Friday, August 24, 2012
The Psychotic in power are calling us mentally ill
By admin, on August 23rd, 2012
Obama and his goons are making everything back to front and upside down. Good is bad and bad is good. If you are Christian and a gun owning patriot you are mentally ill, dangerous and should be taken away. This week we heard and followed what felt like the unbelievable in our country but the stories were true. Sane people practicing their 1st amendment rights are being identified as ‘risks’ ‘mentally ill’ ‘dangerous and needing treatment.’ Just some of these evolving cases of mental illness and danger
Doug Hagmann, Director of Northeast Intelligence Network and veteran private investigator exposed how one of his listeners and callers had been literally picked up by cops after a ‘mystery’ friend called in a mental health concern. This lead to Jason Egroff, being forcibly whisked away by cops, probed, questioned, humiliated and searched for 18 hours, then released. Hagmann found that the alleged friend who turned him in was far different than represented and Jason was not mentally ill or a danger at all. The only apparent danger and crime Jason committed was exercising his first amendment rights and daring to share concerns about the Government and 9/11. So what? Many people have concerns about 9/11 who are not insane.
Another mental health nightmare was experienced by Marine Corps veteran, Brandon J. Raub, 26. He was also forcibly held for 30 days out of concern of his ‘face book’ postings. He said things like “Find and rediscover the ideas of liberty and freedom, “Those are the ideas that make us great as people.” He also wrote, “Your leaders are planning to merge the United States into a one-world banking system, “They want to put computer chips in you…these men have evil heats. They have tricked you into supporting corporate fascism. We gave them the keys to our country. We were not vigilant with our republic.” He also wrote, “I am standing against a great evil. I will do it all by myself if I have to.” Thankfully, a Judge ordered his release and said his commitment was invalid and there was no basis to hold him.
Cases like this are starting to appear all over. Doug Hagmann said they are growing. Patriots, simply daring to confront Obama in print or on air are being set up to be a mental health risk and carried away. It is classic dictatorial intimidation and strategy.
Enemies must be identified, taken away, re educated or silenced. That puts a huge target on the foreheads of any real Christian, patriot, Tea Party member or Veteran. Most citizens with any backbone see that Obama is busy transforming America to a socialist/Marxist regime and trying to establish a dictatorship. Otherwise, why have over 40 Czars bypassing congress and answering only to Obama. Why have a sea of unconstitutional executive orders spelling out martial law controls and takeovers. Why turn secret service on people who are exercising their right to peacefully assemble in protest against Obama? Why have 30,000 drones flying over our head?
Given the forced health care with threat of fines, violation of our Miranda rights with the NDAA, the illegal war in Libya, slaughter of our 1st amendment rights, shredding of our economy and energy industry, you would have to be extremely mentally ill not to be concerned and a coward not to open your mouth and be heard.
Obama is simply doing what most classic dictators have done when starting to apprehend, threaten and terrorize the people. He is hiding behind ‘mental illness’ concerns. That way, he can quite some, intimidate others into silence while apprehending guns and freedom.
My Ph.D. is in counseling and mental health. Judging by how Obama works and views Americans, we are all considered mentally ill and expendable.
“This isn’t just any ‘bitter clinger’ writing this Obama. It is Dr. bitter clinger to you.” I love the Lord, my Constitution, country, freedom and my family. I think Obama is a Marxist, Communist, Usurper who hates America. He is a Narcissistic, evil man who pretends to be a Christian. Where is the mental illness folks? Join me and my bitter clinger self each day at: www.therothshow.com
ROMNEY FIRES BIRTH CERTIFICATE “TEST MISSILE” AND HITS TARGET WITH HOME CROWD
by Penbrook One
Friday, August 24, 2012
OBOTS GNASHING THEIR TEETH – Resounding approval from a Michigan campaign rally crowd following comments by Mitt Romney about his birth certificate reveals that the truth is on his side when it comes to challenging the prolific lies about Obama’s identity and eligibility to be president. Most importantly, the applause demonstrated to Romney that he has at his disposal the most destructive arsenal of political weaponry ever held against a political opponent in American history...and that he has permission to use those weapons without apologies for the sake of America’s future.
By Dan Crosby
of The Daily Pen
NEW YORK, NY - Mitt Romney just “went nuclear” in the 2012 President campaign.
Speaking at a Detroit-suburb rally, Romney told a crowd of 10,000 that he and his wife were happy to be back in the state of their childhood home when he fired a “test missile” at Barack Obama’s failure to demonstrate his Natural Born eligibility to be president.
“No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate…they know this is the place that we were born and raised,” Romney said.
The remark received a resounding applause because the crowd knew it was in reference to evidence discovered over the past five years that Obama is ineligible to be president because he has failed to demonstrate his natural born citizenship. Regardless of Obama’s birth place, however, which has never been proven with authentic original documentation, his alleged father, Barack Obama Sr., was never a U.S. citizen.
A natural born U.S. citizen is one born in the U.S. to two citizen parents.
Questions have also been raised about whether Obama is lying about the identity of his real father in order to hide his un-American beliefs and his neo-communist agenda. Evidence about Obama’s past, including his childhood and college years, shows that he holds radical communist views and hatred toward, not only vintage American heritage, but white people in general. Obama has long been suspected of harboring a deep seated anger and being motivated by a long held desire for vengeance against what he sees as the injustices of colonialism and economic supremacy by nonmelanic cultures.
After the video of Romney’s remarks were posted on YouTube, liberal operatives began firing emails to one another organizing a group effort to descend on the site and post “dislike” ratings and criticism toward Romney. Site statistics shows that videos of Romney's remarks are receiving a disproportionate number of responses compared with other posts.
Unlike Barack Obama, Mitt Romney is a natural born citizen of the United States because he was born in the U.S. to two citizen parents. Therefore, Romney is eligible to be a presidential candidate under Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution.
Mitt Romney’s father was born in Mexico but became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. prior to Romney’s birth in Michigan while Romney’s mother has always been a U.S. citizen.
Romney has never attempted to hide documentation alluding to his constitutional eligibility like Obama has.
Hawaii officials have repeatedly refused to verify the existence of, or authenticate content in, Obama’s original birth certificate which they claim is on file in that state’s Health Department. Explicit requests for the original paper documentation of Obama’s alleged birth in Hawaii have been denied by officials which raises doubts that an original document even exists.
In response to pervasive questions about Obama’s birth in April 2011, document forgers working on behalf of Obama posted to an official government website what has since been proven by a law enforcement investigation to be a digitally fabricated computer image of an alleged 1961 birth certificate. The criminals have yet to be indentified.
An image of Obama’s alleged 1980 selective service registration card has also been shown to be a forgery. Maricopa County law enforcement officials showed that the card is only one of millions ever processed by the postal service using a two-digit year receipt stamp, while all others submitted have always been stamped with a four-digit year stamp. The card also shows that Obama allegedly signed it a day before it was stamped.
