We’re beyond “reform”, what do we do now?

I was talking with someone recently about the absolute mockery toward the “establishment” involved in naming our group Americans for Comprehensive Government Reform, ACGR. Looks like we’re clearly beyond “reform”…           

Excerpts from The planned collapse of America:

http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2715.shtml

“No doubt existing consciousness-changing, behavior-shaping, subliminal persuasion, and other conditioning techniques could be used to accomplish some sort of transformation of sobering proportions (we ought to be able to be more effective than Nazi Germany). After previously citing Nazi reinvigoration of the Germanic icons and ideals.

“There must be a new economics to deal with the “new scarcities.” Arguing for corporate America to adopt a humanitarian aspect, the argument is made for an alternative “new socialism,” where important sectors like energy might be nationalized for the good of the country, and greater pressure put upon corporations to mandate a sort of social awareness of employee needs, as much as shareholder profits.

“The appropriate question may be not so much how to bring about a transformation . . . but rather how to facilitate a non-catastrophic transformation.” [page 195]

“Construct a guiding version of a workable society, built around a new positive image of humankind and corresponding vision of a suitable social paradigm. As the old order shows increasing signs of falling apart, some adequate vision of what may be simultaneously building is urgently needed for mobilization of constructive effort. The guiding vision has to include some way of providing for full and valued participation in the economic and social affairs of the community and society, especially for those who are physically and mentally able to contribute but find themselves in a state of unwilling idleness and deterioration of spirit.

“Despite all the report’s shortcomings and its hypocrisy, it does make some sound observations about what is needed for our immediate survival. We should take it as a guide to what our government knows about the coming mega-crisis and a template to help us see what changes we could make if there were truly a new economy, a new social contract, a new American state. For it is obvious to all those who take the time to look, that we are headed into period of national freefall, when American society plunges head first, into a dark abyss of uncertainty, as the old order passes away, and the New World Order rushes in to fill the void.

We are seeing the planned collapse of America, coming down the road we are on. What are we going to do to get our nation off that highway to hell? 
 

I don’t pretend to be unbiased, we’ve made no secret that we endorse Ron Paul for President 2008, you can see his positions here. When we first formed ACGR & On the edge we vowed to do everything within our power to help to restore this great Republic of the United States of America. We promised to expose corruption in government no matter where we found it, and spotlight any good, at the time cynically wondering if it could be found. We have diligently worked these last couple of years in direct alignment with our mission statement and will continue on that course in our attempt to help return to our great founding blueprint of Constitutional government “of the people, by the people and for the people” which made this country the greatest nation on earth. While there’s still time:

 

Chose Liberty. Vote Ron Paul 2008.

 “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” – George Washington

 Stand Up, Stand Strong, and Refuse to go Silently into the Night

~Ciel

The People Respect Ron Paul

Cecilia Poole
December 22, 2007

The truly laughable most recent “hit piece” the New York Sun attempted on Ron Paul shows the pure ignorance of the staff writer. Implying Ron Paul or “We the people” would try to “buy Washington’s respect” is just another high handed attempt to try to discredit Ron Paul’s honorable character, his candidacy, his campaign, and “We the people”.  Ron Paul has more respect from accross the spectrum than anyone in Washington, with all their lobbyist’s trillions combined, could ever hope to buy, and they know it.

The NY Sun and other hits, coming much more frequently now, shows “the establishments” obvious desperation about Ron Paul’s surge from 2 recent record breaking fund raisers, each held within 24 hour windows, raising over 10 Million dollars in only 48 hours. Ron Paul’s campaign coffers are over $18 Million for the 4th quarter, and there’s still a full week remaining before the close. Every time I check the site, people’s names are still flashing more donations. It’s 3 days before Christmas and middle class America is suffering one of the worst economies  I’ve seen since the 70’s, yet people are still donating, every minute to the Ron Paul campaign. What does that tell Washington?

The establishment knows this is the end of  their elitist entitlement era syphoned off the backs of the American people. Try as they have to contain, restrain, ignore and delude the American people about Ron Paul’s message of freedom, peace and true prosperity, for all Americans, not just for the elite whose wealth has ballooned 400 times greater than the average American citizen’s, they have failed. Washington’s greatest fears have become a reality; “We the people” have awakened to their lying, scheming, meandering, underhanded methods of keeping us “barefoot and pregnant” by a government system designed to reward only the elite.

They also know that with or without Washington’s or the GOP’s blessing, or even the Republican nomination for Ron Paul, (isn’t the nomination determined by the voters? How can such a bold prediction be made before an election?), they can’t stuff us back in the box now. They’ve never seen anything like this current outbreak from the American people, it’s certainly never occurred by this magnitude during my lifetime. And “they” know, their time has come to an end and they’re watching their house of cards falling in, with a force they know they can’t contain, right on top of them. 

Exuding flagrant arrogance and hypocrisy toward the American public that has become so commonplace from Washington the title of the article taunts; “Ron Paul Can’t Buy Respect”. This slap in the face is not only directed at a man whose impeccable principles and character have been well observed through his lifetime. Honorably serving “the people” for over 20 years in congress by adhering strictly to his oath to protect and defend the Constitution of these United States, which protects the people’s individual rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for ourselves and our future generations, not a bloated out of control government that will cluster us into groups, pit us against each other, then play Robin Hood with not only our current livelihoods but for too many generations of our posterity to count. Professionally, as an OB/GYN doctor, Ron Paul has been known to perform his services when necessary as charity, or to work out manageable arrangements with patients in need. Personally, he has been married to the same woman who is apparently the apple of his eye for over 50 years, along with their 5 children and 18 grandchildren. I’m sure Ron Paul’s stellar reputation for consistency in his positions that benefit the American people, whom they can’t find a single credible speck of dirt on, completely confuses and galls their senses.

So they turn their attentions to “We the [many]people” who support him and issue warnings disguised in their pompous ridicule, to anyone more before they dare consider him. This is where the article becomes truly ludicrous; Do “they” honestly believe that “Washington’s respect” would resonate as a “good” thing with the American people? Washington’s corrupt and reprehensible reputation combined with this very type of thumbing nose arrogance toward the people is what helped to wake up our senses and it’s exactly what we are tired of. The 2006 election upset didn’t wake up their senses. The democrat and republican exodus into third parties hasn’t resonated to their understanding. Now they have the audacity to tell the people that by supporting a candidate who represents the interest’s of the average American we are trying, or should even need to try, to buy Washington’s respect?

I have some news for this arrogant establishment, they are the ones who should be working for the respect of the American people. “We the people”, nor Ron Paul are not the ones who succumb to the millions in lobbyist’s money.  Money that is gleaned off the very backs of the American people in one fashion or another. Then used against us in other ways, only to pilfer more again, and again! Washington should be begging for our respect, certainly not bullying us into thinking the money we donate to the campaign of a candidate who is the choice of many of the majority, and growing steadily every day, is some form of a contemptible bribe. But that simply shows how Washington’s collective minds work. They set up a system that only obscene sums of money can buy the publicity required to get a candidate onto their monopolized airwaves. Then when the people meet their requirements in order for more people to hear a different view, “they decide” it just doesn’t matter anyway. This system is obviously designed to squeeze out average America’s view points or anyone who hasn’t succumbed to their one minded agenda. Whether left or right, since the money didn’t come from their special interest lobbyist’s, or fit their corporate, elitist, fascist or socialist agenda, they simply tell you the party’s over! Effectively saying; play by the rules or not, there’s nothing you, that means “We the people” can do to win. As always, they make the rules and can change them on a whim. Just what happened to that Constitutional Democratic Republic designed to protect the people from scams such as this?

