Do you feel that your government, from the local level, all the way to Raleigh and Washington, D.C., has your best interests at heart? Do you feel that they spend your money in a completely open and honest manner, with accountability for each decision and every dollar? Do you feel that they run for election and make promises that are dutifully carried through once they hold an elected office? Do you believe, if you could put the right candidate (Republican or Democrat) in the right official position, that then our problems of governance would begin to be solved? Do you believe that your elected officials do anything to protect your rights as laid out in the Bill of Rights? Did you know that the form of government given to us by our Founding Fathers was a constitutional republic, and not a democracy? In short, do you believe that our elected officials represent a government of, by and for the people?
If you are tending to answer “no” to these questions, may I suggest getting involved in the process of returning our government to the principals laid out in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
To find out what you can do right here in Buncombe county, you can contact me at jscottharte@hotmail.com. To find out what others are doing here in North Carolina you can go to http://www.republicofnc.info. To find out what has happened to our country and what is being done on a national level go to http://www.republicfortheunitedstates.org.
— J. Scott Harte
Asheville
The Bill of Rights is not ideal.
What the “founding fathers” thought 200 years ago does not adequately deal with today’s problems.
Mr. Harte, the premise of your appeal in this letter is flawed.
Bravo!