tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501721247607462672024-02-06T19:14:43.057-08:00Guns, Politics and HomesteadingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-45951137085622901132013-01-06T04:54:00.003-08:002013-01-06T04:54:34.545-08:00Gun Grabbers Active in VermontGun grabbers are pushing their fascist tyranny in the Green Mountains. The Burlington City Council plans to vote on a charter change on Monday which, if approved by voters and the legislature, would ban semi-auto weapons and magazines holding more than 10 rounds in Burlington, and would allow the police to confiscate them. I sent the following message off to every member of that council:<br />
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doberv@burlingtontelecom.net,
pdecellesw7@aol.com, paulfin@sover.net, NormBlaisVT@gmail.com,
chip.mason.btv@gmail.com, jshannon@burlingtontelecom.net,
baubin@burlingtonvt.gov, dhartnett@burlingtonvt.gov, rsiegel@burlingtonvt.gov,
maxwell.k.tracy@gmail.com, vbrennan@burlingtonvt.gov<span id="addrExpand_to" style="position: relative; visibility: visible;">,
bkranichfeld@burlingtonvt.gov, kevinwbtv@gmail.com,
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If Burlington should pursue the proposed gun ban any further, I shall never
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The U.S. Supreme Court in D.C. v
Heller has declared any arm in common use at the present time is protected by
the Second Amendment. The arms this proposal would ban are among the most
popular firearms in this country. This gun ban is unenforceable and
unconstitutional. Anyone who votes for it is unworthy to hold any office in our
Republic. I suggest you instead try to ban hammers, as more people are killed
each year with hammers than by rifles of any kind (FBI statistics). Moreover,
following the advice of Henry David Thoreau who pointed out that disobedience is
the foundation of liberty, when driving up route 7, I shall continue to carry my
9mm pistol with its standard 12 round capacity magazines. I will not obey
fascist nonsense.</blockquote>
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That's not all. Barre Mayor Lauzon is trying to get a gun show to restrict so-called "assault weapons" and he wants plainclothes police to stop sales outside of the shows between private sellers. I had the following interesting exchange with him:</div>
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You are. Ask Rutland how well it went when they tried to cause problems for
gunowners some years ago. They lost the lawsuit. More people are killed each
year by hammers and clubs than rifles. Go down to New Jersey if you hate freedom
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<a href="http://nation.foxnews.com/gun-rights/2013/01/03/fbi-more-people-killed-hammers-clubs-each-year-rifles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nation.foxnews.com/gun-rights/2013/01/03/fbi-more-people-killed-hammers-clubs-each-year-rifles</a></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt;">Except as otherwise
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or other enactment, shall directly regulate hunting, fishing and trapping or the
possession, ownership, transportation, transfer, sale, purchase, carrying,
licensing or registration of traps, firearms, ammunition or components of
firearms or ammunition. This section shall not limit the powers conferred upon a
town, city or incorporated village under section 2291(8) of this title. The
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prohibit the use or discharge, but not possession of, firearms within the
municipality or specified portions thereof, provided that an ordinance adopted
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5227.</span></span><br /><br />--- On <b>Sat, 1/5/13, tlauzon@charter.net
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WCAX that you have chosen to politicize a tragedy to push the anti-freedom
agenda of the gun grabbers. I sometimes go through Barre on my way to hunt and
fish. I can promise you I will never give anyplace in Barre another dime of my
money until you are thrown out of office by the voters of that city. I will also
remind you that contrary to your beliefs, you have zero authority to regulate,
restrict or in any other way discourage the sale or display of guns. Towns and
cities may merely prohibit the discharge of firearms by ordinance. You can
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-15616939378630767472011-05-18T04:26:00.000-07:002011-05-18T04:55:32.310-07:00Recent EventsNote: this is an excerpt from my woods journal.<br /><br />Monday and Tuesday, both days happily consumed by Nature. Yesterday was gray and wet but it did not dissuade me from going to the Tinker Brook Natural Area in Plymouth. This area is a small ravine dominated by a splendid brook that crashes over stones as it finds its way down the mountain. The rocky slopes around this brook contain some rare old growth trees, mainly red spruce and hemlock. Some of these trees are older than this state or country, and somehow survived the desolation inflicted upon Vermont in the years of development. These grand old trees are not the giant redwoods, etc., one finds in the West, but are nonetheless large and beautiful. They impress me with the power of Nature-for I am so small and short-lived in comparison to these trees. The ground here is carpeted with fine wildflowers: trilliums, bellworts, etc. Moose are abundant here, if their sign is any hint. The stormy weather has kept the mosquitoes at bay, but not the beautiful singing birds, all singing their thanks to their Creator, for to them this day is not bad but good.<br /><br />Tuesday finds me at Birdseye again. The land is green and lush here, and the birds are singing loudly. The rain has let up and now and then the sun shines through the cloudy sky. The air is sweet with pine, courtesy of the young pine trees abundant here. The mosquitoes are out in full force seeking their life-giving blood, though they do not stop me.<br /><br />Nature puts me at rest, granting peace- and yet I can't shake the pain of the human world from my heart. There is such tragedy unfolding. In Indiana, their supreme court has declared the right to resist LEO's acting unlawfully, dating back to the Magna Carta, extinct. Now there is no effective limit to the abuses of thugs, for even refusing consent to search, under this broadly written ruling, could be construed as resistance and unlawful.<br /><br />In Arizona, a SWAT team in Tucson murdered a man in his own home. Sleeping after a graveyard shift, he was awoken by his wife, who saw men outside attempting to enter-without announcing themselves as police-and he grabbed a rifle to investigate. He was shot-over 70 rounds were fired by police-and then medical help was blocked for over an hour while he died, killing the most important witness. They initially lied that he had fired at them-he never even took the safety off his gun-and then admitted that was false. All of this in name of the War on Drugs, an attempt to control people that has failed as miserably as Prohibition did, and, no drugs were even found in his home. The great irony here is that this man was a veteran of Iraq, a soldier who inflicted this vile government's will on others, and was then killed by his own local government.<br /><br />In Philadelphia, a man was open carrying a sidearm for protection, and was stopped by cops-who threatened to shoot him-claiming he was illegally carrying, to which the victim responded that it was legal as he had the required license. he was held, and blasted with expletive-filled verbal attacks by the cops before they released him when the supervisors eventually figured out the law. Now, after he posted a recording on the internet of the incident, they decided to charge him with disorderly conduct.<br /><br />This country has become a police state. It is inevitable that every government will devolve into tyranny, for government by its nature is the creation of a means of controlling one group of people by another, and yet this is blatant enslavement of the people by the government.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-71203397011326487112011-01-15T18:46:00.000-08:002011-01-15T19:08:50.285-08:00A Couple Interesting ExperiencesIn the week I've had two "interesting" experiences while out hunting at two different Wildlife Management Areas (WMA's). In the first incident, when I parked I noted there was one other vehicle, as SUV plastered in animal rights and environmentalist bumper stickers (bad sign, huh?). Well, on the way up the trail up to where I'd seen coyotes before, I heard someone coming down ahead of me (couldn't see them with the trees and a bend in the trail). More importantly, I heard and then saw two big dogs coming at me aggressively. They weren't friendly, one was trying to bite me, but I kept him off me and chambered a round in my rifle. When the two hikers were in view they said "they just don't like guns, don't worry." Really? Did you train them to attack hunters or something? I kept my mouth shut because I was pretty ticked off. And I was one dog bite away from shooting their mutts.<br /><br />Now, fast forward exactly one week. I'm out in another WMA, where I've seen signs of bobcats before (and yotes too for that matter). I perhaps should have turned around when I saw how many cars were parked there (primarily out of state plates I might add, mostly CT plates) including one with a trailer taking up 1/3 the parking area (I should add there are some VAST snowmobile trails out there so trailers for them aren't so odd there, but this fellow decided to park at such an angle as to take up way too much space). Now, I head out to an area without the snowmobiles around (the trails were off limits and gated). A good ways into the woods I bump into some crosscountry skiers. Two of them. Now, one, a guy, was friendly enough and asked what I was hunting. The woman with him, however, wasn't. She said you "shouldn't be shooting things out here. this is a ski trail." Really? This is a WMA, controlled by the Fish and Wildlife Department, for the primary purpose of protecting wildlife habitat and hunting access. It's not a "ski trail," it's a trail used by hunters rather frequently and ends, if you follow it far enough, at a beaver pond (at which I also did some trapping in the Fall).<br /><br />I swear, the next Greenpeace activist with trained hunter attack dogs or the next person telling me not to hunt on lands paid for with my hunting license fees and ammo taxes I run into, I should just take a picture of them and report them to a game warden, for interference. There's getting to be way too many antis and other fruits and nuts in this part of the state.<br /><br />I was going to comment the other day on the shooting in Tucson, but I think the following will suffice: the shooter disgusts me, but the left-wing lunatic politicians disgust me too and proved what slime they truly are. That political hack of a sheriff who had refused to press charges against the killer for death threats in the past tried to lay blame on the tea party, etc., Sanders used it to try to fundraise for campaigns, Obama filled the memorial service with his new campaign slogan (incl. T-shirts, and putting it on all the seats), the usual anti-gun crazies in Congress proposed yet another ban on full cap magazines, and the nuttiest of all things, one stupid Republican from NY proposed a bill banning carry of firearms within 1,000 feet of any elected official, and another proposed banning any symbols or speech that could be perceived as a threat to Congress. Some real statist trash came out of the woodwork this time. They always try to use a tragedy to push their agenda.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-26670665033652216702010-12-31T13:35:00.000-08:002011-08-09T16:27:49.543-07:00Contrary to What Some May Think...I have not fallen off the face of the Earth (yet). I simply haven't had the time or energy to keep blogging about all the insanity in our world for a while.
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<br />I'm not even sure where to begin on what Obama has been up to. Fortunately, the country ended Democrat control of the House, but the dems forced through many terrible things in the lame duck session (giving the FDA control over our food, etc.). Vermont not surprisingly continued to keep its collective heads in the sand wishing the spending fest can continue here. Shumlin got less than half the votes but with a dem controlled legislature, Dubie had no shot anyways. Now all the fruits and nuts in the state can push their idiotic agendas and bankrupt the state. Perhaps that will be good if the voters wake up in 2012, but it seems flatlander fools in Chittenden County control the state. Perhaps it's long past time to do what VT'ers failed to do in the 60's and 70's: chase the communist scum out of our state. A New Green Mountain Boys is what this state needs. Imagine loud day and night protests, etc., to drive the political scum out. Send them back to NY and MA and the other commie states.