So we wonder, why would they take such an attitude? Why would they have such arrogance? Surely there must be some merit, after all, they wouldn’t say it if it weren’t true, would they? They wouldn’t do it if it wasn’t ethical, would they? Then we have to remember that they’ve used this system they’ve so carefully and cleverly crafted against us for years! Ron Paul isn’t the first candidate who has represented the people’s interests and choice that the establishment has so diligently worked to stifle and squeeze out. But he’s surely the one, with the help of the Internet where so many can now learn truth beyond only the propaganda they want us to hear, think and believe, who has stokes the fires in our hearts, minds and souls to look beyond their smoke and mirrors to see the truth. Yet, as usual they turn the true story completely backwards. Are “We the people” trying to buying Washington’s respect? If that were true, with the money they’ve absconded from the citizens of this country “Washington’s respect” should have been bought and paid for many times over, if money is what it takes for Washington to respect it’s constituents. Great inflation, reduced earnings, NAFTA relocating our jobs and industry and high taxation, largely without representation, highlight only a very few of Washington’s Robber Baron abuse against American citizens.

Who in Washington truly represents your interests? This disdain for Ron Paul’s campaign, which is almost entirely a citizens movement, represents a complete upset of their apple cart. They see the fire that’s burning in the hearts and minds of the majority of the American people from this knowledge and they know we just aren’t going to take it anymore. You can imagine they’re more than a little nervous about this loss of control over the citizens who can see so clearly through their lies and deceptions now. If that’s the type of respect they think “We the people” want from Washington, to just keep our heads in the sand, and “just go out shopping” so they can take care of the rest;  Washington, just keep on dreaming. You know it must really frost the boys knowing they CAN’T buy Ron Paul and that he gets more respect without trying than Washington could ever hope to buy.

Highly favorable characteristics of arrogance and audacity is literally sought after, like a requirement, in the elitist’s world when selecting their up and coming superstars. Reference the selection process of the trilateral commission and other elite groups, ie: Rhodes, Yale, etc. It’s an essential trait to maintain a powerful edge over others. Again, I thank George W. Bush for bringing this contemptuous indignant attitude and behavior toward the people to light. But he and his audacious administration doesn’t deserve all the credit, thinking of Bill Clinton, in spite of his quick smile and baiting personality, his wife’s current bid for office, Giuliani’s reign as mayor, several other Presidential candidates, many others within government, which includes mainstream media, (the largest special interest lobby in Washington today), it’s very easy to recall the times and ways of those who brush the people’s interest aside as a one would a mere pesky insect. It’s easy to both remember and see the blatant disregard and complete disrespect for the American public and our intelligence.

Why would we possibly want respect from the corrupt, criminal, contemptuous “Washington” establishment? What gives them the right to demand it from us? Respect is something that must be earned, and they certainly have not tried to earn ours, just once again they are trying to yield something from the American public it has no right to receive.

Quotes in the article from some supposed “who’s who” of Washington reeks with the stench and pure audacity,  of the elite trying to put the “common-folk” back in their place, completely dismissing  the people, dismissing our choices. Effectively saying, you and I, “We the people” don’t count, and yes, further our votes won’t count. Washington will conduct business as usual, regardless. 

Another vain attempt to discredit Ron Paul offered an online venue, asking; “Who are Ron Paul Supporters?”  Itundoubtedly hoped to reveal the “fringe, foul, rude and insane, internet geeks” they’ve so dubbed us. Instead, reading through some of the posts, (far too many to read them all before it closed to new submissions) one quickly discovers the wide and varied descriptions of many intelligent people from all walks of life, who have awakened out of our deep slumbers and united for the cause of liberty. We’re hardly the “fringe” the Washington establishment would like you to believe.

So have you ever wondered why mainstream media doesn’t photograph or show snippets of Ron Paul’s speeches or rallies? We’ve seen Duncan Hunter and John Edwards in their blue jeans talking with people at barbeque’s, Hillary, Obama, Rudy, and Mitt’s rallies are constantly thrust in our faces. Since Richard Haas, President of the CFR, (please pay particular attention to the last sentence under the heading “Mission”), has joined Mike Huckabee’s campaign we’re being entertained as he plays his guitar. Ron Paul, admittedly has had some media exposure. The New York Times magazine did a feature story last summer, using a picture from a debate which was enhanced, unlike the online version, to depict a man who looks very tiny on a large empty stage. At Ron Paul’s Philadelphia Freedom & Veteran’s Day Rally, CNN stood out in the cold in the nearly frigid wind, for hours throughout the entire rally, as if to capture a story precisely as they wanted it portrayed. There were no real no shots of Ron Paul’s rally where you could hear his words, no shots or real mention of the veterans who attended, and no shots of the massive crowd the rally drew. Since the media loves entertainment so much, still, no shots of the band. Waiting until the end with Ron Paul behind the stage, they ushered a few supporters behind him and he was interviewed.

What do you think? Are these ploys to convince the American public, that Ron Paul has little support? That his campaign is not credible? Or the terms “fringe” or “disaffected” are used to make you believe “We the people” are a small group of lepers with which you don’t want to be associated?

Then perhaps the establishment just looked out their window and saw the giant “Ron Paul Revolution” blimp, sporting “Who is Ron Paul” & “Google Ron Paul” which was funded solely by a few grassroots supporters. Maybe that’s all it took to spike their outrage and obvious desperation! I surely hope these guys and girls of the Washington establishment keep their heads in the sand, with their hands out, and their tongues wagging.  Such arrogance to think Washington’s twisted sense of “respect” would be anything that would appeal to the American people obviously shows, as usual, they just don’t get it. This attitude and behavior is exactly what the American people are tired of.

But this time, it’s ok, I hope they keep up the good work, because the people have seen very clearly now through their circus acts and they will make our win that much easier. “We the people” who “believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people…” will take care of the rest. I just hope “they” can learn to be graceful losers. Look on the bright side Washington, we’re not, after all, a lynch mob,  just a peaceful mass of American people, growing larger everyday, who are determined to take our liberty back. Washington’s respect for the American public should be a given, we’ve certainly earned it. And I’m so happy to be, only one, of the lion’s share of people, who is showing and telling them them that their secrets are out in the open, and yes, their party’s over! “We the people” are moving beyond Washington politics as usual. Just because they don’t report it, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening, and I’m delighted, no I’m ecstatic, to know because of the people, it isn’t too late. There really is “Hope for America” and I’m very proud to “Be a part of it!”

5 1/2 hours left to Restore the Republic!

 

Remember, Remember, the 5th of November” is from a poem. The entire purpose of the poem is to remind people that committing treason will not be tolerated.

