tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post3644972018940230246..comments2024-03-29T07:33:41.566-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Qui Bono? Who Benefits? - or - Follow the MoneySiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-13142724760223541622011-08-30T23:17:08.726-04:002011-08-30T23:17:08.726-04:00"throw out 75% of the CFR"
I'm a st..."throw out 75% of the CFR"<br /><br />I'm a strict Constitutionalist, and I can't help but wonder how we ended up being <i>legitimately</i> subject to <i>any</i> regulatory agency (all of which operate under the 'authority' of the executive branch.) <br /><br />But of course, some people point to FDR's 1933 state of emergency and the ensuing Constitutional carnage, from which we have never recovered. Others point to the Civil War and reformation, from which we've never recovered, and the 14th amendment. And I stop wondering how and why...<br /><br />And this is where I start sounding like a broken record. <br /><br />The President (and/or his agencies) shouldn't (and arguably doesn't/don't) have any valid legal authority over you or me (or even a businessman) except in very specific and limited circumstances.<br /><br />So (IMO) it's not just a matter of getting rid of 75% of the CFR (a noble and worthy goal), it's about invalidating 99% of the bogus federal regulations that are used against American citizens and businesses. <br /><br />It's about turning things on their heads, in order to return us to a point where federal jurisdiction was strictly limited and not generally something that could be used against us.<br /><br /><i>How do you think ten square miles surrounded by reality came to rule over us so completely?</i><br /><br /><i>Just how deep down the rabbit hole can or should we go?</i>BS Footprinthttp://bsfootprint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-29610010340859414682011-08-30T22:53:33.896-04:002011-08-30T22:53:33.896-04:00"All new laws and regulations should sunset i..."All new laws and regulations should sunset in a few years. Plus, as a bonus, we could make it that re-instating the sunsetted laws would take much of congress' time and effort, limiting the number of new laws."<br /><br />Yeah, let's make <i>them</i> hop on one foot while touching their noses. Poetic justice.BS Footprinthttp://bsfootprint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-12986927405557041752011-08-30T18:24:25.037-04:002011-08-30T18:24:25.037-04:00We're on the same broken record. I don't ...We're on the same broken record. I don't know how to search this way, but I bet one of the most common phrases on this blog is something like "throw out 75% of the CFR". All new laws and regulations should sunset in a few years. Plus, as a bonus, we could make it that re-instating the sunsetted laws would take much of congress' time and effort, limiting the number of new laws.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-12247578205642848192011-08-30T15:31:36.287-04:002011-08-30T15:31:36.287-04:00Me, in broken record mode: This is why Leviathan m...Me, in broken record mode: This is why Leviathan must be repealed. <b>Every law is a tool</b> waiting to be used against someone, and it's simply beyond dispute that the application of laws on the books has been broadened whenever possible.<br /><br />It's well past time to return to <i>just laws</i> punishing <i>actual crimes</i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malum_in_se" rel="nofollow">(malum en se)</a> where there was both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea" rel="nofollow">mens rea</a> and an actual injured party willing to file charges and accuse someone of the crime.<br /><br />We are living witnesses to the return of tyranny. <i>(Tyranny is the condition of being under the <b>arbitrary</b> rule of another -- arbitrary being the key.)</i> The founders knew this well, and spoke at length about it.<br /><br />What are these laws and how they are enforced, if not arbitrary?<br /><br />Prosecutorial discretion one form of it -- the fact that laws can be enforced or not enforced at the discretion of government personnel is a two-edged sword. Great if you benefit from it, but it allows the government to keep really crazy laws on the books because they are not widely enforced...BS Footprinthttp://bsfootprint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-30407157173265573462011-08-28T22:12:39.667-04:002011-08-28T22:12:39.667-04:00Word - as the kids say.Word - as the kids say.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-65594814150157856862011-08-28T20:22:48.885-04:002011-08-28T20:22:48.885-04:00There's a pattern here.There's a pattern here.Tango Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593296126387219845noreply@blogger.com