United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, & Switzerland Governments on Criminal Records & Federalism

I’m wondering if you are convicted of underage drinking in a US State & you move to Canada, will Canada still consider you a criminal if you committed the “offense” at 18 or 19 or 20? Canada’s drinking age is 19 except for Quebec, Manitoba & Alberta which have drinking ages of 18. Australia has a drinking age of 18 in all states & New Zealand has a drinking age of 18 as well. I’m guessing Switzerland has drinking age lower than 18. It seems that nowhere in the world can I be completely satisfied with my government. Canadian federalism is weak & makes the provinces municipalities & counties with the Federal government having most of the power. One of the federal government’s powers in Canada includes legislating matters on public safety. This means that unless it’s ruled that gun control violates the charter of freedoms, the federal government has the power to legislate on that matter, even at its originalist interpretations. Provinces of Canada are not respected in the same fashion as states in the United States were in our founding father’s views. Provinces in Canada are not seen as those who made up the federal government, they are seen as creations of the federal government. It’s semi-unitary, where the federal government is more powerful than the lower leveled governments & although state/local governments cannot be completely abolished, it is still possible for the provinces to become mere puppets of the parliament. The founders of Canada in 1867 should have taken more lessons from America’s founding fathers of the 1770’s and 1780’s on enacting a constitution so the federal government does not become too powerful. The provinces of Canada should act as a check on federal power & violations of rights and Canada should adopt a new constitution that is identical to the US Constitution, where provinces are not mere municipalities & counties but free & independent states that have more powers than the federal government & federal government has less powers. If only Canada had founding fathers like Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, George Mason, James Wilson & Patrick Henry. Unlike the United States who divorced itself from any monarch or federation above the federal government of the United States, Canada still is part of a federation called Commonwealth of Nations where monarchy plays a role in government. A monarchy is a form of government America’s founding fathers of the late 18^th century despised and wished for a representative democratic-republic with a federal government that is sovereign with limited, enumerated powers and where states have sovereignty as well with a few restrictions.

                Australia has a system of federalism identical to the United States of America. Australia became a federal republic in 1901 & its federal government had powers that were limited & enumerated. A bill of rights was not included & the bill of rights in Australia’s constitution is still lacking. Australia was once a land of individualism & adventure until its federal government became too powerful starting I believe in the 1940’s. What really makes me mad as hell is a national gun ban enacted in 1996 after the Port Arthur Massacre on April 28 of the same year. Before late 1996, the states had jurisdiction over firearms & the federal government was barred from regulating civilian ownership of them. Federal governments must have control over customs & militaries, but that doesn’t mean the right to keep and bear arms is reserved for troops of the military because the theory of collective rights are non-existent. Only individuals have rights which come from god & our creator, whatever you want to call it. Just don’t tell me that rights come from the state! Ownership of your OWN life is absolute. It does not extend to injuring another human being because it is inflicting interference on the victim’s life. Australia was the last country on Earth that I know to have a federal government that in any way outside of its federal district regulate firearms & in 1996, the federal government of Australia passed a national gun ban. Only 5% of Australians own firearms for hunting & sporting purposes. Self-defense & keeping a check on tyranny are out of the question. Switzerland is a federal republic, however, its central government has regulated firearms for a while but I don’t know when federal gun regulations first started in Switzerland. I definitely know Australia’s federal government did not regulate firearms in any way outside of its federal district until 1996.

                New Zealand has a unitary parliamentary government but gun control laws are more relaxed in New Zealand, even though a license is required for ownership of firearms. New Zealand’s government repealed registration of guns requirement in 1983 because of its ineffectiveness. I sure hope NZ doesn’t make the same mistake again. Neither should any other country or state.

                The United States is supposed to have the most restricted federal government in the world as our founding fathers in America viewed it. The states are a check & balance on federal power & the states are truly the ones who have the final say on the federal constitution of the United States. If this is considered a lie, then there can be no such thing as a true federal republic or confederation. In a federal or confederal system, the states delegate some of their sovereignty to a central government by choice & the federal government can only operate within the confines of the constitutionally limited & enumerated powers delegated to them by the states & the people of those states. If states became mere puppets of the federal government & were not considered sovereign at all, then it would be a unitary government. Unitary governments have complete control over local governments & can abolish them at will & if the federal constitution will allow it. I also believe it’s time to abolish every U.S. Court of Appeals courts except for the D.C. Circuit, Federal Circuit, tax & military courts. The Supreme Court will always stay the highest court in the nation as the constitution establishes it. However, the Supreme Court of the United States is not the absolute arbitrator of the laws of the land. There are jurisdictional restrictions on what cases the federal courts & Supreme Court can hear. The state courts will replace the U.S. court of appeals & that way the federal government will have no choice but to fear the state governments & the people who live in them. However, the people do not need to get permission from their state government to have federal power restricted. If the federal government is sued by someone harmed by the actions of the feds, the state courts can strike down federal laws that conflict with the constitution regardless of state laws.

