From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #103 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Thursday, April 2 1998 Volume 02 : Number 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 16:42:02 -0500 (EST) From: John Curtis Subject: Paula Jones Case is thrown out from AP: Judge Drops Paula Jones Case WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a stunning victory for President Clinton, a federal judge has thrown out all of the charges in Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit, an official said today. - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:23:09 -0500 (EST) From: John Curtis Subject: More on Jones case Well, my cynicism level has just gone up another 150%. ``While the court will certainly agree that plaintiffs' allegations describe offensive conduct, the court ... has found that the governor's alleged conduct does not constitute sexual assault,'' the judge said. Hmmm. Wasn't this a harassment case? Why is the judge talking about sexual assault? Wonder how well the 39-page ruling stands up to scrutiny. Doesn't seem very judgelike to confuse assault and harassment, right off the top, unless she was writing a polemic. Does this mean that I can invite a young woman at work into a conference room, drop trou and ask her to kiss it? After all, I'm not the Governer, I'm not even a manager. Nah, this goes against my corporate training (and personal values, of course) which explicitly said that acts that are outrageous violations of normal standards need only be done once to constitute harassment (the example given was grabbing a woman's breasts). Guess we can't expect the same standard from politicians. Don't believe that the judge's prior relationship with Clinton as his law student might have infuenced her. No Justice, No Peace - (kinda got a nice ring, don't you think?) jcurtis - ------------------------------ Judge Throws Out Paula Jones Case By JOHN SOLOMON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge has thrown out all of the charges in Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit, delivering a major legal victory to President Clinton. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock, Ark., informed lawyers in the case this afternoon. ``All the charges are gone. The suit is gone,'' a White House official said. The judge said that while Mrs. Jones' claims described offensive conduct, it did not meet the standard for sexual harassment. ``The plaintiffs' allegations fall far short of the rigorous standards for establishing a claim of outrage under Arkansas law,'' she said in a 39-page opinion. A spokeswoman for Mrs. Jones confirmed the ruling. ``It's true but I'm not going to comment on it until I talk more to the lawyers. I'm on my way to Paula's house,'' said Susan Carpenter McMillan. John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute, which has been financing Mrs. Jones' suit, said her lawyers will take a look at the case and said that ``if there are suitable grounds for appeal,'' they will do so. Wright's ruling comes more than three years after Mrs. Jones first went to court alleging Clinton, as Arkansas governor, made an unwanted sexual advance. Clinton's attorneys had argued that Mrs. Jones had failed to prove she was harmed in her Arkansas state job, and was motivated by politics in making her accusations. ``We all said we'll be very seriously considering about appealing this case,'' Whitehead said. The judge's decision culminates a dramatic month in which the lawsuit erupted into battle of a contentious and sensational legal manuevers. Stepping up the pressure, Mrs. Jones' lawyers released hundreds of pages of evidence about other alleged affairs, included an unsubstantiated allegation of a sexual assault. Clinton's lawyer countered by charging Mrs. Jones' case was ``garbage'' designed to gain sensational headlines without proving her case. As a precursor to her ruling, Wright admonished lawyers about their conduct on Tuesday. Clinton's lawyers had said that even if he had asked Mrs. Jones for sex on May 8, 1991, at a Little Rock hotel room, the case against him was ``veneer-thin'' because there was no proof that she suffered in her state job, as she alleged. Clinton was Arkansas governor at the time. Her employment records showed that she received regular raises -- and Clinton's lawyers said one of her most serious allegations of ill treatment after the alleged incident was that she didn't receive flowers on Secretary's Day one year. ``While the court will certainly agree that plaintiffs' allegations describe offensive conduct, the court ... has found that the governor's alleged conduct does not constitute sexual assault,'' the judge said. She also dismissed the portion of the lawsuit against state trooper Danny Ferguson, who allegedly set up the meeting during a state economic conference Clinton attended. The president learned of the decision as he was winding up a 12-day trip to Africa. He got a message to call his lawyer, Robert Bennett, and contacted him. Told the news, ``He asked in fact if it was an April Fool's joke,'' said spokesman Mike McCurry. ``Obviously the president is pleased,'' McCurry said. he said Clinton shared the news with his wife Hillary. ``Both of them were pleased to get the news.'' - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 98 14:14:09 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: [defgun-l] Yet another poll (fwd) On Apr 01, Josh Amos wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] >From: Todd Boyer >To: "'Defgun-L'" , > "'Glock-L'" > , "'IDPA-L'" , >Go vote on this one. The question is whether congress should pass an all >out ban on the sales of hi-cap magazines, or not. I beleive that this >information is forwarded on to our elected officials. > >http://www.netline-to-congress.com/index.htm > >TB >---- >To signoff this list, send mail to defgun-l-request@scifi.squawk.com >To switch to a digest, unsubscribe there and re-subscribe at >defgun-l-digest-request@scifi.squawk.com [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 98 14:15:02 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: FCC Public File Auto-FAQ This "FAQ" is auto-posted once a month via cron triggered script, and may be triggered off by hand from time to time in between if the info is requested by someone, such as when the House recently voted down the AW Ban and the Media threw a hissy fit. The purpose of this FAQ is to inform people what they can do about Media generated lies and misinformation. While the FCC only handles Broadcast Media, (TV and Radio), some of these techniques will work for magazines and newspapers too. If I've missed something, or you find errors, let me know and I'll add/fix it. 1.a. Send letters of complaint to the Station Manager every time it happens with all the time, details, other info, and your complaint(s). 