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-85322628157794610522010-06-02T17:13:00.000-07:002010-06-02T17:27:14.832-07:00Obama, Wildfires, GardenWell, it's been a while since I last posted.<br /><br />Since then, Obama has got caught offering two people running in primary elections jobs to drop out. Perhaps he's going to pull a Nixon and do our country a big favor by getting impeached if he doesn't resign? Probably not until the dems lose some more seats in Congress.<br /><br />Obama is also bungling the oil spill response in the Gulf of Mexico. This oil threatens important marshes, fisheries, and even the freshwater supply of Florida (it could potentially get into FL's aquifer, destroying the state). The feds were supposed to have plans and equipment in place for this sort of thing, but did not. After being heavily critical of Bush on Katrina, it seems Obama has decided to do worse.<br /><br />Just last week my land in Alaska was threatened by a wildfire, as were many neighbors and their property. The "Applegate Fire" as it was named started because of a dry thunderstorm's lightning striking during dry conditions, got out of control and burned several thousand acres, breaching the Elliot Highway, burning some of Eureka, and putting the villages of Minto and Manley Hot Springs at risk. The government response initially was a bit lacking, to say the least. It only got raised in level and given attention by the feds before it was really fought by the authorities. Thankfully, the local residents of the area got together and made firebreaks with their own equipment and between that, the wind shifting and turning it in on itself, some rain, and finally some help by firefighters, it's relatively under control now, with just some spotfires. It could have been much worse but luckily, I'm not aware of any homes destroyed. It got within a mile and a half of the area my land and several others' land is at. This year's wildfires are unprecedented in recent times. Very early and lots of fires because of dry and hot weather. Spruce is just standing fuel ready to be ignited in dry conditions.<br /><br />My garden is mostly okay. The peas got eaten up but are recovering, seems most of my seed is coming up now, and I transplanted in some melons, tomatoes, peppers, etc. The cantaloupe looks unhappy but I'll see how it goes. I've noticed a woodchuck up there which will likely be a source of problems.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-15045542098054971202010-04-09T10:48:00.000-07:002010-04-09T11:17:58.818-07:00Cities Gag Me, Lazy Seeds, Jobs and MoreI took a long walk the other day, middle of the day, during the worst traffic here. I don't normally do so but I had several things to do around town. Well, it reminded me of why I always avoided that before: I couldn't breathe! Nothing but car fumes gagging me, then I got light headed after breathing in constant diesel fumes for a mile (what was with all the trucks?). It's amazing how for such a small place, this town has all the traffic congestion and pollution problems you'd expect in a big city in NY.<br /><br />Note to self: walk at night again, or walk in the woods instead, unless forced to spend time in the city during the day. Of importance also I noted some real (somewhat threatening) characters roaming the streets, none of them locals. We're definately attracting the wrong sorts from certain cities out of state. I suspect everyone locally knows the same thing.<br /><br />Now, other things: my seeds are lazy this year. Absolutely lazy in growing. They're coming up but very, very slowly. Seems to me more should be up already. Well, whatever, I have a couple months before they need to go in the ground anyways. The trees outside are not being lazy but it may hurt them. This warm weather has gotten the trees coming back to life too early, so when we get a hard freeze like we should still get, it will be bad. I predict some bad crops of nuts and fruit this year, and a die off for the wildlife. I hope I'm wrong, but if not, you heard it here first.<br /><br />I've been attempting to get some work (because obviously trapping isn't exactly bringing in big profits these days), a good paying job, ideally to have enough to pay cash for some land within a year and the permit crap to build. This is easier said than done. I applied for a job as a park ranger and it closed yesterday, but still no word. I've heard it can take a few weeks for them to score the applications, and even then, I may well be beat by someone who gets a score of 110 from a veterans preference. The wait is killing me. If I got it I'd have enough cash by September for everything. There's other things out there but honestly, working part time retail work isn't going to cut it, and is more likely to drive me to insanity than to success. I need something where I'm out of the city and away from crowds. Too bad there aren't many logging opportunities here that I can find. That would work well for me. I once wanted to teach but I'm convinced now I'm absolutely not teacher material.<br /><br />The socialists have really screwed up the economy here, and of course, seem intent on spreading it over the rest of the country too. The biggest problem with this state is for too long we've allowed a bunch of elitist, marxist (yes, I'll use the dirty Vermont F word) flatlanders from NY, MA, CT and NJ and ex-hippies run this state after they escaped the sewers they created at home. We've allowed them to usurp our state and run it into the ground. I saw where there's a group of welfare entitlement activists encouraging the state to raise taxes even more rather than cut what they think they're entitled to. I wish I had commented on it when it came out because I can't find it anymore, but the local paper had an article on a lifelong welfare recipient who's organized others to fight to stay on government handouts for life. Now it's one thing to need help when things get bad, but to have no drive to do anything but collect handouts all your life? That's disturbing. The whole entitlement attitude in it just about put me into shock. It's frightening that this is what our country is turning into. And in this state too, it's hard to believe what was once the most conservative, hard working state has turned into this. The socialists/progressives have poisoned multiple generations with laziness and a hatred for work, religion, liberty and success.<br /><br /> One of the kooks from Brattleboro has announced a run for governor, but I honestly must say they had to have been high when they wrote it (though admittedly anything marxist strikes me that way): <a href="http://rutlandherald.com/article/20100408/OPINION02/4080332/1037/OPINION02">http://rutlandherald.com/article/20100408/OPINION02/4080332/1037/OPINION02</a><br /><br />The scariest part is I could actually see a person like that winning votes in Brattleboro and Burlington (can we please split those cities off from this state?). These people want the government running our lives, they want to manipulate us through "planning" and social engineering, treating us as guinea pigs in a big experiment. We need to rid our government of these sorts. Will people wake up this November and quit voting for these idiots or will our state and country just slowly collapse?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-91406427471322351062010-04-04T17:22:00.000-07:002010-04-04T17:56:26.860-07:00Arrogant Politicians, Genealogy, and MoreThe legislature's committee rejected several ballot measures that overwhelmingly passed on town meeting day. They would have instituted term limits and limited taxpayers' money going to pensions, etc., of public employees. Essentially it boiled down to this: a bunch of elitist, arrogant, power-thirsty career politicians (such as Rep. Howard, Alderwoman Davis, etc.), don't want we the people to be able to stop them from maintaining their iron grip on our state. These scum need to be reminded who's in charge. We need to, statewide, institute term limits, I think, to get rid of career politicians. I'm half tempted to run for office in response but I find politicians so distasteful and am a bit out of my comfort zone in large crowds, so I will have to give it more thought.<br /><br />Genealogy can be fun: I did quite a bit of research some time ago and traced my father's family back to the 9th century in England (actually to a Dane in England, the Danes controlled much of England at the time). Doing more research, particularly on the people related through all the marriages with people outside the family, etc., has turned up several interesting items: in two different ways I'm distantly related to Thomas Jefferson (my favorite founding father and president), I'm related to Robert E. Lee, one of the men who died at the Alamo and his brother (also related obviously) died at the Goliad massacre. One relative was one of the first settlers of the town of Craftsbury, Vermont, another lead an important raid on some Indian raiders on a town in the early Colonial days in New England and won, one of my ancestors was tried for witchcraft in CT and was found not guilty, nearly every adult male member of my family alive at the time fought in the American Revolution, I'm related to a colonial governor of Maryland, and the first members of my family came over in the 1630's, followed in the decades after by many more cousins. There's still more to research but the records are incomplete for the remainder so I suspect little more will turn up. My mother's side is far more difficult to research but I am related to one of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention from a New England state, another served with General Washington as an assistant/aid, one was closely involved with Paul Revere and other Sons of Liberty. My mother's family can likewise be traced to the 1630's in America, but I have not researched all the marriages, etc., to see other connections and possibly earlier dates.<br /><br />I've been giving thought, due to things going on with myself and my family, the picture nationally, financial reasons, etc., that I may give up on going to Alaska, at least in the near future. Which puts me on the land hunt and the hunt for a job to pay for said land. I'm thinking I'd be best off in the Northeast Kingdom for land, though the climate is a bit worse for growing certain fruit trees and nut trees than central Vermont. I've been after some park ranger jobs but so far have not heard anything back.<br /><br /> If anyone is interested in some land (19.99 acres with no property taxes or building permits required, about 160 miles from Fairbanks by road) in Alaska I may be open to selling it for what I've got into it (with the combined payments and downpayment I've paid, looking at about $3,000 or thereabouts) as downpayment then I could transfer the contract with the state to the buyer (I've already got the state's contract assignment/transfer form in case I find a buyer) and the buyer would have some pretty low minimum payments for another 8 years or less. Might help towards the downpayment on some land down here, I figure when I do move up there, there will be more land available. If it doesn't sell, I'll simply have that 20 acres waiting up there unused.<br /><br />By the way, I apologize to any readers for requiring comments to be approved before posting (and I know I don't check often enough), but I've been getting so many spam comments (which I'm quite certain extend from my post on the Sea Shepherd terrorists, they're known for this juvenile type activity and I started getting blasted immediately after that). I simply had to do something to put a stop to the spam.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-46556875757379648852010-03-29T08:42:00.000-07:002010-03-29T09:20:39.434-07:00Healthcare, FBI Raids, and MoreWell, I'm late in posting this, but the healthcare bill passed. It will force people to buy private insurance under penalty of a fine, but does nothing to control prices. I bet the insurance companies are excited. On the bright side, several states are suing over it, and some portions of it look ripe for being declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. I can't imagine the SCOTUS buying the argument that the interstate commerce clause gives the feds the ability to force people to buy private insurance. The majority opposed this and I look forward to November's election results. Several democrats have found themselves being targets for bricks thrown at windows, coffins placed on lawns, threatening phone calls, etc. Now I must say, this would be playing right into the leftist extremists' hands, giving them fuel for their war on anyone who disagrees with them. So do not be tempted to do so.<br /><br />Members of a group known as "Hutaree" were raided by the FBI. The claim by the FBI is that they planned to kill a police officer, than use improvisd explosive devices to kill more at the victim's funeral. Here's what they're saying: <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100329/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fbi_raids">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100329/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fbi_raids</a><br /><br /><blockquote>Members of the group called Hutaree are charged in the case, including their<br />leader, David Brian Stone, also known as "Captain Hutaree."Once other officers<br />gathered for a slain officer's funeral, the group planned to detonate homemade<br />bombs at the funeral, killing more, according to newly unsealed court papers.The<br />indictment includes charges of seditious conspiracy, possessing a firearm during<br />a crime of violence, teaching the use of explosives, and attempting to use a<br />weapon of mass destruction — homemade bombs.The indictment charges members of<br />the group conspired "to levy war against the United States, (and) to oppose by<br />force the authority of the government of the United States."The charges follow<br />FBI raids over the weekend on locations in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.According<br />to investigators, the Hutaree view local, state, and federal law enforcement<br />personnel as a "brotherhood" and an enemy, and planned to attack them as part of<br />an armed struggle against the U.S. government.</blockquote><br /><br /><br /> I'm very skeptical. Typically the ones in any militia group, protest group, etc., advocating violence or other illegal acts, are feds or police officers who infiltrate, try to stir up trouble to arrest people they dislike (anyone who doubts this should research COINTELPRO). And typically, the so-called pipe bombs, grenades, etc., consist of people having both common plumbing pipe in their home and some gunpowder. Items millions of Americans have. Now, the Hutaree group was a bit too doom and gloom and paranoid for my tastes, but it seems to me perhaps the FBI just figures they'd be easy targets.<br /><br />Furthermore, this is just too convenient in some ways: the dems pass healthcare against the will of the people, they start claiming they're being threatened, so, what better way to discredit the opposition by trumping up some terrorism charges or such, and trying to lump the opposition in with them? The far-leftists all over are already trying to connect these people with the Tea Party Movement, etc., and the SPLC is trying to blame Glenn Beck and others with inciting violence: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/lou-dobbs-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-michele-bachmann/story?id=9989249">http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/lou-dobbs-glenn-beck-sarah-palin-michele-bachmann/story?id=9989249</a><br /><br />I wish a Rico suit would be done on the SPLC. They rouse up paranoia, smear any conservative or libertarian with the extremist/racist brush,and rake in millions in donations. They listed the Constitution party in Vermont as an "extremist" group and a militia leader in Indiana was accused of being racist by them, and so he sued successfully and forced them to remove their statements from their website. Just a couple of examples of their lies.<br /><br />Now, on a lighter note, I've got plants started and some seeds ready for my garden. I'm getting more and more into heirloom varieties. I'm going to grow Armenian cucumbers this year (actually a melon that tastes like cucumbers, and grows 3 feet long). Scarlet runner beans are one of the oldest runner beans around (dating to at least the mid 1700's, and as a sidenote: never eat them raw, cook them well or they will make you sick). Tennis ball lettuce was a favorite of Thomas Jefferson and likely goes back to the 1600's. It;s a small butterhead type lettuce. I hope it grows well because it sounds interesting, especially with the Jefferson connection. I've got way too many tomato varieties: silvery fir tree, siberian, black plum, brandywine, German red strawberry, yellow pear, and cherokee purple. Yellow pear tomato is a very old variety, also grown by Jefferson. It's very mild flavored. The others also have interesting histories, such as the cherokee connection with cherokee purple. Siberian does well regardless of weather it seems and are decent enough if the better tomatoes don't produce well (or die from blight again).<br /><br /> I'm also growing "husk tomatoes" or "ground cherries." Related to the tomato but not a tomato. The variety I have was enjoyed by the Pilgrims in the 1600's. It's got a unique flavor I really can't describe. For peppers I'll be trying Hungarian hot wax, Anaheim chili, California wonder bell, and I plan to try jalopenos and possibly cayenne, to make some really hot, hot sauce. For beans (besides the runner beans) I'll be doing Kentucky wonder pole, blue lake pole and bush, early golden lumen wax beans. In addition to Armenian cucumbers, I'm growing early Russian cucumbers (a true cucumber, excellent for pickles or fresh eating). I'll be trying moon and stars as well as sugar baby watermelons, and I'm going to give cantaloupe a try. Now, they say to only start these about 4 weeks before transplanting, but it's simply not early enough here often. So, I;ve got some started now in large peat pots, and will also start more in May, and see which ones do best. Moon and stars is excellent, but very unreliable here. I hope it does well this year. It sucks watching the melon not grow until it's too late. All that rain and cold really hurt them. The sugar baby usually grows at least some melons before the cold hits, and are good, though not quite up to moon and stars standards.<br /><br />Zucchini squash, black beauty variety likely, of course will be planted for something to have early on (though only a few plants, they just get out of control quickly, I love zucchini but can only eat so much at once), and peas, though I haven't decided on a variety. Early green broccoli, I haven't decided on what variety of cauliflower yet. And of course, onions and potatoes. Probably kennebec potatoes since I always have good luck with them, not even the blight last year got to them. Speaking of which, I truly hope we get a better summer this year. But if not, I have plans to ensure I get some good crops (involving lots of clear plastic and rope).