Posted by
grad_1986 on Monday, June 21, 2010 12:39:01 PM
We have all heard of the "War between the States" otherwise known as the "Civil War", but now a new war is looming on the horizon these days. The War WITH the States. In the past 18 months the current administration has strained relationships with various states. The strain is the product of:
1) Overstepping of Federal Goverment on Health-care
2) Immigration in Arizona
3) The mishandling of the oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico and not allowing states to be involved.
All of these have made tension between the state and federal governments to be at an all time high. Most of this is due to Obama's lack of understanding and respect for the roles of these two separate and distinct levels of government. If Obama could have his way, I am sure he would rather have state governors be "appoionted" by the emperor ... uh president and serve at HIS pleasure rather than be elected by the people of said state. To him this would solve all the hostility there is between the states and the feds by essentially merging the two together. But that is not how our system is set up nor shouid it EVER be changed. States are finally waking up from their slumber and seeing how they are being mistreated and malligned. And so are the people. They too see that the federal government is incapable of solving most (if not all) of their problems. That they are too far removed (both physically and emotionally) from their problems. They see that there is too much bureacracy and regulation at the federal level to be of any good. Also, I think states are now going to start asserting themselves on all levels of government intervention and challenge the feds on more and more issues. Take for example the claiming of land for federal use. Utah is almost 80% federal land. Resources that could be used by Utah are swallowed up by the feds and prevent that state from tapping those resources. Also take the regulation of air and water. Where in the Constitution does it give the feds the power to regulate a states on controls of their own resources. Today people are starving in the California central valley because the federal government has decreased the water flow from California resevoirs.
What is needed:
To me we need an "Ants" moment. Did you ever see the movie "Ants". In the movie the ants are being controlled by the grasshoppers that fly in from time to time to take their "share" of the harvest (kind of like the IRS). The ants accept this relationship as the grasshoppers are bigger and stronger than they are. That is until they realize that there are more of them (the ants) than them (the grasshoppers). The states need to wake up and have an "Ant moment" and realize there are more of THEM (50 in fact) than there are of them (the feds). By challenging the feds in court on EVERY LEVEL OF FEDERAL INTERVENTION we can over run them and keep them so busy that NOTHING can be done by them. We, the states, have been too nice. We need to act in our own SELF-INTEREST and fix our own problems. As I always say: "Its easier to do first and ask forgiveness later than it is to ask for permission".