From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #267 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Sunday, August 8 1999 Volume 02 : Number 267 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 6 Aug 99 07:46:19 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Fwd: The Gun Nut in Chief (fwd) On Aug 6, Nramancpe@aol.com wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] From: "David Codrea" To: Subject: The Gun Nut in Chief Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 21:09:57 -0700 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - -05 August 1999- The Gun Nut in Chief by David Codrea It has been my long-standing contention that anyone who can't be trusted with a gun can't be trusted without a custodian. After all, if someone is mentally dysfunctional, how can they be expected to safely exist in a society that provides easy access to potential weapons of mass destruction such as matches and gasoline? This is one of the reasons I find laws designed to keep guns away from the mentally unstable to be a poor substitute for the true solution, humane professional treatment with appropriate levels of monitoring and restraints to keep the patient from harming himself or others. Still, I think that people on both sides of the gun control debate should be able to agree on one thing: If a person has demonstrated that they are mentally dysfunctional, it is not in our best interest to leave ourselves vulnerable to their resulting behaviors. In her recent Talk magazine interview, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton attributed her husband's erratic and destructive conduct to abuse that "scarred" him as a child. The precise word she used to describe him was "dysfunctional," meaning his mental processes are impaired or abnormal, with these impairments manifesting themselves in deviant and harmful behaviors. She is his wife- the person closest to him in the world and the one who not only knows him best, but who is in a unique position to observe and assess his behavior on a continual basis. Her touted intelligence, legal acumen and political skills attest to her ability to choose words precisely. Her evaluation of his dysfunctional mental and emotional state should therefore be assigned the highest level of credibility. It has been well documented through numerous photo-ops that Bill Clinton, a man publicly deemed by his wife to be mentally impaired, is an avid duck hunter. He claims to have hunted since he was a boy. With guns. Do gun control proponents think it is in our interest as a society to allow a man whose own wife calls him "dysfunctional" continued access to guns? While it is true and well established that this president has enjoyed numerous privileges and immunities that would not be afforded to a commoner engaging in the same conduct, do they really want to look the other way this time? Is this truly something that serious anti- gun activists desire? If Mrs. Clinton, an impassioned champion of gun control, truthfully believes her husband to be mentally and emotionally dysfunctional, then the only consistent course of action open to her is to initiate a legal filing and obtain an injunction barring her husband from access to firearms until such time as he is deemed fit and whole by qualified mental health professionals. And if you embrace the theory that gun control is a viable and beneficial tool for stemming social violence, then you really have no choice but to insist that this happen immediately. Or to at least go on record defining which mental impairments should not disqualify their sufferers from access to guns. Or ICBMs. =A9 1999 by David Codrea, all rights reserved. David Codrea is a co-founder and contributor to the website GunTruths.com. Get the truth about guns at http://www.guntruths.com/ Contact: codrea4@earthlink.net [------------------------- 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: Fri, 6 Aug 99 07:48:07 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Fratrum: Re: Burn your cabin or go to jail (fwd) On Jul 31, Huck wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] To the lists, Go ahead and trust the fedgov and you may end up like this man. When I came to these lists I told some of you that the fedgov has agencies that get away with murder. They are the real terrorists. This opinion is from personal experience and involvement. I always knew that there were thieves in the fedgov agencies but this goes way beyond simple thievery. The UN now has a permanent foot hold on our freedoms and our property rights. In my opinion this man had every right to defend his property even if it came to violence. Come the new year it may not be roaming bands of thieves that you will have to defend your lives and property from. Get the picture? Huck > Subject: Burn your cabin or go to jail > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 08:29:15 -0400 > http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky > By Henry Lamb > 1999 WorldNetDaily.com > > It was already hot on June 17, when Bob Learzaf got up. He latched > his screen door, put the chain-latch on the front door, and left it ajar > while he went to take a bath, and get ready to go to work. He was alone > in his Pittsburgh apartment. > > He heard voices at his door, hushed, excited voices. Then came a > rapid, loud knock on the door. > > "Who's there?" Bob shouted. > > "Come to the door! Come to the door, now!" > > "Who is it? What's going on?" Bob shouted, as he clambered out of > the bathtub, reaching for a towel. > > "Come to the door, now. Federal Marshals!" > > "I'm taking a bath, let me get some clothes on." > > "No, you must come to the door immediately!" > > Bob heard the chain-latch snap, and running footsteps. He emerged > from the bathroom, clad only in a towel, to find seven federal marshals > in his tiny living room, one of whom was a woman. Seven, armed federal > marshals to apprehend this ... this, criminal? > > "Tell the woman she has to leave, this is not a peep-show," Bob > protested. > > "We're here because you failed to appear in court." > > "What court?" Bob asked. > > Bob's protestations were ignored. The marshals proceeded to examine > the apartment, including Bob's wallet, and other personal items. > > "I've got guns in this apartment. I want you to know that." > > Bob collects flint-locks, and keeps a loaded .45 by his bed, which > a marshal quickly found > > "Stay out of my stuff; you don't have a search warrant. Put that > gun down, it's loaded," Bob demanded. > > The marshals let Bob put on a pair of shorts. They cuffed him, put > him in leg-irons, and took him to jail. > > No one read him his rights. No one showed him a warrant. No one > cared what he had to say. After sitting in jail for two hours, someone > slipped a warrant under his cell door. He was charged with: "Maintaining > any kind of road, trail, structure, or other improvement on National > Forest system land without a special use authorization," a criminal > offense subject to six months in jail and a fine of $5,000. > > He had never received a notice to appear in court. The prosecutor > could not produce a notice of service at the preliminary hearing. The > judge released him on his own recognizance with a new court date set > for July 8. > > Bob's troubles began 20 years before he was born. His great-uncle > Mel Sojanski bought Iron City Junction from the Iron City Lumber > Company, on Oct. 16, 1923. Bob has the original bill of sale, which > identifies "all the buildings and land comprising Iron City Junction of > the Iron City Railroad." > > The building on the land was the railroad office. Uncle Mel had > cut and fitted the stones for the building's foundation, chimney and > porches, when he was a young man, in the late 1890s. Iron City Junction > was where several narrow-gauge rail lines converged. Steam locomotives > pulled cars loaded with logs to the junction where they were off-loaded > and hauled to the mill. When the railroad no longer needed the facility, > Uncle Mel and some relatives bought the place for $150 "cash-in-hand > paid." From the beginning, it was to be used by the family as a hunting > and fishing camp. > > In 1928, the federal government "acquired" the remaining lands of the > Iron City Lumber Company. Government representatives called on Uncle > Mel to give him the good news. Yes, the government recognized the bill > of sale, but because Uncle Mel's land was now surrounded by federal > land, and because there were no real surveys, the government required a > "special use permit," that only cost $3 per year. Uncle Mel trusted his > government -- no problem. > > Until 1976. Uncle Mel was no longer on the scene. Bob's father and two > uncles were in charge. The Forest Service presented them with a new > "special use permit," which "supersedes permit #19, dated November > 19, 1928." The new permit came with three pages of conditions. > Condition 29(a), on the last page of fine print, says the permit would > not > be renewed upon termination on December 31, 1996. > > When 1996 rolled around, Bob was the man in charge of the family's > Iron City Hunting & Fishing Club. The Forest Service knocked on his > door and said "you must vacate the property and burn your cabin." > > "Why would I do a crazy thing like that?" Bob asked. "My family has > owned this land since 1923." > > The Forest Service issued a notice of violation on June 16, 1997. In > the space labeled "court appearance," are the hand-written words > "To be notified by court." > > Bob went first to the District Ranger, and then to the Director of the > Allegheny National Forest, John Palmer, with his bill of sale. "We've > got a problem here I think we can solve. Here's the original bill of sale > > my Uncle Mel got when he bought the place in 1923." > > "That's not worth a thing. You don't have a claim. You've got