End the War on Freedom

Tom Toles - Close Enough - cartoon commentary on the new missile defense system. Hehe.

Liberty Rogue at Liberty for All - Well Regulated Militia - at least one 17-year-old really "gets" that pesky first clause of the second amendment. Not only must every man be armed, but every man must be part of a local militia that trains regularly so that they are always ready to defend their local area from all threats, foreign or domestic. [firearmnews]

The statists always come up with an argument in favor of Big State using the argument of security. A big state can provide a good security. And Libertarians are made to back of using this argument again and again. The question is put up to the ordinary public whether they would choose liberty or security? Brave people who lived in earlier America would obviously choose liberty. But public indoctrination centers have made cowards out of most of the population and they would invariably choose security.

But that is the wrong question. There is a quote "If they can get you asking wrong questions they don't have to worry about the answer." The question asked must be how can the security and liberty be simultaneously made possible. I see some liberty-oriented people go in the media and beat the drum that we should not give up our fundamental rights. The average man and woman out there simply do not receive that message favorably. The debate must be changed to how can liberty and security be achieved at the same time.
The answer is simple: The Militia.

Militia can preserve both liberty and security at the same time. Militia is composed of all the people capable of bearing arms. That means that the Tyrant(s) will have to fight each and every man. But then it defeats the whole purpose of the Tyrant(s). If he will kill all the people then whom will he rule? "You cannot enslave a free man, the most you can do is kill him." - Robert Heilein. This is the reason why Switzerland remained independent because any invading army would have to fight every last Swiss man. A militia may not have as much firepower as a professional army might, but it has the huge advantage of a large amount of manpower. And when the militia collides with an invading professional army, militia has two further advantages, it is fighting on a home territory and it can fight guerrilla warfare. Furthermore militiamen are fighting for their freedom and have nothing to loose as opposed to the invading standing army that fights for various reasons.

At the same time militia also provides very high security, as much security as it is humanly possible. How is this so? Because the militia can be at all the places whereas the police or standing army cannot. This is the simplest reason why militia provides a great security. They are present everywhere and can combat any trouble from criminals and control freaks (tyrants) at any place where such criminals might try to infringe upon life, liberty or property of free people.

But the often-overlooked third great advantage of militia is maintenance of peace. A militia fights their best to defend their country, but its hardly likely that militia will get ambitious and go around invading other countries without legitimate grievances. That is one reason why Tyrant wannabees weaken the militia and strengthen the standing army. With a huge standing army comes imperialist ambitions and desire to stick the nose in other countries business. With militia people tend to fight their best to defend their country, but leave other countries to mind their own business. Such is the usefulness of militia. Three in one package deal: Liberty, Security and Peace. Militia may want to consider adopting this motto. But why then do we see very little of militias in the history of the humanity. For the same reason we see very little of Liberty in the history of humanity. So far the history of humanity has been one of oppression and war. America was the first country to base its most basic philosophy on the ideals of Freedom and Natural Rights and thus it was one country where militia flourished. Or it is highly likely that because the militia flourished in old colonial days, freedom was flowing through this land. It has been said that Capitalism made America great, but another most important thing that made America great is forgotten: A well regulated Militia.

Lew Rockwell at the Ludwig von Mises Institute - The Trial of Lott - compares Trent Lott's downfall to the forced confessions in Communist China. Then explores the history of J. Strom Thurmond's 1948 presidential campaign. [rrnd]

Thurmond's party announced its first principle in the platform of the States Rights Party:

• We believe that the protection of the American people against the onward march of totalitarian government requires a faithful observance of Article X of the American Bill of Rights which provides that: 'the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
• A long train of abuses and usurpations of power by unfaithful leaders who are alien to the Democratic parties of the states here represented has become intolerable to those who believe in the preservation of constitutional government and individual liberty in America. By asserting paramount Federal rights in these instances a totalitarian concert has been promulgated which threatens the integrity of the states and the basic rights of their citizens.
• We believe that the Constitution of the United States is the greatest charter of human liberty ever conceived by the mind of man. We oppose all efforts to invade or destroy the rights vouchsafed by it to every citizen of this republic. We stand for social and economic justice, which we believe can be vouchsafed to all citizens only by a strict adherence to our Constitution and the avoidance of any invasion or destruction of the constitutional rights of the states and individuals. We oppose the totalitarian, centralized, bureaucratic government and the police state called for by the platforms of the Democratic and Republican conventions.
• We stand for the checks and balances provided by the three departments of our Government. We oppose the usurpation of the legislative function by the executive and judicial departments. We unreservedly condemn the effort to establish nation-wide a police state in this republic that would destroy the last vestige of liberty enjoyed by a citizen.
• We favor home rule, local self-government, and a minimum interference with individual rights.

