Department of Defense: Protests = Terrorism
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Once in a while, the ACLU gets something right:
ACLU Challenges Defense Department Personnel Policy To Regard Lawful Protests As “Low-Level Terrorism” (6/10/2009)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: 202.675.2312 or media@dcaclu.org
Anti-terrorism training materials currently being used by the Department of Defense (DoD) teach its personnel that free expression in the form of public protests should be regarded as "low level terrorism." ACLU attorneys are calling the approach "an egregious insult to constitutional values" and have sent a letter to the Department of Defense demanding that the offending materials be changed and that the DoD send corrective information to all DoD employees who received the erroneous training.
Wait, it gets better...
Among the multiple-choice questions included in its Level 1 Antiterrorism Awareness training course, the DoD asks the following: "Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorist activity?" To answer correctly, the examinee must select "protests."
Yep... you heard right, comrades. Waving a sign at a protest is now akin to making pipe bombs. America, we hardly knew ye.
Labels: ACLU, Constitution, Libertarian Party, liberty
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Census-schmensus
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Coming up soon is the time when the Almighty FedGov - praise be upon its collective noggins - to conduct their ten-year duty known as the census.
As has been the practice in recent history, the gurus and other we-know-betters want more than just a headcount. They will ask questions that have absolutely nothing to do with the actual duties of taking a census - that is, anything that goes beyond "how many people live in this dwelling".
Sometimes, this kind of thing happens. Sometimes, this kind of drivel gets published, and people take it seriously. But the worst part is, the census has become a political tool - even beyond how it has become one in the recent past - and it's only going to get worse, more nosy, more obtrusive... needlessly so.
On that note, I urge everyone to do their duty, and POLITELY tell the poor census schlub with the clipboard and the computer the following:
"X number of people live here. That is all you need to know. Good day, sir/madam."
Ignore any threats or hand-wringing. If enough people do this, it MAY put government on notice that there are things they do NOT need to know in order to conduct a census.
Labels: census, Constitution, liberty, Obama, statism, tyranny
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Portent of things to come?
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
"...The [Venezuelan] National Assembly passed a law Friday allowing the government to take over oil-service contractors, including several American and British firms that are owed up to a year in back fees. ..."
Source: Washington Times
One wonders if Mr. Obama is pondering anything similar...
Labels: Campaign for Liberty, Hugo Chavez, losing liberty, Obama, socialism, statism
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Victory for liberty
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
From the Missouri Libertarian Party:
March 23, 2009
Contact: Mike Ferguson, Missouri Libertarian Party Spokesperson at 816.695.1425 or mike@focalpointcommunications.net.
Missouri Libertarian Party Welcomes Resolution to MIAC Memo Controversy Regarding Third Parties, Commends MPS Director John Britt for Responding Positively to Concerns About Political Profiling
(Columbia, MO) – The Missouri Libertarian Party stands for, among many other positive things, the peaceful resolution to political disagreements and conflicts. That is what we have today as the controversy surrounding the Missouri Information Analysis Center’s “Strategic Memo” on militia activity comes to a close.
The memo, a training document for law enforcement officers throughout the state, stated that support for third political parties, including the Libertarian Party, and for specific Presidential candidates, including Bob Barr (Libertarian) and Ron Paul (Republican), could be an indicator that someone is involved in a violent militia group.
Today, Missouri Department of Public Safety Director John Britt sent a letter to the candidates named in the memo, acknowledging that references to specific political candidates or third party political organizations should not have been made and are unnecessary in the effort to stopping violent extremist groups.
Director Britt states in the letter: “In recognition of the mistaken inclusion of this information by the MIAC in its February 20, 2009 report on the militia movement, I have ordered that the offending report be edited so as to excise all reference to Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin and to any third-party political organizations. Additionally, you may rest assured that the report is not posted on any website maintained by the State of Missouri.
