I've been watching the US going through the Prodigal son parable for some time now.

The US is on life support, supported with the support of all the Central Banks. Before you go on a witch hunt, check out the Bank of England's communication of Sept. 12, 2001, in which they opened the window and told the world they would buy all the US Dollars that anyone wanted to sell. The currency did not collapse and the rest is history. The Bank of England in that day was your benefactor.

Now, let's talk about the economic strategy of combining the US with England, Canada and the Commonwealth nations. A new market of over 1.3 billion people for US goods and services. No threat to sovereignty, every body else has their own problems, except China. That one is all of ours collectively. Japanese happy to work with China? Doubt it. Chinese people haven't got over the occupation yet.

What's wrong with the parliamentary system anyway? Its been around for centuries and is a system that has stood the test of time. I can't say the same for the US "Great Experiment". That's what is was, an experiment.

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In my opinion ,a parliamentary system works. Some of the oratory can be down right impressive.

I think at the regional level it could have merits for any country and the system of local councils and other forms of local decision making that go with it don't hurt also. Parliamentary systems also allow for a door number 3, the minority goverment, where the people are saying they don't like to give all the power to anyone of the parties and make them work together. It just a different system I know, but as I said before, it has stood the test of time.

So let me get this straight. One person posts an obviously lame attempt at generating irrational fear about the supposed downfall of the US by the end of the year. Then the posters decide that they want to replace our government with a parliamentary system. HA...down with Obama! Go British Parliament! *confused*

It's a feudal system of property ownership. In Canada, UK, Australia, etc... the Queen holds Allodial Title to all land or whomever she "grants" allodial ownership.

Allodial Title

Allodial - "Free; not holden of any lord or superior; owned without obligation of vassalage or fealty; the opposite of feudal."

Allodial Title is (was) the heart and sole of the construct of the United States of America.  This is how you hold title to your land, free and clear of any taxes or encumbrances.  The government cannot come onto your land, you are sovereign on your land.  Imagine owning land where you knew, if all went wrong, you could at least go and grow vegetables and survive - this is what the USA is meant to be.

In the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolutionary war, the American people were given their lands in "Allodial Title".  Citizens owned all the property free and clear.  At some point the U.S. government returned the country to the feudal system of property ownership, forcing an obligation to pay duties / tax.


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Wikipedia:

Allodial title is a concept in some systems of property law. It describes a situation where real property (land, buildings and fixtures) is owned free and clear of any encumbrances, including liens, mortgages and tax obligations. Allodial title is inalienable, in that it cannot be taken by any operation of law for any reason whatsoever.

In common legal use, allodial title is used to distinguish absolute ownership of land by individuals from feudal ownership, where property ownership is dependent on relationship to a lord or the sovereign. Webster's first dictionary (1825 ed) says allodium is "land which is absolute property of the owner, real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgement to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud."

True allodial title is rare, with most property ownership in the common law world—primarily, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Republic of Ireland—described more properly as being in fee simple. In particular, land is said to be "held of the Crown" in England and Wales and the Commonwealth realms. In England, there is no allodial land, all land being held of the Crown; even in the United States most lands are not allodial, as evidenced by the existence of property taxes. Some of the Commonwealth realms (particularly Australia) recognise native title, a form of allodial title that does not originate from a Crown grant.

In France, while allodial title existed before the French Revolution, it was rare and limited to ecclesiastical properties and property that had fallen out of feudal ownership. After the French Revolution allodial title became the norm in France and other civil law countries that were under Napoleonic legal influences. Interestingly Quebec adopted a form of allodial title when it abolished feudalism in the mid-nineteenth century making the forms of ownership in Upper and Lower Canada remarkably similar in substance.

Property owned under allodial title is referred to as allodial land, allodium, or an allod.

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A decent video about Allodial Title

Do you own your house?

I don't think its in our minds to change the US in any way shape or form. That's up to the People. We're just discussing observations on a system.

 Yes. The way I understand it is you were truly "king of your own castle" and the land it was sitting on. And I truly believe this is what made America "the wonder of the world" where individuals were given sovereign status (as far as Land and property rights).

 But I don't think sovereignty meant "as king of my Land, I hereby make myself the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative authority and I decree Murder shall be lawful on my Land". I don't believe individual sovereignty extended that far.
 
 Although there is a small group of "patriots" out there who believe exactly that...they are the Law of their Land...Really wacked out interpretations of individual sovereignty.

 In any CREDITOR/DEBTOR relationship or contract who is calling the shots?

Proverbs says: "The Borrower/DEBTOR is servant to the Lender/CREDITOR".