1.b. Send an additional copy for their FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Public file. 1.c. Send an additional copy to the FCC itself, in case they don't put it in their Public file. 2.a. Send a letter of complaint to their Station Owner as per above, with copies as per above (1.b and 1.c). 3. Send copies of their replies to you along with yours to them to their FCC Public file, so that it gets nice and fat, again, with copies to the FCC itself. 4. If you can afford it, send all corespondence by Certified Mail with Return Receipt Requested. Send a copy of the Return Receipt with everything that goes to the FCC itself, so that they will have additional evidence if the Station is cheating on their Public File. 5.a. Go to the Public Library and look up "Standard Rate and Data Services" (SRDS) "Directory of National Advertisers." It is found in many major Libraries (in the business/reference stacks), and lists EVERY current advertiser, who the players are at both the company and advertising agency(s), and the appropriate telephone and fax (and probably E-Mail by now) addresses. If your Library doesn't have it, it can be requested. Otherwise you can watch their commercials for a few days to a week, listing all their advertisers. There are other references that have the addresses for the nation's business headquarters too. look them all up and pass the addresses and phone/FAX numbers etc., around so that everyone can bitch to the sponsors. IF enough people do that, it'll get back to the Station. Tell them if the Station continues their nastiness you'll _consider_ changing to brand(X), (otherwise they'll just write you off as a loss). 5.b. The above, (5.a.), can be a lot easier and less time consuming if you're dealing with a newspaper's or a magazine's ads, as they are right in front of you for the listing. 6. If they put on something good or even just more reasonable, call and compliment them on it, but do _not_ send any kudos to their FCC file, or write to them about it. That way they have to keep it up and hope, as there is nothing good in the file or in writing that they can show the FCC to justify their Station's License. 7. Federal Communications Commission, Complaints and Compliance Division Room 6218, 2025 M Street NW Washington, D.C. 20554 FAX: 202-653-9659 FCC Attn: Edythe Wise - -- An _EFFECTIVE_ | The _only_important_difference_ between Nazi-ism, Fascism, weapon in every | Communism, Communitarianism, Socialism and (Neo-)Liberalism hand = Freedom | is the _spelling_, and that the last group hasn't got the on every side! | Collective brains to figure it out. -- Bill Vance - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 98 16:37:47 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Executive Orders list (fwd) On Apr 1, RHill@MICKEY.GC.WHECN.EDU wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] found this, thought it might be interesting... Roy Hill = = = = THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ABOVE ALL EXECUTIVE ORDERS According to the United States Constitution, Article 1, only congress shall make federal laws. However, since the "War and Emergency Powers Act" of 1932, every president has usurped lawmaking powers. Their "laws" are called Executive Orders. These executive orders, not our constitution, have been what is governing America. The "War and Emergency Powers Act" enables, that the President alone can declare a national emergency, and become a dictator. The president can also carefully choose their words and declare a "war" on anything to give them dictatorial control. For example, the "War on Drugs" makes it possible to use federal authorities, such as FBI, FEMA,BATF, and the Military against the citizens where these agencies have no authority. A well known example would be Waco. Another example would be hurricane Opal. After Florida was declared a nation emergency, FEMA was here and we were put under Marshall law (restricted to the point of not going outside your door). When the federal government does this, they are going against the constitution. The "War and Emergency Powers Act" is a treasonous act on the part of our government, so the presidents can bypass congress, and do whatever they choose. It also makes it possible to do away with the "posse comitatus" in cases of "emergency". The "posse comitatus" is what protects the American citizens from the military being turned on them. In Germany, the military was turned on the German Citizens. They also had their Gestapo. Now, in an "emergency" the military can be turned on the American citizens. And the Federal Government has their Gestapo (BATF; FBI; FEMA). These Executive Orders have not been widely publicized. If they were the 250 million Americans would not tolerate it. But you can get copies of them. They are all printed in the U.S. Federal Register and have the force of law when activated by a President. You can contact your congressman for information on how to get copies of these Executive Orders, or check your local library. Here are a few examples of some of the Executive Orders and their purpose: 10995--Federal seizure of all communications media in the United States; 10997--Federal seizure of all electric power, fuels , minerals, public and private; 10998--Federal seizure of all food supplies and resources, public and private, all farms and equipment. 10999--Federal seizure of all means of transportation, including cars, trucks, or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports and water ways; 11000--Federal seizure of American People for work forces under federal supervision, including the splitting up of families if the government so desires; 11001--Federal seizure of all health, education and welfare facilities both public and private; 11002--Empowers the Postmaster General to register all men, women and children in the United States of America; 11003--Federal seizure of all airports and aircraft; 11004--Federal seizure of all housing and finances, authority to establish Forced Relocation. Designates areas to be abandoned as "unsafe", establishes new locations for the populations, relocate communities, build new housing with public funds; 11005--Seizure of all railroads, inland waterways and storage facilities, both public and private; 11051--Provides the Office of Emergency Planning (FEMA), complete authorization to put above orders into effect in times of increased international tension of economic or financial