State of War

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:13:45 GMT  <== Politics ==> 

I found this in the 1 Billion AGAINST Indefinite Detention without trial law Facebook group, and posted as comments in a number of other places on the web. I copied the version below from this pastebin.com entry. HR 1540 is the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012", the "Public Print" version. The sections in question are 1031 and 1032, under "Subtitle D--Detainee Matters".

We are anonymous

We ask that you post the following in public places

Whereas, on the 14th of December, 2011, the House of Representatives of these United States voted in favor of indefinite military detention, without charges, of any American, anywhere, anytime, without due process of law, at the discretion of the government alone;

Whereas, on the 15th of December, 2011, the Senate of these United States voted in favor of the same bill;

Whereas, the proscription against the use of military force to police the populous has been an essential feature of American civic life and civic liberty since the arrival of our civilization upon this continent;

Whereas, the wanton violation of this proscription was one of the chief causes of the separation of the American peoples from their government in Great Britain;

Whereas, the Constitution so chartering the government of these United States does not grant this power;

Whereas, the Constitution forbids the addition of any power not enumerated to the general government;

Whereas, the use of such draconian measures has been an essential feature of the enforcement of tyranny by totalitarian governments of the 20th century, including, but not limited to, the Nationalist-Socialist government of Germany, the fascist government of Italy, the government of the United Soviet Socialist Republics, and the government of Vietnam;

Whereas, the use of such draconian measures is carefully calculated to quash all political dissent amongst a captive people;

Whereas, the codification of such draconian measures effectively nullifies all civil liberties the people may hope to hold;

Whereas, the codification of such draconian measures are the last act in the quest to hold a people captive to the rapacious will of their government without recourse;

And whereas, the codification of such draconian measures is an act of war against the populous at large;

Therefore, be it declared that a STATE OF WAR formally exists between the Government of these United States and the People of these United States.

We, the People of these United States, declare any and all attempts to enforce the provisions of HR 1540 to be unlawful, void, and of no force.

We, declare ALL WHO voted in favor of HR 1540, and ALL WHO attempt to enforce HR 1540 to be traitors to these United States, punishable under law.

We, SHALL DISOBEY, APPREHEND, OR RESIST WITH DEADLY FORCE, in our discretion, any person who attempts to enforce the provisions of HR 1540.

We, SHALL NOT aggress against any employee of any American government who shall not attempt to enforce or aid and abet the enforcement of HR 1540, they being as trapped as the rest of the populous.

Such STATE OF WAR shall continue until HR 1540 is stricken from the code of law, and all who had hand in HR 1540 are brought to justice under due process of law.

Signed and witnessed by we, the individual citizens of these United States, below:

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Someone has been living under a rock

Submitted by Faré on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:43:44 GMT

The authors of this scribble are totally missing the point. A State of War against the People is part of the very nature of Government, and has existed since at least 1791.

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A Declaration

Submitted by Arctic Patriot on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:43:55 GMT

Linked, signed, and quoted.

Resist.

AP

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Faré, bien sur, but

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:05:19 GMT

Faré, bien sur, but it's nice that more people are waking up to that fact. Of course most of them still think that the problem is these particular congress critters. As we well know, the real problem is the very idea of the state. Read the last quote at the bottom of the left column of this and every page on this blog. Most people think it's silly. When enough have realized its truth, there will be change. Until then, we could nuke DC during the State of the Union address, and the public would clamor to rebuild it, and beg to have their liberties further restricted to prevent it happening again. Sigh...

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Are U Refering To:

Submitted by Ruth Dandrea on Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:58:00 GMT

Subtitle D: Counterterrorism - (Sec. 1031) Defines for purposes of this subtitle an "individual detained at Guantanamo" as any individual located at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on or after March 7, 2011, who: (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of its Armed Forces, and (2) is in the custody or control of DOD.
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http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HR01540:@@@L&summ2=m&

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