<br /><br />I may actually skip growing corn this year since I rarely have much luck with it (seriously, what's with all the earwigs? I never experienced this where I grew up, not this many, as I experienced every year I've lived on this end of town), it takes a heavy toll on the soil, and I have way too many other things to grow.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-18307544466344573822010-03-13T07:19:00.000-08:002010-03-13T08:50:45.534-08:00Sea Shepherd Terrorists and their ForumsWell, I some time ago discovered Sea Shepherd's internet forum: <a href="http://www.seashepherd.com.au/">http://www.seashepherd.com.au/</a><br /><br />Yesterday I had time finally to really spend some time there. To be truthful, debating with such people reminds me of debating with hard core fundamentalists (who once told me I'm going to hell because I'm Catholic). In other words, you can't have any real discussion with such people. They're too brainwashed by their foolish notions. How can you convince someone that it's wrong to throw bottles of acid at vessels and those onboard, foul the propellor in dangerous seas, ram ships, sink ships, illegally board and demand money, etc., when they are convinced, like their leader Watson, that animals are more valuable than people? Watson's own words, are that "earthworms are far more valuable than people" (said at an Animal Rights Conference, visit here for more disturbing quotes from this man: <a href="http://activistcash.com/biography_quotes.cfm/b/3370-paul-watson">http://activistcash.com/biography_quotes.cfm/b/3370-paul-watson</a> )<br /><br />Anyways, after posting about the law, etc., on terrorism and piracy at sea (which they are utterly ignorant of, as they actually believe that what Watson is doing is perfectly legal, despite the fact that the IWC has condemned it as terrorism, several countries including the U.S., Canada, Norway, Iceland, etc., list them as terrorists, and as we speak, one of their members is in jail awaiting charges), they simply decided to silence me, claiming this blog is a "hate" and "abusive" website. That's mighty interesting, since I would never advocate hating a person. Their ideas yes, but not the person. They on the other hand advocate violence against people ideologically opposed to them, as I will show with some examples below of their words. This is the message I got yesterday from their administrator:<br /><br /><blockquote>"Dear vermonter,You have received an infraction at Sea Shepherd Forum.Reason:<br />Signature Rule Violation-------Encouraging hate in signature by linking to a<br />abusive site.Your signature has been removed and it must not be placed<br />again.Your now on mod approval for a few days to ensure that.-------This<br />infraction is worth 1 point(s) and may result in restricted access until it<br />expires. Serious infractions will never expire.All the best,Sea Shepherd<br />Forum"</blockquote><br /><br />Of course I tried posting some more but they never approved any posts. In other words, a ban without listing ban by my username, so as to make it appear I just left.<br /><br />In any case, their crimes will catch up to them. I find it ironic they claim to be non-violent while their members are suggesting to shoot people. For example, one poster, going by "Winpooh718" whose location is given as Staten Island, NY, posted this:<br /><br /><blockquote>Too bad we can't get one of those old cannons used on ships, mount it to the<br />front, and shoot the bastards. </blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.seashepherd.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=65251&postcount=8">http://www.seashepherd.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=65251&postcount=8</a><br /><br />Another poster by the name of "Mkay" (location California) posted this:<br /><br /><blockquote>The entire Japanese whaling fleet needs to be taken to port or sunk ,period end<br />of story. </blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.seashepherd.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=55166&postcount=26">http://www.seashepherd.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=55166&postcount=26</a><br /><br />Finally, I can't ignore Erik Brush, a moderator at their forum. He posted this, take careful note of the last lines, for he suggests those who oppose his ideology, should be exterminated:<br /><br /><blockquote>Observations:Japanese Members of Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha and the ICR lower Chairman<br />make an attempt to give the Australian Official packaged and canned whale meat<br />insisting that it is a gift. They state the word gift in English knowing full<br />well that it is considered a cultural insult to refuse a gift in Japan. But also<br />knowing that Australian Anti-Whaling stance forbids any official from accepting<br />such an offering, and also understanding that the official cannot accept a gift<br />anyway in such circumstance as it would be seen as a violation ( legally ) of<br />his office as it can be construed as accepting a bribe from a special interest.<br />So knowing that he can and must refuse the gift, they try very hard to force the<br />offerings on him while the Chairman then spews racial prejudice and derogatory<br />slurs about the Official's insulting behavior in not taking the gifts which are<br />representative of their livelihood.It shows poor class and a lack of<br />intelligence, although the understanding of manipulating the political and legal<br />system were obviously there for anyone to see. The protest comes on the heals of<br />Japan's dying industry. The ICR and Kyodo Senpaku are on the verge of total<br />collapse and nothing will stop that. It is not a matter of "if" only "when" that<br />remains to be seen. The employees know this. Of course they are upset to be<br />loosing their livelihood. But the facts remain that there were Terrorists there<br />alright, but it was not in the pictures that they were holding. The terrorists<br />are these small groups of Bio-Criminals and WEECs. And just for the record,<br />WEECs are World Extinction Event Criminals and threaten ALL of humanity. They<br />should be educated first, and if they still attempt to destroy the planet and<br />humanity, then stronger measures should be pursued! WEECs are scum of the Earth,<br />and on the criminal rating system they are so disgusting and low, that they make<br />pedophiles look good! I would not waste the rocks to stone them to death, or<br />dirty a rope with their disgusting DNA. Bullets are the best solution for WEECs,<br />and even that is too good for them! </blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.seashepherd.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=71812&postcount=26">http://www.seashepherd.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=71812&postcount=26</a><br /><br />That fellow has his own website in fact (just google it). He is rather scary in my opinion. He supports killing people who oppose him, he truly believes all humans will go extinct in a century, etc. He tries to act like an expert on everything yet he is not, as will be seen if one researches laws, etc., and compare them to his claims.<br /><br />They also tried denying they were putting butyric acid in those bottles they throw, insisting on calling it rancid butter when rancid butter contains only trace amounts of it. However, I found this interesting post, one of them (going by the username "whalesrcool" with a stated location of Tasmania), suggested spraying a group of protesters (the area was quite dense with protesters, take note) in Japan against Sea Shepherd with butyric acid:<br /><br /><blockquote>Spray the area with butyric acid. Will dissipate a crowd in 0.5 seconds. lol </blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.seashepherd.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=75406&postcount=16">http://www.seashepherd.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=75406&postcount=16</a><br /><br />They try to claim rather often that if it's illegal what they're doing, why haven't they been arrested? Well, they have. Many of their members have been charged and convicted of crimes. Take this example from Canada, where the judge pointed out the two sea shepherd members had put lives in danger:<br /><blockquote><br />"The Defendants are repeat offenders, and there was a deliberate disregard<br />for regulatory requirements. The Defendants deliberately followed and interfered<br />with the sealing vessels. They deliberately disrupted those engaged in the lawful<br />activity of harvesting seals. TheDefendants deliberately, on numerous occasions,<br />ignored Coast Guard officials instructions to remain outside the one half<br />nautical mile limit and persisted in their reckless behaviour. The Defendants<br />endangered the lives of the fishers involved in harvesting seals that day, in<br />particular March 30th, and then the Defendants returned on April 11th and 12th<br />and engaged in the same reckless behaviour. Their behaviour was so egregious, it<br />caused seasoned veterans of the sea to fear for their lives.[ 20 ] No one is<br />saying that the Sea Shepherd Society and it’s members can not lawfully protest<br />the seal hunt. They have every right to do that. But they do not havethe right<br />to flagrantly ignore the laws of this sovereign nation, or endanger the lives of<br />it’s citizens who are lawfully engaged in earning a living.<br /></blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.courts.ns.ca/decisions_recent/documents/2009nspc60.pdf">http://www.courts.ns.ca/decisions_recent/documents/2009nspc60.pdf</a><br /><br />Paul Watson himself has not stepped foot in Norwegian or Icelandic waters in years because he was thrown out of there (and was in fact convicted of crimes in connection with the sinking of ships).<br /><br />So anyways, I cant wait until the entire terrorist organization known as Sea Shepherd is shut down. I wish some government would get on top of it. Their headquarters (in name only, based on my research, as they own a house there but nothing much seems to go on there), is based out of Washington State. The FBI has identified them as terrorists, I think they should be shut down.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.seashepherd.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=75406&postcount=16"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-1980155795339771112010-03-02T14:27:00.000-08:002010-03-02T14:29:35.444-08:00Torture by Rutland Police: Officer ResignsWell, looks like another of Rutland's finest is in some trouble. This time, it was what I think could rightly be called torture: shooting a crowd control device at a person in custody who was in shackles. Of course, the internal investigation was done by the resident pedophile of the Rutland Police Department and so charges are unlikely: <a href="http://rutlandherald.com/article/20100302/NEWS04/3020348">http://rutlandherald.com/article/20100302/NEWS04/3020348</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-15085428331893447652010-02-22T14:22:00.000-08:002010-02-22T15:12:27.728-08:00Pedophile Police in Rutland, and the Sea Shepherd TerroristsWell, lately, there's been a massive story emerging about a police officer in Rutland, Vermont looking at child pornography at work (in the police station). He had many images on his computer, DVD's including one labelled "teen porn." As if this weren't enough, the coverup is disgusting: the search warrant was sealed for 6 months, the cop argued and delayed releasing his name, the officer was not put on leave until the press broke the story, the state police are claiming they can't charge him due to a lack of evidence of intent (really? Having a DVD entitled "teen porn" is not evidence of intent?), and, the icing on the cake: a legislator, at the request of a police union, proposed a bill that would hide internal investigations of police. The officer, Sgt. Schauwecker, has been in charge in the past of investigations into child abuse issues. So, we had a pedophile in the position to investigate abuse of children. He also recently lead an internal investigation when a suspect in a holding cell was abused (shot with chalk rounds while in custody), and, not shockingly, that "investigation" was nothing but a whitewash.<br /><br /><a href="http://rutlandherald.com/article/20100212/NEWS01/100219989/1050">http://rutlandherald.com/article/20100212/NEWS01/100219989/1050</a><br /><br /><a href="http://rutlandherald.com/article/20100213/NEWS01/100219976">http://rutlandherald.com/article/20100213/NEWS01/100219976</a><br /><br /><a href="http://rutlandherald.com/article/20100218/NEWS04/2180375">http://rutlandherald.com/article/20100218/NEWS04/2180375</a><br /><br />What we need is an external investigation of this.<br /><br />Today I noted Whale Wars re-runs were on much of the day on Planet Green. For anyone unfamiliar with them, they are a radical animal rights group that engages in eco-terrorism against Japanese whalers, Canadian sealers, and various other people. These people want us all to be vegans, to not use animals at all, and they're willing to hurt or kill for their agenda. Up in Canada they nearly killed some sealers by breaking up the ice under their feet, resulting in their ship being seized by the Canadian government: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/m/story.html?id=444959">http://www.nationalpost.com/m/story.html?id=444959</a><br /><br />Their tactics against the whalers include ramming ships, trying to foul propellers with ropes (dangerous in those remote, cold waters, with dangerous icebergs about), throwing bottles of butyric acid at the whalers (contrary to the claims calling it "rancid butter," they are throwing industrial grade acid in glass bottles at the ships, here is the MSDS showing how dangerous it is, apart from the broken glass danger: <a href="http://www.sciencelab.com/xMSDS-Butyric_acid-9923216">http://www.sciencelab.com/xMSDS-Butyric_acid-9923216</a> ), throwing some chemical that makes the decks slippery (hello! slippery decks+broken glass+dangerously cold waters you can die in rapidly=violent attacks that threaten people's lives!), illegally boarding vessels to then lie and claim a "hostage situation" to cause friction between countries diplomatically (Watson's lies were all caught on film however), etc. Of course, if the Japanese do anything in self-defense the terrorists contact the media claiming they (the attackers) were victims. Things have gotten heated up down there now. One terrorist ship sunk after purposely colliding with a whaling ship. There's been at least two rammings I know of. Here's one, showing Sea Shepherd ramming (and proof they lied to the press): <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_b_IYQMSvM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_b_IYQMSvM</a><br /><br />And another, this one from last year: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLakT8oPZLM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLakT8oPZLM</a><br /><br />Watson is claiming for the third season of whale wars this year that tactics will be stronger, etc.<br /><br />So, I'll say this: if someone with a ship and money is going to go after these terrorists, let me know, I'd volunteer to help stop these terrorists. I couldn't believe it the first time I saw this show, a show for eco-terrorism. At first attempts were made to present both sides. Now, watch ads for it, and watch season 2...it's blatant propaganda for the Sea Shepherd people.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-59514298289503508962009-12-20T17:45:00.001-08:002009-12-20T18:03:48.017-08:00Perhaps the Answer is to Create a New CountryI can't devote the time necessary now to do a full write-up of everything the obomination has been up to in his war against freedom (everything from increasing government spying of the people, using strong-arm tactics and threats against opponents to try to silence all opposition, make the governent involved in nearly everything...for starters), or all the recent instances of police abusing people or murdering people, but I will say this: we need drastic measures taken to restore freedom in this world. If Ron Paul's attempts to restore freedom with a grassroots method fails, we are left with two options: either a state secedes and we make at least a portion of this country free, or, the second option, create a new country. Now, this isn't the 1800's or earlier when there was a considerable amount of land available for settlement. About all we have today for unclaimed land is Antarctica, hardly a hospitable place. This would not be entirely impossible, some portions of Antarctica have a climate not too unlike Barrow, Alaska. Growing anything would be nearly impossible, and there would be only the sea to sustain a country. Contrary to what animal rights activists assert, many whale species are not endangered and would provide many resources including whale oil, meat, bone, etc., for use in addition to fish. It would of necessity be a very primitive existence.<br /><br />Now the other option if forming a new country should become necessary combines secession with forming a new country, by finding suitable land that is in a state of anarchy with no true government authority in place any longer, and sparsely if at all populated. This would be a very risky, dangerous mission, given the violence throughout the undeveloped world.<br /><br /> It would take a considerable amount of money to do anything of this sort, obviously, to fund transportation, arm the settlers for security, provide food and other supplies, etc.. The tyrants of the world will of course want to crush an attempt by people at freedom but, that must not dissuade freedom-lovers from seeking it. I was inspired by a mention of micronations on a forum. This could be made a reality should events in the United States turn for the worst in the next several years or decades. The United States is not a lost cause as of yet so do not give up hope in improving the country our ancestors created, including, one of my ancestors whose signature as a delegate from NH is on the Constitution.<br /><br />Signed,<br /><br />First President and Founding Father of the Antarctic Republic (location: Antarctica), and any other country or territory at any time controlled by the Antarctic Republic.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-9590662517140941032009-12-05T18:22:00.000-08:002009-12-05T18:25:41.539-08:00Been a Long TimeSince I posted. I've been meaning to post commentary on some of the terrible stuff obama has been up to, my garden, and such, but haven't gotten around to it. Posting more will have to wait longer but I'll say this: to all the scumbag tyrants of the world, I am still watching your every tyrannical move, you do not go unnoticed. You will sneak nothing past me in the middle of the night or buried in 2,000 pages.