01-20-2010
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Scott Brown
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Subject: My Direct Letter to Scott Brown
I just sent Senator-Elect Scott Brown the following letter.
Dear Mr. Brown:
Congratulations on your win last night. I was one of the many
from outside MA that provided financial support for your
campaign leading to this great day for both you and the entire
country. But Mr. Brown, please do not let us down. You have
been sent to Congress for one purpose: to do everything you can
to stop the socialist juggernaut from crushing the spirit of
America. Your job is to defend the rights of every individual
and to cut the scope of government back wherever possible,
doing what you can to return it to its singular function of
protecting our rights, and nothing more. So once you have cast
your vote against the health care legislation as you have
promised, remain true to the principles of the people who
elected you and continue the valiant fight to uphold the U.S.
Constitution. If you do that, you will stand at the forefront
of the Second American Revolution and earn yourself a place in
history.
Do not be seduced by the congressional seat and decide, as so
many others have, that being elected has somehow granted you
the wisdom and the powers to assume the role of making
decisions for and manipulating the lives of the citizens of
this country. Always remember that we are each sovereign
individuals with the constitutionally guaranteed right to our
own lives. We are not wards of the state. This means
that we each get to make the decisions for ourselves as we best
see fit, and that right is not limited to health care, but to
every aspect of how we pursue our lives and every decision we
make in disposing of our earnings. As the Constitution states:
"No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law;"
— Fifth Amendment
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights,
shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by
the people."
— Ninth Amendment
"The 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"
— Tenth Amendment
The United States government was not granted the powers to make
health care decisions for the citizens, and therefore, it
remains a right of each individual. And that same reasoning
holds true whether it pertains to deciding whether to invest
in an energy efficient appliance, a fuel efficient car,
determining whether and what type of mortgage to obtain, and
whether we wish to provide financial help to a poor individual,
a failing company or a foreign country in the aftermath of an
earthquake. Always remember that the products of each person's
efforts are their property, to dispose of as they
- and only they - see fit. And the choices that they make are
their means of pursuing their own happiness.
The single proper role of federal government is to be a
protector of the rights of the citizens. Every time the
government steps outside that role and passes legislation to
regulate business or personal actions, it has transformed from
a protector into a violator of those rights. The majority of
the text of the U.S. Constitution was written with the express
purpose of constraining government so that it would not violate
its mandate and become an agent of oppression. As you can
clearly see, those protective measures were long ago breached
and this country has been on a rapidly accelerating slide
towards totalitarianism. Please make it your single-minded
purpose to go to Washington D.C. to put the governmental
genie back in its bottle and restore the right of every
citizen to determine their own future.
So again, I send you my best wishes for your victory and am
excited to see you head to Washington and help us all in the
struggle to recover our lost liberty.
Sincerely,
C. Jeffery Small
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The election of Scott Brown is a watershed event with many positive
consequences. But Brown has demonstrated with his actions before the
election, and comments made afterwards, that he is not a person who
sees the relationship between a government and its people as it was
intended by the framers of the Constitution. I suggest that everyone
who supported his election write their own letter to Scott Brown,
letting him know that he is representing all citizens of this
country, not just those of his home state, and explain to him your
views and expectations for his term in Congress. Let's make sure that
as he heads off to Washington D.C., he goes with a clear understanding
of his proper role.
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