LibertySteward
Patriot Act I, II and the Victory Act - Bad Legislation!
posted by Editor on 09-25-2003 14:58
March 17, 2003 Socorro, New Mexico, 8,877 people who live there had a relatively uneventful small town day, but it was a day Socorro City stood up to be counted. On that beautiful Spring day Socorro City affirmed its deep faith in our cherished institutions of human rights and our Constitution by passing a Resolution to affirm the Bill of Rights and stand down from involvement in the evils of Federal Centrism and fascism, some call it outright tyranny, disrespect at the very least for the great wisdom of our forefathers. Now in September of 2003 many in the county and in Valencia County to the north are moved to do the same thing.
To date 332 communities have defied the Patriot Act and any follow-on acts such as Patriot II granting excessive power to Ashcroft's Christian Zionist Renegade Army. It is obvious that many of these communities are democratic strongholds, but many Republicans have been offended by this outrageous hunger for dictatorial power. Indeed many bipartisans cooperated to create this centrist diagrama and many are invested in the markets that are driven by this dogma of class corporatism on the march, but many escaped countries run by regimes of that order and recoil from the thought that such chaos could rule here in the land of the free.
We are on the precipice, standing on the edge of destruction, tempted by the rich and privileged to serve them by stepping over the edge of common sense and into the pit of our demise. Plain and simple those strutting fascists who claim to see the big picture envision a future after the pogrom and elimination of 5.5 billion of the world's population, as now a corporate elite of the rich and privileged can rule with its highly evolved technology and robotics - it no longer needs a large pool of workers to sustain this level of civilization. Old established lineages can be allowed to prevail and the bulk of the polluting population can be eliminated quickly in a great time of reaping. Genocide is in the air - theological and nationalistic movements are the targets and any other target of opportunity that can be the victim of inquisition. It will spin whatever yarn it chooses, targeting victims and inventing the headlines as it goes along.
The question you must ask yourself is "Will I be one of them?" "How can I be sure I won't be a victim in the gulag?"
Stand up and be counted!
Contact Pete Domenici: (202) 224-6621
Contact Jeff Bingaman: (202) 224-5521
Contact Steve Pearce:
(202) 225-2365
(505) 838-7516
DC office
1408 Longworth
Washington DC 20515
202-225-9599 fax
http://www.house.gov/pearce/
Contact Heather Wilson:
(202) 225-6316
(505) 346-6781
318 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-4975 fax
http://www.wilson.house.gov
Contact Bill Richardson Governor of New Mexico (505) 476-2200
http://www.governor.state.nm.us/
If you do not know your district, call the Santa Fe County Clerk's Office at 986-6287. They'll give you all your information, including districts and names of elected officials, easily, on the phone.
Contact your Senator, Congressman, and local officials - No more Patriot Act at the expense of our rights. 332 communities have Affirmed the Bill of Rights and stepped out of the language of tyranny. They are in 41 states including four state-wide resolutions. These communities represent approximately 51.9 million people who oppose sections of the USA Patriot Act I and II that violate civil rights protections.
Raleigh, NC
June 15, 2004
Orono, ME
June 14, 2004
Mount Vernon, ME
June 12, 2004
Paterson, NJ
June 9, 2004
Moscow, ID
June 7, 2004
Plattsburgh City, NY
June 1, 2004
Jackson,MS
May 25, 2004
St Petersburgh, FL
May 20, 2004
Swampscott, MA
May 19, 2004
Hampton, CT
May 18, 2004
Eureka, MT
May 18, 2004
Chatham, MA
May 18, 2004
Port Orford, OR
May 18, 2004
Carbondale, CO
May 11, 2004
Bangor, ME
May 10,2004
Groton, MA
May 10, 2004
Heath, MA
May 6, 2004
Lewis and Clark County, MT
