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'Stewart Rhodes, founder and Director of Oath Keepers, discusses his organization’s focus on educating
those in the military and law enforcement on their oath to defend the Constitution, the ten orders that oath keepers must
not obey, preventing “tripwire” domestic events that may lead to insurrection or revolution and how executors
of the law can use selective enforcement to keep both their oaths and their jobs.'
'Yemen, who would have thought of Yemen as the new front? Somalia for sure, maybe Mauretania,
Mali, or Chad. And it all happened because of a Christmas surprise on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Good thing
a couple of guys in Sana’a were able to fit a confused Nigerian with an underwear bomb that failed to go off otherwise
we Americans would not have been alerted to the Yemeni threat. Why, by some reports there are as many as two or three
hundred al-Qaeda supporters in the country. Time to land a couple of Marine divisions, if we had them to spare.'
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'Since thousands of passengers have items confiscated from them every day at airports, the new TSA fines
should help to pay the salaries of TSA's "professional screeners" – which are triple the amount paid to private
screeners in the days before the TSA. In addition, to the TSA legal confiscations and fines, dozens of TSA agents have been
charged with stealing cash from passengers wallets, and laptop computers, cameras, jewelry and other expensive property from
their baggage. Over 7,000 complaints are currently pending against the TSA. Many complainants will wait years before they
receive a response.'
'The event is designed to honor not only their military accomplishments, but also their personal lives,
faith and character. Visitors are encouraged to walk the streets and explore the town upon which both men left their permanent
mark and legacy.'
Is Rand Paul the leader of the Tea Party movement?
'While names such as Sarah Palin and Gary Johnson are thrown around as the potential leaders of the
Tea Party movement, it is Rand Paul that is on the ground raising real dollars that look as though they will soon translate
into real votes.'
Protests in Florida and South Carolina; student attacked over Confederate flag; protesting the Feds in a
small Yankee-infested police state town; and the secession movement in Vermont. Check it out!
'The United States is rather rapidly sliding into a fascist-type state (you can use the “corporatism”
euphemism if the truth is too difficult to swallow). The government and their corporate oligarchy are stealing from the people
and no longer care if the people have any cake to eat. The process was gradual at first, then accelerated during George Bush
Jr’s tenure. Socialism does not describe what has been happening to the United States at all over the past decade. The
military industrial complex, Homeland Security, war against a military tactic (i.e. the “War on Terror”), and
unusually aggressive unprovoked invasions into tiny third world countries with no real military are the hallmarks of a more
aggressive form of developing collectivism than socialism.'
The Constitution Party and Patricia Lewis for Governor - will be attending the rally! If anyone has contact
info for the Tea Party and SC Abate Clube, please contact them and invite them to the party. The 'Smokers' band will
play at the State House Rally. See you at the Statehouse!
'A group in Vermont has formed the Vermont Independence Day Party, which believes that Vermont should
secede from the United States. It plans to place nominees on the 2010 ballot for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and 7 State
Senate seats.'
'Peter Garritano thinks it's time for Vermont to call it quits with America. The way the 54-year-old
automobile salesman sees it, the "empire" is about to implode and tiny Vermont can lead the way by becoming its
own independent republic. So he's running for lieutenant governor, topping a slate of secession-minded candidates seeking
statewide offices this year.'
Monthly Confederate flag rally coming up in Orange Park, FL
'We are having our monthly flag wave this Saturday. We are meeting at 7664 Normandy Blvd. (the
old Publix). We are meeting at 4 pm and departing at 4:30 and heading to BJ's. We are going to the BJ's in Orange Park at
560 Blanding Blvd. We should be there around 5pm. Any questions or directions please call Dawn at 294-0932 or Bobby at 294-4118.'
Today I applied for a permit to hold a demonstration in Aiken, SC against the Feds the last
Saturday in Feb. The police chief will review the application and get back with me, I was told. Remember, Aiken is a police
state with no freedom, no fun and way too many Yankees. So it's very possible they will deny my application. After all, we
can't have freedom of speech in the so-called 'land of the free', can we? It's just amazing to me that in a so-called
'free country' we have to put in applications in order to hold demonstrations and these applications can be turned down by
the police.
'I don’t think Avatar is an attack on capitalism. One could leave the movie and have
no idea, based on just the movie, about James Cameron’s view of capitalism. And while it did have some clichés
(most movies do), I didn’t find it loaded. So what is Avatar? In fact, Avatar is a powerful antiwar movie – and
a defense of property rights. For that reason, I found it easy to identify with those whose way of life was being destroyed
by military might.'