Summary:
Fact 1: “Remember, Remember, the 5th of November” originates from an English poem where the idea is that committing treason will not be tolerated.
Fact 2: November 5 is celebrated only in Britain.
Fact 3: Britain celebrates November 5 by burning Guy Fawkes in effigy, because after all he is a traitor. – by Faxxy

We still have 5 1/2 hours to go! 

From the desk of Patriotess Dame:

The goal for this 5^th of November is to raise a record breaking sum for Ron Paul’s presidential campaign.

This will put Ron Paul’s campaign on the radar. It will provide funds for very expensive media ads on tv, radio, etc to get his name and message out to more voters to win the nomination.

At this time in our USA, we have one of the most corrupt governments in US history. Congressman Ron Paul presents us with the opportunity to restore our America; “the land of the free” in every sense of that assertion. Our monetary system will be restored, providing true opportunities for real personal financial gain by introducing competition for the Federal Reserve, the private cartel of bankers who have plugged us in to this survivalist matrix. This would curtail this great inflation we’re challenged with every time we make a purchase from food to housing, making our money stronger for us personally, thus our nation will become strong economically again. Also, by eliminating the Federal Income tax, the almost half of our annual earnings would stay in our own pockets as opposed to feeding this monstrous government who takes our money to use for things we likely would prefer not to have to support; think of the military base they’re currently building in Iraq which is larger than the Vatican, as just one example! Can you think of somewhere your half years earnings could be better applied?  

Imagine just the economic implications of a Ron Paul Presidency!  It would restore the American Dream. It’s true that money isn’t everything, but how many of us are working practically non stop on a treadmill that doesn’t seem to provide much daylight, much less sunshine for our future, not only for ourselves, but our children and grandchildren? My background is money and financing, and this was the greatest issue that first drew me to Dr. Paul. He has a very keen understanding of economics and how to restore economic strength to this country, with strong emphasis on what is good for “the people” individually, not just for the elite.

For those who are skeptical when they hear statements that we are headed into bondage or enslavement, I believe many people conjure up images that don’t really portray the real meaning behind that concept. Let’s diminish the images of chains on our wrists and examine it from a little different perspective. After working with people through different economies over the past 30 years I’ve been privy to their most intimate life details; personal financial portfolios, their hopes and dreams, their attitudes. Today, more than any other time through those 30 years, people are struggling harder to provide for their living expenses, much less a comfortable lifestyle and advancement. It generally takes at least 2 household incomes, just to get by! We generally work 5 months out of the year just to pay our taxes! What is left in our pockets is eaten up by the exorbitant price tags on everything we must buy, never mind what we would like to buy! There is little time for family, friends, personal or leisure.  We are working, slaving away, for the government through taxation, and the capitalist elite through the huge price tags on what we must buy and the exorbitant interest on many of our purchases! If that isn’t bondage and enslavement, what is? What choices do we have? Who is in control of our lives? I remember seeing George W. Bush speak with a woman who was expressing that she must work 2 jobs just to get by, and he responded, “That’s great! That’s the American way!” Then also remembering a video of him also saying; “yes, the people are good tax payers!” That’s all we are to him and not only him, listen carefully to most all the candidates on either side of this political duopoly.

I know each and every one of us must watch every dime we spend, particularly in this economy, and I’m always somewhat hesitant when I post requests for donations because I understand very well the state of our economy. But if we look at the larger picture, beyond today and tomorrow, we will realize that every other candidate out there is running with either less economic knowledge and understanding than Dr. Paul or has a self serving economic and perhaps otherwise self serving agenda. We are down to the final 3 months for Ron Paul to win the Republican nomination. Dr. Paul presents us the only opportunity we have to restore our nation, our economy, our freedom. He is our best and may very well be our last hope to regain our “freedom” in every sense of the word. If we can make a few sacrifices now, to help get this man into office, “We the people” will be able to see not only daylight, but sunshine ahead and get off of this treacherous treadmill!

Please seriously consider donating to Ron Paul’s Campaign today! It’s an investment in our future, for ourselves, our children and our grandchildren. I remember the “cash” economy before Nixon eliminated the gold standard on our money. I remember when our gold backed currency had value and our purchasing power was strong, then people were able to save for what they dreamed for their future. We still worked hard, but we were able to enjoy a life beyond work. I remember a time when people were able to buy what they wanted with cash and it wasn’t illegal for citizens to own gold or keep or carry more than $10,000 without having Federal Agent’s threatening to confiscate your money questioning if you’re a terrorist. I remember an economic era that didn’t encourage people to “shop till you drop” on credit which has caused us to start worshipping at the FICO alter and ultimately has robbed many unable to keep up with the inflation & exorbitant interest charges of purchasing on credit. I remember when many middle class American’s owned acres of land and could afford it! Or had more than 2.5 children and could afford them!

We can restore this country and our economy. We have the opportunity to return this country to the “land of opportunity” and restore the “American Dream”. But, now is the time, and we may never have another opportunity like this again. Personally, I don’t want to imagine where another 4 or 8 years like the previous 7 will take US. We’re well on our way to a bankrupt nation, among other perils, and we’ve all been directly impacted by this administrations many and varied types of assaults.

I hope you’ll join this “Hope for America” and help us restore “the land of opportunity” and this great nation for our lifetime and for our future generations. Our founders sacrificed their lives, their blood, and their fortunes to give us this great Republic. I’m not asking for your fortunes, but a few small sacrifices now can help us all to regain personal restoration in every sense of the word “freedom”.

Please, if you haven’t already done so, go to http://www.ronpaul2008.com/ and make your best donation today!

For Freedom, Peace & Prosperity!

Just what does treason mean? What’s your definition?

Nancy Levant, in my opinion, in her article at the following link, offers an old tried and true definition of the meaning of the word treason. How’s this for returning to our principles, when words actually meant what they said instead of today’s never ending rationalizations brought about through constant euphemisms. Sometimes I wonder about these many sources of “con” people as I watch intelligent people seem to become dazed and confused in the rhetoric. No wonder we’re confused.

Remember “if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything”…how many ways can we be convinced what is true isn’t or what isn’t is???

If we keep listening to the New World Order’s (and CFR’s) propaganda machines…we’ll all be eternally confused.

That’s my general perspective on this article, encompassing the whole state of our society.

Check it out for yourself. It’s worth the read!

http://www.newswithviews.com/Levant/nancy104.htm

Then check yourself when someone tries to convince you day is actually night. There are boundaries and words actually still have true meanings… 

Tribute to Aaron Russo

Aaron Russo

February 14, 1943 – August 24, 2007

It’s a sad day to see this light go out, we will miss you. You started an awakening across this nation that I for one will be forever grateful for. Although you did many great things with, in your life, if you had only graced us with Freedom to Fascism, you made a tremendous contribution and your life was well spent.

 Thank you, I salute you.

Rest in peace. 

 

Breaking News! Ed & Elaine Brown fired upon.

Red Alert! Shots Fired! Ed & Elaine Brown under attack around 11:45 PM eastern time Saturday night. This was not a drill, 20-30 shots were fired down near the duck pond on their property. No one was injured.

