Mike Gravel ripped into his globalist competitors during the Democratic debate on April 26, 2007. He called them out on their support for pre-emptive nuclear strikes and their unwillingness to stop the wars.
Though I'd prefer to have Ron Paul in the White House, if I had to pick a Democrat, Mike Gravel would be my choice.
This speech is an excellent analysis of why today's American society is so fucked up.
"Is adult entertainment killing our children or is killing our children entertaining adults"
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced today that federal hate crime bill H.R. 1592 is tentatively scheduled for a vote Thursday, May 3. This, appropriately, is the National Day of Prayer.
Democrats control the House. A wide majority, which includes many Republicans, favors the bill. Without overwhelming pressure from the American people, this Orwellian legislation is certain to pass.
Feisty Republicans Resist Hate Bill
There is some hope. This week Republicans showed astonishing and plucky resistance to the hate bill in the House Judiciary Committee. For the past two days, Republican members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and the full Judiciary Committee doggedly argued against H.R. 1592. They strategized to water it down through numerous amendments.
On Tuesday in the Subcommittee on Crime, Rep. Louis Gohmert offered a day's worth of strong objections. In the House Judiciary Committee, during a 10-hour marathon session yesterday, no less than 11 Republicans offered amendments.(1) They sought to strip such vague and dangerous terminology as "gender identity" and demanded that the bill be clearly identified as a "speech crime" bill. At the end of the day Democrats approved H.R. 1592 unaltered, but the Republicans presented powerful and articulate opposition to this Orwellian, free speech-destroying legislation.
Where did all this Republican fight come from? Since 1988 when the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith first introduced the Hate Crimes Prevention Act I have watched Republicans blithely let it move through Congress, confident their majority would strip it later in conference between the House and Senate. In fact, in spring 2004 Sen. Gordon Smith, speaking to the Senate, expressed pleasure at the lack of Republican opposition. He saw this as evidence of the hate bill’s worth. Is it any wonder the bill passed the Senate 65 to 37? A year and a half ago, hate bill amendment 2662 sailed through Judiciary virtually unopposed and was approved by the House of Representatives in only 45 minutes!
Rising Concern among Republicans
I called the offices of the 11 Republicans who proposed amendments last night and asked whether concern was indeed rising over the hate bill. Several informed sources gave a resounding yes! One reason, they speculate, is that Republicans are now without power to strip the bill later in conference, so they must fight it from the outset. It is clear from the Judiciary proceedings last night that many Republicans today are highly educated about the details of the hate bill and its threat to freedom.
How did they become so well informed? I believe the many thousands of my flyer Hate Crimes: Making Criminals of Christians sent to Congress and their legislative aides have powerfully stimulated research, doubt and action against the hate bill.
Can We Defeat H.R. 1592?
Yet is such resolve going to defeat H.R. 1592 when it comes to a vote, probably next Thursday? A staff member told me the Republicans hope to propose the same amendments to the bill on the floor of the House. The problem, another staffer informed me, is that the House Rules Committee can limit discussion of H.R. 1592 to only one hour and then require an up or down vote. The House Rules Committee is in Speaker Pelosi's pocket; its nine Democrats overpower four Republicans.
Clearly, the only way to defeat H.R. 1592 is by persuading a majority to vote against it. This is an unlikely and staggering task. Yet our only hope, besides an act of God, is that massive protest will convince pro-hate bill Representatives that the most politically safe option is to vote with the people, for freedom.
It is vital that you call your House member at 1-877-851-6437 toll free or toll at 1-202-224-3121. The message you send should be blunt:
Please don't vote for any hate crimes legislation. If you do, I will never vote for you again.
Endnotes:
Republicans who contested H.R. 1592 by offering amendments are: Trent Franks, Steve Chabot, Jim Jordan, Tom Feeney, Mike Pence, Steve King, Louie Gohmert, Lamar Smith, Randy Forbes, Bob Goodlatte, and James Sensenbrenner.
William Cooper | CAJI News Service Magic is the art of illusion. Those who practice magic are called "Magi". They have created a web of obfuscation and confusion in the Law. When the courts have ruled them unconstitutional or unlawful they merely stepped outside JURISDICTION AND VENUE. By fooling the people they continued the Crime. These Magicians have convinced Americans that we have a status we do not. We are led to believe we must do things that are not required. Through the clever use of language the government promotes FRAUD. The Bureau of Internal Revenue, and the alleged Internal Revenue Service were not created by Congress. These are not organizations or agencies of the Department of the Treasury or of the federal government They appear to be operated through pure trusts administered by the Secretary of the Treasury ( the Trustee ). The Settler of the trusts and the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries are Unknown. According to the law governing Trusts, the Information does not have to be revealed. (?) The organization of the Department of the Treasury can be found in 31 United States Code, Chapter 3, beginning on page 7. You will not find the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Internal Revenue Service, The Secret Service or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and firearms listed. We learned that the Bureau of Internal Revenue, internal revenue, Internal Revenue service, internal revenue service, Official Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Alcohol Administration, Director Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Division, and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms are one organization. We found this obfuscated. The investigation found, that except for the very few who are engaged in specific activities, the Citizens of the 50 States of the united States of America have never been required to file or to pay "income taxes". The Federal government is engaging in constructive fraud on a massive scale. Americans who have been frightened into filing and paying "income taxes "have been robbed of their money. Millions of lives have been ruined. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people have been imprisoned on the pretense they violated laws that do not exist. Some have been driven to suicide. Marriages have been destroyed. Property has been confiscated to pay taxes that were never owed. During the Civil war, Abraham Lincoln imposed a war tax upon the citizens. The war tax lawfully applied only to those citizens who resided WITHIN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND FEDERALLY OWNED TERRITORIES, DOCKYARDS, NAVAL BASES, OR FORTS, and (?) those who were considered to be in rebellion against the Union. Many Citizens of the several States volunteered to pay. After the war the tax was repealed. THIS LEFT THE IMPRESSION THAT THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS COULD LEVY AN UNAPPORTIONED DIRECT TAX UPON THE CITIZENS OF THE SEVERAL STATES; WHEN IN FACT NO SUCH TAX HAD EVER BEEN IMPOSED. The tax was hot fraud as nothing was done to deceive the people. THOSE WHO WERE DECEIVED, IN FACT, DECEIVED THEMSELVES.!! In the last century the United States acquired by CONQUEST the territory of the Philippine Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The Philippine Customs Administrative Act was passed by the Philippine Commission during the period from Sept. 1, 1900 to August 31, 1902, to regulate trade with foreign countries and to create revenue in the form of duties, imposts, and excises. The act CREATED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S FIRST TRUST FUND called Trust fund #1, the Philippine special fund (customs and duties), 31 USC, Section 1321. The Act was administered under the general Supervision and control of the Secretary of Finance and Justice. The Philippine Commission passed another act known as The Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen Hundred and Four. This Act created the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the federal government's second trust fund (internal revenue), 31 USC, Section 1321. In the Act, Article 1, Section 2, we find, "There shall be established a Bureau of Internal Revenue, the chief officer of which Bureau shall be known as the Collector of Internal Revenue. He shall be appointed by the Civil Governor, with the advise and consent of the Philippine Commission, and shall receive a salary at the rate of eight thousand PESOS per annum. The Bureau of Internal Revenue shall belong to the Department of Finance and Justice." And in Section 3, we find, " The Collector of Internal Revenue, under the direction of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, shall have general superintendence of the assessment and collection of all taxed and excises imposed by this Act or by any Act amendatory thereof, and shall perform such other duties as may be required by law. It was clear that the Customs Administrative Act was to fall within the JURISDICTION of the Bureau of the Internal Revenue which bureau was to be responsible for "all taxes and excises imposed by