From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #118 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Sunday, April 26 1998 Volume 02 : Number 118 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 06:01:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Brad Subject: Re: Fwd: URGENT TO ALL LIST MEMBERS The storm toopers are always careful to have a pretext to explain their behavior: "Suspicion of domestic violence," "neighbor reported he was despondent, so we needed to take him for psychiatric observation," felony jaywalking, or something. You forgot to mention which it was this time. bd On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Bill Vance wrote: > Along with this basic info I'll post a more detailed account of this > attrocity shortly. Repost them far and wide, of course. > > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 98 10:32:16 -0000 > From: Charles Riggs > To: "Guns Save Lives!" , > "Firearms and Politics" > Subject: Fwd: URGENT TO ALL LIST MEMBERS > > THIS IS NOT A TEST! THIS IS A REAL MESSAGE IN REAL TIME!! With John's > permission I'm posting this to as many lists as possible. This outrage > must be reversed and the men who committed these acts brought to justice. > Please contact the Governor and the State Police in New Jersey and let > them know that the nation is watching them, that they don't commit such > acts in a vacuum!!!!!! God Save the Republic- Charles Riggs. > > ************************************ > > Contact info for New Jersey (web sites) > > http://www.state.nj.us/governor/contact.htm > http://www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/index.htm > **************************************************** > > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 09:21:08 -0400 > From: "Paul A. Miller" <73006.3331@compuserve.com> > Subject: URGENT TO ALL LIST MEMBERS > > >From another list. > > Sorry for the headers, unable to edit from this dumb terminal. > > Paul > > --- Forwarded Message --- > > Date: 23-Apr-98 07:03 EDT > From: INTERNET:PRN@airgunhq.com > Subj: URGENT TO ALL LIST MEMBERS > > To: Multiple recipients of list PRN > Reply-To: PRN@airgunhq.com > From: cas@alaska.net (Cas) > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 06:20:47 -0500 > Organization: AirPower Information Services (610) 259-2193 > Subject: URGENT TO ALL LIST MEMBERS > > > > > ALL. . . . > > > > I JUST RECEIVED THIS FROM A LONG TIME FRIEND OF ABOUT A QUARTER > > CENTURY. HE IS AN UPSTANDING CITIZEN, FATHER AND FAMILY MAN. HE WORKS > > IN COMPUTERS FOR A MAJOR PHONE COMPANY. HE'S A PART TIME GUNSMITH, > > SHOOTER AND INSTRUCTOR. HE IS ALSO A DEACON IN THE EPISPOCAL CHURCH. > > > > THIS IS NOT A JOKE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. > > > > Cas Gadomski > > Alaska > > > >>All: > >> > >>Welcome to Nazi Germany. And so it begins. Folks this is a REAL > >>nightmare come true. > >> > >>At 7:15 this morning (4/22) over a dozen machinegun armed agents of the > >>NJ State Police broke down my front door and invaded my home screaming > >>obsenities. We were rousted from our beds at gun point. I was ordered > >>to the floor and when I couldn't get down on my knees fast enough because > >>of my artificial knee and arthritis I was kicked to the floor, and my back > >>and neck repeatedly stomped. When one trooper yanked on my arm that had > >>been injured several years ago and I yelled in pain I was Maced and then > >>kicked in the head at least twice resulting in a bloddy lip and head pain. > etc. - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Apr 98 07:36:07 PDT From: Jack@minerva.com Subject: Re: Fwd: URGENT TO ALL LIST MEMBERS roc@lists.xmission.com wrote : >Along with this basic info I'll post a more detailed account of this >attrocity shortly. Repost them far and wide, of course. It seems that on A-INFOS there is a weekly letter to devoted to things done by the police in New Jersey. Called New Jersey Police Watch. Last week he had some items like this post....tho this weeks issue is a bit tame The person who posted the following has the following E-mail address ErnstLynch@aol.com Jack ________________________________________________ A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ ________________________________________________ State police expand campaign against aggressive drivers Synopsis: Police use federal grant to saturate local roads, shakedown drivers for petty motor vehicle offenses, feed human product into the criminal injustice system, while greatly increasing their yearly salaries with over- time pay and creating a financial boom for local municipalities with windfall income from fines. They ask for public support and participation in turning in your fellow workers. Full News Copy: By Terri Somers Law Enforcement Writer The Asbury Park Press (Apr. 9, 1998) If it seemed like there were more state troopers anad other police officers patrolling the road during your commute yesterday, you weren't imagining it. Be prepared for more of the same today. Yesterday state police expanded their year-old campaign against aggressive drivers on commuter roadways to include Routes 18 and 1. They urged municipal police to assist in their zero tolerance for drivers who speed, tailgate and change lanes without warning. The results of the year-old campaign and details of how it will continue and grow, will be discussed at a news conference this morning at the state police barracks on Route 1 in Plainsboro Township. It started a year ago with the commitment of 50 local police departments in Monmouth, Middlesex and eight other counties to increase patrols along the commuter roads and a $450,000 federal grant to offset overtime. Police also set up two telephone numbers for motorists to report aggressive drivers: 1-888-SAF-ROAD (723-7623) and *77 for cellular telephone users. Through the program's first six months, police received more than 11,800 calls reporting aggressive driving. By Jan.1, participating departments issued more than 35,000 summones, including more than 7,000 for failure to wear seat belts. Eighty-one people were arrested for drug possession and other criminal offenses. The program has concentrated on six counties: Monmouth, Middlesex, Atlantic, Burlington, Essex and Bergen. In five of those counties, total highway fatalities dropped from 167 to 128 compared with the same period the previous year - a 23.4 percent decline. In Monmouth