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America, perhaps most of the world, is in the middle of a crisis that grows each day.
There was the housing bubble that began during the Clinton administration and erupted at the end of the Bush Administration.
There were the 911 attacks, and the WMD ruse under the Bush administration that resulted in a war that has lasted for 10 years despite the promises of Barak Obama that he would put an end to these wars of conquest.
There was the bailout, and the stimulus that resulted in tens of trillions of dollars that have been created, and dispersed throughout the Obama administration in order to keep the global economy from collapsing. They heaped trillions in debt upon the American citizen, and it appears, today, that the only thing keeping this economy afloat is the constant flow of Federal Reserve Notes into a dying economy.
There are the uncounted number of attacks by so-called ‘law enforcement’ that go unpunished, and in many cases have resulted in the courts adding to the insult by declaring new and unconstitutional authorities for the police.
There was the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that has shriveled into non-existence by the silence of the media.
There is the Japanese catastrophe that they have now been forced to admit is far worse than we’ve been led to believe. Another extremely important issue relegated to trivia by a corrupt media.
There is the horrific weather throughout our farm belt that will more than likely result in a very poor crop season. Some well known economic advisers, such as Jim Rogers and Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, are not only advising people to build a storable food supply, but to arm themselves for what appears to be inevitable.
Throughout the growing unrest, the turbulence, the looming economic catastrophe, the wars, and the natural disasters there are certain things that will not change.
First, we will refuse to elect candidates that will adhere to the rule of law, hold them accountable for their unlawful actions, and send them to prison for violations of the oath of office.
Second, we will refuse to demand the impeachment of judges who continue to foster the centralization of power to the federal government, and the dismantling of our system of law.
Third, the mainstream media will not only avoid topics that enlighten the people on the subject of government abuse, but they will subsidize, and condone it for the “good of us all”, or more likely to line their pockets.
Fourth, no matter how abusive the system becomes, how obvious the lawlessness, how utterly ridiculous are the actions of the police, prosecutors, and judges, the jury’s will more than likely convict people who are clearly innocent of wrong doing.
Fifth, and certainly not the end; through all our tribulations, the need to see clearly, and understand the difference between good and evil, there will always be a large contingent of the people who would prefer to throw the rest into the depths of hell rather than to stand up for good.
I have watched for decades as the American dream began to wane, shrivel, turn to war, depravity, and economic disaster while all the time being told that I was wrong, and that this whole nightmare is nothing more than a conspiracy theory.
The majority seems always to be of the condition that to see the obvious, to take action, and to live in an illusion of peace is far more digestible than to partake in the discomfort of the dynamic fight for freedom.
Let us remember that our fantasy of peace, and security has come at a very expensive price tag, both in dollars and human casualties. Most will tune into the TV, and buy up the propaganda about terrorist activities, Taliban, al Quida, and whoever else is out there that we wish to demonize. Others will question the veracity of the subject matter, but few will take any quantifiable actions.
In these few paragraphs are enough reasons to take action, some positive action. I don’t mean standing in front of a politician and screaming that you are aware of how crooked he or she might be. I don’t mean telling everyone that the media is corrupt, and that there are people who control the world agenda; you’re a day late for that. My father was telling people about the criminal acts, and plots long before the alternative media came into existence on the Internet. As a matter of fact most would not have dreamed of the Internet when he started his rants.
Each day, think of your children, your grandchildren, or any child that might be dear to you, and repeat to yourself they will have to pay for my ambivalence and inaction.
Remember that ‘death cares not who deals the cards’. Don’t dwell on who is in the background, but rather what must be done to stop the current trend.
Organize a core group of people; the neighbor, brother, sister, or whoever else might realize that something needs to be done.
Produce a game plan that your core group can adhere to, and stick with the plan.
Although I have placed suggestions about what needs to be done, other than telling your neighbor that there are bad people in the world, I still receive comments that I haven’t defined a course of action. So here are some thoughts by the numbers.
1. Start with the person who can actually make an immediate change. That person is the sheriff.
2. The sheriff is the highest elected official in the county, the only true constitutional law enforcement agent, and the person responsible for keeping the courts open to the people so that they may obtain redress of grievance.
3. Start with a letter that explains to the sheriff his real job, not that which has been promoted by the judicial system.
4. Make it clear that you expect an answer based on the oath of office not on what the illegitimate judiciary has contrived.
