tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73849582098511233202024-03-12T22:11:23.625-04:00The Political MinutemenExposing the lies, corruption, and tyranny of our once and future great nation.The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-27048998118914435132015-03-20T13:11:00.002-04:002015-03-20T13:11:20.339-04:00The Lense of RaceIt's been far to long since I last wrote. But finally I've been compelled to speak out about something that is troubling me because it affects people I know and love and prevents them from walking in freedom.<br />
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It is racism. Now when one talks about politically charged or controversial topics, it's best to define terms. The dictionary tells me that racism is the act of determining the value of a human being based solely on their heritage. For this article however I'm using it as it's often used in our society which I will define thusly as: an inability to perceive characteristics beyond skin color in the valuation and evaluation of another human being.<br />
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I myself am not a racist. Skin color doesn't matter, I don't care where you were born, and I don't care why you look the way you do. But I have friends who do, and it troubles me, because I can't talk to them about it. It's a taboo subject.<br />
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I know I know, even freaking Starbucks wants us to talk about race, but that's the problem. We are all talking about how they hurt them and how much so-and-so should pay for the hurts of the past. No one is talking about treating human beings like human beings. It's not about your herritage, we are all human after all. It is really all about treating others as humans. And to do that we have to first see others firstly as human beings.<br />
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If you ask me what I am, I'll tell you I'm human. If you ask me who I am, I'll tell you I'm a son of God. If you ask me my gender I will tell you male. That is my identity summed up at it's most basic and most essential. There is no inherent racism in my assessment of myself, and so I don't assess the rest of the world through a lens of racism.<br />
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I do however assess the world through a lens of religion, and gender, you can see that by how I define myself. How I treat other religions and females would indicate the quality of my character. However I do not see myself as white, black, hyspanic, asian, etc. I have herritage sure, it defines how I look, but doesn't define who I am. I am still human after all.<br />
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But I have friends, and I love these friends, yet they are blind to the fact that they are racists. They don't just stop at Species, Religion, and Gender as their primary defining aspects of who they are, no the first part of their self definition, as they have stated on occasion, is their heritage. When they speak of themselves in a conversation discussing these things, their heritage or really their skin color is the first defining characteristic they select, before moving on to the others. It saddens me because these friends keep themselves trapped in ignorance, and self persecution.<br />
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The Bible teaches us that in Christ we are all equal, there being neither male nor female nor Jew or gentile, or slave or free in Christ. But while we are told that we must still respect our gender and the gender of others for their unique giftings (a whole 'nother topic) no where are we told to respect any longer the heritage and social class of ourselves or others. In fact we are specifically told to disregard them, and treat all equally with love and respect.<br />
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But how can you treat others with this love and respect, if you see your own self through a racist lens? If you are defining yourself as a black man or a black woman, you are seeing yourself through the lens of racism. How then can you not see the rest of the world through the lens of racism? I know of no white individual who calls themselves a white man or woman, but it's pretty common for the black people I know to define themselves first and foremost through the color of their skin.<br />
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Through this lens people who disagree with you become racists. Those who may not like you become racists. You see negativity through a racist lens. You see this article as written by someone who has absolutely no understanding of your racist trials in America.<br />
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As I said before, we all have lenses, but only three are upheld by the Bible: the religious lens, the gender lens and the species lens. But if you're seeing the world through the racist lens, I can't even have this discussion with you. You immediately disregard what I say because of the lens you see the world through.<br />
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I hope I am wrong, I hope this opens peoples eyes to see the error of their own lenses. But this complicates the bigger picture. As previously stated, everyone wants to have a discussion about race, but few of these discussions are helpful, and most are one sided diatribes about the white privilege that help no one but those who maintain power by keeping a certain population angry at "whitey."<br />
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If we truly wish to solve this problem we must first recognize that we are all human. Get rid of the racist lenses and see ourselves firstly as humans. Then with this recognition, the discussion about race ends, and we can begin moving forward in figuring out how best to help others who are still trapped behind the race lens.<br />
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Until then though, I will not be a part of racist discussions. I may not be able to make you see the light, but I can stop feeding the victimization attitude of the racist lens by refusing to go along with this false narrative.<br />
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With love and respect,<br />-Libertatis MaximusThe Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-75854934082684930332014-02-26T11:02:00.001-05:002014-02-26T11:02:28.002-05:00Evil is before Us, Open Your Eyes<div>
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hard time seeing Satan unless he's in plain view. We don't live in
reality. The Bible tells us the spirit world is more real than, and is
the driving force of, the physical world. It also tells us that you can
serve either God or Satan, and choosing not to serve God is a choice to
serve Satan. Thus the spiritual realm is the driving force that shapes
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Human beings are the interface by which the physical
world is shaped. It's why God works through people. He gave us dominion
over the physical universe in the beginning, and not only does He
choose to work through us, this dominion granted to us forces Satan and
his minions to also work through humans to effect their plans.</div>
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Furthermore Satan and his minions are not creative beings,
only human's were gifted thus, and as such Satan can only copy, he can
never innovate, and the Bible confirms this by using language such as
"anti-christ" and counterfeit, and constant imagery of light and
darkness to demonstrate that all of Satan's domain is based upon a
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This would dictate, that just as God promises a host of
blessings to His people if they follow His ways, Satan would offer
rewards to those who worship him. Since one cannot serve both, this
leads to only one conclusion: if a human being has come into a position
of influence, power, wealth, etc be it pastor, police officer, mayor,
CEO, dictator, or any other like position, that person arrived there
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This paints a world view, that while Biblically accurate, is
nonetheless disturbing to Christians. This Biblical world view says that
any one in power who is advancing an agenda that is evil is serving
Satan, and the higher up the ladder they are, the more likely it is they
know they are serving Satan instead of being just a useful crony/idiot. This is logical because, Satan wants to be worshiped, and thus it would make perfect sense for him to reward those directly worshiping him far more than those who are just useful idiots, or corrupt, but oblivious to his reality.<a name='more'></a><br />
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part of the Christian, to speak out against these people, pray
against their satanic agendas, and most terrifying of all, step out of
our comfort zones and onto the battlefield entering into arena's of
business, politics, schools, media, entertainment, religion, and society
to face these people head on, and promote a God driven agenda.</div>
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<br />However, much of what I just listed has been scorned by the church
as evil and dirty things that good Christians should stay away from.
Some even go so far as to claim that evil in government should be, not
just accepted, but obeyed. There is no Biblical support for this. Give
it just a little logical thought. No where in the Bible can you find a
commandment that tells you to do evil when ordered so. The entire Bible
is about resisting evil, not obeying it. Yet Christians, desperate to
stay away from actually having to do something meaningful in this world, twist scripture.</div>
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Thus, this Biblical world view, who millions would agree with in
word, is quickly condemned by the same people when they see others walk
out it's ramifications by seeking positions in business and politics, media, entertainment, etc. The Bible warns that
at the judgement there will be many who cry out to the lord having
preached and done great miracles in His name, yet He will condemn them
saying He never knew them. Now, this warning has always puzzled me. I mean, if the people are performing miracles in God's name and preaching His good news, how could they not know Him? I think I finally have my answer, and it comes, sadly, from the American church, who preaches God's word, share's the message of salvation, yet bends over to take it in the rear whenever the devil walks by. It's truly befuddling behavior.</div>
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I'm incredibly greatful these people were not the majority in the late 1700s or the USA would never have come to be. All the Christians would have been saying we have to obey the king of England, and submit to the soldiers.</div>
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Bull ticky. No where in the Bible are we required to submit to perversion. This is not martyrdom. We are not being slain for the preaching of the good news, we are being persecuted because we are free, and evil people worshiping Satan want to turn us into serfs.</div>
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In the USA the people are the sovereign of the state, not the governments. Thus if the government is perverse, the onus is on us to fix it by getting involved. We must step up and fight vote corruption, fight for voter ID, fight for fair and unintimidated polls, and when we get to those polling stations, we MUST vote for those men and women with whom we share values, not political affiliations. The parties will slaughter us! It is our values we must adhere to, NOT the parties!</div>
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This brings us to business. You cannot fully take back politics until you control the money running politics. Is it not better for the Christians to be in control of the wealth? Don't give me this crap of money being evil. Money is a tool. God Himself called it good, go read Genesis. He calls 8 things good in the beginning, the last one is gold, so stuff that into your wealth hating mantra and spend it.</div>
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What of media? Why do Christians reject getting involved in media, and then complain about how everything in media is anti-chrisitian? No duh. Get involved. Spread God across the globe on the nightly news!</div>
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Entertainment? Christians should be the most dynamic and creative force on the planet, so why are we putting up with the perversion in entertainment? Katy Perry worshiped Satan on live TV, in concert last month. This is getting out of hand.</div>
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I could go on and on, but the basics come down to this. Each of us is called to be some person of importance in the Kingdom of God. Not everyone is called to be a pastor, missionary, or martyr. Most of us are called to the very real battlefields in the world of business, politics, media, entertainment, and education, and if we don't accept that, embrace those callings, and have the support for those callings from our local churches, this country is going to hell in a hand basket in the most literal sense.</div>
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If you want to make a change, right now this day, then take a hint from the Bible. "Be still and know that I am God." Take time every day, even if it's just 5 minutes (though longer is better) and find a quiet place by yourself and be still, and recognize His sovereignty, and ask Him to make you like Him. If you do this, you won't need any more instructions from anyone else. And again, even if it's just 5 minutes, put on a song and worship Him. This will change your life, and this nation.</div>
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The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-47278576252032359542013-11-14T09:39:00.000-05:002013-11-14T09:39:09.052-05:00Rats Abandon a Sinking Ship FirstDid you hear the latest round of rats jumping off the sinking ship that is Obamacare? <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/10444981/Bill-Clinton-challenges-Barack-Obama-to-honour-broken-Obamacare-promise.html">Bill Clinton</a> calling for Obama to live up to his promise that if a person liked their healthcare they could keep it. That's a major blow to the whole system.<br />
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Obamacare is a giant eugenicist wet dream of a ponzi scheme. <i>The rest of this paragraph is written from their perspective not mine.</i> This plan make it's money on the young 20-30 somethings who are the least productive but healthiest individuals, so they are milked dry. They are least likely to need the care, so all the money can go to service the highest productivity bracket; the middle aged working class (40-55 years old). Infants and elderly are left for dead if they get sick as they don't add to society.<br />
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This whole thing only works if the vast majority of healthy young people pay for coverage they don't need, in order to service the individuals who are currently sick. It raises every ones premiums because every one has to pay for birth control coverage, maternity care, and a host of other coverage options they don't need or want in many cases, all to generate extra money to cover the sick, who have to pay even more, because they are sick. You might not be denied coverage anymore, but good luck paying for what they offer you.<br />
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It's sick, it's inhuman, and Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Lenin, Marx, and many others are cheering from the bleachers in hell as they watch the spectacle unfold. But let me get back to my main point now that I've explained this.<br />
