I just finished watching “Saving Private Ryan” for the umpteenth time. The last scene has the now-senior Private Ryan walking through the American cemetery in Normandy as the General Marshall character reads an excerpt from a letter Abraham Lincoln wrote to a mother who lost five sons in the Civil War. Lincoln’s words spoke of “the solemn pride that must be [hers] to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.” As I heard those words and watched the row upon row of white cross and star of David pass by, I could not help but feel the remorse of watching B. Hussein Obama throw all that sacrifice, all of the combined sacrifice of those who have suffered and/or died in all of our wars, away in a matter of just a few months. I could not help but mourn the election of an enemy more damaging than every foreign enemy in the history of the United States combined and just a few months later seeing that these dead, all of our war dead, HAVE died in vain, that government of the people, by the people, for the people, IS perishing from the earth, right before our eyes.

How far has this nation fallen? Just 234 years ago, our nation was created by men who believed in freedom, liberty, government of the people, and God-given rights that CANNOT be taken away by man. Now we are ruled by an elected tyrant more intent on control than King George III could have ever imagined who believes rights are bestowed by, and therefore can be taken by, governments and that men should be enslaved to their betters. Now we are ruled by an elected tyrant who has expressed nothing but contempt for everything that is America. Now we are ruled by an elected tyrant who has acted on those beliefs, openly repudiating the will of the people, and imposing anti-Constitutional, illegal policies and poised to fill the courts with judges who will promise to put political ideology above the law.

This tyrant MUST be stopped. Even waiting until November and hoping for a free election which will sweep his legislative majority into history’s sewer where they belong promises eight more months of unbridled tyrannical totalitarianism and the massive damage it is capable of inflicting in those last two lame-duck months alone. Take a moment to realize the extent of the destruction possible from an openly anti-American tyrant who cares nothing for the will of the people, the Constitution, or legislated law over an eight month free reign. Now realize that that is the MINIMUM damage that we face as a nation. It only stops there IF we are permitted a free election and IF we are successful at electing a majority that is willing to devote their careers to repeal and impeach, and not just compromise to do less damage.

Repeal, Impeach, Obstruct. Quite a way from life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but our only remaining hope.

Charley Reese wrote an article for the Orlando Sentinel back in 1985 titled “Looking For Someone To Blame? Congress Is Good Place To Start.” It was recycled, in slightly modified form, for the 2008 presidential campaign under the title “The 545 People Responsible for America’s Woes,” and has been making the email rounds ever since.

Mr. Reese’s premise is that 545 people, 100 senators, 435 congressmen, 1 president and 9 Supreme Court justices – 545 human beings out of the roughly 300 million in America – are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

While he is absolutely correct, here’s another perspective on that 545:

How can 300 million individuals who cannot get together on one flavor of ice cream, one shirt style, one car model, one anything, be properly represented by just 545 people?

The US Constitution, Article I, Section 2, says

“The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand [enumerated people].”

It sets no upper limit. The proposed, but not ratified, 1st amendment would have required that the number change with the population but that it not exceed one for every 50,000. That would set the size of the US House today at 6,000 to 10,000.

That would be a pretty unmanageable body, but can you even imagine how much better we would be represented by someone who is charged with representing just 30 or 50,000 instead of the current nearly 700,000? For that matter – can you imagine being represented by someone who understands the term “representative?” But that’s another issue altogether. –– One that would also be addressed by 6,000 or 10,000 representatives.

The British House of Commons has 651 members, and they are able to function. They only have about 60 million people, which gives them a ration of 1:92,000, but if they can operate a body of 651 members, how in the world can we justify only 435 when we have 5 times as many people? The French National Assembly has 577 for their roughly 60 million people. They manage to operate without tripping all over each other.

What would happen if we increased the size of our House to 1,000?