                I won’t write too much here on this blog but I will say that the goals Tenthers should have are repealing the 16^th & 17^th amendments allowing for income tax & requiring senators be elected by popular vote as well as modify the 14^th amendment to restrict the federal government only in terms of citizenship & equal protection of the law as well as to prevent the federal government from assisting states in enforcing tyrannical laws such as stripping the federal court’s power to force a non-compliant state to extradite a fugitive should the fugitive return to the state he/she fled from that the fugitive’s constitutional rights will be harmed should he/she be returned. Humans have the ability to reason according to John Locke, a libertarian English philosopher whom our founding fathers in America followed to the fullest. If government becomes too tyrannical, Thomas Jefferson said it is the right of the people to take up arms against the government harming their unalienable rights & this also applies to state & local governments. The Federal Government has become more tyrannical than all but 4 state governments. Only California, New York, Massachusetts, & Rhode Island are as tyrannical as the federal government.

Gadhafi Dead! What does this mean for gas prices? Are Alternative Fuel Cars Practical? True Capitalism Does Work!

That former terrorist supporting scumbag dictator Muammar Gadhafi was killed when rebel forces seized his hometown of Sirte. What about gas prices? Will the United States, China & the rest of the world make more energy domestically? I sure hope oil can be domestically produced in the United States as well as Canada. Canada looks like it produces just under a little as much oil as Saudi Arabia. I also heard there is more natural gas in the United States of America than there is oil in Saudi Arabia. I also favor free market environmentalism to create jobs & produce domestic and renewable energy such as hydrogen fuel cells. I sure hope that dependence on petroleum is decreased in decades to come, because petroleum is a fossil fuel that is not renewable & hydrogen & electricity are promising alternative fuels that are renewable. I’ve heard some criticism about electric cars and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles but the same level of criticism would be used 110 years ago with automobiles. I respond to comments about electric cars being a joke. However, technology will evolve over the years & well should we continue dependence on petroleum or even foreign oil? 120 years ago, horse drawn vehicles were becoming less popular due to problems concerning horses pooping & going ape *&*%! When spooked. By that I mean horses could not be controlled when in fight or flight mode. Oldsmobile was four years old when they created the first mass produced automobile in history in 1901. Just seven years later in 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Ford Model T which would make automobiles more affordable & popular amongst the average lower to middle class American worker. The 1900’s decade marked a race for improving automobiles and promising their practability. I credit Oldsmobile as much as Ford for making automobiles practical. Ransom Olds, Oldsmobile’s founder was the first automaker to use assembly lines for automobile production. Henry Ford came second & was credited for making the automobile more common, affordable, and a popular alternative to horse drawn vehicles that have been used for centuries. Although automobiles have been experimented with since the late 18^th to mid-19^th centuries, it was Ransom Olds who made the automobile a market product but only as a luxury where Henry Ford made his Model T the first economy car in history. Before the 1900’s, automobiles were merely prototypes, concepts & experiments of science & technology.

                Karl Benz made the internal combustion engine practical, but Ransom Olds & Henry Ford would forever change transportation forever. The United States had the highest production of automobiles & highest ownership of automobiles. In fact, most of the world’s automobiles were owned by American & Canadian citizens in the USA & Canada in the early & mid-20^th century.

                The same stories of success happened when Milton Hershey created a formula to make milk chocolate from an expensive luxury to a good the lower class can enjoy. After numerous trials & errors, it was finally made a reality in 1900.

                Another great wonder that made these success stories a reality was there were no government grants given to make these successes reality. This proves true capitalism works & that government cannot create innovation. The rise of communism in the early to mid-20^th century begged to differ. However, capitalism works & government can only destroy jobs. Taxation is the power to destroy & low taxation, less government & more freedom have helped increase the standard of life which can only be lowered in communist countries like the former Soviet Union, which had heavy taxation, poor quality products & services produced by the government, lack of freedom, especially under the totalitarian regime of Josef Stalin.

                The United States of America went from a land of self-managing farmers in 1800 to an industrial powerhouse in 1899 with new technologies & products introduced to the market such as telephones, electricity & running water in homes, modern medicine as examples which were not available in 1800. From the late 19^th century until 1933, America was a free as it ever was with slavery being abolished; woman having the right to vote, foreign intervention being strictly limited to the Panama Canal, limited taxation, spending by congress was limited as examples. The progressive era sought to destroy the prosperity free-markets produced in the late 19^th century & early 20 century with labor laws & regulations crippling business, a nightmare which would become a reality starting in 1933 with the “New Deal” of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whom I consider one of the worst presidents in US history.