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Clinton knows this is how the system is rigged. He knows what he's saying will destroy Obamacare. He was the first rat to see the ship was sinking and jumped off. Can you say "Hillary 2016"?<br />
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These are the highest profile rats to jump ship, but rumors are that many democratic senators have begun distancing themselves from Obamacare.<br />
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It's only a matter of time before we have another repeal showdown. The problem is, the Republicans don't want to really repeal it, they want to put their own plan in it's place.<br />
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To really defeat this, it's all about the mid terms. I don't care what the party affiliation is, we must as a people look at the person we are voting for. Who are they? What made them who they are? What is their personal record to backup what they claim they will do once in office? And most importantly, where is their faith? If they are not resting their trust firmly on the sovereignty of God, there is no hope that they will stay strong among the temptations of power present in Washington.<br />
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Sending a currently honest politician who lacks a strong commitment to Jesus Christ into DC is like throwing dead meat to pack of wolves. Righteousness is the only way we get out of this.<br />
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Sic Semper TyranisThe Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-15802509337412712362013-11-13T10:45:00.002-05:002013-11-13T10:45:55.617-05:00A True Case of Saving Real Children<br />
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There is no more noble or heroic cause than to save children from sex slavery. Please support this amazing organization. It was mentioned on the radio yesterday and again today, and because of those mentions, raised enough money to send two jump teams, who have rescued at least one child as of this morning. They are searching for another.<br />
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Your money will be used that quickly, these guys don't mess around. They rescue children as young as 3 years old. The horror these children go through is beyond description. These men go and do what governments either can't or won't, to save children and restore families that otherwise would quite literally have no hope in hell of every being free.The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-15488489825053159312013-11-11T09:30:00.001-05:002013-11-11T09:30:24.116-05:00IRONY ALERT *klaxons blaring*Let me first say, that I don't like to bash religious beliefs unless they are perverse, violent, or threaten liberty. This does none of those, and quite frankly, I think it's a great idea, so please don't take this as disparaging, but there is something that really needs to be pointed out here.<br />
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<span class="headline entry-title"><b><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ATHEIST_MEGACHURCH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-11-10-17-03-15">Atheist 'mega-churches' take root across US, world </a> </b></span><br />
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<span class="headline entry-title">No, I'm not an atheist, far, far from it. However I've gotten into more than one argument with several different atheists who all claim that belief that there is no God, god, gods, etc isn't a religion. I'm really starting to laugh right now as remember those rather passioned discussions. Uhm...belief in something that can't be proven, is religion. Wait we can make that simpler, if you have to use "belief" to describe your position on something, that's religion.</span><br />
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<span class="headline entry-title">Religion can be as complex or as simple as a man wishes it to be, because religion is man made. Understand that man made doesn't mean it isn't inspired by something outside of man, but man is the one who makes, and participates in religion by the beliefs he holds in his heart.</span><br />
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<span class="headline entry-title">Every person has a religion. It's that simple. Each of us has things we believe that can't be proven, and the total sum of those beliefs is one's religion. On the minutia level, none of us share the same exact religion, but on a macro scale, when we share enough commonality a "religion" or "cult" or "denomination" etc is formed.</span><br />
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<span class="headline entry-title">Atheism is the belief that there is no supernatural causation to time, space, and matter. It can't be proven, any more than the existence of any deity can be proven. And as one would expect, when a given belief reaches a certain critical mass, churches, or their rough equivalent emerge, where people come to worship something, and listen to someone teach about relevant topics.</span><br />
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I have not seen any news relating to this document since. It's unknown if this has been rescinded, modified or if nothing has changed and we are still headed for a national food stamp crisis tomorrow.<br />
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I am not familiar enough with the food stamp system to know if all states participate in this particular program, or if there are multiple programs and this covers only a certain number of un-named states. The verbiage suggests that not all states are included since it refers to "our states." However this could simply be government arrogance, and not a reference to the specific group of states participating in the program.<br />
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It could be that this notice has been changed since the government is back to adding to the debt. However, we have seen that the Obama Administration has a keen interest in making our life miserable in order to force us to submit to their will, (this didn't work out so well as they saw in DC) so it would not surprise me to find out that the money has been withheld even though it is available. Given the uncertainty, please do NOT go any where near a store that sells food tomorrow. Get what you need for the weekend now, just in case. Pay close attention to the news, and make decisions accordingly. If people can't buy their groceries tomorrow, there is going to be a significant amount of unrest, and potential rioting.<br />
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Typically it takes three days without food for people to become violent, but why risk it? Louisiana demonstrated that people with an entitlement attitude will revert to subhuman behavior much faster than the civilized people who actually need food stamps because of hard times.<br />
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If we are lucky, EBT cards will work just fine tomorrow, and some time later another notice that cancels this one will come to public attention. If the Administration is still keen on making life hell for us, then it's going to be a rough weekend. Stay frosty.The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-68074112133959056262013-04-17T12:24:00.001-04:002013-04-17T12:24:07.854-04:00Are We This Dumb? I mean really? Are we? Have we been so dumbed down that we lack all critical thinking skills in this nation and can't see a threat until it's chewing on our leg? Are we so naive as to believe we can trust our government with ANYTHING?<br />
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The bombing of the Boston Marathon was not terror, it was murder. Stop with the emotional labeling and call it what it is. Terrorism is for making a point, and when one commits an act of terror, one takes credit for it, and tells the world why it was committed. The act PLUS the taking credit and explaining the actions is what makes an act, terrorism. Destructive acts in which people are killed yet no one claims credit are murderous acts, not terror, as there is no attempt to make a point. It's been two days, no one has taken credit, this was murder, not terror.<br /><br />Good now that we have that straitened out lets move on to the elephant in the room. For years the "conservative" media has been warning us about progressives. They tell us to look at history,and use history as a guide. They warn us that progressives will use any means they believe they can get away with to further their agenda. "Conservative" media sources have pointed out, as I have, that many of the actions of Obama and his cohorts resemble the actions of past dictators. These actions were used to grab more power and control. They all cry "WARNING" and so do I, we are in a hell of a lot of trouble. They warn us not to give in to gun control, and we shouldn't, I've explained what happens if we do. They tell us not to allow for more and more regulation, and warn us about the use of the healthcare system to control every aspect of our lives from cradle to grave. And they are correct in their warning. I've been warning of the same.<br /><br />These same "conservatives" point back to history. Stalin, Hitler and Mao took the guns, and look what happened. Nazi's used the healthcare system to control and destroy. They got the idea from American Eugenicists (how terrifying is that?). Even FDR rounded up Japanese American's. At least he didn't kill them like Hitler did the Jews.<br /><br />But when it comes to False Flag events, or the very mention of one, these "conservatives" suddenly buddy up to the government, swallow the official story with mouths wide open, and instantly deride, ostracize, and berate anyone who claims that the big lovable government could never do any thing to hurt us poor widdle citizens, cause they love us soooo much.<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />What the hell? Have they forgot "Fast and Furious" already? THAT WAS FALSE FLAG YOU MORONS!<br /><br />For those who don't know, a "False Flag" event is one where an individual or organization commits an act in such a manner as to make it look like some one else did it. In otherwords you commit a crime and frame some else, that's a False Flag.<br /><br />The liberal media jumped at the chance to use a murderous act committed when "Patriots Day" and "Tax Day" happened to fall on the same day to blame the Tea Party and "radical right wing extremest." Remember, to them a radical is some one who loves God, a right winger, is some one who loves their country, and an extremest is some one who values the 2nd Amendment and understands the ramifications of losing our firearms. So really they are trying to blame you and me for this bombing.<br /><br />What I can't stand though is the blatant hypocrisy of otherwise conservative media people. This government would love nothing better than to have an event like this occur right now, and this event has many of the hallmarks of a False Flag. Yet when some on points this out, the so called conservative media who normally hates government, suddenly has an orgy with them and lashes out against any one who would dare insinuate their lover might be behind such a vial action.<br /><br />I don't like having to say it this way, but I know no way else to say this. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?<br /><br />This government used Fast and Furious to attempt to blame honest gun dealers with the crime problem in Mexico. This False Flag ended up killing at least one Border Patrol officer and untold numbers of Mexicans in the process. Your lovy-dovy government will kill to push their agenda, just like many previous governments have.<br /><br />I can't tell you that the government did this. No one is claiming credit, so it's not an act of terror. The bombs used are easy to make, and the info to do so is freely available online. BUT the government would love nothing better than to be able to blame something horrific like this on conservatives to marginalize us as much as possible, and give reason to disarm and...well I don't want to think about what else they could do once we are disarmed. Given all that, while there is no proof, it should not be overlooked that the government may have had a hand in this. They WILL have a hand in spinning it against us. The official story should be questioned ruthlessly, as we know it can't be trusted, regardless of who actually did this.<br /><br />Sure there are nut cases out there that will go whole hog trying to blame this on the government regardless of where the facts lead in the end. I thought conservatives were supposed to "question with boldness?" The False Flag theory is still a valid concern, regardless of the way it is abused by some.<br /><br />I don't trust this government, I don't trust any government. I remain consistent in that. This government has proven itself willing and capable of killing to further a political agenda. For me to ignore the possibility that big gov had a hand in the Boston Marathon Bombing would be foolishness at best, and willful blindness at worst.<br />The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-83642142456384342202013-03-28T19:50:00.001-04:002013-03-28T19:50:28.768-04:00Gay MarriageFrom a legal basis, strictly speaking, there is no argument that can be devised to dissuade the legalization of gay marriage. Equal protection under the law, is just that.<br />
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However gay marriage as law will not provide gays with equal rights, instead it will destroy the legal definition of marriage. Once you can define marriage as being between two people of either sex, the next logical answer is "why stop at just two?" And once that question is asked, marriage ceases to exist as a legal entity.<br />
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You see marriage is a religious institution, not a political one. The fact that the government is involved at all is a violation of the first amendment. If the government is so inclined it can devise a contract, call it whatever it pleases, and allow such a contract to allow two or more individuals to enjoy special tax status, and other legal benefits. Beyond this measure, such as ceremony, moral requirements, and social behavior, these things are defined by personal belief, and thus are the realm of religion.<br />
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You see the rise of the acceptance of the term "gay marriage" is not a rise in the civil rights of homosexuals, but a concession of religious freedom. Church goers long ago decided they wanted special favor and gave up some of their freedom to be enslaved to the tax code. Now the consequences of that choice is biting them in the ass, and they don't like it. Suck it up, you brought it on yourselves. If you want to solve it, take the right away from the government, instead of bitching about others trying to get in on your legal perks.<br />
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There does exist an argument against gay marriage however, and it's not a religious one, it is one of consequences. History shows us that when a culture accepts homosexual behavior as the equal of heterosexual behavior the society collapses. This is because of Natural Law, and Natural Law dictates that the heterosexual marriage of two individuals out of love is the foundation of society.<br />
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This is why we cannot ever tolerate the union of homosexuals to be given the same status as heterosexual marriage. This is not to say that we should condemn homosexual unions, or that we should harass these couples in any manner as a society. So long as they neither force me to respect their behavior, nor make me pay for the consequences of their choices, then what business is it of mine?<br />
