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The truth is that you can't answer the question. With warrantless wiretaps, you just can't be certain. The sad part is that you're just as vulnerable as Marilyn Monroe, except that, in this day and age, it might not be a spool of 16mm film, but it could be a Youtube hit.
The Romans said "Vox populi, vox dei." (The voice of people is the voice of God.) I heartily disagree with that sentiment because the Almighty is much smarter than the average GOP apparatchik, as evidenced by the results of this primary election. While He moves in mysterious ways, our course is set and the die is cast for us. This is the time for a grassroots coup across the right. From Libertarians to GOP to Contitution Party, we have to take the fight to the establishment in every race, from dog-catcher to president.
The time is now; fix bayonets and take back our nation, precinct by precinct. Now is the time to reform our movement, too, and that is precisely what's being done. We've gone from petty labels to a unified freedom force that will propel freedom candidates to the forefront of the culture war. This is good, and I'm going to take the opportunity to hate the haters from my culture war foxhole.
For starters, I'm ticked off about being preached at. Charles Barkley, shut up and sit down. Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter, screw off. I pay taxes, too, and I like the Constitution my forefathers fought to support. I owe no allegiance to a party or a manipulated movement, so don't act like I owe you some personal loyalty.
For instance, the PAA (Protect America Act) expired this week. Yeah, I'll bet you never heard of it before, either. It's one of those nifty-sounding "Save America" laws, like USA PATRIOT Act and PATRIOT ACT 2, that repeals portions of the Constitution, international law, and traditional safeguards. Unfortunately, the fascists had one of their technology toys taken away, and the screeching from King George and his Court was deafening. Seriously, you would have thought someone had sent an engraved invitation to Osama to hit us again.
And yet, the truth manages to elude this crowd. Earlier this year, they let "crucial" wiretaps drop because they wouldn't even pay the phone bills! This begs the question...Which comes first: protecting America or getting the spy powers? This question becomes especially poignant when you consider things like the fact that we recently "killed in action" a terrorist mastermind...who we captured in 2005.
The sad fact is that we don't mistrust a government trying to protect us, we distrust a government grabbing power and disregarding our safety altogether. For instance, I want an accounting of Operation Able Danger, the WTC 7 mystery,
Speaking of the Leviathan, I'm not willing to accept wishy-washy John McCain and his merry platform of fascist progressivism. This smiling Mussolini would have us buy into open borders/amnesty (repackaged as "reform") and global warming, two other topics about which I'm tired of being preached at. The drug runners and human traffickers are trying to kill border guards, and we're offering an open border and a citizenship tax. Despite evidence to the contrary, the priests of the Church of Al Gore are invading our schools.
I may be asking for too much when I ask that all the lies come to an end, but I will not accept them. The fight must go on, and so must we. I will not accept urban legends and misinformation as a substitute for the Constitution. I refuse to accept Big Brother's scare tactics, and I refuse to give him authority over my car, my home, my computer, my phone, my body, my bedroom, and my life, and I will fight him at every step when he tries to encroach on me.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is re-examining the PATRIOT ACT as I write this, mainly based on the frightening recent revelations of flagrant misuse of government power, especially by the FBI.
John Mueller, Director of the FBI, testified before the Committee today, Tuesday, March 27th, and said that his agency had not properly implemented the powers granted to it under the PATRIOT ACT but those errors were being corrected. He urged that the PATRIOT ACT be left intact.
Arlen Specter, (R-PA), told Mueller, “I'm not impressed with your assertion that there are thousands of facts," Specter said. "That's your job. You asked for these powers; we gave you them. If these applications are wrong, you're subjecting people to an invasion of privacy that ought not to be issued."
Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said, in his opening statement, “Last year the administration sought new powers in the Patriot Act to appoint U.S. Attorneys without Senate confirmation and to more freely use National Security Letters. The administration got these powers, and they have badly bungled both."
