From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #459 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Saturday, August 4 2001 Volume 02 : Number 459 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 01:40:59 -0500 From: Joe Sylvester Subject: Re: SlickMisc: Students face controversial new lunch-line technology At 12:07 AM 8/2/2001 -0600, roc-digest wrote: >From: Rich Martin >Subject: SlickMisc: Students face controversial new lunch-line technology >Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 23:48:46 -0700 (PDT) > >From : "joe6pk" >Let's "face it"; George Orwell should have been buried "face down" a long >time ago in this country! >Citizen "joe 6pk" Amer I CAN/ face voice recognition >http://www.eschoolnews.com/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=2839 >"You bring up the word 'fingerprinting,' and there's a connotation," said >Mitch Johns, president of Food Service Solutions. In real life and on >television, only "bad guys" are fingerprinted after being arrested by the >police, Johns said. > >"We feel like we're a leader in bringing new technology to the market, and >we feel the new system is a more acceptable device," he said. So now everybody gets "Faceprinted" instead. Seems like a move in the wrong direction. The only way they can tie a face to specific person is to have a pre-recorded copy of the face to compare to, or to compare features of with, the face to be identified. This is no different than with fingerprints. So all the little kiddies will have their pictures taken and digitized. Not that I haven't had that done several times for employee and/or area security badges, but that is a special case involving an arrangement which I voluntarily entered in to. I doubt the kids will an choice, unless they don't want to eat, at least after a trial/voluntary period, they certainly can't not go to school, at least as a practicle matter. Teach the kids how to be good little subjects, sheeple really, rather than citizens willing and able to support themselves and particpate in self governance. The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution. --Doug McKay" Joe Sylvester Don't Tread On Me ! Molon Labe! - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 23:08:02 -0700 From: Bill Vance Subject: Re: [Poul Anderson Dead] (fwd) Adieu Poul. Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 18:53:09 -0400 From: Brad3000 Subject: Re: [Poul Anderson Dead] This is sad news. This writer gave us "There Will Be Time", "Orion Shall Rise" and "The Shield Of Time" amongst his other great science fiction works. I once tried to contact him to answer a question that has picqued my curiousity for more than 20yrs about an uncle of his. I trust the Havigs of this world may one day say "thanks again" from us all... Rest peacefully & Thank you. Brad Stuart New York tking3@yahoo.com wrote: > His writings inspired freedom lovers & pushed RIGHT to own & carry. > Please pass on intact to all freedom lovers. > TK > > "Spitz, Ray" wrote: > > > > > One by one they pass away. Robert A. Heinlein, Gordon Dickson, and now > > Poul Anderson. In this television-numbed society, who will notice? If > > he was actor, or a politician, or some other worthless, noisy creature, > > maybe they would notice, but who cares about an SF writer? > > > > Poul Anderson was one of my favorite authors. I especially liked his > > Dominic Flandry stories, but there were also books like The High Crusade > > and StarFox. He was exceptional in his knowledge of many subjects. His > > books frequently extolled the virtues of freedom as well as delivering > > "action-packed-action" or exploring the implications of social or > > technological changes and cycles of history. IIRC he was an early > > member of the Society for Creative Anachronism and even fought his way > > to the "crown." > > > > We won't see his like again soon. > > > > Ray > > > > > > "We brought Poul home from Alta Bates for terminal hospice care. We gave > > him Jubilaeum Akvavit, Carlsberg Beer and Boeuf Tartare. We gave him all > > our love. About midnight, he slipped away." > > > > signed Karen, Astrid and the rest of the Andersons. > > > > Please pass this around verbatim and in toto. > > Everyone is encouraged to repost without alteration. > > > > Friends, > > Poul Anderson passed away last night, July 31-August 1, around > > midnight. During the afternoon, he received hundreds of emails and > > messages from friends and readers and fellow writers, which Astrid and > > Karen printed out and read to him. He died knowing (and how!) that he > > was loved and valued, and hearing how much his work had entertained and > > moved so many. Though he was weak at the end, there was no loss of > > mental capacity, and my last conversation with him was slow but > > sparkling with the curiosity and deep-seated gentlemanliness that Poul > > always had, and which was, I