Investigators suspect the document was forged for Obama because he never registered for selective service. Failure to do so would disqualify him from being president.
Judges in the U.S. are also hiding from the issue of Obama’s eligibility, refusing to review any of nearly 130 lawsuits on the merits of the actual evidence, fearing the discovery of the evidence would show that Obama is actually a fraud and liar. Essentially judges have cowered to political fears, dismissing the cases based on a false argument that plaintiffs don’t have standing. No case yet has been allowed to move forward on discovery of evidence, let alone been examined under an actual legal argument citing precedent.
Of course, a frightened Obama campaign desperately tried to deflect reaction to the remark, saying Romney was embracing "the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them."
Obama's campaign apparently fails to realize that Romney does not have the power to stand up to the truth.
by Penbrook One
Friday, August 24, 2012
OBOTS GNASHING THEIR TEETH – Resounding approval from a Michigan campaign rally crowd following comments by Mitt Romney about his birth certificate reveals that the truth is on his side when it comes to challenging the prolific lies about Obama’s identity and eligibility to be president. Most importantly, the applause demonstrated to Romney that he has at his disposal the most destructive arsenal of political weaponry ever held against a political opponent in American history...and that he has permission to use those weapons without apologies for the sake of America’s future.
By Dan Crosby
of The Daily Pen
NEW YORK, NY - Mitt Romney just “went nuclear” in the 2012 President campaign.
Speaking at a Detroit-suburb rally, Romney told a crowd of 10,000 that he and his wife were happy to be back in the state of their childhood home when he fired a “test missile” at Barack Obama’s failure to demonstrate his Natural Born eligibility to be president.
“No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate…they know this is the place that we were born and raised,” Romney said.
The remark received a resounding applause because the crowd knew it was in reference to evidence discovered over the past five years that Obama is ineligible to be president because he has failed to demonstrate his natural born citizenship. Regardless of Obama’s birth place, however, which has never been proven with authentic original documentation, his alleged father, Barack Obama Sr., was never a U.S. citizen.
A natural born U.S. citizen is one born in the U.S. to two citizen parents.
Questions have also been raised about whether Obama is lying about the identity of his real father in order to hide his un-American beliefs and his neo-communist agenda. Evidence about Obama’s past, including his childhood and college years, shows that he holds radical communist views and hatred toward, not only vintage American heritage, but white people in general. Obama has long been suspected of harboring a deep seated anger and being motivated by a long held desire for vengeance against what he sees as the injustices of colonialism and economic supremacy by nonmelanic cultures.
After the video of Romney’s remarks were posted on YouTube, liberal operatives began firing emails to one another organizing a group effort to descend on the site and post “dislike” ratings and criticism toward Romney. Site statistics shows that videos of Romney's remarks are receiving a disproportionate number of responses compared with other posts.
Unlike Barack Obama, Mitt Romney is a natural born citizen of the United States because he was born in the U.S. to two citizen parents. Therefore, Romney is eligible to be a presidential candidate under Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution.
Mitt Romney’s father was born in Mexico but became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. prior to Romney’s birth in Michigan while Romney’s mother has always been a U.S. citizen.
Romney has never attempted to hide documentation alluding to his constitutional eligibility like Obama has.
Hawaii officials have repeatedly refused to verify the existence of, or authenticate content in, Obama’s original birth certificate which they claim is on file in that state’s Health Department. Explicit requests for the original paper documentation of Obama’s alleged birth in Hawaii have been denied by officials which raises doubts that an original document even exists.
In response to pervasive questions about Obama’s birth in April 2011, document forgers working on behalf of Obama posted to an official government website what has since been proven by a law enforcement investigation to be a digitally fabricated computer image of an alleged 1961 birth certificate. The criminals have yet to be indentified.
An image of Obama’s alleged 1980 selective service registration card has also been shown to be a forgery. Maricopa County law enforcement officials showed that the card is only one of millions ever processed by the postal service using a two-digit year receipt stamp, while all others submitted have always been stamped with a four-digit year stamp. The card also shows that Obama allegedly signed it a day before it was stamped.
Investigators suspect the document was forged for Obama because he never registered for selective service. Failure to do so would disqualify him from being president.
Judges in the U.S. are also hiding from the issue of Obama’s eligibility, refusing to review any of nearly 130 lawsuits on the merits of the actual evidence, fearing the discovery of the evidence would show that Obama is actually a fraud and liar. Essentially judges have cowered to political fears, dismissing the cases based on a false argument that plaintiffs don’t have standing. No case yet has been allowed to move forward on discovery of evidence, let alone been examined under an actual legal argument citing precedent.
Of course, a frightened Obama campaign desperately tried to deflect reaction to the remark, saying Romney was embracing "the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them."
Obama's campaign apparently fails to realize that Romney does not have the power to stand up to the truth.
If Obama gets re-elected in 2012, this just may be America's last election.
In the past three years, the Obama administration has been very carefully crafting the nation for a political take over by his Marxist regime and this isn't just my opinion. Popular radio talk show host Michael Savage is the son of Russian immigrants and is very familiar with Soviet and European history. Savage warned his listeners this week saying, "I have to tell you that if this man, God forbid, is the next president of the United States , we're going to be living in something along the lines of - people say Europe . I don't believe it's going to be like Europe- I think it will be closer to Chavez's South American dictatorship. This is the most corrupt, incompetent, dangerous tyrannical administration in American history. It's not politics as usual. It's not just Democrats versus Republicans. Obama has a long history of being at odds with American values and with America itself and the core principles of this country. They don't want government-sponsored opinions. They only want government-sponsored 'Pravda.' That's exactly what the government-media complex tells you on a daily basis - nothing but the government-media complex party line. Pay attention. Your freedom may be at stake."
Rick Santorum told a small group of people in a coffee house that, "Barack Obama is not incompetent, ladies and gentleman. He knows exactly what he's doing and why he's doing it. He sees America differently than you see America. [Obama] has gone out of his way to divide this country in a way I haven't seen since the Great Depression when Franklin Roosevelt went around to divide his country. That's his hero. What makes America great [in Obama's mind is that] the government takes money from somebody and gives it to somebody else. No, that's what makes America France."
With his control over the Executive and Judicial branches of the government, the stage is set for a complete takeover of the government. Think about it.
Since taking office, instead of helping the economy, Obama has purposely escalated the economic crisis by plunging the country into unprecedented debt. (The last thing a failing government does is to raid the treasury) He has a number of programs that are designed to go into effect in January 2013, just in time for his second term of office. The economic burden and increased taxes on everyone will be enough to cause the final economic collapse of the country. As soon as that happens, Obama declares Martial Law and assumes dictatorial control of the nation.
