Note to big media: Tenthers predate Obama

The Tenth Amendment Center and the idea of nullification are gaining ground in the U.S., with major battles ongoing between the federal government and the states. What most big media and the majority of Americans don’t realize is that supporters of the Tenth Amendment Center, often called ‘Tenthers’, predate President Barack Obama.

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States’ rights heat up blogs and branded media as ‘Tenthers’ battle ‘Bloaters’

by Kay B. Day

Branded media and blogs are talking about the powers of the federal government in relation to the states, a topic The US Report has covered for months. Fans of Big Government who are equally fond of labels, call those who believe in state sovereignty ‘tenthers.’ To apply labels of our own, we observe neoliberals writing in various statist publications who, perhaps wishfully, call the sovereignty movement a “fringe constitutional theory.” The ‘tenther’ label refers to the Tenth Amendment in the Bill of Rights acknowledging 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.” A responsive label for Big Government fans is ‘Bloaters.’ If any entity in the country needs a diet, that would be the federal government whose BMI is flatly off the charts. [Article continues after photo.]

Charles T. Dazey’s play ‘The War of Wealth’ debuted in February, 1895. The New York Times gave it rave reviews, noting “200 people on the stage.” Judging by the review, the production explored good vs. evil described by The Times as an “interesting topic of a war of wealth pitted against wealth…” The play seems appropriate considering various bailouts taxpayers have funded more than a century after the play’s premiere. [Strobridge & Co. Lith., the US Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.]

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