Posted by John Potter on 11/06/09 10:16 PM [Older: Current status of H.R.1207 & what we can do to help it along.]

Ron Paul? Not on the Glenn Beck show!  And some notes from the weekly Tremonton 9/12 book discussion after the video.

And here's some of the Geeky things that we have been talking about at our weekly meetings at the Heritage Foundation School in Garland/Tremonton.

Our Framers spoke of 4 Foundations of Freedom:

They were as follows; if I left any out throw 'em in here!

1. Private Virtue. Example: George Washington fights the Revolutionary War for several years comes back home to his plantation awhich produces losses, gets letters from James Madison urging him to return to Washington to avert the new nations collapse and he abliges.

2. Public Virtue. Example: Nations get the government they desrve.

3. Widespread Education. Not to be confused with indoctrination. Example In the early 1800s you were nearly garaunteed to find at every cottage two books; The Bible, and Shakespere.

4. Auxillary Precautions. (Plan B) in case all other safegaurds failed.

4.1. Legitimate Foundation: Example: God's Law above National Law above Man's Law.

4.2 Legitimate Authirity. Example: Government's power comes from The People.

4.3. Legitimate Role. Example: "The only time Government should use Force is when one of the inalienable rights is being infringed." E.T.Benson.

4.4. Separation of Powers. Read "The Federalist Papers" #47 Easily found online. Example: Legislative, Judicial, Executive, and you could possibly debate States in the early days.

4.5. Balances. Example: These would be considered "stopping" actions to prevent something from happening like Exec. Veto, or Judicial Ruling.

4.6. Balances. This could be considered a working relationship of cooperation. Example: Legislature declares war and the Executive/President leads and the Executive Appointments and the Senate's Ratification of the appointees.

4.7. Federalism. Lots of states make it harder for the Feds to railroad things through.

4.8.Written Constitution. Example: makes it harder to loose or change or be watered down.

4.9. Enumerated Powers. Origionally 26

4.10. Periodic Elections.

4.11. Electoral College. Was this ever given the time to be ironed out?

4.12. Factionization. Make it more difficult to accomplish goals of the Gov. "groupies" or individuals.

Hope people aren't asleep after reading all that note taking of mine from last nights meeting....