think, built into his whole body and being. > > > > He is survived by his wife and writing partner, Karen, his > > daughter Astrid, brother John, grandchildren Erik and Alexandra, > > nieces Janet and Cathy, and by millions of readers. > > > > There will be a memorial, probably this Saturday, in the Bay > > Area, details not yet worked out; I will send them later. I hope no one > > minds my inserting two of my favorite photographs of Poul, one of him as > > a child with his mother, Astrid, and one of Poul and Karen, visiting our > > house and reading an essay written by Erik, with obvious delight. This > > is the Poul I will remember. And on our shelves, many dozens of books, > > waiting to be re-read, and some more waiting to be published. > > > > Bravo! > > Greg Bear > > > ...................................................................... - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2 Aug 2001 23:23:09 -0700 From: Bill Vance Subject: Kofi Annan Linked to Slave Trade (fwd) Here's one you can use to put your Left Liberal UN worshipper associates off their feed..... From: General Lee Subject: Kofi Annan Linked to Slave Trade Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 01:02:54 -0400 ~~~ forwarded message ~~~ Kofi Annan Linked to Slave Trade http://www.usasurvival.org/racism.html by Cliff Kincaid U.N. Boss Should Go Back to His Native Ghana to Help Eliminate Slavery; Why Doesn't the U.N. Chief Publicly Condemn the Slave Practice of Trokosi? Call the office of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and urge her to highlight Kofi Annan's link to the slave trade. Her number is: 202-225-1605 or you can call her at the following numbers. US Congressional Switchboard Toll-free Numbers 1-800-648-3516 1-877-762-8762 Radical activists and the media are gearing up for the "World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance." U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be presiding as African nations press their demands for slavery reparations from the Western countries who profited from the slave trade. The African World Reparations and Repatriation Truth Commission wants a grand total of $777 trillion in reparations to the people of Africa. But here's a couple facts they don't want to discuss: Number one, slavery still exists in Africa, run by Africans. And number two: Kofi Annan himself comes from a prominent family in Ghana who were members of a tribal group that profited from slavery. Slavery has long been a part of the culture and still exists there today. Indeed, Ghana has been called the cradle of slavery, and slave castles have become major tourist attractions there. Annan's father was a politician - the elected governor of Ashanti Province. That's significant because the Ashanti group became dominant in the area and controlled trade routes to the coast. Their control over the trade in gold, ivory, and slaves made them, and later the Europeans, very rich. Annan's ancestors received firearms for their role as middlemen in the European slave trade. The fact is that slavery existed in Africa long before the Europeans arrived. Slavery was an accepted social institution and was firmly entrenched in many African societies before their contact with Europe. Men and women captured in tribal warfare became slaves. It still exists today. The U.S. State Department's annual report on human rights practices, released in February of this year, describes a religious tradition called "Trokosi" in Ghana: "Although the Constitution prohibits slavery, religious servitude--Trokosi--exists on a limited scale. In June 1998, Parliament passed and the President signed legislation to ban the practice of Trokosi in comprehensive legislation to protect women and children's rights. Human rights activists believe that the goal of eradicating the Trokosi practice is attainable with the new law; however, the practice persists." But how limited is it? Some reports say there are around 5,000 Trokosi slaves within Ghana. But local humanitarian groups say the figure could be as high as 10,000 to 12,000. Under this system, virgin girls are given to priests to appease the gods for crimes committed by relatives of the family. The initiation rituals signify marriage to a god and its proxy, the priest. The girl becomes the priest's property and enslaved for many years, even life. Belatedly, the media have focused attention on the slave trade in Sudan, where Muslims buy and sell Christians. But the situation in Ghana continues to escape attention, even though one would think that Kofi Annan would have a personal interest in highlighting that. By the same token, that may explain why he would want to ignore it. On December 2nd, 1999, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, Annan, said that this "is not a time for complacency in the fight against slavery, but a time for action." He should go back to his