County, however, highway fatalities rose from 29 to 30, which police attribute to several accidents with multiple fatalities. Copyright - The Asbury Park Press 1998 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------ Police ponder need for added security Synopsis: Cops fearing for their safety from public reprisals have begun fortifying their station houses with bricks, mortar, and bullet proof glass. Full News Copy: The Associated Press - Hackensack - They're sworn to protect and serve the public, but police departments across the state are evaluating whether the stations where they work are secure enough to protect them. A recent incident in Jersey City, in which a man with a lengthy criminal record was able to walk into the station late at night, assault the officer on duty and wrestle a weapon away from another officer, has highlighted the risks officers face. One officer was critically wounded in that incident on Feb.8 before a third officer shot and wounded the attacker. "I think the Jersey City thing happened because of the age of the building," said Rochelle Park Police Department Detective Don Simon. "Nobody would build a facility like that anymore. It's not safe." Rochelle Park's 3-year-old station has inch-thick bulletproof glass separating the dispatcher and others working in the building from the public. In Paramus, visitors have to be buzzed in. And in Westwood, a magnetic door lock only allows credentialed employees past the lobby. Officers who work in stations without security, like the one in Paterson, say it's about time they got some protection as well. "It's going to take someone getting shot before they do anything," said one officer, who asked his name not be used. "They're right on top of us, all hours of the day and night," said another. "Some kook could walk in here with a shotgun and we'd be dead on the floor." But some say that while bulletproof barriers increase safety, they also get in the way of community policing. Hackensack Police Chief Charles "Ken" Zisa said he has no plans on installing bulletproof glass in his 45-year-old building, where officers sit on a raised platform. "It creates barriers, even if it's just a wall of glass," he said. "Other departments look like Fort Knox compared to us. But I just don't think it's very personal to talk through a microphone and glass." Meanwhile, Jersey City is in the process of beefing up its security arrangements. Even before the shooting, the department was in the process of buying surveillance cameras and magnetic door locks. Now it will also install safety glass in the lobbies of all four of its district stations, said Sgt. Edgar Martinez, the department's spokesman. Copyright - The Asbury Park Press 1998 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------ Police tips go online Synopsis: Police departments go on-line with Web sites. One can register a bicycle, find out about where the police are placing speed traps (as if they want you to know), and visit a vainglorious museum. Oh yeah! You can also become a police informer and tip them off to crimes in your area, right on- line. Full News Copy: By Matt Sheehan Coastal Monmouth Bureau The Asbury Park Press Ocean Township residents can register their bicycles while surfing, using a bicycle registration page on the police department's Web site. The Web site was developed by Patrolman Warren Kruse about a year ago and features a number of crime-fighting tools. Several Monmouth County police departments have Web sites. However, the township's is unique in the county because of its bicycle registration page and other interactive pages. Kruse, a computer science major at Rutgers University, said the Internet is a quick way to get crime and safety information out to a large group of people. Currently, there are more than 150 residents on the Web site's e-mail list, he said. "I try and solicit feedback from the public as much as possible," Kruse said. "I tell the townspeople that it's their page." The bicycle registration page was a necessity, because a number of stolen or lost bicycles go unclaimed, said Chief William Koch. "It's so frustrating to auction off all these bikes every year," Koch said. The Web site also features Crime Net Alert, which notifies residents and business owners of such things as telephone soliciting scams, and tells drivers where police will use radar to monitor speed. An online museum features photographs of past and present police officers dating to 1930. Net surfers also can tip off police to crimes in the area. The Web address is www.oceantwp.org/police. Bicycle registration is free. Copyright - The Asbury Park Press 1998 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -------------------- ** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, material appearing here is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for research and educational purposes. ** ***A-INFOS DISCLAIMER - IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE*** A-Infos disclaims responsibility for the information in this message. ******** The A-Infos News Service ******** COMMANDS: majordomo@tao.ca REPLIES: a-infos-d@tao.ca HELP: a-infos-org@tao.ca WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ >- > > > Jack Perrine | ATHENA Programming, Inc | 626-798-6574 | ---------------- | 1175 No. Altadena Drive | fax 398-8620 | jack@minerva.com | Pasadena, CA 91107 US | - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 12:02:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Subject: a vast left-wing conspiracy? - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 16:24:23 -0500 From: Bill Nalty Subject: CAS: FARAH: A vast left-wing conspiracy? http://www.worldnetdaily.com/btlines/980423.btl.vast.left_wing.conspiracy.h= tml WorldNetDaily Thursday, April 23, 1998=20 A vast left-wing conspiracy?=20 By Joseph Farah Last week I told you more about newly elected Rep. Barbara Lee, D-CA, than you probably cared to know.=20 I told you how she served on the coordinating council of the Committees of Correspondence, a group founded by Communist Party USA members purged by Gus Hall. I told you how she has palled around with long-time Communist Angela Davis, three times the party's nominee for vice president of the United States, who once beat a homicide rap. I told you how documents captured by U.S. military forces in Grenada showed Lee, while working with her predecessor and mentor, Rep. Ron "Red" Dellums, had betrayed her role as a U.S. government official and sanitized an official national security report in favor of the local tin-pot dictator, Maurice Bishop. And I told you how she, while serving as a U.S. government employee, had traveled to Cuba for a "non-aligned" nations conference as a "journalist" for a left-wing San Francisco weekly rag.