Well,

• We’d have to remodel the capitol, add on. Fine. There’s room.
• It would dilute the power base. Pelosi had to turn to massive bribes to get 219 of her fellow Democrats to vote against their constituency on the health care takeover. Could she have pulled off an additional 283? It would diminish the power of lobbyists as well, as they would have to pay for 283 more votes.
• It would be harder to herd 1000 cats on unconstitutional legislation. They may have to actually consider obeying the law! AUDIBLE GASP!
• It would increase the possibility of getting someone…ANYONE…into Washington who actually knows that we have a Constitution and may even get someone there who has seen it before. Hell! Maybe even someone who has READ it!

While it would still be virtually impossible for one representative to actually represent 300,000 people, at least we would be taking a step back towards the type of government that became the envy of the entire planet – one where government was kept close to the people. Our foundation was built upon representative government, separation of powers, and a power distribution that diminished the further it got from the people. President Reagan, while addressing another issue, said

Thomas Jefferson was no reactionary, he was a true progressive when he warned, the only safe depository of the ultimate powers of society are with the people themselves. The 10th amendment tells us the Federal Government will do only those things called for in the Constitution, and all others shall remain with the States or with the people.

We’ve strayed much too far from that noble beginning. The whole purpose of our Revolution — personal freedom, equality of opportunity, and keeping government close to the people — is threatened by a Federal spending machine that takes too much money from the people, too much authority from State and local governments, and too much liberty with our Constitution.

The “Progressive” movement in America has spent the last century undermining our structure. Our state, county, city, and township governments, which by the Constitution were to have progressively more power, have been relegated to puppet status. They are little more than local implementation and enforcement arms of federal policy. Our nearest representative with the ability to address virtually anything of import is now our “representative” in the US House of Representatives!

How close is our government to the people when our closest representative has 700,000 constituents?

Lincoln’s words from his Gettysburg Address ring in my ears:

“we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

Today’s One-Size-Fits-All Government is NOT a government of the people, by the people, and for the people! What is the result? As we have just seen, all of our war dead and wounded HAVE now died and suffered in vain. Our representative government has given way to a bunch of anti-Americans who refuse to acknowledge their constituents and openly say we are too stupid to know what we really want! We have sat idly by and watched the domestic enemy win.

There are a lot of proposals out there for addressing the issue of our unquestionably out-of-control congress. Most do nothing but make people feel good about themselves.

• Term limits - OK until you realize that the good go out with the bad and it’s tougher and tougher to find new representatives who have not been subjected to a statist indoctrination system instead of education. Who do we replace them with?
• Enumerated Powers Act - Great, but it only requires a citation and some discussion. Congressmen can still cite “the general welfare clause” and claim that it covers anything and everything, and if the rest of Congress isn’t motivated to stand up and fight it, it remains powerless.
• and so on and so on…

How about a proposal that we NEVER hear from a conservative like me? Let’s GROW our government.

Let’s grow our government, but in a way that at least addresses a consideration of a concept contained in the Constitution. Let’s grow the actual government instead of simply claiming unconstitutional powers and adding a bunch of bureaucratic morons to control everyone’s lives! Let’s grow the House of Representatives and shrink our individual representatives’ power over us. Let’s grow the House and turn our Representatives into something that begins to look representative!

We don’t have to jump to 6,000 or 10,000 representatives. Let’s start with 1,000. Let’s add an additional 565. That’s still unrepresentative, but it’s a HUGE step in the right direction. Let’s dilute the power of a body that has usurped FAR too much power unconstitutionally. Let’s enhance the possibility of at least hearing the word “repeal” coming from the US Capitol.

Increasing the size of the US House of Representatives, even by just another 100 people would go a LONG way to getting this government back under control. Don’t expect to EVER hear about such an idea from Washington or in the press.

Diluting power is the LAST thing the Grand Tyrant wants to hear. It’s the LAST thing the regressive “Progressives” want to hear. It’s the LAST thing anyone ambitious enough to put up with today’s anti-America media and run for office wants to hear.

Have you ever heard a better argument for doing something?