5. Enlighten the ...
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The definition of a peaceful revolution, as far as I can tell, is that the people are beaten, abused, robbed and taxed for the privilege of being crushed. Then when the system has had enough foreplay to satisfy the blood lust, the people are sold a change that further crushes their inalienable rights.
The truth is “that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.” So we suffer, as will our children, their children, and so on until we have been backed into a corner from which there is no other way out.
This is the way of the world; lies, deceit, suffering, ambivalence, and cruelty. The lies, cruelty, and deceit are a form of government regulation through hatred, and intimidation. The suffering and ambivalence is all up to the individual who prostrates him or herself at the foot of some bureaucrat who was never lawfully given the power that they impose by force of arms.
We have been lied to so often that we can no longer reconcile what is truth, and what is fiction. In our struggle to discern what reality is we spin into a state of confusion mindlessly repeating some phrase that is continually broadcast from a talking head. This is our armor against a world that has been made hostile to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The problem with all those who profess the concept of a peaceful revolution is that they never truly understand what is taking place around them. Dr. Paul Craig Roberts recently stated that if the people in Libya succeed in overthrowing the government through arms, they will be more successful than the Egyptian’s.
Dr. Roberts understood what was actually taking place, and comments by Joel Skousen emphasized what Dr. Roberts realizes. Skousen makes the point that the Egyptian protests were theater, and that the U.S. has paid agents provocateurs throughout the Middle East. So, using the same propaganda that has become the religion of peace brought about by the Gandhi revolution, we work toward unachievable goals. To think that a few months down the road the people of Egypt will actually have freedom is just ‘rose colored glasses’.
Mahatma Gandhi said, “Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind. It takes more courage to take a blow than to give one. It takes more courage to try and talk things through than to start a war.” In my opinion, it takes a man of common intelligence to understand the need for peace, but it takes a man of fortitude, and courage to stand up for what is right, and that may mean the ability to deliver a blow before all is lost.
I had a friend who was a prisoner of war. The details of which are unimportant except to note that he received the most brutal of treatments. So barbaric was the torture that he would never speak of it except for one occasion.
On that occasion he spoke before the congressional committee hearing testimony on women serving in combat. He described the torture he was subjected to, I’m sure in excruciating detail, and then asked the members of the committee if they expected a man to stand by and watch a women be subjected to such torture.
The truth of the matter is that we men have been neutered. At one time boys would fight, someone would intervene, and then the boys would shake hands and nothing further was said. Even in the catholic grammar school I attended, the priests or nuns would pull the boys apart, and nothing further was done except to facilitate a handshake.
Most schools in New York City had rifle teams. You could actually go on public transportation with a firearm, and no one would freak out, and scream bloody murder. There were no swat teams to come along to execute a person for carrying a lawfully owned firearm. Crime rates were much lower, we were more civilized, and it would not be considered any sort of crime to defend your girlfriend. As a matter of fact you were looked down upon if you did not defend the girl to which you were attached. Today self-defense, protecting another or any sort of fight can carry substantial penalties dished out by the state.
A reasonable person might ask, what is the claim upon which the state makes a case for actions against those of us who choose self defense? And the answer is that we must be kept in line so that when we awake from this coma we will have given up our arms in the name of peace, and receive serfdom for our efforts.
In order to protect our self esteem we lie to ourselves. We have convinced ourselves that what actually was did not exist. We have changed reality so that begging for mercy is seen as something admirable. I can’t believe that Gandhi subscribed to such a notion.
Did Gandhi actually say that “It takes more courage to take a blow than to give one.”, or was it fabricated for the public? If he did make such a statement, I have to ask what type of man can stand by and watch as others are beaten and murdered? Would not any man have the same reaction as my old buddy who pointed out his sentiments to the congressional committee?
Gandhi was also credited with stating, “Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.” This quote might lead one to believe that Gandhi was a realist, and understood in the final analysis that it was less likely for a tyrant to come to power if the people in general were armed, and willing to fight for that which they believed.
The truth of the Gandhi movement was not as glorious as has been preached. Tens of thousands of Gandhi’s countrymen were killed. The British raped the nation while the ‘peaceful’ protests were ...
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The ATF has a very political agenda in mind, and that is to take away your gun rights---even if it means allowing gun sales to criminals so they can present "evidence" to the administration that the Second Amendment should be restricted or abolished!