Do you know the major points embodied in the PATRIOT ACT (which, by the way, ought to be the poster child for Truth-In-Advertising reform!)?
The essence of the PATRIOT ACT:
a) Gives the government the power to strip Americans of their citizenship for participating in lawful activities of groups labeled "terrorist" by the Attorney General – currently our pal Alberto Gonzales. That alone is really scary!
b) Makes it legal for the government not to disclose the identity of people being detained in connection with a terrorist investigation - even American citizens - until criminal charges are filed. As we have seen in the case of Guantanamo, this could be years. So, an American citizen thus detained without charges could "disappear."
c) Repeals the current limitations affecting the behavior of local police who spy on religious and political activists and groups
d) Enables the government to obtain credit card and library records of individuals - without a warrant
e) Allows wiretaps without a court order to up to 15 days after anything the government designates as a terror attack
f) Restricts the public release of information about health and safety hazards of chemical and other types of plants and factories
g) Expands the definition of "terrorism" to include people engaged in civil disobedience (they might lose their citizenship), and groups sponsoring such could be wiretapped
h) Allows the wiretapping, search and extradition of Americans on orders from foreign nations, regardless of what treaties may exist that outlaw these actions
i) Abolishes the right of lawful immigrants to a fair deportation hearing, along with barring Federal Courts from reviewing immigration rulings
j) Establishes a DNA data base of "suspected terrorists" - with a definition of such so broad that it could include anyone in any way associated with such groups
k) Allows domestic espionage to be carried out against American citizens unknowingly and without judicial oversight.
So - depending on the whims of this most untrustworthy administration - any group of people opposed to any given government action, any person who chooses to engage in peaceful civil disobedience, legal immigrants whose only crime may be their descent from the wrong religious or ethnic group, and a host of others - are very vulnerable!
We must get in touch with our legislators! They are examining the construction of this nefarious government tool and will be possibly limiting or dismantling it. Please contact everyone who represents you in Washington DC and tell them in no uncertain terms that the PATRIOT ACT is unacceptable as well as unnecessary.
And while you're at it - tell them that the PATRIOT ACT is unconstitutional all by itself! Tell them that you fear we are sliding into fascism - that the Bush administration’s emphasis on militarism, big business, scapegoating liberals on the basis of exercising their rights to disagree and those of Middle Eastern descent on the basis of heritage is wrong.
Then – talk to everyone you know. Explain how we are becoming a secret police state. Ask them if it's right that someone who expresses an opinion that doesn't follow the "party" line should be targeted for investigation and possibly worse. Show them what is contained in the language of the PATRIOT ACT.
Become a disciple for the preservation of the freedoms we so dearly cherish and have enjoyed throughout our lives here in America.
© 2007 RC deWinter
Dear Mr. *****:
Thank you for contacting my office regarding your dissatisfaction with the current direction of the government. As you may know, I have been speaking out against the unnecessary and unconstitutional Iraq war since it was first revealed that plans were being made to go to war with Iraq. I have also spoken out against the waste of taxpayer funds on the war, since that money would be better spent to improve the lives of the American people than on war.
As a member of the House Committee on International Relations, I will continue to work to expose the fallacies behind the arguments for war and combat those who would spend American blood and treasure on their misguided visions of empire. I will also continue to fight against expansion of the PATRIOT Act and all schemes to restrict individual liberty and expand the police state.
Thank you once again for contacting my office. Please feel free to do so in the future with any other questions, comments, or suggestions.
Sincerely,
Ron Paul
Congressman: American Concentration Camps "On The Books"
Texas Representative urges repeal of neo-fascist laws in America before it is too late
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Monday, November 13, 2006
Re-elected Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul joined Alex Jones on air last week to discuss the fallout of the midterm elections and what he sees transpiring over the next two years. He ended by ominously warning that if something is not done soon to overturn legislation such as the Military Commissions act, the law officially allows for citizen concentration camp facilities.