crisis. These executive orders' time has run out, but they have been turned over to FEMA. (FEMA will be in control in case of "National Emergency") These particular executive orders are outdated. But they have been turned over to FEMA, who can activate them. President Clinton took care of the problem of these being outdated. On June 3, 1994, which was released on June 6, 1994, he wrote one that would cover all these issues. This executive order will be the only thing he needs to enact in order to become a full dictator. It covers all the Executive Orders mentioned previously. The only thing this Order doesn't do, is define WHAT the national emergency would have to be in order for this Executive Order to be signed. Please keep that in mind. Anything can be declared a national emergency for this to be enacted. Here is the summary of President Clinton's Executive Order #12919: Part one of the Order describes the purpose, policy and how this executive order would be implemented. In section 103 of part one, it describes that the federal departments and agencies will be responsible to bring all the things described in this Order about. This means all individual state departments will have no say in what is happening. So it goes without saying that the American citizens will have no say. These Federal departments shall identify the requirements for the "full spectrum of national security emergencies. This includes the "military, industrial, and essential civilian demand". Part of their job will be to "foster cooperation between the defense and commercial sectors". Section 104 sets up the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to oversee the carrying out of the Executive Order. FEMA has already been "one the scene" with the several "national emergencies" that have happened. (Hurricanes and Floods for examples) When this Order is implemented, FEMA will be responsible to be an advisor for the National Security Council. They will coordinate the plans and the programs to the "authorities and functions delegated". They will establish procedures to resolve conflicts and issues that may come up while implementing this order. FEMA will report to the President on a regular basis on what is going on. Going on to Part Two, the President will delegate authority to allocate the materials, services, and facilities necessary to promote the national defense. The various agency heads that will have designated assignments would be: The Secretary of Agriculture, The Secretary of Energy, The Secretary of Health and Human Services, The Secretary of Transportation, The Secretary of Defense, and The Secretary of Commerce. FEMA will be used to resolve any problems with issues between the various agencies. All department heads will give their findings to the President for approval. We will be going into detail about what these department heads will be doing a little further in the report. In Part Three, they discuss how this will be financed. The Federal Reserve will be heavily involved. Under section 310 they talk about the critical items list they will need to take care of the national emergency. Each agency head will ensure that all the critical components and technology items are available from the reliable sources to "meet defense requirements during peacetime, graduated mobilization, and national emergency". Part Seven concerns me. It's titled "Labor Supply". It is almost common knowledge now to freedom lovers that there are civilian labor camps on military installations. There are also processing centers where people can be separated to go to the various camps. It will be the Secretary of Labor's job to (a) "Collect, analyze and maintain data needed to make a continuing appraisal of the nation's labor requirements and the supply of workers for purposes of national defense." Under section (c) they are to "formulate plans, programs and policies for meeting for defense and essential civilian labor requirements;". Section (e) talks about the Secretary of Labor determining the jobs and the skills that will be critical to meeting the labor requirements of defense and of the essential civilian activities. Keep in mind that FEMA is the organization behind the civilian labor camps. They are also the organization that will make this executive order go smoothly. Part Nine section 901 is interesting. It talks about the National Defense Executive Reserve (NDER). This is an executive branch composed of people of various parts of the private sector, along with full-time federal employees. Their purpose is to train people in executive positions in the Federal government in case of an emergency that would require that type of employment. FEMA, of course, will coordinate the NDER program activities of the departments and agencies. In section 602 under Part Six we get down to what it means to the average citizen. In the case of a Presidential decree of national emergency, this is how it will effect you and me. The President of the United States, with the help of federal agencies, will have control. We will not be including all the subsections, just the ones that hit the American Citizen where they live. (a) They will control all transportation, "regardless of ownership". This means if they need your car, they've got it. They will control all public transportation also. (b) They will control all forms of energy, which means, "petroleum, gas (natural and manufactured), electricity, solid fuels (including all forms of coal.....), atomic energy, and the production, conservation, use, control, and distribution (including pipelines)" This means the Federal Government will have complete control over who will have power (electric) and who won't. They will be able to "pull the plug" on us. (c) They will control all farm equipment. Farmers will not have to be part of "the production or preparation for market use of food resources". They did this in Russia. The farmers worked for the government. (d) They will control all fertilizer. This means that any "product, or combination of products that contain one or more of the elements - --nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium" will be able to be confiscated by the Government. The reason they have this combination is because it's anything that can be used as a plant nutrient. If you want a garden, forget it. (e) They will control a ll food resources. ALL means ALL. This includes all "commodities and products, simple, mixed, or compound, or complements to such commodities or products that are being ingested by either human beings or animals....". (emphasis mine) This includes all "starches, sugars, vegetable and animal or marine fats and