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What I am referring to is forcing gay marriage to have the same status as straight marriage, forcing churches to perform gay ceremonies, forcing businesses that offer incentives to straight couples to do the same to gay couples, forcing the military to offer the same benefits to gay couples as it does to married couples, and worst of all, allowing homosexual couples to adopt children.<br />
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When we allow such unions to adopt children, we cross a line as society. Natural law is absolute, it can only be violated for a short time before the consequences catch up with society. Totalitarian states fall because they violate natural law, anarchy falls because it violates natural law.<br />
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Natural law states that it takes a male and a female to produce children, and children are designed to need a father and a mother. Some would argue that heterosexuals who can't have children adopt so why should homosexuals be any different? That, quite frankly, is the dumbest question I've heard yet.<br />
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Heterosexuals who can't produce children have a physical ailment preventing the natural course of sexual reproduction. Thus adopting has no negative consequences for the child as they still receive a loving father and mother.<br />
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Homosexuals can be perfectly healthy and never produce children because two men or two women can't produce a child. But they are loving as well aren't they? Of course, but they can't provide what the child needs. Just as single parents tend to raise dysfunctional adults, so do gay couples.<br />
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Marriage is the foundation of society. Changing the basis of that foundation has severe negative consequences. Homosexuals have significantly higher incidences of depression, <a href="http://www.speakforthem.org/facts.html">suicide</a>, <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/drug-use-seven-times-higher-among-gays-8165971.html">drug and alcohol abuse</a>, <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/msmhealth/for-your-health.htm">high incident of sexually transmitted disease</a>, <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/msm/">over 60% of new HIV cases each year</a>, and while only comprising <a href="http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=is02e3">3% of the population account for an astounding 1/3rd of pedophiles</a>. <br />
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These are the consequences of homosexual behavior. When society chooses to elevate such behavior to foundational levels, that society marches to it's destruction. Choices have consequences.The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-45895873062661929712013-03-12T17:25:00.001-04:002013-03-12T17:26:22.586-04:00Burning the Constitution: Article 1 Section 9<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Article I</span> </span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Section 9</span></b></i></div>
<i><br />1: The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">This no longer applies, obviously.</span> <br />
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<i>2: The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Funny how a Constitutional law can magically be ignored by a military appropriations bill that gives the President unlimited power to <a href="http://www.policymic.com/articles/20835/why-the-ndaa-bill-is-even-scarier-than-you-thought" target="_blank">arrest, detain</a> and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brenner/courting-injustice-the-ki_b_2662369.html" target="_blank">execute citizens</a> in times of peace.</span><br />
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<i>3: No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">"Attainder" is the loss of your rights because of a crime you have committed. This has been and is violated in every state and is being proposed to be increased in violations on the state and federal level. Simply put, just because you commit a crime doesn't mean you lose your rights, yet if as a teenager you stole an iPod, which is a felony, you can't own guns, and can't vote for the rest of your life. That's law NOW in most states. There are very few states that allow you to get your rights back after minor crimes, and it's very hard to do. Now they </span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="color: #cc0000;">are trying to be able to take your guns away because you've had traumatic experiences through no fault of your own. Yes, that would be restrictions on gun ownership, and possibly voting for any one with PTSD. In many states you can lose your gun rights just by being placed in the psyc ward of a hospital for an over night stay after a car accident, or some other traumatic event that leaves you shaken up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">"Ex post facto" is a law that affects events, purchases, or actions that occurred before the law was passed. This is where we get the term "grandfathered in" because if you purchased something or did something before the law was passed they can't touch you. For the most part this has been followed, but any confiscations of any kind violates this.</span><br />
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<i>4: No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.</i><span style="color: black;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Yeah, income tax and all, totally violates this, though the 16th amendment nullifies this clause.</span></span><br />
<i><br />5: No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State. </i><br />
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<i>6: No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Looks like these two are intact so far</span><i>. </i><br />
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<i>7: No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Fairly cirtain the Presidents current ability to spend as he pleases any money that isdn't directly apportioned violates this<i>.</i></span><i></i><br />
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<i>8: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Doesn't stop them from acting like royalty today.</span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></i>The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-23561306126466720202013-03-01T12:07:00.001-05:002013-03-01T12:07:20.438-05:00The Stock Bubble is Going to Pop<br />
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<a href="http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/black_tuesday_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/black_tuesday_2.jpg" border="0" class="decoded" src="http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/black_tuesday_2.jpg" /></a> The growth in the stock market we have seen over the last 4 years, but especially the last year is a product of the Federal Reserve buying tens of billions of dollars worth of assets from banks each month, which effectively puts tens of billions worth of no interest cash into the market. This "free" money is giving the market an artificial high, and the market largely doesn't understand the consequences of the Fed's actions.<br /><br />If they understood what was going on, they would be pulling their money out as fast as they could and the market would plunge. We are being set up for hyper inflation. On top of that, the ride to the top will run out of steam eventually. Normally the market is driven by everyone, but the amount of people with spare income is dropping rapidly, and not just for individuals. Major corporations are suffering. I'm sure you have heard the woes of JC Penny and Wal-Mart. If those giants are hurting, the suffering is pandemic.<br /><br />This would suggest that the driving force behind the markets rise would be those who are only a few steps away from the free money being pumped into the banks. Those same corporations are also the ones that compose the majority of the three largest indices, DOW, S&P 500, and Nasdaq. The rest of the market gets a boost, not from receiving a direct benefit of the free money, but literally an emotional high derived from seeing the major players doing well.<br /><br />Simply put the stock market is pure emotion. When the players are happy prices rise, when they are scared, prices fall. Historically the three major indices all rise and fall together, and when they rise the rest of the market gets an emotional high from it, and for the most part, the general market rises. There are always exceptions, and it's not a given that a rise in general market will be reflected in a given stock, or that a drop in the general market will cause a stock that is doing well to falter.<br /><br />But this is different. The economy isn't doing well, taxes are not favorable for either corporations or individuals, and inflation and unemployment are rising. All of this eats away at the purchasing power of the economy as a whole, which in turn should drive the market down. When Wall Street runs counter to the economy, something gotta give, and economy isn't budging.<br /><br />This is why I say the bubble is going to pop. When is uncertain, but inevitable. If you want to ride this wave, do so at your own risk. I would advise to keep as much cash on hand as you possibly can. You will make out like a bandit picking up loads of blue chip stocks for pennies on dollar when market hits bottom.<br /><br />I would also advise getting yourself a month to three months worth of food and gas. A fair number of people in the country are preparing this way, and the more that do, the less of an impact hyperinflation will have. It is almost certain to hit us shortly after, if it isn't the direct cause of the "Pop."<br /></div>
The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-20100370302649445762013-02-28T19:04:00.000-05:002013-02-28T19:04:03.657-05:00Do We Still Believe the Lies?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Do we still believe the lies coming from Washington? Is the agony of thought still more dreadful to us than the plundering of our nation? Does apathy swell within us, or does the tide now turn and our hearts of stone melt? Do we cling to selfishness or fall away into service?<br />
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The answer to each of these questions cannot come from some place outside of you, but must be made within each of us. The politicians, now more than ever, are raising one crisis after another in a desperate attempt to keep us in either perpetual fear or apathy. Either way they win, we lose. They keep power, we lose freedom, and our country.<br />
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They know that the worse things get the less people care about the outside world. People who struggle to get by rarely struggle for freedom. Don't withdraw from the events of the country. To unplug from the pulse of the nation is to go back to bed on a sinking ship. Once you become aware of the waters around you, it will be far to late to escape.<br />
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Do not let your frustration drive you to stop thinking. Educate yourself about what we face as a nation. Make yourself some one others can rely upon for truth. And make your voice heard. We still have a chance to save this nation. Join a group that shares your values, stay informed, and don't stop contacting the dunces in Washington. They need to be told which way is up more often then a drunk on a roller-coaster. Call them, email them, write them. However you do it, tell the people in Washington to get their act together. If we never speak out, we have no one to blame but ourselves for the loss of our country.The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-34959223082882474392013-02-26T11:50:00.001-05:002013-02-26T11:50:50.500-05:00Attacking Concealed Carry<a class="e" href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=b6ee910a06&view=att&th=13d175c69060016f&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=1428052062730452992-1&safe=1&zw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Outside-the-Waistband-Gun-Holster.jpg.jpeg" class="hv" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=b6ee910a06&view=att&th=13d175c69060016f&attid=0.1&disp=thd&realattid=1428052062730452992-1&zw" /></a><span id=":8e"></span>The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in their infinite shortsightedness and desire to take another chip out of our freedom has ruled that carrying a firearm concealed <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/25/federal-court-finds-no-constitutional-right-to-carry-a-concealed-weapon-we-explain-the-decision/" target="_blank">is not protected under the Second Amendment.</a><br /><br />This is prime example of the levels the government and the courts will go to read their bias and ideology into the laws. They restrict freedoms because the Bill of Rights is phrased more broadly than they can handle. They fear, of all travesties, that they might have to actually trust people instead of dictating every human behavior. Thus they expand their power by reading into the Constitution all manner of restrictions and provisions that are no where to be read so that they can keep all the peons in check.<br /><br />The 4th and 2nd Amendments are both assaulted in this absurd ruling:<br /><br /><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>2nd Amendment</b> (2A for short)<br /><i>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</i><br /> </span><br />
<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><b>4th Amendment</b> (4A for short)<br /><i>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable clause, supported by Oath, or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.</i></span><br /><br />The 2A says that I have a right to bear, not bare, arms. Bear is defined as carrying or transporting. Bare is uncovered or naked. We have a right to <br />