to > remove the building and leave," was Palmer's reply. > > Bob found an attorney. "Wow, I can't believe this," says the attorney. > "They're charging you with a criminal violation. This is a civil matter. > It's an ownership dispute." > > The attorney arranged for two postponements, with the court supposed > to notify Bob's attorney when a new date was set. Time passed. No > word about a court date. Bob called his attorney who advised him to > let a sleeping dog lie. He did, for more than a year. But on June 17, the > > sleeping dog awoke, broke in his front door, and hauled him off to jail. > > Bob is not a wealthy man. He can't afford a battery of attorneys to > counter the tax-paid attorneys on call for the Forest Service. He > appeared in court on July 8 without an attorney. The prosecutor tried > for 45-minutes before court to talk Bob into pleading no-contest. No > jail time, a small fine, and it'll all be behind us, the prosecutor said. > > "Will I still have my land?" > > "Well, no." > > The judge postponed the case again, advising Bob to get an attorney. > He has to appear again on August 17. He is no closer to finding an > attorney who will take the case without money. > > In 1976, when the Forest Service issued the "20-year, no-renewal > permits," there were 193 private land owners in northwest Pennsylvania's > Allegheny Forest. Bob is the last. > > It may be just a coincidence that 1976 is the same year that the United > States signed a United Nations policy document which declared > "Public (read: government) control of land use is indispensable." It was > the decade of the "Federal Land Use Planning Act," unsuccessfully > promoted by Morris Udall. It was the decade of Rachel Carson, and the > birth of the modern environmental movement. The United Nations > Environment Program was an infant, and just beginning to preach its > gospel of government land use control. > > It is no coincidence that by 1996, agencies of the federal government > were not interested in talking to anyone about property rights, > especially > people who owned small parcels surrounded by federal land. People > have been driven out of the forests of the northwest. People are being > removed from private property, one way or the other, from one end of > this country to the other. With little fanfare, and less publicity, > people like > Bob, who don't have the resources to fight the feds, are being > steam-rolled > into submission or thrown into jail -- or both. [------------------------- 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: Fri, 6 Aug 99 09:36:37 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Endgame - Take action NOW (fwd) On Aug 02, Jurist wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] RKBA Defenders, If we do not beat back this full-scale assault on the Second Amendment, an attempt at national gun confiscation may well be around the corner http://www.sksbuyback.org (not the *right* of the government to confiscate guns, just the *imprimatur* of law to seize your weapons). I for one -- don't buy it. This is a repost which I sent before the House voted the JJB down, and also before Trent Lott/Dennis Haster et al revived this Frankenstein over the strenuous efforts of Rep. Bob Smith of New Hampshire. The info still applies and your need to act NOW is more imperative than ever. We must stop all guns laws from here on out and push for 'compromise' to head back towards the Constitution -- indeed, we must abolish all laws that conflict with the Constitution. ... >"House Republican leaders last month reversed years of opposition to gun restrictions and embraced mandatory background checks at gun shows, child safety locks and other measures approved by the Senate. In the wake of the Littleton, Colo., shootings, Hou >"But with grass-roots activists now mobilized on both sides of the issue and many lawmakers still resistant to even modest gun control measures, the House remains deeply divided on how to proceed as it reconvenes today, according to lawmakers and congres >"Some conservative Republicans, such as Judiciary Committee member Robert L. Barr Jr. (Ga.), are already planning to try to weaken the gun safety provisions slated for a committee vote this week. Read it all at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-06/07/073l-060799-idx.html Please contact your congresscritters and let them know you are pissed!! http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ - ---- The Good, the Bad and the Squishy --------------- State Member Phone Fax Number District Phone E-Mail - ------------------------------------------------------- TX Tom DeLay (R-22) 202-225-5951 202-225-5241 281-240-3700 http://www.house.gov/writerep/ IL J. Dennis Hastert (R-14) 202-225-2976 202-225-0697 630-406-1114 dhastert@mail.house.gov GA Bob Barr (R-07) 202-225-2931 202-225-2944 770-429-1776 barr.ga@mail.house.gov TX Ron Paul (R-14) 202-225-2831 202-226-4871 361-576-1231 