From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #423 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Friday, February 9 2001 Volume 02 : Number 423 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 01 16:12:33 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Winning It Back (fwd) On Feb 6, Kevin M. McGehee wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Things sure look a lot different now that the Clintons are no longer haunting the Melanin-Deficient House. But even though there are scattered signs that the American people are no longer hypnotized by the Bill & Hill Show, there's a long row to hoe before we can realistically expect major improvements in the statutes that afflict us. As Clinton demonstrated during impeachment, the Rule of Law depends more than we've been willing to admit on the political will being manifest to maintain it. If the political winds are blowing toward privilege and exception rather than to equality before the law, officials will be willing to take actions that undermine the Rule of Law and know that they will get away with it. A public that has not been properly instructed as to the moral case for the Rule of Law cannot be expected to value it above the prospect of winning privilege by supporting politicians who promise it to them. People in our line of activism have grown accustomed to having to argue, for example, that our nation is a republic, not a democracy. Not all that long ago such a point need not have been made. But it is easier for a society to lose its bearings than to regain them. Today only a lucky few are likely even to understand the difference between a republic and a democracy. I even had to provide a glib answer for a pro-gun activist who was having difficulty himself pinning down the difference. When even those who must instruct, need instruction, quick resolution of the problem at hand is not an option. This realization has left me somewhat nervous about how well we all may capitalize on the opportunities that will come in the next few years. This misunderstanding of the difference between democracy and a republic is, I think, at the heart of our problem. In a democracy, it is not merely so that the majority rules regardless of whether it is right - after all, in a constitutional republic the constitution, being the work of mere men, is not always right. Ours started out by denying full citizenship to black people. What truly distinguishes a democracy from a republic is sovereignty. In a democracy, any majority in any decision-making process has sovereignty of the moment. In a republic, sovereignty is invested permanently and does not drift to and fro with the winds of popular opinion. In a constitutional republic, sovereignty is invested in the Constitution. It is true that the people, through their representatives in public office, may amend the Constitution, but the procedures for doing so are explicitly described in the Constitution itself - the people and their officials do not have the authority to amend it by other means. What the people do retain that gives them ultimate power over the Constitution is the same thing people in other countries retain: a natural, unalienable right to revolution, the right described in the Declaration of Independence. But the American people as a body are no more sovereign in America than are the people of England or Russia or Cuba. We have more substantial effect over our government than people elsewhere, only because the Constitution provides for the procedures for peaceably changing the occupants of our public offices, just as it does for amendment. This is not to say that our fundamental freedoms are given to us by our Constitution. After all, the Constitution does not include a right to revolution, yet that right certainly exists. Nor would the fundamental right to defend oneself as well as one's family, property, community or country disappear overnight if the Second Amendment were to be repealed. A sovereign Constitution is no more infallible than a sovereign mob. The advantage of a constitutional republic is simply permanence of authority - without lifetime appointments for legislative and executive policymakers, that permanence of authority must be invested somewhere. It is unfortunate that the Founding Fathers did not see fit to make all three branches of government impermanent, since I believe it is the permanence of federal judges that has made them confident enough to challenge the sovereignty of the Constitution. But even if that is a fault that must be repaired, now is not even close to the time that it could be done. There is too much else to be done first, about which none of us have any doubt. In the short term, of course we must make sure our elected officials never forget that under the Constitution we have authority over them at election time, and that they must attend to the fundamental rights of the people and uphold the Rule of Law. But in the aftermath of the Clinton presidency we must recognize that the political impact of such reminders has been washed almost entirely away. Unless