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-41054708415865638072009-03-27T08:47:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:17:59.006-07:00More on the War Against FreedomObama's National Service Bill appears to have passed. In it are such "gems" as the following, stripping people of their civil rights:<br /><br /><blockquote>SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.Section 125 (42<br />U.S.C. 12575) is amended to read as follows: `SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES<br />AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.(a) Prohibited Activities- A participant in an<br />approved national service position under this subtitle may not engage in the<br />following activities:...(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions,<br />boycotts, or strikes.(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or other<br />activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to any public<br />office.(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services,<br />providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious<br />instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to<br />religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently<br />devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of<br />religious proselytization.(10) Such other activities as the Corporation may<br />prohibit. </blockquote><br /><br /><br />As written it appears to be voluntary but there is a section that states:<br /><br /><blockquote>Section 6104, subsection B<br /><br />(3) Whether there is an appropriate role for Federal, State, and local<br />governments in overcoming the issues that deter volunteerism and national<br />service and, if appropriate, how to expand the relationships and partnerships<br />between different levels of government in promoting volunteerism and national<br />service.<br />(4) Whether existing databases are effective in matching community<br />needs to would-be volunteers and service providers.<br />(5) The effect on the<br />Nation, on those who serve, and on the families of those who serve, if all<br />individuals in the United States were expected to perform national service or<br />were required to perform a certain amount of national service.<br />(6) Whether a<br />workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young<br />people could be developed, and how such a requirement could be implemented in a<br />manner that would strengthen the social fabric of the Nation and overcome civic<br />challenges by bringing together people from diverse economic, ethnic, and<br />educational backgrounds.<br />(7) The need for a public service academy, a 4-year<br />institution that offers a federally funded undergraduate education with a focus<br />on training future public sector leaders.<br />(8) The means to develop awareness<br />of national service and volunteer opportunities at a young age by creating,<br />expanding, and promoting service options for elementary and secondary school<br />students, through service learning or other means, and by raising awareness of<br />existing incentives.<br />(9) The effectiveness of establishing a training<br />program on college campuses to recruit and educate college students for national<br />service.<br /></blockquote><br /><br /><br />Section 120 of the bill discusses the “Youth Engagement Zone Program” and states that “service learning” will be “a mandatory part of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools served by the local educational agency.”<br /><br /><blockquote>(2) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE- The term `youth engagement zone' means the area in<br />which a youth engagement zone program is carried out.<br />`(3) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT<br />ZONE PROGRAM- The term `youth engagement zone program' means a service learning<br />program in which members of an eligible partnership described in paragraph (4)<br />collaborate to provide coordinated school-based or community-based service<br />learning opportunities, to address a specific community challenge, for an<br />increasing percentage of out-of-school youth and secondary school students<br />served by local educational agencies where--<br />`(A) not less than 90 percent<br />of the students participate in service-learning activities as part of the<br />program; or<br />`(B) service-learning is a mandatory part of the curriculum in<br />all of the secondary schools served by the local educational agency. </blockquote><br /><br /><br />Some other things:<br /><br />Rahm Emanuel in a speech said the following: “If you're on that no-fly list, your access to the right to bear arms is canceled, because you're not part of the American family. You don't deserve that right."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an8Moh3xuUs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an8Moh3xuUs</a><br /><br />So he wants to strip people of their rights by simply placing them on a secret list, no trial or conviction of a felony. You can be blacklisted and lose all your rights if he gets his wish.<br /><br /><br />Obama is having volunteers sent out to get people to pledge to support Obama and his policies. Take note of the following from one of the organizers:<br /><br />"We're looking for supporters," said DeHaven of Hoover, one of the event's organizers. "<strong>We're not looking for a fight. That will come later, when we have an army.</strong>"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/1237709752152800.xml&coll=2">http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/1237709752152800.xml&coll=2</a><br /><br />And note the following video that shows some of these people:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EglMVfUB74">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EglMVfUB74</a><br /><br />It seems a lot like the start of the brown shirts of Obama (looking for a fight? While running Obama said to supporters to get in the faces of opponents). I'm sure everyone remembers for Obama calling for a national police force, as well trained and funded as the military, under his own control. Well, this doesn't sit right to me in a free Republic.<br /><br />Also, that report from MIAC on militias has supposedly been retracted due to massive outcry:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.news-leader.com/article/2009903270336">http://www.news-leader.com/article/2009903270336</a><br /><br />There are efforts underway by pro-liberty individuals and groups, such as Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty, to obtain through a state equivalent of the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the sources and other information on this report. I am almost willing to wager that the report's authors used the SPLC or ADL's radical left-wing propaganda for sources.<br /><br />A left-leaning federal judge granted the Brady Campaign's request for an injunction blocking the rule allowing visitors to carry guns in National Parks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=12253">http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=12253</a><br /><br />This is absurd. it was nowehere near a "last minute" rule as it was in the works for months and lobbying efforts went on for years. National Forests allow people to carry firearms in accordance with state laws. Carrying a handgun concealed has no effect on the environment (target shooting and shooting wildlife is still prohibited in National Parks). A judge single-handedly took away a right protected by the Second Amendment. It will be appealed and I do believe the anti-freedom gun grabbers will lose but in the meantime it creates a mess both for the Park Service and citizens visiting parks, and puts more lives in danger by disarming people.<br /><br />Hillarly Clinton and Eric Holder are trying to argue that the drug cartels in Mexico are getting their weapons from U.S. gun stores and guns hows and that we must ban "assault weapons." Well, I truly would like to know which gun stores and gun shows are selling fully automatic firearms, grenades, anti-tank weapons and so forth over the counter, as these are the weapons being used down there not semi-automatic AR's and such. I haven't even found many Class 3 dealers who will carry grenades and certain other "destructive devices" which are strictly regulated by the National Firearms Act ($200 transfer or making tax, paperwork needing approval, background check). To think these people would buy overpriced semi-autos in the U.S. when full-autos are available cheap illegally South of the border, well, that's a poor excuse. I hope enough people see through the lies and propaganda coming from this administration.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-91687392861897069622009-03-12T07:25:00.000-07:002009-03-12T08:07:33.501-07:00According to the Government, Libertarians are "Right-Wing Extremists" and "Terrorists"Below is a document that recently surfaced. It originated in MO at the MO Information Analysis Center, but was sent and then posted by a MO police officer anonymously at Infowars. <a href="http://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/SAC/index.html">http://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/SAC/index.html</a> From their wbesite, they say "The Missouri Statistical Analysis Center is a unit within state government responsible for providing traffic safety and criminal justice information and research services to federal, state, and local authorities as well as Missouri citizens."<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312313296338515826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 409px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 607px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BG7mGx2d8XIHwWgBfzAeNMr6jrpGuP_NJX-oe40lYolPEyfG2rB9zmx8SrRLTLcqWbak_Ue1vpbBHS_T9W5XXbaKgEHsgTdMiSrvRp2BmB2TssOrUfyd8K5MZm2gD18yedZRiAwsBRuP/s400/scan0017.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312313300889067234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 441px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 588px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0bfR0t6MN7z5KXpHsEZR2A8q052XlJ3boTR2TS-PFHOzZsoOxiONHm7JdSSEZ94hYev_tBLLpTdomUNgKvhXnOtQ_Cu7Fm9j8b-z3AUj77kSLerpAxFIaEMhYc1CsAAt0hcgXiSWKHT0/s400/scan0018.jpg" border="0" /> <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312313309183493762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 454px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 525px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXM-Fk8hL9V-hCErmU5hqlnr34NhtsKY_JviaurvlQlOM8a70kaJQsMg0ewiv87mjTeVAz-t4U90QJpNe9coBBUp9Fk8FoT07y3aGeLo2JIjdtrp3R2McG0tBqICASa7JaVsE3b6r598-8/s400/scan0019.jpg" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312313315196703154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 452px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 494px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjBl0SXAJRqZA584v1g6qr65e-asGb8wspKUGRYGja3dvYGavriC_oitX06XGZFeAa3N9It96XmOMbW46Q_W1JhLhyphenhyphentNmkJLv7vrX9BUDIC5AZl_cSjpomqvzjUWcHWMPhmBysGZdr66r/s400/scan0020.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312313321547824290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 450px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 652px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgEagMFjJ9rF1xRDbXgk-G0NMnDDDu5eTxC-_m4NuUFXVMOpZfB4cfk7JDgLFE-xNqITpZw5C7dMbboFC1GSAG29ddIcgAm_gCW3YWw8Fk59PILHPDGZhciPsAq9PC5obDKCc3t14Cuf_/s400/scan0021.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312314346148432578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 473px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 585px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9pDw55S61ReY82XTAVEfnTxIjfuJMeCBxsoPZtuGcsO4pHdk5LPqMNLCAwFng8IloPpZ3w96lTFK3plWDyYXoP8Ko5U8dAFjsAypHvRkRLdxxpsDlCofWBhRpkmWQZe-RlEwIbXhmNJs/s400/scan0022.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312314352391218866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 483px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 690px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5IEcXkGjZXwNxiFYFuz-yoRWEm0i8HrtqGAXUm3MO0eE4JOGGsbxU1ZjdSoddqZnA2GrHRiB3_xNgZrSVSRkIxuKgkLZR8up8srcMJyASOr_VtOh-fDE1gevXllZolzS6RX0fq09xhxQ/s400/scan0023.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312314348823056418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 415px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 699px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GTjjAkjWOH4qMB1m26Sj_xd6RNy8v_pRr9RSNJpubIQ5UN-T1xSDLi7ZFGYFPPpgZOH0KzHkhjRgJIfr8JMaxMRzaCNdLcY9clCu0XpFiR0QSw1boauC4KA-DLTQqTzxP-oIvk2ig1cb/s400/scan0024.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>The document refers to those who are concerned about their gun rights, fear gun confiscations, fear the use of the military for police, and more, are "right-wing extremists" and "terrorists" to be on guard against. Among the warning signs of these "dangerous" people are political signs, bumper stickers, etc. of candidates Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin and Bob Barr. Displaying support for the Constitution party, the Libertarian Party and the Campaign for Liberty are signs that you may be a "rightwing extremist" militia member. They have painted with a broad brush libertarians, constitutionalists, gun rights activists, militias (most of which are not at all extremists as they portray), and other people concerned with the future of liberty in this country as extremists and terrorists. Of course they begin the document with a handful of examples of violent people and attempt to associate all militia members and by extension libertarians et. al with people like Timothy McVeigh. I apologize for the poor quality when I tried to post them here, but the following are links where you can read them more clearly:</div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0017.jpg">http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0017.jpg</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0018.jpg">http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0018.jpg</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0019.jpg">http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0019.jpg</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0020.jpg">http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0020.jpg</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0021.jpg">http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0021.jpg</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0022.jpg">http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0022.jpg</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0023.jpg">http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0023.jpg</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0024.jpg">http://www.infowars.com/images/scan0024.jpg</a></div><br /><div>Lest any left-wingers think they are off the hook, I would also like to remind you of this document from the FBI on "terrorists." Left-wingers are just as much suspects of "terrorism" as the person who makes frequent references to the Constitution, according to this document:</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312312198052338050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 430px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 537px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8b1q8GvYaMcLBly_4Id_scLdEo53kNhIHEKISPRp4eiyzsgKpDVr1C8A_g-EDIixKf1DIT9DIJ2-mKepILAYjUqW3WB7jguLUwVb1jBvXNTaFn9rNFv3JUfoaDtuBZJFxO9DsQQq0BGB/s400/FBI-MCSOTerroristFlyer-Back.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312312196777317698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 361px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 466px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTfxTHUxxEkAkFBsJK5nzRSykBj3w_D_oWX7U7gRlkx3qAo2gA0DRS80FRtgUVdJJlcm3aCOKB-xaE6DsuBb5aUQrqetn_z8nBq64x40_YzKUFvgHCpNrP6yxM55lIYsZn2vG7W58rdqY/s400/FBI-MCSOTerroristFlyer-Front.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>This is truly chilling but we all knew the road this country was headed down when the so-called "Patriot" Act was passed. Any of us can be declared "terrorists" simply because we don't support a police state. </div><div></div><div>Now, something else I came across yesterday was the fact that after the tragic shooting in Alabama, U.S. Army soldiers were deployed in the town, seemingly in violation of Posee Comitatus, although I am on the lookout for more confirmation of this: </div><br /><div><a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=8590289">http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=8590289</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-72121526983124994562009-03-07T16:28:00.000-08:002009-03-07T16:39:22.695-08:00CT Man Wrongly Jailed by Fascist MA over Firearms<a href="http://www.telegram.com/article/20090305/FRONTPAGENEWS/903050299">http://www.telegram.com/article/20090305/FRONTPAGENEWS/903050299</a><br /><br />This sort of thing truly infuriates me: thug cops ignorant of the law trying to ruin a man's life. Under the FOPA (Firearm Owners' Protection Act) of 1986, a federal law, this man had every right to transport these firearms through MA from CT, since they were legal in both his starting point (CT) and his destination (ME). Of course they play the story up as though he were Osama Bin Laden, with a tiny number of common weapons and some perfectly legal body armor. The FOPA of 1986:<br /><br /><blockquote><p> Title 1: State Firearms Control Assistance</p><p>Sec. 926A. Interstate<br />transportation of firearms</p><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any<br />rule or regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof, any person<br />who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping, or<br />receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any lawful<br />purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to<br />any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during<br />such transportation the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any<br />ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible<br />from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle:Provided, That in<br />the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver's<br />compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container<br />other than the glove compartment or console.</p></blockquote><br /><br />On top of that, even under MA state law he had a right to transport them:<br /><br /><blockquote><p>Mass. General Laws</p><p>Chapter 140, Section 129C</p><p> A non-resident may possess a rifle<br />or shotgun in Massachu setts: </p><p>1. While hunting and in possession of a valid<br />hunting license.</p><p> 2. While on a firing or shooting range.</p><p> 3<strong>. While traveling in<br />or through Massachusetts if the rifle or shotgun is unloaded and enclosed in a<br />case. </strong></p><p>4. While at a firearms show organized by a “regularly existing gun<br />collector’s club or association.”</p><p> 5. If he or she has a license or permit to<br />possess any firearm in his or her home state, if its licensing requirements are<br />as stringent as those of Massachusetts, as indicated by a published list of such<br />states promulgated by the colonel of state police.