Posted by Michael Boldin on 09/21/09 4:33 PM   [Newer: Randy Barnett: The Constitution vs the Courts] [Older: Will Michigan Nullify Federal Gun Laws?]

There's been more and more garbage coming from the mainstream left as a direct attack on those who believe in limited government under the 10th Amendment. On the Tenth Amendment Center blog we've written about this already here, here and elsewhere.

The latest? This "report" from MediaMatters:

On the September 17 broadcast of his radio show, Lou Dobbs hosted Tenth Amendment Center founder Michael Boldin and repeatedly "urge[d]" his listeners to visit the group's "very interesting" website. The site, among other things, has published or reprinted several articles advocating secession from the United States.

The idea that TenthAmendmentCenter.com has opinion pieces from people who believe that secession is a proper course is in an effort to discuss the principles of decentralization. From our "about" page:

The Tenth Amendment Center works to preserve and protect Tenth Amendment freedoms through information and education. The center serves as a forum for the study and exploration of state and individual sovereignty issues, focusing primarily on the decentralization of federal government power.

The fact of the "matter" is that this country was founded on seceding from the British empire - so to ignore this is to ignore what gave birth to the United States of America.

The truth here is that the establishment left sees the 10th Amendment movement as dangerous. Why? Because it's non-partisan.

True support of the 10th Amendment means that you support the right of people in their own states to make decisions regarding health care, marijuana, guns, marriage, guard troops and more. A liberal who is in favor of legal marijuana in New Hampshire can actually be an ally of a conservative who is in favor of more gun rights in Montana.

It's not necessarily the single issue, but the underlying principle - the most important, the most difficult - issues - are best handled close to home. That's what the founders created for us. And that's what the establishment media on both sides (but primarily the left lately) hates.

So the recent mantra is to paint all "tenthers" as racists, as crazies, as anything that would make them seem like "radical right wingers" - or whatever other name we're given.

A bi-partisan resistance to the centralizers in D.C. - and their friends at GE, MediaMatters and elsewhere, is the only one that can "win." They know this, and that's why they're doing whatever they can to paint our efforts as partisan.

Don't go along with it!

Note: Here's the full interview with Lou Dobbs.

Posted 09/22/09 08:18 AM Blaise61 Silver Spring, MD

Visited the Tenth Amendment Center website and was curious: Why hasn't Ron Paul signed this pledge?

Posted 09/22/09 7:14 PM Michael Boldin Los Angeles, CA

Glad you stopped by Blaise61! We just released it in the last week - not sure if it's something he'll sign, or if he signs pledges like this in any form. Have you sent it his way yet?

Posted 09/24/09 08:00 AM Blaise61 Silver Spring, MD

Michael, No I haven't sent it to him. I suppose I was thinking that those who manage this website, and those who work at C4L, would have brought this to his attention before posting it here. I have no idea how items are chosen to be posted here. So I don't know if Ron Paul has seen this pledge, or even knows about the Tenth Amendment Center.