                No inventor that was known to man in the United States of America ever received any government subsidy in the 18^th to mid-20^th centuries & became successful in advancing technology while increasing the standard of life without government to play other than being a referee. I will list Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla & Karl Benz as examples of inventors who have changed the World and it’s standard of living. Karl Benz was a German citizen and invented the first petrol powered automobile.

                Karl Benz’s wife Bertha in 1888 was the first person in the world to complete an entire road trip by automobile & Horatio Nelson Jackson becoming the first person to drive across the United States from California to New York in 1903, when paved roads were non-existent except in major cities. Jackson successfully proved the automobile was not just a mere toy for the rich to drive around in the cities. There were also many privately financed roads in the 19^th century.

                Enough about cars, I’ll talk about the victory the Libyan rebels enjoy. Qaddafi was injured & bloodied moments before he was about to be sucked into the fiery depths of hell. Qaddafi was a murdering scumbag terrorist aiding prick who was officially overthrown by Libyan rebels. October 20 is likely to become a national holiday for Libya, the day the 2011 Libyan civil war ended, or at least Qaddafi’s reign of terror ended. The United States of America has had its fair share of tyrannical regimes. I reject the idea that government can always be controlled democratically & that it is absolutely unacceptable to overthrow a government that is very tyrannical. There are two types of overthrowing a government. One is a Coup, where the administrations of the government are deposed but the structure & certain laws of government remain active, such as a constitution. A Coup de at is where the entire structure of government along with its administrations are deposed. It can have some elements of both such as the overthrow of some administrators & certain laws through force. I believed that the US Constitution should be protected in all aspects including its foundations, originalist & textualist interpretations, & it’s preservation as the highest law of the land just below the laws of nature.

                Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely & those in power tend to become bullies with power. The former Soviet Union was everything the United States in our founder’s view was not. The state in the Soviet Union was considered to be god on earth, answering to nobody but themselves. The United States of America was founded on principles of popular sovereignty, individual liberty, privacy of the individual citizen, & rights of the states & the people with a federal government of limited & enumerated powers. In the Soviet Union, there was no such thing as natural & inalienable rights & states’ rights. In the Soviet Union, rights came from the benevolence of the state, including rights that are services that must be provided such as health care. If rights were to come from the state, then the state has total control over its subjects like a dictatorship, regardless of if there are democratic elections or no elections whatsoever.

                The death of Qaddafi is not the end for the Libyan rebels. Libya after Qaddafi must hold a constitutional convention and open up their history books and learn about how the Founding Fathers of America established their Constitution. The new constitution of Libya should be identical to the US Constitution in the late 19^th century. It would be a tragedy for Libya to have their new country after Qaddafi has a revolution like the violent French Revolution of 1789 & for another tyrant to rule Libya or any other country trying to overthrow their tyrannical dictators. I’m also glad that the rebels overthrew Gadhafi without US military intervention. President Barack Obama’s proposal to use military intervention in Libya was blocked by the House of Representatives, most of whom voted against Obama were Republicans. I really don’t appreciate US foreign aid to Israel. If Israel wants US help, it should join the United States as a US State & pay taxes like all the other citizens of America. The federal government’s main role is to protect against foreign enemies & protect states from invasion & domestic violence. That means national security.

NJ Governor Chris Christie’s Endorsement of Mitt Romney Should Disturb Fiscal Conservatives

Well, Chris Christie has endorsed Mitt Romney, former governor of Taxachussetts, I mean Massachusetts, which had the highest taxes of any state during Romney’s reign. Christie was elected in 2009 and defeated incumbent Democratic governor Jon Corzine on a fiscal conservative platform & seen as a fiscal hero. I guess Christie is either ignorant or actually as moderate progressive as Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney is a Rockefeller Republican in every way from being pro-abortion, anti-gun rights, pro-amnesty, fiscally irresponsible, and finally in 2006 signed socialized health care named after him. RomneyCare is a predecessor to ObamaCare only Romney Care was signed by a Republican governor at the state level & ObamaCare was signed by the incumbent Democratic president just a year and a half ago at federal level.

                Currently in the 2012 presidential race, Mitt Romney & Ron Paul are the two most major competitors and they are almost polar opposites with Romney being a big government liberal progressive & Ron Paul being a Libertarian Constitutional Conservative. If you don’t know about Christie he endorsed staunch progressive Republican Mike Castle running for US Senate in Delaware over constitutional conservative Christine O’Donnell last year. What is Christie thinking? Either he’s ignorant of the candidates he endorses or he’s not a true conservative & is a Schwarzenegger Republican. Christie should be best described as a moderate. He along with nearly all politicians in the US and the World are reluctant to abolish public education and steer it towards a free market, anarcho-capitalist status. Public schools have sucked bad & No Child Left Behind act passed in 2002, signed by George W. Bush has really been pulled by the very depths of hell. Even Satan wouldn’t accept the reckless spending in Washington DC & 14.5 trillion dollar debt!