</p></blockquote><br /><br />The charges should have been thrown out. Instead, he needs to come up with $10,000 in bail to get out of prison. And he is facing felony charges which, if he is convicted of violating them, his life will be effectively ruined. It will harm his ability to get a job or home. He won't even be able to have a single round of ammunition again. I truly, absolutely, hate thug cops who do such tyrannical acts! I hope he gets a good lawyer and beats the thugs, and I truly wish his mother would follow the advice any lawyer will give someone: shut up, and don't talk to the police.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-43250856925567175882009-02-26T04:46:00.000-08:002009-02-26T05:05:50.844-08:00The Assault on our Gun Rights BeginsEric Holder, obama's corrupt attorney general, stated the following:<br /><br /><blockquote>As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few<br />gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to<br />reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons,<br /></blockquote><br />Worse is his reasoning for it:<br /><blockquote><br />"I think that will have a positive impact in Mexico, at a minimum"<br /></blockquote><br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6960824&page=1">http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6960824&page=1</a><br /><br />So he wants to strip us of our constitutional rights to do Mexico a favor. Considering Mexico's military has occasionally gone across our border with arms to protect drug smugglers, I'd say this fits the definition of treason in that he is rendering aid or comfort to our enemies. To say Mexico is our friend is a farce.<br /><br /> Of course, everyone knows the original "assault weapons" ban had no effect on crime. The FBI carefully studied it and found it had no effect. <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jun/28/opinion/oe-lott28">http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jun/28/opinion/oe-lott28</a> And why would it? Firstly, criminals do not obey such laws. A person intent on murder won't suddenly obey a restriction on guns. Secondly, it affected weapons used in only a very tiny percentage of crimes (simply put, most criminals don't use rifles, they use the more convenient and inexpensive handguns). Thirdly, "assault weapon" is a manufactured term that has no meaning. It is applied by anti-gun lunatics on whatever gun they find "scary" due to looks. Take a Ruger 10/22 and add some sort of folding stock, a long magazine, and suddenly, it's an "assault weapon" even though it is functionally no different than a standard wood-stocked 10/22 "hunting" gun. And let us not forget we must ban those evil bayonet lugs, look at all the driveby bayonettings! This lunacy is simply a chipping away of our rights incrementally. And of course the anti-freedom activists love the fact that it creates hundreds of complex regulations that most people won't even understand, leading perfectly harmless people to become criminals for such silly things as what kind of stock is on a gun or such.<br /><br />To the filthy scumbag tyrants who wish to enslave us, I say it's time to secede. Rather nicely, several states have proposed bills asserting state sovereignty rights under the 10th Amendment. Not secession, but certainly a step towards that direction. Here is a link discussing it: <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89842">http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89842</a><br /><br />I would much prefer to see this country broken up and have some states remain free, than to see the union hold and all states become cesspools of tyranny. Urge your state representatives and senators to stand up to the federal tyrants.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-84989223218824293002009-01-26T12:35:00.000-08:002009-01-26T13:05:19.837-08:00Obama the Socialist and FascistWell, I've been quiet for a while but here is a whole slew of information on the new president (though as I've said before, he will never be my president, my country is my state).<br /><br />Considering nationalization of banks: <a href="http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/247AE7BB29A46E446525754A002374EE?OpenDocument">http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/247AE7BB29A46E446525754A002374EE?OpenDocument</a><br /><br />Nazi-istic following of Obama, in which celebs pledge to be servants of Obama: <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=50632298">http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=50632298</a><br /><br />He doesn't like to be questioned by the media: <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17831.html">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17831.html</a><br /><br />He's already surrounded himself with a cloak of secrecy (apart from the fact that the executive order allowing funds to be sent to provide abortion overseas was a Friday night, hope no-one notices, arrangement): <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-obama-news-access,1,6232068.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-obama-news-access,1,6232068.story</a><br /><br />No lobbyists? Sounds good, in fact, too good to be true. He will waive the rules for those he wants in: <a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/groups-urge-senate-to-reject-lynn-2009-01-23.html">http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/groups-urge-senate-to-reject-lynn-2009-01-23.html</a><br /><br />And about that executive order outlawing torture? Well, on the face it looks like a step in the right direction, but he left a loophole in that he didn't bar the use of such techniques in the future after a study is completed: <a href="http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Obama+in+chief%3A+Changing+the+terror+fight&articleId=840d7f17-e22f-4e88-ab9d-3450a16a895f">http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Obama+in+chief%3A+Changing+the+terror+fight&articleId=840d7f17-e22f-4e88-ab9d-3450a16a895f</a><br /><br />If anyone is interested, the Army Field Manual on interrogations is available here: <a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/policy/army/fm/fm34-52/">http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/policy/army/fm/fm34-52/</a><br /><br />Read it and note that the techniques in that manual work in the vast majority of cases.<br /><br />And finally, while some say the media serving the government is a conspiracy theory, here is Tavis Smiley of PBS saying that the media is all "working for obama": <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2009/01/09/tavis-smiley-pbs-were-all-working-barack-obama">http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2009/01/09/tavis-smiley-pbs-were-all-working-barack-obama</a><br /><br />Here is his own words: <blockquote>Harry Reid, put down the crack pipe. You don't work for Barack Obama? We're all<br />working for Barack Obama.<br /></blockquote><br />And not a week into his presidency and the media began propaganda for a gun ban. I caught CNN pushing for it on TV because of some shooting between violent gang members in Miami. Watch for more to come, the assault on liberty is in full swing. May a state quickly secede and create a free country.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-61399164441616971312009-01-10T08:51:00.000-08:002009-01-10T09:03:29.715-08:00Effects of CIties on the Mind: My Beliefs Proven with Science!I have long been of the opinion that cities are entirely unhealthy for people. They are unnatural, overcrowded and polluted. Such negatives must inevitably have severe consequences. And they do. Scientists are beginning to discover the consequences:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/01/04/how_the_city_hurts_your_brain/">http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/01/04/how_the_city_hurts_your_brain/</a><br /><br /><blockquote>Now scientists have begun to examine how the city affects the brain, and<br />the<br />results are chastening. Just being in an urban environment, they have found,<br />impairs our basic mental processes. After spending a few minutes on a<br />crowded<br />city street, the brain is less able to hold things in memory, and<br />suffers from<br />reduced self-control. While it's long been recognized that city<br />life is<br />exhausting -- that's why Picasso left Paris -- this new research<br />suggests that<br />cities actually dull our thinking, sometimes dramatically so. </blockquote><br /><br />Of course, I would prefer the city people stay in the cities, or else everyplace will be crowded.<br /><br />I think the other things they miss are important: cities breed a culture of dependence wheras rural areas breed a culture of independence. In a city, a person is absolutely dependent upon others for even the basic needs of survival: food, clothing and shelter. It is virtually impossible to be self-sufficient in a city. In rural areas, obviously, one could be entirely self-sufficient if one desired to do so, because you could grow and raise all your own food, supply your own energy (wood, etc.), and even trap furbearers for clothing. Obviously this has major implications for the future of freedom: those in cities, who are not independently minded, favor more controls and governmental involvement in their lives because they believe it necessary for their well-being. Those who are independent of course will not want such interference. This is the reason why Thomas Jefferson favored having a nation of independent farmers: such a society would not want governmental interference and would contribute to keeping the country free. An urban society, however, wants the government controlling more to maintain order. Less freedom therefore. Perhaps it is not a coincidence that this country began the road to significantly less freedom and more government at the same time it became more urbanized. If this country were split along rural/urban lines into two countries, one would see that the rural areas would become the most free country, the urban areas, the least free.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/01/04/how_the_city_hurts_your_brain/"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-4361963940815327212008-12-18T08:25:00.000-08:002008-12-18T08:32:53.806-08:00More on the Ohio Food RaidThat family that was subjected to a heavy-handed SWAT team raid in OH has filed a complaint about the incident, I hope results are seen but we shall see:<br /><br /><blockquote><p>Thursday, December 18, 2008YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK</p><p>WorldNetDaily Exclusive</p><p>Armed officers raid home, hold mom, kids for 6 hours </p><p>Health department cops allege licensing issues over food co-op</p><p>Posted: December 17, 2008 11:20 pm<br />EasternWorldNetDaily </p><p>Jacqueline and John StowersAn Ohio family whose members have<br />served their friends and neighbors with food cooperative services involving bulk<br />and discount supplies has been targeted in a raid by armed law enforcement<br />officers wearing black fatigues who forcibly rounded up the mom and 10 children<br />and held them for six hours.The raid prompted a complaint filed today on behalf<br />of the family by the Center for Constitutional Law at the Buckeye Institute. It<br />alleges authorities "made a haphazard unannounced entry into the property with<br />guns drawn, as other officers surrounded the property, with guns drawn," then<br />"confiscated the family's personal food supply, personal computers, and personal<br />cell phones."The complaint names the Ohio Department of Agriculture, the Lorain<br />County General Health District and the state's attorney general. A spokeswoman<br />at the Department of Agriculture said its officers were at the scene in an<br />advisory role. A spokeswoman at the county health agency refused to comment<br />except to explain it was a "licensing" issue regarding the family's Manna<br />Storehouse.An prosecutor assigned to handle the case declined to respond to WND<br />requests for a comment.It's not the first such case of authorities invading a<br />home over issues involving the operations of food co-ops. WND reported several<br />months ago when authorities in Pennsylvania demanded $4,000 in fines from a<br />farmer who provided raw milk to friends and neighbors.That case also was<br />highlighted by a SWAT team-like raid on Mark Nolt's farm, when government agents<br />confiscated tens of thousands of dollars worth of his products as well as pieces<br />of machinery he used for his milk handling and sales.John and Jacqueline<br />Stowers, whose Ohio home was raided, explained their work in providing<br />affordable, healthy foods to friends and neighbors in a video posted both on<br />YouTube and on the Buckeye Institute's website.</p></blockquote><br /><br />More at: <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83865">http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83865</a><br /><br />Senator Leahy responded to my email recently as well. I'm not surprised he isn't saying too much on it right now, but at least it's being brought to people's attention. The sort of thugs behind the raid tend to prefer secrecy.<br /><br /><blockquote>Dear Mr. XXX:<br /><br />Thank you for contacting me about the recent<br />events at the Manna Storehouse in Ohio. I appreciate you sharing your concerns<br />with me.<br /><br />The Lorain County Sheriff's Office executed the search<br />warrant with the county Health Department and the Ohio Department of<br />Agriculture. According to local government sources, the Manna Storehouse is<br />under investigation to determine whether it is operating a retail food business<br />without a license. However, since all the facts have yet to come out about this<br />case, I hesitate to comment further.<br /><br />Regarding the nomination of<br />the next Secretary of Agriculture, please know that I will consider each nominee<br />brought before the Senate very carefully. I trust that the next Secretary of<br />Agriculture will make more decisions and policy choices that take into account<br />the many connections between agriculture and public health, agriculture and<br />energy and climate change, agriculture and education, and of course the<br />importance of organic and sustainable agriculture.<br /><br />Thank you again<br />for contacting me. Please keep in touch.<br /><br />Subscribe to Senator<br />Patrick Leahy's periodic newsletter at the following address:<br /><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://leahy.senate.gov/NwsLtr/indexSub.cfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://leahy.senate.gov/NwsLtr/indexSub.cfm</a><br />PATRICK LEAHY United States Senator<br /></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-17065230461957831542008-12-13T09:23:00.000-08:002008-12-13T09:29:47.575-08:00Gun Confiscation in WisconsinOnly open carry is legal in Wisconsin. Concealed carry is illegal there. Open carry is a right of people in WI but the police there generally do not like it. There are many instances of the police illegally arresting people and confiscating their guns, who dare to open carry. Visit opencarry.org and go to their forums for many examples in the WI forum. Frequently they attempt to charge people who carry with "disorderly conduct" which does not apply to open carry (but it costs money to fight in court, obviously).<br /><br />One man was recently open carrying on his own property in WI, planting trees. Wisely, he took the advice of other gun rights supporters and recorded what took place. He will be battling the bogus charges. Hopefully he will file suit under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 and make those thugs pay for their violations of his rights. <blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jpfo.org/alerts02/alert20081212b.htm">http://www.jpfo.org/alerts02/alert20081212b.htm</a><br /><br />December<br />12th 2008Weapons Confiscation in Wisconsin<br />(copied from<br />received email<br />12/12/08)<br />If someone disagreed with you about an article or<br />story you<br />published and then complained to the police who came into your<br />business and<br />arrested you for disorderly conduct, would that incident be<br />newsworthy?What<br />if the police arrested you for disorderly conduct while you were<br />exercising<br />any other constitutionally protected right because someone did not<br />want you<br />to exercise your right? Would you want to tell the people of Wisconsin<br />how<br />fragile it is to exercise their rights?Once arrested, do you think an<br />employer or all your friends and neighbors would understand or would some of<br />them want to maintain more distance with you? Unfortunately, being arrested<br />is<br />the same thing as being found guilty to many people in the court of<br />public<br />opinion. The police don’t arrest innocent people just for exercising<br />a<br />constitutionally protected right after all. That would be outrageous.Or do<br />they?Please come (or send a reporter) to the West Allis City Courthouse on<br />Tuesday December 16th at 8 am when this question will be answered in<br />court.On<br />August 22, Brad Krause was planting trees in his yard, at least<br />until police<br />stormed his residence and arrested him. It turns out they<br />received a call from a<br />man who said he didn't appreciate that Brad carried a<br />gun, and wanted something<br />done about it.The West Allis police department<br />sent two squads to investigate,<br />and found Brad in his yard, minding his own<br />business planting trees. From behind<br />him, police rushed him, yelling, "Don't<br />move!" while bearing down on him with<br />their weapons drawn. They shortly<br />discovered Brad had no criminal record and was<br />lawfully openly carrying on<br />his own property, but instead of releasing him and<br />returning his weapon,<br />they tried to figure out how to arrest him. A call to the<br />supervising<br />lieutenant provided the answer: claim his action of carrying a<br />weapon is<br />disorderly conduct, and haul him down to the station. His firearm was<br />taken<br />away from him without a receipt, and it has not been returned. The police<br />have effectively banned his exercise of his right by disarming him.The fact<br />is<br />that Wis. Stat. § 941.23 does not ban or prohibit the lawful carrying of<br />firearms by citizens. By enacting the law, the legislature intended to force<br />citizens to openly carry their firearms while in public, which is what Mr.<br />Krause was lawfully doing (additionally, he was on his own property).Mr.