Martino: “A republic . . . if you can keep it.”
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 conceived a United States Constitution that would govern our fledgling new nation as a limited representative republic and not as a pure democracy. A republic is different from a democracy. In a democracy, the majority can directly make laws, while in a republic, elected representatives make laws. To a large degree, emotions rule pure democracies, while the rule of law governs in a republic. Basically, in a pure democracy, the majority has unlimited power to make decisions, sometimes, in a period of crisis driven passions creating chaotic results without regard for other individuals or minorities. Whereas in a republic, a written constitution limits the majority while providing safeguards for individuals and minorities. The Framers of the constitution loathed the chaotic tendencies of a majority controlled democracy which they feared would lead to anarchy and mob rule. In a republic periodic elections of representatives allow opportunities for a more peaceful and intellectual approach to the creation of legislation for the rule of law the Constitution of a Republic demands.
Fast-forwarding to 2020, we Americans are facing a myriad of crisis’s and system failures seemingly one on top of the other. Many of these crisis’s include, the Covid-19 killer virus that has severely impacted the health and economy of us all, acts of cruelty to each other, symptoms of racism on all sides, indiscriminant killing of innocent children in some of our cities, abuse of power by some in positions of authority, riots and looting, defacing and destruction of public and private property, an “autonomous zone” in major cities, disrespect for law and order, defunding and dismantling of police departments, a failing educational system, immigration issues, drugs and drug dealers everywhere and anywhere, a politically divided nation, and a Presidential election coming in November, just to name a few.
That’s a long and probably incomplete list of failures and crisis’s that is difficult to hide from. It’s a list of decay which did not happen over a month, or a year, or a decade. It’s a list that because of decades of neglect has not received the attention to the maintenance and leadership it required. Is this a Democrat or a Republican problem? Yes, it is. Is it a failure of the lack of leadership by our elected representatives on the Federal, State, and Local governmental levels? Yes, it is.
But in my opinion it is us, “We the people …” who bear the brunt of responsibility for the affronts to our Republic and Constitution that the above list highlights. As a people we Americans have in some respects selfishly cocooned and individualized our lives to such a degree that the promise and fulfillment of the American Dream for all of our citizens has slowly eroded. Today that Dream is being called into question while being attacked by mob rule with impunity. On all levels of government we have not adequately vetted and qualified our choices of representatives that we elect to the various political offices. To compound that error we re-elect these same representatives time and again even though they have not measured up to the Constitution, their promises, our expectations, or have addressed the list above with the necessary consistent leadership it requires. Perhaps, with our future votes we should heed the advice of Alexander Hamilton, who in Federalist 21 wrote, “The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.” When the people’s trust is breached, regular elections allow for the dismissal of these unresponsive, unproductive representatives and new ones appointed. But we must all exercise our right to vote.
At the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 in answer to a question asked of delegate Benjamin Franklin, “Well Doctor what have we got, a republic or a monarchy.” Founding Father Dr. Benjamin Franklin replied, “A republic . . . if you can keep it.” How prescient are those words, some 233 years later! Today, more than ever, the challenge of his prophetic words, “A republic . . . if you can keep it”, still ring loudly in our ears as the ultimate American question.
How will we answer it?
Michael Martino is a 50+ year resident of Palm Beach Gardens. He is a recently retired owner of a 37 year-old small business, known as Family Flooring, a retail flooring store. He also was a Palm Beach Gardens City Councilman from 1972 to 1993. Mike served 12 terms as Mayor. Mike also was a two-term President of the Palm Beach County League of Cities from 1991 to 1993. He served on numerous Palm Beach County panels, such as, the County Traffic Performance Standards Ordinance Committee
Rally to Support Law Enforcement July 15
Trump Boat Parade!
New Feature – News Aggregation
Trump Sign Waving Resumes on US1
It was great to be back again!
We were 25 strong… social distancing and conducting a peaceful, safe re-elect President Trump Sign & Flag Waving rally along US1 @ Northlake Blvd on Friday May 29.
Thank you,
Joan
PBCTP Launching Youtube Channel
The Palm Beach County Tea Party is launching a youtube channel. With it, we expect to provide live streaming of meetings, archival footage of past meetings, rallys and other events. Watch the above video for Mel and Barbara’s introduction.
Then please CLICK HERE to go to the channel and click the SUBSCRIBE button in the upper right corner now!
A Message to our Members
To our members:
As you know, the Palm Beach County Tea Party has not had a meeting since Dennis Michael Lynch in March. The impact of the Corona Virus was being felt in Palm Beach County in mid March, and even though there were no official shutdowns at that time, we thought it best to postpone our April 6th Gene Ho meeting until later in the year, and the May meeting with K. Carl Smith. As it looks now, we will not have meetings in June or July, but hope to start back up in August with John DiLemme, followed by Gene Ho in September.