[Update] (Thanks to Prison Planet for your update. They’re now back on line)

“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fear the people, there is liberty.” —-Thomas Jefferson

Ed & Elaine Brown were fired upon last night around midnight by the Feds. We need ALL concerned citizens who value YOUR freedom to help protect Ed & Elaine by helping to make the people aware of what is going on. We must do everything we can to let this tyrannous, treasonous government know “We the people” are watching them. Through the power of the internet and word of mouth prayerfully we can avoid another Ruby Ridge or Waco situation. This is only one example of the Police State this country is rapidly falling under.

If the media won’t alert the people, (shadow government/central bankers OWNED), we must do it in their stead.

Governments do kill innocent people, remember Kent State University? Earlier this year, some 20-30 years later, information was finally released confirming an “order” was given to “shoot” which killed how many innocent protestors against the Vietnam War? Their crime? Protesting another war we should not have fought. What was the benefit of that war, and every other war this country has engaged in? Lining the pockets of the powerful elite. The only value our lives have to this shadow government, wealthy elite central bankers cabal, is how we can “serve them”, not our country to line their pockets with more wealth. Where’s the people’s gold? Government is not a “friend” to the people. Research it. And research Kissinger’s quotes about our military men. Pawns.

Help save Ed & Elaine Brown’s very lives. This couple has committed NO CRIME. They are NOT dangerous criminals.

Their only “crime” is to bravely stand up against a treasonous (shadow, central bankers cabal, IRS Mafia) government who has perpetrated this great hoax on us, the American people for almost a century!

“The only thing needed for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke

 On a local, state & federal level, talk to your public officials about Federal income tax, ask them to “show you the law”. Tell them you know the 16^th Amendment was never properly radified. (See links below). Talk with your local law enforcement officers; policemen, sherrifs, all your local law enforcement officials, and talk to every military person you know. Many of them don’t know they too are being “useful idiots”, just as we have been for almost a century. Enlighten everyone you know, especially law enforcement & military about ALL the information you know. We need these people to be aware why they are or may be called upon to act against the very people they pledge to protect. 

May God Bless the Browns, America and “We the people”.  We can still stop this villianous government NOW peacefully.

Stand Up, Stand Strong, and Refuse to go Silently into the Night. “United we stand, divided we will fall”

  “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what the people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they have resisted with either words, or blows, or by both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress.”—Frederick Douglas, 1849

 IRS loses challenge to prove tax liability

The Internal Revenue Service has lost a lawyer’s challenge in front of a jury to prove a constitutional foundation for the nation’s income tax, and the victorious attorney now is setting his sights higher.“I think now people are beginning to realize that this has got to be the largest fraud, backed up by intimidation and extortion and by the sheer force of taking peoples property and hard-earned money without any lawful authorization whatsoever,” lawyer Tom Cryer told WND just days after a jury in Louisiana acquitted him of two criminal tax counts. 

The Law That Never Was 

History of the 16th Amendment
http://www.taxtruth4u.com

http://www.tax-freedom.com (Thanks SavetheUSA) 

http://www.prisonplanet.com/

http://www.givemeliberty.org/ 

 http://groups.msn.com/CitizensforComprehensiveGovernmentReform/thegreathoax1.msnw

http://groups.msn.com/CitizensforComprehensiveGovernmentReform/yourwebpage11.msnw

[Live with “We the People” Radio Network last night]

Patriot support in action!

Calls, emails and an emergency “We the people” broadcast spread swiftly across the nation to mobilize on behalf of Ed & Elaine Brown. Our directives; people nearby the Brown’s property to mobilize to their home with camera’s, if not local to reach the Brown’s property quickly, call the police in the Browns area (numbers below  for future reference) to let them know that “We the people” know what is going on and we’re watching their every move. Bloggers, spread the word, email everyone you can and know, spread the word for everyone out there to mobilize to protect the Browns, who have NOT committed a crime. The Federal Income Tax was never properly ratified, besides that fact, it was written as a “voluntary” action. The Browns boldly stand by their “legal” right not to continue contributing to lining the pockets of the elite central bankers with the fruits of their hard earned labor.

When we recieved our alert, Prison Planet.com site was down, whether overwhelmed by traffic or hacked in an attempt to impede the mobilization.

We called all the law enforcement offices, I was told by Plainfield, NH dispatcher that there was no one available to talk to me about the situation. I asked if they were on their property, he said he couldn’t tell me that information. The Sherrif’s department had a recording stating it was after regular business hours. The TV news station said they were trying to find out what was going on, then said “there’s nothing going on there”.

The situation at the Browns

First one shot was fired which alerted everyone on the the Brown property,  supporters stepped outside their RV to investigate, then rounds of shots began to sound off. The fog was thick, of course it’s nighttime, and they could not see anyone, yet shots were fired in 2 or 3 successions. At 3:21 am, they were still hearing noises around the property. They were unsure if they were actually still under seige, if they were being tested to see what kind of mobilization they their supporters could yeild, or if this was a psy-op to try to get the Brown’s and supporters to make a move so they can move in on them locked and loaded.

A Journalist comes forward to the real “free” media

A Tennessee journalist called  into the show to report that a “rule 34″; media blackout had been ordered at his media outlet about the Ed & Elaine Brown situation. He further explained that all news stories must be approved throough the editor before stories are covered and the government has ordered the media blackout about them. Government does not want the people to know they attack people for protecting their rights.

Be very aware that freedom & liberty is quickly vanishing

A gentleman from France called to let the people know that the same type of situations are happening there. This is a world wide movement toward “One World Order”, this is not a conspiracy “theory” it is a fact. Situations like this are happening nationwide. A man who told Dick Cheney his foreign policy on the Iraq War was despicable was arrested and carted away to the police department for disagreeing last year.

A man in MD, this week, was taken by the police department  for selling “Impeach” buttons. He was not arrested, he was literally picked up , against his will, by 4 police officers and taken against his will and put into a squad car. (This video is a little long, watch the first minute as an intro then slide the bar to 10 minutes and watch this stunning ‘abduction’.)

Updating events as they unfold at the Browns

At 4:20 eastern time, a supporter from the Browns property called and the situation is still live; someone from the outside was “shaking the hell out of my trailer” from the outside. Elaine called in and confirmed the situation.

Around 4:45 Central time, Ed Brown got through on the phone line to make a statement. He had been on the bullhorn talking to the Feds. Ed Brown called the sneaking cowardly IRS Mafia Federalies to come out of the shadows into the daylight, face to face, in the daylight. “This is MY country” Ed Brown says, “and I’m not going to let any puke take it away from me. We will NOT go silently into the night”.

Summation

People, all across this nation need to understand the seriousness of this situation. Mainstream media, will not tell you what is going on, because they are owned by the government. The government is owned by the elite central bankers. They are robbing us blind. Today the average American has to work 4 months out of the year just to line the eletists pockets. This was not what our founders had in mind when the drew the Constitution for our Republic. Read our Constitution, Bill of Rights and our Declaration of Independence which was written to protect the people from rouge, treasonous, tyrannical government. If “the people” do not stand up and reclaim this nation, our freedom, we are very quickly slipping into a dictatorship. Also read “The Law”, (link on this site), you’ll quickly recognize how our law enforcement system has become perverted.