The above points, which are more prominent in the platform than anything concerning race, are eminently defensible by any libertarian or conservative. But in the current climate, a taboo exists against expressing any regret for the astonishing centralization of power in American politics since World War II. Question that, and you will have few friends and legions of opportunistic enemies. We are supposed to accept this reality, which stands on its head every hope of the founding fathers.

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As for segregation, the platform of the States Rights Party did endorse it, but it also endorsed "the constitutional right to choose one's associates" (free association, once a pillar of liberal theory) as well as the right to "accept private employment without governmental interference, and to earn one's living in any lawful way." When was the last time a party platform so unreservedly embraced liberty as a principle of the labor market? These principles have been overthrown by the regime, and now what was once taken for granted as part of the fabric of liberty is neither discussed nor understood.

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Lott might have apologized for any misunderstanding his remarks created, owing to the lack of historical understand of our nation's press corps and punditry class. Moreover, there is no evidence that Lott had any clue about these underlying issues. Like the jailed dissident in Mao's China, he embraced his guilt and pleaded for mercy. But no one should have to apologize for being a defender of freedom and federalism, and an opponent of the Leviathan state, which uses any excuse, including race, to trample on the essential rights of all.

In the end, of course Lott's resignation satisfied no one. Having now tasted blood, the proponents of centralization are demanding a wholesale purge of anyone in politics who has expressed sympathy for the old constitutional order and the liberties Americans once took for granted.

Chris Floyd at CounterPunch - Battlefield Earth - weapons of mass destruction, if the crazies of the world get them, will likely come from China, India, Russia, or America. So why does America continue to develop new ones? Why are the feds spending money on empire-building weapons instead of true defense for the homeland? [rrnd]

Even now, avatars of civilization like Don Rumsfeld are working with billions of secret dollars in secret labs to develop ever-more deadly weapons for secret armies: fearsome new weapons of mass destruction, "precision" ordnance to incinerate and obliterate human matter without mercy--and sci-fi torture implements to control "unruly" crowds with blistering rays that induce illness, boil skin, scramble brains and destroy nerves.

And all of these weapons can be directed against anyone on earth--including American citizens, on American soil--at the unchecked, unchallengeable order of civilization's supreme leader, George W. Bush, who has now openly claimed this power for himself, AP reports. This chilling announcement was merely the public unveiling of a secret presidential directive issued a few weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, and first noted here in November 2001.

As we said then, Bush's license to kill is deliberately vague. The definition of those worthy of death is left entirely up to the president: there is no legislative oversight, no judicial review, no public scrutiny. If he wants you dead, he can have you killed. It's as simple as that.

Andrew Struthers at The Vancouver Sun - U.S. drug war's target: A new mom - a good account of Renee Boje's encounter with the d.e.a. goons. She's living in Vancouver now, but the jack-boots are trying to extradite them. [cures-not-wars]

Ed Lewis at Liberty for All - Bush and smallpox - beware the "hidden agenda" - a small lesson in sovereignty in the light of the coming "voluntary" smallpox innoculations. [rrnd]

Let me get this straight. Bush now has a medical degree with years of experience working with vaccines, the dangers/benefits of the same, diseases and treatments/preventions, thereby qualifying him as being an expert medical witness.

Come on, People, wake up. The guy can't understand simple documents, such as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Ten Commandments, and the Declaration of Independence.

So, why the devil would any American accept any edict by Bush concerning a disease that essentially died out, that is NOT highly contagious, and that is NOT nearly as deadly as the government and its vaccines. Besides, we know that "voluntary" used by the government means "mandatory", if not immediately, then soon after. The frauds of income tax, property tax, and all regulations concerning our autos, trucks, licensing, and travel bear this out as truth.

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Man-made laws simply do not apply to the sovereign people. Furthermore, edicts by the US Government do not apply to the states. This includes the so-called "emergency measures", which are as big a fraud as is the "election" of Bush.

Emergency powers were dreamt up by government attorneys and ruled as constitutional by corrupted justices. Nowhere in the literature about the founding of this country will you find that the centralized federal government has the power to declare "war time emergency measures" that result in the controlling of or denial of unalienable human rights. Indeed, what you will find is the exact opposite.

It is a scam, People. The majority of us have been living under this scam for all of our lives. Now the scam has expanded to a hidden agenda(s) that will be 100 percent detrimental to the people and the preservation of this country as a Republic form of government.

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Lordee, but why do people believe that some dip just because he has the money and/or popularity to be elected to office - or appointed by the powers that be - has the authority to tell any sovereign what to do, when to do it, or how to do it.

While learning the truth of sovereignty, though, refuse any inoculation mandated or approved by the US Government, including those for your children. Let your child catch childhood diseases rather than risking unknowns and detrimental chemicals being injected into them.

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And, remember - you as a natural American man or woman have 100 percent control over yourself and your property. You are the sovereign. No government has any say-so unless you infringe upon the rights of your fellow Americans. That, Folks, is America, not what those in government have misled you into believing.

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