I must say that I haven't seen Avatar yet (in fact, I rarely go to the movies)
but based on this review and others I am interested and might give it a try.
'A confederation is an association of sovereign member states, that by treaty have delegated certain
of their competences to common institutions, in order to coordinate their policies in a number of areas, without however constituting
a new state on top of the member states. Under international law, a confederation respects the sovereignty of its members
and its constituting treaty can only be changed by unanimous agreement.'
Notice that the primary difference,
at least according to this Wiki article, between a federation and confederation is that membership in a confederation is voluntary.
This gives a moral edge to confederations over involuntary federations, does it not?
Long-shot GOP candidate stirs up the Texas Tea Party crowd
'She lacks campaign money, is not well known and would have to win the March primary against the two
biggest GOP names in Texas – incumbent Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. But Medina has a message that resonates
among the party's Ron Paul faction at a moment when anti-Washingtonism is in full bloom. About 200 followers leaped up and
cheered when she extolled them: "It's the revolution of 2009 and 2010. And you are the revolutionaries! You are the patriots!"'
'Ron, an OB-GYN, has been a pro-life activist since medical school. He has counseled many young
women out of abortions, and delivered their babies for free. He even wrote a book against abortion.'
Southern Sudanese fear Lincoln-style invasion if they secede
'Southern Sudanese living in the north fear intimidation or even war if a referendum next year results
in secession from the rest of the country and many are calling for international monitoring to protect their rights. After
a civil war which has raged on and off since 1955, southern Sudanese on January 9, 2011 will vote on whether to remain one
country or change the map of Africa by becoming independent from the north.'
Why should any people anywhere
be forced to remain in a union they don't wish to be part of? Why must secessionists continually face threats of invasion
if they exercise their natural right to be free and self-governing? This is a moral issue that we decentralists must push
more strongly.
'[Left libertarians] typically look favorably upon Lincoln and the Union government because the Union
victory over the secessionist Confederacy resulted in the abolition of slavery, but fail to recognize that this way of achieving
the libertarian goal of abolishing slavery must lead to a drastic increase in the power of the central (federal) government
, and that the Union victory in the Southern War of Independence indeed marks one of the great leaps forward in the growth
of the modern federal Leviathan and hence represents a profoundly antilibertarian episode in American history.'
'It was a pretty good turnout for a freezing (30 degrees F) January afternoon, probably about 2000 people
by my unprofessional judgement. There were definitely no government provided busses and nobody was handing out anything for
free so everyone in attendance was there on their own accord. There were some pretty good signs there and some pretty inspiring
people and thankfully most of them were there with their own ideas and their own concerns....'
Of course the media is almost unanimously calling this a racially-based move despite the obvious economic
incentives to break off from the costly metropolis. Why should one group of people be milked to pay for the political whims
of corrupt local officials? And what's wrong with cultures or groups of people wanting to control their own affairs anyhow?
Don't we believe in self-determination? Whatever the motivation, the right of secession needs to be respected.
'In
the cradle of the Civil Rights movement, a new secession effort is under way that would break off Atlanta's predominantly
white, wealthy suburbs to the north from poorer, black neighborhoods in the south. There's a renewed push to take some suburbs
out of Fulton County, Georgia's most populous and home to most of the city of Atlanta, and put them under the now-extinct
Milton County.'
'A Lely High School student was arrested Friday and charged with felony battery after Collier County
sheriff’s deputies responded to a complaint that he punched another student and then tried to pull him out of a car
that was displaying a Confederate flag. Arrested on the battery charge was David Alfredo, 18, of Naples. The victim, whose
named was withheld from a sheriff’s report, said he was approached by several Hispanic students while waiting for traffic
to move as he was leaving Lely High School. He said they were upset about his flag and that one of them walked up and punched
it, according to reports.'
National NAACP chief to speak at King Day at the Dome
'Ben Jealous, national president of the NAACP, will be the featured speaker at the annual King Day at
the Dome rally. This year’s event, held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, will be the 10th rally. The first rally in 2000
drew roughly 50,000. The NAACP is using the rally to call for the removal of the Confederate flag from State House grounds,
changes in the state criminal justice system that disproportionately incarcerates African Americans and changes to how the
state funds education, so poor school districts are provided more resources.'
The NAACP has already gotten
what they wanted when the Confederate flag was removed from atop the Statehouse 10 years ago. This push now to remove it from
a soldier's monument honouring the fallen Confederates from SC is adding insult to injury. Surely it is proper for the heritage
of South Carolinians to be honoured. And one small flag is not asking too much. The NAACP needs to get a grip!