Ok, we’ve been up all night monitoring this situation. We know for right now at least, everyone is safe. I’ll refine this tomorrow and update with links.

News WMUR 800-257-5151

603-225-1632 US Marshalls
603-643-2222 Plainfield, NH Police Department
603-863-4200 Sullivan Co Sherrif needs to give feds written permission to move in on Browns property (tell them NO CRIME)

These people are responsible to guarantee the Brown’s safety.Insure they do it. 

7/16 Last Day to Tell the DOT; “No Mexican Truckers on US Soil!”

Truckers and ALL concerned citizens need to respond to this! Tell this treasonous government, NO! This forum for public comment ends 5 pm today, Monday, July 16. Mexican Foreign National truckers will be taking more jobs Americans WILL do. Neither are their safety codes in compliance with US driving or otherwise standards. These foreign nationals are from 3^rd world Mexico as surely as the illegal’s who are currently risking American lives every day demonstrating their disregard for a problem America had finally decreased. If this is permitted, get ready for an influx of more drunk drivers, now in 18 wheeler rigs. 

This is an extension, (wrapped within) the SPP, (Security and Prosperity Partnership) between George W. Bush, Mexico and Canada, over riding our Constitution by passing Congress & “the people”, taking us into a North American Union. Piece by piece, bit by bit, they are eroding our Constitution. A “superpower” of elite will “dictate” law, usurping constitutional legislation, (as they are trying to do here). Do you feel safer & more secure? Didn’t George Bush ask the American people, shortly after 9-11 when we all felt the greatest threat this country had ever known upon our own soil, something to the effect; “just go back out shopping, return to your lives, I’ll take care of your safety and security?” That’s not a direct quote, but that is essentially what he asked of US, to “trust” him to live up to his Presidential oath to protect our country and our Constitution? And we believed his promises, his sacred oath.

Now we have “The Patriot Act”

The “Real ID”

“The Military Commissions Act”

A war, seemingly without end, where our troops are sacrificing their lives, limbs and sanity for the greed of a few powerful elite. (Who’s benefiting from this war?)

And a whole host of other despicable, nefarious, tyrannical acts against America, it’s citizens and other parts of the world.

Do you feel safer and more secure now? Security and Prosperity Partnership? For whom? The already powerful (can’t touch this)& wealthy elite? You can rest assured they indeed will be safe!

 This MUST be stopped! 

From: ACGR [mailto:acgr@comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:14 AM
To: ACGR
Subject: FW: ACTION ALERT: TIME SENSITIVE: Tell the DOT what you think about the Mexican Trucking Program!
Importance: High From the desk of:An American Chauvinist in Maryland! 

Please see below info regarding the DOT & the proposed Mexican Trucking Program.Links are provided for you to make comments through Monday, July 16.

REGISTER WITH DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK OF MEXICAN TRUCKERS ALL OVER OUR ROADS IF BUSH HAS HIS WAY!!! AND SEND THIS OUT TO EVERYONE. IT IS TIME SENSITIVE:

Subject:	FW: TIME SENSITIVE: Tell the DOT what you think about the Mexican Trucking Program!
Date:	Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:49:55 +0000
From:	rancherswifecw@att.net
To:	qtmail3 SHERYL <qtmail3@sbcglobal.net>,

 Got this from a watchful Minutewoman.  You have until close of business Monday to tell them to stop this horrible program to put 3rd world trucks all over our highways!
 The Transportation Dept extended the deadline for comments until the close of business Monday.To submit a comment go to http://dms.dot.gov/submit/. To view comments that have been filed and government documents relating to the cross-border trucking program go to http://dms.dot.gov.  click on “simple search” and under “docket search” enter the docket number 28055The bush administration is pushing the program which it says is the first step to fulfill an obligation under the North American Free Trade agreement to open the border to commercial truck traffic from both countries.

Harold Poole

Thanks for Dick Cheney

Thanks for Dick Cheney

Joel S. Hirschhorn

When someone in high elected office shows the nation how vulnerable our Constitution is, we should be thankful for the wakeup call.  Like many ruthless dictators, evil kings, and monster generals, Dick Cheney is the leading practitioner of the ends-justify-the-means mentality, where only his vision of the desired ends counts.  And if this means disregarding and disobeying the Constitution, torturing prisoners, killing thousands of American soldiers, disrespecting Congress, destroying our environment, embracing the invasion of illegal immigrants, increasing out national debt, and disregarding the will of the vast majority of Americans, so be it.  Serving corporate interests rather than serving the people is Cheney’s brand of patriotism.

Cheney’s self-righteous ego is bigger than George W. Bush’s, and what makes Cheney more striking is that he is enormously smarter and more competent than Bush, his token boss.  He is so dangerous and frightening that no impeachment of Bush effort ever stood a chance.  Not as long as “President Cheney” enters your consciousness.  Cheney became Bush’s shield.

When reality hits the fan we use the-lessons-learned approach to stay sane.  With his finger-in-the-eye disdain for what anybody else (or history) thinks of him, Cheney offers a far better lesson learned benefit than the stumbles and fumbles of Bush-the-smirker.  Bush is a joke.  Cheney is a monster.

Take Cheney’s current view that he is a part of the legislative branch, not the executive, so he does not have to comply with an Executive Order on reporting use of secret materials.  It is wildly inconsistent with his prior claims of executive privilege.  But Cheney has no use for logical consistency.  Only what Cheney wants matters.  (The only law that Cheney regularly obeys is gravity.)

When we witness the brazen acts of Cheney and Bush we should envision these types of constitutional amendments. 

An amendment could explicitly state that the Vice President is a member of the Executive Branch, and the Office of the Vice President must comply with Executive Orders.  And perhaps we should consider a statement of the criteria that the President can invoke for firing the Vice President with the consent of Congress.

And why not consider a different method of breaking ties in the Senate.  If someone from the Executive Branch can do it, then why not someone from the Judicial Branch?  Why not the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?  Or, better yet, why not make the constitutional solution what is the House uses.  A tie vote means that the question fails.  We could eliminate the position of President of the Senate.

As another example, consider the frequent assertion of executive privilege by Cheney and Bush to withhold information that Congress believes it needs.  The Constitution does not provide for executive privilege.  Considering how strong the presidency has become and the predilection to invoke executive privilege, we need an amendment that explicitly says there is no such thing as automatic executive privilege.  Any assertion of it should be presented to the Supreme Court and only it should rule that it is appropriate in a particular case to protect the national interest.

As the final example, consider the clear need for an amendment that prohibits the President from using any kind of signing statement to announce and justify not obeying part of a newly signed law.

We can give thanks for Dick Cheney just like we give thanks eventually that a catastrophe or disaster makes us stronger in the future.  He has exposed constitutional weaknesses.  The principles that define the best of our nation must be protected through amendments that learn from history.  In particular, how the ingenuity and boldness of people has allowed them to disobey and dishonor those principles.  Dick Cheney sought and achieved power sufficient to make a mockery of our nation’s finest principles and he was enabled by George W. Bush who apparently sought more guidance from his God than from our Constitution.