The Department of Justice has already been subverting federal laws to strip us of a number of freedoms. The Supreme Court and many of the other federal courts have been seeded with socialistic liberal judges that will rule in Obama's favor on virtually anything, thus ending constitutional rule and law.
He's already changing the face of America 's military. Allowing homosexuals to openly serve along with changing the retirement program is causing many conservative military leaders to resign commissions and leave the military. Some Pentagon officials are also noting that an increase in the enlistment of radical Muslims into the US military where they get all the training they need on weapons and defense systems. We have no idea how many of them there are in the armed forces or in what positions they may hold.
Obama has been wielding executive powers this past year as if he were already a dictator. When Congress is not doing his bidding, he simply bypasses them and used an executive order to accomplish it anyway.
On March 16, 2012, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order that authorizes peacetime martial law in the United States of America . The Executive Order is titled, National Defense Resources Preparedness Order. In effect that document gives full and complete control over the entire countries natural resources in case of a natural disaster or during a time of war.
Barack Obama granted to himself authority to approve the dispensing of all domestic energy, production, transportation, food, and water supplies as he deems necessary to protect national security. The document itself though is not limited to a time of war or even of that of a natural disaster. Rather the text of the document says that the President can invoke these powers for national defense in the “full spectrum of emergencies” (Sec 103a). This has set the stage for his disbandment of Congress. He would not be the first world leader to take control of a nation and disband the legislative branch of government.
He has been effectively using the media to anesthetize the public to the dangers he poses. Like a patient being prepped for surgery, people are numb to the changes and won't have a clue what took place until they wake up in recovery and realize that free America has been removed and replaced with a regime that may parallel those of Stalin, Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler, Chávez and Castro.
In the past three years, the Obama administration has been very carefully crafting the nation for a political take over by his Marxist regime and this isn't just my opinion. Popular radio talk show host Michael Savage is the son of Russian immigrants and is very familiar with Soviet and European history. Savage warned his listeners this week saying, "I have to tell you that if this man, God forbid, is the next president of the United States , we're going to be living in something along the lines of - people say Europe . I don't believe it's going to be like Europe- I think it will be closer to Chavez's South American dictatorship. This is the most corrupt, incompetent, dangerous tyrannical administration in American history. It's not politics as usual. It's not just Democrats versus Republicans. Obama has a long history of being at odds with American values and with America itself and the core principles of this country. They don't want government-sponsored opinions. They only want government-sponsored 'Pravda.' That's exactly what the government-media complex tells you on a daily basis - nothing but the government-media complex party line. Pay attention. Your freedom may be at stake."
Rick Santorum told a small group of people in a coffee house that, "Barack Obama is not incompetent, ladies and gentleman. He knows exactly what he's doing and why he's doing it. He sees America differently than you see America. [Obama] has gone out of his way to divide this country in a way I haven't seen since the Great Depression when Franklin Roosevelt went around to divide his country. That's his hero. What makes America great [in Obama's mind is that] the government takes money from somebody and gives it to somebody else. No, that's what makes America France."
With his control over the Executive and Judicial branches of the government, the stage is set for a complete takeover of the government. Think about it.
Since taking office, instead of helping the economy, Obama has purposely escalated the economic crisis by plunging the country into unprecedented debt. (The last thing a failing government does is to raid the treasury) He has a number of programs that are designed to go into effect in January 2013, just in time for his second term of office. The economic burden and increased taxes on everyone will be enough to cause the final economic collapse of the country. As soon as that happens, Obama declares Martial Law and assumes dictatorial control of the nation.
The Department of Justice has already been subverting federal laws to strip us of a number of freedoms. The Supreme Court and many of the other federal courts have been seeded with socialistic liberal judges that will rule in Obama's favor on virtually anything, thus ending constitutional rule and law.
He's already changing the face of America 's military. Allowing homosexuals to openly serve along with changing the retirement program is causing many conservative military leaders to resign commissions and leave the military. Some Pentagon officials are also noting that an increase in the enlistment of radical Muslims into the US military where they get all the training they need on weapons and defense systems. We have no idea how many of them there are in the armed forces or in what positions they may hold.
Obama has been wielding executive powers this past year as if he were already a dictator. When Congress is not doing his bidding, he simply bypasses them and used an executive order to accomplish it anyway.
On March 16, 2012, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order that authorizes peacetime martial law in the United States of America . The Executive Order is titled, National Defense Resources Preparedness Order. In effect that document gives full and complete control over the entire countries natural resources in case of a natural disaster or during a time of war.
Barack Obama granted to himself authority to approve the dispensing of all domestic energy, production, transportation, food, and water supplies as he deems necessary to protect national security. The document itself though is not limited to a time of war or even of that of a natural disaster. Rather the text of the document says that the President can invoke these powers for national defense in the “full spectrum of emergencies” (Sec 103a). This has set the stage for his disbandment of Congress. He would not be the first world leader to take control of a nation and disband the legislative branch of government.
He has been effectively using the media to anesthetize the public to the dangers he poses. Like a patient being prepped for surgery, people are numb to the changes and won't have a clue what took place until they wake up in recovery and realize that free America has been removed and replaced with a regime that may parallel those of Stalin, Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler, Chávez and Castro.
Time to storm Obama and Washington D.C.?
By Sher Zieve
July 14, 2012
I am in extremely fine company. On 18 June 2012 I wrote in my column "Obama Dictatorship Now Overtly Lawless...Congress Largely Yawns": "We have almost completely lost our country to the Marxist/Islamic ruler currently ensconced in OUR White House, folks. It's inordinately clear that Congress will do nothing. Only We-the-People can stop this. Isn't it time for a REAL Million Patriot + march on Washington D.C.? If we don't take back our country no one else will...no one. Obama and his illegal government are now completely criminal and, apparently, in total control of us all."
Now recently, during a rousing speech given to donors at a Romney campaign event in Park City, Utah, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said: "It is a narrative that is being pushed by our current president, that 'I'm doing poorly because you're doing well,'" she said. "That has never been the American narrative. Ours has never been a narrative of aggrievement and ours has never been a narrative of entitlement. It is time for all of us, in any way we can, to mobilize, get our act together, and storm Washington D.C."
It appears that many Republican leaders who, in the past, have not come out in any partisan manner have now realized the extreme jeopardy that comprises the current state of our country. Multitudes of Americans are also, more each and every day, now aware of the dire straits the Obama syndicate has forcefully pushed us all into and are determined to stop the totalitarian onslaught. Obama and his cabal have summarily gutted the US Treasury — with ObamaFriend Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's assistance — and made tremendous progress into destroying every uniquely American institution that still exists.
