By Douglas V. Gibbs
Turmoil seems to be the order of the day. With war, and rumors of war, a constant headline, and economic catastrophe marching into our lives as the politicians do all they can to artificially ward off the consequences with doomed Keynesian strategies, it almost feels like the world is on the brink of something maddening.
We must examine what is going on, analyze the data, and take appropriate actions, right?
Except, what if the wheels are turning too fast? How can we stop a Scottish demand to get out from under the failed policies of the United Kingdom?
The support for secession, a breakaway for Scottish independence, is being eagerly watched by other groups ready to separate from their own failed parents. Independence can be a good thing, if the separating entity is capable of going it alone.
Those that support big government and a global union are not fond of such thinking. Individuality drives them mad, be it in people, or political entities. A call for Scotland's run for the hills, or the considerations in Texas by people who feel the Lone Star State would be better off without having an attachment to the United States, see such moves as dangerous, anti-government, and fool-hearty.
A centralized government is the road to tyranny, and political failure, if not maintained properly, but the benefits of a union are also important, otherwise the framers of the United States Constitution would not have compromised as they did in the document to ensure that all States would want to participate. Sovereignty is a wonderful thing, but so is "a more perfect union."
The Founding Fathers of the United States realized that both conditions had their advantages, so the question was, "How can you have the benefits of both?"
Under the guiding philosophies of men like Thomas Jefferson (he was in France, though, during the convention), James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, George Mason, James Wilson, and George Washington, Sovereign States, autonomous and independent in the local issues, joined together in a republic that only allows the central government authority over external issues.
We should take a lesson from Scotland, for as the British Government has tried to micromanage the lives of Scots, the heavy handed actions of the central government has driven them to independence. Our Constitutional Republic is suffering from the same intrusions by the federal government, and such meddling in State affairs make State populations think more like the Scottish.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
Those that support big government and a global union are not fond of such thinking. Individuality drives them mad, be it in people, or political entities. A call for Scotland's run for the hills, or the considerations in Texas by people who feel the Lone Star State would be better off without having an attachment to the United States, see such moves as dangerous, anti-government, and fool-hearty.
A centralized government is the road to tyranny, and political failure, if not maintained properly, but the benefits of a union are also important, otherwise the framers of the United States Constitution would not have compromised as they did in the document to ensure that all States would want to participate. Sovereignty is a wonderful thing, but so is "a more perfect union."
The Founding Fathers of the United States realized that both conditions had their advantages, so the question was, "How can you have the benefits of both?"
Under the guiding philosophies of men like Thomas Jefferson (he was in France, though, during the convention), James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, George Mason, James Wilson, and George Washington, Sovereign States, autonomous and independent in the local issues, joined together in a republic that only allows the central government authority over external issues.
We should take a lesson from Scotland, for as the British Government has tried to micromanage the lives of Scots, the heavy handed actions of the central government has driven them to independence. Our Constitutional Republic is suffering from the same intrusions by the federal government, and such meddling in State affairs make State populations think more like the Scottish.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
Get Grandma on board: Young Scots push independence... - Yahoo News
Thousands march... - Yahoo News
QUEEN: 'Think very carefully'... - U.K. Telegraph
Murdoch says Scotland alive with debate... - U.K. Daily Mail
Europe fears independence contagion... - Yahoo News
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