The Founders did not Grant the Federal Judiciary
the Power to Interpret the Constitution
By Robert Greenslade © Nitwit Press

Several prominent conservative commentators have stated that it is critical to re-elect George W. Bush because presidents have a direct voice in the appointment of federal judges and these judges “have the power to interpret the Constitution.” Since most Americans have been carefully indoctrinated in a federally funded education camp masquerading as an institution of higher learning, most people, including conservative media pundits, only have a vague understanding of the system of government established by the Constitution. This has made it relatively easy for proponents of big government to advance numerous constitutional fairy tales. The purpose of this article is to dispel the myth that the Founders granted the federal judiciary the power to interpret the Constitution.

In order to understand this issue, it is necessary to begin with the basics. Contrary to popular belief, the Constitution did not consolidate the several States or their people into a single nation. The Constitution simply modified the federal system of government that had been established by the Articles of Confederation. The word federal has a very important meaning. Shortly after his death in 1850, John C. Calhoun’s essay entitled A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States was published in book form. The following excerpt is a concise definition of the word federal as it relates to the federal system of government established by the Constitution: (Read the rest here)

The Chicken Chronicles
Whatever Happened To The U. S.?
By Carl F. Worden

You will find this tale preposterous and bordering upon an urban legend, but I can swear to you this day, that the events I will relay to you actually happened in the United States of America, State of Oregon.

Here goes:

Nick Gambos is heading home from his gym workout at 10:00 PM, and stopped by the closed Ray’s Market in Murphy on his way home to Williams, Oregon, to pick up a copy of the “Nickel” advertising newspaper.

He sees a chicken huddled in an open crate next to the Nickel stand. The chicken looks abandoned and lonely, so Nick, the animal lover, takes compassion on the chicken, picks her up, and drives her home.

For all Nick knows, the chicken is abandoned, on free range. The chicken is not in a closed or even locked pen. For all Nick knows, the chicken found a spot to rest in with minimal protection for the night. Dogs, cats, or any other predator might have scented her out in that open crate There is a nameplate over the open fruit crate, designated “Speckles”. (Read the rest here)

John Kerry and the Winter phonies
By Norman Turner

The Presidential election will not be decided by the actions of John Kerry after he returned from Vietnam but in the view of many veterans, there is still an account on his ledger to settle or at least to explain.

Kerry served his country adequately during his extraordinarily short and medal rich tour of duty. But upon his return he closely and actively associated himself with an anti war group that many consider traitorous in their agenda. He has not explained his conduct while acting as the leader of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) which was backed by left wing radical, Jane Fonda.

He attended a seminar bankrolled by Fonda in Detroit in February 1971. Watching 125 self-proclaimed Vietnam veterans testify at a Howard Johnson’s about atrocities they said they had committed and observed, the man who would be president later said he found the accounts shocking and irrefutable. (Read the rest here)

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