Do We Have A "Police State" Yet?
Lou & Dr. Bob Wynman
"If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the constitution designates.–But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed."
George Washington
The constitution is not amended by a judge's opinion.
The constitution is not whatever a judge says it is.
The judge is whatever the constitution says HE is.
The constitution is not whatever congress says it is.
The congress is whatever the constitution says it is.
The fox must not be guarding the hen house.
The 10th amendment is very clear.
The 10th amendment PROHIBITS the federal government from having any other function,
other than those that ARE SPECIFICALLY GIVEN TO IT, BY THE CONSTITUTION.
Every DICTATORSHIP gives the law enforcement function to the CENTRAL
government. This is the derivation of the term "POLICE STATE".
The best explanation of this is found in:
"The Disturbing Trend Toward Federal Police" by our good friend, Congressman Ron Paul, who is offering to become the next President of the United States. He would become our first libertarian, pro-freedom President since Thomas Jefferson, perhaps our last chance to regain our constitutionally-limited government without a pair of bloody revolutions ... in THIS lifetime!
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2000/tst073100.htm
FBI stands for Federal Bureau of INVESTIGATION.
When the FBI was formed, the FBI was accepted as constitutional,
on THAT basis. Their job was to GATHER EVIDENCE.
That evidence was then turned over to LOCAL POLICE, who made the arrests.
The BATF was formed to administer over the COLLECTION OF TAXES,
on alcohol, tobacco and firearms.
The BATF was not formed to USE firearms against the American people.
Most crimes are not "federal" in jurisdiction.
Yes, there is no doubt that the scope of the federal government in law
enforcement HAS been expanded.
Where does it stop?
All Dictatorships have national military police; which are under the command of the central government ("police state").
Our founding fathers gave us a constitution, which entrusted all that power to local governments.
The FBI and BATF actions: at Waco against the Branch Davidians, and at Ruby Ridge against the Weaver family, are examples of the developing American Gestapo.
Did we not notice the TANKS AND FLAME THROWERS that were being to be used on woman and children???
Congressman Bob Barr suggested that Congress should consider perjury charges against Janet Reno for lying about the fact that the US military was illegally used against American citizens.
George Orwell's "thought police" are here.
The propaganda machine demonizes their victims.
The term "cult member" is just American for "thought criminal".
Do citizens now risk government oppression, for unpopular religious or political beliefs?
Who decides if your church is a "cult" or not?
Is your church BATF approved?
Can freedom of religion exist, if the government can take it away with the word "cult"?
So what if "cults" exist.
Are we free to decide what we want?
NO Charges against the Branch Davidians were ever substantiated.
Police actions, which occur before trials, must not be executions.
Citizens are innocent until PROVEN guilty in a COURT OF LAW.
If we can be killed in our homes, then there will never be a trial.
It is the job of police, to bring those who are accused of crimes into a court of law, where they will be given a fair trial.
It is NOT the job of police, to KILL those who are accused of crimes in the streets or in their homes, or in anyone else's home.
It is my understanding that there are as many as 30 federal agencies that are creating paramilitary police organizations. Maybe more?
These agencies have now been combined under the Department of Homeland Security.
It is illegal to use the American military against American citizens.
Americans should be aware of this, and should insist that training be done in a manner that respects this reality, and in a manner that does not create precedents, or indoctrinate us for a mind set that would accept the violation of this law.
Constitutional rights:
Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
Freedom of assembly
The right to keep and bear arms.
Are NOT dependent on which religion or ideology someone believes. If one group can be liquidated, it will just be a matter of time before they get around YOU.
The Homeland Security Act
formalized the creation of the Gestapo.
It is time to update a famous quote from Rev. Martin Niemoller
Rev. Martin Niemoller, commenting on events in Germany 1933-1939 said:
"In Germany, they came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics, and
I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, and by that time, no one was left to
speak up." -- Rev. Dr. Martin Niemoeller, July 1,
1937; arrested by the Third Reich
An update of this concept, with the United States in mind, would go like this:
"First they burned the house of the Symbionese Liberation Army and killed all of their members. Most of us did not object because we did not believe in the same things as the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Then they dropped a bomb on the building of the Philadelphia MOVE group, and destroyed two city blocks, and killed 11 members. Most of us did not object because we did not believe in the same things as the MOVE group.
Then they burned a house to kill Gordon Kahl, a tax protester, and killed him. Most of us did not object because we did not believe in the same things as Gordon Kahl.
Then they burned a house to kill Robert Matthews, leader of "The Order," and killed him. Most of us did not object because we did not believe in the same things as Robert Matthews.
Then they conducted a siege and a raid of 80-member Covenant of the Sword and Arm of the Lord religious group. Most of us did not object because we did not believe in the same things as the Covenant of the Sword and Arm of the Lord.
Then they conducted a siege and a raid of Randy Weaver's family, and killed or wounded nearly everyone present; even including a baby and the dog. Many of us did not object because we did not believe in the same things as Randy Weaver's family.
Then they burned the church of the Branch Davidians and killed nearly all of them. A few of us did not object because we did not believe in the same things as the Branch Davidians
And then they kidnapped Elian Gonzalez ..."
John Perna April 22, 2000
"An evil exists that threatens every man, woman, and child of this great nation.
We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland."
- Adolf Hitler, proposing the creation of the Gestapo in Nazi
Germany.
Sound familiar?
America, you better pull yer head out...........
Memorize this:
Homeland Security=Gestapo
Homeland Security=Gestapo
Homeland Security=Gestapo
Homeland Security=Gestapo
Homeland Security=Gestapo
Homeland Security=Gestapo
"If a nation or individual values anything more than freedom, it will lose
it's freedom; and the irony is that if it is comfort or money it values
more, it will lose that too."
--W. Somerset Maugham
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority.
It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the
people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who
mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good
masters, but they mean to be masters." -- Daniel Webster
"Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without
understanding."
Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) - American judge
Sorry for my pessimistic attitude, but...picture this;
You are a German citizen in the late1930's or early forties, and YOU UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE THAT IS TAKING PLACE, under Hitler's reign.
Most people do not have a clue about what is coming, and spend all available time in silly amusements.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?.
Most of those, who UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE THAT IS TAKING PLACE, may ALREADY be wondering if it is too late.
Most of those, who UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE THAT IS TAKING PLACE, ARE ALREADY AFRAID TO RESIST.
The Department of Homeland Security already has the power to oppress you in the name of protecting the Fatherland
Can you really picture it?
Need I say more?
For complete information
visit www.jbs.org and www.thenewamerican.com
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"Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions." -- Milton Friedman (1912-2006), American Economist and 1976 Nobel Prize-Winner in Economics
lou & dr. bob wynman, lake tahoe, USA