rep.paul@mail.house.gov ID Helen Chenoweth (R-01) 202-225-6611 202-225-3029 208-336-9831 ask.helen@mail.house.gov MS Sen. Trent Lott (R) 202-224-6253 202-224-2262 601-965-4644 senatorlott@lott.senate.gov NH Sen. Robert Smith (R) 202-224-2841 202-224-1353 603-228-0453 opinion@smith.senate.gov Republican National Committee Mr. Jim Nicholson 310 First Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20003 Tel: 202.863.8500 Fax: 202.863.8820 E-mail: info@rnc.org http://www.rnc.org/ New Hampshire Sen. Robert C. Smith, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, yesterday warned that fellow conservatives are on the verge of rebellion against the party's leadership in Congress. He said the Republican establishment takes conservatives like himself "for granted." "If you take the pro-life, pro-gun and Christian conservative people out of the Republican party, well, you don't have a Republican Party," he said. http://www.smithforpresident.org/bs990520.htm http://www.2000gop.com/smith/ For your convenience: dhastert@mail.house.gov, barr.ga@mail.house.gov, rep.paul@mail.house.gov, opinion@smith.senate.gov, ask.helen@mail.house.gov, senatorlott@lott.senate.gov, info@rnc.org Repost: Voting for gun laws will spell end of Republican Party Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 08:10:38 -0400 From: jurist To: dhastert@mail.house.gov, senatorlott@lott.senate.gov, info@rnc.org, barr.ga@mail.house.gov, rep.paul@mail.house.gov, opinion@smith.senate.gov, ask.helen@mail.house.gov, Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the House and Senate, Do not pass any more "laws" against the People's Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Vote against S. 254 and similar bills. Such votes infuriate peace-loving and law-abiding Republican voters, as the government must abide by it's own law -- the Constitution. Fail to protect it and we WILL vote Republicans out. Gun laws have never made anyone safer, indeed they leave the law-abiding defenseless -- as they have in New York City, DC, LA, Baltimore and Chicago -- where the highest murder rates prevail. The safest locations, such as Vermont and Switzerland, are the safest places to live in the US and in the world, respectively, and both have very little, if any laws interfering with the rights of the peace-loving to defend themselves. Most importantly, the Second Amendment is an individual right, intended by the Founders as the safeguard against tyranny. It is no coincidence that the President who is the most contemptuous towards freedom and security of the United States fears American civilians the most and seeks to disarm them, while he weakens the U.S. military and gives the Rec Communist Chinese our most vital secrets. No more gun laws -- they are unconstitutional infringements on our inalienable rights! Respectfully, Richard E. Vaughan - ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Right to Self Defense is a Fundamental Human Right - RKBA - ---------------------------------------------------------------- [------------------------- 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: Sun, 8 Aug 99 14:48:26 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Heads Up #147 (2/2) (fwd) On Aug 07, Doug Fiedor wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] follow them. But, it seems, we citizens have to know our=20 rights, too. So, he's trying to get the word out. Barber told the St. Petersburg Times that he is=20 acting because "for the past year, police agencies across=20 Texas have stepped up what they call 'consent' searches of=20 vehicles on our highways." And he's seen the result:=20 People have had their possessions strewn on the ground by=20 police while they search the car, "vacationing families=20 with children standing in the summer heat . . . while=20 officers went through their suitcases. I saw two gray- haired ladies standing in the cold last winter," Barber=20 recalls. "Nobody knows what their constitutional rights=20 are. Nobody knows you can refuse a search request and=20 you're free to leave," Barber said. So, he developed a rather unique way of=20 informing people, which was when his problems started. As the story goes, Barber owns some property=20 on Interstate 20 near Colorado City, Texas. Thereon, he=20 erected an 8 by 16 foot billboard that reads, "Just say NO=20 to Searches!" He also provides a phone number where=20 callers receive a recorded message that describes a=20 citizen's constitutional right to refuse a search. Of course, not everyone is happy to see that=20 sign. Some police don't like the idea that citizens may=20 know and assert their rights. One unhappy camper, for=20 instance, turned out to be Mitchell County Sheriff Pat=20 Toombs. Toombs called in the bureaucrats, those=20 professional buttinskys who can always seem to find=20 something wrong with anything. Sure enough, Barber received a letter from=20 the Texas Department of Transportation demanding