Obama has appointed to high levels of the US government's national security members of the foundational terrorist group the Muslim Brotherhood (Sunni Muslims) and he and his syndicate are in the process of bringing down each and every non-Sunni Muslim regime (Obama's ostensible father and family are Sunni) in the Middle East. He started by sending leftists (terrorists themselves) "Code Pink" (in 2008-2009), the husband and wife team of Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn and Google executive Wael Ghonim to plan, implement and assist the "revolution" and ultimate end-goal of the installation of the Muslim Brotherhood as Egypt's ruling body. It has worked. Obama then set his sights on Libya...another Shia Muslim country. Result? Libya quickly was taken over by the MB. Although the Brotherhood is now experiencing disgust from the Libyan people and will likely have difficulty in the upcoming elections, they are still in control. Now, Obama has set his sights on Syria...another Shia Muslim country...and has plans to destroy it and affect an MB takeover there. Is the pattern developing? You betcha'!
The final assault on non-Sunni Islam will be against Iran...and the Obama campaign against this terrorist country (to replace it with another terrorist group...the one to which Obama belongs) is well underway. Then, the traitor and dictator-in-chief will have nothing to stop him from moving on Israel.
The Final World War may be no more than a few weeks or months away. As if they won't be affected, the wholly-owned media reports virtually nothing on this. With reports on daily briefings from the White House as to what they may and may not report, the media are already completely under the control of Dictator-in-Chief Obama and his masters.
Every day brings at least another treasonous act against the USA and its people by and from Dictator Obama. Still, Congress and the vast majority of the press say nothing and do nothing to stop him. Are partisanship and temporary payoffs with taxpayer money more important than saving OUR country? Apparently so, as we witnessed recently with SCOTUS CJ John Roberts...who is apparently now hiding out on the island of Malta.
It's up to us, folks, as it has always been. We must pray to the Lord God for your redemption and the redemption of our country. But, it's also now time for us to act. To repeat what Condi Rice said so eloquently: "It is time for all of us, in any way we can, to mobilize, get our act together, and storm Washington D.C." In this country, we used to actually fight attempts to suppress and enslave us. It's time to remember that. Let's Roll!
"Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this" — Ecclesiastes 7:10
By Sher Zieve
July 14, 2012
I am in extremely fine company. On 18 June 2012 I wrote in my column "Obama Dictatorship Now Overtly Lawless...Congress Largely Yawns": "We have almost completely lost our country to the Marxist/Islamic ruler currently ensconced in OUR White House, folks. It's inordinately clear that Congress will do nothing. Only We-the-People can stop this. Isn't it time for a REAL Million Patriot + march on Washington D.C.? If we don't take back our country no one else will...no one. Obama and his illegal government are now completely criminal and, apparently, in total control of us all."
Now recently, during a rousing speech given to donors at a Romney campaign event in Park City, Utah, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said: "It is a narrative that is being pushed by our current president, that 'I'm doing poorly because you're doing well,'" she said. "That has never been the American narrative. Ours has never been a narrative of aggrievement and ours has never been a narrative of entitlement. It is time for all of us, in any way we can, to mobilize, get our act together, and storm Washington D.C."
It appears that many Republican leaders who, in the past, have not come out in any partisan manner have now realized the extreme jeopardy that comprises the current state of our country. Multitudes of Americans are also, more each and every day, now aware of the dire straits the Obama syndicate has forcefully pushed us all into and are determined to stop the totalitarian onslaught. Obama and his cabal have summarily gutted the US Treasury — with ObamaFriend Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's assistance — and made tremendous progress into destroying every uniquely American institution that still exists.
Obama has appointed to high levels of the US government's national security members of the foundational terrorist group the Muslim Brotherhood (Sunni Muslims) and he and his syndicate are in the process of bringing down each and every non-Sunni Muslim regime (Obama's ostensible father and family are Sunni) in the Middle East. He started by sending leftists (terrorists themselves) "Code Pink" (in 2008-2009), the husband and wife team of Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn and Google executive Wael Ghonim to plan, implement and assist the "revolution" and ultimate end-goal of the installation of the Muslim Brotherhood as Egypt's ruling body. It has worked. Obama then set his sights on Libya...another Shia Muslim country. Result? Libya quickly was taken over by the MB. Although the Brotherhood is now experiencing disgust from the Libyan people and will likely have difficulty in the upcoming elections, they are still in control. Now, Obama has set his sights on Syria...another Shia Muslim country...and has plans to destroy it and affect an MB takeover there. Is the pattern developing? You betcha'!
The final assault on non-Sunni Islam will be against Iran...and the Obama campaign against this terrorist country (to replace it with another terrorist group...the one to which Obama belongs) is well underway. Then, the traitor and dictator-in-chief will have nothing to stop him from moving on Israel.
The Final World War may be no more than a few weeks or months away. As if they won't be affected, the wholly-owned media reports virtually nothing on this. With reports on daily briefings from the White House as to what they may and may not report, the media are already completely under the control of Dictator-in-Chief Obama and his masters.
Every day brings at least another treasonous act against the USA and its people by and from Dictator Obama. Still, Congress and the vast majority of the press say nothing and do nothing to stop him. Are partisanship and temporary payoffs with taxpayer money more important than saving OUR country? Apparently so, as we witnessed recently with SCOTUS CJ John Roberts...who is apparently now hiding out on the island of Malta.
It's up to us, folks, as it has always been. We must pray to the Lord God for your redemption and the redemption of our country. But, it's also now time for us to act. To repeat what Condi Rice said so eloquently: "It is time for all of us, in any way we can, to mobilize, get our act together, and storm Washington D.C." In this country, we used to actually fight attempts to suppress and enslave us. It's time to remember that. Let's Roll!
"Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this" — Ecclesiastes 7:10
A Billion More Reasons to be Concerned
by Colonel Bob Pappas, USMC, Retired
August 23, 2012
In recent days there have been reports of various agencies of the Obama Administration purchasing large quantities of small arms ammunition, over a billion rounds of hollow point ammunition to be exact. (The purpose of hollow point ammunition is to inflict severe flesh, bone and organ damage and is not allowed in combat.) That is interesting and scary given the prospect if not likelihood of civil unrest when Obama suffers election defeat in November. It is noteworthy to mention that in the ten years of U.S. involvement in Iraq the military used less than a billion rounds. This Administration's recent behavior is enough to make one's skin crawl, admittedly there's nothing new to that.
Readers should recall Obama's speech in 2008 about "community service" in which he said,
"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
When one reflects on the rise of the Bolsheviks in the U.S.S.R. and of the National Socialists in Germany, in both cases a small minority through both legal and illegal means wrested power for themselves and imposed terror on the populations of both nations; incidentally, both regimes were socialist. So much so was the terror, that millions of people who did not roll over were terminated. It is axiomatic that when a brutal and totalitarian government begins to impose its will through force, people become silent... and compliant. It is something that tyrants through ages have known and employed. Is there any doubt that about Obama?