On December 14, 2010, Customs and Border Protection Agent Brian Terry was shot as he tried to capture heavily armed "bandits" targeting illegal immigrants trying to get across the border near Rio Rico, Arizona. He died the next morning.
It was a tragic incident that occurs frequently on our southern border, made all the more tragic because THE SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE THAT WAS USED TO KILL AGENT TERRY WAS BOUGHT BY A CRIMINAL AND SMUGGLED INTO MEXICO UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS (ATF).
"The gun used to kill Agent Brian Terry has been sourced, not to Mexico, but to a gun store in Phoenix that was actually part---and cooperating---with a federal investigation into arms trafficking. However, U.S. agents did not stop the sale or the transfer of that gun to the cartels that killed Terry." - William Lajeunesse, Fox News broadcast (February 22, 2011).
Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) is now demanding answers on ATF's "Project Gunrunner." Hundreds of guns were allowed to be purchased along the border by alleged straw buyers, while ATF conducted its investigation and DID NOTHING. The ATF looked the other way while these guns slipped into Mexico into the hands of drug cartels, and then they blamed gun laws in the United States for the transactions.
The CCRKBA calls on Congress to support Senator Grassley's investigation into "Project Gunrunner," and to cut funding to the corrupt ATF immediately. Please, CLICK HERE TO help us FAX every member of the U.S. Congress and demand that they do their job and protect the Second Amendment! This is a fight America cannot afford to lose. I also ask for your very serious donation to the CCRKBA so we can continue to defend your Second Amendment rights---because President Obama's administration and a powerful anti-gun lobby ares determined to take away our firearms by whatever means possible. We desperately need your support to make sure the next two years don't end in tragedy for the Second Amendment, and for more of our brave agents on the border!
Anti-gun activists, led by the Obama administration, are doing all they can to make the connection between law-abiding citizens and deranged criminals---even standing by while known drug dealers purchase guns on our soil and take them back to Mexico... and then use them to take the lives of our brave border agents!
The ATF is under threat of a 13% budget cut. They claim cuts will hurt their efforts to prevent firearms trafficking on the Mexican border---but the death of Agent Terry exposed how corrupt and inadequate this initiative has been.
What lengths will the ATF go to in order to keep their funding?
James Cavanaugh, a retired ATF official says losing 13% of their budget "would really handicap the ATF. It's a small agency and it's a lean machine. With ATF, it would be an amputation."
I say we amputate!
The CCRKBA calls on Congress to support Senator Grassley's investigation into "Project Gunrunner," and to cut funding to the corrupt ATF immediately. Please, CLICK HERE TO help us FAX every member of the U.S. Congress and demand that they do their job and protect the Second Amendment! This is a fight America cannot afford to lose. I also ask for your very serious donation to the CCRKBA so we can continue to defend your Second Amendment rights---because President Obama's administration and a powerful anti-gun lobby ares determined to take away our firearms by whatever means possible. We desperately need your support to make sure the next two years don't end in tragedy for the Second Amendment, and for more of our brave agents on the border!
ATF's own agents say that sometime in late 2009 or early 2010, the Phoenix office of ATF began to implement a policy of "walking" semi-automatic rifles south of the border. One agent says, "The agency was not only looking the other way but actually facilitating trafficking, threatening and punishing agents who voiced objections, covering up trace information, the truth about the gun that killed BPA Terry, what I.C.E. knew, it goes on and on."
The accusations against ATF and DOJ officials include:
1. They intentionally allowed perhaps as many as 3,000 firearms to "walk" across the U.S. border into Mexico.
2. They instructed U.S. gun dealers to proceed with questionable and illegal sales of firearms to suspected gunrunners.
3. They intentionally withheld information about U.S.-sanctioned gun smuggling from the Mexican government.
4. One of the guns ATF allowed or helped to be smuggled into Mexico was involved in the death of CBP Agent Brian Terry.
For two years, we've been hearing from Holder and others in the Obama administration about a so-called 'iron pipeline' of American guns across the border, and federal officials have been working to strip you of your rights.
Wouldn't it be ironic to learn that while the Obama administration was blaming our gun rights for the drug war violence in Mexico, its own gun sting operation was a major source of illicit firearms?