the sign=20 come down. According to the minor bureaucrats at DOT, the=20 sign was technically in violation of the state's Highway=20 Beautification Act. Little bureaucrats, of course, always seem to=20 take themselves very seriously. So, they threatened Barber=20 with fines of up to $1,000 per day if he didn't remove the=20 billboard. However, the minor bureaucrats at DOT were=20 either ignorant, or just plain mean. Regardless, they did=20 exactly the wrong thing. Barber is an attorney, was a prosecutor, and=20 knows his rights. So, he did the lawyerly thing and took=20 DOT to court, claiming DOT was violating his First=20 Amendment right to express a political viewpoint on his own=20 land. State District Judge Suzanne Covington of Austin=20 agreed and issued an injunction against DOT. She found=20 that Barber was likely to prevail and allowed the sign to=20 remain standing at least until the summary judgment=20 hearing, which is set for October. Barber will win easily, if the holding of the=20 U.S. Supreme Court is honored. Back in 1994, the Court=20 said that people have a right to place political signs on=20 their own property. So, that is settled before they even=20 get to court. But, there's more yet. Last May, the American=20 Drivers Association, a group that claims to represent=20 86,000 member truck drivers, announced its plans to put up=20 similar "Just say NO to Vehicle Searches" billboards along=20 I-20 from Louisiana to East Texas. Perhaps organizations in other states will=20 soon follow suit. We hope so. Our Fourth Amendment rights=20 must be protected to the letter. CBS TRASHES THE CONSTITUTION Perhaps we were wrong on this end -- a bit=20 hasty, anyway. We've been chastising the TV media for=20 never even mentioning the many Constitutional issues=20 violated by the federal government. Now, when they=20 mentioned one, we don't like it. That's because they were exactly and completely=20 wrong. In fact, by acting like major proponents of the=20 elitist, big government socialists, they got everything=20 totally backwards.=20 That was CBS, of course, and their hatchet job=20 last week on the Second Amendment. The CBS farce started out by saying that: "The=20 Founding Fathers created a Constitutional conundrum with=20 the Second Amendment." No they didn't! The Founding Fathers wrote a=20 Great Constitution that gives the central government=20 certain enumerated duties, or powers. Regulating the right=20 of the people to keep and bear arms is not one of those=20 powers. Clearly, it is not there. Therefore, it is a power=20 left to the States, or to the people. CBS continues with their farce: "There is=20 one rather important group that has never said the Second=20 Amendment protects the right to own a gun: the U.S.=20 Supreme Court. In fact, the Supreme Court is so convinced=20 that there is no such right, the Court hasn't heard a Second=20 Amendment case since 1939." This is only partly true -- splitting hairs,=20 actually. In 1995, the Supreme Court held that the "Gun- Free School Zones Act of 1990," which forbids "any=20 individual knowingly to possess a firearm at a place that=20 [he] knows ... is a school zone," to be beyond the powers=20 granted to federal government by the Constitution. The=20 federal government does not have the power to regulate=20 firearms when they are owned by a citizen. Period. See: US v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), at=20 http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/93-1260.ZS.html=20 Read it and weep CBS, and all the other media=20 hacks who believe our right to keep and bear arms is less=20 important than our right of free speech. Chief Justice=20 Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court: "The Act exceeds Congress' Commerce Clause=20 authority. First, although this Court has upheld a wide=20 variety of congressional Acts regulating intrastate=20 economic activity that substantially affected interstate=20 commerce, the possession of a gun in a local school zone=20 is in no sense an economic activity that might, through=20 repetition elsewhere, have such a substantial effect on=20 interstate commerce. Section 922(q) is a criminal statute=20 that by its terms has nothing to do with "commerce" or any=20 sort of economic enterprise, however broadly those terms=20 are defined. Nor is it an essential part of a larger=20 regulation of economic activity, in which the regulatory=20 scheme could be undercut unless the intrastate activity=20 were regulated. It cannot, therefore, be sustained under=20 the Court's cases upholding regulations of activities that=20 arise out of or are connected with a commercial transaction,=20 which viewed in the aggregate, substantially affects=20 interstate commerce. Second, =A7922(q) contains no=20 jurisdictional element which would ensure, through case-by- case inquiry, that the firearms possession in question has=20 the requisite nexus with interstate commerce. Respondent=20 was a local student at a local school; there is no=20 indication that he had recently moved in interstate=20 commerce, and there is no requirement that his possession=20 of the firearm have any concrete tie to interstate commerce. =20 To uphold the Government's contention that =A7922(q) is=20 justified because firearms possession in a local school=20 zone does indeed substantially affect interstate commerce=20 would require this Court to pile inference upon inference=20 in a manner that would bid fair to convert congressional=20 Commerce Clause authority to a general police power of the=20 sort held only by the States."