One thing is clear.  History provides little confidence that Congress will propose constitutional amendments that deserve full public discussion.  Now is the time to use what our Constitution offers us: an Article V convention for proposing amendments.  If we are to make our federal government work for the good of we the people, then we require the nation’s first Article V convention – the goal of Friends of the Article V Convention at www.foavc.org.  Why is it now so appropriate?  Because Americans now have so little confidence in Congress, the President, and the Vice President, and because the corruption of politicians by money has reached unprecedented heights.

As much as politicians deserve our mistrust, we the people deserve to have an Article V convention.  Politicians fear it because they know the public will support amendments that make the government subservient to us – the sovereign American citizens.  Politicians are not supposed to rule us.  They are so supposed to justly represent us.  But they do not.  They represent the moneyed interests that control them.  As Thomas Jefferson said, “An elected tyranny is not what we fought for.”

Our Constitution should not allow the government to make us victims and our nation hated by so much of the world.  That’s what Cheney should teach us.  Now, it’s up to us. 

Pray that a petulant Bush does not learn from Cheney, exploit the Constitution by resigning, and create President Cheney.

[Joel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy and a founder of Friends of the Article V Convention.]

Is the Real ID Right for Americans???

From the desk of:
An American Chauvinist in Maryland!

“I have unwittingly ruined my country… We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world. No longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.” — President, Woodrow Wilson

Is the Real ID Right for Americans???

Currently there is a lot of discussion throughout our country regarding the Real ID Act. Questions abound — Will it protect us against terrorism? Will it dissuade illegal aliens from entering our country? Will it track uninvited guests to our country? How will it affect my privacy? How will it affect my children and future generations?

First, let’s look at some of the reasons proponents of the Real ID Act use to encourage our support. (These are directly from NumbersUSA)

• The Real ID Act, which specifically precludes creation of a national ID card, does not create a national database of driver’s licenses.
• Real ID establishes minimum standards for the issuance of driver’s licenses and ID cards that states must meet if these documents are to be recognized by the Federal government as secure proof of identity – a critical step in improving national security.
• Real ID will significantly decrease illegal immigration by limiting their access to drivers licenses.

These are only three of the reasons why Americans should support the Real ID, according to proponents of this legislation. Due to time constraints, I have chosen these three to respond to. And although I have great respect and admiration for the accomplishments of NumbersUSA, Grassfire.org and FAIR, I must respectfully disagree with their synopsis on this issue. I honestly don’t believe they have researched this thoroughly; nor have they validated the Feds’ responsibility to enforce without trampling on individual freedoms.

• The Real ID Act does not “create” a national ID card — the Real ID “IS” a national ID card! EVERY compliant state in the United States, and eventually Canada & Mexico, (North American Union???) will be tied into a central database of ALL DMV’s. Furthermore, the Department of Homeland Security and Department Of Transportation will determine the “minimum standards” required for compliance. NOT THE STATES! And DHS can reevaluate and update these standards at any given time!
• A few months ago, a DMV employee in Florida, with access to the SAVE system, was apprehended after falsifying documents allowing numerous illegal aliens to obtain drivers licenses. Does the Real ID guarantee this will not occur in the future? NO!
• Does the Real ID provide protection of the information contained in this massive database? NO! There are even less “safeguards” in this system than in our Social Security cards! Think — how many times in the last two years has our sacred personal information been lost or stolen? Anyone remember the Veterans Administration incident in August, 2006? And now they want us to trust them with “our” valuable financial info (Social Security #’s) which can be accessed by any possibly unscrupulous DMV clerk or law enforcement officer. NO! NO! NO!
• This one I love! Just think about it for a few minutes. By limiting access to drivers licenses by illegal aliens, states, and thereby the Feds, are going to drastically reduce illegal aliens in the United States.

HOGWASH! BS! LIES!

Nearly every illegal caught driving on U.S. highways doesn’t even have a fake drivers license — they have NO drivers license!!! They don’t even bother to apply! How will this legislation/law preclude those illegals from driving? Driving intoxicated? Killing innocent Americans on “our” highways?

IT WILL NOT!!!

The Real ID Act managed to work its way through the House, where it overwhelmingly passed. Interestingly though, it went deadly silent, and then magically reappeared, not by itself, but as an attachment to a completely different bill, the “Emergency Supplemental Appropriation for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005″.

Now really, who would vote “No” on funding for our troops fighting “terrorism” or even think about voting “No” to a financial relief package for the survivors of the December, 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean area.

Not if they wanted to be reelected by their constitituents. So, in order to get The Real ID Act signed into law, Congress had to bury it in legislation deemed sure to pass.

“The Senate, however, never voted on the REAL ID Act, though many predicted that if it had, the bill would have failed. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduced it as an amendment to the Senate’s supplemental appropriations bill but withdrew his amendment before a vote could take place. A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the REAL ID Act should not be part of a final House-Senate supplemental appropriations conference report was offered but never voted on.”

Now let’s take a further look inside …..

• This was initially advertised to be a “voluntary” program. Guess what? If you wish to travel with your family to the Caribbean or elsewhere outside our country, you had better have a Real ID compliant identification. Otherwise you may not be allowed to return home! Do you receive a Social Security check monthly? Unless you participate in the federally mandated Real ID program, you can kiss your check goodbye!

• The numerical limit on the number of aliens granted asylum who may become lawful permanent residents in any fiscal year has been removed. NO LIMIT!!!
• Oh, by the way, thank you Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD). You attached an amendment (the ONLY Senate amendment) that exempts seasonal workers who have worked in the U.S. in previous years from the national cap of 66,000 H-2B visas. Effectively, Sen. Mikulski’s amendment will negate the cap placed on H2-B visas, thereby further depleting jobs available for American workers. In other words, if you were here on an H-2B visa previously, you are not counted against the 66,000 for that year or any subsequent year. Therefore, the number of H-2B workers in this country will rise exponentially each and every year. Can you say, “In-source more cheap labor”? You gotta love Bill Gates!

The terrorists of 9/11 evidently taught us one thing, FEAR. But oddly enough, not fear of their terrorist threats, but rather FEAR OF OUR OWN GOVERNMENT!!!

Remember these?

• “National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive”, May 9, 2007
• “The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act” or “Patriot Act” of 2001
• NSA warrantless wiretaps
• DOJ declaring NO “habeas corpus” in Constitution

And they still want us to trust them implicitly???

NOT A CHANCE!!!

“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

I truly believe our government experienced “fear of its people” when the Congressional telephone switchboard, inundated by angry calls from constituents back home, crashed from the overload on its circuits. Subsequently the Senate resoundingly defeated the President’s “Comprehensive Immigration Reform”.

This law, Real ID, does more harm than good. It will be a bureaucratic nightmare to enforce, is threatening to individual privacy, makes citizens increasingly vulnerable to ID theft, and will further burden taxpayers due to the massive unfunded federal mandates on all the states. Once again, the “burden of proof” is placed on law-abiding American citizens – NOT the criminals. Sounds a lot like so-called “gun control” doesn’t it?

If our government wants TRUE security, they should adhere to the following guidelines (as previously enacted):

• BUILD THE FENCE!
• ENFORCE EMPLOYER SANCTIONS!
• DEPORT LAW-BREAKING ILLEGAL ALIENS!
• ENFORCE THE PREVIOUSLY MANDATED “EXIT VISA” SYSTEM!

