"Our legislators are not sufficiently apprised of the rightful limits of their powers; that their true office is to declare and enforce only our natural rights and duties, and to take none of them from us. No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.”
– Thomas Jefferson (1816)
Saturday, August 22, 2009
"The Constitution: The Remarkable Gift of Heaven"
From NCCS.net, August Newsletter
"It is interesting that in our day when powerful forces are seeking to stretch the Constitution to almost unimaginable limits in order to gain more power over the people, in the Founders day it was just the opposite. As the Constitution was passed from the convention in 1787 to the states and the people for ratification, there was fear among some that the Constitution, even with all its limited, balanced, and strictly delegated authority, would destroy some of the rights of the people. Some feared it gave too much power into the hands of federal officials and that it would not protect the people enough..."
To read the entire newsletter, click here.
"It is interesting that in our day when powerful forces are seeking to stretch the Constitution to almost unimaginable limits in order to gain more power over the people, in the Founders day it was just the opposite. As the Constitution was passed from the convention in 1787 to the states and the people for ratification, there was fear among some that the Constitution, even with all its limited, balanced, and strictly delegated authority, would destroy some of the rights of the people. Some feared it gave too much power into the hands of federal officials and that it would not protect the people enough..."
To read the entire newsletter, click here.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Announcing the next LBCCS Movie Night!
LBCCCS excited to announce our second movie night! We took the month of August off, but now we are fired up and ready to go! Come and join us as we begin the PBS dramatic documentary series based on Thomas Fleming's "Liberty! The American Revolution." You will enjoy yourself and learn a lot. Plus there will be snacks and coffee! Please RSVP as soon as possible so we know how to prepare. We hope to see you there!
Time:
Friday, September 4 at 7pm
Place:
Calvary Chapel
4321 Easton Ave
Bethlehem, PA
Any questions? Contact me, Ryan, at 484-553-0956.
Finding the chapel:
From PA-33 between 22 and 78, exit at William Penn Hwy/Easton Ave and continue on Easton Ave (heading West) for .9 miles. The chapel is at the intersection of Easton Ave and Reeve Dr. on the right, across from the Bethlehem Township Municipal Bldg and nestled in between a number of outpatient offices.
Time:
Friday, September 4 at 7pm
Place:
Calvary Chapel
4321 Easton Ave
Bethlehem, PA
Any questions? Contact me, Ryan, at 484-553-0956.
Finding the chapel:
From PA-33 between 22 and 78, exit at William Penn Hwy/Easton Ave and continue on Easton Ave (heading West) for .9 miles. The chapel is at the intersection of Easton Ave and Reeve Dr. on the right, across from the Bethlehem Township Municipal Bldg and nestled in between a number of outpatient offices.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Larry Abraham on America's Shift Toward Socialism
Lies are eventually found out and destroyed, but truth remains forever. This is truth.
Excerpt from Call It Conspiracy, by Larry Abraham, 1985 (originally published in 1971)
There is an accurate political spectrum. Communism is, by definition, total government. If you have total government it makes little difference whether you call it Communism, Fascism, Socialism, Caesarism, or Pharaohism. It's all pretty much the same from the standpoint of the people who must live and suffer under it. If total government (by any pseudonyms) stands on the far Left, then by logic the far Right should represent anarchy, or no government.
Our Founding Fathers revolted against the near-total government of the English monarchy. But they knew that having no government at all would lead to chaos. So they set up a Constitutional Republic with a very limited government. They knew that men prospered in freedom. Although the free enterprise system is not mentioned specifically in the Constitution, it is the only one which can exist under a Constitutional Republic. All collectivist systems require power in government which the Constitution did not grant. Our Founding Fathers had no intention of allowing the government to become an instrument to steal the fruit of one man's labor and give it to another who had not earned it. Our government was to be one of severely limited powers. Thomas Jefferson said: “In questions of power then let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” Jefferson knew that if the government were not enslaved, people soon would be.