Consider the catastrophe brought about in four years by Obama and his Czars, and all the while, in former Secretary of State Albright's words, "we'll blame Bush forever." Chairwoman of the Democrat National Committee Debbie Wasserman-Schultz stated on June 15th, 2011,
“We own the economy. We own the beginning of the turnaround and we want to make sure that we continue that pace of recovery, not go back to the policies of the past under the Bush administration that put us in the ditch in the first place.”
It is remarkable that anyone who is watching events would suggest that there is an economic turnaround given: that there are more people out of work now than when Obama took office; more people than at any time in history are on food stamps; more businesses are moving overseas; citizens suffer from the highest gas prices in history; stealth, but real hyperinflation is underway (i.e. price of gas has doubled in four years); economic expansion at a standstill; and more effort to tamp down free markets than any Administration in the history of the country. Oh, yes, and real unemployment is around 15%.
Obama has clearly stated that the economic and governmental system that made this the greatest nation in the history of the world doesn't work, that it has failed and that he has much work left to do. By "much work left to do" Obama means that this election is about a choice of going back to prosperity (the free market economy system) by killing the goose that laid the golden egg (taking from producers and giving to non producers), or what amounts by any reasonable standard, socialism.
Bill Clinton and Congressional Democrats with complicit Republicans set the stage for the crash of 2008. It was the "perfect storm" and timing for the pied Obama piper was perfect, almost as though orchestrated. The question now is: "Having been fooled once about just who he is and what his intentions are, are Americans so utterly naive and totally ignorant as to elect him again?" I think not!
In recent days the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin E. Dempsey said,
"If someone uses the uniform for partisan politics, I'm disappointed in that...I think it erodes that bond of trust we have with the American people."
In a phrase, "General Dempsey blew it." His observation is absolutely true of those on active duty, but Dempsey's implied suggestion that retired or former military members who bought-and-paid-for the right to freedom of expression should refrain from exercising that right, is contemptible. With all due respect, General Dempsey would serve all Americans better by keeping silent on the subject and letting civilians and former military members and retirees handle political issues. Otherwise, what confidence would Americans have that Dempsey would refrain from turning on the majority of American people with those billion lethal rounds purchased by disparate agencies of the Obama Administration (for target practice?).
Semper Fidelis
P.S. Paul Ryan; like McCain/Palin, Romney now has a campaign that conservatives can enthusiastically embrace; this time the results will be different.
Copyright © August 23rd, 2012, by Robert L. Pappas. With proper attribution, this essay may be quoted and redistributed, except it may not be used in conjunction with any advertisement without the author’s expressed written permission.
by Colonel Bob Pappas, USMC, Retired
August 23, 2012
In recent days there have been reports of various agencies of the Obama Administration purchasing large quantities of small arms ammunition, over a billion rounds of hollow point ammunition to be exact. (The purpose of hollow point ammunition is to inflict severe flesh, bone and organ damage and is not allowed in combat.) That is interesting and scary given the prospect if not likelihood of civil unrest when Obama suffers election defeat in November. It is noteworthy to mention that in the ten years of U.S. involvement in Iraq the military used less than a billion rounds. This Administration's recent behavior is enough to make one's skin crawl, admittedly there's nothing new to that.
Readers should recall Obama's speech in 2008 about "community service" in which he said,
"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
When one reflects on the rise of the Bolsheviks in the U.S.S.R. and of the National Socialists in Germany, in both cases a small minority through both legal and illegal means wrested power for themselves and imposed terror on the populations of both nations; incidentally, both regimes were socialist. So much so was the terror, that millions of people who did not roll over were terminated. It is axiomatic that when a brutal and totalitarian government begins to impose its will through force, people become silent... and compliant. It is something that tyrants through ages have known and employed. Is there any doubt that about Obama?
Consider the catastrophe brought about in four years by Obama and his Czars, and all the while, in former Secretary of State Albright's words, "we'll blame Bush forever." Chairwoman of the Democrat National Committee Debbie Wasserman-Schultz stated on June 15th, 2011,
“We own the economy. We own the beginning of the turnaround and we want to make sure that we continue that pace of recovery, not go back to the policies of the past under the Bush administration that put us in the ditch in the first place.”
It is remarkable that anyone who is watching events would suggest that there is an economic turnaround given: that there are more people out of work now than when Obama took office; more people than at any time in history are on food stamps; more businesses are moving overseas; citizens suffer from the highest gas prices in history; stealth, but real hyperinflation is underway (i.e. price of gas has doubled in four years); economic expansion at a standstill; and more effort to tamp down free markets than any Administration in the history of the country. Oh, yes, and real unemployment is around 15%.
Obama has clearly stated that the economic and governmental system that made this the greatest nation in the history of the world doesn't work, that it has failed and that he has much work left to do. By "much work left to do" Obama means that this election is about a choice of going back to prosperity (the free market economy system) by killing the goose that laid the golden egg (taking from producers and giving to non producers), or what amounts by any reasonable standard, socialism.
Bill Clinton and Congressional Democrats with complicit Republicans set the stage for the crash of 2008. It was the "perfect storm" and timing for the pied Obama piper was perfect, almost as though orchestrated. The question now is: "Having been fooled once about just who he is and what his intentions are, are Americans so utterly naive and totally ignorant as to elect him again?" I think not!
In recent days the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin E. Dempsey said,
"If someone uses the uniform for partisan politics, I'm disappointed in that...I think it erodes that bond of trust we have with the American people."
In a phrase, "General Dempsey blew it." His observation is absolutely true of those on active duty, but Dempsey's implied suggestion that retired or former military members who bought-and-paid-for the right to freedom of expression should refrain from exercising that right, is contemptible. With all due respect, General Dempsey would serve all Americans better by keeping silent on the subject and letting civilians and former military members and retirees handle political issues. Otherwise, what confidence would Americans have that Dempsey would refrain from turning on the majority of American people with those billion lethal rounds purchased by disparate agencies of the Obama Administration (for target practice?).
Semper Fidelis
P.S. Paul Ryan; like McCain/Palin, Romney now has a campaign that conservatives can enthusiastically embrace; this time the results will be different.
Copyright © August 23rd, 2012, by Robert L. Pappas. With proper attribution, this essay may be quoted and redistributed, except it may not be used in conjunction with any advertisement without the author’s expressed written permission.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
What If The Media Actually Told The Truth?
August 23, 2012 by Wayne Allyn Root
Hello. I’m Wayne Allyn Root for Personal Liberty. Today’s video commentary is about a strange concept: What if the media actually decided to tell the truth? Have you seen the latest Newsweek magazine cover out this week? Ultra-left Newsweek’s cover story features a photo of Obama and the headline: “Hit the Road Barack, Why We Need a New President.” My, how the mighty have fallen! Is it possible the mainstream media are finally starting to grasp what I predicted three months ago: that Obama will lose in a landslide? Has the first domino fallen? As the media realize that Obama will not only lose, but lose big, I predict this will be the first of many negative headlines for Obama. After all, no one likes to bet on a lame horse.
