America: The Final Chapter - Softcover

Winchester, Jessi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1426919913 ISBN 13: 9781426919916

Publisher: Trafford Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

America: The Final Chapter provides a comprehensive examination of each American presidency from George Washington to Barack Obama while explaining how America evolved from a Republic to the Socialist crisis we face today.

Jessi Winchester, a politician who ran for the U.S. House of Representatives and the office of Nevada's Lieutenant Governor, believes that studying and learning from the past will help America and its leaders make wise decisions in the present day. She takes others full circle beginning with the nation's fight for independence from English oppression and ending with the tyranny America currently faces in its struggle to reclaim lost liberties and gain freedom from our own oppressive government. While examining our nation's journey through two centuries of problematic and deceptive government at all levels, Winchester speculates on the future of the United States.

Recent events and varying philosophies have divided our nation and, as a result, America faces an uncertain time not seen since Abraham Lincoln's administration. America: The Final Chapter helps shed light on how the United States overcame past challenges while encouraging citizens to stand strong for the principles that made this nation great in the first place.

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Jessi Winchester ran for U.S. House of Representatives and Nevada Lieutenant Governor and is the author of From Bordello to Ballot Box. She currently lives with her husband and two children where she enjoys reading.

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AMERICA: THE FINAL CHAPTER

By JESSI WINCHESTER

Trafford Publishing

Copyright © 2009 Jessi Winchester
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4269-1991-6

Contents

Chapter 1 Warnings From History.................................3Chapter 2 Revolutionary War.....................................13Chapter 3 Declaration of Independence...........................15Chapter 4 Bill of Rights........................................17Chapter 5 1787 Constitutional Convention........................20Chapter 6 Introduction to the Constitution......................22Chapter 7 Constitution of the United States.....................24Chapter 8 Presidential Overviews................................39Chapter 9 Presidential Quotes...................................156Introduction....................................................179Chapter 10 Reflections..........................................181Chapter 11 New World Order......................................183Chapter 12 Reflections..........................................193Chapter 13 Executive Orders.....................................195Chapter 14 Reflections..........................................199Chapter 15 The Patriot Act......................................201Chapter 16 Reflections..........................................213Chapter 17 Military Commissions Act of 2006.....................215Chapter 18 Reflections..........................................220Chapter 19 The Insurrection Act.................................222Chapter 20 Reflections..........................................225Introduction....................................................231Chapter 21 2008 Pres. Campaign Candidates.......................232Chapter 22 America's Future.....................................259Reference.......................................................277

Chapter One

WARNINGS FROM HISTORY

"Those who do not learn from the past, are destined to repeat it." ~ George Santayana 1863-1952 "Reason in Common Sense" Novelist

Historians throughout the ages have tried to impress the importance of learning the lessons from past historical cycles but humans, being what they are, simply continue to let the wise words of those learned men fall on deaf ears. America is at a critical moment in its democratic evolution. The election of 2008 was perhaps the most important election in the history of the nation and the direction President Barack Obama takes will determine if democracy continues in America or if it goes the way of other declining nations.

The road map history provides has been validated by over 2,000 years of predictable rise-and-fall cycles of history's great nations. Only if we study and learn from the past in an effort to make wise decisions for the present, will America prevent itself from repeating disastrous history in the future.

Scottish historian Alexander Tyler studied some of the most powerful republics in history and found a recurring sequence, which should give modern day America great pause. He noted that a democracy "will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury and from that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury. The result is that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship." The progression has predictable steps from oppression (England's rule in the case of America) to courage (Revolutionary War), to liberty (Declaration of Independence), to abundance, to complacency, to apathy, to dependence on a central governing body, back into oppression.

As America's very first president, George Washington forged an unknown path within the Office of the President. He had no precedent or outline other than the newly minted Constitution of the United States, which put him in good stead for designing the standards of the office and the person entrusted to that extraordinary position. The nation's first president took an oath that above all else, the president would follow the law of the land, the U.S. Constitution, and do what was best for the people of the fledgling country. He set an amazing example for presidents to follow in the future - if only they would.

After fighting for America's independence from England, George Washington guided the nation along the heady road of democracy. The U.S. Constitution was his instruction manual and he followed its laws with reverence. Since that time the nation has had good, bad, and mediocre presidents whose administrations have taken the nation up and down hills and valleys. As time progressed some even changed how the Founders intended the nation to be run and administrations began to pull farther and father away from the nation's blueprint, the U.S. Constitution.

The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the United States Constitution set forth the direction and principles the Founders intended for the nation. Some delegates such as George Mason saw the larger picture and refused to sign the Declaration of Independence because he had the ability to see far into the future and recognized the Founders had not put enough safeguards in place in the documents to prevent the abuses that ultimately surfaced in future administrations. Until Andrew Jackson's term the vision set forth for the nation was upheld but it began an administration-by-administration decline from Jackson's time forward.