native country of Ghana and help abolish slavery. Call the office of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and urge her to highlight Kofi Annan's link to the slave trade. Her number is: 202-225-1605 The Congresswoman has taken the lead in promoting Kofi Annan's World Conference on Racism. Here is a copy of her statement at a June 19 event in Washington: OPENING REMARKS of CONGRESSWOMAN CYNTHIA MCKINNEY, CBC TASK FORCE HEARING ON THE UN WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM. WASHINGTON - 06.19.01 | Welcome, and let the spirit of Juneteenth [the date recognized by some as the "true" date that slavery ended] pervade our discussions here today. I am please to introduce my colleagues who are with us this morning. More will come throughout the morning. The World Conference Against Racism, to be held in late August this year in Durban, South Africa, is an important world event. It seeks to focus world attention on examining the causes of racism as well as providing an opportunity for nations to formulate practical measures to prevent, and where possible, to eradicate racism and other discriminatory practices. What could be more important than for the family of nations to come together as one and to seek to end racism in the world today. The United States should fulfill its leadership position as a major world power and attend the conference. We should send a delegation consisting of highly respected and extremely capable individuals who hold high aspirations and deep convictions on ending the scourge of racism in the world today. The Congressional Black Caucus can play a critical role in ensuring that this current administration fully appreciates the importance of this World Conference to people of color in this country. The members of the CBC all represent districts affected by poverty and race hatred, stricken with incarceration, overcrowding, violence, and all the other familiar ills of modern black urban life. To our nation's great shame it has had much experience with racism. That experience spans almost every generation of our nation's history: from the early years of slavery during the establishment of our nation, through the apartheid practices of the southern United States, and finally through the federal government's physical destruction of the black political movement here in this country during the 1960s and 1970s. But our nation's journey with racism will not end until it faces the truth of its past. By drawing upon our nation's history and forging with it a willingness to confront these horrible truths, our delegation should be able to make substantive contributions to the World Conference forum examining the causes of racism. I wish to briefly address two important issues which I think should feature as center points in our discussion today. The American slave trade and the destruction of the black political movement here in the US in the 1960s and the 1970s under the federal government's COINTELPRO (counter intelligence) program. From 1490 until about 1870 one of the most elaborate maritime and commercial ventures arose, a result of which 30 - 60 million black men, women and children were enslaved in Africa and carried packed in ships wearing leg irons, in foul overcrowded conditions, and transported to the Americas to work on plantations, in mines or as servants in fine houses. Tragically, many tens of millions of them did not survive the journey and died en route during the Middle Passage from disease, cruel treatment, and the rigors of sea travel. Slavery stretched several hundred years, involved every maritime European nation, every Atlantic-facing African people (and some others), and every country of the Americas. On any view, this slave trade must rank as one of the greatest crimes of all time. Upon arrival in the Americas black families were broken up, men separated from their wives, and mothers and fathers permanently separated from their children. These slaves then suffered the further indignity of losing their African names, as well as, their own histories, cultures and languages. Their combined labors generated fabulous wealth for their white masters and they provided much of the financial foundation for modern America. Despite centuries of back breaking labor, black Americans never shared in the wealth and instead, to this day, remain poorer than whites, enjoy lower standards of living, suffer lower standards of health care, and figure disproportionately in incarceration levels in our state and federal prisons. Incredibly, this history of slavery is largely unknown to the vast majority of Americans. Our nation has refused to confront the enormity of this crime and has instead sought to create the myth that slaves were better off being manacled and brought to the Americas. Nothing is ever said of the millions of slaves who died, of the destruction of whole African communities by