This Is Not a Joke...or is it?

What is this concept of “State Sovereignty”? When our founding fathers sat down to lay out our government structure, they knew they needed to build into it “safety measures,” to make sure one entity did not hold too much power. Wisely, they anticipated future problems and included the following:

“Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.” Articles of Confederation, ratified in 1781

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”The US Constitution, 10th Amendment, ratified in 1791

This protection is REALLY important for Americans who may find themselves in the situation that their elected officials vote according to party arm-twisting or personal deal-making instead of reflecting the will of their constituents, exactly like what happened two months ago regarding Obama’s health care reform bill.

There are other very good reasons that state sovereignty exists. They include:
1. Senator Hank Johnson from Georgia, Democrat
He thinks Guam may tip over if we put more people on it. The Navy Admiral he is questioning shows admirable restraint with this response “We don’t anticipate that happening.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs23CjIWMgA&feature=related
2. Senator Robert Byrd from West Virginia, Democrat
This former Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan is 92 years old and has served in the US Senate for over 50 years. In that time, he has diverted ONE BILLION dollars of federal tax money to fund special pet projects in his state, making him the all-time King of Pork. Every building, bridge, highway, tree and stick in West Virginia (over 30 public works), funded by our tax money, bears his name. Of course he was the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and he has never even tried to hide how Washington really works with all of the back-scratching: "Let me say to my colleagues, if you vote for this budget conference report, don't come to the appropriations watering hole. It is not that I would not love to help you, but you are going to make it impossible."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M83IXf4uEs
3. Senator Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania, Switches Parties to Get Himself Elected
This rascal first crossed my radar back in 1991, while I lied on the couch nursing baby Farnsworth and flipping through the TV channels. He was verbally bullying a soft-spoken Anita Hill during the titillating proceedings of the Clarence Thomas Sexual Harassment Congressional Investigation. Thank God the good people of Pennsylvania recently came to their senses and ousted the 80-year-old Snarlin’ Arlen, after 44 plus years in office. He at one time had a brain tumor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Bpshk5nX0&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ_pAy7r4I0

IQ tests? Drug tests? Term limits? How can we American people protect ourselves from the clowns the other states are voting into office? They make laws that affect the entire country! One answer is State Sovereignty…demand it. Time to dust off our historic documents and USE them.