You must decide for yourselves. But, I for one, will NEVER knowingly cede my freedom or liberty to an oppressive government such as the one that currently occupies Washington, DC. I will resist and fight for the freedoms guaranteed by our forefathers. I will succumb not to the Real ID nor a Federally mandated State drivers license!

What’s in your wallet???

Below are a few of the links I have researched in the last several days. Please feel free to peruse these and come to your own conclusion. I sincerely hope it is the correct one.

Harold Poole

Contact info:
Americans for Comprehensive Government Reform, or the ACGR Yahoo Forum, or “On The Edge” blog, or My Email

“… Political Correctness remains just what it was intended to be: a sophisticated and dangerous form of censorship and oppression, imposed upon the citizenry with the ultimate goal of manipulating, brainwashing and destroying our society.” — NewsMax.com

FAQ: How Real ID will affect you
Starting three years from now, if you live or work in the United States, you’ll need a federally approved ID card to travel on an airplane, open a bank account, collect Social Security payments, or take advantage of nearly any government service. Practically speaking, your driver’s license likely will have to be reissued to meet federal standards.
The Real ID Act hands the Department of Homeland Security the power to set these standards and determine whether state drivers’ licenses and other ID cards pass muster. Only ID cards approved by Homeland Security can be accepted “for any official purpose” by the feds.

National ID cards on the way?
Proponents of the Real ID Act say it’s needed to frustrate both terrorists and illegal immigrants. Critics say it imposes more requirements for identity documents on states, and gives the Department of Homeland Security carte blanche to do nearly anything else “to protect the national security interests of the United States.”

National ID Cards Won’t Stop Terrorism or Illegal Immigration
Think this sounds farfetched? Read the REAL ID Act, HR 418, for yourself. Its text is available on the Library of Congress website. A careful reading also reveals that states will be required to participate in the “Drivers License Agreement,” which was crafted by DMV lobbyists years ago. This agreement creates a massive database of sensitive information on American citizens that can be shared with Canada and Mexico!

HR 418- A National ID Bill Masquerading as Immigration Reform
Mr. Speaker:
I rise in strong opposition to HR 418, the REAL ID Act. This bill purports to make us safer from terrorists who may sneak into the United States, and from other illegal immigrants. While I agree that these issues are of vital importance, this bill will do very little to make us more secure. It will not address our real vulnerabilities. It will, however, make us much less free. In reality, this bill is a Trojan horse. It pretends to offer desperately needed border control in order to stampede Americans into sacrificing what is uniquely American: our constitutionally protected liberty.

Your papers, please
Uncle Sam wants you — to show him your passport. The U.S. State Department and the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that by 2008, Americans returning home from Mexico, Canada, Panama and Bermuda must have a passport to get back in. Currently, U.S. citizens returning from these countries don’t need this document.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told The Associated Press that the United States had to take every precaution to screen out “people who want to come in to hurt us.” This requirement won’t do anything to prevent terrorists from getting into the country; instead, it will inconvenience Americans who otherwise have no need to obtain passports.
Do government officials really think this requirement would stop terrorists and prevent another Sept. 11? Guess what. All the Sept. 11 hijackers entered this country legally. Passport requirements would not have kept them out. Does anyone actually believe such a directive will put a dent in illegal immigration? Along the Mexican border, thousands of undocumented immigrants cross over each day. Passport requirements will not keep them out.

Identity Crisis
In May 2005, the Real ID Act was signed into law after it sailed through the Republican-controlled House to the Senate where it was attached to a supplemental spending bill for hurricane relief and troops in Iraq — making the bill almost impossible to vote against.

Papers Please
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. — Revelation 13:16-18

One day left to fight the US national ID card – ACT NOW!
Now instead of listening to the states, the US Senate is trying to force them to comply through the back door. As part of immigration legislation being considered next week in the Senate, an employment verification system will be created that requires everyone to have a REAL ID in order to get a job.

RFID — 1984
SPYCHIPS: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Purchase and Watch Your Every Move

Do we need internal passports?
Whatever the politicians promise you, the results are likely to be the opposite.
We were promised that the groundwork laid for a national identification system by the REAL ID Act would protect us from terrorism. Believe that promise at your own risk. National identification systems — internal passports — are one of the hallmarks of police states. Ignore this at your own risk.

National ID Cards and REAL ID Act
The REAL ID Act of 2005 creates a de facto national identification card. Ostensibly voluntary, it would become mandatory as those without the card would face suspicion and increased scrutiny. It is a law imposing federal technological standards and verification procedures on state driver’s licenses and identification cards, many of which are beyond the current capacity of the federal government, and mandating state compliance by May 2008. In fact, REAL ID turns state DMV workers into federal immigration officials, as they must verify the citizenship status of all those who want a REAL ID-approved state driver’s license or identification cards. State DMVs would far move away from their core mission — to license drivers.

REAL ID Act of 2005 Update
On another positive note, the bill will lift the cap on the number of applicants granted conditional asylum who can qualify for longer-term status each year The bill also preserves an amendment sponsored by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), to lift the cap on the number of H-2B visas for temporary seasonal workers.

REAL ID enacted: Imposes rigid driver’s license requirements
The Senate did, however, approve a noncontroversial immigration amendment to exempt seasonal workers who have worked in the U.S. in previous years from the national cap of 66,000 H-2B visas. This provision, sponsored by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), was not in the House bill but became part of the supplemental appropriations conference report subsequently approved by the House and Senate.

Schneier on Security: REAL ID
The REAL ID Act requires driver’s licenses to include a “common machine-readable technology.” This will, of course, make identity theft easier. Assume that this information will be collected by bars and other businesses, and that it will be resold to companies like ChoicePoint and Acxiom. It actually doesn’t matter how well the states and federal government protect the data on driver’s licenses, as there will be parallel commercial databases with the same information.
Even worse, the same specification for RFID chips embedded in passports includes details about embedding RFID chips in driver’s licenses. I expect the federal government will require states to do this, with all of the associated security problems (e.g., surreptitious access).
REAL ID requires that driver’s licenses contain actual addresses, and no post office boxes. There are no exceptions made for judges or police — even undercover police officers. This seems like a major unnecessary security risk.
REAL ID also prohibits states from issuing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. This makes no sense, and will only result in these illegal aliens driving without licenses — which isn’t going to help anyone’s security. (This is an interesting insecurity, and is a direct result of trying to take a document that is a specific permission to drive an automobile, and turning it into a general identification device.)

Real ID intrusive, says state lawmaker
Katie Boyd, spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said that the state’s senior senator, a former chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, is concerned about privacy rights and wary of the government’s ability to safeguard information.
“The senator has serious concerns regarding the ability of the government to obtain and warehouse your most sensitive, personal information without a guarantee for its security,” Boyd said.
Shelby also is concerned about mandates such as the requirement to digitize and centralize documents necessary to apply for a driver’s license, Boyd said.
She said Shelby believes a rogue hacker or dishonest driver’s license division employee could misuse personal information.

Don’t want national ID? Surrender your passport (UK)
British citizens who refuse to provide personal details for the planned “voluntary” national identification card have been told they will be denied passports and be unable to leave the UK.