<br />Krause<br />is self employed as a property manager and this action by the City of<br />West Allis<br />has cost him long term business relationships. The police had him<br />standing in<br />handcuffs on his own property for 45 minutes with squad cars<br />parked in front of<br />his residence while they tried to figure out a way to<br />arrest him. Fortunately,<br />Mr. Krause had taken a friends advice and he had a<br />voice recorder with him and<br />the entire incident was recorded and it has been<br />transcribed.Civil rights are<br />very important – all of them – which is why<br />they are protected from governmental<br />actions just like this. The media would<br />be all over this story if a voter had<br />been wrongly arrested while waiting in<br />line to vote, or a worshipper had been<br />arrested while attempting to enter<br />their place of worship, or a reporter was<br />arrested while writing an article.<br />The Wisconsin Supreme Court has said an<br />otherwise reasonable exercise of<br />police power cannot be invoked in a way that<br />"eviscerates," "destroys,"<br />"frustrates," or "nullifies" the constitutional right<br />to bear arms, yet that<br />is exactly what is being done by law enforcement<br />departments all over<br />Wisconsin today. In Wisconsin, constitutional rights do not<br />expand the<br />police power; they restrict the police power. See Buse v. Smith, 74<br />Wis. 2d<br />550, 564, 247 N.W.2d 141 (1976); see also Robert Dowlut & Janet A.<br />Knoop, State Constitutions and The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, 7 Okla. City<br />U.<br />L. Rev 177, 185 (1982) (describing the general application of this<br />principle).That is why this is such an important matter and I am asking for<br />you<br />to publically expose this unlawful use of police<br />power.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Below is important background information:1)<br />There is no state statute prohibiting an openly carried firearm in<br />Wisconsin. To<br />the contrary, Wis. Stat. § 941.23 was enacted by the<br />legislature to force the<br />open carry of firearms.2) Excerpts from State of<br />Wisconsin v. Munir A. Hamdan -<br />(emphasis added - footnotes can be found on<br />the link below):<a href="http://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=16460" target="_blank">http://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/D...df&seqNo=16460</a> ) -<br />or download the <a href="http://www.jpfo.org/pdf02/munir-v-hamdan.pdf" target="_blank">PDF file</a> here on JPFO.¶41 Article I, Section 25 does not<br />establish an unfettered right to bear arms. Clearly, the State retains the<br />power<br />to impose reasonable regulations on weapons, including a general<br />prohibition on<br />the carrying of concealed weapons. However, the State may not<br />apply these<br />regulations in situations that functionally disallow the<br />exercise of the rights<br />conferred under Article I, Section 25.The State must<br />be especially vigilant in<br />circumstances where a person's need to exercise<br />the right is the most<br />pronounced. If the State applies reasonable laws in<br />circumstances that<br />unreasonably impair the right to keep and bear arms, the<br />State's police power<br />must yield in those circumstances to the exercise of<br />the right. The prohibition<br />of conduct that is indispensable to the right to<br />keep (possess) or bear (carry)<br />arms for lawful purposes will not be<br />sustained.¶68 If the constitutional right<br />to keep and bear arms for security<br />is to mean anything, it must, as a general<br />matter, permit a person to<br />possess, carry, and sometimes conceal arms to<br />maintain the security of his<br />private residence or privately operated business,<br />and to safely move and<br />store weapons within these premises.¶71 In circumstances<br />where the State's<br />interest in restricting the right to keep and bear arms is<br />minimal and the<br />private interest in exercising the right is substantial, an<br />individual needs<br />a way to exercise the right without violating the law. We hold,<br />in these<br />circumstances, that regulations limiting a constitutional right to keep<br />and<br />bear arms must leave some realistic alternative means to exercise the<br />right.¶72 For instance, in order to keep and bear arms for the purpose of<br />securing one's own property, a weapon must be kept somewhere and may need to<br />be<br />handled or moved, all within the weapon owner's property. During these<br />times,<br />the firearm will be either visible or concealed. The State ** argues<br />that even<br />under the strictest enforcement of the CCW statute, a person<br />lawfully in<br />possession of a firearm will always retain the ability to keep<br />the firearm in<br />the open——holding the weapon in the open, keeping the weapon<br />in a visible<br />holster, displaying the weapon on the wall,32 or otherwise<br />placing the weapon in<br />plain view.** Jim Doyle was the Attorney General whose<br />office argued that open<br />carry was lawful.¶119 To determine whether Wis.<br />Stat. § 941.23 is constitutional<br />on the facts of this case we must ask two<br />questions. The first question is<br />whether the regulation on concealed weapons<br />is a reasonable exercise of the<br />police power, namely, does the statute<br />promote public safety, health, or welfare<br />and bear a reasonable relation to<br />accomplishing those purposes.56 The second<br />question iswhether the reasonable<br />exercise of the state's police power<br />eviscerates the constitutional right to<br />bear arms.¶120 No one disputes that the<br />prohibition on carrying a concealed<br />weapon is a reasonable exercise of the<br />State's police power.57Wisconsin<br />Stat. § 941.23 promotes public safety. The<br />primary justification for the<br />prohibition on carrying concealed weapons is that<br />it protects the public by<br />preventing an individual from having a deadly weapon<br />on hand of which the<br />public (including a law enforcement officer) is unaware,<br />which may be used<br />in the sudden heat of passion.58 The public is safer, the<br />argument goes, if<br />it is able to take notice of those people who are carrying<br />weapons and<br />proceed accordingly. Indeed, in a case similar to the present case,<br />State v.<br />Mata, 199 Wis. 2d 315, 321, 544 N.W.2d 578 (Ct. App. 1996), the court<br />of<br />appeals concluded that a persuasive argument can be made that "a tavern<br />owner's display of a handgun may deter crime while concealment of the gun<br />probably would not."59¶121 Moreover, by making it a misdemeanor to carry a<br />concealed weapon, Wis. Stat. § 941.23 bears a reasonable and substantial<br />relationship to the end of promoting public safety. Criminalizing conduct<br />stigmatizes conduct and deters people from doing it, a conclusion the<br />majority<br />opinion agrees with as well.60 (However, the practice of<br />criminalizing lawful<br />conduct effectively creates an unlawful ban)¶122 The<br />second question in the<br />present case is whether the reasonable exercise of<br />the State's police power<br />eviscerates the constitutional right to bear<br />arms.61 As the majority opinion<br />explains, an otherwise reasonable exercise<br />of police power cannot be invoked in<br />a way that "eviscerates," "destroys,"<br />"frustrates," or "nullifies" the<br />constitutional right to bear arms.62 Short<br />of that, however, as the majority<br />opinion further explains, the right to<br />bear arms is not absolute and is subject<br />to reasonable regulation.63¶123 In<br />order to determine whether a statute<br />eviscerates a constitutional right or<br />merely reasonably regulates a<br />constitutional right we must examine the<br />"degree" to which the regulation<br />frustrates the purpose of the<br />constitutional right .64 For example, in City of<br />Seattle v. Montana, 919<br />P.2d 1218 (Wash.1996), the Washington Supreme Court<br />upheld a city ordinance<br />regulating the carrying and possession of "dangerous<br />knives" in the face of<br />a constitutional amendment granting the right to bear<br />arms. The court<br />reasoned that the police power was reasonably exercised to<br />"promote public<br />safety and good order," and that the city did not enact a<br />"complete<br />prohibition on possession and carrying knives" but merely "regulated<br />the<br />carrying, transport, and use of knives."65 Therefore, the statute was<br />constitutional.66¶124 Wisconsin Stat. § 941.23 is similarly constitutional<br />when<br />applied to the defendant because it does not eliminate the right of an<br />owner of<br />a privately operated business to bear arms for security or defense<br />but simply<br />limits the manner in which he or she may exercise the right to<br />bear arms. That<br />is, § 941.23 does not prevent anyone from carrying a firearm<br />for security,<br />defense, hunting, recreation, or other lawful purposes.<br />Rather, it limits the<br />manner of carrying weapons, by requiring that a weapon<br />that is on a person or<br />within a person's reach not be concealed.67 The gist<br />of the offense is the<br />concealment. Thus, nothing about Wis. Stat. § 941.23<br />comes close to<br />eviscerating, destroying, frustrating, or nullifying the<br />right to bear arms in<br />Wisconsin for the defendant here or any other person.<br />The right to bear arms "is<br />not impaired by requiring individuals to carry<br />weapons openly."68¶129 Second,<br />and more importantly, the majority's dubious<br />conclusions are irrelevant. The<br />statute is presumed constitutional and the<br />burden on the challenger is heavy. By<br />enacting the statute the legislature<br />has determined that public safety is<br />advanced when owners of privately<br />operated businesses, like all other<br />individuals, are required to carry their<br />guns openly. Although the majority<br />opinion has set forth counterarguments to<br />the legislature's determination that<br />concealed weapons are hazardous to<br />public safety, neither the majority opinion<br />nor the challenger has carried<br />the heavy burden of demonstrating that the<br />legislative determination is<br />unconstitutional because the degree to which it<br />restricts the right to bear<br />arms for owners of privately operated businesses<br />eviscerates the<br />constitutional right.3) State Statute (66.092) 1995 Wisconsin<br />Act 75,<br />section 2: says;…no political subdivision may enact an ordinance or<br />adopt a<br />resolution that regulates the sale, purchase, purchase delay, transfer,<br />ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing,<br />permitting, registration or taxation of any firearm or part of a firearm,<br />including ammunition and reloader components, unless the ordinance or<br />resolution<br />is the same as or similar to, and no more stringent than, a state<br />statute.4)<br />This is Wisconsin case law defining what behavioral elements<br />constitute<br />Disorderly Conduct (no mention of a firearm):State v Douglas D<br />2001 WI 47, para<br />15.243 WIS 2d, 204,626N.W, 2d 725. Para. 15"The State must<br />prove two elements to<br />convict a defendant under this statute (947.01)"<br />First, it must prove that the<br />defendant engaged in violent, abusive,<br />indecent, profane, boisterous,<br />unnecessarily loud, or similar disorderly<br />conduct. Second, it must prove that<br />the defendant's conduct occurred under<br />circumstances where such conduct tends to<br />cause or provoke a disturbance".<br />Emphasis addedI hope to see you on the 16th in<br />West Allis. If the date<br />should be moved for any reason, I will let you<br />know.Thank you.Gene<br />GermanMinnesota DPS Certified Firearms InstructorUtah BCI<br />Certified Firearms<br />InstructorAACFI Wisconsin State Director<a href="http://www.permittocarry.us/" target="_blank">http://www.permittocarry.us/</a><br /><br /></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-80680312650883122712008-12-08T05:32:00.000-08:002008-12-08T06:05:02.902-08:00Nuns and Others Wrongly Listed as Terrorists, Posse Comitatus Dead, Let's Revive the Militia MovementI have given this much thought recently as I have followed the growing assault on freedom, and I have concluded the following: the militia movement must be revived, but with some important corrections. Most of the 1990's militias took a one pronged approach (arm themselves, train, etc.), forgetting that it takes more than that to have a successful revolution. Afterall, the Revolution of 1800 (Jefferson's election, defeat of the Federalists), took place without use of arms. There needs to be efforts at a second such revolution. I was hoping Ron Paul would be elected and we'd have precisely that, but obviously, there's work to do before that will happen. Those of us who value our freedom must band together, we must be willing to defend that freedom against illegal actions (note the keyword, any militia must be <em>defensive</em>, not offensive, do not give the shrill far-leftists like Morris Dees fuel to burn us at the stake with, though he'll be waving a flaming torch at us regardless of the truth). At the same time, we must wage an <em>intellectual</em> war against the enemies of freedom. We must render them contemptible in the public eye. We must work at every level to awaken people to the assault on their liberty that has been aking place and is quickening in pace. We must get freedom-loving individuals into office. Ron Paul's campaign threw a spark, now we must bring the fire to life. We must remember that while militias were important to our Revolution, equally important were the efforts of great thinkers such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and others. Let us learn from the past, when we re-build the militia movement. As always the left-wing media, quoting the nonsense from the leftist Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League, will attempt to crucify us as a bunch of White Nationalist, terrorist, gun-nuts, KKK bigots planning a race war. Nothing can be farther from the truth. In fact, some people may remember that J.J. Johnson was an important figure in the movement in the 1990's, here he is testifying before some senators: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bew_9GeuGA4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bew_9GeuGA4</a><br /><br />The ADL and SPLC attempt to paint everyone who values their Second Amendment rights, everyone who is willing to defend the Constitution, anyone who does not kiss the government's feet, with the same brush they paint the KKK and other such bigots. However, in doing so, they are proving themselves to be bigots. Morris Dees, while he did some good things years ago, is merely enriching himself now by targeting the right. For instance, Rutland, Vermont is listed on his site as a KKK stronghold. Anyone who's lived in Rutland knows that's total garbage. He abuses the legal system with ridiculous suits against people he dislikes (now, let me say I don't particularly like some of the people he targets myself, but in a free country, everyone has the right to their opinions, no matter how wrong they are), milks the gullible for donations, and those whom he is supposedly fighting on the behalf of get crumbs thrown at them out of the massive settlements. However, enough about that shrill fool who can't even take a bit of questioning from a college student <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjDguV-rHzo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjDguV-rHzo</a>. Now on to some information I have come across that is very important and at the same time, very frightening.<br /><br />There is a new federal rule proposed that effectively renders Posee Comitatus dead:<br /><br /><blockquote>[Federal Register: December 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 234)][Proposed<br />Rules][Page 73896-73900]From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access<br />[wais.access.gpo.gov][DOCID:fr04de08-12]==================================================<br />======================Proposed RulesFederal<br />Register__________________________________________________<br />______________________This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to<br />the public ofthe proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of<br />thesenotices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate inthe<br />rule making prior to the adoption of the final<br />rules.==================================================<br />======================[[Page 73896]]DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEOffice of the<br />Secretary[DoD-2008-OS-0085; RIN 0790-AI34]32 CFR Part 185Defense Support of<br />Civil Authorities (DSCA)AGENCY: Department of Defense.ACTION: Proposed<br />rule.-----------------------------------------------------------------------SUMMARY:<br />This proposed rule establishes policy and assignsresponsibilities for DSCA,<br />supplements regulations regarding militarysupport for civilian law enforcement,<br />and sets forth policy guidancefor the execution and oversight of DSCA when<br />requested by civilauthorities and approved by the appropriate DoD authority, or<br />asdirected by the President, within the United States, including theDistrict of<br />Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. VirginIslands, Guam,<br />American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern MarianaIslands, and any<br />territory or possession of the United States or anypolitical subdivision<br />thereof. Legislative changes over the years havemade the existing guidance<br />outdated and inconsistent with current lawand the current organizational<br />structure of the Department of Defense.This proposed rule will allow civil<br />authorities access to the correctprocedures when they are seeking assistance<br />from the Department byestablishing updated policy guidance and assigning the<br />correctresponsibilities within the Department for the Defense for support<br />ofcivil authorities in response to requests for assistance for<br />domesticemergencies, designated law enforcement support, special events,<br />andother domestic activities. Interested persons are invited to submitcomments<br />on this proposed rule that will be considered prior topromulgation of the final<br />rule.DATES: Comments must be received by February 2, 2009.ADDRESSES: You may<br />submit comments, identified by docket number and orRIN number and title, by any<br />of the following methods:Federal Rulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.Follow the instructions for<br />submitting comments.Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160Defense<br />Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.Instructions: All submissions received must<br />include the agency nameand docket number or Regulatory Information Number (RIN)<br />for thisFederal Register document. The general policy for comments and<br />othersubmissions from members of the public is to make these<br />submissionsavailable for public viewing on the Internet at http://<a href="http://www.regulations.gov/" target="_blank">www.regulations.gov</a> as they<br />are received without change, including anypersonal identifiers or contact<br />information.