this Act," which clearly include import and export excise taxes. This effectively MERGED Customs and Internal Revenue in the Philippines." When Prohibition was ratified in 1919 with the 18th Amendment, the government created federal bureaucracies to enforce he outlaw of alcohol. As protest and resistance to prohibition increased, so did new federal laws and the number of bureaucrats hired to enforce them. After much bloodshed and public anger, prohibition was repealed with the 21st Amendment which was ratified in 1933. In 1933 President Roosevelt declared a "Banking Emergency". The Congress gave the President dictatorial powers under the "War Powers Act of 1917". Congress used the economic EMERGENCY as the excuse as the excuse to give blanket approval to any and all Presidential EXECUTIVE ORDERS. Roosevelt, with a little help from his socialist friends was prolific in his production of new legislation and executive orders. In 1935 the Public Administration Clearinghouse wrote, and Roosevelt introduced, The Federal Alcohol Act. Congress passed it into law. The Act established The Federal Alcohol Administration. That same year the Supreme Court in a monumental ruling struck down the act among many others on a long list of draconian and New Deal laws. The Federal Alcohol Administration did knot go away; it became involved in other affairs, placed in a sort of standby status. At some unknown date prior to 1940 another Bureau of Internal Revenue was established in Puerto Rico. The 62nd Trust Fund was created and named Trust Fund #62 Puerto Rico special fund (Internal Revenue). Note that the Puerto Rico special fund has Internal Revenue , capital "I" & "R". The Philippine special fund (internal revenue) is in lower case letters. Between 1904 and 1938 the China Trade Act was passed to deal with Opium, Cocaine and Citric wines shipped out of China. It appears to have been administered in the Philippines by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. We studied a copy of The Code of Federal Registrations of the United States of America in force June 1, 1938, Title 26 - Internal Revenue, Chapter 1 - ( Parts 1-137). On page 65 it makes reference to the China Trade Act, where the first use of such terms as: income, credits, withholding, Assessment and Collection Deficiencies, extension of time for payment, and failure to file return. The entire substance of Title 26 deals with foreign individuals, foreign corporations, foreign insurance corporations, foreign ships, income from sources within possessions of the United States, Citizens of the United States and domestic corporations deriving income from sources within a possession of the United States, and China trade Act Corporations. All of the taxes covered by these laws concerned the imposts, excise taxes, and duties to be collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue for such items as narcotics, alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. The alleged Internal Revenue Service likes to make a big "to do" about the fact that Al Capone was jailed for tax evasion. The I.R.S. will not tell you that the tax Capone evaded was not "income tax" as we know it, but the tax due on the income from the alcohol which he had imported from Canada. If he had paid the tax he would not have been convicted. The Internal Revenue Act of 1939 was clearly concerned with all taxes, imposts, excises and duties collected on trade between the POSSESSIONS AND TERRITORIES of the United States and foreign individuals, foreign corporations, or foreign governments. The income tax laws have always applied only to the Philippines, Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, territories and insular Possessions. Under the Reorganization Plan Number 3 of 1940 which appears at 5 United States Code Service 903, the Federal Alcohol Administration and offices of members and Administrators thereof were abolished and their functions directed to be administered under direction and supervision of Secretary of Treasury through Bureau of Internal Revenue. We found this history in all of the older editions of 27 USCS, Section 201. It has been removed from current editions. Only two Bureaus of Internal Revenue have ever existed. One in the Philippines and another in Puerto Rico. Events that have transpired tell us that the Federal Alcohol Administration was absorbed by the Puerto Rico Trust # 62 (Internal Revenue). World War II was the golden opportunity. Americans were willing to sacrifice almost anything if they thought that sacrifice would win the war. In that atmosphere Congress passed the Victory Tax Act. It mandated an Income Tax for the years 1943 and 1944 to be filed in the years 1944 and 1945. The Victory Tax Act automatically expired at the end of 1944. The Federal Government with the clever use of language, created the myth that the tax was Applicable to ALL Americans. Because of their desire to win the war, Americans filed and paid he tax. Because of IGNORANCE OF THE LAW, Americans filed and paid the tax. The Government promoted the FRAUD AND THREATENED THOSE WHO OBJECTED. Americans "forgot" that the law expired in 2 years. When the date had come and gone, they continued to keep "records"; they continued to file; and they continued to pay the tax. The Federal Government continued to print returns and COLLECT THE TAX. NEVER MIND THE FACT THAT NO CITIZEN OF ANY OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF THE UNION WAS EVER LIABLE TO PAY THE TAX IN THE FIRST PLACE. The FICTION "that because it was an excise tax, it was legal" (lawful) IS NOT TRUE. The power of the Federal Government is limited to its own property as stated in Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 17, and to "regulate Commerce with FOREIGN NATIONS, and among the "several" States, and with the Indian tribes;" as stated in Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 3, 18 USC, Section 921, Definitions, states," The term 'interstate or foreign commerce' INCLUDES commerce between any place in a State and any place outside of that State, or within any POSSESSION of the United States ( not INCLUDING the Canal Zone) or the District of Columbia, but such term DOES NOT INCLUDE commerce between places within the same State, but through any place outside of that State. The term 'State' INCLUDES the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the possessions of the United States (not INCLUDING the Canal Zone)." Only EMPLOYEES of the federal government, RESIDENTS of the District of Columbia, RESIDENTS of naval bases RESIDENTS of forts, U.S. Citizens of the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Territories, and insular possessions were lawfully required to file and pay the Victory Tax. In 1953 the United States relinquished control over the Philippines Why do the Philippine pure Trusts #1 (customs duties) and #2 (internal revenue) continue to be administered today? Who are the Settlers of the Trusts? What is done with the funds in the Trusts? What businesses, if any, do these Trusts operate? Who are the Beneficiaries? Coincidentally on July 9, 1953, the Secretary of the Treasury, G.M. Humphery, by "virtue of the authority vested in me", changed the name of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, B.I.R. to Internal Revenue Service when he signed what is now Treasury Order 150-06. This was an obvious attempt to legitimize the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Without the Approval of Congress or the President, Humphrey, without any legal and LAWFUL authority, tried to turn a pure trust into an agency of the Department of the Treasury. His actions were illegal and unlawful but went unchallenged. Did he change the name of the B.I.R. in Puerto Rico or the B.I.R. in the Philippines? WE CANNOT FIND THE ANSWER. In 1954, the United States and Guam became partners under the Mutual Security Act. The Act and other documents make reference to the definition of Guam and the United States as being INTERCHANGEABLE. In the same year the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 was passed. The Code provides for the United States and Guam to coordinate the "Individual Income Tax". Pertinent information on the tax issue may be found in 26 CFR 301.7654-1 : Constitution of U.S. and Guam Individual income taxes. 26 CFR 7654 - 1 (e): Military personnel in Guam, 48 USC Section 1421(i) : "Income tax laws" defined. The Constitution forbids unapportioned direct taxes upon the Citizens of the several States of the 50 States of the Union: Therefore the federal government must trick (defraud) people into volunteering to pay taxes as "U.S. citizens" of EITHER Guam, the Virgin Islands, or Puerto Rico. IT SOUNDS INSANE BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. [ AN I.R.S. HUMBUG ] On June 6, 1972 Acting Secretary of the Treasury, Charles E. Walker signed Treasury Order Number 120-01 which establishes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. He did this with the stroke of his PEN citing, "by virtue of the authority vested in me as Secretary of the Treasury, including the authority in Reorganization Plan No. 26 of 1950." He ordered the, "transfer, as specified herein, the functions, powers and duties of the Internal Revenue Service arising under laws relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives (including the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms division of the Internal Revenue Service) to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (hereinafter referred to as the Bureau) which is HEREBY established. The Bureau shall be headed by the Director, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (hereinafter referred to as the Director). The Director shall perform his duties under the general direction of the Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter referred to as the Secretary) and under the supervision of the Assistant Secretary (Enforcement, Tariff and Trade Affairs, and Operations) ( hereinafter referred to as the Assistant Secretary)." Treasury Order 120-01 assigned to the new B.A.T.F. CHAPTERS 51, 52, 53 OF THE Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and sections 7652 and 7653 of such code, chapters 61 through 80 inclusive of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 USC Chapter 8)[which, in 1935 the SUPREME COURT HAD DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL WITHIN THE SEVERAL STATES OF THE UNION,] 18 USC Chapter 44, Title VII Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (18 USC Appendix, sections 1201 - 1203, 18 USC 1262 - 1265, 1952 and 3615. etc. Mr Walker then makes a statement within TO 120-01 that is very revealing, "The terms 'Director, Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Division' and 'Commissioner of Internal Revenue' wherever used in regulations, rules, and instructions, and forms, issued or adopted for the administration and enforcement of the laws specified in paragraph 2 hereof, which are in effect or in use on the effective date of this Order, shall be held to mean 'the Director'". Walker seemed to branch the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), creating the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF), and then with that statement joined them back together into one. In the Federal Register, Volume 41, Number 180, of Wednesday, September 15, 1976 we find, "The term Director, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division ' has been replaced by the term ' Internal Revenue Service." We found this pattern of deception and obfuscation everywhere we looked during our investigation. For further evidence of the fact that the I.R.S. and the B.A.T.F. are one in the same organization, check 27 USCA Section 201. This is how the Magi perform magic. Secretary Humphrey with NO AUTHORITY, creates an AGENCY of the Department of the Treasury called "Internal Revenue Service", out of AIR, from AN OFFSHORE PURE TRUST, called "Bureau of Internal Revenue". The "SETTLER" and "BENEFICIARIES" of the trust are UNKNOWN. The "TRUSTEE" is the "SECRETARY of THE TREASURY". Acting Secretary Walker further LAUNDERS the trust by CREATING from the alleged "Internal Revenue Service", the "BUREAU OF ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND FIREARMS". Unlike Humphrey, however, Walker ASSUAGES himself of any guilt, when he NULLIFIED the order by PROCLAIMING, "The terms 'Director, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division' and 'Commissioner of Internal Revenue' wherever used in regulations, rules, and instructions, and forms, issued or adopted FOR THE ADMINISTRATION and ENFORCEMENT of the LAWS specified in paragraph 2 hereof, which are in effect or in use on the effective date of this Order, shall be held to mean the Director'". Walker created the [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms] from the [Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division] of Humphrey's [Internal Revenue Service]. He then says, that, what was transferred, is the same ENTITY as the [Commissioner of Internal Revenue]. He KNEW he could not create something from nothing without the AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS and/or the President, so he made it look like he did something that he had, in fact, not done. TO COMPOUND THE FRAUD, the FEDERAL REGISTER PUBLISHED the unbelievable assertion that a PERSON HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH A THING; " the term Director Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division has been replaced with the term Internal Revenue Service." The FEDERAL Alcohol Administration, which ADMINISTERS the Federal Alcohol Act, and offices of members and Administrator thereof, were ABOLISHED, and their functions were DIRECTED to be ADMINISTERED under direction and supervision of Secretary of Treasury through Bureau of Internal Revenue, now Internal Revenue Service. THE FEDERAL ALCOHOL ACT WAS RULED "UNCONSTITUTIONAL" WITHIN THE 50 STATES; so was transferred to the B.I.R., which is an OFFSHORE TRUST, which became the I.R.S.; which gave BIRTH to the B.A.T.F.; AND SOMEHOW, the term [Director, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division], which is a PERSON within the B.A.T.F., spawned the alleged Internal Revenue Service via another flick of the pen on September 15, 1976. In a brilliant flash of LOGIC, Wayne C. Bentson DETERMINED that he could CHECK THESE FACTS, by filing a Freedom of Information Act request, asking the B.A.T.F. to:- "name the person who administers the Federal Alcohol Act." If we were wrong a reply stating that no record exists as to any name of any person who administers the Act. The request was submitted to the B.A.T.F. THE REPLY came on July 14, 1944, from the Secret Service, an unexpected source, which discloses a connection we had not suspected. THE REPLY STATES THAT JOHN MAGAW , OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, of the [Department of the Treasury], administers THE FEDERAL ALCOHOL ACT. You may remember from the Waco hearings that JOHN MAGAW IS THE [DIRECTOR ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS]. All of our research was confirmed by that ADMISSION. Despite all the pen flicking and the smoke and mirrors, there is no such organization of the Department of he Treasury known as "Internal Revenue Service" or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms." 31 USC IS 'Money and Finance' and therein is published the laws pertaining to the Department of the Treasury (D.O.T.). 31 USC, Chapter 3 is a statutory list of the organizations of the D.O.T.--- Internal Revenue Service and/or Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms ARE NOT LISTED WITHIN "31 USC" AS AGENCIES OR ORGANIZATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. --- THEY ARE REFERENCED, HOWEVER, AS, "TO BE AUDITED" BY THE CONTROLLER GENERAL IN 31 USC SECTION 713. We have already demonstrated that both of these organizations are in reality the same organization. Where we find one we will surely find the other. In 27 CFR, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 250.11, DEFINITIONS, we find, "United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms office. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms office in Puerto Rico ... " and "Secretary - The Secretary of Puerto Rico", and "Revenue Agent - Any duly authorized Commonwealth Internal Revenue Agent of the Department of the Treasury of Puerto Rico." Remember that 'Internal Revenue' is the name of the Puerto Rico Trust #62. It is perfectly logical and reasonable that a Revenue Agent works as an employee for the Department of the treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Where is the alleged "Internal Revenue Service?" The Internal Revenue Code of 1939, a.k.a. Internal Revenue Code of 1954, etc., etc.,; 27 CFR Refers to Title 26 as relevant to Title 27, ----- as per 27 CFR, Chapter 1, Section 250.30, ----- which states that 26 USC 5001 (a) (1) is governing a 27 USC law. ----- In fact 26 USC Chapters 51, 52, and 53 are the alcohol, tobacco and firearms taxes, administered by the Internal Revenue Service; alias Bureau of Internal Revenue; alias Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue; alias Director, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division; alias Internal Revenue Service. According to 26 CFR Section 1.6001 - 1 (d), Records, [no one is required to keep records or file returns, unless specifically notified, by the district director, by notice served upon him, to make such returns, render such statements, or keep such specific records, as will enable the district director to determine, whether or not, such person is liable for tax under subtitle A of the Code. 26 CFR states that this rule includes State individual income taxes. --- Don't get yourself all lathered up because "State" means ... the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, territories, and insular possessions. 44 USC says that every regulation or rule must be published in the Federal Register. It also states that every regulation or rule must be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. If there is no regulation there is no implementation of Law. There is no regulation governing "failure to file a return". There is no computer code for "failure to file". The only thing we could find was a requirement stating "where to file" an income tax return. It can be found in 26 CFR, Sect. 1.6091-3, which states that, "Income tax returns required to be filed with the Director of International Operations". Who is the Director of International Operations? NO ONE IN GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN SPECIFIC WRITTEN AUTHORITY, OR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY IN THE LAW, GIVES THAT PERSON A DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY ORDER SPELLING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO UNDER THAT SPECIFIC ORDER. We combed the Department of the Treasury's Handbook of Delegation Orders and we found that no one in the I.R.S. or B.A.T.F. has any authority to do most of the things they have been doing for years. Delegation Order Number 115 (Rev. 5) of May 12, 1986, is the only delegation of authority to conduct Audit. It states that the I.R.S. and B.A.T.F. can only audit themselves, and only for amount of $750.00 or less. Any amount above that amount, must be audited by the Controller General according to Title 31 USC. No other authority to audit exists. No I.R.S. or B.A.T.F. agent, or representative can furnish us with any law, rule, or regulation, which gives them the authority to audit anyone other than themselves. Order Number 191 states that they can levy on Property, but only if that Property is in the hands of third parties. The manual states on page 1100-40.2 of April 21, 1989, Criminal Investigation Division, that:- "the Criminal Investigation Division enforces the criminal statutes applicable to income, estate, gift, employment, and excise tax laws ... involving United States citizens, residing in foreign countries, and non resident aliens, subject to Federal income tax filing requirements, by developing information concerning alleged criminal violations thereof, evaluating allegations and indications of such violations, to determine investigations to be undertaken, investigating suspected criminal violations of such laws, recommending prosecution when warranted, and measuring effectiveness of the investigating process ... " On page 1100 - 40.1 it states in 1132.7 of April 21, 1989, Director, Office of Taxpayer Service and Compliance, "Responsible for operation of a comprehensive enforcement and assistance program for all taxpayers under the immediate jurisdiction of the Assistant Commissioner (International) ... Directs the full range of collection activity on delinquent accounts and delinquent returns for taxpayers overseas, in Puerto Rico, and in United States possessions and territories. 