ill health, violence, and separation. And nothing is ever said of the sheer injustice that nations which committed this crime still, to this day, refuse to even apologize for their conduct let alone pay reparations for the damage caused by their actions. I remember only too well when Congressman Tony Hall introduced legislation asking for the Congress to apologize for slavery. To my horror I overheard other Members on the House Floor laughing behind Mr. Hall's back because he was foolish enough to introduce the Slavery Bill. Not surprisingly the bill never got out of committee and was never voted on. One other matter I think important for discussion in Durban is the federal governments COINTELPRO program. Important research is revealing that during the 1960s and the 1970s the FBI and other sections of the US military and intelligence apparatus conducted a secret war against black political groups and the Native American movement. To our collective shame we are now learning that the federal government conducted a secret, systematic and at times, savage use of force and fraud against a small political minority exercising fundamental freedoms considered sacred by our Constitution. Many of our black political leaders were wrongly accused of crimes and imprisoned, and some were even murdered. The black political movement in this country was totally destroyed by our own government. The Native American movement suffered the same fate. What I am telling you about didn't happen in Nazi Germany under Hitler, China under Mao, Chile under Pinochet or Uganda under Idi Amin. No, it happened here in the United States, under Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and others. That this happened to people in this country in the 1960s and 1970s is no longer conjecture. It is a shocking fact that the federal government wrongly imprisoned and even murdered innocent black Americans. On this generation of Americans falls the burden of proving to the world that we really mean it when we say that all men are created free and equal before the law. The real history of slavery in this country must be publicly recorded and there must be a reckoning with black America for its sacrifice in building this nation to what it is today. In addition, our federal government should reveal the truth about the full extent of the COINTELPRO program and make its records open to public examination. (30) - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 10:17:11 -0700 From: Bill Vance Subject: MILITIA reports.. Part 2 (fwd) Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 10:04:02 -0400 Subject: MILITIA reports.. Part 2 From: semperfidave@juno.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: jimmy wynn To: scrounger8@hotmail.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 10:56 AM Subject: MILITIA - (meeting dates, news) MILITIA REPORTS pt 2 of JULY 2001 IN THIS ISSUE Next Meeting Dates AR 15 info Wolves in Sheep's Clothing? Plus MORE MORE MORE FIRST - this is not SPAM. If you received it in error, provide us with your NAME AND E - MAIL ADDRESS and we will remove you. NEXT meeting dates are for Wednesday 8 August 2001 at 7 pm in the Ryan's Steakhouse in Lawrenceville, Georgia. SEPTEMBER'S meeting will be on Wednesday 5 Sept. 2001 at the Ryan's Steakhouse in Lawrenceville, Georgia. As most of you know, Ryan's is on Hwy. 120 near the hospital in Lawrenceville. Contact us for directions. Here's the way it works: You purchase a meal. That pays for the room - - and that is the only "cost" associated with the meeting. Rules: NO smoking, alcoholic beverages, cursing, discussion of illegal activity, recording devices, cameras or heckling or speakers allowed. Since we encourage the family, relatives from out of town, etc. any excuse that includes them is a joke - not a reason to stay at home - they are welcome. Info or questions? Call or e - mail us.# AR 15 INFO I begin by telling all of you I'm very sorry for the delay between the first part of this newsletter and the next portion. I'll tell you what happened in the Parting Shot section. Today, as most of you know, is when we can announce that the Militia of Georgia has standardized its weaponry for the Special Forces Division. Those weapons include: M1A / M14 and its variants, the M1 Garand, .30 caliber Bolt action weapons (preferably .308), any AR15 / M16 variant and 12 gauge pump action shotguns. A lot of you said you couldn't afford the expense of the AR but, still wanted one. When we suggested that you build your own, many were ready to jump on the bandwagon. And just as Johnny Cash sang about building a Cadillac "One Piece at a Time" you too, were ready to build your custom AR that way. So, here's a list of companies that will sell you the parts. The parts can be bough via the phone and shipped directly to you. The LOWER RECEIVER is the only part you cannot buy through the mail. It has the