=20 Now, as Paul Harvey would say, the rest of the story.=20 It turns out that San Francisco paper Ms. Lee represented in Cuba, the Sun-Reporter, was edited at the time by the late Dr. Carlton Goodlett. On April 22, 1970, Dr. Goodlett received the Lenin Peace Prize in Moscow. It was quite an affair -- attended by Leonid Brezhnev and other party notables. And no wonder -- the date marked Lenin's 100th birthday.=20 Let me remind you, that until 1956, the Lenin Prize was called the Stalin Stipend. The name was changed only after Nikita Khruschev denounced mass murderer Josef Stalin at the Twentieth Party Congress in Moscow. It was not just an honorary award for promoting the cause of world Communism and Soviet hegemony. It was established in 1928 as the socialist rival to the Nobel Prize and paid its recipients amounts ranging from 50,000 to 100,000 rubles.=20 When Goodlett returned with his cash, he proceeded to file as a candidate for governor of California in that year's election. He also bankrolled (and I will leave it to your imagination to decide from where the money originated) the first big election bids of former California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown and former Rep. Dellums.=20 In October 1997, a Freedom of Information Act request was filed with the FBI. It sought information about Goodlett, particularly with respect to the Lenin Prize and about his backing of Dellums. A few weeks later, Dellums surprised virtually everyone on Capitol Hill, throughout his district and across the nation by resigning in the middle of his two-year term.=20 What goes on here?=20 Perhaps the 1996 presidential election, in which it now appears foreign money played such a crucial role, was not the first of its kind. Perhaps this sort of thing has been going on for the last 30 years or so. Perhaps Barbara Lee's rapid rise to political stardom is part of a plan hatched long ago and far away.=20 But don't try to find any coverage of such monumental coincidences anywhere in the establishment press. When Goodlett received the Lenin Prize, coverage amounted to one line in The New York Times, the newspaper of record, and zilch in the San Francisco papers. There has been no follow-up on the revelations regarding Ms. Lee, our newest member of Congress, broken here in cyberspace. And, so far, the FBI is still mum about the Dellums race -- probably in the interest of vital national security.=20 Meanwhile, what is the press covering? Are the news media focused on more important issues, like what China actually bought with those illegal campaign contributions in 1996? Oh no. It may be another 30 years or so before we can connect those dots. So what if the president winks when his biggest domestic campaign donors pass on sensitive missile technology to their business partners in Beijing? You see, the journalistic watchdogs of our precious freedom are busy following up Hillary Clinton's leads on "the vast right-wing conspiracy" out to get her husband.=20 Barbara Lee was sworn into the House of Representatives by a smiling Speaker Newt Gingrich this week. She glibly took her oath to defend and uphold the Constitution. She has also filed her papers to seek a full, two-year term. The primary election, in which she is not expected to face any serious opposition, is scheduled for June 2. Chances are she'll, once again, face only token opposition in November from Republicans who are scared to death to tell the American people the truth.=20 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joseph Farah is editor of the Internet newspaper WrldNetDaily.com and executive director of the Western Journalism Center, an independent group of investigative reporters. =A91998, Western Journalism Center =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 16:44:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Subject: MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction of Freedom 4-24-98 Paul Watson, Plano Texas MAD, the Mutually Assured Destruction of freedom - ------------------------------------------------ I will probably never see this suggestion taken to heart by the American people. That is why the Government wins and the People continue to loose. We are currently stuck in a impossible situation. It is the perfect stalemate with two opposing sides, Democrats and Republicans, Left and Right that are locked in a seemingly eternal battle for the right to use government. It is the mutually assured destruction of freedom. Until the left and right are willing to give up the use of government in an attempt to control some very political "hot potatoes", neither side is going to win and all of us are going to loose our liberty. A major side effect of elected government officials, like the US House, Senate and President, is that every time they are in session we get more laws, rules and executive orders over our lives and liberty. Will Rogers once said something like Liberty has no greater peril than when the legislature is in session. Both sides end up promoting more: laws, government jobs, government cost, government rules, government bureaucracy, taxes and less freedoms. I think our forefathers knew this quite well and tried to write the Constitution in order to limit government abuse. The best way to prevent people from doing bad things is with good self morals, ethics and values. Our Family values, Religions and American ethics used to teach us how to do this. Laws will never "prevent" a bad person from doing bad things, thats why we called them "outlaws" after all. Good people do good things because its the right thing to do not because of some law. Besides, how many laws are there and does anyone claim to now what really is legal or illegal? As society and families in general have broken down with increasing illegitimate births, divorce, situational ethics, and crime, we have tried to fill the gap with more government. Government is only good at a few major things like commerce between the states, war, standing armies, public roads and the like. Government will