and until we bring the rest of the American people up to speed on how our Constitutional republic works and why it is necessary to maintain it, they will continue to believe that America is a democracy where the inconstant will o' the people is never to be challenged. It is not enough merely to assert that ours is a republic-not-a-democracy. We have to explain what the difference is and why it matters, and in such a way that the average American hearing it does not immediately tune us out as cranks. Nobody ever said the 21st century would be easy. Kevin M. McGehee Coweta County, Georgia mcgehee@charter.net http://www.McGeheeZone.com/ "Would you think I was joking if I said that you can put a clock back, and that if the clock is wrong it is often a very sensible thing to do?" - -- C.S. Lewis, in *Mere Christianity* [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- 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 - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 19:40:01 -0600 From: linzellr@datastar.net (Robert Linzell) Subject: [Fwd: CORRECTION - "Challenge to America: A Current Assessment of our Republic"] - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: CORRECTION - "Challenge to America: A Current Assessment of our Republic" Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 19:49:22 -0500 From: "The Liberty Committee" Reply-To: "The Liberty Committee" To: "Liberty Activist" February 6, 2001 Dear friend of liberty, Congressman Ron Paul, our honorary chairman, will present his "Challenge to America: A Current Assessment of our Republic" on the floor of the U.S. House. Dr. Paul's speech will be presented in two segments. The first segment will be presented Wednesday, February 7 shortly after 12:00 noon ET. The second segment will be presented Thursday, February 8 soon after 10:00 a.m. ET. Both segments will be presented as special-order speeches. C-SPAN (http://www.c-span.org/) television and radio will broadcast Dr. Paul's speech as part of their regular coverage of the U.S. House. Kent Snyder The Liberty Committee http://www.thelibertycommittee.org Bob in Mississippi - State Motto: Virtute et Armis ("By Valor and Arms") My PGP Public Key(s): RKBA! - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 01 10:07:25 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Re: Former Waco Prosecutor to Plead Guilty (fwd) On Feb 6, C. D. Tavares wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] At 10:21 AM -0600 2/6/01, you wrote: > Former Waco Prosecutor to Plead Guilty > Charges Stemmed from Branch Davidian Trial > The Associated Press > Johnson has admitted withholding information dealing with the FBI's use of > pyrotechnic gas on April 19, 1993, the final day of a 51-day standoff that > ended with the death of Davidian leader David Koresh and some 80 followers > perished. > > Johnston told the newspaper he was improperly singled out for prosecution > but couldn't afford to fight the charges. Damn straight. As usual, the AP is spinning the story by leaving out salient facts. The missing notes that Johnston "withheld" concerned somebody's story about the use of pyro rounds against a target that was AWAY FROM the house where the people were. It's nothing but an excuse used to punish Johnston because he was actually a whistleblower AGAINST the Justice Department coverup. See below. From: "Bill Phillips" To: Subject: The Dallas Morning News Texas-Southwest Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 15:31:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 Sender: fap-approval@world.std.com Precedence: list Reply-To: fap@world.std.com "...............have deceived the American people for over seven years ............." http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/195739_waco_20tex.ART.html Panel faults Reno, Clinton on Waco Justice disputes public was misled 10/20/2000 By Lee Hancock and Michelle Mittelstadt / The Dallas Morning News A congressional report released Thursday alleges that President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno misled the public for years with claims that military experts endorsed the "flawed" FBI tear-gas attack that ended the Branch Davidian siege. "President Clinton and Attorney General Reno have deceived the American people for over seven years by misrepresenting that the military endorsed, sanctioned or otherwise approvingly evaluated the plan," stated the report by the Republican-led House Government Reform Committee. The report also vigorously criticizes the Justice Department's response in the aftermath of the tragedy, contending that the agency's actions "were consistent with an organization that was not eager to learn the full truth about what happened on April 19, 1993." Justice Department officials took issue with the report's main thrusts: That Ms. Reno misled the American people about whether the military had approved the FBI tear-gas plan and that she was less than vigorous in ordering an internal investigation of the Waco tragedy or rushed it for political reasons. "We wish it would have reflected a more balanced and