serial numbers on it but, can be purchased at gun shows, in gun shops or ordered by a dealer for you. The average cost of the LOWER RECEIVER (stripped) is about $145 or thereabouts. One M.O.G. member bought a completed lower with the stock attached for $300. We later found a completed upper (sights, barrel, etc. for another $350) but, he ran short of funds. Today, we presume you will buy the LOWER stripped and purchase all the other parts from a dealer. Here's the Dealers, the kit price, etc. : 1 - American Spirit Arms Corp. has kits beginning at $500. Call them at 1 - 888 - GUN - KITS ( 1 - 888 - 486 - 5487 ) 2) J&T Distributing has great quality parts for $435 in the collapsible stock or full stock models with the NEEDED 1 x 9 twist barrel. Their number is 1 - 888 - 736 - 7725 3) Sarco has parts sets offered at $375 but, it's not known if these are post or pre ban - new or surplus. Their number is 908 - 647 - 3800. 4) Model "1" Sales has parts sets for $400 in any configuration you can think of : 16 inch to 24 inch barrels. You have to specify the barrel twist (1 x 9) though. Their number is 847 - 639 - 3192 5) M&A Parts (a good company) has sets for $415. They have any configuration you want: post ban, pre ban - full size or collapsible models. Call them at 847 - 550 - 8246 6) Olympic Arms sells kits for $424 to $449. Your dealer can even order a complete rifle with a MSRP of only $600. See their website at www.Olyarms.com 7) Rock River Arms has a complex pricing structure. Call them at 309 - 792 - 5780 or visit the site at www.rockriverarms.com 8) Bushmaster has a lot of variations PLUS you can get your rifle barrel fluted, custom flash suppressors, etc. They are among the most expensive but, you can build a truly custom weapon with their parts. Call 1 - 800 - 998 - SWAT or visit www.bushmaster.com Their parts and services are good but, their politics are questionable. Again, you want a barrel of 1 x 9 twist rate so you can shoot all the different kinds of ammo with a consistent accuracy. Military parts (M16) fit the receivers but, dealers tell me it is "illegal" to build them that way. It's not my area of expertise because back in the 70s, everybody built ARs with military parts. I'll tell you what I know but, my area of expertise is in the M1 Garand and M1A rifles. ## WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING Someone called US - Militia has been threatening us. Here's the deal: We exchange info with a LOT of groups. When they send us e - mails that use the "cc" feature, my program picks up their addresses and sends them all our public mailings. US Militia for whatever reason, does not want to associate with us. We respect that. But, they keep threatening to report us to the ISP for SPAMMING. Well, these people have no respect for us nor the liberties we protect. They are cowards. So, please do not send US Militia, nor its members any mailings that include the Militia of Georgia nor myself. If you do, I'll be forced to block you from my e - mail service. # # # PARTING SHOT I wanted to include a lot of mail for this section but, decided to forego that. This could be a long newsletter and we don't get enough feedback to justify doing a lot more with it. There is a necessity though to answer some concerns: First, we did not report on Klamath Falls nor get involved. Why? My men are specially trained. They are tiring of "ALERT" only to be followed by "Stand Down." If we walk off our jobs, leave our families and go to someone's aid, we expect to walk away with a victory. The Klamath Falls situation was not a victory but, a joke. Since the feds over-ruled the courts, one wonders what is really going on. Ladies and gentlemen, at some point we will have to ACT. We will have our Lexington Green. Do not send us any ALERT messages unless you are serious and willing to stand on the front lines with us. I have an UNCONFIRMED REPORT that Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft said on some television report that the "Militias were a threat to national security." My source is trying to get a copy of the video. I don't doubt that Ashcroft said it. Bush says he will sign a bill to require background checks on private gun sales. That, as I've explained many times is NATIONAL GUN REGISTRATION!!! Under so - called "illegal immigration reform" the INS will keep all those "background check" records forever. And y'all know Bush's record on illegal immigration. If INS has access to those records, they can give it to the FBI, BATF, MJTF, etc. at any time. If we are sincere, we are a threat to this unconstitutional legislation. The American Revolution began with gun confiscation... and registration always precedes confiscation. We must not comply with this kind of legislation. Anyway, the August meeting will have some surprising news for a change. It will be GOOD. How many times have I promised you GOOD NEWS? Until then, I'll keep collecting info and will have some news to go along with the already good news at the August meeting. God Bless - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 14:58:05 -0700 From: Bill Vance Subject: Fiedor Report on the News (fwd) From: Doug Fiedor Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 13:51:01 -0400 Subject: Fiedor Report on the News Fiedor Report on the News A Weekly View from the Foothills of Appalachia August 5, 2001 #239 by: Doug Fiedor dfiedor@home.