never substitute for a lack of good families and good people. Are you willing to give up your pet government control for the sake of Freedom and Liberty? If you say "but its bad" then we as a nation and our republican constitutional protected freedoms are finished in America. Just remember, is the legislature in session, is liberty in Peril? These sides generally use government against: On the Left On the Right - ----------- ------------ Guns Drugs Christians Abortion Land owners Homosexuals Free speech Pornography Capital Labor These sides generally use government for: Environmentalism Tax breaks Consumerism Big Corporations Progressive taxation Corporate welfare Government jobs Corporate jobs Social welfare Defense industries Foreign Grants World bank, IMF fund United Nations NAFTA, GATT Political correctness Minorities Gay rights Feminism - - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 07:28:20 -0400 From: Tom Cloyes Subject: Your Activism >Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 16:58:06 -0400 >From: Gun Owners of America >Reply-To: Gun Owners of America >To: goamail@gunowners.org >Subject: Your Activism >X-Mailer: Gun Owners of America's registered AK-Mail 3.0b [eng] > >Thanks to Your Activism: >Texas cosponsors lead the way on Brady Repeal >Two more Senators flee Hatch's Horror Bill! > >by Gun Owners of America >8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151, >(703)321-8585, http://www.gunowners.org >(Friday, April 24, 1998) > > >Texas Democrat, Ralph Hall, joins Rep. Paul (R-TX) on Brady >Registration Repeal > >The Lone Star state chalked up another cosponsor this >week in support of repealing the Instant Registration Check. >Rep. Ralph Hall (D-TX) signed on to H.R. 2721, the bill that >repeals some of the most onerous gun laws on the books. In >addition to repealing Brady, H.R. 2721 repeals the semi-auto >ban and the unconstitutional "sporting purposes" test. > >GOA staff are currently blazing a trail on Capitol >Hill, notifying members of Congress about the dangers that >are inherent to the Brady law. Because this registration >scheme is scheduled to start in November, gun owners are >encouraged to "double down" and continue urging their >Representatives to cosponsor Ron Paul's bill. > > ACTION: If you're a constituent of Rep. Hall, make >sure you thank him for his cosponsorship of H.R. 2721! (You >can reach him at the Capitol Hill toll-free number: 1-800- >504-0031.) Otherwise, keep hammering away at the other >Representatives. GOA has included another clip-n-mail >message at the bottom of this alert for your convenience. > > >Two more Senators ditch S. 10; total number of drop-offs >hits six > >Congratulations to Idaho and Wyoming gun owners. Your >activism has peeled-off two more supporters of S. 10. >Senators Larry Craig (R-ID) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) became the >fifth and sixth cosponsors to jump off of the Senate Horror >Bill introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT). > >Republican Senators that still need encouragement to jump >off the bill: Abraham (MI), Aschroft (MO), Bond (MO), >Coverdell (GA), Domenici (NM), D'Amato (NY), Faircloth (NC), >Gorton (WA), Grams (MN), Grassley (IA), Hagel (NE), Helms >(NC), Hutchinson (AR), Inhofe (OK), Kyl (AZ), Lott (MS), >Mack (FL), McConnell (KY), Murkowski (AK), Roberts (KS), >Sessions (AL), Thurmond (SC) and Warner (VA). > >(Clip-n-mail message in support of H.R. 2721) > >Dear Representative: > >I urge you to cosponsor Rep. Ron Paul's Brady repeal bill >(H.R. 2721). This November, when the Brady Law converts >over to the Instant Registration Check, federal bureaucrats >will begin conducting background checks on ALL gun purchases >- shotguns and rifles included. > >As stated by Alan Korwin, author of Gun Laws of America: >Every Federal Gun Law on the Books: > > When the permanent Brady rules come on line, ALL gun sales > > - long guns and handguns - will fall under federal control > of "national instant background checks." The centralized > federalization of all gun-sale records will be complete. > >I agree with Mr. Korwin. The Instant Registration Check is >not only unconstitutional, it gives the federal government >the potential to register ALL gun buyers. No matter how many >prohibitions are written into the law, the possibility of >gun owner registration is always present as long as the >Instant Check remains law. > >Law-abiding citizens should not be required to prove their >innocence to government officials before exercising their >rights. So I urge you to cosponsor H.R. 2721 - a bill that >will repeal Brady and put an end to this dangerous law. >Please let me know what you intend to do. > >*********************************************************** >Are you receiving this as a cross-post? To be certain of >getting up-to-the-minute information, please consider >joining the GOA E-mail Alert Network directly. The service >is free, your address remains confidential, and the volume >is quite low: five messages a week would be a busy week >indeed. To subscribe, simply send a message (or forward >this notice) to goamail@gunowners.org and include your >state of residence in either the subject line or the body. > > > > > - - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 07:29:50 -0400 From: Tom Cloyes Subject: Release: deadly prescription drugs Best reason I've seen yet to end this madness. Tom >Date: Fri, 24 Apr 98 13:06:13 PDT >From: announce@lp.org >Subject: Release: deadly prescription drugs >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 24, 1998 >=============================================== >For additional information: >George Getz, Press Secretary >Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222 >E-Mail: 76214.3676@Compuserve.com >=============================================== > > >Legal drugs kill 20 times more Americans >than illegal drugs, says embarrassing new study > > WASHINGTON, DC -- Doctors kill far more people every year than >drug pushers do -- a surprising fact that should make sensible >Americans start to question the War on Drugs, the Libertarian Party >said today. > > Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine reported that >properly prescribed legal drugs kill 106,000 Americans every year -- 20 >times more than illegal drugs do. > > "Are politicians going to declare a War on Medicine?" asked >Steve Dasbach, Libertarian Party chairman. "Of