objective view of the facts," said Justice Department spokesman Myron Marlin. An opposing report by the committee's Democratic minority also disputed the Republican majority's criticism of Ms. Reno. Committee Democrats contended that the attorney general acted properly during and after the siege and said the committee had wasted more than a year of investigative resources on the Waco tragedy. Democrats said that the committee's findings duplicate earlier investigations or were unsupported. Both reports cap a yearlong investigation by the same committee that conducted highly partisan hearings in 1995 on the Waco tragedy. Inquiry reopened The committee reopened its inquiry in September 1999 after FBI and Justice officials were forced to reverse years of public denials and acknowledge that military pyrotechnic tear-gas grenades had been used at the end of the siege. That admission and a federal prosecutor's warnings to the attorney general of a possible cover-up of the use of pyrotechnic tear gas prompted Ms. Reno to appoint Waco special prosecutor John C. Danforth. Mr. Danforth issued a preliminary report in July exonerating the government of "bad acts" and clearing Ms. Reno of wrongdoing. About 80 Branch Davidians died April 19, 1993, when their compound burned. The fire broke out about six hours after FBI agents began ramming the building with tanks and spraying in tear gas to force an end to a 51-day standoff. The siege began when a gunfight broke out as federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to search the Davidian complex and arrest leader David Koresh on weapons charges. Four ATF agents and six Branch Davidians died. The committee inquiry that led to Thursday's report began with intense partisan sniping. Ranking minority member Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chastised chairman Dan Burton, R-Ind., in September 1999 after the chairman accused Justice Department officials of withholding from Congress parts of an FBI report that identified one tear gas round used at Waco as a military device. Mr. Waxman's staff discovered last fall that several copies of the report, including the reference to the military rounds, were given to the committee before its 1995 hearings. Probe called flawed On Thursday, Democrats renewed their criticism, charging that the committee's investigation was flawed because of its beginnings with that "false accusation." But the committee's majority noted that those documents were "dumped" on the committee three days before the start of the 1995 hearings "in an apparent hope that ... no one would have the opportunity to find these documents and ask relevant questions." "Justice Department officials were more concerned in 1995 with their own political self- preservation than their duty of full disclosure to the American people and the Congress," the report charges. The report includes accounts from an Army general and colonel of how they refused Ms. Reno's request to evaluate an FBI plan to assault the Davidian compound when FBI officials were seeking her approval for the final tear-gas operation. The two special forces officers, who were never interviewed by Justice officials assigned to review government actions in Waco, said they told Ms. Reno that federal "posse comitatus" limits on military involvement in domestic law enforcement actions prohibited them from offering any critique of the plan to end the siege. 'Is this legal?' At one point in discussing the operation plan, then Deputy Attorney General Webster Hubbell asked one of the officers, "Is this legal?" the report states. "The Army colonel did not answer when Hubbell looked at him, but stated during his interview with committee staff that his private thought at the time was, 'That's your job, not mine.'" The report adds that both officers told congressional investigators that they were stunned when they later learned that the plan had been allowed to go forward. "They were convinced the FBI would never execute the proposed operations plan," the report states. "The Army Colonel stated he believed the Attorney General 'didn't buy the plan being proposed by the FBI.' ... His impression from the meeting was that no one thought it was a smart way to proceed. He went on to state that he was astonished when he saw the fire on TV on April 19, 1993. "General [Peter] Schoomacher ... thought at the time of the meeting with Attorney General Reno was that HRT [Hostage Rescue Team] should have put a fence around the compound and waited until the Branch Davidians came out from hunger, but he did not state this thought openly." Ms. Reno later told Congress that the officers had told her the FBI's plan was "excellent," and President Clinton told reporters that he was told the military officers "were in basic agreement" with the FBI's plan. On Thursday, one Justice official who spoke on condition of anonymity disputed as "fundamentally incorrect" the charges that the officers' views were misrepresented or that they were improperly asked for input. Democrats contend that the officers' statements were misinterpreted and added