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Chavez,<br />703-697-5415.SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory<br />Planning and Review''It has been certified that 32 CFR part 185 does not:(1)<br />Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more oradversely affect<br />in a material way the economy; a section of theeconomy; productivity;<br />competition; jobs; the environment; publichealth or safety; or State, local, or<br />tribal governments orcommunities;(2) Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise<br />interfere with anaction taken or planned by another Agency;(3) Materially alter<br />the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants,user fees, or loan programs, or the<br />rights and obligations ofrecipients thereof; or(4) Raise novel legal or policy<br />issues arising out of legalmandates, the President's priorities, or the<br />principles set forth inthis Executive Order.Sec. 202, Pub. L. 104-4, ``Unfunded<br />Mandates Reform Act''It has been certified that 32 CFR part 185 does not contain<br />aFederal mandate that may result in the expenditure by State, local andtribal<br />governments, in aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100million or more in<br />any 1 year.Public Law 96-354, ``Regulatory Flexibility Act'' (5 U.S.C. 601)It<br />has been certified that 32 CFR part 185 is not subject to theRegulatory<br />Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601) because it would not, ifpromulgated, have a<br />significant economic impact on a substantial numberof small entities. This rule<br />establishes policy and assignsresponsibilities within DoD for DSCA, supplements<br />regulations regardingmilitary support for civilian law enforcement, and sets<br />forth policyguidance for the execution and oversight of DSCA when requested<br />bycivil authorities and approved by the appropriate DoD authority, or asdirected<br />by the President. Therefore, it is not expected that smallentities will be<br />affected because there will be no economicallysignificant regulatory<br />requirements placed upon them.Public Law 96-511, ``Paperwork Reduction Act'' (44<br />U.S.C. Chapter 35)It has been certified that 32 CFR part 185 does not<br />imposereporting or recordkeeping requirements under the Paperwork ReductionAct<br />of 1995.Executive Order 13132, ``Federalism''It has been certified that 32 CFR<br />part 185 does not have federalismimplications, as set forth in Executive Order<br />13132. This rule does nothave substantial direct effects on:(1) The States;(2)<br />The relationship between the National Government and theStates; or(3) The<br />distribution of power and responsibilities among thevarious levels of<br />Government.List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 185Armed forces, Civil<br />defense.Accordingly, the Department of Defense proposes to revise 32 CFRpart 185<br />to read as follows:PART 185--DEFENSE SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES<br />(DSCA)Sec.185.1 Purpose.185.2 Applicability and scope.185.3 Definitions.185.4<br />Policy.185.5 Responsibilities.Authority: 50 U.S.C. 2251, as amended; E.O. 12148,<br />3 CFR 1979Comp. p. 412.Sec. 185.1 Purpose.This part:[[Page 73897]](a)<br />Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for DefenseSupport of Civil<br />Authorities (DSCA) which is also referred to as civilsupport.(b) Supplements the<br />regulations required by section 375 of title10, United States Code (U.S.C.),<br />regarding military support forcivilian law enforcement.(c) Sets forth policy<br />guidance for the execution and oversight ofDSCA when requested by civil<br />authorities and approved by theappropriate DoD authority, or as directed by the<br />President, within theUnited States, including the District of Columbia, the<br />Commonwealth ofPuerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,<br />theCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory orpossession<br />of the United States or any political subdivision thereof.Sec. 185.2<br />Applicability and scope.This part:(a) Applies to the Office of the Secretary of<br />Defense, the MilitaryDepartments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs<br />of Staff,the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the<br />InspectorGeneral of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the<br />DoDField Activities, and all other organizational entities within theDepartment<br />of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the ``DoDComponents'').(b)<br />Applies to the Army National Guard (ARNG) and the Air NationalGuard (ANG) in<br />title 32 status.(c) Applies to all DSCA (except the specific forms of DSCA<br />listedin paragraph (d) of this section), including:(1) Military community<br />affairs programs or innovative readinesstraining (formerly called<br />``civil-military cooperative actionprograms'') (see DoD Directive<br />1100.20).\1\---------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/whs/</a>directives/corres/html/110020.htm.---------------------------------------------------------------------------(2)<br />Mutual or automatic aid (see chapter 15A of title 42 U.S.C.).(3) DoD fire and<br />emergency services programs (see DoD<br />Instruction6055.06).\2\---------------------------------------------------------------------------\2\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/whs/</a>directives/corres/html/605506.htm.---------------------------------------------------------------------------(4)<br />United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) activities as theDepartment of<br />Defense Coordinating and Primary Agency for the NationalResponse Framework,<br />Emergency Support Function 3, Public Worksand Engineering.(5) Activities<br />performed by the Civil Air Patrol in support ofcivil authorities when approved<br />by the Air Force as auxiliary missions.(6) Support provided by the National<br />Guard, in a federally fundedtitle 32 status to local, State, tribal, and/or<br />Federal civil agencieswhen employed by a Governor, or provided under Emergency<br />ManagementAssistance Compacts when that support involves use of<br />personneloperating under the provisions of title 32 U.S.C.(7) Special Events in<br />accordance with DoD Directive 2000.15 \3\and/or applicable<br />law.---------------------------------------------------------------------------\3\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/whs/</a>directives/corres/html/200015.htm.---------------------------------------------------------------------------(d)<br />Does not apply to the following activities conducted in supportof civil<br />authorities:(1) Support in response to foreign disasters provided in<br />accordancewith DoD Directive<br />5100.46.\4\---------------------------------------------------------------------------\4\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/whs/</a>directives/corres/html/510046.htm.---------------------------------------------------------------------------(2)<br />Joint investigations conducted by the Inspector General of theDepartment of<br />Defense, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, andthe military criminal<br />investigative organizations with civil lawenforcement agencies on matters within<br />their respective jurisdictionsusing their own forces and equipment.(3) Detail of<br />DoD personnel to duty outside the Department ofDefense in accordance with DoD<br />Instruction<br />1000.17.\5\---------------------------------------------------------------------------\5\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/whs/</a>directives/corres/pdf/100017p.pdf.---------------------------------------------------------------------------(4)<br />Support provided by State Defense Forces and National Guardactivities not<br />covered by paragraph (c)(6) of this section.(5) Counternarcotics operations.(6)<br />Support provided by the United States Army Corps of Engineerswhen accomplishing<br />missions and responsibilities under Pub. L. 84-99,as amended.(7) Intelligence<br />assistance provided by DoD intelligence andcounterintelligence components (see<br />DoD Directive 5240.01,\6\ ExecutiveOrders 12333 and 13388, DoD 5240.1-R,\7\ and<br />other applicable laws<br />andregulations).---------------------------------------------------------------------------\6\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/whs/</a>directives/corres/pdf/524001p.pdf.\7\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/whs/</a>directives/corres/pdf/524001r.pdf.---------------------------------------------------------------------------(<br />Military community relations programs and activitiesadministered by the<br />Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs(see DoD Directive 5410.18 \8\<br />and DoD Instruction 5410.19<br />\9\).---------------------------------------------------------------------------\8\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/whs/</a>directives/corres/pdf/541018p.pdf.\9\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/whs/</a>directives/corres/pdf/541019p.pdf.---------------------------------------------------------------------------(9)<br />Sensitive support in accordance with DoD Directive<br />S-5210.36.\10\---------------------------------------------------------------------------\10\<br />Document is classified and copies maybe requested bycontacting USD(I), <a href="mailto:USDI.pubs@osd.mil">USDI.pubs@osd.mil</a>.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sec.<br />185.3 Definitions.Civil Authorities. See Joint Publication<br />1-02.\11\---------------------------------------------------------------------------\11\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/</a>jel/new_pubs/jp1_02.pdf.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Civil<br />Disturbances. See Joint Publication 1-02.Civil Support. See Joint Publication<br />1-02. Also known as DefenseSupport of Civil Authorities (DSCA).Defense Domestic<br />Crisis Manager. The DoD official responsible foroverseeing, advising, and making<br />recommendations to the Secretary ofDefense on the use of resources and DoD<br />personnel needed to prevent orrespond to a potential or actual domestic crisis.<br />The AssistantSecretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas'<br />SecurityAffairs (ASD(HD&ASA)) serves as the Defense Domestic Crisis<br />Manager.Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA). Support provided byU.S.<br />Federal military forces, National Guard forces performing dutyunder title 32,<br />U.S.C., DoD civilians, DoD contract personnel, and DoDcomponent assets, in<br />response to requests for assistance from civilauthorities for special events,<br />domestic emergencies, designated lawenforcement support, and other domestic<br />activities. Support provided byNational Guard forces performing duty under title<br />32, U.S.C., isconsidered DSCA but is conducted as a State-directed action. Also<br />knownas Civil Support (CS).Imminently Serious Conditions. Emergency conditions<br />in which, inthe judgment of a military commander or responsible DoD<br />civilianofficial, immediate and possibly serious danger threatens the publicand<br />prompt action is needed to save lives, to safeguard public healthor safety, or<br />to prevent or mitigate great property or environmentaldamage. Under these<br />conditions, timely prior authority from higherheadquarters to provide DSCA may<br />not be possible before action isnecessary for effective response.Responsible DoD<br />Civilian. For purposes of DSCA, the head of a DoDComponent (or designee) or<br />other DoD civilian official or NationalGuard Federal technician who have<br />authority[[Page 73898]]over DoD assets that may be used for a DSCA<br />response.Special Event. An international or domestic event, contest,activity, or<br />meeting, which by its very nature, or by specificstatutory or regulatory<br />authority, may require security, safety, and/orother logistical support or<br />assistance fro the Department of Defense.Sec. 185.4 Policy.It is DoD policy<br />that:(a) This part shall be implemented consistent with nationalsecurity<br />objectives and military readiness.(b) Unless expressly stated otherwise, the<br />provisions of this partshould not be construed to rescind any existing<br />authorities of theHeads of DoD Components, commanders, and/or responsible DoD<br />civiliansto provide DSCA in accordance with existing laws, Department of<br />Defenseissuances, and Secretary of Defense approved orders.(c) DSCA is initiated<br />by a request for DoD assistance from acivilian agency or is ordered by the<br />President or Secretary of Defense.(d) All requests for DSCA shall be written and<br />include a commitmentto reimburse the Department of Defense. Waivers or<br />exceptions toreimbursement must be consistent with the law and/or DoD policies.<br />Forassistance provided under paragraph (g) of this section, civilauthorities<br />shall be informed that oral requests for assistance in anemergency must be<br />followed by a written request at the earliestavailable opportunity.(e) All<br />requests for assistance from civil authorities shall beevaluated for legality,<br />lethality, risk, cost (including the source offunding and the effect on the DoD<br />budget), appropriateness, and effecton readiness.(f) DSCA plans shall be<br />compatible with the National ResponseFramework; the National Incident Management<br />System; all contingencyplans for operations in the locations listed in Sec.<br />185.1(c) of thispart; and any other national plans (approved by the President<br />orSecretary of Defense) or DoD issuances governing DSCA operations.(g)<br />Commanders, (including National Guard Commanders), heads of DoDComponents and/or<br />responsible DoD civilian officials may provideImmediate Response to a request<br />for assistance from a civilianauthority, under imminently serious conditions.<br />This Immediate ResponseAuthority is exercised when time does not permit approval<br />from higherheadquarters. Responsible DoD civilian officials may employ<br />theresources under their control, subject to any supplemental directionprovided<br />by higher headquarters, and provide those resources to savelives, to safeguard<br />public health or safety, or to prevent or mitigategreat property or<br />environmental damage.(1) The DoD official directing a response under Immediate<br />ResponseAuthority shall immediately notify the National Military Command<br />Center(NMCC), through the chain of command, of the details of the<br />response.National Guard officials shall inform the NMCC through the<br />NationalGuard Bureau. The NMCC will inform appropriate DoD components.(2)<br />Immediate Response Authority ends when the necessity givingrise to the response<br />is no longer present (e.g., when there aresufficient resources available from<br />State, local, and other Federalagencies to respond adequately), when the<br />initiating DoD or NationalGuard official or a higher authority directs an end to<br />the response, orwhen an appropriate authority approves a request from another<br />Federaldepartment or agency based on other authorities. The DoD or NationalGuard<br />official directing a response under Immediate Response Authorityshall reassess<br />whether there remains a necessity for DoD to respondunder this authority as soon<br />as practicable but, if immediate responseactivities have not yet ended, not<br />later than 72 hours after resourceshave been employed.(3) Support provided under<br />Immediate Response Authority should beprovided on a cost-reimbursable basis<br />where appropriate or legallyrequired but will not be delayed or denied based on<br />the inability orunwillingness of the requester to make a commitment to reimburse<br />theDepartment of Defense.(h) Federal military forces shall not be used to quell<br />civildisturbances or perform civilian law enforcement functions (e.g.,search,<br />seizure, arrest, and surveillance) unless specificallyauthorized by the<br />President or the Secretary of Defense in accordancewith applicable law (e.g.,<br />chapter 15 of title 10, U.S.C.).(i) Only the Secretary of Defense, or a<br />designated representative,may approve requests from civil authorities for<br />defense assistanceduring civil disturbances; defense response to chemical,<br />biological,radiological, nuclear, and/or high yield explosive events;<br />defenseassets when there is a potential for lethality (unless<br />otherwiseauthorized in law or DoD policy); and potentially lethal support<br />ofcivilian law enforcement agencies. Lethal support includes: loans ofarms;<br />vessels, or aircraft; or ammunition. It also includes: allrequests for<br />assistance under section 382 of title 10 and section 831of title 18, U.S.C.; all<br />support to counterterrorism operations; andall support to law enforcement when<br />there is a potential forconfrontation between law enforcement and specifically<br />identifiedcivilian individuals or groups.(j) Only the Secretary of Defense, or a<br />designated representative,may authorize DoD Components to procure and maintain<br />supplies,materiel, and/or equipment exclusively for providing DSCA.(k)<br />Programming and budgeting for DSCA shall be in accordance withexisting laws,<br />Department of Defense issuances, and Secretary ofDefense authorization.(l)<br />Federal military forces employed for DSCA activities shallremain under Federal<br />military command and control at all times.(m) Special event support to<br />non-governmental organizations is aDSCA activity.Sec. 185.5 Responsibilities.(a)<br />The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD(P)) shallfacilitate the<br />coordination of DoD policy governing DSCA with FederalDepartments and Agencies,<br />State agencies, and the DoD Components, asrequired.(b) The Assistant Secretary<br />of Defense for Homeland Defense andAmericas' Security Affairs (ASD(HD&ASA)),<br />under the authority,direction, and control of the USD(P) exercising policy<br />oversight ofhomeland defense activities of the Department of Defense and<br />performingother duties as directed by the Secretary of Defense shall:(1) Serve<br />as the principal civilian advisor to the Secretary ofDefense and the USD(P) on<br />DSCA.(2) Serve as the Defense Domestic Crisis Manager in accordance withDoD<br />Directive<br />3020.44.\12\---------------------------------------------------------------------------\12\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/whs/</a>directives/corres/pdf/302044p.pdf.---------------------------------------------------------------------------(3)<br />Serve as approval authority for requests for assistance fromcivil authorities<br />sent to the Secretary of Defense, except for thoseitems retained in section<br />185.4(h) and (i) of this part, or delegatedto other officials. Such matters<br />shall be coordinated with the Chairmanof the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In the<br />absence of the ASD(HD&ASA), thePrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary of<br />Defense for Homeland Defenseand Americas' Security Affairs may exercise the<br />authority of theASD(HD&ASA) to approve such requests. This authority may not<br />be furtherdelegated. The[[Page 73899]]Secretary of Defense shall be notified<br />immediately of the use of thisauthority.