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous Editions at: http://209.15.142.23/reports/headsup/list-hu.htm - --------------------------------------------------------------------- TAXES FUND FAR-LEFT GROUPS Have you ever felt that the political process was biased against everything you support? If you are a Constitutionalist or a conservative, there's a reason for that: It's true. For those of you on heart or blood pressure medication, you might want to stop reading here because we are going to show how you have been supporting all those far-left groups that work against everything you want. This is distressing, so be forewarned. In the early 1960s, the Democrats thought they needed a helping hand to stay in power. So, the Democratic National Committee joined together with a couple unions and formed the National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSC). The NCSC(1) charged dues to members, but that is but a drop in the bucket to the organization. It is primarily federally funded with your money, to the tune of about $70-million annually. The group received over $300-million in federal grants in its last five years of operation. Between 1964 and 1994, NCSC received more than one-billion bucks in tax money. Why should we care? Generally speaking, NCSC is organized labor's lobbing arm and is used to mobilize retired union workers. The NCSC went out of business last year and handed off to the Alliance for Retired Americans, an AFL-CIO organization. At least, they said they were disbanding. Then, they turned up with 170 other far-left organizations on the dole to form an activist group called the Fair Taxes For All Coalition, designed to fight against President Bush's proposed tax cuts. According to the Cato Institute(2), between 1996 and 2000 alone, these 170 far-left groups have collectively received $618-million of our tax money. Which means, our taxes are financing the socialists so they may better institute socialism in this country. So, of course they don't want a tax cut. The Fair Taxes For All Coalition is co-chaired by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) -- the nation's largest government employee's union -- and the People For the American Way. AFL-CIO is helping, too. The Detroit AFSCME union hall, readers might remember, hosted the Democratic Socialists of America convention two years ago.(3) AFSCME received $447,000 in federal grants from 1997 to 1999. The AFL-CIO collected $6-million in tax money from 1997 to 2000. United Auto Workers is also against the Bush tax cut. UAW received over $3-million in tax money from 1996 to 2000. The National Urban League is in on this, too. They ripped off a cool $123.9-million between 1996 and 2000. Between 1996 and 2000, NAACP received over $1.5-million, NOW took $1.2-million, YWCA got $48.8-million, National Council of La Rasa got $9.5-million, League of Women Voters took $2.3-million, and so on. The list is like a who's who of the far left. This is the Democratic Party in action. They all get much of their money from the U.S. Treasury. Some far-left groups actually get over 95% of their money through federal grants. Of course, they also give a lot of that money back to Democrats running for office. They all also mobilize as activist front groups for the Democratic Party's causes. Looking at the amount of government grants dispersed to activist groups is interesting, too. The Department of Labor awarded $433-million, The Department of Health and Human Services gave $93.2-million, Housing and Urban Development gave out $28.2-million in grant money, etc. This is all money going to advocacy groups, not identified federal programs. Which means, much of this money is used to fund socialist positions most of us would strongly disagree with. We should note here that only the 170 groups making up the Fair Taxes For All Coalition are listed in the Cato report. Which means, this is just part of the story. For instance, the environmental whacko groups are not represented. Clearly, we have a long-term major problem here. The Democrats are funding the socialist activists with our tax money. This must stop right away. There is absolutely no reason for the government to fund private organizations, and especially politically motivated organizations. As Thomas Jefferson once wrote: "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical."(4) That's a proper description for the Democrats: "Sinful and tyrannical." Because, if the Constitution is good, the Democrats must be bad since they refuse to obey it. We have our work cut out for us, folks. Let's get Congress to stop funding these far left activist groups and instead fund organizations that will support the Constitution. - ----------------------------- 1. http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/aoa/dir/149.html 2. http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-407es.html 3. http://209.15.142.23/reports/headsup/hu191.htm 4. Bill for Religious Freedom, 1779. Papers 2:545 A PROPOSAL FOR VOTER FRAUD Here's a new report that's about as proper as a couple wolves running lose at a Siamese cat show. The Odd Couple of ex presidents, Jerry Ford and Jimmy Carter, teamed up to bless us with their wisdom once again. Ford has an excuse. He has "old-timer's syndrome." Carter, on the other hand, is still a socialist meddler. It was a safe bet that these guys would propose just exactly the opposite of what the Constitution mandates of government, and so it happened with the National Commission on Federal Election.(1) The commission proposes that the federal government coerce states into restoring voting rights to convicted felons who have served full sentences. As governor, Bush backed that. However, States run the election, not the federal government. Therefore, States may do as they wish on this matter. Some States allow felons to vote, others do not. The commission proposed that Congress give States $1-billion to $2-billion to help update their election systems. To qualify, States would be expected to make a "few" changes in their voting law. For instance, States would need to allow voters to correct ballot errors. Most already do, two or three times. The commission, apparently, would have the States allow a voter to stay in the booth however long it takes them to get it right. That's silly. That could cause huge lines to back up. Now the fun stuff starts: The commission wants standards "that define what constitutes a vote." That makes us wonder if these people ever really voted in a polling place. Every polling place I have seen in five States had complete instructions out front (and, sometimes in the voting booth) that tells exactly how to vote, shows a sample ballot and demonstrates what errors will cause a ballot to be voided. So, it only stands to reason that when one follows the simple instructions one can be assured that the vote will count. This means, when the sign says the chads must be punched out in order for the vote to count, the vote will not be counted if the chad is still intact. If a voter cannot read and follow simple instructions, that is usually a good indication they do not belong in the voting booth, anyway. The commission also wanted unregistered voters to have the option of voting. The ballots would then be deposited in a "provisional ballot" box until after the election. What a joke! Ballots are supposed to be secret. That's why the voter deposits the ballot in the ballot box and poll workers are not allowed to touch them. So, if there is a whole box of "provisional ballots" sitting around until "after the election," who would verify the voter and count the ballots? No one, that's who. In many large cities, poll workers would just mix them in with the others. There's so much voter fraud going on anyway, this would just make it easier. Already, in the last election, a few major cities had larger vote counts than registered voters. The commission also suggested censoring the press. That is, they want news organizations to refrain from projecting election winners until after polling places are closed in all 48 contiguous states. Fat chance! There is a strong relationship between the media and the Democratic Party. The problem in the last election started with a company named Voter News Service. VNS is owned by the Associated Press and the television networks. They all share the same liberal bias. Last November, many Americans noticed that quite often the vote results displayed at the bottom of the TV screen were greatly different than what the talking heads were announcing. Many times, Gore was projected the winner of a State when, in fact, the actual voter results at the bottom of the screen showed Bush with a decisive lead. When the results came in from east of the Rockies, the talking heads were calling Gore the winner when their displayed data actually favored Bush. This technique cost Bush a lot of votes in States voting late as well as in States west of the Rockies that all still had their polls open. To think that all these "very experienced journalists" reporting the election did not know exactly what they were doing is silly. It was intentional. They can't blame Voter News Service when they were responsible. All they had to do was to read their own monitors. We need a major overhaul to fight