Supreme National Security Council

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Wed, 17 Oct 2001 12:00:00 GMT

With That Moon Language

Admit something:

Everyone you see, you say to them,
"Love me."

Of course you do not do this out loud;
Otherwise,
Someone would call the cops.

Still though, think about this,
This great pull in us
To connect.

Why not become the one
Who lives with a full moon in each eye
That is always saying,

With that sweet moon
Language,

What every other eye in this world
Is dying to
Hear.

(The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, translations by Daniel Ladinsky)

Heard on the radio:

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. -- Oscar Wilde

Phil Lesh & Friends are touring. You can download CD Soundboards along with jewel case artwork. I was never a big fan of the Dead, though I own a few albums and saw them in concert two or three times. The thing I remember about the concerts is an incredible peacefulness. Has anyone else noticed that, and if so, are Phil Lesh & Friends concerts similar? [will]

The Disassociated Press - Bush's Press Conference - "Text of President Bush’s news conference Thursday night in the East Room of the White House, as translated from the Orwellian by ATerribleThingtoWaste, Inc." Most amusing. Hosted at the same web site that published Charlie Reese's last piece. [lew]

We are aggressively pursuing the agents of terror around the world, and we are aggressively strengthening our protections here at home. This week, we established America's new Office of Fatherland Fidelity directed by former Gov. Tom Ridge. Americans tonight can know that while the threat is ongoing, we are taking every possible step to crap up their civil liberties.

Al Martin - From the United States of America to the National Security States of America - Tom Ridge's gestapo will be watched over by the new "Supreme National Security Council". This entity will operate with no oversight by anyone. The very concept of habeas corpus is eliminated. The fifth amendment right to not incriminate yourself is gone. They can seize assets whenever they please without judicial proceeding or review. The nazis are coming. Funded with our stolen tax money. Heil Georgie. Sieg Heil. [grabbe]

All of the legislation proposed since September 12 -- if it is to pass -- will constitute the largest transfer of the rights and liberties of the American people back to the government in the history of the Republic.

Giles Larsen at The Salt Lake Tribune - Prove Commitment to Peace: Post 'No Guns Here' on Lawn - the pro-gun crowd has challenged anti-gunners to walk their talk by posting signs on their houses proclaiming their helplessness. Mr. Larsen has taken up the challenge. I applaud his spirit of non-violence, but decry his practical stupidity. It's all well and good to talk about the societal causes of violence, but when a criminal is threatening your kid, philosophy is bunk. [firearmnews]

Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk - Effective and Practical Counter-Terrorism Measures - Arm Pilots, Immigration Restrictions, Better intelligence gathering, Harsher criminal penalties for terrorists, Letters of marque and reprisal, End legal preferences for terrorist suspects. Hmm... Dr. Paul appears to be a hawk in libertarian clothing. Terrorism is a crime like any other crime. It doesn't need any special consideration by the law.

KeepAndBearArms.com - CALIFORNIA DREAMIN': National Guard Has No Ammo - Saturday's LA Times contained a photo of a national guardsman in the airport carrying a rifle with no ammunition magazine. Photo included with this article. The KABA writer was appalled at this. It makes sense to me. Those guardmen in our airports don't make us one wit safer, even with loaded guns. The only reason they're there is to make the sheep feel more secure. [kaba]

Mark Thornton at LewRockwell.com - Your Papers, Comrade - Mr. Thornton recently travelled by air. He relates his experience with and opinions about the beefed up airport "security".

As I sat in airport after airport, hour after hour, I thought to myself, this is just like the USSR without the Russian accent. There was a constant stream of recorded security warnings over the public address system that would have been quite unnerving to the general public if someone with a stern foreign accent had given them.

And then there is the requirement to show your "papers" at every "checkpoint" including the ticket counter, the security checkpoint, and the gateway to your plane. I felt like I was in a Kevin Costner movie.

NewsMax - Barbara Olson to Hillary: Come Clean on Vince Foster - Yes, Hitlary, tell us about you and Vince. Everything... [max]

If Hillary Clinton wants to write a book that would justify the $8 million advance she won from Simon & Schuster late last year, she should clear up the mystery of her own relationship with the late deputy White House counsel Vince Foster -- and explain what her most trusted aides were doing rifling through his office on the night he died.

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Government doesn't work. Never did. Never will. Can't. But there are lots of good people. Love them.

-- Bill St. Clair

The Atlanta Declaration

Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon -- rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission.

-- L. Neil Smith

Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing the right of the people to keep and bear arms is treason. What else do you call an act that endangers "the security of a free state"? And if it's treason, then it's punishable by death. I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.

-- L. Neil Smith

A Penalty Clause for the Bill of Rights

Any official, appointed or elected, at any level of government, who attempts, through legislative act or other means, to nullify, evade, or avoid the provisions of the first ten amendments to this Constitution, or of the Thirteenth Amendment, shall be summarily removed from office, and, upon conviction, deprived of all pay and benefits including pension, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.

-- L. Neil Smith

Based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, and some of its own empirical work, the panel couldn't identify a single gun control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents.

-- John Lott, commenting on the National Academy of Sciences report on gun control laws.

Who is a libertarian?

Zero Aggression Principle ("Zap")

"A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim."

-- L. Neil Smith

(Formerly called the "Non-Aggression Principle", or "NAP")

Why Did It Have to be... Guns?

Make no mistake: all politicians -- even those ostensibly on the side of guns and gun ownership -- hate the issue and anyone, like me, who insists on bringing it up. They hate it because it's an X-ray machine. It's a Vulcan mind-meld. It's the ultimate test to which any politician -- or political philosophy -- can be put.

If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash -- for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you.

If he isn't genuinely enthusiastic about his average constituent stuffing that weapon into a purse or pocket or tucking it under a coat and walking home without asking anybody's permission, he's a four-flusher, no matter what he claims.

What his attitude -- toward your ownership and use of weapons -- conveys is his real attitude about you. And if he doesn't trust you, then why in the name of John Moses Browning should you trust him?

-- L. Neil Smith

Concise

"Tell me," I was once asked, "What do you think about gun control? Give me the short answer." To which I replied, "If you try to take our firearms we will kill you."

-- Mike Vanderboegh

Also from The Atlanta Declaration:

... like going to the bathroom, breathing, eating, sleeping, or making love, it turns out that self-defense is a bodily function one cannot safely or effectively delegate to a second party.

-- L. Neil Smith

This does not mean that "Marijuana should be available by prescription." It means that morphine sulfate should be available in five pound bags at the supermarket for a couple of bucks, like sugar... but probably in a different aisle, to avoid confusion.

-- Vin Suprynowicz

If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

-- Edward Abbey

The state can only survive as long as a majority is programmed to believe that theft isn't wrong if it's called taxation or asset forfeiture or eminent domain, that assault and kidnapping isn't wrong if it's called arrest, that mass murder isn't wrong if it's called war.

-- Bill St. Clair