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Assault on Liberty in America
At the core of the political crisis that has engulfed America in
recent years is a swing from economic capitalism to democratic socialism. The
price we are asked to pay for this reform is the freedom and liberty of all
Americans.
We have been told that Socialism is all right, when in fact it
is not all right. It is slavery with a beautiful face.
Most
Americans are oblivious to this serpentine monster looming over them, and few
recognize it as Socialism. Some feel perfectly comfortable in their present
condition and simply ignore what is going on. Some are simply apathetic toward
anything that doesn't directly and immediately impact their lives and therefore
dismiss it. Others feel powerless to do anything about it so they sit on the
sidelines wringing their hands in despair. Some just dismiss it all as some
so-called "conspiracy theory" held by right-wing whackos. Others are sucked in
by the immense propaganda machine and have come to believe it to be a positive
step forward. Probably most Americans are simply lazy for some of the above
mentioned reasons and take their freedom for granted and don't have a clue
there are those working to take it from them. There are a few who believe they
will profit from it and embrace it. Some truly believe in Marxism and promote
it. Then there is a remnant who recognize it for what it is and are fighting to
preserve this country from its influence.
The passage of
unconstitutional law and a denial of liberty to men all happen because they
permit it. We are becoming slaves of our own free will. This nation was
established by God and the people, not by any government. Yet we have permitted
our government to become too powerful and now it controls us.
More Americans need to embrace the moral superiority of personal
liberty and its main ingredient of limited government. This nation is about
your freedom to choose, not government control over your life.
The role
of government has always been to be that of servant to the people, not the
master. However, most politicians and other liberals have been trying over the
years, and they have succeed to convince many people that the government will
take care of you. The government becomes the master and we the
servants.
What most Americans don't seem to understand is how fleeting
and rare freedom actually has been throughout history. Nothing lasts forever in
this world. We have become spoiled by 200 years of liberty. Particularly, the
post-World War II generations have no concept of sacrifice and the incalculable
cost of freedom. This ignorance, born of complacency, is dangerous for all of
us. Because too many Americans are ready to trade in their freedom for security
- even a false security.
If that choice is made, it will be made out of
ignorance. Because Americans simply don't know their own history, much less
that of the rest of the world. And, as American philosopher and writer George
Santayana said, those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.
Americans today seem ready and eager to trade in everything for which their
forefathers fought and died for an autocracy that far surpasses anything King
George III ever dreamed of. [Rush Limbaugh, See, I Told You So,
pg. 74.]
Godless socialists throughout our government and society are
working hard to destroy this nation's legacy and replace it with one ruled by
Marxist ideologies. Quite honestly, I believe unless something changes
radically in the next few years, we are on the verge of losing this great
nation to those who hate all that it stands for. The process has been in the
making for at least 30 years and it would appear we have just about reached
that critical mass and have entered the 21st century with a complete new set of
values. It's hard to imagine an event that might bring this sort of thing about
until you look at what has been happening in recent years with technology, the
growth of the federal government and its reach into private lives, and the
ramifications of September 11, 2001.
The Constitution Today is Under Assault
The influence of wealthy and powerful corporate interests and
lobbies, legislation created via Executive Orders and court
rulings, and the corrupt schemes of increasingly bloated and centralized
bureaucracies have allowed a culture in Washington to take root in which the
Constitution is either selectively followed or ignored outright. In fact, many
of those in power have become so twisted in their collective thinking that
those who insist on Constitutional compliance are called radicals
and ridiculed.
Congress, the courts, and lawyers today use the law to "bend" or
find loopholes in our legal system as morals, ethics, and mens freedoms are
challenged in courts everyday. Slowly but surely our freedom is slipping away
from us.
"Such matters need not concern
you," we are told. So, many Americans faithfully and ignorantly believe
our appointed and elected officials that run the government.
"They would not pass any law that takes something away
from us," so many think. "All the laws that we
pass are for your protection," those in office say. Or are they? A
careful analysis will show that these laws are not passed for "our protection"
from business or government, but to increase those seeking power and
governmental powers. Many laws for "protection," "public interest," and so
forth, are denials of our Constitutional rights and are unconstitutional ex
post facto laws.
Critical to the establishment of a socialist state is the
dismantling of the United States Constitution.
To what degree have they already achieved their goal?
Consider the liberties granted in the Bill of Rights we have already lost or
are losing:
First Amendment
Second
Amendment
Fourth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Ninth Amendment
Tenth
Amendment
Because the violation of our constitutional rights has
become so commonplace and has been made secure through ignorance on the part of
the American people, the way is now being paved for continuing violations of
our liberty for "safety," "national interests," "homeland security," "for the
children," and so forth. Obvious examples include "hate crime" legislation,
"gun control," "eminent domain" legislation, and the U.S. Patriot Act. The only
result and desire of those violators is to increase government power over
us.