oils, cotton, tobacco, wool mohair, hemp, flax fiber, and naval stores". That means they can come into your house and take all your food. Period. Catherine Bertini, the executive director "U.N. World Food Program" made an interesting comment in Beijng, China, at the "U.N. 4th World Conference on Women" in September 1995. She said, "Food is power. We use it to change behavior. Some may call that Bribery. We do not apologize." (f) They will control all food resource facilities. This means "plants, machinery, vehicles (including on farm), and other facilities required for production, processing, distribution and storage, (including cold food storage)". They go on to say that it includes "livestock and poultry feed and seed". In other words, they will control anything that has to do with food. (j) They will control all health resources. This means EVERYTHING. They will have control over all "materials, facilities, health supplies, and equipment (including pharmaceutical, blood collecting and dispensing supplies, biological, surgical textiles, and emergency surgical instruments and supplies)". They will be able to come in and take your medicine. (k) They will control all metals and minerals. (m) They will control all water resources. ALL usable water from all of the sources within the jurisdiction of the United States. All the water that can be "managed, controlled and allocated to meet emergency requirements". Not only will they be able to turn off your water supply, they can come and take any water you have stored in your house. How many of you folks knew about this? I find it very interesting that one person, the president of the United States, has the authority to control every person in the country. This Executive Order gives step by step instructions on the complete take over and control of every American. It allows for an immediate large growth in government. One of the main things is it does not show the dignity and individuality of human life. It brings Americans down to the level of domesticated animals. Animals have no control over their owners. Animals have no possessions. Domesticated animals aren't fed unless the owners do it. Some animals work for their owners. Some animals are used in lab experiments for research purposes. Animals are sometimes put to sleep when they become old, crippled or weak. We have had an abnormal am ount of Presidential declared "national emergencies". Each time FEMA has been on the scene. Two instances I know of they have not allowed people out of their homes. (After Hurricane Opal and the flood in Pennsylvania) Could these be practice runs? If you don't believe the se type Executive Order exist, you can contact the capital and get a list of all the ones President Clinton has signed. He once commented, "If congress doesn't cooperate with me, I'll just run the country by Executive Order." He has done just that. Clinton has signed more Executive Orders than any prior president. To get a fax index to the Executive Orders Clinton has signed, you can reach the White House Publications Fax Line by doing the following: Dial (202) 395-9088. Listen for further instructions. When it asks if you know the number of the document enter in 5555. Follow the rest of the instructions and your Index to Executive Orders will be faxed to you. After you receive the Executive Order Index, you can ask for copies of the individual Executive Order by Index number. (Not the Executive Order number.) ? 1996 Paula Demers. This report may be copied and distribute [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 06:58:10 -0500 From: Tom Cloyes Subject: Release: cigarette taxes >Date: Wed, 01 Apr 98 12:03:36 PDT >From: announce@lp.org >Subject: Release: cigarette taxes >Sender: announce-request@lp.org >Reply-To: announce@lp.org >To: announce@lp.org (Libertarian Party announcements) >X-Mailer: mailout v1.26 released with lsendfix 1.8 > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >=============================================== >NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY >2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 >Washington DC 20037 >=============================================== >For release: April 2, 1998 >=============================================== >For additional information: >George Getz, Press Secretary >Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222 >E-Mail: 76214.3676@Compuserve.com >=============================================== > > >New cigarette tax could trigger deadly >crime wave in USA, warn Libertarians > > WASHINGTON, DC -- A federal proposal to raise the price of >cigarettes by $1.10 a pack may not reduce teenage smoking -- but it >will probably leave dead bodies littering America's streets and be a >financial bonanza for organized crime, the Libertarian Party warned >today. > > "This will be the most deadly tax increase in American >history," predicted Steve Dasbach, the party's national chairman. > > "This tax will boost the price of cigarettes so much that >they'll become irresistible to criminal gangs," he said. "This tobacco >tax could launch the second Golden Age of organized crime -- which is >what happened in Europe and Canada when similar tax hikes were >enacted." > > This week, the Senate Commerce Committee endorsed a plan to >force tobacco companies to pay "licensing fees" that would boost the >cost of cigarettes by $1.10 a pack. > > In response, President Bill Clinton urged a larger increase -- >up to $1.50 a pack -- in order to reduce teenage smoking. And 26 states >are considering additional tax hikes on cigarettes. > > As a result, cigarettes in America could cost more than $3.56 a >pack by the year 2002, estimates the Smith Barney Tobacco Research >company. > > But such tax hikes ignore the bloody price society pays for >highly taxed cigarettes, said Dasbach. > > "This cigarette tax hike is a recipe for Prohibition III -- >following the same blood-soaked trail as alcohol prohibition and drug >prohibition," he said. "And, as with previous experiments in >prohibition, law-abiding citizens will suffer and criminals will >prosper." > > What can Americans expect when criminal gangs can suddenly make >lavish profits by smuggling cigarettes? Just look at Germany, where >cigarettes already cost $3.60 a pack, thanks to a 90% government tax. > > * In Germany's capital, "the smuggling of cigarettes [caused] a >surge in gangland-style executions and turf wars [that] made Berlin >streets more dangerous than at any time since World War II," reported >the Washington Times. "Authorities fear that cigarette trafficking is >leading to crime empires dealing in extortion, prostitution, stolen >cars, drugs, and weapons." > > * "People are being executed in cold blood in their apartments >and in broad daylight on the streets, on subway platforms, in front of >hundreds of witnesses," said Detlef Schade, a police detective in >Berlin. > > * "Turf battles between the Vietnamese gangs that control >street-level sales have been blamed for the deaths of 40 Vietnamese, 15 >in Berlin alone [in 1996]," reported USA Today. These killings are "the >latest episode in a bloody gang war over Berlin's lucrative trade in >smuggled cigarettes." > > Why the brutal battles? Because a single truck "loaded with >50,000 cartons can net a smuggler $550,000" in profits, said USA Today. > > In fact, all across Europe, high taxes are resulting in a >bonanza for smugglers, reported syndicated columnist Bruce Bartlett. >"One-fourth of the world's cigarettes are now smuggled across national >borders to evade taxes and tariffs," he wrote. "Governments are already >losing $16 billion per year in tax revenues -- a figure likely to rise >as organized crime becomes a larger player in the business of smuggling >smokes. In Italy alone, organized crime is said to make $500 million >per year smuggling cigarettes." > > Or, closer to home, look at what happened in Canada when the >government raised tobacco taxes by 146% -- to 75 cents a pack -- in >1991, according to a report in Reason magazine: > > * "The result was an invitation to organized crime. Mohawk >Indians from tribes along the U.S.-Canada border, biker gangs, and >Asian Triads smuggled cigarettes across the border in boats, airplanes, >trucks, legitimate courier companies, and snowmobiles. By the end of >1993, nearly one in three cigarettes was contraband." > > * "Retailers also [became] victims of a crime wave, as it >became more lucrative for thieves to skip the cash register and head >straight for the cigarettes." > > Even more surprising, despite the steep tax hike, "youth >smoking did not decrease and many officials ironically argued that high >taxes made it more difficult to control youth smoking," reported Erin >Schiller of the Pacific Research Institute. > > By 1994, shaken by the crime explosion and lost tax revenues, >Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretian said the cigarette tax threatened >"the very fabric of Canadian society" -- and drastically reduced the >tax burden, "which essentially eliminated cigarette smuggling in >Canada," reported Reason magazine. > > Even Canadian Health Minister Diane Marleau argued the tax cut >was needed to "end the smuggling trade and force children to rely on >regular stores for their cigarettes" -- where purchases could be better >controlled. > > But Washington politicians seem determined to ignore the >lessons of Canada and Europe, and inflict the same bloody crime wave on >America, said Dasbach. > > "Opportunistic politicians may think they are striking a blow >against Big Tobacco with this tax hike -- but they are actually >striking it rich for criminal gangs," he said. "The biggest supporters >of this new tax are not the Republicans or Democrats, but the Mafia, >the Asian Triads, the biker gangs, and the Russian mob, who stand to >make billions of dollars in black market profits. > > "And the biggest victims of the $1.10 cigarette tax hike will >not be R.J. Reynolds -- but ordinary Americans who will die in the >crossfire as criminal gangs battle for the blood-stained profits that >politicians seem determined to give them. That's the real cost of this >tax increase." > > # # # > >Sources: > >* "Vietnamese crime syndicates smoke with German smuggling," by Erik > Kirschbaum, The Washington Times (February 3, 1996) >* "Smuggling hard to snuff out," by Paul Geitner, USA Today (June 13, 1996) >* "Tobacco Road," by Ed Carson, Reason magazine (February 7, 1995) >* "Smoking Up North," by Erin Schiller (Pacific Research Institute), The > Washington Times, February 11, 1998 >* "When the clouds of smoke settle," by Bruce Bartlett, The Washington Times > (August 28, 1997) >* "Cigarette tax becoming states' levy of choice," by Carl Weiser, USA Today > (March 17, 1998) > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: 2.6.2 > >iQCVAwUBNSKcz9CSe1KnQG7RAQEnGAP/UYK7w8DYcyLeln/2a6dh3Yoh6Uz9WdmF >5WlGLuMg1ZXHj5QkgYoRekebReGX60bMyivyMLOj+knfs3Pm43moZDliAkSuU9J2 >gCb9qvAXlEXex2McqO12SJxiRjRUNFsEabt85pJ29AUYYQdhnKeKsQff4AD0aHw6 >gyMPaOIIrr8= >=X8xr >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >The Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/ >2600 Virginia Ave. NW, Suite 100 voice: 202-333-0008 >Washington DC 20037 fax: 202-333-0072 > >For subscription changes, please mail to with the >word "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" in the subject line -- or use the WWW form. > > - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:37:41 -0500 (EST) From: John Curtis Subject: Roll Call http://www.rollcall.com/ Roll Call magazine is offering an interesting service. Enter your zipcode and they'll tell you who your rep and Senators are (U.S., not state). They will also allow you to compose a letter to be printed, or send email, with some formatting. They have a full set of concise bios of the Congress and some other doo dads. If the urge strikes to write, and your browser is fired up, this looks like its worthwhile. ciao, jcurtis - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 09:50:07 -0800 From: Liberty or Death Subject: (fwd) Clinton Float in German parade... Here's what they think in Germany (and elsewhere, according to the editor of The Idaho Observer, who just returned from a jaunt to Egypt). >Hi'ya All, > >I just sent Al & Linda Thompson a GIF picture which was sent to me >via email. The picture was taken during a German parade. > >Apparently there were a number of floats in that parade, including >one on which was placed a rather large statue of Clinton hugging >the Statue of Liberty from behind. The statue is depicted as having >rather large breasts. Clinton is grabbing each of Liberty's breasts. > >It would appear that in Germany Clinton is the laughing stock of >America..... > >Also, I've heard via email that in France there is a coffeeshop >who's owner has placed a dummy of Clinton sitting at one of the >tables. Clinton's pants are down around his shoes. > >yeah....Clinton is really held in high esteem BOTH in America >and in Europe.. > >I've placed that picture on my web site on my main web page >which is located at the following URL: > > > http://ww1.iceinternet.com/~leslemke/index.html > > > > Les > - - Monte -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Maybe freedom's just one of those things that you can't