Burden of Proof

Ponder the following advice: "For a long happy healthy life, smoke, drink, eat fast food at least 90% of the time, and above all buy a bullet bike. If it were some fat guy on the corner dressed in robes preaching this insanity you'd probably laugh. But what if that person was not some nobody on the corner, what if it was someone in a position of importance, like the local high school health teacher? You'd probably feel a little miffed huh? Let's take it one step further. Let's say you're the principal of a private school and that health teacher was someone you just hired. Then when you confront him in class to remind the students of the true principles of health, he attacks you as old fashioned, tells you that times have changed and that "old school thought" is outdated, and the burden of proof is on you to prove your point to the kids, but until then they're gettin McDonalds and cigarettes every day in class. Frustration wouldn't even begin to describe it. Not only is this person dead wrong, but they're mocking something they're supposed to be protecting (in this case promoting a healthy lifestyle), and betraying your trust and the trust of all the parents involved in the school.
That pretty much sums up the frustration many Americans are feeling at our so called leaders in Washington. We hired them to protect and defend the Constitution, and they are preaching and practicing the very things the constitution not only doesn't support, but strictly forbids. It's as simple as this: the vast majority of everything Washington's doing is flat out unconstitutional. Please read up on not only the constitution itself, but the founding fathers and their thought process and intentions surrounding this sacred document. Thomas Jefferson said the very foundation of the Constitution is the 10th amendment. This clearly and unmistakably declares that the power of the federal government is strictly limited. Any power not specifically granted it in the constitution is reserved to the states and the people. Republicans and democrats alike have trashed the constitution. George W with Tarp and the first bailouts, and Obama with virtually every major action since taking office, have made a mock of the principles that founded this nation; those same principles that made it great.
Just like the poor health habits mentioned above, big government, especially government merging with business has always proven disastrous. It's not just our economic stability that's at stake, but our very liberty as well. The burden of proof should not be on free market capitalism and limited government. It has proven itself, over and over as the key to freedom and prosperity. History and common sense shows that. Conservatives are not the ones out of touch. Washington is. Recent polls show that Independents are growing rapidly, and most of them are not happy with the insane spending and government control. Everyone has a "tipping point", a point where enough is enough. Admittedly conservatives hit that long ago, even long before Obama took office. Hopefully enough Americans are hitting that point that 2010 will be a real housecleaning. Now that would be a very healthy change. JRD