1132.72 of April 21, 1989, Collection Division, says "Executes the full range of collection activities on delinquent accounts, which includes securing delinquent returns involving taxpayers outside the United States and those in United States territories, possessions and in Puerto Rico." The United States Attorney's Manual, Title 6 Tax Division, Chapter 4, page 16, October 1, 1988, 6-4.270, Criminal Division Responsibility, states, "The Criminal Division has limited responsibility for the Prosecution of offenses investigated by the I.R.S. Those offenses are:- excise violations involving liquor tax, narcotics, stamp tax, firearms, wagering, and coin-operated gambling and amusement machines; MALFEASANCE OFFENSES COMMITTED BY I.R.S. PERSONNEL: forcible rescue of seized property; corrupt or forcible interference with an officer or employee, acting under INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS; and unauthorized mutilation, removal or misuse of stamps. See 28 CFR S 0.70. We found this revelation in 28 USC Rule 54c, Application of Terms, "As used in these rules the following terms have the designated meanings. 'Act of Congress' includes any act of Congress locally applicable and in force in the District of Columbia, in Puerto Rico, in a territory or in an insular possession". 28 USC is the "Rules of the Courts" and was written and approved by the Justices of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court in writing 28 USC has already ruled upon this issue It is the Law.(l.o. How can the Supreme Court write law?) Where does the MONEY go that is paid into the I.R.S.? It spends at least a year in what is called a "quad zero" account under and Individual Master File, after which time the Director of the I.R.S. Center can apparently do whatever he wants with the money. It is sometimes dispersed under Treasury Order 91 (Rev, 1 ), May 12, 1986 which is a service agreement between the I.R.S. and the Agency for International Development, A.I.D. When William Casey, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the Iran-Contra, was the head of A.I.D. he funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars to the Soviet Union, which money was spent building the Kama River Truck Factory, the largest military production facility for tanks, trucks, armored personnel carriers, and other wheeled vehicles in he world. The Kama River factory has a production capability larger than all of the combined automobile and truck manufacturing plants in the United States. (l.o. New World order for the collapse and take over of the automotive industry). The Agreement states "Authority is hereby delegated to the Assistant Commissioner International to develop and enter into the service agreement between the Treasury Department and the Agency for International Development. The Secretary of the Treasury is always appointed Governor of the International Monetary Fund (treason?) in accordance with the international agreement that CREATED the I.M.F. The Secretary of the Treasury is paid by the I.M.F. while acting as Governor (treason, emoluments?) Lloyd Bentsen held the following positions at the same time he was Secretary of the Treasury: Mr. Bentson received a salary from each of these organizations which literally made him an unregistered agent for several foreign powers (treason, emoluments?) By birth we are each a Citizen of the State of New Jersey, or a Citizen of the State of California, or a Citizen of the State Florida, or a Citizen of the State of whatever State you wherein we were born, and at the same time, we are all Citizens of the united States of America, AND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ACTS OF CONGRESS, OTHER THAN THE 18 GRANTS OF POWERS SPECIFICALLY CITED IN THE Constitution for the united States of America. People who are born or who reside within the federal District of Columbia, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, any territory, on any naval base or dockyard, within forts, or within insular possessions are called U.S. citizens AND are subject to Acts of Congress. Within the Law, words have meanings, that not the same meanings, that are accepted in common usage. our Constitution is the Constitution for the united States of America. The U.S. Constitution is the Constitution of Puerto Rico. We are subject to the laws of the JURISDICTION which we volunteer to accept. In the Law governing Income tax, income is defined as foreign earned income, offshore oil well, or windfall profits, and war profits. A return is prepared by a TAXPAYER to submit to the federal government taxes that he or she has collected. A TAXPAYER IS ONE WHO COLLECTS TAXES AND SUBMITS THE TAXES AS A RETURN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AN EMPLOYEE IS ONE WHO IS EMPLOYED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AN EMPLOYER IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AN INDIVIDUAL IS A citizen OF GUAM OR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. A BUSINESS IS DEFINED AS A GOVERNMENT, A BANK, OR AN INSURANCE COMPANY. A RESIDENT IS AN ALIEN CITIZEN OF GUAM, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, OR PUERTO RICO, WHO RESIDES WITHIN ONE OF THE 50 STATES OF THE united STATES OF AMERICA or one of the other island possessions. A form 1040 is the income tax return for a nonresident alien citizen of the U.S. Virgin Islands residing within one of the 50 States (geographically) of the several States of the united States of America. If you volunteer that you are a U.S. citizen, you have become a U.S. citizen. IF YOU WRITE OR PRINT YOUR NAME ON A LINE LABELED " taxpayer", you have become a taxpayer. Since these form are affidavits, which you submit under penalty of perjury, you commit a crime every time you fill one out and sign stating that you are that which you are not. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DELIGHTED by your ignorance, AND WILL GLADLY ACCEPT YOUR RETURNS AND YOUR MONEY. As proof refer to The Virgin Islands Tax Guide which states, "All references to the District Director or to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue should be interpreted to mean the Director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue. All references to the Internal Revenue Service, The Federal Depository and similar references should be interpreted as the B.I.R., and so forth. Any question interpreting Federal forms for use in the Virgin Islands should be referred to the B.I.R.." In Internal Revenue Service publications 6209, Computer Codes for I.R.S. "TC 150" is listed as the Virgin Islands Returns" and the codes 300 through 398 are listed as "U.S. and UK Tax Treaty claims involving taxes on narcotics which were financed in the Cayman Islands and imported into the Virgin islands". When Freedom of Information Act requests have been filed for Individual Master File (IMF) for people who are experiencing tax problems with the I.R.S., every return ha been found to contain the above codes except for some which are coded as "Guam" returns. Every return shows that the unsuspecting Citizen is being taxed on income derived from importing narcotics, alcohol, tobacco, or firearms into the United States or one of its territories or possessions, from a foreign country or from Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or into the Virgin Islands form the Cayman Islands. 26 CFR, 601.103 (a) is the only place which tells us who is required to file a return, provided that person has been properly noticed by the District Director to KEEP RECORDS AND THEN NOTICED THAT HE/SHE IS REQUIRED TO FILE. It states, "In general, each taxpayer (or person required to collect and pay over the taxes) is required to file a prescribed form of return ..." Are you a Taxpayer? (l.o.