Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided. In theoretical terms, the idea of "sovereignty", historically, from Socrates to Thomas Hobbes, has always necessitated a moral imperative on the entity exercising it.
For centuries past, the idea that a state could be sovereign was always connected to its ability to guarantee the best interests of its own citizens. Thus, if a state could not act in the best interests of its own citizens, it could not be thought of as a “sovereign” state.
The concept of sovereignty has been discussed throughout history, from the time of the Romans through to the present day. It has changed in its definition, concept, and application throughout, especially during the Age of Enlightenment. The current notion of state sovereignty is often traced back to the Peace of Westphalia (1648), which, in relation to states, codified the basic principles:
Chapter 14 is an American alternative metalcore rock band from Carlsbad, California currently consisting of vocalist Chad Ackerman (Destroy the Runner, As I Lay Dying, Austrian Death Machine), guitarist Tanner Sparks (Destroy the Runner), bassist Edwin Peraza, and Jonathan Knauer on drums.
Founded in 2003 by Ackerman and Sparks the band also consisted of drummer Mike Catalano (Chiodos, Destroy the Runner), guitarist Noah Slifka (In Fear and Faith) and bassist Eddie Hudson (Paper Mache). The band was unable to put together a full-length album but did complete two full U.S. tours and several demos without a label or financial backing.
After four years trying to land a record deal the band split up in 2007 when Ackerman and Sparks were offered the roles of vocalist and bassist for Destroy the Runner’s departing Kyle Setter and Jeremiah Crespo respectively. Noah Slifka went on to join In Fear and Faith the same year while Mike Catalano would join back up with Ackerman and Sparks in Destroy the Runner in 2008. Eddie Hudson moved on to play bass for the band Paper Mache. Chad explains what happened with Destroy The Runner and what Chapter 14 has for future plans
Phil Valentine is an American conservative talk radio show host in Nashville, Tennessee. He broadcasts daily on flagship station WWTN, a Cumulus Media station, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Central Time and is syndicated through Dial Global on over 110 radio stations. He is probably best known in Tennessee for leading protests against a state income tax.
Valentine is the son of former six-term Democratic U.S. Representative Tim Valentine of North Carolina, but is nonetheless a self-described conservative. His mother is the late Betsy Valentine who was killed in an auto accident one month shy of Valentine's 22nd birthday. He grew up in Nashville, North Carolina, and graduated from Northern Nash High School. After attending East Carolina University, he decided on a career in radio. ECU did not offer a broadcast major so Valentine left the university and enrolled in Carolina School of Broadcasting in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Valentine is the author of three books, The Conservative's Handbook, Right from the Heart: The ABC's of Reality in America, and Tax Revolt. Mr. Valentine was very active as a community organizer for the people of Tennessee to stop the passage of this bill against their wishes as citizens of that state. The Conservative's Handbook is a revision of Right from the Heart with new chapters and updated information. The foreword for both books was written by Sean Hannity.
forget their blessing and forget the weather
we'll join our christian names together
write all our friends back home
we'll leave tonight and we'll leave together
i'll say what airline and you'll said whatever
leave all our friends back home
you'll talk of sons and i'll talk of daughters
we'll find a little place by the water
worry all our friends back home
i'll do the talking and you'll write the letters
i'll sing the beatles and you'll sing them better
forget all our friends back home
it's raining
in vancouver
but i don't give a fuck
because i'm far from home tonight
it's raining
in vancouver
but i don't give a fuck
how long will they reign supreme
unhallowed rulers of society
faceless fiends
leading us blindly into slavery
meticulously manipulating modern man
like drones we march
dehumanised at the wave of a hand
for how long will we be dictated by this monopoly, this
hypocrisy?
for how long will we be living in oblivion?
how does it feel to know that we will never know the
truth?
a systematic suppression
particularly plotted to ensure that we live in
oppression
that we obey
that we conform
malcontent life of default
fuck that I say that we fight
revolt, remove the shackles that keep us in the shadows
this is a counter-revolution
free those consumed in gallows
revolt, remove the shackles that keep us in the shadows
our extinction is inevitable
until we control the factions
how long will they reign
you live a life of a lie
if you conceal all this horror
and just let it go by
distracted by whats portrayed
as normality is in fact
morality defamed
for how long will we be dictated by this monopoly, this
hypocrisy?
meticulously manipulating modern man
for how long will we be living in oblivion? for how
long will we wait?
like drones we march
dehumanised at the wave of a hand
how does it feel to know that we will never know the
truth?
Admiring the triumphant demonthrone
Sealed with the knowledge of time
Magic runes are carved here
Will you ever find the key
The bound demon in the earth
Is waiting to be released
For nine days he hung... the demon
Who sees it all... with only one eye
Gaining divine wisdom... through tormenting pain
He has travelled beyond the worlds
He has danced with death
Now he controls it all
With strength he suffered
Wandering alone in these halls of divinity
A place of uncontrolled chaos
And uncontrolled wisdom
Find your way through
Release the forces of Fimbulity
And sovereignty shall be your name
She screamed you're a monster, but she was the one who
lied.
I spit in her face, she wasted her life anyways.
Are you fucking blind? Look into my eyes and see what you
really fucking are.
No one makes it out alive.
I see this world for what it really is. A waste. It's
concentrated hate.
I see right through your fucking act, this is life not a
play.
Grow the fuck up and get fucking out.
Truth was never in your vocabulary.
You are scum just some shit at the bottom of the gutter.
I will watch you break down to your fucking knees and beg