By Frank J. Tamel

The Ruling Philosophy of our Forefathers

(The people) said; Give us a king to judge us … And God said, “…They have rejected me so that I should not be king over them.” 1 Samuel 8:6-7

When our founders decided to break away from England’s sovereign, they employed Thomas Jefferson to draft a Declaration of Independence in which he listed all the reasons for severing ties for the entire world to see. Paramount among these was the irrefutable fact that we are endowed by our Creator with the inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

That Jefferson invoked the Creator is a strong indication that American culture has its roots deeply imbedded in Judeo Christian principals. Our rights come not from a sovereign, or Congress or the President of the United States, but rather from The Almighty.

Five millennium ago ancient Israel was ruled by representatives, or judges. When necessary, these judges stepped up to lead the people into battle, to the resolution of conflict and addressing their national interests. But the people looked at the surrounding nations with envy because they had kings to rule them. Thus the people demanded a king. And for the following generations their kings became tyrants, inflicting them with turmoil, poverty, famine, idolatry, war, and eventually captivity.

The Growing Power of Government

The American republic has been entrusted to elected representatives since its founding. The Constitution places strict limits on the powers of the President and on Congress. The founders were so adamant that Federal powers be limited, that they added the 10th Amendment to the Bill of Rights before anyone affixed their signature to the document.


Our Government has been gradually gaining power since the day that the Constitution was signed, with the most notable power grabs taking place within the past hundred years years. The government’s first major power grab came during The Great Depression, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the Federal Reserve, the Social Security System, the F.D.I.C, and any number of social programs. The second great power grab came as a result of the civil rights movement during Lyndon Banes Johnson’s Great Society when he expanded the welfare state, added additional social programs, and began affirmative action. Both of these increases in Federal power were driven by real or imagined crisis and assured that a large number Americans would be dependant upon Government handouts for their survival.

The third great power grab is happening before our very eyes. FDR and LBJ were pikers when compared to Barak Hussein Obama. The previous two grabs merely expanded the scope of government. Now, under the guise of the financial crisis, Obama is set on expanding the powers of the Presidency. In just over four months he nationalized AIG and dozens of banks, fired the CEO of General Motors and took control of two of the big three American auto makers, spent trillions of dollars on new domestic programs, and saddled future generations of Americans with an astounding amount of debt exceeding $13 trillion. Never before has a President wielded so much power. And still there is a movement afoot in Congress to repeal the 22nd Amendment, which limits the President to two terms in office.

And the people said, “Give us a king.”