- you must first be a tax collector) The scam manifests itself in many different ways. In order to maintain the semblance of legality, hats are changed from moment to moment. When you are told to submit records for examination YOU ARE DEALING WITH CUSTOMS. When you submit an offer in compromise, YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE COAST GUARD. When you are confronted by a Special Agent of the I.R.S. you are really DEALING WITH A DEPUTIZED UNITED STATES MARSHALL. When you are being investigated by the alleged Internal Revenue Service, YOU ARE REALLY DEALING WITH AN AGENT, CONTRACTED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, TO INVESTIGATE NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS. When the alleged Internal Revenue Service charges you with a crime, YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS. Only a small part of 26 USC is administered by the Internal Revenue Service. Most of the Code is administered by THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL AND FIREARMS, including Chapter 61 through 80, which is ENFORCEMENT. ---- In addition, 27 CFR IS B.A.T.F. and states in Subpart B - DEFINITIONS, 250.11, MEANING OF TERMS, "United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms office - Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms office in Puerto Rico". Every Person we find, who is being prosecuted by the alleged Internal Revenue Service has a Code on their I.M.F. putting them in "tax class 6" which designates that they have violated a law relating to alcohol, tobacco, or firearms, Puerto Rico. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, has no venue or jurisdiction within the borders of any of the 50 States of the united States of America, except in pursuit of an importer of contraband alcohol, tobacco, or firearms, who failed to pay the TAX on those items. As proof, refer to the July 30, 1993 ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1 F.3d 1511; 1993 U.S. App. Lexis 19747, where the court ruled in United States v. D.J. Vollmer & Co. that "the B.A.T.F. has jurisdiction over the first sale of a firearm imported to the country, but they don't have jurisdiction over subsequent sales." Attorneys, including your defense attorney, the U.S. Attorney, Federal Judges, and alleged Internal Revenue Service and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms personnel, routinely lie in depositions and on the witness stand to perpetuate the FRAUD. THIS THEY DO WILLINGLY AND WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE COMMITTING PERJURY. EVERY JUDGE INTENTIONALLY LIES, EVERY TIME HE/SHE GIVES INSTRUCTIONS TO A JURY IN A CRIMINAL, OR TAX CASE, BROUGHT BY THE I.R.S. OR THE B.A.T.F. They all know it, and do it willingly, and with malice aforethought. How does the government hire people, who will intentionally work to defraud their fellow Americans? Most of those who work on the lower levels for the I.R.S., B.A.T.F, and other Agencies simply do not know the truth. They do as they are told to earn a living until retirement. Executives, U.S. Attorneys, Federal Judges, and others, do KNOW, AND ARE, with full KNOWLEDGE and MALICE aforethought, participating in the crime of the century. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE PAID LOTS OF MONEY. (l.o.-EVERY SOUL HAS ITS PRICE). The Internal Revenue Manual; Handbook of Delegation Orders, January 17, 1983, PAGE 1229-91; outlines the alleged Internal Revenue Services's system of monetary awards, "of up to and including $5000.00, for any one individual employee or group of employees, in his/her immediate office, including field employees, engaged in National Office projects; and contributions of employees of other Government agencies and armed forces members"; WITH THE APPROVAL OF the Deputy Commissioner; " of $5,001.00 to $10,000.00, for any one individual or group", with the approval of the Deputy Commissioner; "of $10,001.00 to $25,000 for any one individual or group", with the Commissioner's concurrence, "an additional monetary reward of $10,000.00 (total $35,000.00) TO THE PRESIDENT THROUGH TREASURY AND OPM" with the Commissioner's concurrence. (IMPEACHABLE, TREASONABLE). These awards include cash awards. They are not limited as to number, that may be awarded, to any one person or group. There is no limitation placed upon any award. Any person or group of persons can be awarded this money, including:- U.S. Attorneys, Federal Judges, your Certified Public Accountant, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, YOUR MOTHER, H&R BLOCK, etc. The awards may be given to the same person or group, each minute, each hour, every day, every week, every month, every year, or not at all. In other words, the U.S. Government and the alleged Internal Revenue Service, a.k.a, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms have a perfectly legal (l.o. not lawful) system of bribery. The bribery works against the Citizens of the several States of the united States of America. Our investigation uncovered a lot. We have printed only a little. Successful use of this material requires a lot of study and an excellent understanding of the legal system. Please do not compound errors by attempting to extract some imaginary magic bullet against alleged Internal Revenue Service, or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO DISCOVER THIS INFORMATION. YOU MUST KNOW IT INSIDE OUT, BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS; LIKE A KNEEJERK RESPONSE. We have been betrayed by those we trusted. We have been robbed of our money and property. It happened because we trusted imperfect men to rule imperfect men; and we failed in our duty as watchdog, and SOVEREIGNS OVER OUR SERVANTS. IT HAPPENED BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN IGNORANT, APATHETIC AND EVEN STUPID. "A nation or world of people, who will not use their intelligence, are no better than animals that have no intelligence; such people are beasts of burden and steaks upon the table by choice and consent." "Behold a Pale Horse" by William Cooper, Light Technology Publishing, Sedona. A significant portion of the research, that led to the writing of this article was contributed by Mr. Wayne Bentson.
The powers of the Federal government of the united States of America are clearly enumerated in the Constitution. It is strictly forbidden to have a direct tax that is un-apportioned.
If the Federal government legitimately possessed the power to lay a direct un-apportioned tax, then there would be no need for a Constitution because the government could tax whomever they pleased, at whatever rate they demand and have powers that extend beyond its Constitutional limitations."The Congress shall have Power to Lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excise, to Pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States"
- The Constitution for the United States of America,
Article 1, Section 8, paragraph 1." No Capitation or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken."
- The Constitution for the United States of America,
Article 1, Section 9, paragraph 4.
Investigation of the alleged Internal Revenue Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has disclosed a broad, premeditated conspiracy to defraud the Citizens (freemen) of the united States of America. Examination of the United States Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, The Statutes at Large, Congressional record, The Federal Register, and Internal Revenue manuals, too numerous to list, reveals a crime of such magnitude, that words cannot adequately describe the betrayal of the American people. What we have uncovered has clearly been designed to circumvent the limitations of the Constitution for the united States and implement the COMMUNIST MANIFESTO within the 50 States. Marx and Engles claimed that in the effort to create a classless society, a "GRADUATED INCOME TAX" could be used as a weapon to destroy the middle class.
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE 1. U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund,
2. U.S. Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
3. U.S. Governor of the African Development Bank,
4. U.S. Governor of the Asian Development Bank,
5. U.S. Governor of the African Development Fund
6. U.S. Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
(for DECEPTION, CRIMINALITY AND FRAUD)
The "Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms" is now raiding individuals in North-East Alabama for the crime of exercising their inalienable 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.This is a blatant violation of their inalienable rights, by a rogue entity that is clearly operating outside of its jurisdiction. If there is any integrity left in the Judiciary, this situation should be remedied through the Federal court system.
-Bill of Rights
How much of a junior detective would anyone have to be not to know beyond a shadow government of a doubt that Rudy Giuliani is the Judas Goat who brought three thousand plus of his NYC citizens to a gruesome and horrifying death on his watch during 9/11? He was in it up to his eyeballs as the local official who made the connections and arrangements for the spectacle of evil we all watched to happen. His reward for being an essential key accessory before, during and after the fact is a seat at the inner table of the NWO Illuminati as a favorite puppet... and very likely the next Republithug Presidential candidate. The more evil you know, the higher you go....The more evil you do, the better for you!
Pan Man
A compelling account of a life inside Iraq that is rarely seen on news bulletins: stories of ordinary women whose struggle to survive has only worsened since the war.
Iraqi women and child The invasion of Iraq heralded promises of freedom from tyranny and equal rights for the women of Iraq. But three years on, the reality of everyday life for women inside Iraq is a different story. To make this film, two Iraqi women risk their lives to spend three months travelling all over the country with a camera to record the lives and experiences of women they meet.
Dispatches: Iraq: The Women's Story provides a compelling account of a life inside Iraq that is rarely seen on news bulletins: stories of ordinary women whose struggle to survive has only worsened since the war.
Comment: I encourage all of you who agree to voice your opinion to your congressman.