Why the change of heart? The latest Gallop Poll has Romney up by 2 points. That’s before the GOP Convention. Rasmussen (my most trusted pollster) has had Romney up by 3 to 4 points most days for a solid month. Rasmussen also has Romney winning Indiana, North Carolina, Florida and dead even in Wisconsin (all States Obama won in 2008). Obama is in deep trouble and that’s before America gets to see Paul Ryan debate Joe Biden and realizes that Biden is a worn-out union hack with no knowledge of facts whatsoever.
What if the media actually try playing fair and balanced and telling the truth? Here is what they’d report:
If the media told the truth, instead of harping on Romney’s “female gap” they’d report on Obama’s “male gap,” “white gap,” “senior gap,” “Christian gap” and “military veteran gap.” Obama is sinking fast with all these important voting groups. Romney is winning by landslide margins with them all. Obama loses the male vote by as much, or more, than he wins among females. Funny how the media never mention that!
If the media told the truth, they’d challenge Obama’s lies that his bailout of GM and Chrysler is a model of success. In reality, it is a model of disaster: a $25 billion loss for the American taxpayer. If the media told the truth, they’d report that the much of the $25 billion went to pay off auto unions that contributed heavily to Obama, while stealing bondholders’ entire investment.
They’d also report that while Obama used taxpayer money to make whole every pension for every union member of GM and Chrysler, he let the pensions of non-union autoworkers go bankrupt. If the media think this is success, I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.
If the media told the truth, they’d report that Obama is the first President in modern history to never pass a budget. How many Americans have heard that Obama’s most recent budget was voted down 99-0 in the U.S. Senate? Obama’s budget was so ridiculous that every single Democrat voted against it. I guess the media just forgot about that.
If the media told the truth, they’d call Vice President Joe Biden a racist and “gutter politician” for telling a primarily black audience the GOP plan is “to put y’all back in chains.” Cutting spending is hardly akin to slavery. The truth the media should report is that putting American taxpayers over $5 trillion more in debt in only 3½ years is enslaving our children and grandchildren to a lower quality of life. But the media have been careful not to mention that form of slavery.
If the media told the truth, they’d report that Paul Ryan’s plan reforms Medicare and saves it for future generations (with no change for anyone over 55) while President Obama has stolen $700 million from Medicare to pay for Obamacare (with no plan whatsoever to save this debt-riden, out-of-control program). They’d also report that Obama’s massive January tax increase raises taxes on dividends and interest to levels not seen in decades. Seniors live off investment income, interest and dividends. With Obama cutting their income, many seniors will lose their homes and retirement income. If the media told the truth, they would report: “This guy Obama clearly hates old people.”
Liberal feminists often call men “verbally abusive.” If the media told the truth, they’d report that Obama is the “verbally abusive President.” His never-ending punching bags are small-business owners and the rich. His off-teleprompter rants such as “You didn’t build that,” “The private sector is doing fine” and “We want to spread the wealth around” demonstrate Obama’s total economic incompetence and lack of understanding that America’s business owners provide the jobs and taxes that pays for government. How can any educated journalist protect a President so ignorant (and arrogant) as to not know that without businesspeople and entrepreneurs there would be no government services or employees?
If the media told the truth, they’d report Obama is “the bribery President.” Free contraception to women, amnesty through Executive Order to young Hispanics, advertising campaigns in Mexico to inform illegals in the USA that they qualify for food stamps, creating an Office of African-American Education. Every day, comes a new bribe to Obama’s voters, all within weeks of the election. Yet the media are silent. They are like Sgt. Schultz of the “Hogan’s Heroes” television series: “I see nothing! I know nothing!”
If the media told the truth, they’d report we are facing economic collapse. They would report the tragic economic indicators just out for July:
Last month, California’s sales tax revenues plunged a shocking $539 million below expectations.
The jobless rate rose in 44 States in July, including 9 out of 10 battleground States.
In the 10th (Ohio) it stayed even.
This is no recovery. And, here’s the worst news: The American Petroleum Institute reports that U.S. consumer demand for oil in July was the lowest since 1995. These figures are alarming, to say the least. Where are the media hiding while the economy collapses? Asleep at the switch.
My advice to the national media: Newsweek did it. You can do it, too. Break your Obama addiction. The truth will set you free! More importantly, it will set America free!
Well, a guy can dream, can’t he?
I’m Wayne Allyn Root for Personal Liberty. See you next week, same time, same place. God Bless.
August 23, 2012 by Wayne Allyn Root
Hello. I’m Wayne Allyn Root for Personal Liberty. Today’s video commentary is about a strange concept: What if the media actually decided to tell the truth? Have you seen the latest Newsweek magazine cover out this week? Ultra-left Newsweek’s cover story features a photo of Obama and the headline: “Hit the Road Barack, Why We Need a New President.” My, how the mighty have fallen! Is it possible the mainstream media are finally starting to grasp what I predicted three months ago: that Obama will lose in a landslide? Has the first domino fallen? As the media realize that Obama will not only lose, but lose big, I predict this will be the first of many negative headlines for Obama. After all, no one likes to bet on a lame horse.
Why the change of heart? The latest Gallop Poll has Romney up by 2 points. That’s before the GOP Convention. Rasmussen (my most trusted pollster) has had Romney up by 3 to 4 points most days for a solid month. Rasmussen also has Romney winning Indiana, North Carolina, Florida and dead even in Wisconsin (all States Obama won in 2008). Obama is in deep trouble and that’s before America gets to see Paul Ryan debate Joe Biden and realizes that Biden is a worn-out union hack with no knowledge of facts whatsoever.
What if the media actually try playing fair and balanced and telling the truth? Here is what they’d report:
If the media told the truth, instead of harping on Romney’s “female gap” they’d report on Obama’s “male gap,” “white gap,” “senior gap,” “Christian gap” and “military veteran gap.” Obama is sinking fast with all these important voting groups. Romney is winning by landslide margins with them all. Obama loses the male vote by as much, or more, than he wins among females. Funny how the media never mention that!
If the media told the truth, they’d challenge Obama’s lies that his bailout of GM and Chrysler is a model of success. In reality, it is a model of disaster: a $25 billion loss for the American taxpayer. If the media told the truth, they’d report that the much of the $25 billion went to pay off auto unions that contributed heavily to Obama, while stealing bondholders’ entire investment.
They’d also report that while Obama used taxpayer money to make whole every pension for every union member of GM and Chrysler, he let the pensions of non-union autoworkers go bankrupt. If the media think this is success, I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.
