Americans don’t understand how blessed they are. We live in a country in which–for the most part–we can make our own decisions about what to say, whom to vote for, and we can make decisions based upon our religious conscience (better than in Europe, anyway). But another thing ungrateful Americans don’t understand is that all these freedoms came only by vigilance and bloodshed, and can be taken away at the stroke of a pen.
Although a sharp reduction in liberties has been fostered by an increasingly leftist elite these past 60 years, mostly incrementally, the most dangerous restrictions on liberty and the pursuit of happiness are likely to come from major treaties signed by our president. This is because Article 2, section 2, clause 2 of our constitution dictates that any of these treaties become law as soon as he signs with a super-majority congressional vote, and article VI of our constitution mandates that international treaties are the supreme law of the land, enforceable through our court system.
As such, here is a list of treaties the entire world has signed and we haven’t. This is important because each of these treaties has a different focus, but when presented in entirity the goal becomes very clear: the United States and every other country in the entire world is not to have liberty apart from their real masters: a governing body of international unelected officials. (more…)