Interview with Kucinich on Wolf Blitzer (Mossad T.V.)
Mr. Cramer,
As a constituent of your district, I strongly urge you to support Dennis Kucinich's bill (H.R. 333) to Impeach V.P. Richard Cheney for high crimes and misdemeanors.
I and many of your other constituents firmly believe that Richard Cheney is guilty of fabricating threats in order to get the united States of America into wars of aggression against the nation of Iraq.
Cheney is openly threatening the nation of Iran with an act of aggression, this is a violation of Article VI of the Constitution of the united States of America. This sort of unconstitutional behavior should not be tolerated by the Congress, to tolerate it means that you condone it and are as guilty as those who participate in the acts.
Please consider what I am telling you and help prove to the world and future leaders that the united States of America is a nation of laws where no-one is above the law and the Constitution reigns as the supreme body of laws.
FDA Regulators Using Legal Trickery to Kill Alternative Procedures and Products
The FDA is using legal maneuvering to end your access to natural health products (like vitamins, minerals and herbs) and natural health therapies of all sorts. Again. This time, their ploy is to declare the therapies are "Medicine" so any non-physician who uses them will be practicing medicine without a license. Since these practices are "Medicine", any products used would be untested drugs and therefore forbidden.
Your Comments are Vitally Important
Public, professional and industry comments are being accepted on the FDA proposal to "capture" alternative procedures and products as "medicine" and then make them illegal. The history of these repressive attacks by the FDA makes it clear that public outcry, IN HUGE NUMBERS, is the only effective tool that natural health supporters have to change this disastrous outcome. Comments will be accepted until April 30. By contacting everyone you can reach to ask for their participation in this comment campaign, we can kill this assault on personal health freedom.
Please send the link (http://tinyurl.com/2u7ghc) to this page to everyone you can reach with a brief explanation of the issues. Urge everyone in your personal and professional circles of influence to protect their health freedom -- their personal right to make their own health choices.
It is important to take a moment to email the manufacturers of the health care products you take an ask them to alert their suppliers and customer base to protect their businesses. Your natural health care providers need to alert their patients and colleagues, too.
Thanks for your activism!
Rima E. Laibow, MD
Medical Director
Natural Solutions Foundation
www.HealthFreedomUSA.org
Comment: Numb-skulls in the western scientific community continue to ponder the role of the "junk DNA" that they suppose occupies 95% of the DNA strand. I guess they're just too good to pay any attention to the Russian research that has already provided many good clues as to what is actually happening. What hubris!
JR Minkel | Scientific American
Thousands of newly identified junk DNA fragments may play a role in embryonic development
Tiny, jumping bits of DNA are looking less like genomic junk and more like significant players in mammalian evolution, according to a new analysis.
Researchers have uncovered more than 10,000 short stretches of what may be functional DNA in parts of the human genome with no obvious role—the so-called junk DNA that makes up 95 percent of the genome. The segments appear to be fragments of transposons, pieces of DNA capable of copying themselves and inserting into new locations, up to millions of times.
"One of the big questions is: Where does novel functional DNA come about in the genome?" says evolutionary developmental biologist Gill Bejerano of Stanford University, a member of the team that performed the study. "We think we've hit on a force here that was underappreciated before."
Bejerano and his colleagues identified the transposon fragments by looking for sequences of junk DNA that were nearly identical across six mammalian species—human, chimp, rhesus monkey, dog, mouse and rat. Researchers consider such similarities a sign that evolution preserved DNA for some function, otherwise small errors would accumulate.
They compared the conserved sequences with those found in the chicken genome to weed out any that were present before mammals evolved. They discovered that 5 percent of the uniquely mammalian elements were similar in sequence to transposons. Bejerano says the source of the remaining 95 percent is unclear.
Although found in so-called gene deserts, where genes are sparse, the conserved transposon elements lay within striking distance of genes active during embryonic development, including all known members of a biochemical pathway that helps cells stick to one another.
The actual functions of the conserved elements remain untested, but the proximity suggests that evolution may have harnessed the bits of junk DNA to control the activities of the nearby genes, Bejerano says.
In this way, genes might become active in new places or at new times, contributing to the differences between species. Researchers had turned up a few examples of conserved transposon elements before, but they were isolated cases, says Bejerano. "This is a genome-wide phenomenon that appears to play a significant role."
Nevertheless, 95 percent of the mysterious conserved junk DNA remains. Next up: figuring out where it comes from.
Comment: What a GREAT idea! Now shameless and idiotic parents can start loading hormones into their unwitting children before they are old enough to do anything about it.
They probably think that this will make up for them giving their kids those sugary snacks all of the time in order to handle those pesky tantrums. Odd how the tantrums seem to arise at an ever-increasing frequency the more sugary snacks are used as incentive to "behave."
Lyndsay Moss | Scotsman.com
FEEDING babies a special infant formula containing hunger-suppressing hormones could stop them getting fat later in life, researchers believe.
Scientists are currently studying the prospect of adding leptin to baby and children's foods as part of the solution to obesity.
They admitted that their work was still in the very early stages, and larger studies were needed.
Concerns have also been raised over the repercussions of tampering with babies' brains - essentially programming them not to overeat.
Animal trials at the Clore Laboratory, University of Buckingham, have found that exposure to leptin early in life can programme the brain to stop over-eating.
Professor Mike Cawthorne, director of metabolic research, found that giving leptin supplements to baby rats provided protection against obesity and diabetes. Even adult rats remained slim after taking the leptin-laced supplements.
The body naturally produces leptin throughout life, but the amount produced in infancy is thought to "hard-wire" the body's energy-balance settings.
It may also determine whether someone is fat or thin even before they are born. Giving an extra leptin boost early in life may therefore stop later weight gain.
The latest study, published in the American Journal of Physiology and reported in Chemis-try & Industry magazine, also revealed that feeding the hormone to pregnant rats could have a lifelong impact on their offspring.
Rats born to leptin-fed mothers stayed lean even when fed a high-fat diet, while the offspring of those mothers who were untreated gained weight and developed diabetes. Prof Cawthorne said supplementing infant feed with leptin would only be giving babies what they would normally get from mothers' milk.
Some research suggests that breast-fed babies are protected against obesity, while bottle-fed babies are more likely to be overweight as adults.
Prof Cawthorne said: "The supplemented milks are simply adding back something that was originally present. Breast milk contains leptin and formula feeds don't."
Other studies using leptin in adults to help reduce hunger have been less successful.
Prof Cawthorne said this may be due to the fact that the subjects' brains, in adulthood, were already "hard-wired". He said that leptin was likely only to have an effect on the more malleable brains of babies.
I find it puzzling why anyone would turn to the federal government for the solutions to problems with violence. The only solutions this government is capable of offering involve violence and coercion, so the only solution the government really can offer (that actually works) is to offer up its own head as a sacrifice for the collective good.
In other words, less government means less violence and coercion and consequently more freedom. Creating more institutions, policy think tanks and laws does nothing but further hinder everyday life, create added waste and cost the people money. I feel that the time has come to start expunging laws, shutting down institutions and retiring policies, especially those which the Federal government has no Constitutional prerogative over.
Let the individual states determine what is best for their constituents, this way the states can compete against one another for constituents, instead of giving the Federal government a monopoly over everything. The Federal government needs to be shrunk down to a tiny fraction of its current size and made, by the states, to obey the constitution.
Abolition of the IRS would be the first step in this process, since it would take away the illegal access the Feds have to direct un-apportioned taxation.
This week in April marks the fourteenth anniversary of the Waco massacre, the eighth anniversary of Columbine, and, in years to come, the anniversary of the largest mass shooting in American history – the massacre at Virginia Tech.
It is also the twelfth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, which itself was carried out precisely two years after the Waco standoff ended in a deadly conflagration.