inherit." - Peter Bradford, in the film "Amerika" -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Idaho Observer http://www.proliberty.com/observer - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 13:33:45 -0500 From: John Curtis Subject: Your web page - Clinton float Les, Why do you have a Nazi flag on your web page? I browsed your page after seeing a pointer to the picture of the Clinton float published on roc email list (cc'd in this message). The Nazi flag is a pretty powerful symbol, bound to arouse a visceral reaction in many people. Is this what you intended? I was pretty dismayed to see an interesting site with an anti-Clinton bias displaying this flag. Maybe your intent is to call Reno and crew Nazis. I suspect, however, that the first reaction of anyone who is on the fence in any way would be to draw the inference that you support: Anti-clinton parade floats and Nazis. Is this what you intended? regards, jcurtis - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 11:40:52 -0500 From: tm Subject: Re: NRA Silent on Proposed BATF Regs Dear Brad, Your subject line is misleading at best. We are not and have not been silent on the proposed regs. The comment deadline is May 20....We will be commenting as we do on all proposed federal regs. Tanya - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:30:59 -0500 (EST) From: Brad Subject: Re: NRA Silent on Proposed BATF Regs I wish you had included a bit of the post you are referring to. I don't recall composing a piece on the topic, though I think I may have forwarded someone else's commentary on the issue. I think I was more interested in the regs than who was or was not commenting on them. bd On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, tm wrote: > Dear Brad, > Your subject line is misleading at best. We are not and have not been silent > on the proposed regs. The comment deadline is May 20....We will be commenting > as we do on all proposed federal regs. > Tanya > > > > > - > > - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 98 16:25:52 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Fratrum: [Fwd: IP: Please Consider] (fwd) One of the better historical renditions I've seen of an old topic..... On Apr 02, JVS wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 07:13:30 -0600 To: DISASTER-L@sonic.net, ignition-point@majordomo.pobox.com From: believer@telepath.com Subject: IP: Please Consider Reply-To: believer@telepath.com Dear Listees: Regarding: > Martial-law? Yeah, I guess all those "the government will always take >care of me" types haven't thought of that. The government's immediate >response to y2k will be the implementation of martial-law.... I must address the comments above to provide some clarification for listees before they get all bent out of shape over inaccurate, nonhistorical, undocumented comments. This is lengthy, but I would ask that you take the time to read and understand the documentation of this post. Please consider these matters. They affect us TODAY: Following the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson opposed passage of the Reconstruction Act. He vetoed it, but his veto was overturned. In his "Veto Message of the Reconstruction Act," he explained that martial law was being declared by the provisions of the act and he, to his credit, was opposed to it. Unfortunately, Johnson lost that battle, and the Reconstruction Act placed the nation under martial law rule for the first time in our history. THAT MARTIAL LAW HAS NEVER BEEN REPEALED. Folks who run around worrying about when martial law is going to be declared to "take it all away" don't know what they're talking about. We've been under technical and legal martial law for over a century. Here are Johnson's comments which explain in some detail exactly what the Reconstruction Act was designed to do--and DID do. They are extensive quotes. TAKE THE TIME TO READ THEM, and then I'll show you how this set the stage for Executive Orders and the complete subversion of what we thought was the supreme law of the land: "I have examined the Bill to provide for more efficient government of the rebel states with the care and anxiety which its transcended importance is calculated to awaken. I am unable to give my assent for reasons so grave that I hope a statement of them may have some influence on the minds of the patriotic and enlightened men with whom the decision must ultimately rest. ==> "The Bill places all the people therein named under the absolute domination of military rules, and the Preamble undertakes to give the reason upon which the measure is based, and the ground upon which it is justified. It declares that there exists in those states no legal governments and no adequate protection for life, property, and assets; and asserts the necessity of enforcing peace and good order within their limits. ==> "This is not true, as a matter of fact. The excuse given for the Bill in the Preamble is admitted by the Bill itself not to be real. The military rule, which it establishes, is plainly to be used not for any purpose of order, or the prevention of crime, but solely as a means of coercing the people into the adoption of principles and measures to which it is known that they are opposed, and upon which they have an undeniable right to exercise their own judgment. "I submit to Congress whether this measure is not in its whole character, scope, and object, without precedent and without authority, in palpable conflict with the plainest provisions of the Constitution, and utterly destructive to those great principles of liberty and humanity for which our ancestors on both sides of the Atlantic have shed so much blood and expended so much treasure. "The authority here amounts to absolute despotism. Such a power has not been wielded by any monarch in England for more than 500 years. It reduces the whole population, all persons of every color, sex, and condition, and every stranger, to the most abject and degrading slavery. No master ever had a control so absolute over the slaves as this Bill gives. "This Proposition is perfectly clear that no branch of the federal government, executive, legislative, or judicial, can have any just powers except those which it derives through and exercises under the organic laws of the union. Outside of the Constitution, we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it, we have only so much as that instrument gives us. "This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects. It protects not only the citizens of the states which are within the union, but shields every human being who comes or is brought under our jurisdiction. We have no right to do