It was Jefferson's view that government governs best which governs least. Our forefathers established this country with the very least possible amount of government. Although they lived in an age before automobiles, electric lights and television, they understood human nature and its relation to political systems far better than most Americans do today. Times change, technology changes, but principles are eternal. Primarily, government was to provide for national defense and to establish a court system. But we have burst the chains that Jefferson spoke of and for many years now we have been moving leftward across the political spectrum toward collectivist total government. Every proposal by our political leaders (including some which are supposed to have the very opposite effect, such as Nixon's revenue sharing proposal) carries us further leftward to centralized government. This is not because socialism is inevitable. It is no more inevitable than Pharaohism. It is largely the result of careful planning and patient gradualism.
Excerpt from Call It Conspiracy, by Larry Abraham, 1985 (originally published in 1971)
There is an accurate political spectrum. Communism is, by definition, total government. If you have total government it makes little difference whether you call it Communism, Fascism, Socialism, Caesarism, or Pharaohism. It's all pretty much the same from the standpoint of the people who must live and suffer under it. If total government (by any pseudonyms) stands on the far Left, then by logic the far Right should represent anarchy, or no government.
Our Founding Fathers revolted against the near-total government of the English monarchy. But they knew that having no government at all would lead to chaos. So they set up a Constitutional Republic with a very limited government. They knew that men prospered in freedom. Although the free enterprise system is not mentioned specifically in the Constitution, it is the only one which can exist under a Constitutional Republic. All collectivist systems require power in government which the Constitution did not grant. Our Founding Fathers had no intention of allowing the government to become an instrument to steal the fruit of one man's labor and give it to another who had not earned it. Our government was to be one of severely limited powers. Thomas Jefferson said: “In questions of power then let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” Jefferson knew that if the government were not enslaved, people soon would be.
It was Jefferson's view that government governs best which governs least. Our forefathers established this country with the very least possible amount of government. Although they lived in an age before automobiles, electric lights and television, they understood human nature and its relation to political systems far better than most Americans do today. Times change, technology changes, but principles are eternal. Primarily, government was to provide for national defense and to establish a court system. But we have burst the chains that Jefferson spoke of and for many years now we have been moving leftward across the political spectrum toward collectivist total government. Every proposal by our political leaders (including some which are supposed to have the very opposite effect, such as Nixon's revenue sharing proposal) carries us further leftward to centralized government. This is not because socialism is inevitable. It is no more inevitable than Pharaohism. It is largely the result of careful planning and patient gradualism.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
States Are Re-Affirming the Validity of the Crucial 10th Amendment
"Constitutional rights reasserted in growing resistance to Washington" by Chelsea Schilling
"Gov. Sarah Palin has signed a joint resolution declaring Alaska's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution – and now 36 other states have introduced similar resolutions as part of a growing resistance to the federal government...
...The resolutions all address the Tenth Amendment that says: "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..."
To read the entire article, click here.
"Gov. Sarah Palin has signed a joint resolution declaring Alaska's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution – and now 36 other states have introduced similar resolutions as part of a growing resistance to the federal government...
...The resolutions all address the Tenth Amendment that says: "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..."
To read the entire article, click here.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Paul Fiske on WFMZ
Our Founding Director, Paul Fiske, was featured on WFMZ following the recent Easton Tea Party! (You'll notice him at the end of the report talking about who is responsible)
LBCCS Community Picnic Review
From the Desk of the Founding Director:
We thank all of you who braved the inclement weather last Friday evening, and attended a very successful Annual Community Picnic, with many more to come in the years ahead. Twenty Two "brave souls" arrived, and we all had a "rousing" good time inside The Historic Biery House at Biery Point in Catasauqua. I wish to thank the women who prepared all the delicious food we consumed with gusto, and the Lathrop's guided tours of the House. Ryan Burgett our Chairman went out of his way (per usual) supplying us all with timely informational guides and CDs relating to our most important mission of bringing our fiscal and governmental policies back to sanity, before all is lost. Good conversation and total enjoyment was had by all, both Old Friends and New. We wish you all a safe and enjoyable rest of the Summer, and we will see you all in September. Periodically review this blog for on going education during the ensuing months, and announcements about the Fall programs.
