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Tag Archives: Thomas Jefferson
IS NULLIFICATION A VIABLE OPTION TO CURB FEDERAL ABUSE?
By Diane Rufino, June 17, 2021 On June 15, I posted a question and some of my personal thoughts on the matter. I noted that our nation’s culture and politics has perhaps reached a tipping point where two competing ideologies … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, compact law, Constitution, Diane Rufino, federal abuse, James Madison, nullification, states' rights, Tenth Amendment, The Kentucky Resolves, The Virginia Resolves, Thomas Jefferson, unconstitutional, unconstitutional laws, US constitution
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A RE-DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
by Diane Rufino, January 22, 2021 This article is dedicated to our great Founding Fathers – men who had the courage, the foresight, and the wisdom to secure the freedom that I exercise and enjoy every single day. PURPOSE: The … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Diane Rufino, founding documents, Founding Fathers, government tyranny, human rights, natural rights, Re-Declaration of Independence, rights of the people, the people's government, the right to abolish a tyrannical government, Thomas Jefferson, tyranny, unconstitutional agencies, unconstitutional federal agencies, US constitution
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Where Are Today’s Revolutionary Patriots – Ones like Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, George Mason – And Where are Today’s Rabble Rousers Like the Colonial Sons of Liberty?
by Diane Rufino, Dec. 23, 2020 Our country is, no doubt, in a horrible mess – an embarrassment to the world and on the verge of destroying the very goodness, principles, and freedom that we had been founded on. For … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 presidential election, American Revolution, ballot box, cheating by Democrats, Diane Rufino, dilution of votes, election fraud, election irregularities, election tampering, election tampering by Democrats, freedom, Liberty, Patrick Henry, revolutionary spirit, rigging of the presidential election, right to vote, Samuel Adams, Sons of Liberty, Thomas Jefferson, Vote, voter fraud, voting
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Are We Not Supposed to Take “Jealous Care” of Our Right to Vote and to Make Absolutely Sure That Each Citizen’s Vote Counts Equally?
by Diane Rufino The year 2020 is the year of election interference and election tampering. No other presidential election (aside from the election of 1960 between Nixon and John F. Kennedy) has been fraught with such intentional, deliberate, anti-American, unconstitutional, … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 USC 241, 2020 election, Conspiracy Against Rights, Declaration of Independence, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, Diane Rufino, disenfranchised voters, electikon interference, election fraud, election integrity, election irregularities, election manipulation, election tampering, election transparency, foreign interference, foreign interference in US elections, Jeffrey Rosen, malign foreign influence, one person one vote, right to vote, stealing the 2020 election, Thomas Jefferson, Thurgood Marshall, transparent elections, vote manipulation, voter fraud, voter integrity, voter manipulation
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Author Gene Kizer, Jr. Defends the South to the Editor of a Charleston, SC Newspaper
(Photo: Gene Kizer, Jr) by Gene Kizer Jr, July 12, 2019, with an Intro by Diane Rufino This post is to give you some FOOD FOR THOUGHT……. And perhaps even to inspire you to action, which I hope will … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st amendment, American flag, American history, Betsy Ross flag, Charleston Post and Courier, Charleston SC, Charlottesville, Colin Kaepernick, confederacy, confederate monuments, confederate states, confederate statues, Diane Rufino, first amendment, free speech, Gene Kizer, Gene Kizer Jr, historical monuments, liberalism, liberals, Nike, political correctness, political expression, political speech, progressive agenda, progressives, San Francisco mural of George Washington, the South, Thomas Jefferson
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Charlottesville, Virginia: Demonizing Thomas Jefferson and Continuing the Trend to Foreclose Education and Free Speech
by Diane Rufino, July 6, 2019 On July 2, the Charlottesville (Virginia) City Council voted to no longer recognize Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, April 13, as a celebrated a paid holiday. Charlottesville is the hometown of our country’s most renown Founding … Continue reading
The Declaration of Independence: Thirteen Colonies Yearning to Be Free
by Diane Rufino, July 4, 2019 Independence Day – What it really means…. What does Independence Day – the 4th of July – mean to you? Is it just a holiday to eat, drink, and light off fireworks? Do you … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 colonies, 4th of July, American Revolution, compact theory, Declaration of Independence, Diane Rufino, Halifax Resolves, inalienable rights, independence day, individual sovreignty, July 4, July 4 1776, King George, Lee Resolution, Mecklenburg Declaration, rights of Englishmen, secession, social compact, thirteen colonies, Thomas Jefferson
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MONTICELLO: Missing the Opportunity to Educate Americans on the Extensive Legacy of Thomas Jefferson
by Diane Rufino, June 29, 2019 I was contacted this morning by Monticello, asking for a donation. While those who know me, and perhaps even those who have read my articles, know that Thomas Jefferson is my favorite Founding Father … Continue reading
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Tagged Diane Rufino, letter to Monticello, Monticello, Thomas Jefferson
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Undoing the American Republic with Welfare and Institutionalized Poverty (That’s Why Welfare Reform is So Important)
by Diane Rufino, September 30, 2018 Government programs such as welfare and other social means-tested programs characterize very well the government’s general policy towards poverty: Make individuals “comfortable” in their poverty rather than incentivize them to become self-sufficient. Those dependent … Continue reading
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Tagged Article I Section 8, Constitution, Diane Rufino, discretionary spending, federal budget, federal grants, federal grants to states, federal spending, Federalist No 41, general welfare, general welfare clause, institutionalized poverty, institutionalized theft, James Madison, LBJ and welfare, poverty, power to tax and spend, redistribution of wealth, social programs, state grants, tax and spend, tax and spend power, Thomas Jefferson, unconstitutional, unconstitutional spending, welfare reform, welfare.
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