in one place more than in another that which the Constitution says we shall not do at all. "When an absolute sovereign reduces his rebellious subjects, he may deal with them according to his pleasure because he had that power before. But when a limited monarch puts down an insurrection, he must still govern according to law. "This is a Bill by Congress in time of peace. There is not in any one of the states either war or insurrection. The laws of the states and of the federal governments are all in undisturbed and harmonious operation. Actual war, foreign invasion, domestic insurrection--none of these appear, and none of these, in fact, exist. It is not even recited that any sort of war or insurrection is threatened. ==> "We see that martial law comes in only when actual war closes the courts and deposes civil authority. But this Bill in time of peace makes martial law operate as though we were in actual war, and becomes the cause instead of the consequence of the abrogation of civil authority. ==> "This is sufficiently explicit: peace exists in all the territory to which this Bill applies. It asserts a power in Congress in time of peace to set aside laws of peace and to substitute the laws of war. The purpose, an object of the Bill, the general intent which pervades it from beginning to end, is to change the entire structure and character of the states' governments and to compel them by force to the adoption of organic laws and regulations which they are unwilling to accept if left to themselves." [end of quotes] Now, despite President Johnson's Veto Message, the Reconstruction Act was passed, and martial law fell upon the land. It remains in effect over the citizens of the sovereign states today through the continued use of Executive Orders, under the pretense of national emergencies -- in the same way that the War Powers Act of 1933 was hustled through to approval...national emergency. FURTHER PROOF: Further proof that martial law remained in effect after the Civil War can be found in the "Congressional Globe" (now called the "Congressional Record"). The following are excerpts from the April 20th through 29th, 1870 "Congressional Globe" concerning H.R. 1328 which established the Department of Justice to CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT MARTIAL LAW nearly five years after the end of the Civil War: "The following bureaus shall be established in this department [the Department of Justice]: a Bureau of International Law, a Bureau of Revenue Law, a Bureau of Military and Naval Law, a Bureau of Postal Law, a Bureau of Land Management Law." Congressman Lawrence then said in the record: "This Bill, however, does transfer to the Law Department, or the Department of Justice as it is now called, the cognizance of all subjects of martial law, and the cognizance of all subjects of military and naval law, except that portion of the administration of military justice which relates to military court martial, their proceedings, and the supervision of records. "If a question of martial law is to be determined by the law officers of government, it will now belong to the Attorney General, or to this Department of Justice. It will not belong to the Judge Advocate General of the Army. He will not be called upon for any opinion relating to martial law or military law except as to that portion of the administration of military law which relates to military justice. "In other words, the Judge Advocate General, instead of giving legal opinions to the Secretary of War relating to the status of the states of the union, their right to call upon the government for military protection, or military aid, and other grave Constitutional questions, will be limited. The Judge Advocate General will perform duties administrative in their character and almost exclusively so. "But I will state to the House why, in my judgment, no transfer of the Judge Advocate General or of his duties to the Department of Justice has been proposed in this Bill. If this had been done, the Bill would have encountered the opposition of some of the officers of the Bureau of Military Justice and their friends, and so great is the power of men in office, so difficult is it to abolish an office, that we were compelled in the consideration of this subject to leave officers in this Bureau untouched in their official tenure in order that this Bill might get through Congress. "But so far as the Solicitor and Naval Judge Advocate General is concerned, he is transferred with all his supervisory power over naval court martials and the records and proceedings of such courts, so that to that extent, this Bill accomplishes the great purpose which it has in view of bringing into one department the whole legal service of the government. It is misfortunate that there should be different constructions of the laws of the United States by different law officers of the United States." WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT: These traitors knew they would have encountered opposition from the military with the provisions of H.R. 1328, so they decided to leave the military officers untouched during their tenure, and transfer them to supervisory positions over court martials. This appeased the military leaders, who didn't have the foggiest idea as to what was really going on. Had the traitors fleeced the military of all their powers during their tenure in office, the military would have realized and possibly taken some military action. But as nothing was happening at the hen house, they slept through this entire situation which resulted in an overthrow of the Constitution -- an overthrow under which government pretended to operate in 1933, and under which it continues to pretend to operate today. The traitors were now faced with a very serious problem, namely, what to do with the powers of the Office of the Judge Advocate General when their tenure in office expired. And they solved this dilemma by adding the following amendments, detailed in that same "Congressional Globe": Congressman Jenks: I move to amend Section 3 by inserting the word "naval" before the words "Judge Advocate General". The amendment was agreed to and later Congressman Finkelburg stated: I would suggest the propriety of amending the third section of this Bill by inserting after the words "the Naval Solicitor and Naval Judge Advocate General" the words "who shall hereafter be known as Naval Solicitor". Mr. Jenks: I have no objection to that amendment. This amendment was also agreed to, and the Office of the Judge Advocate General became known as the Naval Solicitor. Thus, when the existing tenure was over, the new office would have a