Music to my eyes: Headline straight from heaven

One out of five states have done what would never have been necessary in an America that still actually educated its youth in what matters: they have discussed the possibility of going back to gold and silver as the basis of finance and commerce. In SC (as I write) to get the politicians to at least rule that state business can be so conducted. Toward that end, we've formed the South Carolina Sound Money Coalition and will be holding an Economic Summit for (among other things) legislators to be able to sit under the brilliant teaching of Dr. Edwin Viera (of America: From Freedom To Fascism fame). A leader of the SCSMS actually sent me this news tip.

This development could be fantastic, liberating, and the salvation of the people from tyranny and total, irrevocable catastrophe... which, unfortunately, has a good chance of getting here before the poky, perennially distracted politicians see the light. Another good sign: the group monitoring the progress of real-money legislation seems Southern-based.

You can help. Please contact your state legislators and urge they help your state kick the Federal Reserve Note habit. These so-called notes are a dangerous drug which, having helped wreck the economies of this and many other countries, is about to go >poof<>.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/at-least-10-states-have-introduced-gold-coins-as-currency-bills.php

At Least 10 States Have Introduced Gold Coins-As-Currency Bills

Jillian Rayfield January 5, 2011, 8:59AM
Legislators in at least ten states have introduced bills in the past few years to allow state commerce to be conducted with gold and silver.
As we reported, Georgia state Rep. Bobby Franklin (R) recently reintroduced legislation to force his state to conduct all monetary transactions with U.S. gold or silver coins -- including the payment of taxes.
The Georgia bill has a long way to go before become law -- but it's by no means the only state that's considering a future in gold. Lawmakers in Montana, Missouri, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington have proposed legislation, mostly in 2009, to include gold and silver in its accepted currency forms. Constitutionaltender.com, a site dedicated to tracking and promoting these bills, explains:
The United States Constitution declares, in Article I, Section 10, "No State shall... make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts". But, in fact, EVERY state in the United States of America DOES make some other "Thing" besides gold and silver coin a "Tender in Payment of Debts" -- some "Thing" called "Federal Reserve Notes." Thus the need for the "Constitutional Tender Act" -- a bill template that can be introduced in every state legislature in the nation, returning each of them to adherence to the United States Constitution's actual legal tender provisions.
The site's Facebook page says all donations to the group go to RightMarch, a conservative 501(c)(4) that describes its goal as to "counter the well-financed antics of radical left-wing groups like MoveOn.org, by appealing to the grassroots "silent majority" to take action." RightMarch is run by Bill Greene, who ran for Congress in Georgia in 2008.
This idea of using gold and silver as currency has recently enjoyed a bit of a renaissance -- Fox Business' Stuart Varney and Andrew Napolitano, for example, recently debated whether the country should return to using gold as everyday currency. Gold vending machines had already been operating in some European countries and the United Arab Emirates before one recently opened in a Florida mall. And, of course, there's Glenn Beck's consistent touting of the gold seller Goldline on his radio show........