(4) Develop, coordinate, and oversee the<br />implementation of DoDpolicy for DSCA and shall:(i) Through the Chairman of the<br />Joint Chiefs of Staff as itpertains to DSCA matters, monitor the activation,<br />deployment, andemployment of Federal military forces (including Reserve<br />Componentforces), the National Guard, DoD civilian personnel, and allfacilities,<br />equipment, fiscal accounts, supplies, and services ownedby, controlled by, or<br />under the jurisdiction of a DoD Component inresponse to requests for DSCA and<br />for Department of Defense support tospecial events; and provide oversight of<br />DSCA training, exercises, andresources.(ii) In coordination with the General<br />Counsel of the Department ofDefense, develop policies and procedures for DSCA<br />support to civil lawenforcement authorities; coordinate long-range policies and<br />proceduresthat govern the provision of non-emergency support to civilian<br />lawenforcement agencies; promote Department of Defense cooperation withpublic<br />safety agencies; and ensure that assistance is in compliancewith applicable law,<br />Presidential Directives, Executive orders, andDepartment of Defense policy.(iii)<br />Ensure that information relating to all aspects of DSCAreceives the broadest<br />possible dissemination utilizing all approvedmedia as appropriate and in<br />accordance with Department of DefenseDirective<br />8320.02.\13\---------------------------------------------------------------------------\13\<br />Available by downloading at <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.mil/whs/</a>directives/corres/pdf/832002p.pdf.---------------------------------------------------------------------------(c)<br />The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations andLow Intensity<br />Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities, under theauthority, direction, and<br />control of the USD(P), shall support planningby the Defense Domestic Crisis<br />Manager during DSCA operations, asrequired.(d) The Under Secretary of Defense<br />(Comptroller)/Chief FinancialOfficer shall establish policies and procedures to<br />ensure timelyreimbursement to the Department of Defense for reimbursable<br />DSCAactivities.(e) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and<br />Readiness(USD(P&R)) shall:(1) Assist the ASD(HD&ASA) by providing<br />recommendations, guidance,and support for all domestic crisis situations or<br />emergencies that mayrequire health or medical-related DSCA, including situations<br />involvingcoordination with the components of the National Disaster<br />MedicalSystem.(2) Assist the ASD(HD&ASA) by providing recommendations,<br />guidance,and support on the use of the Reserve Components to perform<br />DSCAmissions.(3) Identify, monitor, and oversee the development of<br />integratedDSCA training capabilities and the integration of these<br />trainingcapabilities into exercises and training to build and sustain<br />DSCAreadiness.(f) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs,<br />underthe authority, direction, and control of USD(P&R), shall assist<br />theASD(HD&ASA) by providing recommendations, guidance, and support on theuse<br />of the Reserve Components to perform DSCA missions.(g) The Secretaries of the<br />Military Departments shall:(1) Support DSCA operations as directed and in<br />accordance with thisDirective, and shall ensure the readiness of the Military<br />Departmentsto execute plans for DSCA.(2) Ensure compliance with financial<br />management guidance related tosupport provided for DSCA operations, including<br />guidance related totracking costs and seeking reimbursement.(h) The Chairman of<br />the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall:(1) Advise the Secretary of Defense on the<br />effects of requests forDSCA on national security and military readiness.(2)<br />Identify and coordinate available resources for DSCA requestsand release related<br />execute and deployment orders when approved by theSecretary of Defense.(3)<br />Incorporate DSCA into joint training and exercise programs inconsultation with<br />the Department of Homeland Security, otherappropriate Federal Departments and<br />Agencies, and the National GuardBureau.(i) The Commanders of Combatant Commands<br />with DSCA responsibilitiesin accordance with the Unified Command Plan shall:(1)<br />Through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, plan andexecute DSCA<br />operations in their areas of responsibility in accordancewith this Directive,<br />and in accordance with their authorities assignedby the Unified Command Plan and<br />the Forces for Unified CommandsMemorandum.(2) Incorporate DSCA into joint<br />training and exercise programs inconsultation with the Department of Homeland<br />Security, otherappropriate Federal Departments and Agencies, and the National<br />GuardBureau.(3) Advocate for validated DSCA requests for domestic<br />operationsthrough the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, subject to<br />section185.4(j) and (k) of this part, and the Planning, Programming,Budgeting,<br />and Execution (PPBE) process.(4) Provide the Secretary of Defense an<br />implementation plan forensuring DSCA support is emphasized in command<br />assessments.(j) The Chief, National Guard Bureau, under the authority,direction,<br />and control of the Secretary of Defense through theSecretaries of the Army and<br />the Air, shall:(1) Serve as the channel of communication on all matters<br />pertainingto National Guard DSCA activities between the Secretary of Defense<br />andthe Heads of the DoD Components (including the Secretary of the Armyand the<br />Secretary of the Air Force) and the States. Direct liaisonbetween both entities<br />should occur only in an emergency when time doesnot permit compliance with this<br />Directive. In each such instance, theChief, NGB, should be informed of the<br />communication.(2) Annually assess the readiness of the National Guard of<br />theStates to conduct DSCA activities and report on this assessment to<br />theSecretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force,the<br />USD(P&R), the ASD(HD&ASA), the ASD(RA), the Chairman of the JointChiefs<br />of Staff, and appropriate Combatant Commanders.(3) Participate in the Joint<br />Staff capability-based planning andassessments, the Joint Capabilities<br />Integration and Development System,and the DoD PPBE assessment for all actions<br />pertaining to NationalGuard capabilities required for DSCA.(4) Facilitate and<br />deconflict the planning and use of NationalGuard forces among the States to<br />ensure that adequate and balancedforces are available and responsive for DSCA<br />missions, consistent withnational security objectives and priorities.(k) The<br />Heads of the DoD Components, in addition to theresponsibilities in paragraphs<br />(g), (h), (i), and (j) of this section,as applicable, shall:(1) Ensure that any<br />DSCA-related Department of Defense issuances,concept plans, interagency<br />agreements, and memorandums of understandingor agreement with external agencies<br />are in full compliance with thisDirective.(2) Ensure compliance with financial<br />management guidance related tosupport provided for DSCA operations, including<br />guidance related totracking costs and seeking reimbursement.[[Page 73900]]Dated:<br />November 26, 2008.Patricia L. Toppings,OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,<br />Department of Defense.[FR Doc. E8-28706 Filed 12-3-08; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE<br />5001-06-P</blockquote><br /><br /><br />In case anyone reading this supports all the "anti-terror" laws, read the following and see how easy it is for non-violent, non-dangerous people to become classified as terrorists by some idiot cop:<br /><br /><blockquote><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-na-cop-spy7-2008dec07,0,1237214.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-na-cop-spy7-2008dec07,0,1237214.story</a><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-na-cop-spy7-2008dec07,0,1237214.story"><br /><blockquote><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Spying on pacifists, environmentalists and nunsAn undercover Maryland<br />State<br />Police trooper infiltrated nonviolent groups and labeled dozens of<br />people as<br />terrorists.By Bob DroginDecember 7, 2008Reporting from Takoma<br />Park, Md. — To<br />friends in the protest movement, Lucy was an eager<br />20-something who attended<br />their events and sent encouraging e-mails to<br />support their causes.Only one thing<br />seemed strange."At one demonstration, I<br />remember her showing up with a laptop<br />computer and typing away," said Mike<br />Stark, who helped lead the<br />anti-death-penalty march in Baltimore that day.<br />"We all thought that was<br />odd."Not really. The woman was an undercover<br />Maryland State Police trooper who<br />between 2005 and 2007 infiltrated more<br />than two dozen rallies and meetings of<br />nonviolent groups.Maryland officials<br />now concede that, based on information<br />gathered by "Lucy" and others, state<br />police wrongly listed at least 53 Americans<br />as terrorists in a criminal<br />intelligence database -- and shared some information<br />about them with half a<br />dozen state and federal agencies, including the National<br />Security<br />Agency.Among those labeled as terrorists: two Catholic nuns, a former<br />Democratic congressional candidate, a lifelong pacifist and a registered<br />lobbyist. One suspect's file warned that she was "involved in puppet making<br />and<br />allows anarchists to utilize her property for meetings.""There wasn't a<br />scintilla of illegal activity" going on, said David Rocah, an attorney for<br />the<br />American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a lawsuit and in July<br />obtained the<br />first surveillance files. State police have released other<br />heavily redacted<br />documents.Investigators, the files show, targeted groups<br />that advocated against<br />abortion, global warming, nuclear arms, military<br />recruiting in high schools and<br />biodefense research, among other issues."It<br />was unconscionable conduct," said<br />Democratic state Sen. Brian Frosh, who is<br />backing legislation to ban similar<br />spying in Maryland unless the police<br />superintendent can document a "reasonable,<br />articulable suspicion" of<br />criminal activity.</span></blockquote><p><br /></a> </p><p> </p></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-51498702254239306162008-12-07T10:28:00.000-08:002008-12-07T10:30:53.049-08:00More on the Food Raid in OhioMore on the raid by those thugs in Ohio:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thecompletepatient.com/journal/2008/12/5/seems-us-forgot-to-tell-navy-seabee-chad-stowers-the-real-wa.html">http://www.thecompletepatient.com/journal/2008/12/5/seems-us-forgot-to-tell-navy-seabee-chad-stowers-the-real-wa.html</a><br /><br /><blockquote>When officers from the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio arrived last<br />Monday at the <a href="http://www.mannastorehouse.com/">Manna Storehouse</a><br />food cooperative in LaGrange with weapons drawn and trained on Katie Stowers and<br />her children, along with her in-laws, there was one member of the family<br />missing.<br />Katie’s husband, Chad, is a U.S. Navy Seabee, helping in<br />construction projects in the midst of combat in Iraq. He’s been there, separated<br />from his family, for the last five months, supposedly protecting our rights from<br />abuse—the sort of abuse that appears to be taking place on an ever-more-frequent<br />basis at farms and food outlets around the country.<br />I should point out that<br />Katie didn’t broadcast the information about her husband to me—I inquired about<br />it after she had to interrupt our telephone conversation to take a call from<br />Chad in Iraq. Presumably, she was updating him about the raid he missed, in<br />which sheriff’s deputies, together with food inspectors from the Lorain County<br />Health Department and the Ohio Department of Agriculture, herded the family into<br />a home living room, and kept them under the guard of armed officers for about<br />seven hours, while they executed a search warrant, taking food, cell phones,<br />three computers, and business records. I asked Lorain if she was aware of the<br />irony of her husband putting his life on the line in Iraq, while she was being<br />held at gunpoint in her home by American law enforcement officials, and she<br />said, “It occurred to me.”<br />The reason for the heavy-handed treatment? That’s<br />not certain, since Lorain County officials won’t comment, except to say they are<br />conducting “an investigation.” Katie Stowers says the only reason she’s aware of<br />is a possible disagreement over whether the cooperative should be licensed as a<br />retail establishment. A year ago, county health department officials arrived<br />wanting to do an inspection, which the Stowers refused to allow, pending receipt<br />of a written explanation. “We sent them a letter, asking why. We never received<br />a response”...until Monday.<br />Manna Storehouse describes itself as a “natural<br />food co-op” that has been supplying members with beef, turkey, dairy products<br />(including pasteurized and unhomogenized milk; photo above from its web site),<br />and other products, for the last nine years. The Stowers family’s experience<br />last Monday has been described on a few web sites, including <a href="http://www.christianworldviewnetwork.com/article.php/4287/Brannon-Howse/">this<br />one</a>.<br />Katie Stowers said the account is pretty much accurate. She says the<br />officials showed up with a warrant, but that they didn’t identify themselves or<br />say why they were there. “We don’t know who it was.”<br />The raid appears to have<br />been launched under the auspices of the Lorain County Health Department, which<br />sent food inspectors. It involved the Ohio Department of Agriculture, which had<br />two employees there “in a supportive role,” according to a Lorain County Health<br />Department employee, Joyce Davis. And then there were the armed guys from the<br />sheriff’s office. The health department referred me to the Lorrain County<br />prosecutor, Dennis Will, for more information, but he didn’t return my<br />call.<br />It’s getting so that such heavyhanded raids on peaceful farmers and<br />natural food distributors, which have long been exceptions in this country, are<br />getting to be the rule. We’ve seen them in the cases of <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/nov2006/sb20061121_167591.htm?chan=smallbiz_smallbiz+index+page_policy">Gary<br />Oaks in Cincinnati,</a> Richard Hebron in Michigan, Mark Nolt in Pennsylvania, <a href="http://www.thecompletepatient.com/journal/2008/11/4/you-thought-the-food-troopers-would-be-satisfied-with-raw-mi.html">Nature’s<br />Juice Co-op in Illinois</a>. And as we saw in the Meadowsweet Dairy case, judges<br />don't seem to care any more about abuses of search warrants and questionable<br />seizures of goods. (For background on cases I alluded without links, there are<br />multiple postings, accessible via the search function.)<br />I suspect the Lorain<br />County officials figured this was just another case of weirdo foodies, and<br />neglected to consider that even weirdo foodie family members fight for their<br />country in faroff lands.<br /></blockquote><br />Contact info. for officials in Lorain County, let's flood them with messages: <a href="http://www.loraincounty.com/government/county.shtml">http://www.loraincounty.com/government/county.shtml</a><br /><br />This kind of garbage has got to stop. It must not be tolerated.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-250003162507034642008-12-06T08:14:00.000-08:002008-12-06T08:28:26.237-08:00HS Precision's Unacceptable Response, And a Rule Change in National ParksHS Precision posted a response on their website to the controversy:<br /><br /><blockquote>To Our Valued Customers: H-S Precision has received comments relating to<br />individual testimonials in our 2008 catalog. All of the testimonials focused on<br />the quality, accuracy and customer service provided by H-S Precision.The<br />management of H-S Precision did not intend to offend anyone or create any type<br />of controversy. We are revising our 2009 catalog and removing all product<br />testimonials. Sincerely, The Management of H-S Precision<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hsprecision.com/thenews/news.htm">http://www.hsprecision.com/thenews/news.htm</a><br /></blockquote><br />This is truly pathetic. It was not that they used endorsements in general, it's a matter of <em>whose</em> endorsement they printed. They printed a <em>murderer's</em> endorsement. A person who murdered in a blatant example of excessive force enforcing an unconstitutional law imposing a $200 tax (which the accused, Randy Weaver, did not actually break, as the jury correctly saw). They refuse to acknowledge that they did anything wrong in using Horiuchi's endorsement. In fact, they have not responded to anyone's emails, letters, or phone calls to them about this. If someone calls them to say anything, they say they'll call back if you leave your number. They don't call back. One person I know has been waiting all week for them to call him back, and they haven't. Perhaps they think they can survive on only federal contracts, they clearly do not care about civilian sales judging from their attitude. So I say to them: the boycott is still on! I hope Remington drops them as a supplier like a rock.<br /><br /><br />Now for some good news (for a change): the rule prohibiting the carrying of loaded firearms in National Parks has been changed, effective in 30 days. Concealed carry of firearms, in accordance with state laws, will be allowed. However a warning: the federal law prohibiting carrying of firearms into federal-owned <em>buildings</em> is still in effect so don't take a gun inside any federal owned building in a National Park until we can get that eliminated. Unfortunately open carry will not be allowed at this point, making it somewhat impractical to carry a long gun (though not impossible), but it's a big leap in the right direction. Here is a PDF file containing the new rules and some other information pertaining to it:<br /><a href="http://www.doi.gov/issues/Final%20Rule.pdf">http://www.doi.gov/issues/Final%20Rule.pdf</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650172124760746267.post-83678965591124359782008-12-05T11:44:00.000-08:002008-12-05T11:45:24.964-08:00Contact info. for OH DAEmail addresses to contact the OH Agriculture Department, let's send them a message about this: <a href="http://www.agri.ohio.gov/divs/index.aspx">http://www.agri.ohio.gov/divs/index.aspx</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0