All civilized human beings see such horrific acts of mass killing as unspeakably tragic. In the midst of any such explosion of seemingly senseless violence, it is common to hear questions as to how and why such a thing happened, so we can formulate possible answers as to how such atrocities might not happen again, or at least happen much less frequently than they do.
Starting with the most recent of these horrors, and moving backwards in time, it is worth reflecting on the most commonly heard explanations for such violence.
Already, some conservatives are looking for some connection between the Korean student who committed mass murder on 4/16 and Islamist terrorists. Since 9/11, we have heard many acts of gang violence and individual criminality blamed on Islam itself. Ultimately, this is all to shore up more support for the state’s foreign and domestic war on terror.
The center-left media, however, are making the predictable inferences: The problem is easy access to weapons. It’s exceedingly easy to purchase handguns in the state of Virginia. What is ignored is that it’s illegal to bring such weapons on to the campus of Virginia Tech, and certainly illegal to use them for murder. Another law wouldn’t have disrupted the plans of a madman determined to kill.
As for madness, we are also hearing reports that Seung Cho had written disturbing stories and had a history of psychiatric treatment. Perhaps if the university community and local police had been more vigilant, his unsettling proclivity for violent fantasy would have been caught before it culminated in real-life slaughter.
Of course, thousands of American youth write graphically appalling stories and many more behave like loners and outcasts. The implication here is that a certain form of suspicious behavior needs to be caught early and somehow managed by schools and the government. People should take notice of who is in their communities, but when it's politicized and taken to the extreme, this is the basis for criminalizing thought and censoring ideas, for the preemptive law enforcement we see in the dystopian film, Minority Report.
Just as thousands of students probably exhibit peculiar behavior, thousands probably wore trench coats in the late 1990s and millions saw The Matrix. But back in 1999, after the Columbine massacre transpired, the two killers had been in the "Trench Coat Mafia" and the conclusion was that somehow loners wearing such clothing and keeping to themselves, inspired by the violent action in the film The Matrix, should be watched closely. In that case, the perpetrators had broken plenty of gun laws, but weak gun laws were also blamed. Just as with Virginia Tech, odd behavior and inanimate objects were seen as the problem.
Rewind back to Oklahoma City in 1995 and it was rightwing, anti-government opinions that were blamed. It made little sense to attack the availability of such pedestrian items as rental trucks and fertilizer. So the focus was on ideas. Even rightwing talk radio had contributed to this terrorist attack, we were told. What was not so emphasized was the fact that McVeigh had been trained by the US military and had been a Gulf War veteran. He was said to have seen his victims as collateral damage in an act of war against the US government, largely for what it had done, exactly two years before, at Waco.
Going back to 1993, the Waco massacre would seem to have altogether different lessons. This couldn’t have been attributed to anti-social, anti-establishment, anti-government attitudes and conduct – could it? After all, it was the US government that was responsible for this tragedy. It had smashed the side of the Branch Davidian home, filled the inside with flammable and poisonous CS gas, and projected incendiary devices at the building. The fire that took the lives of about 80 civilians was the end of a 51-day standoff that the US government had initiated as a public relations booster for the ATF.
Yet, in response to Waco, the establishment line was simply that the Davidians, and especially their leader David Koresh, were crazed, dangerous and hostile. The rationales in this case were always dubious and shifting: determined to wage their staged raid, the feds had first claimed the Davidians had a methamphetamine lab, partly to bureaucratically justify assistance from the military, and then claimed they had illegal weapons. It was claimed that Koresh was totally irrational and beyond negotiation. He was at points compared to Adolf Hitler and other such dictatorial loons. The feds also claimed he was holding his followers hostage, yet when people tried to leave the building during the standoff, the FBI would throw flash-bang grenades toward the home, frightening them back into it.
Even Waco was blamed not on overbearing government, but on antisocial, extremist, anti-government thinking and behavior. The Davidians had been living at peace with their neighbors, but they were different enough, weird enough, to warrant state aggression.
And here we see the true commonality in all these massacres: They were all acts of mass aggression and inhumanity and they all existed in the context of a highly politicized world where state aggression is wrongly defended but private aggression is rightfully condemned.
The deaths at Waco were a direct result of federal violence against the Branch Davidians. Oklahoma City was Waco's terroristic antithesis, conducted by men trained in the techniques and moral principles of government warfare. Columbine and Virginia Tech both happened at government facilities, where the soft, hidden coercion of gun control and government protection failed to protect anyone and only left victims defenseless. Both Columbine and Virginia Tech also each occurred against a backdrop of a foreign war of aggression – Clinton’s war with Serbia, in the case of Columbine, and Bush’s war in Iraq, in the case of Virginia Tech. Both Clinton’s and Bush’s wars consumed about as many lives per day as each of these school massacres did in a single instance, yet we are automatically supposed to regard one type of violence as completely different from the other type.
But what underlies all these acts of mass violence is murderous aggression against the individual, the initiation of force against the peaceful. All such violence should be condemned and none of it excused. But the reason we instead hear complaints of out-of-season coats on teenagers or violent video games, easy access to handguns or gruesome stories, bizarre religions or conservative radio is because all such idiosyncratic scapegoats detract from the evil of aggression itself and thus serve the purposes of more government control.
The state is the embodiment of organized aggression. It is, after all, the legal institution that monopolizes the right to commit theft (taxation), kidnapping (mandatory attendance laws), slavery (conscription), and mass murder (war). It imprisons millions, loots trillions and slaughters civilians as a matter of course. Its powers cannot be expanded and directed to foster peace, since, to the extent it is empowered, it is at war with the principles of civilization and the rule of law – the principles that the rest of us must abide for us to be considered acting legally and peacefully among other humans.
Ultimately, the state attributes massacres to drugged or insufficiently drugged quirky extremists, gun accessibility and anti-American, anti-mainstream thinking because understanding the true universal evils – aggression, and the ideologies that allow for aggression, of which statism is the most common variety – would reveal that the state itself is the very fulfillment of atrocity. Indeed, statism is ubiquitous in our culture, and it is very mainstream. It is why governments get away with dropping bombs on children.
By deemphasizing the nature and evil of aggression itself and instead focusing on the quirks and antisocial habits of terrorists and criminals, the establishment line on all these tragedies and mass crimes effectively covers up that the greatest problem in all human affairs is interpersonal aggression, whatever the source. This serves the violent democratic state, which can always claim to stand for moderation, mainstream ideology and social normality.
But it is the democratic state in America that slaughtered American Indians at Wounded Knee and religious outsiders at Waco. It is that state that nuked Nagasaki and set Cambodia ablaze. It is that organization of moderation and the American way of life that was starving Iraqi children with a hunger blockade as the Oklahoma City bombing unfolded, dropping cluster bombs on Yugoslavia during the Columbine tragedy, and maintaining violent occupations abroad as Virginia Tech fell victim to the largest school shooting in America.
Is it wrong to point this out? Why should it be? The US government and its kept media spin every human tragedy as a reason to give more power to the state – even though, in nearly every such tragedy, the government either totally failed to make matters better or succeeded catastrophically in making matters much worse. Why shouldn’t we show, at every opportunity, that giving more power to the state only makes such tragedies more likely?
The state is not the direction to look for solutions to instances of mass aggression, for the state itself is aggression. Its aggressive nature only encourages more aggression throughout society, as it warps the public morality and gives example after example demonstrating that might makes right, at least from the mainstream political perspective. Its intimidation and extortion are clear every April when Americans have to turn in their tax forms, knowing they can be jailed if they made an honest mistake or even if the IRS simply bungles something. And the naked aggression of the state and its institutional disadvantage at protecting people should also be clear every April, as we reflect on the massacres the government has conducted, the ones it enabled, and the ones it failed to prevent.
THOM SHANKER
New York Times
Saturday April 21, 2007
The Bush administration is offering Russia a new package of incentives to drop its strong opposition to American missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, including an invitation to begin linking some American and Russian antimissile systems, according to senior administration and military officials.