<a name='more'></a>carry arms upon our person, but the method is not prescribed. However, the tagline at the end is very important: "shall not be infringed." Notice that in this amendment the founders used the term infringed, not violated. They didn't mince words, infringe means acting to limit or undermine, and it's exactly the kind of behavior they intended to stop.<br /><br />Since the manner of bearing, and type of arms is not defined, and the right cannot be limited or undermined, then the government has no business telling me what I can carry or how I can carry it. To do either would be placing further limitations, which is prohibited, upon my right. It is up to the individual to decide what weapon they feel is needed for their defense, and what method of carry is prudent for their given circumstances.<br /><br />The 4A comes into play as reinforcements. It's first clause states that "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated..." It affirms that we have a right to be secure in our person, and all our property. We have a right to keep others from taking our stuff, and a right to hide our stuff from others view and knowledge. If that wasn't the case why would we have to be protected from searches and seizures? You don't search for what is plainly in sight, and you don't seize what is readily available for your taking.<br /><br />Thus the 4A reaffirms the 2A and adds to it. Not only can the government not tell me what weaponry I can and can't carry, they can't tell me how I may or may not carry it (don't be a fool, I'm not talking about waving it around like a lunatic), and they don't even have a right know if I'm carrying, or that I have anything at all upon me, in my car, my bag, or at home. Yes it is the 4th amendment that that would be violated if the government were to register guns.<br /><br />The Tenth Circuits ruling that the 2A doesn't cover concealed carry is as absurd as if the court had ruled that "because the 4A specifies houses and not domiciles in general, the right doesn't apply to all those living in apartments and condos, so the police can search those without warrants any time they like." This is the kind of logic we face whenever the subject turns to guns. Instead of applying the law as it is clearly intended to mean, they read what they want to read, and claim our rights are not violated because we can still own a gun.<br /><br />It isn't about just owning guns, the 2A clearly states keeping, and bearing them. Any law that undermines or limits either is unconstitutional. Any ruling that does the same should see the judges impeached, removed from their benches, and the ruling thrown out.<br /><br />Keep your eye, and prayers, on this one, as this could be a back door to some seriously aggressive anti gun rulings from the courts. The regime knows they have little chance of getting gun legislation through Congress, but the courts, that's a different matter entirely, as we have already seen with Obamacare.<br /><br />The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-36453183860200633032013-02-25T12:12:00.000-05:002013-02-26T11:51:08.879-05:00Gun Manufacturers are Standing for Freedom!<a class="e" href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=b6ee910a06&view=att&th=13d124f450e5db19&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=1427963196712419328-1&safe=1&zw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Weapons_of_MW2_Primary_RPD_and_FAL-1024x777.jpg" class="hv" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=b6ee910a06&view=att&th=13d124f450e5db19&attid=0.1&disp=thd&realattid=1427963196712419328-1&zw" /></a><span id=":cy"></span>In the news recently, you may have seen that a host of gun and gun accessories manufacturers and suppliers have <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/24/update-the-latest-complete-list-of-gun-makers-sellers-saying-no-to-law-enforcement-in-anti-2nd-amendment-states/" target="_blank">pledged</a> not to sell to police and officials within states that would otherwise ban the sale of their product to citizens. I wish I could thank each and every one of you personally, THANK YOU for standing for freedom!<br />
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This is one of the best actions I have ever seen taken in the promotion of freedom. It's non violent, non threatening, and makes a damn good point, and I wish I had the resources to buy a product from every one of them. I can't do that, but what I can do is post the list here of all the ones I know of so that any one of you can buy what you need from them. I got the list from <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/" target="_blank">The Blaze</a>, who got from <a href="http://www.ncgunblog.com/new-york-boycott/" target="_blank">NC Gun Blog</a>.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sean.sorrentino?ref=name#!/LaRueAccuracy/posts/529849683721877">LaRue Tactical </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sean.sorrentino?ref=name#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=573076246049586&id=114264921930723">Olympic Arms </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.extremefirepower.com/policies.html">Extreme Firepower Inc, LLC <a name='more'></a></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sean.sorrentino?ref=name#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=596816713665303&id=325183637495280">Templar Custom </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.yorkarms.com/ny.html">York Arms </a>2-13-13</li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/cheaperthandirt/posts/10151429919414324">Cheaper Than Dirt</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/andrew.orphanoudakis#!/andrew.orphanoudakis/posts/205696806241664">Bullwater Enterprises</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=440161699386301&set=a.145531208849353.33798.145502772185530&type=1">West Fork Armory</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=415557821869590&set=a.316921178399922.72534.111125942312781&type=1">Smith Enterprise</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.alexarms.com/wordpress/?p=285">Alex Arms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151436504708664&set=a.374278663663.161078.341592968663&type=1">Spike’s Tactical</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.qualityarmsidaho.com/liberty-and-justice-for-all">Quality Arms Idaho</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sean.sorrentino?ref=name#!/libertysuppressors/posts/10151265210826417">Liberty Suppressors </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/DoubleStar-Corp/160410807306289#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=606712272676138&id=160410807306289">Doublestar Corp</a> (Includes J&T Distributing & Ace LTD)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sean.sorrentino?ref=name#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=333814023389191&id=67153142789">American Spirit Arms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Trident-Armory/188306837880276?fref=ts#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=534949986549291&id=188306837880276">Trident Armory</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/headdownproducts#!/headdownproducts/posts/10151286022176272">Head Down Products </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.jgsales.com/govt-and-leo-shipping-announcement-a-77.html">J&G Sales</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152600613640038&set=a.370014790037.361087.269478890037&type=1">Barrett Firearms</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.exilemachine.net/shop/pages/no-le-exemption-in-restricted-states-37.html">Exile Machine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1422948_We_are_done_doing_business_with_New_York_law_enforcement.html">Tier One Arms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/">Bravo Company USA</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/primaryweapons?ref=stream#!/primaryweapons/posts/10152539397510456">Primary Weapons Systems </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sean.sorrentino?ref=name#!/CrusaderWeaponryPage/posts/469901256393076">Crusader Weaponry</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=486085834773141&id=137574462957615">Top Gun Supply</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=486085834773141&id=137574462957615#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=490634950973996&id=219316314772529">Kiss Tactical</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CFTInc/posts/483204168395898">Clark Fork Tactical</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/OFA-Tactical/239900362739829#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=486333438096519&id=239900362739829">OFA Tactical</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.onesourcetactical.com/storepolicies-termsofuse.aspx">One Source Tactical </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/309092729200150/posts/526310060725055">Templar Tactical Arms </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=607395575942025&set=a.401134213234830.110615.345155042166081&type=1&theater">NEMO Arms </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/GreatSurplusDeals/posts/10151036285343078">Old Grouch’s Military Surplus</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=494998780557408&id=494647487259204&comment_id=80959230&notif_t=feed_comment">Big Horn Armory</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/OfficialMidwayUSA/posts/489251294465797">Midway USA</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/CMMGInc/posts/476105212438554">CMMG Inc</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rocky-Top-Tactical/172451992823087#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=453395964728687&id=172451992823087">Rocky Top Tactical </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/BadgerPeak#!/BadgerPeak/posts/520955584621922">Badger Peak</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/controlledchaosarms/posts/10151538556676584">Controlled Chaos Arms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.srtarms.com/price.htm">SRT Arms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nortonfirearms.com/us-constitution">Norton Firearms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sean.sorrentino?ref=name#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151505045758735&id=66093883734">Umlaut Industries</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=547271348623935&id=118622221488852&comment_id=6438340&offset=50">Predator Intelligence</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.citizenarms.com/">Citizen Arms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sean.sorrentino?ref=name#!/Evoweap/posts/536568036383092">Evolution Weaponry</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chaos-Arms/107304639364726#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=395288883899632&id=107304639364726">Chaos Arms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.warbirdscustomguns.com/">Warbirds Custom Guns </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.jabtac.com/">JBTAC</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151514950504884&id=332386174883">Stoner Arms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ammoclip.com/S/shipping_information.htm">Ammoclip</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=616787988347431&id=206928329333401">3 Rivers Precision </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/2AFirearms/posts/430230090390339">2A Firearms</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lancotactical/posts/10151736692423625">Lanco Tactical</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.predatortactical.com/antigunsalespolicy-52.html">Predator Tactical</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RogueRefinishing?ref=hl#!/RogueRefinishing/posts/376030899171667">Arrowhead Shooting Sports </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152591529990243&id=10150105424660243&comment_id=39140462">Boise Tactical </a></li>
<li><a href="http://huntertownarms.com/">Huntertown Arms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lauerweaponry.com/images/pdfs/lcwstmt.pdf">Lauer Custom Weaponry</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/556TacticalLLC/posts/498755150161880?comment_id=5351739&notif_t=feed_comment">556 Tactical</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.irongoatguns.com/">Iron Goat Guns</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.deadbangguns.com/PolicyPage.html">Dead Bang Guns</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/southernapparms/posts/347134788724936">Southern Appalachian Arms </a></li>
<li><a href="http://thunderbeastarms.com/state-policy">Thunder Beast Arms </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/delmarva.shootingsupply/posts/168335596648958">Delmarva Shooting Supply</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ojgunshop/posts/433142550089989">OJ’s Gun Shop </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/OCSGuns/posts/397974163632458">OCS Guns</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sean.sorrentino?ref=name#!/SemperFiArms/posts/496579220377469">Semper Fi Arms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.climags.com/faq/">Climags</a></li>
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Please, if you need a firearm, or firearms accessories, buy it from one of these manufacturers. They are stepping out, and we need to step up and support them.<br />
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More actions like this are needed if we wish to succede in the peaceful defense of our rights. If your business doesn't have anything to do with firearms, but does do business with the police or other state officials in the non-free states of<br />
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<li>New York</li>
<li>California</li>
<li>Illinois</li>
<li>Hawaii</li>
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I would encourage you to do as these companies are doing. If the only ones standing for our rights are the ones manufacturing the instruments of freedom, they can be singled out and dealt with. Only when the whole populace refuses to do business with tyrannical entities will we accomplish anything.<br />
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Our government gives money to foreign powers that support terrorism. It has been going on for so long our outrage has diminished into passive disgust. Avoid hypocrisy, don't do what we despise our government doing. Put your money where your heart is and don't do business with these states. Our very freedom depends on the choices of individuals and individual businesses to do the right thing and make the hard choices for freedom.The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-56410065156641274232013-02-23T16:06:00.003-05:002013-02-23T16:06:43.154-05:00Education is the Problem...And the Answer<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-43Qh7Oc0evc/USksKvp09dI/AAAAAAAAACc/rnTxcatGGtk/s1600/InsideSchoolhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="115" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-43Qh7Oc0evc/USksKvp09dI/AAAAAAAAACc/rnTxcatGGtk/s200/InsideSchoolhouse.jpg" width="200" /></a>The decay of our country can be directly attributed to one factor: Education. Our children are not our future, they are the future. Our childhood defines us more than we like to admit. What you are taught and how you are treated in school defines you. If you are not told the truth, you base your perspective on lies and false premises that do nothing to aid you in finding a path to success. For what is school, but the attempt to teach a child how to succeed as an adult?<br />
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Yet our schools don't teach our children truth, they teach them propaganda, anti-american, Progressive lies. We are working on the 4th generation of these lies, and each being subjected to successively greater lies and false principles. This has severe consequences, and we are seeing those consequences today.<br />
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All of the problems we see when we look around the country stem from this education. Children who first got exposed to Progressive teachings in the late '50s and early '60s are now adults, and in the political ranks. Do we expect to change the minds of men and women in their 50's and 60's who have spent their entire lives not only believing lies, but in some cases devoting their life's work to these lies? It isn't possible.<br />
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Our only hope is to rescue the next generation. It may already be far to late for the majority of kids who have graduated or dropped out of high school. They have never been taught the meaning or value of the Constitution. They have never been taught the truth on our founding fathers, their beliefs, and what drove them to do what they did. Our children are even being taught that the founders of our nation were terrorists. Nor were these children ever taught critical thinking skills, as that would undermine the whole system of propaganda they are expected to believe.<br />
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I'm barely scratching the surface, but it is imperative that<br />
<a name='more'></a>if you have children, know what they are being taught. Teach them yourselves if you can, or put them in a private school you trust. If they must go to public schools, you may find yourself spending all your free time undoing the lies they are fed everyday, but you must do it. You must, to your best ability, immerse your children in the truth.<br />
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Lets say you manage that, and they graduate high school as individualists who question everything with boldness, and don't give quick answers but sets their opinions on the truth, or the closest to it they can manage. Now you send them off to college to have it all undone.<br />