Sincerely Yours in Freedom and Liberty,
Paul J. Fiske
Founding Director
paulfiske@gmail.com
We thank all of you who braved the inclement weather last Friday evening, and attended a very successful Annual Community Picnic, with many more to come in the years ahead. Twenty Two "brave souls" arrived, and we all had a "rousing" good time inside The Historic Biery House at Biery Point in Catasauqua. I wish to thank the women who prepared all the delicious food we consumed with gusto, and the Lathrop's guided tours of the House. Ryan Burgett our Chairman went out of his way (per usual) supplying us all with timely informational guides and CDs relating to our most important mission of bringing our fiscal and governmental policies back to sanity, before all is lost. Good conversation and total enjoyment was had by all, both Old Friends and New. We wish you all a safe and enjoyable rest of the Summer, and we will see you all in September. Periodically review this blog for on going education during the ensuing months, and announcements about the Fall programs.
Sincerely Yours in Freedom and Liberty,
Paul J. Fiske
Founding Director
paulfiske@gmail.com
LBCCS Topical Reading List:
The Constitution:
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution, by Edwin Meese
The Federalist Papers, by John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton
The Making of America, by W. Cleon Skousen
Constitutional Politics:
The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul
Economics/Federal Reserve:
Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? by Richard Maybury
Gold, Peace, and Prosperity, by Ron Paul
The Case Against the Fed, by Murray Rothbard
Founding Fathers:
The 5000 Year Leap, by W. Cleon Skousen
The Real George Washington
The Real Thomas Jefferson
The Real Benjamin Franklin
Law:
The Law, by Frédéric Bastiat
Second Treatise of Civil Government, by John Locke
Whatever Happened to Justice? by Richard Maybury
Ancient Rome: How If Affects You Today, by Richard Maybury
Progressivism:
Liberal Fascism, by Jonah Goldberg
New Deal or Raw Deal?, by Burton W. Folsom, Jr.
The Forgotten Man, by Amity Schlaes
American Progressivism by Ronald J. Pestritto
The American Revolution:
Liberty! The American Revolution, by Thomas Fleming
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution, by Edwin Meese
The Federalist Papers, by John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton
The Making of America, by W. Cleon Skousen
Constitutional Politics:
The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul
Economics/Federal Reserve:
Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? by Richard Maybury
Gold, Peace, and Prosperity, by Ron Paul
The Case Against the Fed, by Murray Rothbard
Founding Fathers:
The 5000 Year Leap, by W. Cleon Skousen
The Real George Washington
The Real Thomas Jefferson
The Real Benjamin Franklin
Law:
The Law, by Frédéric Bastiat
Second Treatise of Civil Government, by John Locke
Whatever Happened to Justice? by Richard Maybury
Ancient Rome: How If Affects You Today, by Richard Maybury
Progressivism:
Liberal Fascism, by Jonah Goldberg
New Deal or Raw Deal?, by Burton W. Folsom, Jr.
The Forgotten Man, by Amity Schlaes
American Progressivism by Ronald J. Pestritto
The American Revolution:
Liberty! The American Revolution, by Thomas Fleming
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Thanks For Your Order!
Thanks for your order! Your information has been recorded and all you will need to present at the seminar is your name to gain entrance. If you have any questions, please contact:
Ryan Burgett - Chairman, L.B.C.C.S.
484.553.0956
ryan_burgett@hotmail.com
Ryan Burgett - Chairman, L.B.C.C.S.
484.553.0956
ryan_burgett@hotmail.com
Monday, July 6, 2009
"Life, Liberty, and Property Are Inseparable"
by Tom Mullen
"Life, liberty, and property were the central, inalienable rights that formed the foundation of the great experiment in self government called the United States of America. The founders of our country never broke apart this sacred triumvirate, because each one of these rights is inextricably bound to the other. No one of these three can exist without the other. Moreover, when all three are secured, it is almost impossible for injustice to exist. Wherever one does find injustice, one invariably finds a violation of one of these three basic rights at its root..."
To read the entire article, click here.
"Life, liberty, and property were the central, inalienable rights that formed the foundation of the great experiment in self government called the United States of America. The founders of our country never broke apart this sacred triumvirate, because each one of these rights is inextricably bound to the other. No one of these three can exist without the other. Moreover, when all three are secured, it is almost impossible for injustice to exist. Wherever one does find injustice, one invariably finds a violation of one of these three basic rights at its root..."
To read the entire article, click here.
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