“The Missouri Department of Public Safety regrets any inconvenience or issues caused inadvertently by the unnecessary inclusion of certain components by MIAC in its militia report.”
Missouri Libertarian Party spokesman Mike Ferguson welcomed the news as a positive development for everyone. “This is a case where the government has responded to the public’s objection, reevaluated a controversial practice and responded by addressing the problem.”
The Missouri Libertarian Party shares the Department of Public Safety’s goal to keep our Highway Patrol Troopers safe as they perform the important and dangerous work of law enforcement. The party stands ready and willing to be part of any discussion that will help avoid conflicts like this in the future.
Libertarians were not alone in this effort. In addition to other political activist groups, including the Kansas City-based Liberty Restoration Project, State Representatives Chris Kelley (D-Columbia), Chris Molendorp (R-Belton) and Shane Schoeller (R-Springfield) were among those who led the discussion of this issue in the Legislature on behalf of the public.
The Missouri Libertarian Party extends its thanks to these legislators,and to any others we may not know about yet, for the attention to the issue at hand and for the leadership displayed in the House in protecting our right to speech free of governmental interference and profiling.
Most importantly, the Missouri Libertarian Party extends its gratitude to the Missourians who took the time and effort to speak out about this issue. Those who contacted their legislators and the Missouri Highway Patrol and expressed their concerns deserve credit for being involved in our governmental process; they helped bring about a positive development in our government today.
Link to PDF of letter from Director Britt to 2008 Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Bob Barr:
http://lpmo.org/media/releases/2009/MIAC-BrittLetterToBobBarr.pdf
Labels: Bob Barr, Campaign for Liberty, free speech, freedom, Libertarian Party, liberty, Ron Paul
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Missouri Libertarian Party press release
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Note: We'll be discussing this at 9 PM Central at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/showmelibertarians ...
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This is only part of a planned press release. Stay tuned to this blog and to swmolibertarianparty.blogspot.com for further updates.
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March 16, 2009
Contact: Mike Ferguson, Missouri Libertarian Party Spokesperson at 816.695.1425 or mike@focalpointcommunications.net.
Missouri Libertarian Party Continues Effort to Work with State Law Enforcement to Correct MIAC Memo Inaccuracies, Disappointed with Lack of Effort by State Officials
Columbia, MO Mar. 16 -- In light of a Missouri law enforcement training memo that incorrectly lumps legitimate political policy organizations with violent and extremist militia groups, the Missouri Libertarian Party has requested meetings with state officials in hopes of working with them to correct inaccuracies while protecting the safety of law enforcement officers.
The Libertarian Party hopes to be part of a solution that will address widespread concerns about the now-public “Strategic Memo” issued by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) and the Missouri Highway Patrol (MHP) as a law enforcement training document. The document claims to track “trends” in extremist militia activity in Missouri.
Today, a representative of the Missouri Libertarian Party reached out to the offices of Governor Jay Nixon, Department of Public Safety Director John Britt, MIAC Director Van Godsey and Colonel James Kethley. At this point, all state officials who have been contacted have either not responded or declined to meet.
Labels: free speech, freedom, Libertarian Party, liberty
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Watch out... he's got an unapproved sticker on his car!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
I'll let the links do the talking:
http://knappster.blogspot.com/2009/03/more-on-miac.html
Reason.com
Some troublemaker
The offending material:
It is not uncommon for militia members to display Constitutional Party, Campaign For Liberty, or Libertarian material. These members are usually supporters of former Presidential Candidate: Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, and Bob Barr.
Read it and weep, folks... we're entering a brave new world. Orwell's spinning in his casket as we sit here and ponder when the police state officially gets announced.
Labels: Libertarian Party, liberty
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Bailouts and statism and Obama... oh, my.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Hadn't heard of this before, but it's been part of a theory itching its way around my brain for some time now...