On June 9, 2008, on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced 35 articles of
impeachment against President George W. Bush. From torture to rendition to
spying on Americans to abusing signing statements, Rep. Kucinich detailed all
of the reasons why George W. Bush should be impeached. Of course, the
likelihood of that happening is pretty remote.
The bar for impeachment
has been raised so high that it might as well no longer exist. Future
presidents will know that they can violate the Constitution at will, confident
in the fact that Congress does not have the courage as an institution to do
anything about it.
What is important, though, is the allegations have
been officially read into the record. Following are the 35 articles of
impeachment introduced by Rep. Dennis Kucinich:
- Article I
Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to
Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq.
- Article II
Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal
Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of
Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of
Aggression.
- Article III
Misleading the American People and Members of
Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture
a False Case for War.
- Article IV
Misleading the American People and Members of
Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States.
- Article V
Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a
War of Aggression.
- Article VI
Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements
of HJRes114.
- Article VII
Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.
- Article VIII
Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in
Violation of the UN Charter.
- Article IX
Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and
Vehicle Armor
- Article X
Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and
Injuries for Political Purposes
- Article XI
Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases
in Iraq
- Article XII
Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of
That Nation's Natural Resources
- Article XIIII
Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop
Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries
- Article XIV
Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of
Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie
Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Article XV
Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal
Contractors in Iraq
- Article XVI
Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax
Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors
- Article XVII
Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And
Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives
- Article XVIII
Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and
Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other
Places, as a Matter of Official Policy
- Article XIX
Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them
Against Their Will to "Black Sites" Located in Other Nations, Including Nations
Known to Practice Torture
- Article XX
Imprisoning Children
- Article XXI
Misleading Congress and the American People
About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran,
With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government
- Article XXII
Creating Secret Laws
- Article XXIII
Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act Article
- XXIV
Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered
Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment
- Article XXV
Directing Telecommunications Companies to
Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone
Numbers and Emails of American Citizens
- Article XXVI
Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with
Signing Statements
- Article XXVII
Failing to Comply with Congressional
Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply
- Article XXVIII
Tampering with Free and Fair Elections,
Corruption of the Administration of Justice
- Article XXIX
Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of
1965
- Article XXX
Misleading Congress and the American People in
an Attempt to Destroy Medicare
- Article XXXI
Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted
Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency
- Article XXXII
Misleading Congress and the American People,
Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change
- Article XXXIII
Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to
High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior
to 911.
- Article XXXIV
Obstruction of the Investigation into the
Attacks of September 11, 2001
- Article XXXV
Endangering the Health of 911 First
Responders
Americas decline toward Socialism can be seen as early as 1929
following the Stock Market Crash, when America suddenly needed a "New Deal" in
the form of social welfare. The rate of the transformation has been increased
in recent years by the United
Nations, whose entire purpose is to implement a Socialist World Order.
America's gravitation toward socialism has been long-term and precedes
even the arrival of Bill and Hillary Clinton in the White House. Economist
Milton Friedman recently observed that "in 1950, total government spending,
federal, state, and local, amounted to less than 30 percent of national income;
in 1992, to nearly 45. In addition, government-mandated expenditures by
individuals and businesses have multiplied manifold ... The U.S. is today more
than half socialist, compared to perhaps a third in 1950."
[Rush Limbaugh, See, I Told You So, pg. 267.]
Ever since
Roosevelt's "New Deal," when the federal government became the rescuer of
individuals, social propagandists have been busy creating new classes of
"victims" to be rescued. Whether the victims are black, handicapped,
homosexual,
or children, the goal is always the same: for government programs to rescue
them from society by restricting the liberties of the targeted oppressor.
As all Federal officeholders and government employees are required to
take an oath of office that states that they will support and defend
the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and
domestic, it can be reasonably concluded that in allowing these
assaults on the Constitution to occur, these representatives have
violated their oath of office.
The trouble with reading more
rights into the Constitution is that jurists deprive the people of public
debate. In addition, Justice Scalia says, if you can read in rights, you can
read them out as well. This, of course, is what we see happening today.
American
politics is no longer about Democrats, Republicans, or Independents ...
It's not a fight between the Liberal Left and the Christian Right ...
It is about WHAT America is.
It's a war of competing ideas and
worldviews. It's a conflict over beliefs
and values, over the ideas that will rule society. It's about whether certain
individuals are above the law or are all Americans equal under the law. It's
about truth... or is truth even important? It's about the direction we want
this country to go in the future. It's about the world we leave for our
children. It's about what god we acknowledge or whether we acknowledge
any god at all. It's about the same struggle man has gone through
since the beginning of time, the struggle between good and evil.
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