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Unleashing this world upon even a critical thinker can decay their morals and beliefs. That is the intent. College is the Progressives last line of defense against truth. If they don't trap you here they know you will never believe their lies. Thus the structure of college is designed to destroy religion, family, and ethics, leaving a person broken and empty. Then they encourage you with visions of utopia and fill you with Progressive ideology.<br />
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Again they suppress critical thinking in college, and instead teach each student to pass judgements based upon an unquestionable ideology. Critical thinking is reserved only for the sciences, within the sciences, and only within the prescribed ideology of atheism. All other studies are geared to promote Progressive dogma because they know that lies repeated frequently become personal truths, and no amount of will power can stop the process. It is only the frequent exposure to truth that prevents the lies from taking hold in one's mind.<br />
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Most children going into college have never been taught critical thinking, do not know or care where to find truth, and have no concept that the teachers, professors, and other authority figures are fallible. They take everything from these people at face value and ridicule all information to the contrary without taking any thought to it.<br />
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Regardless of your place in society, student, teacher, parent, make sure you know the truth. Do all you can to promote it's advancement. We will not win if we lay our focus on anything but the unadulterated pursuit of truth. And we will not have that pursuit if we don't teach it to our children.<br />
It is the reason this very blog exists, to promote the uncommon sense on common issues, and provide the truth on principles that have long been twisted beyond use.The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-78655677251761572182013-02-21T12:29:00.001-05:002013-02-22T12:33:05.960-05:00The Most Disastrous DisconnectToday we are facing a disaster that hides in plain sight. Nearly 60% of eligible voters stayed home last November. We can only speculate as to their reasoning but if their frustrations are anything similar to my own, there just wasn't a choice last November You voted for either a slow boat to China, or a speed boat. Or if your like myself and wasn't going to play the system, you voted for someone you actually agreed with, but had no hope of even leaving the dock.<br />
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What we have then is a government that is representative of only 40% of the population. A minority. This minority control leads to further disenfranchisement by those of us who actually care and want to see a change, and those of us who are so disgusted we have given up on the system.<br />
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This message is for every one, disgusted, frustrated, infuriated, or enthralled. Regardless of your voting status last November, you can influence this government, however FUBARed it may be. The way you go about this is to let your congressmen know how you want them to act on issues that matter to you.<br />
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For all the people who vote, only a handful ever contact their state and federal public servants. So few people contact them that if a public official gets 50, only 50 e-mails on a particular subject, it is considered <br />
<a name='more'></a>extraordinary. This small amount can influences the officials actions because he knows that for ever 1 person that bothered to e-mail him, (or her) there are thousands of individuals who feel the same way but never say anything.<br />
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Back in the day, with no internet, working 9-5, or heck 8-7, I can see the response to outrageous behavior being low. By the time you come home, unwind, listen to the news, read the paper, see what your knuckle headed congressmen is up to, his office is closed. You could leave a message, but you have to find the phone book, see if the number is listed. If it's not your out of luck because city hall is closed to, and it's unlikely any one at the library knows the number.<br />
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Today though, it's so simple to contact any public official you want that the only reason response is no better is because they have succeed in so distancing us and disconnecting us from the process that we don't even want to bother.<br />
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Remember, they are just people, and stupid ones at that. The vast majority of elected officials, whether in your state legislature or in the US Congress, are just kiss-ass idiots who brown nosed their way to their current position in their respective parties. They have no moral fortitude, and the spine of a jellifish. They live and die by the direction of popular opinion. YOU are part of that popular opinion.<br />
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This is so critical to understand. You don't need to be eloquent, you don't need to be verbose. I wouldn't recommend writing anything threatening, however tempting that may be. All you need to do is tell them how to vote, in no uncertain terms. Explain it like they are 12 years old. If the issue is really important, and you want to threaten them, this is the best thing to threaten them with: that if they don't do as you have asked you will vote for their opponent next election. That will scare the crap out of them.<br />
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And remember, even if you didn't vote, didn't vote for them, or think the voting system is corrupted, they don't know any of that about you. All they know is some one in their district is expressing an opinion, and it means there are a few hundred to a few thousand other people in the same district who share that opinion but didn't say anything.<br />
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When you vote, you are a voice of one. When you email your public servants, you are the voice of a thousand voters. Never forget that. Email is recommended as they tend to actually read your email, where as with a phone call they may only get a note from a secretary.<br />
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I'm going to make it even easier for you though. At the top of this bloge you will see a "Take Action" button. That will take you to a page that has links to sites that specialize in helping you contact your state and federal representatives. Just follow the simple instructions.<br />
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Don't let them win by keeping you silent. It doesn't matter how you voted, or if you voted. What matters now is emailing the winners and telling them if they don't do as you ask they will be a loser next time around.The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-8046346692022837512013-02-15T19:35:00.000-05:002013-02-15T19:35:41.144-05:00Principles of Proper TaxationTaxes are a must. Civilization demands government, and government can't function without an income, and that income must either be gifted or compulsory. No one gives government anything willingly so it must therefor be compulsory.<br><br>
This does not justify all taxation. The principles that govern proper taxation are not void of justice. They are clear, simple and few. 1) Taxes must come from expenditures and acquisitions never creations and possessions. 2) Taxes must be apportioned equally to the individuals and entities involved. 3) Taxes must be single digit percentages.<br><br>
<b>1) Taxes must come from expenditures and acquisitions never creations and possessions.</b> Taking from the creators will destroy the economy, and taxing continued possession of property and real estate destroys the wealth of individuals. Taxes necessarily discourage the actions they are imposed upon. When imposed upon inaction, they rot the core of financial independence for the masses.<br><br>
<b>2) Taxes must be apportioned equally to the individuals and entities involved.</b> Removing more money from one person than another for the same action allows a government to single out individuals and individual people groups and entities for destruction. Taking a greater percentage from one than another for any and all reasons is the first step down the road to a tyrannical taxation system.<br><br>
<b>3) Taxes must be single digit percentages.</b> The larger the tax percentage the fewer the taxable transactions. Greater quantities of transactions allow the economy to grow, and each transaction yields a piece of revenue for government. Thus it stands to reason that the smaller the tax the better for all. The tax cannot be 0% as this would yield no income, and conversely 100% would yield income for only a moment, before collapsing the economy. The sliding scale would indicate that the revenue is greatest in the present when taxes are slightly less than 20%, yet the greatest growth in the economy would still occur at 0% tax. A growing economy will over time yield greater income than a tax imposed at 18-19% for the highest yield upon the current economy. Thus by halving the highest yielding tax rate we promote the greatest possible compromise between current tax revenue and future expansion of the economy and subsequent revenues. Thus 9% should be the maximum tax imposed upon free peoples.<br><br>The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-85725713073710994922013-02-13T13:03:00.003-05:002013-02-13T13:03:45.441-05:00Vote Your Values, not Your Chances<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UB8ou-UmHfs/URedz1z3y4I/AAAAAAAAABM/sH7mwpyKO3M/s1600/ballot-box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UB8ou-UmHfs/URedz1z3y4I/AAAAAAAAABM/sH7mwpyKO3M/s200/ballot-box.jpg" width="200" /></a>Year after year nothing changes. The same people, and the same type of people are elected. We complain, we protest, and then we reelect them. Why? Cause we gotta win of course!<br />
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And that's the problem. As counteractive as this may be, if you want to change the government you have to stop voting for who you think can win, and instead vote your values.<br />
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Yup, your guy probably won't win, at least not until we get more people to understand this. But you won't be contributing to the problem.<br />
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They, the Republicans and the Democrats, are perfectly happy to maintain status quo while getting us to be split along party lines and keep voting for our color instead of for who really matches our values.<br />
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To put it another way, there will be no change until the people stop voting for the top red or blue candidate, and start voting for the man or woman that best reflects the values and principles of the voter, regardless of the letter in front of the name, the animal on the pin, or color on the chart.<br />
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When we vote our values we win. If we treat voting like gambling, then just like in Vegas, the Houses will win, the white one, and both chambers in congress.The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-28638593222515220982013-02-12T16:24:00.000-05:002013-02-12T16:24:03.274-05:00Burning the Constitution, Article 1, Section 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Article I</span> </i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Section 8</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">1: </span>The Congress shall have Power To lay and
collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and
provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United
States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform
throughout the United States;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i><span style="color: #cc0000;">The 16th amendment modified this clause, allowing taxation to be dis-proportioned. Again, the Congress has stepped beyond it's bounds by allowing the IRS to be it's tax collector. The intent wasn't to have another government agency to go collect taxes. The government of the United States wasn't supposed to have a tax code that was thousands of pages long.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">2: </span>To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">Wow have they taken liberty with t<span style="font-size: small;">hat</span> one.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">3: </span>To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the
several States, and with the Indian Tribes;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">4: </span>To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and
uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United
States; </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">5: </span>To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign
Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">Can you say "Federal Reserve?"</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i><span style="color: #cc0000;">For those who don't know, the Federal Reserve is a NON government agency, that is OWNED by various BANKS and FOREIGN governments (via investing in it and lending to it) prints our money and destro...er determines it's value.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">6: </span>To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the
Securities and current Coin of the United States;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">7: </span>To establish Post Offices and post Roads;</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">Note that it doesn't say "to deliver the postage." The government wasn't supposed to be involved with business. Here the intent was to use the resources of the government to expand and protect the citizens rights to to communicate with each other. It also greatly improves your ability do defend the country if you can communicate freely and easily. So they are supposed to make roads for whomever it is that does deliver the mail, and establish the offices from which the mail can be sent, ensuring that a monopoly on such a valuable commodity WOULDN'T occur with private business. But instead they decided to just go and monopolize the mail system any way, and lose money on it every year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">8: </span>To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by
securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive
Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">9: </span>To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">10: </span>To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on
the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">11: </span>To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and
make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Where do I start? The President has been making war on his own since Bush #1, arguably earlier. The Congress has also handed the President the power to do as he pleases with "enemy combatants" in at least three bills I know of, the last of which was the "Defense Appropriations" bill from last year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">12: </span>To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of
Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">13: </span>To provide and maintain a Navy;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">14: </span>To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the
land and naval Forces;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">15: </span>To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the
Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">16: </span>To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the
Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed
in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States
respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority
of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by
Congress;</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">No, we are not supposed to have a standing army, that's how you get in trouble eventually. Tyrants, and dictators just love standing armies. WE are supposed to be the standing army, and Congress is supposed to provide us weapons. However it is the States that are to determine the officers and the specifics of the training. Again the founders were damn clever. They intended for Congress to fund the States militias, insuring the States retained their limited sovereignty and power.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some argue that a standing army is a must in modern times, and</span><span style="font-size: small;"> that little old Americans can't repel or even dissuade a foreign invader. They are sorely mistaken. Japan refused to invade because we would have "a rifle behind every blade of grass" and the Soviet Union decided that if they had to invade, go through Alaska, cause there is no one there. They also noted to avoid Texas at all costs, cause they have lots of guns. Yes, regular old people with good military equipment can scare the pants off of foreign invaders. There is no reason to be have a standing army. A Navy, now that's different. A navy allows you to project your power, and defend your shores. It's critical to a free people. I would argue so is an air force today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">17: </span>To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases
whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square)
as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress,
become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to
exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent
of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for
the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other
needful Buildings;</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">People were not supposed to live in D.C. Hence there is no provision for their representation. Ten square miles is a decent sized lot, but small enough to walk from one side to the other in an hour or so. It is more than enough space for all the essential buildings, but nor large enough to establish a town. But the D.C. of today is nearly 70 square miles! And it has a mayor! Clear violations of this clause.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>--And</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="clause">18: </span>To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for
carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other
Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the
United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.</i></span></div>
The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-36899111469037646402013-02-11T12:09:00.002-05:002013-02-11T12:09:55.815-05:00We Already Have to Much Gun Control<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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The purpose of having guns in the first place is security against enemies, both foreign and domestic. I've heard from more than one person that an armed rebellion for the purpose of saving, or restoring a proper constitutional governance would stand no chance against the United States Military. That right there should convince you that we have far to much "gun control" already.<br />
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It's a common misconception that being prepared for conflict is to be in favor of it. Nothing could be farther from the truth. No one wants any armed conflict to break out. No one sane anyway. Yet it's pretty obvious our government is flexing it's tyrannical muscle, and that never ends well. History is full of warnings, and dead civilians, from governments deciding they rule and we grovel. Being prepared for such eventualities is no different than preparing for a break in (of your house). You don't want it, but you damn sure are going to be prepared for it.<br />
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The best way to go about that is to make sure the government is intimidated by the people, not the other way round. You do that by getting as many good quality high powered arms in the hands of as many citizens as possible, with more than enough ammo for all. If the weapons we are "allowed" to possess are so militarily insufficient that our government doesn't see us as an obstacle to power, then what's to stop them if they decided to go all Mao Zedong on us? And what's to stop another country, say China, from deciding that if they get past our navy, the "endless waves of grain" looks mighty tasty?<br />
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Maintaining a well armed populace, keeps the tyrants at bay, both the elected and invading varieties (a good number of tyrants are elected initially). Plus it irritates the hell out of cowards, which is always a plus.<br />
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If we the people have big enough guns, and a big enough vote, then they they government will be more inclined to leave us alone. And that is a successful republic.The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-24802079045683781152013-02-09T13:13:00.000-05:002013-02-10T08:24:34.506-05:00Why Privacy Matters<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BUpn4UuNU9I/URefZZHs14I/AAAAAAAAABc/b0Jl-PreAJc/s1600/internet-privacy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BUpn4UuNU9I/URefZZHs14I/AAAAAAAAABc/b0Jl-PreAJc/s320/internet-privacy.gif" width="320" /></a>What is the danger in the government knowing everything? Listening in on everything? Tracking everything you do, and every place you go, and establishing a network of ever person you know? Your not doing anything wrong after all. You've got nothing to hide. So why should you be concerned?<br />
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Well, your not doing anything wrong by your perspective. Information is power, and if those with the information don't like what they see, you could be in for a lot of trouble. Here is some of what they already know about you:<br />
<ul>
<li>E-mail, all of it ever sent, or received, regardless if you delete it or not</li>
<li>Chat, every word every typed into any chat application</li>
<li>Twitter, all of it</li>
<li>Facebook, every post, picture, and everything you deleted that you hope no one noticed</li>
<li>Flicker, all of it, again including the stuff you posted, then removed</li>
<li>Text records, every text sent or received, including the ones your wife/girlfriend sent you</li>
<li>Phone records, every call, recorded, not just who calls who, but what is said is recorded</li>
<li>Internet traffic, everything you do online is recorded</li>
<li>Every search is recorded, and attached to you to build a profile of you to predict your actions</li>
<li>Your daily routine, when does your computer connect to the internet, when does it disconnect </li>
</ul>
Even the traffic cameras on the roads leave a record of every car that passes by them. Walk into a store, your on camera. Buy anything with a credit card or check, it's recorded. If you use cash but have to show your ID, your probably recorded.<br />
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They know what car you drive, where you work, and the cameras tell them where you go. How often you fill your gas tank (credit card records) gives them a very accurate pattern of your movements and a good guess of how far you move outside of where cameras are placed.Your entire life is compiled in real time as it happens. They know you and your history far better than you do.<br />
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The NSA has all this stuff, right now, they have been recording it for years. They have recorded so much information on American citizens thanks to the Patriot Act they have to build a <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1" target="_blank">MASSIVE storage facility</a> to house all the servers they need to hold information they are still collecting on us.<br />
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"So what?" you say? Well lets say that you disagree with what the current administration is doing. I'm not talking about Obama here. I'm talking about in general, with any president. You don't like him. You post funny things about him on your facebook. Or you chat and e-mail your friends about how much you hate his policies and what he's doing to the country. How you can't wait for November so he can get voted out.<br />
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One of your comments gets flagged at the NSA. Why? Why me, I'm not doing anything wrong at all. Wrong by who's count? Yours or theirs? You don't know what they are profiling. You don't know what things get flagged, and why other things are ignored. We don't know how it's determined. So can you really say you haven't done anything that the NSA thinks is wrong? No you can't. This is why privacy matters.<br />
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If you've ever wondered how innocent Americans end up on the "No Fly" list, now you know. Feinstein wants a bill that would, if not implement, augment a "No Buy" list for guns. How many other lists are going to be made? You want to be on one? There no way to get off of them, as the NSA operates above the law. Lists are the first step on the road to death camps. That's not exaggeration, it's what history shows happens if this continues unchecked. This is why privacy matters.<br />
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What if you get flagged? Now you're on the "No Fly" list. They raid your house one day while your at work. Oh they can. And they don't need a search warrent. Not under the Patriot act. You just come home to a house in shambles with an official notice slapped on your door. This is why privacy matters.<br />
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Right now, they are making lists. But what's next? We know what happens. Nazi Germany stands as a warning in history. Communist Russia stands as a warning in history. Communist China also stands as a warning in history. Breach of privacy leads to lists, lists leads to restrictions, restrictions leads to incarcerations, which then escalate into concentration camps of "dissidents."<br />
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Information is power. Keeping the information of your life private keeps you in control of this power. Allowing this privacy to be breached gives the power over to the government. Power corrupts, and the more information the government collects, the more power they have and the more corrupt they become. This is why privacy matters. In short, a private society, is a free society. <br />
<br />The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-86482009596270098452013-02-02T22:02:00.001-05:002013-02-09T21:39:38.711-05:00Burning the Constitution, Article1, Sections 1-7<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Source: Conservative Action Alerts</span></td></tr>
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In this series I intend to highlight the common practices of our government which we have come to accept as normal that are flagrantly unconstitutional. I will start at the beginning, and go to the end. Italicized text is quoted from the Constitution, and will have what appears to be spelling errors and odd capitalization because the language has evolved since that time period. Red text will highlight some of the violations we have come to accept as routine for the previously quoted sections or amendments.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Article I</i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Section 1</i></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>All legislative Powers herein granted shall
be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of
a Senate and House of Representatives.</i></span></div>
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<i><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7384958209851123320" name="a1s2" title="Article 1 Section 2 - The House of Representatives"></a></i></h3>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">The legislature has granted their power to both the Executive Branch and regulatory agencies. This clause states specifically that ALL legislative powers are vested in Congress. It does not grant them the power to transfer this responsibility. The purpose of vesting all legislative powers within the legislature of the United States is to ensure that laws come from elected officials, not appointed bureaucrats with no accountability. Neither was there the intent for the president to dictate law like a king via Executive Orders, <a href="http://www.infowars.com/executive-orders-the-hallmarks-of-fascistic-tyranny/" target="_blank">and create regulatory agencies himself.</a></span><br />
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Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5, amazingly are not routinely broken so far as I'm currently aware.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Section 6</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="clause">1: </span>The Senators and Representatives shall receive
a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and
paid out of the Treasury of the United States.<a href="http://constitutionus.com/#n6" title="Amendment 27 - Congressional Pay Limitation"><sup>6</sup></a>
They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the
Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the
Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning
from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House,
they shall not be questioned in any other Place.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="clause">2: </span>No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for
which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the
Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or
the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such
time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States,
shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in
Office.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Crimes that would have any of us in jail with multiple felonies are routinely overlooked for the privileged legislators. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/politics/stock-act-loophole/index.html" target="_blank">Insider trading</a>, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/12/29/why-congress-cannot-operate-without-the-bribing-power-of-earmarks/" target="_blank">bribery</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Frank#Scandal" target="_blank">prostitution</a>, etc. Nearly all of them have broken their oath, and potentially committed treason by voting for various legislative acts that violate the Constitution. The Patriot Act, Affordable Healthcare Act, and Defense Authorization Act being three examples.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;">Section 7 is followed to a reasonable extent, as it deals more with procedure more than power.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;">Keep an eye out for more posts in this series, and if you have any routine violations you want included, post them in the comments with a source, and I'll consider them. </span></span></div>
The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-24642681517712779652013-02-01T22:17:00.001-05:002013-02-09T21:41:19.229-05:00What is Gun Restriction Really About?What is this gun debate really about? Is it really to save the children?