that Ms. Reno's account of the meeting was supported by three other Justice officials. "The majority grossly exaggerates the significance of what is largely a difference in semantics and subjective impressions," the Democrats' report states. While the committee report diverges from the Danforth report with its intense criticism of the attorney general, its conclusions mirror several key findings of the special counsel. Like Mr. Danforth and a federal court in Waco that recently threw out a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by surviving Davidians, the congressional committee found no evidence that government agents fired at the sect at the end of the siege. But the report notes, "It is extremely unlikely that anyone will ever be able to prove, scientifically, that no government agent ever fired a shot at the Davidians on April 19, 1993." Lawyers criticized The report criticizes Justice Department lawyers who prosecuted Davidians after the siege, contending that lead prosecutors Ray and LeRoy Jahn of San Antonio and former prosecutor Bill Johnston of Waco were told in 1993 that the FBI had used pyrotechnic tear gas. Ray Jahn told Congress in 1995 that only nonpyrotechnic gas was used in Waco, and his wife, LeRoy, signed pleadings during the criminal case that offered similar statements. Records made public last fall included Mrs. Jahn's 1993 notes referring to the FBI's use of military, pyrotechnic rounds. The congressional report notes that recent admissions about the use of pyrotechnic gas were largely due to Mr. Johnston's public warnings to Ms. Reno of a possible cover-up. But it noted that Mr. Johnston withheld personal notes from the committee that show he was told in the fall of 1993 that "incind" or incendiary military gas rounds were fired at a bunker near the compound. "While Johnston deserves credit for his role in bringing to light the use of pyrotechnic devices on April 19, 1993, a secret that lasted for seven years, his record in this matter is a mixed one," the report states. "Johnston performed a public service for which he suffered undeserved reprisals from the Department of Justice. On the other hand, Johnston's apparent decision to withhold his handwritten notes ... cannot be overlooked or excused." A lawyer for the former prosecutor has said that the Waco special counsel has threatened to prosecute Mr. Johnston for withholding the notes. The lawyer has said that Mr. Danforth's office tried to convince Mr. Johnston to plead guilty and testify against the Jahns. Mr. Johnston has refused. Neither Mr. Johnston's lawyer nor the Jahns' attorney could be reached Thursday. Among other findings of the report: * The committee disagreed with a recent court ruling that the FBI did not deviate improperly from a Washington-approved plan. "The plan, as executed, was more aggressive and destructive than the plan that was approved, and resembled closely earlier plans which had not been approved," the report contends. * Ms. Reno failed to explain why she approved the plan after initially rejecting it - a charge that Democrats and Justice officials dispute. * Ms. Reno promised a comprehensive review, but her department's investigation "was negligent and was improperly rushed to its conclusion solely for political purposes." Democrats and Justice officials also dispute that. * Department of Defense officials did not conduct an after-action report to account for assistance that state National Guard units and federal military personnel provided to law enforcement agencies during the incident. This contributed to the failure of both the military and the FBI to account for 250 high-explosive rounds that records indicate were distributed to FBI personnel from Fort Hood during the siege. The report recommends an annual accounting to Congress of all military support of domestic law enforcement as well as notification of Congressional leaders whenever U.S. special forces units are asked to provide equipment, support personnel or advice for law enforcement operations. - -- Tavares@alum.mit.edu | http://home.earthlink.net/~cdtavares | RKBA! When you disarm your subjects, you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion will induce them to hate you. - -- NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- 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 - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 01 11:12:12 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: NAACP tax status questioned (fwd) On Feb 06, josie bass wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] >Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 04:32:00 -0500 >From: Charleston Voice >Subject: NAACP tax status questioned > >Don't hold your breath on this one. Any serious look into the NAACP's tax >charter would threaten to expose the un-Constitutionality of any and all >other non-profits which would mean dismantling a large chunk of the >Establishment and its tax-free foundations. There are now hundreds of >billions and tens of thousands people who have become dependent on other >peoples money. We have been