By
the way, this is all the more reason to make it out for the Confederate flag rally on the 23rd of January. Let's show the General Assembly that the flag has lots of supporters! I'm going to be there, how
about you?
'It would be easy to blame the restaurant owners. What is with these people and why can't they at least
have a clean restroom? But reacting this way would be unjust. The hidden hand behind this unsanitary calamity is the US government.
The true origin of the mess was not in the hour before I arrived but back in 1994, when Congress passed the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act. This act, passed during an environmentalist hysteria, mandated that all toilets sold in the United States
use no more than 1.6 gallons of water per flush. This was a devastating setback in the progress of civilization.'
A great article about how the Feds with their total power have screwed up even the little, day-to-day things,
making our lives that much less pleasant.
'Our radical Islamic enemies are driven to attack us due to religious ideology, and it is their unflinching
hatred of Western ways which fuels their actions. America did not ask for this failed terrorist attempt on Christmas
Day and it is simply inaccurate to say that our actions caused this horrible act. In response to the attack, Congressman
Ron Paul stated, “They’re terrorists because we’re occupiers.” If Paul knew the realities of our military
then he would know that we are not occupiers of any land. The only land we have asked for is enough to bury the men and
women who gave their lives fighting for our freedom. Ron Paul incorrectly believes America is reaping what it has sown around
the globe, and in his eyes this attack is an example of what America deserves when it tries to extend peace, democracy, and
inclusion throughout the world. In short, Paul’s ideas on foreign policy are a danger to the safety and security
of America.'
You can tell from this Republican's own words above that he is a strong believer in empire. He prefers
to call it extending 'peace, democracy and inclusion throughout the world' when the US military bombs civilians, topples
foreign governments, props up unpopular regimes, and occupies other people's land. According to Mr Graney, it's not the Feds'
foreign wars and occupations that drives many people to hate America, but simply their own evil nature and their evil religious
views. lol This would be laughable if not sad. Mr Graney is certainly a Grade-A warmonger, a biggot and makes no bones
about it. Thankfully, Ron Paul will probably destroy him at the polls in the primary.
'By virtue of secession, hegemonic domestic relations are replaced by contractual - mutually beneficial
- foreign relations. Instead of forced integration there is voluntary separation. Forced integration, as also illustrated
by measures such as busing, rent controls, affirmative action, antidiscrimination laws and... "free immigration,"
invariably creates tension, hatred, and conflict. In contrast, voluntary separation leads to harmony and peace. Under forced
integration any mistake can be blamed on a "foreign" group or culture and all success claimed as one's own; under
a regime of "separate but equal, one must face up to the reality not only of cultural diversity but in particular of
visibly different ranks of cultural advancement.'
Feds kill at least 15 people today on the other side of the planet
'At least 15 people were killed today and many more wounded when a US drone launched a pair of attacks
against a mud dwelling just outside of the North Waziristan town of Miramshah, near the Afghan border.'
'Bring the Guard Home - It's the Law! is a national campaign, now active in more than 20 states,
that is raising a legal challenge to the Federal Government's use of our National Guard troops for deployments in Iraq and
Afghanistan.'
'January is often referred to as "Generals Month" since no less than four famous Confederate
Generals claimed January as their birth month: James Longstreet (Jan. 8, 1821), Robert E. Lee (Jan. 19, 1807), Thomas Jonathan
"Stonewall" Jackson (Jan. 21, 1824), and George Pickett (Jan. 28, 1825). Two of these men, Lee and Jackson, are
particularly noteworthy. Without question, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were two of the greatest military leaders of
all time.'
'The king of the abaThembu has decided to suspend plans to declare independence and place a large swathe
of South Africa under tribal rule, supporters said on Wednesday.'
'AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s controversial lawyer is all set for the Thembus’
secession from South Africa tomorrow. Votani Majola, who heads the King Dalindyebo Justice Task Team (KDJTT), yesterday said
a delegation of AbaThembu will file papers of the AbaThembu withdrawal from SA before forming their independent state of Thembuland.'
'The Thembu are one of the handful of nations and population groups which speak Xhosa in South
Africa. In Xhosa the name is abaThembu, aba- being a common prefix for peoples. Prior to British conquest and incorporation
of their territory, called "Tembuland" in the 19th century, the Thembu had an independent kingdom.'