course not. So why are >we spending $17 billion on the War on Drugs, arresting millions of >people, and restricting civil liberties -- all to try to solve a >problem that's far less dangerous than modern medicine?" > > The study found that correctly prescribed medications claim >106,000 lives a year because of toxic reactions. By comparison, only >5,212 Americans die annually from illegal drugs like heroin and >cocaine, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health >Administration. > > "This means that doctor-prescribed drugs kill 20 times more >people every year than drugs peddled on street corners," said Dasbach. >"Of course, more people take prescription medication than illegal >drugs, so higher death totals are expected. But the point is that the >health consequences of illegal drugs are vastly overstated by >politicians -- apparently to justify the costly government program they >call the War on Drugs." > > In fact, Dasbach pointed out, the government admits that >aspirin killed twice as many people last year as PCP and LSD combined! > > "But don't expect a War on Aspirin," Dasbach said. "The >government is less interested in protecting lives than in protecting >the jobs of the government bureaucrats and law enforcement personnel >who are on the Drug Prohibition payroll. > > "For example, marijuana has caused no deaths, yet the >government arrested 641,642 Americans last year on marijuana-related >offenses, and is threatening to prosecute doctors who prescribe >marijuana for victims of AIDS and cancer," he noted. > > The fact is, the real health threat comes not from drugs, but >from drug prohibition, Dasbach said. > > "As Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman says, 5,000 >Americans are killed every year solely due to Prohibition-spawned >violence -- meaning that outlawing drugs kills as many Americans every >year as the drugs themselves," he said. > > Dasbach emphasized that the Libertarian Party doesn't condone >drug use. > > "Too many lives have been ruined by drugs, whether legal or >illegal -- and we mourn a lost life, no matter what the cause," he >said. "But when the government arbitrarily decides which drugs to >outlaw, it transforms a personal tragedy into a national disaster and >turns a medical problem into a moral crusade. > > "Politicians who focus obsessively on the drug war -- while >ignoring the fact that other medical problems are far more deadly -- >have lost their grip on reality. As this new study makes clear, the War >on Drugs has more to do with political posturing than with public >health -- and that's why it's time to end it." > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: 2.6.2 > >iQCVAwUBNUDsr9CSe1KnQG7RAQHBbQQAiUmdIvZge9B5JKwaep0UlB1zTsTqbsrO >WFUAyx6yiUzlIY8Jrn6Cnm6PpJ5U1VKlQdSn7n3k6K5lloTUNddzbRTUhD+CrSyu >VpRtG8SZNRl2hobNECQe8jzKlDymllZ4B0QAey5C2sZuPSWTE92uZcANZPldpd55 >bgvd1SN5jh0= >=qsdu >-----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: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 08:13:29 -0700 (PDT) From: sabutigo@teleport.com Subject: Need FIJA material A friend of mine needs some good, elementary FIJA material. I have none in electronic form. If anyoner has some, please e-mail it to thompson@characterlink.net Thanx a bunch. S. "Getting the facts right is a fundamental requirement of morality." - -- Peter W. Huber - - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 02:14:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Brad Subject: more words re. recent NJ excitement FWIW. The following could be all true, all falsehood, or a 50-50 mix. Just as was true of the original posts on the topic. I don't personally care what Shaefer owns or whether or not he is a "convicted felon." If he wasn't hurting anybody, the "boots" ought to leave him alone. However, Shaefer may not be the ideal poster child. bd - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: GSL Re: NJ Incident Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 18:01:39 EDT Reply-To: gsl@listbox.com To: sjg6@gate.net http://GunsSaveLives.com As you may or may not know, I run a radio station in Boston. I saw the original story on the NJ raid, thought it may make an interesting topic on our saturday morning talk show. I asked my News Director to check it out. He came up with the following, which seem to be missing from the original description of the incident. Shaefer is a convicted felon, taking a fall for endangering a child in 1989 in Monmouth, NJ, court. He walked on two other charges. The Feds found out he was a disqualified person in possession of firearms and reported him to the NJ authorities. Both the state and Feds were on the scene since he was in violation of both fed and state statutes. A judge in NJ issued the warrant. He was peppered, not maced, when he continued to approach the entry team after being told to halt. Since he's a convicted felon and self-defense instructor believed to be in possession of firearms, what exactly did he expect. In the event, it turns out he had a loaded .45 in his dresser. He neglected to mention that what was confiscated included 27 firearms, CS and Smoke grenades, det cord, plus documents he used to falsify his FFL renewal form. The story about the dummy mortar round was a smokescreen. He is being charged with being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and destructive devices, so I guess not all that stuff was 'inert.' At the time, he only asked the police to change the position of his handcuffs (from back to front) when he said it hurt his back. They did. He never requested medical attention while with the police. When they start giving you the 'church going, family man, pillor of the community, loved by all' line instead of real facts, the warning flags should go up. All we need is bunch of pro-gunners, who continually mention, factually, that gun owners are the most law-abiding segment of the population, shooting off letters to the editor supporting this guy and then get hung out to dry by appearing to be supporting illegal activity (we may not agree with it, but it is still illegal.) I can well understand Shaefer's reluctance to relate all the little details, but he damages all of us by neglecting to mention all the pertinent information, especially the most important details. I'm still counting my blessings that I checked this out before putting it on the air. I have a pro-gun editorial policy here at the station, and the damage to our credibility would have been enormous. I would have had the 'anti' crowd beating me over the head with this for the next ten years. Regards, TSB - - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Apr 98 10:54:54 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Heads Up #82 (fwd) On Apr 26, Doug Fiedor wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Heads Up A Weekly View from the Foothills of Appalachia April 26, 1998 #82 by: Doug Fiedor fiedor19@eos.net - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Previous Editions at: http://mmc.cns.net/headsup.