unable to find in our Constitution where any >class of people or group is entitled to receive special privileges from >the federal government. Can you? >For additional articles on NAACP, see: >Julian Bond, Man Under >the Hood: >http://billsbest.tripod.com/JULIANBOND.htm > >NAACP, Enemy of America: http://billsbest.tripod.com/NAACP.htm > >---------- > >http://asp.washtimes.com/printarticle.asp?action=print&ArticleID=default-2001262 > > > >The Washington Times >www.washtimes.com > >---------- > > >NAACP tax status questioned > > > >Steve Miller and Jerry Seper >THE WASHINGTON TIMES >Published 2/6/01 > >---------- > The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People > claims to be nonpartisan, but it uses its millions of dollars to promote > the Democrat's agenda. > Conservative critics question its claim to nonprofit status, arguing > that the exemption shelters its $14 million annual budget from being > taxed, and note that in the most recent presidential campaign the NAACP, > which once derided big money as a corrupting influence, established two > independent fund-raising organizations to conduct the kind of political > warfare it once denounced. > The NAACP National Voter Fund and Americans for Equality drew on a > combined $10 million to finance get-out-the-vote efforts and issue ads > that energized Democratic voters. > "This is a group that, because of its politics, has become far > removed from its constituents," says Phyllis Berry Myers, executive > director of the Center for New Black Leadership, which leans Republican. > "It survives through teachers unions, labor unions. . . . They allow > themselves to be the sole subsidiary of the Democratic Party, and it has > done a great disservice to black voters. It makes us politically impotent." > > >Forbidden endorsements > > > > The NAACP leaders declined numerous requests for interviews. The > organization's communications director, John White, agreed only to > respond to questions in writing. "The NAACP takes positions on public > policy issues that further its goal of achieving the political, > educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of > the United States," Mr. White wrote, and takes positions "regardless of > whether such positions are associated" with either party. > Mr. White says the NAACP's 500,000 members are drawn from both > parties, and the board of directors is bipartisan. Further, "NAACP > national and local staffs are strictly forbidden from endorsing > candidates for public office." > Some members dispute this. Shannon Reeves, a Republican and chairman > of the Oakland, Calif., chapter of the NAACP, is one of them. "Just > because you're a Democrat doesn't make you any blacker than me," he said > in a dispute last year. "For decades, black leadership has been > compensated for how they deliver black voters to Democratic candidates." > In Virginia last year, the NAACP's national leadership suspended > Paul C. Gillis as president of the association's Suffolk, Va., branch > after he endorsed Republican George F. Allen for the U.S. Senate. > Mr. Gillis was later reinstated >after he was told to "serve the larger goals and policies of the NAACP in >a manner that will not require us to revisit this issue." The national >NAACP, which ran radio ads criticizing Mr. Allen, said Mr. Gillis had >engaged in pa-------------- [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- 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 - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 18:29:17 -0600 From: linzellr@datastar.net (Robert Linzell) Subject: [Fwd: New Liberty Caucus Member] - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: New Liberty Caucus Member Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 16:07:14 -0500 From: "The Liberty Committee" Reply-To: "The Liberty Committee" To: "Liberty Activist" February 8, 2001 Dear friend of liberty, Representative Denny Rehberg joined The Liberty Caucus yesterday morning. Representative Rehberg was recently elected to the U.S. House. He is serving in his first term representing the citizens of Montana. We are looking forward to working with him. If you live in Montana, please call Mr. Rehberg and thank him for joining our efforts. Representative Rehberg's telephone number is 202-225-3211. All other members of The Liberty Caucus, other than those who did not seek re-election, are continuing their membership in the caucus. If you reside in a congressional district of a caucus member, please call him and thank him for continuing his membership in The Liberty Caucus. Here is a list of those caucus members with their telephone numbers: Ron Paul (honorary chairman), Texas 14th, 202-225-2831 Roscoe Bartlett, Maryland 6th, 202-225-2721 John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee 2nd, 202-225-5435 Virgil Goode, Jr., Virginia 5th, 202-225-4711 John Hostettler, Indiana 8th, 202-225-4636 Walter Jones, Jr., North Carolina 3rd, 202-225-3415 Jack Kingston, Georgia 1st, 202-225-5831 Richard Pombo, California 11th, 202-225-1947 Bob Schaffer, Colorado 4th, 202-225-4676 John Shadegg, Arizona 4th, 202-225-3361 Bob Stump, Arizona 3rd, 202-225-4576 Tom Tancredo, Colorado 6th, 202-225-7882 Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania 15th, 202-225-6411. Helen Chenoweth-Hage (Idaho), Rick Hill (Montana), Mark Sanford, Jr. (South Carolina), and Jack Metcalf (Washington) did not seek re-election and are now emeritus members of The Liberty Caucus. Kent Snyder The Liberty Committee http://www.thelibertycommittee.org - ----- Bob in Mississippi - State Motto: Virtute et Armis ("By Valor and Arms") My PGP Public Key(s): RKBA! - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Feb 01 10:34:20 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Montana Pleads the 10th: UN Get Out! (fwd) On Feb 08, dkuehne@erols.com wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Didn't Oklahoma try something like this right around February 1995? Look out! Montana better brace for a "domestic terrorism" incident. - --- forwarded message --- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 From: Freedom Page Subject: Montana Pleads the 10th: UN Get Out! Friends, This is one bill that I would like to see passed in every state. This is being sent to both the main list and the Alabama list. Jim Hardin The Freedom Page http://www.freedompage.ws To receive Freedom Page mail, put "Subscribe" as subject to freedompage@mindspring.com To be removed, put "Remove" as subject. Alabama Committee To Get Us Out of the UN http://themustardseed.home.mindspring.com From: Charleston Voice Subject: Montana Pleads the Tenth Amendment: UN Get Out! The Tenth Amendment in action, my friends! Don't you wish you had a state representative as courageous as Mr. Brueggeman? Why don't you? The Honorable John BrueggemanState RepresentativeHouse District 74 My dear friend, Here is the attachment of the United Nations Free Zone bill draft we discussed on the telephone. I await anxiously your response to what number this bill draft is to be assigned, and will do all I possibly can to muster full support and lobby effort on your behalf for sponsoring this bill for We the People. For this John, I shall remain eternally grateful ! Stop by when you get back home here in the valley, we'll have lunch and go to the shooting range for some practice on the Maadi 50 cal. You'll get a kick out of it ( really !) I have taken the liberty of sending a copy of this message to Dan New , with out whom I could not have made this draft.Again, thank you very much for your support on behalf of this bill. In Freedom and Liberty, ">Michael HeitVice- ChairmanThe Constitution Party of MontanaPatriothttp://www.constitutionparty.org - ---------- MODEL UNITED NATIONS FREE BILL DRAFT. Section 1. Name Section 2. Purpose Section 3. Findings Section 4. Prohibitions Section 5. United Nations-Free Contracts and Investments Section 6. Reporting and Information Sect ion 7 Community Right to Know Sect ion 8 Public Not ice of United Nat ions-Free Zone Section 9. Enforcement Section 10 Severability Section 1 Name. This Chapter shall be known as The United Nations-free Zone of the Republic of MONTANA. Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to make the Republic of MONTANA United Nations-Free; that is: 1.. To maintain and preserve the Supreme Law of the Land as set forth in the Constitution of the state of MONTANA, and of these united States to the benefit of the people of the Republic of MONTANA, including but not limited to, the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition, and the rights to bear arms, to trial by jury, to the privilege against self-incrimination and to the common law writ of habeas corpus. 2.. To oppose the United Nations Charter as an illegitimate and unconstitutional charter. 3.. To resist the United Nations' unconstitutional and illegal usurpation of American sovereignty. 4.. To restore completely the People of the Several States as the final and ultimate civil authority in these united States of America. 5.. To recognize no executive, legislative or judicial power within the city limits other than those powers duly constituted by t he People in the Constitution of the Republic of MONTANA and by the Peoples of the Several States in the united States Constitution. 6.. To protect the citizens of the Republic of MONTANA, especially those who are members of the United States armed forces, from involuntary servitude to the United Nations 7.. To rid the city of the presence of any and all United Nations personnel and facilities. 8.. To refuse any and all United Nations funded programs, studies, or other activities within the limits of MONTANA. 9.. To prohibit the investment of any funds in any business, government agency or other entity which supports or cooperates with the United Nations. 10.. To protect the citizens of MONTANA from taxation without representation, by forbidding the implementation within the Republic of Montana of any tax, levy, fee, assessment, surcharge, or any other financial imposition by the United Nations. 11.. To establish a citizen's right to know about, and to increase citizen awareness of, the activities of the United Nations. Section 3. Findings The People of MONTANA find that: 1.. The Legislature of the Republic of Montana is bound by oath and affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States and, pursuant to that oath and Article VI of the United States Constitution, to obey only treaties "made under the Authority of the United States." 2.. The United Nations Charter is not a treaty "made under the Authority of the United States," but an illegitimate and unconstitutional international constitution, having never been submitted to, nor ratified by, the People of the United States, as required by Declaration of Independence, the charter of our nation. 3.. The United States government has absolutely no Constitutional authority to participate in any United Nations program or activity, and United Nations personnel and facilities have absolutely no legal right to be within the geographic boundaries of the United States. 4.. The Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court of the United States, in violation of their sworn constitutional duties under Article VI of the United States Constitution, have utterly failed to protect the American people from the United Nations' usurpation of the sovereignty of the American people, including the sovereign powers of the people of this Republic. 5.. The Legislature of the Republic of Montana, bound by its oath to support the Constitution of the United States and by its duties under Article VI of the United States Constitution, must protect the sovereignty of this Republic and of its people, and to that end, 1.. No citizen of MONTANA shall be required to serve the United Nations in any capacity. 2.. No United Nations personnel or facilities may be present or may be located within the geographic limits of MONTANA. 3.. No United Nations funded programs, studies or other United Nations sponsored or funded activities may take place within the geographic limits of MONTANA. 4.. No funds may be invested in, nor may any MONTANA personnel participate with, any business, government agency or other entity which supports or cooperates in any way with the United Nations. 6.. The People of Republic have a right to know about the unconstitutional and unlawful activities of the United Nations, as they impact on this Republic, and the State Legislature has a duty to its people to increase citizen awareness of the United Nations through community, school, and civic educational programs. Section 4. Prohibitions 1.. Cessation of Present Activities. No person, corporation, school, college, university, institution, or other entity shall within the Republic of MONTANA knowingly aid or abet any illegal or unconstitutional activity of the United Nations or of any entity financially supported by or affiliated with the United Nations. This prohibition shall take effect immediately after the adoption of this bill, upon receiving the signature of the Governor. 2.. Commencement of Work for the United Nations. No person, corporation, school, college, university, institution, or other entity which is not, as of the date this ordinance is adopted, engaged in any work for the United Nations, or any entity financially supported by or affiliated with the United Nations, shall, within the Republic of MONTANA, aid or abet any illegal or unconstitutional activity of the United Nations or of any entity financially supported by or affiliated with the United Nations. 3.. United Nations Flags and Symbols. No flag, symbol, or other logo of the United Nations shall be displayed on city property, provided however, that this prohibition does not apply to a photograph or other pictorial display of such flags, symbols or logos as part of an exhibit of an historical nature. 4.. United Nations Personnel. No United Nations personnel may conduct any official United Nations activity of any kind whatsoever and, under no circumstances, may United Nations peacekeeping or other troops be quartered on any property within the geographic limits of MONTANA. 5.. United Nations Tax. No tax, levy, surcharge, fee, assessment, or other financial burden authorized by the United Nations may be imposed on or collected from any person within the geographic limits of MONTANA. 6.. United Nations Restraints. No arrest or restraint of the liberty of any citizen of MONTANA by any official acting under the authority of the United Nations may be effected within the geographic limits of MONTANA. 7.. International Court Decree. No judicial order, decree or judgment entered by any international court under the authority of the United Nations shall be enforceable within the geographic limits of MONTANA . Section 5. United Nations Free Contracts and Investments 1.. Contracts. The Republic of MONTANA shall grant no contract to any person, business or nonprofit entity which knowingly engages in work for the United Nations, or for any entity supported by or affiliated with the United Nations, unless the State Legislature in a super majority vote of both houses, makes a specific determination that no reasonable alternative exists, taking into consideration the following factors: 1.. The intent and purposes of this ordinance; 2.. The availability of alternative services, goods and equipment, or other supplies substantially meeting the required specifications of the proposed contract; and 3.. Quantifiable additional costs resulting from use of available alternatives. 