different set of rules and regulations so that the Bill accomplished the great purpose which it had in view of bringing into one department the whole legal service of the government without the power of the Office of the Judge Advocate General getting in their way. ==> This was a necessary step to bring the President into the position of dictator over America. But they had one other problem facing them, namely, DIRECT ACCESS to the Treasury for the Department of Justice without interference. They accomplished this by the following three sections of the Bill: "...The Eighth Section provides that the Attorney General is hereby empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations for the government.... "...The Eleventh Section provides that all monies hereafter drawn out of the Treasury upon requisition of the Attorney General shall be dispersed by such one of the clerks herein provided for the Attorney General as he may designate, and so much of the First Section of the Act, making appropriations, past March 3rd, 1859, as provides that money drawn out of the Treasury upon requisition of the Attorney General shall be dispersed by such dispersing officer as the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby repealed.... "...The Fifteenth Section provides that the supervisory powers now exercised by the Secretary of the Interior over the accounts of the district attorneys, marshals, clerks, and other officers of the courts of the United States, shall be exercised by the Attorney General...." It is important here to remember that under the Trading with the Enemy Act, the District Courts of the United States are: "...hereby given jurisdiction to make and enter all such rules as to notice and otherwise and all such orders and decrees and to issue such process as may be necessary and proper in the premises to enforce the provisions of this Act." It is here that we find out that the district attorneys, marshals, clerks and other officers of the courts are under the Department of Justice. That seems an obvious statement, given the state of the nation today. But the REAL PROBLEM -- given the broad scope of powers granted the District Courts under the Trading with the Enemy Act -- is that the Department of Justice is *NOT* a part of the Judicial Branch of Government! According to Section 101 of Title 5 of the United States Code, the Department of State, the Department of Treasury, the Department of Defense, the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy, the Department of Education, and the Department of the Veteran Affairs are *ALL* under the Executive Branch of Government. All of the above departments are under the Executive Branch--which raises quite a few questions about the balance of powers between the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of government. How can this be? There is no balance of power under a declared state of emergency. And we've been living under a declared state of emergency ever since the Civil War began, and have been living under a declared state of martial law ever since the Reconstruction Act. This overthrow of the Constitution occurred long before the War Powers Act, and if we are going back in history to find our roots of legality -- and if we stop our search when we reach the War Powers Act -- we are NOT going to succeed in this venture. Where is the separation of powers if the Department of Justice is under the Executive branch? Shouldn't it be part of the Judiciary? The answer, of course, is yes; but it's not. Again, just check Section 101 of Title 5 of the United States Code. If only Congress has the power to regulate Commerce, under Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution, why are the Department of Commerce and the Department of Transportation under the Executive branch and not under the Legislative branch? And if only the Congress has the power to coin money, according to the Constitution, why is the Department of Treasury under the Executive branch? The Commerce Department (from Title 5): "...part of the Executive branch of federal government, headed by a Cabinet member, the Secretary of Commerce, which is concerned with promoting domestic and international business and commerce." To further illustrate the take-over by the Executive branch of government via martial law, the following offices, bureaus, divisions, and organizations are under the Department of Justice. And remember, the Department of Justice is under the Executive branch -- NOT under the judicial branch. The Office of Solicitor General The Federal Bureau of Investigation The Drug Enforcement Agency The Bureau of Prisons Immigration and Naturalization United States Marshal Service Office of Justice Program United States Parole Commission United States National Central Bureau The Office of the Pardon Attorney Executive Office of the United States Attorney Criminal Division Civil Division Anti-Trust Division Civil Rights Division Tax Division Environmental and Natural Resource Division Community Relations Services Foreign Claim Settlement Division Executive Office of United States Trustees Executive Office for Immigration Review Justice Management Division Office of Legal Counsel Office of Policy Development Office of Legislative Affairs Office of Public Affairs Office of Liaison Services Office of Intelligence and Policy Review Office of International Affairs Office of the Inspector General Office of Professional Responsibility; and Interpol -- (Note: Interpol is a private corporation, yet it comes under (in this country) the Executive branch of government.) In my opinion: if the matter of the repeal of the Reconstruction Act and the old H.R. 1328 are not addressed, we will remain in a state of declared martial law. But few people do any research anymore, and even fewer read the results of research done by others. It's easier to fear-monger and speculate. Yes, we are already, and have been all our lives, living under declared martial law. So don't fear the declaration of it. Know that it already exists, and do your preparations calmly and with deliberation and planning. It will NOT take a national emergency to declare martial law, but if people get into a panicky state, the implementation of it could easily, at any time and in any place, become a reality at the drop of a hat. Don't fear. Just use common sense and prepare quietly, peacefully, prayerfully. "Say ye not, A confederacy [conspiracy], to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy [conspiracy]; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid." Isaiah 8:12 Have a great day and God bless! 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