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Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln
Sorry Dinesh D’Souza: Your Comparison of Trump to Abraham Lincoln Evidences a Gross Misunderstanding of American History
by Diane Rufino, June 15, 2018 Dinesh D’Souza’s latest movie is an excellent example of the kind of hogwash that writers and historians can put out there when there is a gross misunderstanding of our country’s history and its leaders. … Continue reading
The Truth About the 13th Amendment
Excerpted from Leonard “Mike” Scrugg’s book, The Un-Civil War: Shattering the Historical Myths (Chapter 7: “The First Thirteenth Amendment”). 2011, Universal Media (Charlotte, NC) – with some additions and commentary by Diane Rufino Mike Scrugg’s book, THE UN-CIVIL WAR, is … Continue reading
QUESTION: Was – Is – Secession Legal?
by Diane Rufino, but based in part on Leonard “Mike” Scruggs book THE UN-CIVIL WAR, January 19. 2018 In the year 1776, the American colonies had already been fighting their revolution for independence from Great Britain for about a year. … Continue reading
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The Social Compact & Our Constitutional Republic
by Diane Rufino, Jan. 21, 2018 (first section only; other sections attributed to other authors) I. INTRODUCTION A Social Compact is an agreement, entered into by individuals, that creates some form of self-government and results in the formation of an … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, breach of compact, compact, compact remedies, compact theory, confederation of states, Constitution, constitution as a social compact, constitutional republic, contract, contract remedies, Daniel Webster, Diane Rufino, federal union, Federalism, federation of states, government, interposition, James Madison, John C. Calhoun, Kentucky Resolutions, Mayflower Compact, nullification, Ordinance of Nullification, rescission, resumption clauses, rule of law, secession, social compact, South Carolina, South Carolina Declaration of Secession, sovereignty, state sovereignty, states as parties to the compact, states rights, Tenth Amendment, Thomas Jefferson, union of states, Virginia Resolutions
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SAVE THE REPUBLIC! Rethinking the American Union of States for the Preservation of Republicanism
by Diane Rufino (citing Donald Livingston in his book Rethinking the American Union for the Twenty-First Century), July 26, 2016 The purpose of this article is three-fold: First, I want to be provocative and get readers thinking. Second, I wish to … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, American union, Article IV, centralized government, checks and balances, compact, compact theory, Constitution, David Hume, Declaration of Independence, democracy, Diane Rufino, Donald Livingston, dual sovereignty, federal government, Federalism, federation, federation of states, government corruption, government oppression, interposition, large republic, nullification, provincial republics, representation, republic, republican form of government, republicanism, Rethinking the Union of States for the Twenty-First Century, secession, self-rule, separation of powers, sovereignty, state sovereighty, states, states rights, Supreme Court, Tenth Amendment, Thomas Jefferson, tyranny, union of states, will to secede
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Comparing Obama’s Amnesty Plan to the Emancipation Proclamation
by Diane Rufino, November 22, 2014 According to Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, President Obama’s plan to excuse the illegal action of millions of immigrants not unlike Abraham Lincoln’s effort to free slaves. At first I thought it … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, abuse, Amnesty, Bush, checks and balances, Civil War, Civil War'usupration, Diane Rufino, Emancipation Proclamation, executive order, illegal immigration, immigration, King Obama, Lincoln, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, separation of powers, slavery, slaves, the civil war, Truman, tyrant, usurpation, Youngstown Steel
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Time for Another Tax Revolution: Abolish the Federal Income Tax and the IRS With It!
by Diane Rufino, July 3, 2013 The 16th Amendment states: “The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration.“ The … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Amendment, 1913, abolish the income tax, abolish the iRS, Abraham Lincoln, apportionment of taxes, Article I Section 8, Article I Section 9, audit, Bailey Bill, Bestiat, Bill Benson, Civil War, Constitution, entitlement, exemptions, Fair Tax, FDR, federal income tax, Gestapo, gradual, graduated, income tax, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, IRS audit, IRS scandal, James Madison, JFK, legal plunder, legalized plunder, Lincoln, national sales tax, Neil Boortz, Nelson Aldrich, Nixon, Obama, plunder, progressive, progressive income tax, redistribution of wealth, resolution, revenue, Revenue Act of 1862, Sereno Payne, Sixteenth amendment, Soak the Rich, Tariff Act of 1909, Tax Code, tax reform, taxation, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Underwood, Underwood Bill, wealth redistribution, welfare., William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
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Why Have African-Americans Abandoned the Republican Party When the Republican Party Has Never Abandoned Them?
by Diane Rufino “I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored. I am merely a fragment of the Great Soul that surges within the boundaries. My country, right or wrong.” — Zora Neale Hurston. … Continue reading
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