2.. Investments. The Republic of MONTANA shall refrain from making any new investments in businesses that knowingly engage in work, whether with or without remuneration, for the United Nations, including advertising support of, subsidies for, or promotions of the United Nations, its supporters and affiliates, and their activities. Within two years of the adoption of this ordinance, the Republic of MONTANA shall divest itself from all such investments currently held by it (including pension funds). The State Legislature shall adopt a economically responsible plan with respect to any pension fund and other investments and shall implement such plan consistent with the intent of this ordinance. Section 6. Reports and Information In the event that Section 4A or B is unenforceable, and so long as any work for or with the United Nations, its financed supporters and affiliates continues within the Republic of MONTANA, the following monitoring of such activities shall be carried out by the Republic of MONTANA through such agencies as the State Legislature shall designate. 1.. Annual Reporting. Each person, corporation, school, college, university, institution, or other entity engaged in work for or with the United Nations, its supporters or affiliates (hereinafter designated as "United Nations agent") shall prepare an annual report which details the activities and programs engaged in, names the agency or entity worked for or with, states the nature of the relationship between that agency or entity and the United Nations and specifies the reasons for continuation of such work or relationship. These annual reports shall be filed with the designated City, County and State agency or agencies and shall also be made available for inspection and copying by any interested member of the public. 2.. Information. The Republic of MONTANA may require any United Nations agent to provide such further information as the Legislature deems is necessary to keep the citizens adequately informed of "United Nations activity" within Republic of MONTANA and at such reasonable times and places as the Legislature determines. 3.. Signs. Every facility within the Republic of MONTANA in which work for or with the United Nations, its supporters or affiliates takes place shall be required to install and maintain signs clearly visible to any passing person, identifying the facility with the legend "UNITED NATIONS WORK CONDUCTED HERE." 4.. Fee: Each United Nations agent shall be assessed a fee at rates to be determined by the Legislature, which shall be at least adequate to cover, in the aggregate, the costs of administering this act. Section 7. Community Right to Know The Republic of MONTANA, through its own agencies and in cooperation with other local government agencies and educational organizations and interested citizen groups, shall assist and promote educational activities, including but not limited to curriculum in public schools and adult education programs, to advance public awareness and understanding of work for the United Nations, its supporters and affiliates and related matters as addressed in this ordinance. Section 8. Public Notice of United Nations-Free Zone Every road entering any City of the Republic of MONTANA which has a sign marking the City limits as of the date of the passage of this ordinance, and every road entering any City of The Republic of MONTANA which shall, after the passage of this ordinance, be so marked, will also be marked equally prominently with a sign reading "United Nations-free zone, established by State Law (MCA number)." These signs shall be posted no later than ninety (90) days after passage of this ordinance, and shall be at least two feet by three feet in size. Section 9. Enforcement Each violation of this ordinance shall be punishable by up to thirty days imprisonment and a five hundred dollar fine. Each day shall be deemed a separate violation. Residents of the Republic of MONTANA shall also have the right to enforce this ordinance by appropriate civil actions for declaratory or injunctive relief. Section 10. Severability If any section, subsection, paragraph, or word of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid, either on its face or as applied, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the other sections, subsections paragraphs, sentences or words of this ordinance and the application thereof; and to that end the sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences and words of this ordinance shall be deemed to be severable. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --- Want to know the truth about the Confederate Battle Flag? Just click: http://www.freedompage.ws/store.html for info on how to order the tape. 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