If the media told the truth, they’d report that Obama is the first President in modern history to never pass a budget. How many Americans have heard that Obama’s most recent budget was voted down 99-0 in the U.S. Senate? Obama’s budget was so ridiculous that every single Democrat voted against it. I guess the media just forgot about that.
If the media told the truth, they’d call Vice President Joe Biden a racist and “gutter politician” for telling a primarily black audience the GOP plan is “to put y’all back in chains.” Cutting spending is hardly akin to slavery. The truth the media should report is that putting American taxpayers over $5 trillion more in debt in only 3½ years is enslaving our children and grandchildren to a lower quality of life. But the media have been careful not to mention that form of slavery.
If the media told the truth, they’d report that Paul Ryan’s plan reforms Medicare and saves it for future generations (with no change for anyone over 55) while President Obama has stolen $700 million from Medicare to pay for Obamacare (with no plan whatsoever to save this debt-riden, out-of-control program). They’d also report that Obama’s massive January tax increase raises taxes on dividends and interest to levels not seen in decades. Seniors live off investment income, interest and dividends. With Obama cutting their income, many seniors will lose their homes and retirement income. If the media told the truth, they would report: “This guy Obama clearly hates old people.”
Liberal feminists often call men “verbally abusive.” If the media told the truth, they’d report that Obama is the “verbally abusive President.” His never-ending punching bags are small-business owners and the rich. His off-teleprompter rants such as “You didn’t build that,” “The private sector is doing fine” and “We want to spread the wealth around” demonstrate Obama’s total economic incompetence and lack of understanding that America’s business owners provide the jobs and taxes that pays for government. How can any educated journalist protect a President so ignorant (and arrogant) as to not know that without businesspeople and entrepreneurs there would be no government services or employees?
If the media told the truth, they’d report Obama is “the bribery President.” Free contraception to women, amnesty through Executive Order to young Hispanics, advertising campaigns in Mexico to inform illegals in the USA that they qualify for food stamps, creating an Office of African-American Education. Every day, comes a new bribe to Obama’s voters, all within weeks of the election. Yet the media are silent. They are like Sgt. Schultz of the “Hogan’s Heroes” television series: “I see nothing! I know nothing!”
If the media told the truth, they’d report we are facing economic collapse. They would report the tragic economic indicators just out for July:
Last month, California’s sales tax revenues plunged a shocking $539 million below expectations.
The jobless rate rose in 44 States in July, including 9 out of 10 battleground States.
In the 10th (Ohio) it stayed even.
This is no recovery. And, here’s the worst news: The American Petroleum Institute reports that U.S. consumer demand for oil in July was the lowest since 1995. These figures are alarming, to say the least. Where are the media hiding while the economy collapses? Asleep at the switch.
My advice to the national media: Newsweek did it. You can do it, too. Break your Obama addiction. The truth will set you free! More importantly, it will set America free!
Well, a guy can dream, can’t he?
I’m Wayne Allyn Root for Personal Liberty. See you next week, same time, same place. God Bless.
The Case against the 16th Amendment
by Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired
Copyright Aug. 16, 2012 by Gulf1
As a matter of fundamental principle, the means for funding the federal government, obtaining revenue was constricted to excise taxes exclusively for a number of clearly defined reasons.
First, the continuing competitiveness of our fledgling state depended on our being a net productive economy, and excise taxes are the sole means of leveling the playing field, when confronted with long established exporters. Secondly, it ensured those elected to office would find the security of our Nation of greater value than making private connections through politics. Thirdly, it gave us the ability to take the time to consider where our best output would be, allow us to concentrate on our best interests, and remain trading, as others concentrated on their best productive capabilities.
The idea of an income tax was floated many times, but it wasn’t until prohibitionists got into a position of power that it was ever seriously considered. First of all, the constitution demands taxes be “apportioned”, which means equally applied to all who are taxed and income tax had been considered proper to be graduated, according to earnings – ideologically counter to “apportioned”.
It became a reality only because the primary revenue source for the federal government was the Whiskey tax, and the prohibitionists aligned with the graduated tax advocates, and by similar measures to what just occurred with obamacare, the income tax amendment was passed to be ratified, to provide a solid and substantial revenue source for the government absent whiskey taxes, so prohibition had a chance of passing.
Author and Researcher Bill Benson, in “The Law That Never Was,” makes a convincing case that the 16th amendment was not legally ratified and that Secretary of State Philander Knox was not merely in error but committed fraud when he declared it ratified in February 1913. A review of the process in which many of the states purportedly ratified (or didn’t) shows that their ratifications were not legal and should not have been counted. We should all be aware that in order for the Constitution to be modified, an Amendment must receive ratification by three-fourths of the States, which at the time of the 16th Amendment would have required 36 out of the 48 states. Benson reveals the intricacies of how the ratification process never happened.
When Secretary Knox declared the 16th amendment ratified on February 25, 1913, he had received responses from 42 states and acknowledged that four of those states (Utah, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire) had rejected it, counting 38 states as having approved it. But did they? Let’s take a look…
• In Kentucky, the legislature acted on the amendment without even having received it from the governor (the governor of each state was to transmit the proposed amendment to the state legislature). The version of the amendment that the Kentucky legislature made up and acted upon omitted the words “on income” from the text, so they weren’t even voting on an income tax. When they straightened that out (with the help of the governor), the Kentucky senate rejected the amendment; yet Philander Knox counted Kentucky as approving it!
• In Oklahoma, the legislature changed the wording of the amendment so that its meaning was virtually the opposite of what was intended by Congress, and this was the version they sent back to Knox. Yet Knox counted Oklahoma as approving it, despite a memo from his chief legal counsel, Reuben Clark, that states were not allowed to change it in any way.
It should be noted, however, that attorneys who have studied the subject have agreed that Kentucky and Oklahoma should not have been counted as approvals by Knox, and, moreover, if any state could be shown to have violated its own state constitution or laws in its approval process, then that state’s approval would have to be thrown out. That gets us past the “presumptive conclusion” argument, which says that the actions of an executive official cannot be judged by a court and admits that Knox could be wrong. We’re down to the magical THIRTY SIX states approving the Amendment. But there’s more… always is, ya know. If only one more state could be shown to have NOT ratified the Amendment legally, it would have been rejected, but Philander Knox was not about to see that happen!
The state constitution of Tennessee prohibited the state legislature from acting on any proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution sent by Congress until after the next election of state legislators. The intent, of course, is to give the proposed amendment a chance to become an issue in the state legislative elections so that the people can have a voice in determining the outcome. It also provides a cooling off period to reduce the tendency to approve an idea just because it happens to be the moment’s trend. You’ve probably already guessed that the Tennessee legislature did not hold off on voting for the amendment until after the next election, and you’d be right – they didn’t; hence, they acted upon it illegally before they were authorized to do so. They also violated their own state constitution by failing to read the resolution on three different days as prescribed by Article II, Section 18. These state constitutional violations make their approval of the amendment null and void. We’re down to 35 states, which in essence SHOULD mean the Amendment did NOT pass by the three-quarters needed. But let’s “spike the football” and destroy the Amendment even further.