Is it really to save lives? If the people trying to pass
legislation that would restrict gun ownership in the name of saving lives really
wanted to actually save lives, wouldn't you expect them to first go after the things taking the most lives? I would, why waste the
majority of your efforts on something that doesn't cause the majority of deaths?
So for the effort we are seeing placed on gun restrictions you would
expect death from guns, especially for children, to be the number one
killer in this country wouldn't you?<br />
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So let's see what the major killers are, in order from most to least deaths. <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm" target="_blank">Source: CDC</a></div>
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<ul>
<li>Heart disease: 597,689</li>
<li>Cancer: 574,743</li>
<li>Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 138,080</li>
<li>Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 129,476</li>
<li>Accidents (unintentional injuries): 120,859</li>
<li>Alzheimer's disease: 83,494</li>
<li>Diabetes: 69,071</li>
<li>Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,476</li>
<li>Influenza and Pneumonia: 50,097</li>
<li>Intentional self-harm (suicide): 38,364</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
Gun violence doesn't even make it into the top ten. According to <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/deaths_2010_release.pdf" target="_blank">this PDF</a> where the list is extended on page 19, we find that all the way at the bottom, number fifteen, is death by Pneumonitus, which I've never heard of and had to look up. It's lung inflammation near as I can tell (thanks Wikipedia). The chart lists fatalities in 2010 as 5.5 per 100,000 people, which over a population of 310 million is 17,500 deaths from Pneumonitus. Gun fatalities don't make it into the top fifteen things most likely to kill you.</div>
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Now most of the things up there are diseases, and I can see the argument now, something like this: "It's not always possible to stop diseases and we do devote tremendous resources into stopping those diseases. We need to focus on other things that we can control to reduce unnecessary deaths." I concede the point, so what up there can we influence more? The only one on the list that fits this criteria is accidents.</div>
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Back to the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/acc-inj.htm" target="_blank">CDC's</a> website (got to love a website dedicated to keeping track of how people die right?) and we find this:</div>
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<h4>
All unintentional injury deaths</h4>
<ul>
<li>Number of deaths: 120,859</li>
<li>Deaths per 100,000 population: 39.1</li>
<li>Cause of death rank: 5</li>
</ul>
<h4>
Unintentional fall deaths</h4>
<ul>
<li>Number of deaths: 26,009</li>
<li>Deaths per 100,000 population: 8.4</li>
</ul>
<h4>
Motor vehicle traffic deaths</h4>
<ul>
<li>Number of deaths: 33,687</li>
<li>Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.9</li>
</ul>
<h4>
Unintentional poisoning deaths</h4>
<ul>
<li>Number of deaths: 33,041</li>
<li>Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.7</li>
</ul>
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Gun accidents don't even make it onto this list. Gunfacts.info which compiles government statistics says that 0.6% of all accidental deaths are firearm related, which comes out to approximately 700 or so in any given year. Clearly the <a href="http://home.nra.org/" target="_blank">NRA</a>, <a href="http://gunowners.org/" target="_blank">GOA</a>, and various other firearms educators have done an excellent job with hunter safety courses and general firearms safety courses.<br />
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And that brings me to a critical fact. Education, not regulation, is the key to fixing problems related to accidents. 33,000 people die every year on the road. How many could be saved if "Drivers Ed" actually taught you how to drive, that is, taught you how to regain control of a vehicle, how to drive in inclement weather, and how to take evasive action, etc etc. How many lives could be saved? Is this not a much better use of our time and effort than restricting the rights of citizens in a twisted attempt to stop criminals who don't obey the law to begin with? More on that later.<br />
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So with all the people up in arms (pun intended) over gun violence because of a recent tragic event, where does gun violence come in? Well according to the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm" target="_blank">CDC</a> again:<br />
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<h4>
Firearm homicides</h4>
<ul>
<li>Number of deaths: 11,078</li>
<li>Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.6</li>
</ul>
Notice something important? When a firearm is used, it's used intentionally, which means, very likely, that if a firearm wasn't available the crime would be committed any way, in another fashion. It's ironic that in China, right around the same time period as Sandy Hook, a mad man slashed a bunch of students with a knife. You can't stop criminals from doing what criminals do.<br />
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Chicago is a poster child for this concept: gun regulation doesn't prevent gun violence, it exacerbates it. They had 500 murders in 2012, yet it's illegal to own, carry, buy, sell, transport, and maybe even look at a gun of any type in that city. Only this past week, a girl who had performed at Obama's inauguration was killed in Chicago. Shot dead while sheltering from the rain with friends. In January 2013, yes last month as of today, they had 40 murders. Regulation isn't solving the problem.<br />
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Yet look at Houston, Texas. Another prosperous city, but few restrictions on guns. <a href="http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2013/01/2012_houston_murder_numbers_up.php" target="_blank">They had 216 murders last year</a>,
one of the lowest in the nation for large cities. The gun laws aren't
stopping any one from killing in Chicago, yet in Houston, you have the
option of carrying a gun to defend yourself and the number of murders is less than half of Chicago's.<br />
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Don't forget that many murders are
criminal on criminal. As a law abiding citizen, if you can carry a gun,
you're all the safer as you are more likely to encounter rapists and
robbers than some one who's direct intent is killing you. Gunfacts.info reports that citizens draw their guns to defend themselves, others, or property nearly 2.5 million times a year. That 2.5 million crimes that DON'T happen because of law abiding heat packers. <br />
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What
Adam Lanza did was a terrible thing, but regulations will not stop a
mad man. Criminals don't follow the law. They can get illegal guns when
citizens can't get legal ones. He stole legally owned weapons from his mother, and killed her for them. These are not the actions of a normal person that takes right and wrong into consideration, these are the actions of some one who is deeply disturbed or very removed from reality. The criminals will always have guns, one way or another. It remains to be seen if the People will as well.<br />
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Putting signs up advertising the places where guns are illegal is also the dumbest thing I can possibly think of doing. Actually no, making public places where it's illegal to carry weapons is the dumbest thing ever, advertising these places is the second.<br />
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We are literally advertising to criminals where the best places to commit crimes are. All they have to do is look for this sign and they know it's theirs to do as they please. <br />
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Oh, and the guns that Lanza stole, they all complied with the "Assault
Weapons Ban" in Connecticut. The guns were legal, the mags were all 10
round mags. Clearly the proposed laws would have done NOTHING to stop
this maniac. You know what would though? A teacher with a gun. If you wouldn't trust a teacher with a gun to protect your child, why would you dare let them teach your child in the first place?<br />
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No this isn't about saving lives. I wish it were, then we could argue our case and make our points and win arguments, and get common sense deregulation implemented. No, this is about control, and that's why we can't get our point across because those seeking regulations have an agenda.<br />
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Gun regulations won't save any more lives, they will undoubtedly result in more deaths as more citizens will be disarmed, and the government knows this, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DID THE STATISTICAL ANALYSES THAT PROVES THIS! Gunfacts.info<br />
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Our government, as I've said before in previous posts, is waxing tyrannical, and tyrants hate to be challenged. An unarmed population is no threat to tyranny, and they wish to disarm us by any means necessary. I urge you to contact your senators and your reps, both in the state and federal legislative branches. Let them know, not only do you want them to oppose all measures that would further restrict our ability to acquire weaponry, but warn them that if they don't you will actively work against them when they come up for reelection. <a href="http://gunowners.org/alert01312013.htm" target="_blank">Feinstein’s bill has been submitted</a>. It must be opposed.<br />
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Don't let universal background checks fool you either. They want to use those to make a "No Buy" list just like the mysterious "No Fly" list. No one will know what triggers you being put on the list, but once your on, there is no way to get off. You just lose your rights, that easily.<br />
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Recording sales is Step 1, registration and/or restriction is Step 2, confiscation is Step 3. We are at Step 2, and we best get a move on because if we lose to Step 2, there is no stopping Step 3<br />
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Don't let them win the argument with pleads to emotion. Get the facts, and set the record straight.<br />
<br />The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-15211345614811855212013-01-30T12:22:00.000-05:002013-02-09T21:41:34.255-05:00Yes, the Second Amendment is About Restricting GovernmentCredit to Tenth Amendment Center for this excellent article on the nature of the Second Amendment. Even if you think you understand the Bill of Rights, I encourage you to read this. It's a perspective even the advocates of our liberties miss.<br />
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<a href="http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2013/01/29/the-second-amendment-constitutional-right-or-a-governmental-wrong/" target="_blank">The Second Amendment: Constitutional Right or a Governmental Wrong?</a><br />
<br />The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-55108577976674687952013-01-28T21:49:00.002-05:002013-02-09T21:32:57.117-05:00Lessons from History: HyperinflationHyperinflation, what is it?<br />
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Well before the corruption of the 20th century, the gold standard for currency was GOLD. Quite literally gold, and silver was used as money, typically as a minted coin of some variety, usually with an ugly old rulers head stamped on it and a value assigned. The fact that you can't just make gold or silver out of thin air means it has intrinsic value, and thus the currency made from it retains a fairly stable value throughout most of history.<br />
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As time progressed though countries got a little more devious. They printed paper money in one form or another for centuries. The paper money was "backed" by gold. That is for every dollar in your pocket there was a dollar of gold some where in the treasury "backing up" that dollar. At least that's what they told you, and the world for that matter. For a long time you could exchange your gold backed dollar for a dollars worth of gold...or silver as the case may be.<br />
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Because you weren't holding actual gold, the value ratio between the paper money and the gold tended to slip, especially when banks got involved in providing loans to the governments who then printed gold-backed money to pay the interest on the loans. This process tended to drive the value of the currency down in relation to the gold it was backed by. This loss of value is called inflation, because you are inflating, that is increasing, the number of gold backed notes in relation to the amount of gold the country actually has in it's treasury.<br />
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The reason I call this devious is because history shows us that the printing of paper money backed by gold and redeamable for gold is the first step. The second is denying the exchanging of your precious metal backed currency for said precious metal.<br />
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What then? Well you have to continue to use the currency because about the same time they do this they also pass laws making it illegal to use anything but the paper money for currency. So even if you have gold, and your money is backed buy it, you can't buy anything with the gold itself, you would have to turn it in to some one and get cash for it.<br />
