And all Countries have Armies, and Bear Arms. So, who could claim that it was just about the idea that the people could serve in the Army and Bear Arms as US Soldiers.

Good Blog.

This also means that if we don’t have a particular power, then we certainly can’t give what we don’t have. That means that for any action, if you can’t justly do it to your neighbor, then neither can the government.

The government gets away with much more than it should because we unwittingly have cooperated with deceptions that rob us of property rights and freedom. For example, a new car really comes with a “Statement of Origin” from the factory (proof of ownership). The dealership signs a contract with the state to *surrender* the Statement to the state, which the state then microfilms and shreds, guaranteeing that it will forevermore remain partial owner of that car. Since the state is partial owner of your car, it can dictate how you use it, when you use it, etceteras. When you pay off the car, the state sends you a “Certificate of Title,” which is NOT the same thing as the Title. If you had the title, aka the Statement of Origin, then you would own the car outright. You simply partially own it, and thereby you must come to agreement with the co-owner on the use of your car. The co-owner does not compromise or negotiate, though. One of the things dictated to us is that we sign a contract to submit to a set of rules and regulations so voluminous that they surpass the knowable. This voluntary contract, that is demanded of us to use the state-owned vehicles, is the driver’s license.

So, in effect, we have given up our property rights for something we spend tens of thousands of dollars to obtain. We submit ourselves to a system of rules and regulations so massive that no one can memorize it, providing for nearly limitless possibilities to further lose property (fines, tickets, impound) and freedom (jail). And we greatly and unnecessarily restrict our freedom to travel. (There are many ways to obtain peace, safety, and order; sacrificing freedom and rights should never be a consideration.)

The key to unravelling the big knots that deny our freedoms and rights is simply education, as this website apparently sets out to do.

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” –Thomas Jefferson

Educate yourselves and others. Now.

This sure looks like a conflict of interest to me. While I support the free market, getting the news from a company that profits handsomely from war just doesn’t work. The founders warned us …

I’ve heard that the book, “Unintended Consequences,” by John Ross is quite good, but I have not yet been able to read it. There are also lots of sources available from gunowners.org.

Second, the founders were adamant that situations should be handled at the lowest levels of governmet possible, with the federal gov taking care of only federal matters. Government starts with the self, then the family, then community, then the county, then the state. Schools should not answer to the federal gov, but should answer to the parents, which would be the community or county level. The Constitution specifically forbids the federal government from being involved in anything not specifically delegated to it by the Constitution, either originally or by ammendment.

Third, my shirt is my property. The benefits of my shirt are mine; the ability to control my shirt are mine. I may burn it, give it away, or wear it, but it cannot justly be taken from me. I am the only determinant of its benefits — I decide whether it will give me warmth or not. I cannot be forced to give the benefit of its warth to any other. Likewise, my body is mine, as are its benefits, such as the fruits of its labor. I cannot be forced to give the benefits of my property to others. That would be socialist/communist. Therefore, wages — income from work — are private property, not subject to looting by anyone for any reason.

All this aside, I am appreciative and thankful for the effort you’ve put forth in creating and maintaining this website. You are fighting the good fight, and I fight with you. If I may offer a book to increase your knowledge and thereby increase your ability to fight: The 5000 Year Leap, by Skousen

Thanks, and take care.
Nathan

Jeff

Excellent question, which, of course, brings to mind Thomas Jefferson’s comment that “the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants”.

The question of when this will happen is, I think, largely a function of mass psychology. Right now the masses are still living at the height of complacency, oblivious to the fact that the bus is about to hurtle over the cliff. That bus, of course, is being driven by the nitwits, idiots and morons in Washington who are also clearly oblivious, spending their time, instead, to see which party can buy more votes with cash confiscated from the taxpayers.

Unfortunately, history tells us that it takes cataclysmic events to move people from complacency to action. (As I like to say, revolutions are started on empty stomachs.) History also tells us that an early and necessary component of cataclysmic social change is financial calamity. Only after this country is ruined by a bankrupt federal government (and I mean a real bankruptcy, not the de facto kind we have now), will people feel compelled to water Jefferson’s tree.

So, When does it start?, you ask? How about now?

Keep in mind that the fall of the Roman Empire was not an event; it was a process. If you’ve noticed the shaky foundations in the credit markets lately (see “sub-prime mortgage fiasco”), that’s the beginning of our process. Once we’re all ruined financially and the masses realize that the Lender of Last Resort (otherwise known as Uncle Sam, if you can believe that cruel hoax of a phrase) can no longer hand out billions of dollars like Halloween suckers, then the watering will begin.

As for my part, I won’t be the first person to shoot my congressman – I don’t look good in an orange jumpsuit. But, like Samuel Adams and his associates, I won’t shed a tear for the treasonous and tyrannical when the masses awake from their collective, complacent delusion and decide the tyrants’ fates.

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