The package includes American offers to cooperate on developing defense technology and to share intelligence about common threats, as well as to permit Russian officials to inspect the future missile bases.
American officials said the initiatives were proposed at least in part at the urging of European allies, and reflected an acknowledgment at the highest levels of the Bush administration that it had not been agile in dealing with Russia — and with some NATO allies — on its plan to place defensive missiles and radar in Poland and the Czech Republic.
The initiatives include offers that are “deeper, more specific and concrete” than any previous proposal for cooperation from the Bush administration to the Kremlin, according to one senior official involved in planning talks with the Russians.
In military terms, the American initiative to the Russians on missile defense will include an invitation “toward fundamental integration of our systems,” said a senior military officer involved in the discussions. This concept of linking some American and Russian military systems for common missile defense would be at a level that exists in no other area of United States-Russia military relations.
The offers of cooperation will be laid out for Russian officials in the coming weeks in a series of high-level meetings being scheduled by senior American officials, in particular Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. If those talks go well, they will continue over the summer and fall between President Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin.
Despite a series of bilateral sessions and meetings under NATO sponsorship to explain the American missile defense plan, Mr. Putin and his inner circle have expressed deep resentment about it, voicing their anger in caustic public comments that have greatly worried some close American allies in Europe.
The German government, in particular, has urged the administration to pull together the exact sort of initiative on missile defense cooperation and transparency that will be presented to Russia. The administration has also heard complaints from other allies, including France, that it must do better at managing the relationship with Russia if the United States wants allied support for the missile defense effort, American officials said.
“In the past, the Russians have not taken our offers of cooperation seriously, whether because they view them as insufficient or because they are obstinate on missile defense,” said another senior administration official involved in planning the initiatives.
“So Gates and then Rice will put their weight behind this new offer,” the official added. “We will not give Russia a veto over our program, but this goes well beyond ‘passive’ cooperation to new and active ways we can work together against common threats.”
Another senior administration official, explaining the accelerated effort to reach out to Russia on the issue, conceded: “We were a little late to the game. We should have been out there making these arguments, making the case more forcefully before people began framing the debate for us — and in false terms.”
The offer would include an invitation to open a joint effort at “research and technical development” of future missile defenses that could protect the territories of the United States and Russia, and their allies, the senior military officer said.
Beyond that, with the permission of the Polish and Czech governments, any eventual American missile defense bases on their territories would be open to Russian inspection, akin to the guarantees that Washington and Moscow negotiated to inspect each other’s missile silos to assure compliance with past arms control treaties, officials said.
“We are committed to the maximum level of transparency, not only with our citizens but with our neighbors,” said Karel Schwarzenberg, the Czech foreign minister, who was in Washington this week for talks with American officials on missile defense.
Details about the new package of invitations for Russia to cooperate on missile defense were described by civilian administration officials and military officers who said they believed that the initiative was a major step forward in calming Russian objections to the American plans.
In its proposals on missile defense, the Bush administration is asking Poland to base 10 antimissile interceptors on its territory and the Czech Republic to be host to a tracking radar. Both systems are designed to defend European territory from missile attack by Iran, but have threatened to rupture ties with Moscow and have upset some NATO allies.
Nevertheless, the Bush administration and the military are showing unusual unanimity about proceeding with missile defense, in sharp contrast to bitter internal disagreements over issues like Iraq strategy and rules for detaining and interrogating terrorism suspects.
The groundwork for upcoming talks with Russia by Mr. Gates and Ms. Rice has been laid over recent weeks by quiet but intensive travels to Moscow and NATO capitals by a group of civilian and military officials. They include the under secretary of defense for policy, Eric Edelman; two assistant secretaries of state, Daniel Fried and John Rood; Lt. Gen. Henry A. Obering III, director of the Missile Defense Agency, and his deputy, Brig. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly; and the American ambassador to NATO, Victoria Nuland.
American officials hold no illusions that the new incentives will guarantee Russia’s assent to the missile defense bases in Poland and the Czech Republic, as the Kremlin’s opposition to missile bases is wrapped up in domestic politics as well as its view of national security policy in Washington and its NATO allies.
To date, Russian officials have scoffed at any suggestion that Moscow’s objections to American missile defense bases in former Soviet states would be eased by offers of cooperation.
“As for possible cooperation in strategic antimissile defense, honestly speaking, I see no reasons for that,” said Sergei B. Ivanov, a first deputy prime minister who previously served as Russia’s minister of defense, in remarks quoted by the Interfax news agency.
American officials have sought to counter Russian rebukes by pointing out that the limited missile defense system envisioned for Europe — 10 interceptors whose warheads are designed to collide with approaching missiles, and do not even carry an explosive — is numerically no threat to Moscow’s vast strategic rocket force.
The proposed system, Americans say, is a prudent deterrent against a potential Iranian attack on American allies in Europe and on American forces based there.
American officials concede that part of the Russian motivation to block American missile defense is a fear that the United States, over time, might develop a bold, new “breakout” technology that could some day neuter the Russian strategic arsenal.
The concept of sharing antimissile technology with the Russians is hardly new. In fact, even when President Ronald Reagan proposed his grand plan for a leakproof missile shield under the so-called Star Wars program, he pledged that the new technology could be shared with the Kremlin in order to assure Russia that it had nothing to fear from American defenses.
The missile defense proposals for central Europe also have become a proxy issue for Russian officials who still rankle at American and NATO expansion east after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Yet even among some officials in Poland and the Czech Republic, support for the two missile defense bases has more to do with binding the United States closer to their capitals against a future Russian threat than about deterring a future Iranian missile threat.
American officials have not announced the timetable for the coming talks. But in Moscow, Igor Ivanov, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, said that Mr. Gates was due there for Kremlin meetings on Monday and that Ms. Rice would visit in May.
"When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty." --Thomas Jefferson.Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
Comment: This is the kind of nonsense that the treasonous shills like Kucinich are proposing to solve the problem. Disarming the population has already proven to be of no avail, in Australia and the U.K. these measures lead to far more robberies and home invasions.
20 to 30 people dying each day is no tragedy in a nation of 300,000,000. This drama queen Kucinich is clearly working for the globalists and trying to subvert the Constitution of the united States of America. The right to keep and bear arms is probably the most important right of them all, as it protects the people from government tyranny and criminals who want to do them harm.
To take away this right is a crime against the people, as it will lead to countless robberies, deaths and could spell the end of Constitutional liberties in America. Anyone who signs this bill is a traitor in my book, as this is the most defiantly unconstitutional law I've seen so far.
Congressman drafting legislation to make owning a hand gun illegal.
By Darren Toms
April 20, 2007
(Cleveland) - Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich wants to ban hand guns in America.
Kucinich is currently drafting legislation that would ban the purchase, sale, transfer or possession of hand guns by civilians. A gun buy-back provision will be included in the bill.
Kucinich announced this move in the aftermath of Monday’s deadly shooting at Virginia Tech.
Kucinich noted in a speech to congress that about 32 people die each day in America due to hand gun related incidents. 33 died at VT.
Kucinich says it's becoming "painfully obvious" that the easy availability of handguns constituents a growing national crisis of public health and safety, one that he says calls for a powerful, wide-ranging response from congress.
He says the level of violence in our society constitutes a national emergency.
Already this Congress, Kucinich has introduced HR 808, legislation to establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence. It would address the issue of domestic violence, gang violence, and violence in the schools, which is reflected in the current homicide rates.
Kucinich notes recent studies that indicate many killers had histories of mental illness. He says the lack of parity for mental health care remains one of the most serious deficiencies in healthcare in the United States.
Kucinich has also proposed HR 676, Medicare for all. It would establish a universal not-for-profit healthcare system, which would provide full and comprehensive mental healthcare.
