Hey Carol, ALL the states eventually folded to the demands of the wealthy heirarchy in Washington, D.C. It became reality basically starting around 1932 and was completed by 1938. This was all done during the administration of FDR. The people were pledged as assets - and collateral (surety, chattel) - for the MUNICIPAL corporation known as UNITED STATES INC. which in reality has no valid authority outside Washington, D.C.

And that is the premise behind what all the truthers and 'soverign citizens' were arguing about in the ruckus that went on in Burns, OR. That the Feds, any of the 3 letter agencies - FBI, EPA, IRS, BLM, etc - HAVE NO VALID AUTHORITY in the union states. Judge Anna von Reitz expounded on this identifying the FBI agents as "Paid Mercenaries" of a foreign corporation. Which is correct. What is a corporation..?? It is a 'piece of paper' identifying authority or ownership of / over PERSONS or assets. An asset can be anything identifiable.

Like my wife's ownership of her cleaning company, her corporate charter, her 'piece of paper' identifies what she owns, and what the outlines are of what she does.

And I'm not trying to confuse here, its all woven together like a fine spider web to ensnare us all. Just as US Citizenship is. Most people just don't understand that being a US Citizen identifies you as a Corporate citizen and therefore an acting agent of the CORPORATION to collect revenue. This is how they tax you on your income. You are and acting agent of the corporation, collecting revenue for the corporation.

Try this link for more info: http://usa-the-republic.com/revenue/true_history/AffTruth.html

And before I get called a crackpot again, there is far too much research into this subject by a very large number of people. So for anyone who wishes to refute this claim, bring your evidence to the table first.

(As an add note, I once got a logbook ticket in California. 24 hours behind was a $1200 fine. My stance in court was that the MUNICIPAL corporation UNITED STATES INC had no jurisdiction in the state of California and if the Highway Patrol officer wished to represent the UNITED STATES INC on foreign territory, then he should display his "Foreign Agent Registration Papers" immediately. He couldn't and the judge sided with me. DISCHARGED the matter with Prejudice. Not trying to confuse you, I just am trying to show you how this is all woven together like a fine, invisible spider web.)

And here's the shocking truth: Tremblay, Baldasaro, and Christiansen don't have their facts straight.

The amendment in question, known as the Titles of Nobility Amendment, did come quite close to passing—at least at first. With Americans wary of the threat posed by Great Britain and Napoleonic France, the proposal was approved by both branches of Congress and 12 states, only to be put on ice during the War of 1812. By the war's end, the momentum had been lost, and the addition of new states to the union made the threshold for passage that much higher. It was never ratified.