"Patriotic Assassination" no longer a contradiction in terms!
I am rather reluctant to post this particular entry, however, we are living in desperate times, and as we all know, desperate times call for desperate measures.
This 2004 article by Hal Turner is nonetheless, intriguing.
OVERTHROWING THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:
SADLY, AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME?
By: Hal Turner
December 2, 2004 Note to readers: I first wrote this OPINION PIECE about a year ago, on December 13, 2003. I have taken the liberty of updating it and re-publishing it. The updated portions appear in blue. Before you go running off to the FBI, Secret Service or any other agencies you should know this: This opinion piece is just that, an OPINION. This piece was seen by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force when it was first published and, while they didn't like it at all, they confirmed it did not violate any laws.
December 12, 2003 -- The first five words of the First Amendment to the US Constitution are plain: “Congress shall make no law . . . . .” Seems simple enough, doesn't it? Apparently not.
In 2002, the Congress of the United States violated the First Amendment to the Constitution, by passing the McCain-Feingold "Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act.” Within that law is a provision making it unlawful for individual citizens to purchase television and radio advertising within 60 days of a federal election. The only persons allowed to make such purchases are candidates for office.
Such a restriction upon free speech is a clear violation of the First Amendment prohibition forbidding the government from “. . . . .abridging the freedom of speech . . . . . “ . Each member of Congress who voted for this law, violated his Oath of Office under 5 U.S.C. 3331 to “ . . . . . support the Constitution. . . . . .”
By enacting this law, the incumbents in Congress assured they would no longer have to answer for their voting records because “issue-advocacy ads” and “voting record ads” cannot be run by those wishing to shed light on what the rascals have been up to
President George W. Bush, violated the Constitution and his Oath of Office under Article II Section I of the Constitution by signing this Bill into law.
Shortly after the Law was enacted, Senator Mitch McConnell and others filed a federal lawsuit seeking to have the law overturned.
On December 10, the US Supreme Court issued a 5 - 4 ruling of almost 400 pages, upholding this violation of the Constitution because, in the courts words, “. . . . .there is a fundamental national interest in rooting out corruption or even the appearance of it. That concern justifies limitations on the freedom of speech . . . . .” This ruling is not valid because the Supreme Court did not and does not have the power to decide that something forbidden by the Constitution is permissible. The court lacks the power to make such a ruling because the ruling is not merely an "interpretation" of the Constitution, it is an actual rewrite of an Amendment.
Lets recap: A majority within the United States House of Representatives violated the US Constitution and their Oaths of Office by voting in favor of this Bill. A majority of the United States Senate violated the Constitution and their Oaths of Office by voting in favor of this Bill. The President of the United States violated the Constitution and his Oath of Office by signing this Bill into Law. A Majority of the U.S. Supreme Court violated the Constitution and their Oaths of Office by asserting that some governmental interest means such violations of the Constitution are permissible.
In addition to the items above, it has now been proven that our government waged "aggressive war" against the sovereign Republic of Iraq for no valid reason whatsoever. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Iraq wasn't a threat to the United States. According to the US Government, upwards of 100,000 Iraqi CIVILIANS have been killed by US actions since the start of the "war." Our government invaded and took over another country for no valid reason whatsoever. None.
Was Saddam Hussein a ruthless dictator? Yes. Was that any of our business? No. It was the business of the Iraqi people, 100,000 of whom we have now killed. In fact, we have killed more innocent Iraqis than Saddam Hussein!
Last, but certainly not least is this Letter-To-The-Editor of the Washington Post by a sitting US Congressman in which he admits they don't even read the Bills they vote into law! If you had any illusion whatsoever that your government actually represents you, this shocking admission by an actual Congressman should disabuse you of that view.
A government which will not obey the supreme law of its own land or obey international law, has no right to continue in existence. As such, I say that the United States federal government should be removed from power. Not only should it be done, but we live in a particular time and set of circumstances in which it actually can be done!
Now, some of you are probably thinking, we can just vote the guys out of office and correct things politically. Yea, right. The 2004 election proved that the majority of Americans are too stupid to protect their own rights. Even before our political speech rights were limited by an apostate Supreme Court, more than 95% of the incumbents were re-elected because of the tons of cash sent their way. Now that only the incumbents (and the poorly funded opposition) can buy tv and radio time, I suspect the rate of incumbent re-election will come closer to 100%. So in my mind, voting is a lost cause.
