Rick Santelli's Chicago Tea Party

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 01:13 AM PST

Thomas Jefferson described the Tenth Amendment as "the foundation of the Constitution" and added, "to take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn … is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition."

Pursuant to the Tenth Amendment, the government of the United States has the power to regulate only matters delegated to it by the Constitution.

Yet, the Constitution says nothing about saving corrupt businesses "in the event they are too big to fail." Nowhere does it say, government should pay for mortgages "if too many people are irresponsible." And nowhere in the Constitution, can it be read, that private banks can use the American people as collateral.

ENOUGH!

In honor of the 10th Amendment, we Americans can send our representatives in every level of government a simple reminder on March 10th by simply sending the following e-mail:

Dear Representative [NAME]

This is a friendly reminder that I still believe in the 10th Amendment. Please represent me.

Thank you,
[NAME]

Or, if you have really had ENOUGH, personalize your message.

Find Your Representative HERE

Please pledge support for the 10th amendment at Reteaparty.com.

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.
– The 10th Amendment to the Constitution

Rick Santelli Calls Gibbs’ Bluff

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 04:08 PM PST