespan of those immigrants immediately affected by S. 744. I would strongly urge you to consider using your long-term fiscal and economic models. The Global Insight U.S. Macroeconomic Model, which I understand you license, comes in a long-term version with baseline forecasts extending just beyond 2040. I believe you are capable of adapting this model’s baseline to one that incorporates your economic assumptions.

Given the long time period over which the key elements of this bill are implemented, I cannot imagine a circumstance in which a 10-year scoring of S. 744 would be deemed adequate for guiding the policy decisions that Congress will confront. Thus, I would stress in the strongest possible terms that you should produce a fiscal score that extends beyond the current 10-year budget window. Continue reading