There is reason for some optimism however. Our county, along with most of the state is now in the “Phase 1” recovery category as set by the Federal Government and instituted by Governor DeSantis. Restaurants have reopened for inside dining with reduced capacity, as have retail stores and salons, and most of the county and state parks. Today the beaches are opening and restaurants can operate at 50% capacity.
The practice of “social distancing” by most residents, restrictions on access to assisted living centers and nursing homes, and the practice of common sense mitigation methods has made Florida an example of what a well run state can accomplish. While the virus continues to claim victims, rates of both hospitalization and death in PBC have been declining for some time and it now stands at 4524 cases and 275 deaths. For the state as a whole, the virus is only claiming about 10% of the available hospital beds and it is clear that we have “flattened the curve”.
During this difficult time, we hope you and yours are staying safe, keeping your distance, and managing to live life as near normal as is possible. It is not likely that we will be free of these challenges for some time to come, but with proper precautions and common sense, life goes on.
If there is anything we can do to assist you in any way during this period, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
Stay safe!
The Palm Beach County Tea Party.
Trump – My Way
John DiLemme at NEW VENUE on August 3
This meeting will by live-streamed on youtube.
John Di Lemme
Founder of the Conservative Business Journal, Host of the Conservative Business Journal Podcast, and Founder of Business Owners for Trump, John Di Lemme has nearly two decades of experience as a capitalism strategist, top podcaster, international speaker, and accomplished author of over 20 books including his soon to be released book “Making Capitalism Great Again – How to Maximize America’s Booming Economy Plus the ABCs of Socialism versus Capitalism.”
John is also one of the most sought after elite speakers in the world and has spoken at over thousand venues in twenty-two countries around the globe. John specializes on how to maximize capitalism in the booming Trump economy and ultimately earn more money than ever before. He is also a regular contributor for numerous conservative publications such as LifeZette, WND.com, and Real Clear Politics to name just a few and has been featured Varney & Co. (Fox Business News), i24 News, and various other media outlets in which he is a proven expert on how to equip people to protect themselves against the radical attacks of the socialist left.
Additionally, the Conservative Business Journal is now officially White House Press Pool approved media and covered the Trump Rally in South Florida and the Evangelicals for Trump Coalition Event along with other events that promote the Conservative movement in America.
Stadium Grill
1203 Town Center Drive
Jupiter, Fl 33458
TIME: 5:30 PM Dinner – Order off the Open Menu
No Charge for Meeting
7:00PM Meeting.
Please RSVP below.
THE WUHAN GERM WORLD WAR ATTACK
The germ warfare concept is evolving. Warfare initiation originally meant an army of people from an aggressor nation attacking and killing people from a victim nation to achieve supremacy. After the invention of the airplane, warfare initiation involved the attacker dropping bombs on the victim (i.e. Perl Harbor). After the arrival of nuclear weapons the bombs were envisioned to be nuclear bombs. In those days a germ warfare attack was envisioned to be the attacker dropping bombs containing germs. But today the attacker has no need to develop germ-carrying bombs and methods of delivering those bombs to the victim. Today the attacker can kill people from the victim nations by facilitating air travel to the victim nations and letting the travelers be the delivery mechanism. It is analogous to a pest control company placing bait for ants to take back to their nest to kill the colony.
The latest germ warfare attack occurred on January 23, 2020, the date the communist Chinese government cut off Hubei province, the province that contains the city of Wuhan, from the rest of China by closing the province to domestic air and other forms of travel. But the communist Chinese government did not terminate international air travel to cut the province off from the rest of the world.
Coronavirus: Critics ask why China allowed flights out of Hubei during outbreak.
“China allowed the new coronavirus to spread across the world by allowing international flights to and from Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, while taking strong measures to ensure the virus didn’t spread within China, according to the latest criticism of the country’s handling of the outbreak.”
The Chinese acted to try to prevent the spread of the virus throughout their country while facilitating the virus spread worldwide. It is this facilitation that constitutes the Wuhan germ world war attack.
The communist Chinese government sought to promote international air travel and put travelers at ease by declaring on December 31, 2019 that there was no “human-to-human transmission and no medical staff infection.”
The Comprehensive Timeline of China’s COVID-19 Lies.
This germ warfare attack successfully created the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020.
Three months after the war initiation the world was still struggling with the Wuhan corona virus world attack.
COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Worldwide nearly 3 million people had been sickened and over 200 thousand had died. Many countries had amassed unsustainable debt seeking to protect their citizens. In the United States nearly 1 million had been sickened and over 50 thousand had died.
U.S. Deficit To Hit Record $3.8 Trillion Amid Pandemic.
Is the United States’ deficit spending sending us to a fiscal calamity from which we cannot recover?
Will communist China achieve supremacy without ever firing a shot?
Will the world seek retribution from communist China for the damage it has inflicted?
We may never know if the release of the possibly genetically engineered virus from the Wuhan germ warfare facility was intentional or accidental, but does it matter now?