=20 "We pause to consider the implications of the=20 Government's arguments. The Government admits, under its=20 'costs of crime' reasoning, that Congress could regulate=20 not only all violent crime, but all activities that might=20 lead to violent crime, regardless of how tenuously they=20 relate to interstate commerce. Similarly, under the=20 Government's 'national productivity' reasoning, Congress=20 could regulate any activity that it found was related to=20 the economic productivity of individual citizens: family=20 law (including marriage, divorce, and child custody), for=20 example. Under the theories that the Government presents=20 in support of =A7922(q), it is difficult to perceive any=20 limitation on federal power, even in areas such as criminal=20 law enforcement or education where States historically have=20 been sovereign. Thus, if we were to accept the=20 Government's arguments, we are hard-pressed to posit any=20 activity by an individual that Congress is without power to=20 regulate. . . . This we are unwilling to do." The American people are armed for three=20 important reasons: To protect self, family and home=20 against criminal intrusion. To defend self, family and=20 neighborhood against invasion by a tyrannical government=20 or foreign invasion. And to hunt. It is our unalienable right to remain armed. =20 And, by armed, I mean with any one or more of those types=20 of weapons that may be easily carried to a muster point in=20 time of emergency by one person, together with 1,000 rounds=20 of ammunition. We, the free, honorable citizens of these=20 United States, are the unorganized, or inactive, "Militia"=20 spoken of by the Founding Fathers. The National Guard is=20 the "active," or organized, Militia. Both must remain well=20 armed, the latter in a more militarily professional fashion=20 than the former. Because, when we Americans see terrible=20 government atrocities, such as at Ruby Ridge and Waco -- and=20 when we see this administration blundering to the brink of=20 world war with China, Russia, Korea, and many of the Arab=20 countries -- we see that we may need more, not less,=20 personal arms. Far left media hacks, like CBS News, should=20 stick with their normal tabloid journalism. They obviously=20 know nothing about our Constitution or the original intent=20 of those great American patriots who wrote it. For more information on the right to bear arms,=20 visit the web page of UCLA Law School Professor Eugene=20 Volokh at: http://www.gunscholar.org=20 ~ End ~=20 NOTE: There will be no newsletter next week. =20 It's time for a short vacation. =20 [------------------------- 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: Sun, 8 Aug 99 14:49:44 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Heads Up #147 (1/2) (fwd) On Aug 07, Doug Fiedor wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Heads Up A Weekly View from the Foothills of Appalachia August 8, 1999 #147 by: Doug Fiedor fiedor19@eos.net - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous Editions at:=20 http://www.uhuh.com/headsup.htm and http://mmc.cns.net/headsup.html - --------------------------------------------------------------------- MORE HARM BY THE EPA They were told repeatedly that they were harming=20 people, but they didn't care. And, there was nothing much=20 we could do about it. They were government and we=20 were . . . well, we were but citizens. Subjects, actually. The list of health problems they caused is=20 rather long, too. Headaches, nausea, hives, rashes,=20 respiratory distress, kidney disease, arthritis, and even=20 cancer all make the list. Still, government didn't care. =20 There was a bureaucratic mandate and that was that. No=20 one is allowed to argue with a regulatory agency decision. That was a decade ago. Today, due to the=20 outright negligence of the EPA, there are millions of=20 American citizens drinking water containing unnatural=20 chemicals like methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and=20 benzene, both of which are known carcinogens. And finely,=20 after the harm has been caused, the EPA admits that its=20 actions were directly responsible for poisoning a portion=20 of the nation's water supply. We were told, a decade ago, that oxygenates=20 added to gasoline, called