Beginning with the positives to come out of the election, Ron Paul stressed that it has provided an important indication to the rest of the world that the people of America are unhappy with the usurpers that have seized control of their government and are trying to initiate change. The Congressman was quick to point out that this may not be carried into policy however:
"Not a whole lot will change because the leadership on the Democratic side, even if they had their way, don't have a different foreign policy. They have been supportive of an interventionist foreign policy in the middle east, and they are not about to back away from that... They are willing to criticize the policy but only as a means to get power."
As we have seen over the past week, leading Democrats are all towing the party line, unreservedly dismissing any notion of the possibility of impeaching the President over Iraq.
The Congressman also stated that monetary policy will stay the same, which can only mean bad news for the American economy.
" They all believe in the federal reserve, they are not going to get rid of the IRS and the income tax. I think the dollar is going to keep sliding, which means prices are going to rise, when currencies self destruct, the end goes quickly. There are no signs that there is anything being done in Washington to correct the problem. Spending is going to continue and probably going to get worse, the deficits are going to stay high if foreign policy is not going to change."
The Congressman agreed that the elite globalists within the US government may not care about this too much because it means they can blow out the economy and then come back and buy it up very cheaply. These Internationalists care not about preserving and protecting American sovereignty when there is a quick buck to be made.
"That's also part of the foreign policy to be in position to hold onto natural resources, that's one of the major reasons why we're in the middle east, so yes if there is a financial crisis, they're going to have the guns, and they have control of the natural resources... It's not a good scenario, because what usually happens when you wipe out a currency is that you wipe out the middle class, and we already see this happening. The standard of living is going down." Paul asserted.
Ron Paul's comments echo those of Former World Bank Vice President, Chief Economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, who two weeks ago predicted a global economic crash within 24 months - unless the current downturn is successfully managed. Asked if the situation was being properly handled Stiglitz emphatically responded "no," and also drew ominous parallels to the development of the NAFTA Superhighway and the North American Union.
What real Conservatism there was left in the House, to block such moves, as well as Bush's amnesty program for illegals, is gone. With Pelosi at the helm Ron Paul sees it as a forgone conclusion that such policies will sail through.
"I think that's right, although I complain about the two parties being exactly alike, I would say on this amnesty issue and what's happened with the election, there probably was a difference between the two. It is more likely with the Democrats in charge, and Judiciary and the other major committees, and with the President not really fighting for our national borders, he's always argued for some type of worker program, yes I think there's a much greater danger that that is going to be coming in the next session."
Commenting on strategies to defeat the North American Union, the Congressman urged a continuance of educating people on the real issues and reaching more and more Americans who care about preserving their national sovereignty:
"You have to keep doing what you are doing, you are reaching a lot of people, and they have to get to their members of congress, and in many ways the current House has been pretty good with this. With the new House we don't know exactly what is going to happen, but I had something very encouraging come to my attention just this week. I had a call from a young lady that won in Kansas as a Democrat, and in her literature she put my whole article on the NAFTA super corridor in there... She is not going to vote with Nancy Pelosi."
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, The Congressman spoke on the issue of going about demanding a repeal of freedom crushing legislation such as the Patriot act and the Military Commissions act and the Defense Authorization Act which essentially wipes out Habeas Corpus.
"We might have to hope that our Supreme Court helps us out a little. The Court has been better than the executive branch and a heck of a lot better than the Congress, because we've given the President everything he's asked for and the President has been begging for all this authority, so immediately we have to hope that the courts will save us on some of these things. But once again ultimately its only when the people wake up and say they don't like this... sometimes the people wake up to late. Right now we don't have concentration camps, but like you have pointed out, the authority has been given so that concentration camps can come without Habeas Corpus . I have heard the argument that there is nothing else left in the Bill of Rights. If they can lock you up, what good is freedom of speech or what good is a gun? That is now part of the books, part of the law."
Take Ron Paul's suggestion up and contact your new or re-elected members and demand a move to repeal legislation paving the way for fascist government control in America today.
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