The Cloward-Piven strategy refers to a political strategy outlined by Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, then both sociologists and political activists at the Columbia University School of Social Work, in a 1966 article in The Nation. The two argued that many Americans who were eligible for welfare were not receiving benefits, and that a welfare enrollment drive would create a political crisis that would force U.S. politicians, particularly the Democratic Party, to enact legislation "establishing a guaranteed national income."
Note: Normally, I'm not big on using Wiki info, but I did Google the term, and to be frank... it scares the shit out of me. Especially with our new gang of powermongers in D.C.
Labels: Obama, Only Government Can, socialism, welfare
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Destroying free speech, continued.
Friday, February 06, 2009
The rogues' gallery of big-government thugs increased by one this week, according to this from Broadcasting & Cable:
[bold italics for emphasis added by your humble scribe]
Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan told radio host Bill Press this week that she thought there needs to be more balance in broadcasting and suggested there would be hearings in the Senate during this Congress on possibly reinstating the fairness doctrine.
She was responding to the news that a liberal radio station in Washington had closed and as part of a discussion about the dwindling number of those stations in the face of the popularity of conservative talk radio.
Asked whether it was time to bring back the fairness doctrine, she said "I think it's absolutely time to pass a standard. Now, whether it's called the Fairness Standard, whether it's called something else."
She tied it to President Barack Obama's pledge of more accountability and transparency, saying "I think in this case, there needs to be some accountability and standards put in place."
Press asked her whether she could be counted on to push for hearings and she answered: "I have already had discussions with colleagues and, you know, I feel like that's gonna happen, yep." ...
"Yep"??? Gosh, Miz Stabenow, guess you don't give a flying shit about the First Amendment, do you? OR for limited government that doesn't stick its nose into places it does not belong?
Bill of Rights
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Stabenow is a senator from a state - Michigan - which is in dire financial straits, yet she has THIS tripe to count as part of her job description priorities?
What a goddamned joke you are, Senator Stabenow. You AND Bill Press AND anyone else who would dare trample on the First Amendment - NONE of you who support this horrid, dictatorial, third-world-style repression in the name of "the peoples' airwaves" - deserve to call yourselves "American citizens". Period.
The downward spiral into repression continues. Thanks a lot, liberals.
Labels: dictatorship, Fairness Doctrine, First Amendment, Obama, Stabenow, statism
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Stifling free speech with the Fairness Doctrine
Monday, February 02, 2009
Found this over the transom, as Dennis Miller likes to say:
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), said Tuesday he is concerned about Rep. Anne Eshoo's statements to the Palo Alto Daily Post that she will push for reimposition of the Fairness Doctrine.Boehner called on President-elect Barack Obama to speak out against any congressional effort to "limit free speech." ...
Boehner was responding to an interview Monday in which Eshoo, a member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee whose chair will be fellow Californian Herny Waxman, told the paper: "I’ll work on bringing it back. I still believe in it,” and adding that she would want it to apply to cable and satellite rather than just radio and TV.
Italicized emphasis added above by yours truly, as this points out how power-hungry - and dangerous - the new Obama Regime wants to become.A list of anti-free speech legislators follows. Note that all of these people are Democrats:
Rep. Anna Eshoo
Sen. Jeff Bingaman
Sen. Chuck Schumer
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sen. John Kerry
The underlined names above are links to comments by these two particular big-government powermongers.
Seems like some people don't get the meaning of "free speech".
Labels: dissent, Fairness Doctrine, First Amendment, liberty
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Daschle the Tax Cheat
Sunday, February 01, 2009
In his own words:
“Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter. ” Sen. Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, May 7, 1998, p. S4507.
New crop of criminals to replace the previous gang. America is doomed if this bunch gets what they want.
Make no mistake, I'm in favor of scrapping the entire tax code. But scmucks like Daschle can get away with a slap on the wrist, whereas Joe Average would have to pay interest and penalties for the rest of his life... AND he wouldn't be getting a plum Cabinet post in the Church of Obama, either.
Labels: Daschle, double-standard, Obama, socialism, taxes
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