Other readers may think that mass protests would do the trick. “After all” you say, “they can’t ignore millions of people.” HMMMMM. Well, let’s examine that. Poll after Poll of Americans from all walks of life agree that Immigration needs to be cut back and ILLEGAL immigration must be stopped. In fact, most Polls show that upwards of 80% of Americans want something done to halt illegal immigration. 80% of Americans want this matter taken care of, yet the federal government has done NOTHING. So those of you who think “they can’t ignore millions of people” had better think again. They already are ignoring us and have been doing so for quite some time. More proof: In 2003 Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge said it's time to legalize aliens; and the White House confirmed Legalization of Illegal Aliens was under review.
Just after the 2004 election, the White House announced yet another major push to legalize illegal aliens despite the fact they didn't dare mention that prior to election day! This despicable action was deliberately concealed from the American people so they could be fooled into re-electing the people responsible for this outrage! It was deliberate FRAUD perpetrated on the American people by our elected officials.
So voting them out of office proved impossible because they were and are willing to perpetrate deliberate FRAUD.
If the above wasn't bad enough, the federal government is now importing $2.6 Billion every working day to support its deficit spending. According to the Chief Economist at investment giant Morgan Stanley, there simply isn't enough money left in the entire world to sustain this rampant spending. He claims in this Boston Globe Article that America will face what he calls "Economic Armageddon"; a complete collapse of our entire monetary system. This will wipe out all of out personal savings accounts, retirement accounts, stock portfolios, mutual funds and the like. The average American citizen will be totally wiped out by a depression worse than the one in 1929!
Another possible solution to these problems would be to have the States call a Constitutional Convention and use that to dismantle the federal government without its consent. This manner would be totally legal and does not require approval of the federal government. I suspect I have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than having something like this take place.
EDITORIAL NOTE: FROM THIS POINT ON, WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ IS DICEY. LET ME CAUTION ALL OF YOU THAT DOING THE THINGS LISTED BELOW, OR EVEN PLANNING TO DO THEM, WOULD BE A FELONY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. I have no plans - at this time - to actually undertake the actions mentioned below and you shouldn't either. I am merely opining that the methods outlined below are possible and would be effective if undertaken. The point of this exercise is to demonstrate that the U.S. federal government (or any other national government in the world) COULD be successfully overthrown and it wouldn't take a lot of men, money, time or effort to do it. One again I remind you; doing these things or planning to do them is a FELONY -- unless you actually succeed!
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Far be it for me to limit anyone else's right to speech, but let me warn you friend, we live in dangerous times. Judging from the title of your article, I had some ideas where it was going, and I didn't want to have it on my computer. After seeing the results of the "Patriot Act", I would not encourage you in posting articles of this sort. (Of course, I didn't read the link Mr. Gonzalez.)
Having only read the first part of the article, I would say that Con Law is always a matter of balancing policy. If you have a right to do something it is never absolute. Your right ends where a another person's right begins. The Supreme Court must delineate where that line should be drawn. The right to speak here is balanced by the right of the people to have free elections. Both of these are primary rights. Congress has the power to make laws that will safeguard free elections. (15th Amendment, Reynolds v Sims, Voting Rights Act.) I might not agree with what the court says, but the USSC has been interpreting the Constitution for 200 years and I think it is safe to say that a precedent has been set.
As for the stupidity of the people, let me remind you that the 2000 and 2004 elections were STOLEN. See "What Went Wrong In Ohio" and the Rolling Stone article by Robert Kennedy Jr. Perhaps we have become too apathetic in accepting the presence of the Bush Admin, but perhaps things have to get worse sometimes before they get better. In this case, the people need to see to it that Congress impeaches Bush for his crimes. Maybe we also need to impeach Scalia for his part in Bush v Gore. We also need to get rid of electronic voting machines.
Most of all, we need to work for PEACE. These times are too much filled with violence and hatred. Those two never help anyone, and just make everyone unhappy. The Bushies want to make us hate our brothers whom we have never met. They want to divide us so that we are weak. The people may disagree on many things, but I think the overwhelming majority love their children and don't want to see them come to harm. I believe most people are good and want to live in peace.
As for me, I am beginning to think there is much wisdom in the practice of the Amish and the Quakers. I think perhaps it is better to allow harm to myself than to cause harm to another. Many might think this to be madness, but men have been killing each other for so long and with so little positive result.
The important part is that the people stand together. "...if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no reason to conspire. They needed only to rise up and shake themselves, like a horse shaking off flies."