Andrew Jackson was one of the earliest presidents to circumvent the basic tenets of the Declaration of Independence and break the law. In 1823 the U.S. Supreme Court declared Native Americans had the right to live on their tribal land in Georgia but the state and federal governments wanted the gold on their land so they were determined to eradicate them. To that end, the Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress in 1830 at which time Jackson defiantly declared, "The Supreme Court made their decision; now let them enforce it." Ignoring the Supreme Court ruling, he unlawfully and forcefully removed American Indians from their tribal land. Defying the Declaration of Independence didn't seem to bother him any more than ignoring court decisions.

The colonies' battle for independence from England's oppression was still fresh in the minds of the new country's residents so determining they were no better off under the new form of government, they concluded their lives would be better if they broke away from the Union and ruled themselves. Language in the Declaration of Independence grants states the right to secede and South Carolina made clear their intent, yet Jackson sent armed troops to force them to remain in the Union, thereby ignoring a basic right of a state and propelling the nation down a side path away from the guidelines of the Founders and the laws of the land. From his administration forward, most succeeding presidencies moved yet a little farther from the intent of the Constitution.

Abraham Lincoln carried the path away from the Constitution even farther when he virtually changed the power structure of the country from a states' rights nation to a centralized government. He ignored and circumvented the Tenth Amendment of the Bill of Rights, which limits federal power and grants states all powers not given to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution and instead declared the primary power belonged to the federal government rather than the people as the Bill of Rights intended. By so doing, he conferred powers to himself as president that were not bestowed by Founding documents or in the best interest of the nation.

Woodrow Wilson intentionally sought the advise of a socialist and implemented illegal and immoral actions against the people he took an oath to protect. The Oath of Office is crystal clear about swearing a president to, "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States," yet Wilson willfully ignored that pledge.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was also influenced by socialist doctrine, although his intent might be construed as justifiable given the times. It was his responsibility to bring the nation out of a devastating depression and to that end he advanced programs such as social security and the Civilian Conservation Corps, a federally sponsored program that provided work for unemployed young men, that had more socialist leanings than democratic ones.

Executive Order 9066 was signed on February 19, 1944, which authorized the round-up of all Japanese-Americans, two-thirds of which were citizens, to imprison them in relocation camps for the duration of the war. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this action 'unconstitutional' on December 18, 1944 but by that time tremendous trauma had been inflicted upon those whose lives had been ruined. Further confirmation of FDR's illegal actions came in 1989 when President George H.W. Bush granted financial reparation to Japanese-Americans. Roosevelt not only circumvented the Constitution, he reprehensively broke both the legal and moral laws of the land, leading the nation yet another few yards farther from the Founding Fathers' principles.

Lyndon Baines Johnson continued the spiral of making government the Political Parent rather than leaving individual responsibility for oneself to the people of the nation when he implemented socialist-oriented plans such as Medicare and Medicaid, federally funded medical coverage for the elderly, disabled, and indigent. His rationale appeared to be for the welfare of the nation's most vulnerable citizens rather than any socialist leaning but the entitlements still served to make people dependent on government.

If we examine individual Amendments we can only conclude that America no longer values or uses the Constitution as the law of the land as it was intended and its erosion is steering the country toward a demise whose fate is that of a "one world government."

The First Amendment was meant to protect freedom of speech, free expression of the press, and the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.

One of the most glaring and egregious violations of the First Amendment was during the administration of Abraham Lincoln when he tyrannically and illegally suspended the Bill of Rights and the writ of habeas corpus. He blatantly displayed disdain for the Constitution as the law of the land when he jailed anyone that disagreed with him and silenced newspapers by destroying their offices and throwing their editors in jail. He also sent troops to intimidate people into not casting their vote in an effort to suppress free elections.

Since that time, other administrations have 'censored' news in various ways including not allowing the media to cover the return of bodies from the Vietnam and Gulf Wars in an effort to downplay the facts of war and manipulate government's agenda. The White House routinely suppresses facts to ensure the media 'rewrites' circumstances the way government wants them to be portrayed.

Currently, government efforts to present a biased view have been undertaken that would make it more difficult for anyone whose perspective disagrees with the views of the President and/or the Democrats in Congress. Democrats have declared war on the Republicans and the liberal Left is determined to silence the conservative Right as much as they can.

The Second Amendment guarantees citizens the right to keep and bear arms - period. It didn't put conditions or restrictions on that right. It simply guaranteed "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" and that that right "shall not be infringed." It didn't state that troops who were given guns and sent to war to fight for the freedom of America and the liberties guaranteed under the Constitution, would return only to be declared "a risk" for firearm ownership because the government decided war injuries had rendered them "psychologically unstable" and therefore, they should be denied gun ownership as civilians. It didn't state that certain firearms should be banned or that guns should be registered with a government that could use that registration to locate and round up those registered firearms. It didn't state that firearms could be declared "illegal" and the owner arrested if found in a vehicle within a certain range of a school. In fact, the Second Amendment was restriction free, which means actions over time to circumvent the law and render it useless, are simply unconstitutional. In their wisdom and foresight the Founders recognized that the time could come when government so flagrantly compromised the Second Amendment that firearm ownership would simply be under assault making Americans vulnerable to a dictatorship. That time has come.

Even the word 'militia' within the Second Amendment has been interpreted to mean different things over the decades and has been bastardized by current government propaganda and the liberal media to mean something evil.

George Washington stated, "A free people ... should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." From that time forward as government became more and more concerned that armed citizens might rise up against their own government, administrations have imposed ways to get around the Second Amendment in an effort to disarm the nation. There are more and more restrictions on gun sales, the ability to obtain ammunition and parts, rigid registration measures, and intimidation to disarm citizens. The new administration is circumventing the Second Amendment by coming down hard on gun related manufacturers through regulations and restrictions, which makes it impossible to obtain firearm related accessories and ammunition and thereby renders firearms useless without having to outright ban the constitutional amendment.

The biggest assault on gun ownership may be imminent with the new administration. Not only were firearms disappearing from supplier's shelves in droves as soon as Obama was elected but within the first month of his administration suppliers had virtually no ammo or accessories. Americans knew the government's assault on private citizen protection had reached a crisis point when gun related catalogs carried this disclaimer: "Our right to "Keep and Bear Arms" is on the liberals' agenda resulting in erratic sales and astronomical price increases on ammunition, magazines, and assault weapons gear. Prices may have increased and inventories depleted from the time this catalog was printed. Please see our website for product availability and pricing. Stock up now before the inventory is forever gone."

It didn't take the new administration and the 111th Congress long to propose dictatorial legislation that would nail the coffin for rights under the Second Amendment. HR-45 would simply render the Second Amendment void. It would require a license for handguns and semiautomatic firearms, including those already in citizens' possession. Applicants must be thumb-printed and sign a certification that their gun would NOT be kept in a place where it could be used by the owner's family for self-defense. The applicant would be required to provide ALL psychiatric records, pass an exam, and pay a $25 fee. The license would have to be renewed after five years, at which time the government could revoke it. The bill would outlaw private sales and ALL gun transaction reports would be required to be filed with the Attorney General. All transactions would be subject to the Brady check, loaded firearms for self-defense would be a criminal offense, a 10-year criminal penalty and unlimited regulatory and inspection authority would be established, and vague 'crimes by omission' such as failure to report would be a 'catch-all' for anything not specifically stated in the bill. Goodbye Second Amendment; hello tyranny.

An unarmed nation is a nation heading for dictatorship. Current legislation before Congress such as HR-45 is just simply Draconian. America is no longer free and the most basic of constitutional rights is being circumvented in a round-about manner that will prevent freedom loving Americans from protecting themselves against their own government.

The Fourth Amendment provides for Warrants to protect against illegal search and seizure and the Fifth Amendment pledges due process.

Law enforcement, which was once designed to 'protect and serve' has now become a very lucrative business of profit in direct violation of the Constitution. In the early 1990s forfeiture laws were expanded to include many non-drug situations. Since then the law enforcement and legal communities have figured a way to circumvent the Fourth and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and the necessity for warrants by simply taking property to civil court where Administrative Law places the burden of proof on the victim rather than taking a potential suspect to criminal court where Constitutional Law prevails and it is incumbent upon law enforcement to prove there actually was a crime. By going to civil court where the Constitution does not apply, cops can simply keep the booty without even charging a citizen with a crime - let alone convicting them - or providing due process to an 'alleged' suspect. In many states the Fourth and Fifth Amendments have been trampled on by law enforcement for bureaucratic greedy gain and citizens are being denied the protections promised them under the U.S. Constitution. Even worse, these actions have shamefully been allowed and sanctioned by various administrations, the Congress, and the Judicial branch of government.

The Tenth Amendment grants all powers to the states that are not clearly defined in the Constitution as being federal powers.

That all changed with Lincoln's administration. His obsession with a centralized government drove everything he did as president. He pushed his 'corporate welfare' agenda to the exclusion of what was right for the citizens of the United States and eventually placed those citizens under siege with an armed military in order to obtain his goal. States' rights got in the way of Lincoln's goal for a powerful central government so he simply went about rewriting history. Daniel Webster fabricated a theory that the federal government existed first so the states were subsequently created by the federal government and therefore, the primary power belonged to the centralized government. Lincoln embraced that ludicrous revision, thereby actually changing the intent of the Tenth Amendment. From Lincoln's tenure forward the federal government continued its thirsty quest for power, virtually swallowing up states' rights in the process, a practice that has continued to the present day.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1426919913
• ISBN 13: 9781426919916
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296