widespread voter fraud. Unfortunately, nothing useful came from this commission. - ----------------------------- 1. http://www.reformelections.org or, http://www.brook.edu/GS/Projects/ElectionReform.htm DOUBLE TAXING SOCIAL SECURITY Here's a quick flash for all working folks, especially those who still tend to trust the Democratic Party: Check out the amount of payroll (FICA) tax you are paying nowadays. That's you're "contribution" to the Social Security fund. The federal government charges workers a lot more in payroll tax than paid out in Social Security benefits. Then, they tell the American people that, since 1980, the excess Social Security tax has been deposited in a Social Security Trust Fund because it will be needed when the "baby boomers" retire. There should be over $4-trillion in that trust fund this year and the fund should be growing at a rate of nearly $100-billion per year. However, Democrats had a different idea about what to do with that money and Democrats were running Congress back in the 1980s. Actually, two years after the Social Security fund was started (back in the 1930s) Congress noticed there was a lot of money available and started spending it. But, that's another story. Anyway, today there are zero dollars in the Social Security trust fund. Instead, Congress "lent" the money to the general fund and spent it on programs that were never authorized to the federal government by the Constitution. The Social Security trust fund, therefore, contains nothing more than IOUs. And, the only way that $4-trillion will ever be replaced is by tax increases. This, of course, is legally called gross misappropriation of funds and would get the leaders of Anybusiness USA some significant prison time if they did such a thing with retirement funds. However, Congress was controlled by the Democratic Party all those years and they are above any laws. Apparently, they are above common sense and fiscal responsibility, too. According to Daniel J. Mitchell at The Heritage Foundation's Institute for Economic Policy Studies: "the best possible interpretation of the Trust Fund is that the IOUs are a measure of how much taxes will have to be raised in the future."(1) That would be about $4-trillion above what they are now. Because, those useless, nonnegotiable bonds they say make up the Social Security trust fund are not real economic assets. Rather, they are claims on the Treasury that will have to be financed by either raising taxes, borrowing from the public, or reducing benefits or other expenditures. They are exactly the same as someone borrowing from one credit card to pay off another. As even the Clinton administration's fiscal 2000 budget admits: "The existence of large trust fund balances, therefore, does not, by itself, have any impact on the government's ability to pay benefits." That's because there are only IOUs in there. Congress spent all money in every trust fund, including the Social Security trust fund. Meanwhile, we will replace the money through higher taxes. Or, our grandkids will. Which means, the American people are to be taxed twice for exactly the same fund. Everyone in Washington knows this is true, too. The Democratic Party's Senate Majority leader even admitted it in a weak moment. In a speech, Senator Tom Daschle gave his usual Washington double-talk about the trust fund: "Right now we are using Social Security trust funds to pay for other spending in the federal budget, and that to me ... isn't what we should be doing. That money should be held in trust."(2) They have been doing it for over 50 years, though. It wasn't until the Republicans took over Congress that there was even a suggestion to stop stealing that money. After the talk, Senator Tom Daschle actually admitted to columnist Robert Novak, "there is no such fund per se." And so there is not. Much of the Social Security payroll tax workers and employers pay today goes to pay for other programs. That money will need to be replaced in a few years, which means there will be a significant tax increase somewhere along the line. Republicans are "looking into the problem." But, as long as the Social Security trust fund is available to Congress, it appears they will spend it. When we look at the Democratic Party we see the sleaze of Clinton, Condid, Barney Frank, Kennedy, Dodd, and a couple dozen other sexual perverts in Washington. But, like they said, "it's only sex." Perhaps we must accept their personal perversions and look into their clear abuse of power and the fact that we will, eventually, need to be taxed twice to fund the same amount of Social Security simply because they misappropriated the funds. - ----------------------------- 1. http://www.heritage.org/library/backgrounder/bg1256es.html 2. http://www.self-gov.org/good/a0039.html ~ End ~ - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ End of roc-digest V2 #459 *************************