As a kid, we loved to play Red Rover during recess.  The object of the game was to have two teams – with approximately 10 per team.  The teams would face each other about 30 feet apart.  Both teams would be holding hands with the 10 on their team.

The game went like this:

• Team A would scream out:  Red rover, red rover, send “name” right over
• Name would run as fast as she could to the opposing team and would try to break through their linked arms.
• If she broke thru, she was able to choose a person to go back to her side and be on her team.
• If she didn’t break thru, she had to join the team who called her over.
• The game ended when only 1 person was standing on one team

The game has been outlawed on many school yards now due to possible injuries that might be sustained by the children running into the outstretched human link of arms.  This is ridiculous but it is a great indicator of where we are today in our culture.

Yesterday when Governor Scott gave back to the Feds OUR money earmarked for High Speed Rail, I heard Red Rover go off in my head.  (Call me crazy!)

I imagined Governor Scott standing on the same team with Governor Christie from New Jersey, Governor Walker of Wisconsin, Governor Brewer of Arizona, Governor Perry of Texas and many other Governors too.

I saw them holding hands tightly and screaming to the opposing team – Red Rover, Red Rover send the EPA right over.  Red Rover, Red Rover send High Speed right over.  Red Rover, Red Rover send the lobbyists right over.  Red Rover, Red Rover send the Union bosses right over.

I just love that “song” in my head and I hope you will play it all day long as you realize how important our States Rights are as well as the importance of having strong leaders in the Governor’s office.   The Federal government has not just overstepped their boundaries, they are taking what they want and they do not care about of desires or our votes as Floridians, Texans, etc. 

Our founding fathers had deep concerns about a federal government out of control.  They warned us about it and many times in our past we have fought the feds back into their Washington hideouts.  It’s time again to do the same thing and these great Governors are doing all they can to whip them back into shape.

Here are a few quotes from our founding fathers which might shed some light on their fears:

"But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State government, would not excite the opposition of a single State, or of a few States only.  They would be signals of general alarm...But what degree of madness could ever drive the federal government to such an extremity."  -- James Madison

“I consider the foundation of the (Federal) Constitution as laid on this ground: That "all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people." [10th Amendment] To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specifically drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition." –  Thomas Jefferson, "Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank" [February 15, 1791] 

In 1794, when Congress appropriated $15,000 for relief of French refugees who fled from insurrection in San Domingo to Baltimore and Philadelphia, James Madison stood on the floor of the House to object saying, "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." -- James Madison, 4 Annals of congress 179 (1794)

The 10th Amendment states: "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.”  Keep this in mind as these Governors stand together and play Red Rover with our Federal government.

We applaud these great Governors and their courage to meet the Feds at the State lines and tell them to turn around and go back to DC…we don’t need your kind here.

To keep abreast of what is happening regarding States Rights, join the movement at the TenthAmendmentCenter.com.  There are local chapters, white papers, videos and legislative updates for your review.

As I looked for something to end this blog, I tried to find a Red Rover video to take you back to the days of old.  I found many and but this one caught my eye.  I was stunned to find it.  I had never seen it before.

This video was produced for Obama’s campaign.  It has a nice feel, renders sweet thoughts and emotions AND yet – President Obama has not found a way to join us all together as this video projects.  Instead he wants to push his agenda down the throats of the American people.  He did it with healthcare and his budget this week of more spending and more debt does not meet up with this message. 

We suggest President Obama replay this campaign video and learn something from the child actor here.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGrjJYzbekg&feature=related

God Save the USA.