reformulated gasoline (RFG),=20 would reduce emissions from vehicle traffic. These=20 reformulated gasolines are in the form of methyl tertiary=20 butyl ether (MTBE), methanol, tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA),=20 and ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE). All have produced a=20 great many health problems but have done little to help keep=20 the air clean. Instead, they add a disagreeable smell to the=20 air when used. Reformulated gasoline also causes a number of=20 problems with automobile engines, in addition to lowering=20 fuel economy significantly. And, of course, reformulated=20 gasoline costs more that untreated gasoline. Never mind, though. EPA knows better than=20 everyone else and so made the use of reformulated gasoline=20 mandatory in many areas of the country. In some areas, unknowledgeable State legislators and bureaucrats forced=20 the reformulated gasoline on citizens as a way of pacifying=20 federal regulators and collecting brownie points from big=20 local producers. Well, now comes the day of reckoning. At a news conference two weeks ago, an advisory=20 report prepared for the EPA concluded that MTBE can now be=20 found in 5 percent to 10 percent of the drinking water=20 supplies in areas where the reformulated gasoline is=20 mandated. The reason that MTBE is contaminating the=20 nation's water is that it is extremely soluble in water and=20 flows rapidly through soil. Effectively, it is alcohol and=20 ether and is nearly as soluble as pure alcohol and ether. =20 Therefore, it gobbles up other impurities and carries them=20 along with it -- into our water supply. EPA knew this years ago. But, they forced it=20 on us anyway. Dr. Peter M. Joseph, a professor at the=20 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, told The=20 Washington Times he believes the rise in MTBE use is=20 responsible for the "huge incomprehensible increase" in=20 certain disorders, including asthma and wheezing, that have=20 been seen in Philadelphia, the District of Columbia and=20 other cities where MTBE-laced gas has been mandatory during=20 most of the past decade. Dr. Joseph believes the gas=20 additive is also responsible for other medical conditions,=20 including sinusitis, unexplained coughing, insomnia and=20 heart palpitations. "I'm convinced this is a public health=20 disaster," Dr. Joseph told The Times two weeks ago. Congress, of course, had their fingers buried=20 deep into this pie, too. It's called the politics of=20 campaign contributions. To "encourage" ethanol production -- and=20 receive even larger campaign contributions -- Congress gave=20 ethanol produced from biomass a special tax break. The=20 incentive is currently 54 cents per gallon of ethanol used=20 as, or in, highway fuel. And, about 1.1 billion gallons of=20 ethanol per year qualify for the tax incentive. Back in April 1995, the U.S. Court of Appeals=20 for the District of Columbia stayed EPA's rule mandating=20 the use of ethanol in RFG, and ruled that EPA did not have=20 the authority to mandate ethanol use. Later, the court=20 refused to hear an appeal by EPA. However, that didn't=20 quite work. EPA mandated reformulated gasoline in many=20 areas of the country anyway. Each area uses varying=20 amounts of ethanol in their concoctions. There was a time, a couple decades ago, when=20 the Environmental Protection Agency actually had something=20 worthwhile to do. It helped clean a few lakes and rivers=20 and made the smokestack industry clean up its act. And=20 now, its job is done. Sure, there are still a few polluted=20 areas around the country. But, pollution in these areas is=20 better handled by the States, rather than an over intrusive=20 federal bureaucracy. Meanwhile, those responsible for mandating=20 RFG should be tried and convicted for criminal negligence. ACTIVATE AMENDMENT XXV As much as I hate to say that I agree with=20 Hillary on anything, it's time to admit it: Bill Clinton=20 has a psychological problem. Worse yet, Bill Clinton IS a=20 psychological problem for the country.=20 The psychobabble arm of the White House=20 propaganda machine is out making excuses again. Now, we're=20 suppose to believe that some "deeply rooted flaw" in his=20 character was placed there by a bad home life. Mama argued=20 with grandma when he was four years old, or some such=20 nonsense. "He was so young, barely four, when he was=20 scarred by abuse," Hillary now says. "There was a=20 terrible conflict between his mother and his grandmother. =20 A psychologist once told me that, for a boy, being in the=20 middle of a conflict between two women is the worst=20 possible situation. There is always a desire to please=20 each one." Yeah. I remember some of that growing up in=20 Detroit. I had a mother, two grandmothers and quite a few=20 aunts I saw frequently. And, yes, I had to "please" them=20 all. Damn right! I was the kid, they were the adults. =20 That's how it works. Did they argue sometimes? I don't know. =20 Maybe. Probably. Everyone is not always right all of the=20 time. Who cares! "Yes, he has weaknesses," the White House=20 chief propagandist continues. "Yes, he needs to be more=20 disciplined, but it is remarkable, given his background,=20 that he turned out to be the kind of person he is, capable=20 of such leadership." Bill Clinton most certainly does need to learn=20 discipline; that's for sure. He could start by firing the=20 White House harem and not having sex in the workplace -- at=20 least take them upstairs, like Kennedy did. And, where does this "leadership" come in? =20 Fund raising is not a leadership position, and that's about=20 all he does. Well, that and campaign. "He has been working on himself very hard in=20 the past year. He has become more aware of his past and=20 what was causing this behavior. You know, in Christian=20 theology there are sins of weakness and sins of malice and=20 this was a sin of weakness." Ahem . . . We don't want to get into a=20 religious discussion here, but I can remember quite a few=20 more sins than that. And, President Bill Clinton has=20 violated them all. Repeatedly. This is more than "spin" from the White House=20 via Hillary, it is another obvious lie. What they're=20 trying to tell us this time is that Bill Clinton is a victim=20 who need not take responsibility for his actions. Nice=20 try, but no one in their right mind is going to believe it. There's a deeply rooted psychological flaw in=20 both Clintons, all right, but it had nothing to do with=20 when they were four years old. Back when Clinton first announced he planned to=20 run for president, a deeply religious woman from one of the=20 churches down the road said that she thought he was evil. =20 She explained that, when she looked at him, and listened to=20 him, it was like there was no one really there. She went=20 on to say that "everyone" has that feeling with truly evil=20 people, and that you instinctively know to stay away from=20 them. Well, I didn't. Not really, anyway. So, I=20 just forgot about it, thinking it might have had something=20 to do with the teachings of her church and I had better=20 dummy up and not reply. That was a week or so before the Clintons' first=20 appearance on 60 Minutes -- the one where both of them lied=20 through their teeth and the 60 Minutes producers covered it=20 up and made them look good. While watching that, I remembered what that=20 woman said. I also realized that I would not wish to meet=20 people like the Clintons. I wasn't thinking "evil," as the=20 woman labeled them. It was just that I could see that=20 these were not the type of people I would ever wish to=20 associate with for any reason. I didn't trust them. Neither of them. And,=20 over these past few years, they have proven my "hunch" to=20 be exactly correct. They also proved the woman to be=20 correct. They are evil. I mean, what type of person would=20 use a national forum to show great disrespect for his=20 mother and grandmother? And, for political gain yet. About a year ago, Hillary said: "Bill and I=20 have been accused of everything, including murder, by some=20 of the very same people who are behind these allegations. =20 So from my perspective, this is part of a continuing=20 political campaign against my husband." She called anyone daring to disagree with the=20 Clinton misbehavior part of a "vast right-wing conspiracy." =20 In one interview she said to "be patient, take a deep=20 breath and the truth will come out." So, OK, now we know she lied before. Bill=20 Clinton is psychologically disturbed. We don't need to=20 know exactly why. He has major mental problems, which=20 explain all the adultery, socialism, lies, perjury, rape,=20 sexual harassment, drug abuse, etc. That's all we need=20 know and Hillary verified it last week. He should not be president. PROTECT THE FOURTH AMENDMENT Every once in a while we hear good news=20 about the protection of our Constitutional rights. Here's=20 one such story: Back in 1996, the Court held that police are=20 not obligated to tell people about their Fourth Amendment=20 rights during a traffic stop. Nor are police obligated to=20 tell you that you can go. That is, in Ohio vs. Robinette,=20 the court ruled that a police officer could request a=20 consensual search without bothering to tell the driver that=20 he could refuse and was free to go.=20 Needless to say, many street cops take full=20 advantage of that little quirk in the law. Often, they=20 make people wait on the sidewalk while they "toss" the=20 vehicle without any particular probable cause. Now comes attorney Pat Barber of Colorado City,=20 Texas. Barber was a former county prosecutor, so knows the=20 rules better than many of us. And, he wants the police to=20 [------------------------- 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 #267 *************************