Independence Weekend

Great post by Sacopapa yesterday, I can only echo his sentiments. Happy 4th to all, especially all our troops. On this day I plead to the Federal Government to curtail it's snowballing control of the states and citizens. this was not the intention of our founding fathers. So Purple Lips, let the people of Arizona, California, or whatever state do what is best for them and decided by their citizens. It's called freedom. If not we are Back in the U.S.S.R.

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Second Article of Confederation: Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated.

Tenth Amendment: 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