Are Americans Unready to Boil?

June 21, 2007

Are Americans Unready to Boil?

By Joel S. Hirschhorn

The frog-in-boiling water model helps us understand political upheavals: how citizens wake up early enough (or too late) to respond to social and economic oppression.  Sometimes the greed and arrogance of Ruling Classes makes them careless and social waters heat too quickly.  Sensing doom, alert citizen-frogs escape or revolt.  Or they stay complacent and boil.  The Bush Administration has turned the heat up on us, explaining why nearly 75 percent of Americans believe their country is on the wrong track and 70 percent think the economy is worsening.

 

Mexico is the richest Latin American country but has extreme economic inequality, which measures social temperature.  Mexicans are jumping out of oppressive waters en masse, right into the U.S., exacerbating our rising inequality.  The Chinese have learned to offset oppressive communist forces with materialistic capitalism – like our affordable materialism keeps Americans distracted and docile (with help from Chinese imports).  In colonial America the greedy British motivated our Revolutionary War, but with oppression now coming from within, will Americans wait too long?

 

Some Americans keep warning us – people like Michael Moore, Cindy Sheehan, Aaron Russo, Dennis Kucinich, Lou Dobbs, Ralph Nader, Ron Paul, Bill Moyers, Jon Stewart, and Keith Olbermann.  They entertain complacent “frogs” and preach to the choir of alert “frogs” that also know the temperature is rising dangerously.  Many of the former keep hoping that putting better Democrats or Republicans in office will get us back on the right track.  Many of the latter are ready to jump to what our Constitution offers us: an Article V convention.

 

And once you know that plutocratic elites from both major parties have for decades opposed the Article V convention to propose constitutional amendments, YOU should favor what THEY oppose.

 

We frequently see a knee-jerk fear reaction to an Article V convention.  Such fear is misplaced and baseless.  Only the rich and powerful elites running and ruining our nation should fear a convention.

 

It is fatalistic to fear that a convention could make things worse by removing valued parts of the Constitution or adding terrible things.  Naturally, no one knows with certainty what a convention might propose.  But we do know with certainty that whatever a convention proposes must satisfy the Constitution’s rigorous ratification requirement.  That two step process is part of the genius of the Constitution.  Recall that a convention is the alternative to Congress proposing amendments.  And what do Americans think of Congress?

 

A measly 23 percent view Congress positively.  Expecting Congress to enact really good laws, spend our taxes wisely, and keep the president and executive branch agencies from abusing us is like a joke on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.  It is laugh-at-loud funny to put trust and faith in Congress.  It matters not whether Democrats or Republicans control Congress.  Nearly all members are under the thrall of moneyed interests.  Congress is a national embarrassment.  Our misrepresentatives are partners in corruption, dishonesty and oppression.  Over decades they have allowed the presidency to accumulate imperial powers.  Do you really believe they are worth $165,200 a year, with generous health and pension benefits?

Still, we live in a great nation.  But great nations rise and fall.

 

America is no longer close to what it should be – or once was.  It no longer fairly serves and protects all Americans.  Too many Americans are working poor, hungry, homeless, poorly educated, imprisoned, debt-ridden, crime victims, facing economic insecurity, nonvoters, and lacking health care.

 

What we have is a plutocracy run by and for the Upper Class that sucks up a huge fraction of the nation’s wealth.  Lobbyists ensure that public policy increases economic inequality and rewards corporate interests, even if it requires preemptive wars like the Iraq fiasco, sanctions massive illegal immigration, and sends good jobs overseas.  That so many people escaping other nations (with hot or boiling water) want to come to the USA should not blind us to the creeping decline of our democracy and the heating of our social waters.

 

How much worse does American democracy have to get before public outrage demands what the Constitution’s Framers gave us in case citizens lost confidence in the federal government?  Haven’t Americans lost enough trust to use what elites have fought and feared?  Can’t we trust ourselves to have a peaceful populist rebellion through an Article V convention before we boil?

 

If America’s distracted citizen-frogs stay glued to their large plasma TVs, SUVs, electronic devices, and obese-friendly foods they may find themselves boiled.  Our constitutionally protected freedoms will be gone.  George W. Bush has shown how easily that is done.  Our middle class will be gone.  Our national sovereignty will be gone – sold out through globalization chicanery.  For all but the rich, our quality of life and standard of living will be gone.  The Upper Class will be richer and happier in their opulent gated McMansions and private entertainment and vacation spots, protected and pampered by their private police and servants.

 

If Congress finally obeys the Constitution some fear that convention delegates will be corrupted through special interest money just like current politicians.  That is highly unlikely.

 

First, many Americans will actively watch and influence how state legislatures select one-time delegates.  Second, the incredible novelty of the nation’s first Article V convention will ensure intense coverage by domestic, foreign and Internet media.  Third, that novelty will also engage enormous numbers of Americans – especially school and college students – now rightfully turned off by our political system, ensuring citizen oversight of delegates and the convention.  Fourth, the only group working for the first convention – Friends of the Article V Convention – has committed itself to creating and ensuring strong oversight of the convention process.

 

Imagine our first Article V convention under intense scrutiny in today’s techno-media world.  It will be the ultimate reality show, enticing Americans to use their brains over shopping and mindless entertainment.  Conversations about possible amendments will flourish.  Surveys and polls will constantly determine what Americans support and oppose.  The convention will remind Americans that citizenship requires civic engagement.  Convention delegates will know that they are being scrutinized.  They will know that their proposals must be ratified by three-fourths of the states.  They will be listening to US.  In sum, we have more than enough safety nets to prevent the convention harming our Constitution.

 

Why not dream about a restorative convention with hundreds of smart, patriotic Americans as delegates?  We have enormous numbers of brilliant, wise and honest Americans – just not in politics anymore.  If we can trust the lives of people to juries, we can trust carefully selected convention delegates to find intelligent ways to improve our government and political system through amendments.  In the last part of the process, we can tell our state legislators whether we want them to ratify specific proposed amendments.

 

Will the first convention be mesmerizing and entertaining?  Will it help educate and inform Americans about our Constitution and government?  Will it put Ruling Class elites on notice that we the people are seriously pursuing governance we can trust?  Yes, yes and yes.

 

Should we wait until 95 percent of Americans think the nation is on the wrong track?  Until just 5 percent approve of Congress?  Until we belatedly find ourselves boiled?  No, no and no.

 

Support the effort to get the nation’s first Article V convention, especially if you sense our societal waters becoming hotter – sometimes faster, as under Bush.  Sign up at www.foavc.org.  Don’t let self-delusion and false hope in Republicans or Democrats blind you.  Let freedom ring.  Make Thomas Jefferson proud.

 

[Joel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy www.delusionaldemocracy.com and a founder of Friends of the Article V Convention www.foavc.org.  This article responds to the hundreds of comments on his previous article Americans Unready to Revolt, Despite Revolting Conditions that received enormous attention, with over 100,000 readers.]

Authors Website: www.delusionaldemocracy.com

Authors Bio: Joel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy – Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government (www.delusionaldemocracy.com). His current political writings have been greatly influenced by working as a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress and for the National Governors Association. He advocates a Second American Revolution, beginning with an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments.