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Evidence increasingly points to catastrophic failure of the US government. Elected representatives are failing to uphold their oath of office to protect, defend and support the Constitution. The will of we, the people is not being carried out by elected representatives.

The Constitution is being systematically gutted, and the rights of the people are being suppressed.

The mission of this blog is to provide a forum for all interested people to discuss U.S. history, the state of the union, the state of the U.S. Constitution with the effects on the citizenry, and to forge a vision, strategy and plan to halt the ongoing harm to the US Constitution and to restore it to its pre-George W. Bush administration state.

The vision of the blog is to provide a forum for discussion for we, the people to develop an effective movement to restore the US Constitution to robust health and to move back toward a functional republican from of democracy.

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“The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Today’s Supreme Court decision is yet another stinging rebuke of the Bush administration’s extreme views on executive power. Time after time, the Supreme Court has rebuffed the administration’s attempts to undermine the Constitution, from its Rasul and Hamdi decisions in 2004 to its Hamdan decision in 2006. It is a testament to our system of government that the Court has rejected the habeas-stripping provisions of the Military Commissions Act and reaffirmed that the government does not have the power to detain people indefinitely and arbitrarily without judicial review. The writ of habeas corpus provides one of the most significant protections of human freedom against arbitrary government action ever created. We can and must fight terrorists without abandoning the principles on which our country was founded.” ~Senator Russell Feingold D-WI is a member of the Senate Intelligence, Judiciary and Foreign Relations Committees. In 2006, Senator Feingold opposed the Military Commissions Act (S. 3930).

“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” ~Patrick Henry

“No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.” ~Abraham Lincoln
“I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag” ~ Craig Washington

“Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.” ~George Washington

My former senator has now officially deserted me….

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Arne

Sen. Joe Lieberman (”CT for meeeee” Party-CT) has admitted the obvious:
“I am not going to attend the Democratic Convention for obvious reasons,” Lieberman said.
“Suh-prahhhz, suh-prahhhz”.
I never did like him anyway. I thought that Lowell Weicker had far more principle and integrity in his little finger than Lieberman had in his entire body. Which, I guess, [...]

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History Repeats: Preventable Medication Errors, The Public Trust and Professional Nursing

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Annie

The Well Health blog at the NYTimes includes a report about the Quaids’ 60 Minutes segment concerning the potentially fatal medication error that happened to their newborn twins when a nurse administered Heparin to them at the wrong concentration and overdosed the babies. That identical error happens not infrequently. It occurred with fatal results to [...]

Filed under: Health Care, History Repeats, Issues, Media Narrative, Medication Errors, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Professional Nursing, Registered Nurse, Series | Tagged: Health Care, Journalism, Media Coverage, Issues, Professional Nursing, registered nurses, Medication Errors, Patient Safety, patient advocacy, Dennis Quaid, Heparin Dose Error | No Comments »

Stirrings of Populism?

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Annie

The traditional media has steadfastly refused to cover domestic surveillance and the stripping of the Fourth Amendment until just recently, when a little ray of light escaped from that black hole. What happened?
The equivalent of a roller shade suddenly losing its spring and popping up unexpectedly in the form of the House Democrats unexpectedly refusing [...]

Filed under: Audio, Bias, Constitution, Fourth Amendment, George W. Bush, Glenn Greenwald, Jack Balkin, Journalism, Julian Sanchez, Media Narrative, Multi Media, Privacy, Propaganda, Scott Horton, Spies, Video, We the People | Tagged: Blogging, Constitution, Fourth Amendment, Government Transparency, Journalism, News, Populism, Privacy, Propaganda, Public Right to Know, Warrantless wiretapping | No Comments »

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