'U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned that Yemen is a “failing state” as the U.S. and
U.K. shut their embassies in the country because of the threat from al-Qaeda.'
The message in the media today
is clear: be very afraid of Yemen.Talk radio is full of calls to take violent measures against the Yemenis. Obama is posturing
to appear 'strong on terror.' The few remaining civil liberties we had at the airport and aboard planes have basically been
taken away by the TSA. Times like this of fear-mongering are indeed sad. Where is the message of courage, peace and freedom?
The controversial US flag means different things to different people. Some see it as a symbol to be proud of. Many Southerners
and American Indians though who had ancestors killed and their lands occupied by the US military, consider the flag a symbol
of oppression and conquest and one unfit for public display.
I'm waiting to see lines like this written in newspapers and magazines about their flag, not ours. Aren't you tired of reading
things like the above but about the Confederate flag? I know that I am.
Stillwater Critical Thinking Club's Jan 11 meeting will be about Confederate flag
'It will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11 at the FamilyMeans building, 1875 Northwestern Ave., in Stillwater.
The guest speaker will be Todd Torkelson, who will review historical events leading up to the Civil War, monuments, contemporary
viewpoints and controversy regarding the Confederate Flag. For some this is a symbol of Southern heritage and culture. For
others it's a symbol of racism and hate that shouldn't be honored in museums. Torkelson is a 1997 graduate of St. Olaf College,
where he studied psychology and American racial/multicultural studies.'
Well, if you want a communist view
of the Confederate flag, attend this meeting. On the other hand, it might be good to show up and defend our cultural symbol
from the likes of 'race' expert Torkelson and the crowd that is likely to attend. I can't help but imagine if the roles were
reversed and Southrons were holding public meetings debating the 'meaning' of the US flag. Imagine a newspaper article that
included the lines: 'For some this is a symbol of Yankee conquest and oppression. For others it is a symbol of pride.' That
would be nice, wouldn't it?
'Daniel Boone, Southern pioneer, who played a major part in the exploration and settlement of Kentucky.
Boone was born on November 2, 1734, near Reading, Pennsylvania. In 1753 his family settled on the Yadkin River in what is
now North Carolina. In this primitive settlement Boone received some schooling and became a skillful hunter and trapper. He
served with the forces led by the British general Edward Braddock in the campaign in 1755 against Fort Duquesne during the
French and Indian War.'
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A year of mass murder: Feds killed 700 civilians in Pakistan drone strikes in 2009
'The vast majority of the deaths, around 700 according to one estimate, have been innocent civilians.
With such a massive civilian toll and so little to show for it, it is no wonder that Pakistani people have been up in arms
over the continued strikes. But US officials have rarely commented on the drone strikes, except on those rare occasions when
they actually kill someone meaningful, and seem completely ambivalent to the hundreds of innocent people killed in the meantime.'
'The Second Amendment is the effort of the Founders to guarantee that the sovereign states would protect
a mechanism whereby the states might thwart Federal tyranny through armed resistance, if only as a last resort. Now, there
is nothing in the Amendment about any "last resort." Common sense dictates that all efforts to settle any difference
would proceed peaceably first. And, when a well-regulated state militia is a day-to-day reality, it acts as a deterrent merely
by its existence. Thugs seldom attack armed people. Go ask Switzerland if a militia works. They haven’t been invaded
in nearly 500 years.'
Wilson and rise of expansionist democratic-republicanism
'World War I began as an old-fashioned territorial dispute. However, with the early involvement and
the ultimate official entry into the war by the United States in April 1917, the war took on a new ideological dimension.
The United States had been founded as a republic, and the democratic principle, inherent in the idea of a republic, had only
recently been carried to victory as the result of the violent defeat and devastation of the secessionist Confederacy by the
centralist Union government. At the en of Word War I, this triumphant ideology of an expansionist democratic republicanism
had found its very personification in then US President Wilson. Under Wilson's administration, the European war became an
ideological mission - to make the world safe for democracy and free of dynastic rulers.'
'Many of you had black-eyed peas Friday. A lot of people stocked up at United Market Street Thursday
so they'd be ready to eat them Friday. The tradition dates back to the Civil War [sic]. The North burned most Confederate
crops. But they left the black-eyed peas because they thought they were weeds. It kept a lot of [S]outherners from starving.
So it's considered lucky to eat them on New Year's Day.'
The controversial US flag means different things to different people. Some see it as a symbol to be proud of. Many Southerners
and American Indians though who had ancestors killed and their lands occupied by the US military, consider the flag a symbol
of oppression and conquest 