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------ CONGRESS SUPPORTS LAWBREAKERS They're lining up, choosing sides, developing strongholds, amassing ammunition, and readying to attack. It's the socialists against the conservatives, the Democrats against the Republicans, Clinton supporters against everyone else. And, in this case, it's crooked against legal, corruption against ethical, wrong against right. In other words, it's business as usual in the United States House of Representatives. Rep. Dan Burton's House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (http://www.house.gov/reform/hearings.htm) is up and running again. And, unlike some other Congressional committees, Committee Chairman Burton (R-Ind.) decided that a wealth of information will be provided to the American public. Already, their web page is good reading. The Clinton disinformation team has, of course, targeted Burton for a number of dirty tricks. They have investigated everything in Burton's life and even sicced the Department of Justice on him. Obviously, Rep. Dan Burton must be one of the cleanest Members of Congress, else anything Hillary's diabolical cabal of secret police and truth-fabricators found would be plastered on the front page of newspapers from coast to coast. All this White House harassment has probably taken it's toll on Burton, too. Just a few days ago, in an interview with the editorial board of The Indianapolis Star, Burton committed the truth when he said: "If I could prove 10 percent of what I believe happened, he'd (Clinton) be gone. This guy's a scumbag. That's why I'm after him." We should note here that a number of politicians are saying that Burton should not have publicly called Clinton a scumbag. But, as of this writing, not one politician -- even the rabid Clinton supporters -- is saying that Clinton is not a scumbag. Their only argument is that Burton should have not pointed it out publicly. Rep. Burton needs our moral support. A postcard (2185 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515; 1-(202)-225-2276) of thanks that can be read by everyone along the way seems very appropriate right now. Many thousands of postcards of support could certainly frighten those corrupt Democrats into cooperating rather than obstructing. And, while we're thinking of corrupt Democrats, Rep. Henry Waxman of California, the committee's ranking Democrat, also needs attention. Why the people of California would want to inflict someone like him on the American public is beyond me. Waxman is a socialist from way back. Now, as he aggressively defends corruption in government and shows his true colors to all, perhaps the good people of California will notice and get rid of him. Meanwhile, a House Member whose legislative record shows little more than contempt for the Constitution of the United States is now using the Constitution in defense of his illegal activities. And, the leadership of the House is clearly letting him get away with it. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) recently asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit filed against him by Rep. John Boehner (R-OH). McDermott, if you remember, is the person responsible for illegally leaking an illegally taped cellular phone call between Newt Gingrich and John Boehner (and others). They say that call "was illegally recorded" from a police scanner by "a Florida couple active in Democratic politics," who gave the tape to McDermott. A number of electronic surveillance experts suspect that professionals actually recorded that call. But the fact remains that the Florida couple pled guilty to the action in open court. Discrimination of information acquired from illegally recorded calls is also illegal. However, McDermott argues that the First Amendment protects his right to leak the contents of the tape recording to newspapers. Boehner said that: "By continuing to deflect attention away from his illegal conduct, McDermott brings shame and dishonor on the very institution he has sworn to serve." Yes! Exactly. So censor him. McDermott's lawyers reply: "The government's undisputed interest in protecting the confidentiality of telephone conversations is not enough to justify punishment for a citizen who lawfully obtained and disclosed to the news media an audiotape of such a conversation." . . . "The basic question presented is: May a person be subjected to legal penalties for providing the news media with truthful and lawfully obtained information on a matter of substantial public concern? The First Amendment allows only one answer to that question: No." Apparently, Washington lawyers operate under a greatly different set of laws than the rest of America. Because, if any "citizen" recorded a newsworthy conversation by a federal prosecutor and provided it to someone to deliver to the press, the person doing the recording, the person delivering the information, and the editor publishing the material would be carried away wearing stainless-steel bracelets just as soon as that prosecutor could get to them! The newspapers printing the conversation between Newt and Boehner will get away with it free and clear, too. The newspaper editors surely knew that they were acquiring illegally gotten material. But, because that conversation, when twisted enough, could be embarrassing to Gingrich and Boehner, they printed it anyway. Now, here comes a flash from the past: Former White House chief of staff Leon E. Panetta practically admitted on NBC in March of 1997 that the 1996 Clinton reelection committee illegally spent $35-million to $40-million in Democratic National Committee "soft money" contributions on campaign commercials. Federal law prohibits the use of that money in an election campaign. Yet, to date, there have been zero arrests. Clearly, the