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Do you see what's happening here? Now the government and the banks are left holding all the precious metal, and you can't get it, even though they claim your money is backed by it. They have successfully stripped you of the real wealth behind your currency. You would have to spend your money to purchase gold, but then you couldn't use the gold to buy anything. Your trapped in the system.<br />
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Eventually the gold standard is done away with because the countries leaders (the banks, not the politicians, the banks ALWAYS run things if they are making loans to the country) get greedy and realize that if they can invent money out of thin air, they can make themselves rich beyond imagination. Thus "fiat" currency is born. This is step three, and is nothing more than the printing money and declaring it to be worth something. It's only backing is the trust in that particular countries market value and it's government's ability to pay interest on it's debt and pay off it's bonds.<br />
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That last part is important. Banks, and foreign governments tend to hold most of that debt and bondage, making them the ones getting rich off of the printing of money, not the country doing the printing. The politicians fall for this because it allows them to keep spending without restraint by allowing them to meet all their interest obligations.<br />
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This might seam pretty damn stupid, and something that can't last very long. If you thought that, your right.Sadly it's how most of the major powers in the world do things today, and it's why I, and many people believe we are in for a world of hurt.<br />
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You see, it's not like no one knows what happens when this is done. It's been done before, several times. Countries build debt, can't make payments, so they print money like crazy thinking the more money they print the more interest they can pay the banks, and thus keep borrowing and spending beyond their tax basis.<br />
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Germany tried this once, it led to the Nazi take over. At the time they were known as the Wiemar Republic, but here I will call them Germany, for continuities sake.<br />
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Germany in the 1920s was recovering from a major defeat (World War 1) and thus having to pay reparations to various countries. They also had internal political and military strife during this time as being the loser makes for a pretty rough political and social environment.<br />
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All of it had racked up some serious debt. This made the idea of printing more money very appealing, because of course, if you have more money you can pay off the debt right? That was their thinking any way.<br />
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So what happened? Well they turned on the printing presses, and German marks started pouring into the economy. For a short time it looked like their scheme might work as the amount of money they had vs their debt was growing. Then the bottom fell out.<br />
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You can keep this ruse going for a while, how long is dependent on how good your country is at tricking the rest of the world, and it’s own citizens into thinking everything is fine. Germany didn’t exactly have the world's favor at that time, and it didn’t take much for the rest of the world to realize printing a gazillion German marks didn't make them gazillionaires by any one else's standard but their own.<br />
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Having nothing to back up the quantity of money they were printing the value of each note plunged in buying power. This is hyperinflation. I'm not exagerating in this next statement. One month bread costs a normal amount, a few weeks later in Germany it cost thousands of marks, and then a month after that it cost BILLIONS of marks to buy a loaf of bread.<br />
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People went broke instantly. One week they were making a decent living, the next it took a whole weeks salary to buy food for one meal, and the next week you didn't have enough money to by anything.<br />
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The businesses of course try to keep paying you what they can so they can stay open, but inflation always outpaces the rise in income and in this environment of hyperinflation it was impossible to keep up. People got paid after each hour of work, and would rush out to buy something, anything before the prices went up farther.<br />
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Eventually they were printing trillion mark notes. The foolishness of the German leaders was astounding. This is the environment that lead to the rise of the Nazis. They promised freedom from this madness.<br />
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So what does this have to do with the United States? Well we have what is known as the Federal Reserve. It is not part of the government, it is a terrible creation of foreign banks and our government that loans the US treasury dollars, and in return we pay them interest. The United States government owes them as of this writing $16.4 Trillion dollars, and as of November 2012 they started pumping $40 billion dollars a month into the economy through the banking system. Notice any similarities with Germany?<br />
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You remember how I stated that the amount of time a country can keep up the printing without suffering the consequences of hyper inflation is related to how well they can fool the rest of the world? Well the United States Dollar has been the worlds currency standard for decades. It's going to take time for that trust to be be broken, but even now many asian coutnries are turning to China's fiat currency as a backing instead of the dollar.<br />
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It's also going to take months, maybe years for all that money that is currently being printed to trickle it's way into the economy. But when it does, there is no escaping what will happen. How expensive will bread be this time around? What will rise from the ashes of United States, and the world? It won't be just us. The entire world is on this system. If we go down, most of it will go down with us. Europe is in the process of a similiar collapse right now. Spain and Greece have already fallen.<br />
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It's going to get bad, and the worst part about it is, everything is going to look normal until the day hyperinflation kicks in, and no one can be sure what day that is, only that it's damn near inevitable.The Political Minutemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083995906307616783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384958209851123320.post-22784155832638386472013-01-27T20:25:00.000-05:002013-01-28T20:37:14.986-05:00How do I know my Rights?What rights do you have? How do you know? These are not ethereal questions <wbr></wbr>relegated to philosophy class.
These are questions that must be answered by each of us. Let me show
you how to easily determine what your rights are.<br />
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Follow me in this reasoning if you would: I'm alive. Do I
have a right to this life I currently posses? Yes. Do I have any other
rights because of my life? Yes, lets start with the most basic ones. If I
have a right to my life it means I have the right to maintain my life.
Thus because I need food and water and shelter and clothing, I have a
right to these things because they preserve my life.</div>
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If I have a right to my life, and therefore the
right to sustain my life, do I also have a right to my body? The obvious
answer is yes, I have right to leave this world with all the pieces I
came in with.</div>
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If I have a right to my life, and my body, what do I
do if something threatens the integrity of my body, my shelter, my
food, my water, or my life directly? Do I have a right to eliminate the
threat imposed on myself and/or those necessities that keep me alive?</div>
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Well do I? If I don't my life will end, or be
severely compromised eventually leading to my demise. If I don't have the right to
defend these things then what does the "right" to these things mean?</div>
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Without the right to defense, all of these things
which we clearly have a right to are meaningless. Thus, yes I do have a
right to eliminate a threat to my life, body and necessities.</div>
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How is that done? How do I defend myself? The answer
changes throughout history, but the answer can be summed up as:
matching and preferably exceeding the force of the threat so as to stop
and eliminate it.</div>
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In the past this would have meant a club, or a dagger
maybe. Later a bronze sword, maybe a sickle. Later still an iron, then a steel
sword, then a bow, crossbow, and then various primitive firearms. Each
weapon becomes obsolete as technology advances. If a thief jumped you
with a dagger and you drew a flintlock pistol you properly preserved
yourself and your possessions by exceeding the force of the threat. If
the thief had jumped you with a flintlock pistol you would have only
matched the force, and may not live to tell about it.</div>
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Thus your right to defense extends, not to any
specific object, but to the pinnacle of defensive weaponry of the day. If
you don't have access to such weaponry, you risk becoming a victim from
some one who does have access.</div>
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By this reasoning then, I have a right, as a living
being, to defend my life, all that it encompasses, and that which is
necessary to sustain it with the best weaponry of my day so that I can
achieve parody with, or preferably exceed the force of my attacker, regardless of who or what my attacker may be.</div>
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If I don't have this right, if I am to stay limited
in my defense by artificial laws imposed upon me by another, what does
that mean? If I don't have a right to the best technology of the day for
my defense, doesn't that put the threats to my life and necessities at
an advantage? And since the threats now have
preferential treatment, what does that say of my life? The threats to my
life are not bound by the laws of man, if they were, then the laws of
men would eliminate them.</div>
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The answer is my life is reduced in value if I am denied the ability to defend myself with the best weapons of my day.</div>
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By
this reasoning, any one who imposes laws upon me that reduce my ability
to defend myself are devaluing my life, and putting it at risk, and
thus are a threat themselves.</div>
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What rights then do I have to protect myself against those who can make laws that can harm me? Obviously I would need a way to defend myself from them, yet force is the last method one should seek with authority. Thus I must obviously have the right to speak out, so that my complaints can be heard and others can know my plight. I would also have the right to assemble with others who share in my complaint, or cause for standing up to authority alone is almost always futile.</div>
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But authority despises any insolence, however peaceable it may be, and would desire to shutdown any attempt to influence the people to change it's rule. Thus I would also have a right to privacy, which would preclude the powers that be from monitoring my actions taken in the privacy of homes and gatherings.</div>
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You see, our rights all derive from one simple aspect: our life. Our rights exist to preserve our life, and expand it's vitality and quality. Every freedom which neither steels from another nor harms their person is validated by this truth: all life seeks not to survive but to thrive.</div>
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When you realize that what is true of the rights of one, is true of all mankind, then you realize that these rights benefit society as a whole, each person thriving to the best of their ability. It is a standard rarely met in this world, yet in nature it is clear to see that every creature strives for it none the less, and those societies who permit the most freedom while still retaining the ability to punish crimes against others are the most prosperous.</div>
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Thus your rights can be summarized in one statement:</div>
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Because I am alive I have a right to my life and all it encompasses and to all means of preserving all that I am and have attained, without infringing upon the same of any other except through preservation of my and my own.</div>
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