                And do you know which so called “conservative” is a joke? Rick Santorum! Yes, rubber stamps for George Bush along with Arlen Spector. In 2004, Santorum claimed Spector was no progressive! Are you kidding me sir?! Were you saying that Pat Toomey was less fit to lead Pennsylvania in the US Senate than Bush Republican Arlen Spector? Arlen Spector & Rick Santorum were perfect stupid dick brained neoconservative progressive Bush Republicans and they were proud of it! Any true conservative would have supported Pat Toomey over Arlen Spector in 2004 & Christine O’Donnell over Mike Castle & Chris Coons in Delaware in 2010. The Barry Goldwater Republican Party has lain dead since 1989-90. Hell, George W. Bush made Bill Clinton look fiscally conservative. At least there were budget surpluses when Republicans dominated congress and Bill Clinton was president. The budget surpluses quickly turned to deficits when Bush Jr. took office in 2001. The Republican Party is close to going to Barry Goldwater days once again! Vote Ron Paul-Gary Johnson ticket 2012!

Steve Jobs Eulogy & Proof Capitalism Works with P.S. on 2012 Presidential Election

Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Inc. and computer scientist plus inventor died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at age 56 from pancreatic cancer. Jobs created Apple Inc. and created the Apple computer Macintosh which was introduced in the 1984 TV commercial “1984”. Today, Apple computers are like state of the art for making & editing movies. What makes Steve Jobs great is he never used politics & lobbying to help with his business.  Steve Jobs is proof as well as Ford Motor Co. that capitalism works and government grants are unnecessary. Without government grants any business that fails goes out of business. With government grants any business that fails still keeps on going because as long as the grants are still active and can always be paid with tax money, that business doesn’t have to care about the quality of their products.

                Steve Jobs is an old school entrepreneur and by old school I mean one who separates the state from business entirely. When Chrysler Corperation and General Motors received bailout packages from the federal government, Ford Motor Company refused bailout money. As a result, Chrysler Corp. was saved by Fiat, General Motors filed for bankruptcy and Ford Motor Co. was successful and the business was unaffected negatively. These are proofs that government grants only send a message that it doesn’t matter if you fail because the government can bail you out which is a form of paternalism. US President Grover Cleveland vetoed hundreds of bills passed by Congress. He championed limited government and is quoted: “I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty of the general government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly related to the public service or benefit. A prevalent tendency to disregard the limited mission of this power and duty should, I think, be steadfastly resisted, to the end that the lesson should be constantly enforced that, though the people support the government, the government should not support the people. The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow-citizens in misfortune. This has been repeatedly and quite lately demonstrated. Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character, while it prevents the indulgence among our people of that kindly sentiment and conduct which strengthens the bonds of a common brotherhood.” Grover Cleveland is tied with Thomas Jefferson as the greatest presidents in American history for following the Constitution and limited government. Many politicians think on the contrary to the constitution’s original meaning today. With the recent murder of American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki by President Barack Obama’s order, the president has shown not only contempt for the US Constitution, but for criminal laws that bound ALL citizens, regardless of if they govern or not. Obama is not only a horrible president but a criminal! This murder of an American citizen is an impeachable offense and Obama’s lawyers are willing to fight to the legal death to defend Obama’s actions. The reason is al-Awlaki is a suspected terrorist. The 5^th amendment guarantees that life, liberty & property cannot be deprived without due process of law. I think this guy might be a bearded scumbag but I would have liked to see al-Awlaki arrested & tried for his actions and if convicted face capital punishment. The assassination of al-Awlaki sent a horrible message that the president can have anyone, regardless of US citizenship assassinated without due process merely because he thinks the target is a terrorist.

                BTW, Obama WILL get re-elected unless Ron Paul wins the Republican nomination for president. With Rick Perry and Mitt Romney tearing at each other over programs like social security, Ron Paul is not one to resort to mudslinging like Perry and Romney. With Rick Perry losing support because the truth is spreading throughout the campaign, Ron Paul; gains momentum and will send a message to the media that we don’t need your help! Romney is Ron Paul’s most powerful rival in the Republican nomination campaign for president in 2012. However, with Ron Paul gaining momentum and support, Romney will soon see a decline in support for his campaign while Ron Paul speeds to first place. Paul’s message of limited government, competing currencies, non-interventionism & peace, and prosperity.