America's Return to Independence

Americans continue to stand by while their rights are being stripped a little at a time. Fathers can't get custody, ex parte orders mean you're guilty until proven innocent, and criminal public officials trespass under the guise of "sovereign immunity." California takes it yet another step. California: COURT: NO WARRANT NEEDED TO SEARCH CELL PHONE The government now tells us how we should build our homes down to the screw, how our sex at birth determines whether we should get custody in adulthood, that we can't carry a cell phone without an expectation of privacy, and that public officials can do anything they want. Most Americans sit idly by while their individual rights have been slowly taken from them over the last 30 years and more. The individual rights and freedoms guaranteed by the constitution are now mostly history, taken from us incrementally. In fact, the slow process by which these freedoms were stripped from the American people went lar

Dear legislators/public officials/ and fellow citizens: Please hear my call for long needed change. Below are some of my concerns with the overreaching arm of the government. The time to pull that arm back, a long way, is now, on your watch. I have suffered from the oppression of governmental abuse on numerous occasions, which I’m going to share now. Please read all of it and respond (no autoreplies). I will post your responses to my blog http://returntoindepence.blogspot.com for the masses to read. Your lack of response will also be duly noted. Can a person who is chained, handcuffed, and jailed call himself free? They cannot. Likewise, a person without guaranteed individual rights is not free. Limiting Discretionary Immunity Protects Personal Rights The broader immunity provided a public official is coming at a greater and greater cost for individuals. Individuals are left to the mercy of public officials, whether or not they act in good faith. I have personally experienced

Our personal freedoms granted to us by the U.S. Constitution is under serious attack from the power grabbing Democrats.  Only our votes can end their agenda. What happened to our liberties and freedoms, as so strongly defended in the words of U.S. Declaration of Independence? We have allowed our government to slowly and methodically scale down individual rights promised by the very charter that founded our country. The demise of our once great country is resting fully upon these very liberties. The aura of defeat and hopelessness now fill American air, whereas freedom, the American dream, and hope used to reign. Oppression kills innovation, creativity, ambition, hope, and the spirit of the truly free. All of us have heard the great words spelled out in the Declaration of Independence, but when was the last time we pondered its great significance. Nothing is more powerful than the passage: “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by

The building codes are overly restrictive, time-consuming, and costly. Many of the requirements are simply nuisances and provide no benefit of any kind. By the time all of the required professionals are paid, the idea of making money from your venture is greatly diminished. New constructions and many renovations require structural engineers, master plumbers, master electricians, and architects to complete. You will end up spending thousands for designs/plans, that go to zoning boards and inspectors, who review them before issuing a permit. In my own personal case, the building permit itself took two months to get after all of the required paperwork was submitted. This kind of delay can kill a project by itself. Too many people equates to a lot of delay. Projects should be able to proceed in part so as to eliminate delays. It's allowable in the code, but the option is the inspectors'. Unfortunately, we had a building inspector who was only interested in delaying the proj