Washington cadre violate the law continuously, intentionally and with impunity. Many of these people belong in a federal institution all right, but it ain't the halls of government. ENFORCE THIS LAW Most Americans are familiar with that capricious morass we know as the federal regulatory bureaucracy. That's the alphabet soup agency domain based inside the Beltway where arrogant bureaucrats wield "Administrative Law" with tyrannical expertise. Administrative Law is to American citizens, of course, that unconstitutionally despotic branch of law where one is always guilty until able to prove themselves innocent. Today's federal regulatory bureaucracy controls nearly everything in the life of nearly every American citizen. The system was unconstitutional from it's inception, and the U.S. Supreme Court correctly labeled it as such. It took the antics of FDR, the closest thing the United States has had to a full dictator, to intimidate and harass the Court into granting approval. Since then, it's been a Washington control thing. The administrative and legislative branches have learned to like these unconstitutional regulatory powers, and so refuse to give them up. So, it was with great surprise that, while wandering through federal government organization laws in Title 5 that we stumbled on Part 1, Chapter 7, which pertains to judicial review of federal agencies. Specifically, the law is 5 USC 706, which describes the scope of review of the courts. This may be dry stuff, but this law is also short, to the point and potentially very useful. Check it out: - ----------------------------- To the extent necessary to decision and when presented, the reviewing court shall decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and determine the meaning or applicability of the terms of an agency action. The reviewing court shall -- (1) compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed; and (2) hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings, and conclusions found to be -- (A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law; (B) contrary to constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity; (C) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitations, or short of statutory right; (D) without observance of procedure required by law; (E) unsupported by substantial evidence in a case subject to sections 556 and 557 of this title or otherwise reviewed on the record of an agency hearing provided by statute; or (F) unwarranted by the facts to the extent that the facts are subject to trial de novo by the reviewing court. In making the foregoing determinations, the court shall review the whole record or those parts of it cited by a party, and due account shall be taken of the rule of prejudicial error. - ----------------------------- Pay close attention to section 2, parts A and B. "The reviewing court shall" . . . "hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings, and conclusions found to be" . . . "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion" or . . . "contrary to constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity." Congress wrote this law and a President signed it. Therefore, at one point in time anyway, we can assume that they meant it to be enforced. And, that being the case, we citizens have cause for some very serious discussion with the federal regulatory bureaucracy! "The reviewing court shall . . . hold unlawful and set aside agency action . . . contrary to constitutional right." Federal courts must enforce Constitutional rights? Wow, what a concept! Now, how do we get them to do it? As an aside here: Congress inflicts stiff penalties for civilians violating laws, but very few for public servants. That must be changed. There should be at least a five year prison penalty for any judge, prosecutor or bureaucrat breaking or ignoring a law which causes a wrong to an American citizen. Else, they will continue doing exactly as they wish, to the detriment of all of our rights and liberties. Lawyers feel perfectly free to go after physicians and other professionals for negligence and malpractice. Judges, prosecutors, bureaucrats and lawyers are also negligent and malpractice from time to time. It's time they stop getting a free ride from the legal system. Their mistakes adversely affect people's lives. Therefore, they must also be held legally accountable for their wrongs. Otherwise, we have two classes of citizen. NO MORE FREE TRADE While reading of the drastic increase (it tripled) in the abuse of hard drugs by American teens these past five years, the evening news was showing President Clinton down in Santiago, Chile hobnobbing with "34 Leaders of the Western Hemisphere's democracies." Yup, there he was, big as life; surrounded by some of our hemisphere's currently active tyrants, murders, cocaine and heroin suppliers, and soon to be (says Clinton) major free-trade partners with the United States. Free trade? Like with Mexico? Just say no! We tried that with Mexico. Today, Mexico's largest "free trade" export to the United States is cocaine, with heroin still running far behind in dollar value but advancing quickly. "Here in Santiago the ground has been broken for the largest free trade area in history," Chilean President Eduardo Frei told the summit session. Then, as he announced that the combined economies would total $9 trillion, these "world leaders" proceeded to sign the "Declaration of Santiago." Clinton managed to interject that democracy was still fragile in many parts of the hemisphere. "We must continue to stand fast for democracy ... with no holdouts and no backsliders." By "democracy" Clinton means, of course, a central government in strict control of everything. Many South American leaders are quite good at that. Others, like Chile's President Frei, are having a bit of a problem. Vast areas of Chile are controlled by rebels, who make a considerable amount of money growing coca for cocaine to send here. It has often been said, and still bears repeating from time to time, that the national sport of South America is revolution. And, because hundreds of federal agents have been interfering in just about everything down there for the past 50 years, there are vast segments of the population who are not very friendly to United States citizens. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien was there, too. Canada -- if there still is a Canada then -- will host the next Summit of the Americas in 2000. Anyway, disregarding all the problems he has at home, Chretien said economic integration was now an established fact. "My colleagues, let us tell our people, let us tell the world, loud and clear, once and for all, as we turn the page to a new century, that the era of building walls is over," Chretien said. Then, he waxed even more rhetorical for a moment. Completely forgetting about Quebec, Chretien said: "The new century that is dawning, the global century, will be a time of building bridges." Before he was done, Chretien, and thirty- three other "leaders" openly criticized the United States for opposing the inclusion of Cuba in the agreement. In fact, the Canadian Prime Minister announced he will visit Havana next week, specifically to discuss human rights and trade with Cuba -- and maybe to pick up a few pointers on the application of socialism. Clinton wishfully mentioned "fast track" again. However, even most of these third world leaders knew perfectly well that Clinton was just blowing smoke. There is no way that Congress will give him fast-track negotiating powers. Clinton tried to gloss over that, and at one point even tried to say that he would bargain such a deal through Congress. Fat chance! These countries may be in the "American Hemisphere." But, they (Canada excepted) certainly are not what people in other parts of the world think of when the word "America" is mentioned. There are many real reasons for that. And we do not need any of those reasons imported here. NEWSLETTER DISCLAIMER, OR WHATEVER Some people get really picky. Especially lawyers when they get to be judges. One judge (a subscriber) called "on another matter," as they say, and mentioned that it has been quite some time since we disclosed ownership and finances for this newsletter. We flippantly tried to tell him that we do not have any. He asked, "which, ownership or finances?" We replied, "both." But, like last year, he ordered that we: "write something anyway." So . . . here goes: Heads Up is not exactly owned by anyone because there is really nothing to own. By that we mean that it has no office, has no finances, offers nothing for sale, and hence makes no profit. We print no hardcopies, therefore, we use no supplies. Current subscribers of Heads Up number almost 700 Americans from all walks of life. From aircraft pilots to zoologists; from Militia members to legislators; a good cross section of America is represented. In truth, we have no idea how many people read this newsletter every week. That is because most subscribers send the newsletter to their friends and/or post it somewhere. Also, a number of print publications -- like Media Bypass and The Idaho Observer -- have blanket permission to reprint whatever they wish. A few broadcasters also have the same permission. We have nothing to offer here except ideas -- our viewpoint on the facts moving the news. I do not expect that readers will agree with everything I write. And that is as it should be. My intent -- my only reason for writing -- is to offer a Constitutional perspective on current events not found anywhere in the major media. Many people have asked if we are ever harassed for what I write. Others have said that Heads Up is a little too hard on the central government and we could receive a "visit" if I don't take it easy. Our standard answer for that is simple: I jokingly say fine; just have them call ahead so we bring the Great Dane in first. Then I'll put on a pot of coffee and we can "visit" a while. In fact, I'll invite the old judge and his retired lawyer friends over too, and we can all have an interesting afternoon discussing Constitutional issues. Interestingly enough, we receive mail every week from elected officials and bureaucrats. Sometimes it's because we know them personally, but usually it is to trade information. In 82 weeks of publication, not one person from any branch of any government has ever done or said anything that could possibly be construed as retaliation for what I write. They sometimes write in disagreement, which is their right; but that is all. On the other hand, two very good Constitutional lawyers and a number of elected officials from around the country took the time to read the "State of the Union 1998" report and they read this newsletter regularly. And, I am happy to report, they agree with most of what they read. Severe criticism comes from liberal journalists, members of a number of far-left "Non-Governmental Organizations," and a certain bureaucrat at the United Nations. But, because I'm seen as trying to disassemble their nests, one twig at a time, that can be expected. Another problem is that this type is used to having normal people suck-up to them. When they call here and get brash with me, I'll as often as not tell them to shove their socialist ideals someplace that's inconvenient -- and probably physiologically impossible anyway. These socialist activists would love to have a forum to contradict this newsletter. I tell them that they already do. We call it the national media. Still, some have actually asked for equal time here. That'll never happen. Whatever success this newsletter has is due directly to the readers. As some readers will remember, I was censored two years ago because I wrote about the UN's plan to tax American citizens and the UN operation of biosphere reserves in the United States. Those articles elicited letters of complaint from international lawyers, law professors and a weird array of one world government bureaucrats from around the world. That, as was the intention, caused the people distributing my writing quite a lot of problems. As it turned out, I was exactly correct in what I wrote. But that didn't help much at the time. Today, the newsletter cannot be censored. Unlike other publications, Heads Up is in the unique position of being distributed by the readers -- a whole lot of readers. And for that, I thank you all. We also thank Jeff in Michigan for archiving the newsletter, and Forest in California who will begin posting current issues on his new site as soon as it is up. We may also have our own small web page someday soon, but I think we only get a couple megs of space. -- End -- [------------------------- 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 - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ End of roc-digest V2 #118 *************************