Texas and Louisiana violated provisions in their state constitutions prohibiting the legislatures from empowering the federal government with any additional taxing authority. Now the number is down to 33.
Twelve other states, besides Tennessee, violated provisions in their constitutions requiring that a bill be read on three different days before voting on it. This is not a trivial requirement ~ it allows for a cooling off period. It enables members who may be absent one day to be present on another; it allows for a better familiarity with, and understanding of, the measure under consideration, since some members may not always read a bill or resolution before voting on it. (See, Douglas, things just never change. They don’t read them NOW either!). States violating this procedure were: Mississippi, Ohio, Arkansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, West Virginia, Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Colorado, and Illinois. Now the number is reduced to 21 states legally ratifying the amendment.
Further review would make the list dwindle down much more, but with the number down to 20, sixteen fewer than required, this is a suitable place to rest without getting into the matter of several states whose constitutions limited the taxing authority of their legislatures, which could not give to the federal government authority they did not have.
With these facts in mind, and noting this has been recorded, established as fact for the past 99 years, isn’t it about time we do something about this? When we have such a clear and obvious fraud, open for all to see, how can we not set it straight?
(Disclaimer: Statistical information contained in this article are from U. S. government sources and fully available to the public.)
by Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired
Copyright Aug. 16, 2012 by Gulf1
As a matter of fundamental principle, the means for funding the federal government, obtaining revenue was constricted to excise taxes exclusively for a number of clearly defined reasons.
First, the continuing competitiveness of our fledgling state depended on our being a net productive economy, and excise taxes are the sole means of leveling the playing field, when confronted with long established exporters. Secondly, it ensured those elected to office would find the security of our Nation of greater value than making private connections through politics. Thirdly, it gave us the ability to take the time to consider where our best output would be, allow us to concentrate on our best interests, and remain trading, as others concentrated on their best productive capabilities.
The idea of an income tax was floated many times, but it wasn’t until prohibitionists got into a position of power that it was ever seriously considered. First of all, the constitution demands taxes be “apportioned”, which means equally applied to all who are taxed and income tax had been considered proper to be graduated, according to earnings – ideologically counter to “apportioned”.
It became a reality only because the primary revenue source for the federal government was the Whiskey tax, and the prohibitionists aligned with the graduated tax advocates, and by similar measures to what just occurred with obamacare, the income tax amendment was passed to be ratified, to provide a solid and substantial revenue source for the government absent whiskey taxes, so prohibition had a chance of passing.
Author and Researcher Bill Benson, in “The Law That Never Was,” makes a convincing case that the 16th amendment was not legally ratified and that Secretary of State Philander Knox was not merely in error but committed fraud when he declared it ratified in February 1913. A review of the process in which many of the states purportedly ratified (or didn’t) shows that their ratifications were not legal and should not have been counted. We should all be aware that in order for the Constitution to be modified, an Amendment must receive ratification by three-fourths of the States, which at the time of the 16th Amendment would have required 36 out of the 48 states. Benson reveals the intricacies of how the ratification process never happened.
When Secretary Knox declared the 16th amendment ratified on February 25, 1913, he had received responses from 42 states and acknowledged that four of those states (Utah, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire) had rejected it, counting 38 states as having approved it. But did they? Let’s take a look…
• In Kentucky, the legislature acted on the amendment without even having received it from the governor (the governor of each state was to transmit the proposed amendment to the state legislature). The version of the amendment that the Kentucky legislature made up and acted upon omitted the words “on income” from the text, so they weren’t even voting on an income tax. When they straightened that out (with the help of the governor), the Kentucky senate rejected the amendment; yet Philander Knox counted Kentucky as approving it!
• In Oklahoma, the legislature changed the wording of the amendment so that its meaning was virtually the opposite of what was intended by Congress, and this was the version they sent back to Knox. Yet Knox counted Oklahoma as approving it, despite a memo from his chief legal counsel, Reuben Clark, that states were not allowed to change it in any way.
It should be noted, however, that attorneys who have studied the subject have agreed that Kentucky and Oklahoma should not have been counted as approvals by Knox, and, moreover, if any state could be shown to have violated its own state constitution or laws in its approval process, then that state’s approval would have to be thrown out. That gets us past the “presumptive conclusion” argument, which says that the actions of an executive official cannot be judged by a court and admits that Knox could be wrong. We’re down to the magical THIRTY SIX states approving the Amendment. But there’s more… always is, ya know. If only one more state could be shown to have NOT ratified the Amendment legally, it would have been rejected, but Philander Knox was not about to see that happen!
The state constitution of Tennessee prohibited the state legislature from acting on any proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution sent by Congress until after the next election of state legislators. The intent, of course, is to give the proposed amendment a chance to become an issue in the state legislative elections so that the people can have a voice in determining the outcome. It also provides a cooling off period to reduce the tendency to approve an idea just because it happens to be the moment’s trend. You’ve probably already guessed that the Tennessee legislature did not hold off on voting for the amendment until after the next election, and you’d be right – they didn’t; hence, they acted upon it illegally before they were authorized to do so. They also violated their own state constitution by failing to read the resolution on three different days as prescribed by Article II, Section 18. These state constitutional violations make their approval of the amendment null and void. We’re down to 35 states, which in essence SHOULD mean the Amendment did NOT pass by the three-quarters needed. But let’s “spike the football” and destroy the Amendment even further.
Texas and Louisiana violated provisions in their state constitutions prohibiting the legislatures from empowering the federal government with any additional taxing authority. Now the number is down to 33.
Twelve other states, besides Tennessee, violated provisions in their constitutions requiring that a bill be read on three different days before voting on it. This is not a trivial requirement ~ it allows for a cooling off period. It enables members who may be absent one day to be present on another; it allows for a better familiarity with, and understanding of, the measure under consideration, since some members may not always read a bill or resolution before voting on it. (See, Douglas, things just never change. They don’t read them NOW either!). States violating this procedure were: Mississippi, Ohio, Arkansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, West Virginia, Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Colorado, and Illinois. Now the number is reduced to 21 states legally ratifying the amendment.
Further review would make the list dwindle down much more, but with the number down to 20, sixteen fewer than required, this is a suitable place to rest without getting into the matter of several states whose constitutions limited the taxing authority of their legislatures, which could not give to the federal government authority they did not have.
With these facts in mind, and noting this has been recorded, established as fact for the past 99 years, isn’t it about time we do something about this? When we have such a clear and obvious fraud, open for all to see, how can we not set it straight?
(Disclaimer: Statistical information contained in this article are from U. S. government sources and fully available to the public.)
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