The CCRKBA calls on Congress to support Senator Grassley's investigation into "Project Gunrunner," and to cut funding to the corrupt ATF immediately. Please, CLICK HERE TO help us FAX every member of the U.S. Congress and demand that they do their job and protect the Second Amendment! This is a fight America cannot afford to lose. I also ask for your very serious donation to the CCRKBA so we can continue to defend your Second Amendment rights---because President Obama's administration and a powerful anti-gun lobby ares determined to take away our firearms by whatever means possible. We desperately need your support to make sure the next two years don't end in tragedy for the Second Amendment, and for more of our brave agents on the border!
Obama nominated anti-gun zealot Andrew Traver to head up the ATF prior to Congressional recess ...
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It has been some time since I decided to write an article. There are reasons for that, but suffice it to say that my enthusiasm for restoring the republic to its original design, or should I say hope of those who sacrificed to create this great experiment is waning.
In order to fight a successful battle you must first recognize your goal. In the case of our very own revolution it was to separate from Great Britain, create a nation free from persecution, and allow the common man his right to freedom, and prosperity.
Those ideas began to erode almost immediately as ‘special interests’ lied, schemed, and conjured methods of destroying the Republic. Most notably was, and still to this day is the legal profession that encompasses the entire justice system including the private sector. Thousands of lawyers that swear an oath to disavow the Constitution, and lay homage to the black robe administrators who see themselves as gods have destroyed our common law.
What has the legal profession done? First and foremost it has created a complete misunderstanding of the rule of law in this country. We, you and I, are sovereign citizens. A sovereign is not subject to the law as it is the creator of the law. It sounds simple, but what does it mean?
The state, which can only operate by the actions of the people, is an abstract creation without rights, and without powers other than what we the people enumerate. The state cannot make rules, and regulations that impose a liability upon the citizen to which the citizen has no obligation. “There is no position which depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid.” – Federalist 78, Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton, along with John Jay, and James Madison go on to explain the purpose of a government designed with enumerated powers, and separations in order to prevent the destruction of original intent. This seems so obvious to me, but has been lost on the American public.
The Constitution, as the fundamental doctrine of law, is a limitation placed upon the government. The construction of the Bill of Rights reinforces this as it begins by stating “Congress shall make no law…,” and ends by declaring “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
It does not say that from time to time the judiciary may interpret the Constitution to mean something other than what it says, nor does it say that the States, which created the union, may run off in directions that infringe upon the inalienable rights of its own citizens, or that of another state. It logically follows that since the states created the union with a limited form of government that they would adhere to the principles for themselves and protect the citizen from any and all abuses. Our government was formed by men, and is beholding to man for the limited and temporary powers we might at some time recall.
In order to fight the battle, and it is most certainly a struggle, to maintain a free state we must be aware at all times that those who seek the office of government more than likely do so because they seek power. If it were otherwise, there would not be legislators who spend their entire lives plotting their next re-election campaign rather than standing their ground and voting against those acts to which the government has no authority to impose upon the constituent.
I received an e-mail not to long ago, from the Second Amendment Foundation, asking for donations to fight against ACORN's interference in Jersey City, New Jersey on the issue of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
ACORN, as you may know, is a virulent enterprise that works diligently to move this nation to the ultimate end of a totalitarian state. Let’s not debate the issue here, because if we must then we are certainly well on our way to ACORN’s, and many other similar organizations goal.
It is clear as the nose on your face, as the saying goes, for some, but the majority is blinded with so much rhetoric from the major media that they barely have time to watch their reality TV shows, let alone read and learn about the factual nature of gun control.
We are in a true fight for liberty. Some may take to the pen, but it becomes more certain by the day that while the government takes to the sword, we will sit on our couches waiting for the knock on the door by some government agents who will bring us to a FEMA internment camp.
At one time I contributed thousands to the effort to fight gun control. I gave to the NRA every time they asked, and I was a plank-holder of the American Eagles. Now I give nothing. I give nothing because when you are fighting the battle 100 miles from the battlefield there is no point in expending ammunition.
I will continue to take the stance of penning my fight, and ignoring the calls for contributions until the pro-gun community learns to fight the fight according to the rule of law. That law starts in the Constitution at Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15&16, and culminates in the Second Amendment.
The Second Amendment has a specific meaning in conjunction with maintaining a free state, which it proudly announces, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep ...
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