May 6, 2004
Buckland, MA
May 5, 2004
Littleton, MA
May 4, 2004
Dennis, MA
May 4, 2004
Colrain, MA
May 4, 2004
East Lansing, MI
May 4, 2004
Carlisle, MA
May 3, 2004
Charlemont, MA
May 3, 2004
Concord, MA
May 3, 2004
Marblehead, MA
May 3, 2004
Chilmark, MA
April 28, 2004
Tisbury, MA
April 27, 2004
El Paso, TX
April 27, 2004
Pittsburgh, PA
April 26, 2004
Whatcom County, WA
April 20, 2004
Lawrence, KS
April 20, 2004
Wheeler, OR
April 20, 2004
Montclair Township, NJ
April 20, 2004
Tampa, FL
April 15, 2004
Bethleham, NY
April 14, 2004
Mount Vernon, NY
April 14, 2004
West Tisbury, MA
April 14, 2004
Sudbury, MA
April 14, 2004
Oak Bluffs, MA
April 13, 2004
Eau Claire, WI
April 13, 2004
Conway, MA
April 12, 2004
Lexington, MA
April 12, 2004
Acton, MA
April 12, 2004
Berks County, PA
April 8, 2004
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
April 8, 2004
Calistoga, CA
April 6, 2004
Lathrup Village, MI
April 5, 2004
Grand Rapids, MI
March 30, 2004
Fairbanks North Star Borough
March 25, 2004
Ames, IA
March 23, 2004
State of Maine
March 23, 2004
Santa Clara, CA
March 23, 2004
Duxbury, MA
March 16, 2004
Phillipsburgh, NJ
March 16, 2004
Alameda County, CA
March 16, 2004
Portland, ME
March 15, 2004
Arlington County, VA
March 13, 2004
St Louis, MO
March 12, 2004
Somerville, MA
March 11, 2004
Aquinnah, MA
March 10, 2004
Franklin, NJ
March 9, 2004
Elko, NV
March 9, 2004
Richmond, VA
March 8, 2004
Milwaukee, WI
March 2, 2004
Washington, DC
March 2, 2004
Valdez, AK
March 1, 2004
Dallas, TX
February 25, 2004
Southfield, MI
February 23, 2004
Elko County, NV
February 18, 2004
Cleveland Heights, OH
February 17, 2004
Ewing, NJ
February 10, 2004
Mullica, NJ
February 10, 2004
Kansas City, MO
February 5, 2004
Valencia County, NM
February 4, 2004
New York, NY
February 4, 2004
Highland Park, NJ
February 3, 2004
North Providence, RI
February 3, 2004
Carbondale, IL
February 3, 2004
Lansing, MI
February 2, 2004
Auburn, MI
February 2, 2004
Newark, DE
February 2, 2004
Greenburgh, NY
January 29, 2004
Duarte, CA
January 27, 2004
Arden, DE
January 26, 2004
Peabody, MA
January 22, 2004
St Paul, MN
January 21, 2004
Los Angeles, CA
January 21, 2004
Glencoe, IL
January 15, 2004
Fremont County, WY
January 6, 2004
Atlanta, GA
January 5, 2004
Ward, CO
January 5, 2004
Oak Park, IL
January 5, 2004
Tisp, WA
December 30, 2003
Douglas County, OR
December 24, 2003
North Hempstead, NY
December 18, 2003
Providence, RI
December 17, 2003
Tacoma, WA
December 17, 2003
Clallam County, WA
December 16, 2003
Woodstock, NY
December 16, 2003
King County, WA
December 15, 2003
Nyack, NY
December 11, 2003
North Adams, MA
December 9, 2003
Toledo, OH
December 9, 2003
Charlestown, RI
December 9, 2003
Schuyler County, NY
December 8, 2003
Prince George's County, MD
November 25, 2003
Ferndale, MI
November 24, 2003
South Kingston, RI
November 24, 2003
Denali Borough, AK
November 19, 2003
Wilkinsburg, PA
November 19, 2003
Bethel, AK
November 18, 2003
Brewster, MA
November 17, 2003
Sacramento, CA
November 13, 2003
Ingham County, MI
November 12, 2003
Davidson, NC
November 11, 2003
Alexandria, VA
November 11, 2003
Waterville, ME
November 4, 2003
Middletown, RI
November 4, 2003
Yellow Springs, OH
November 3, 2003
Portland, OR
October 29, 2003
Pittsfield, MA
October 28, 2003
Greenbelt, MD
October 28, 2003
Silver City, NM
October 28, 2003
Olympia, WA
October 28, 2003
Taos, NM
October 21, 2003
Bisbee, AZ
October 21, 2003
Robbinsdale, MN
October 21, 2003
Urbana, NY
October 21, 2003
Bayard, NM
October 20, 2003
Durham, NC
October 20, 2003
Sarasota, FL
October 20, 2003
Soledad, CA
October 15, 2003
San Ramon, CA
October 14, 2003
Los Alamos County, NM
October 14, 2003
Danby, NY
October 13, 2003
Huntington, WV*
October 13, 2003
Grant County, NM
October 9, 2003
Lake County, MI
October 8, 2003
Chapel Hill, NC
October 8, 2003
Princeton, NJ
October 7, 2003
Pima County, AZ
October 7, 2003
Kalamazoo, MI
October 6, 2003
Chicago, IL
October, 1, 2003
Boise, ID
September 30, 2003
Montgomery County, MD
September 30, 2003
Austin, TX
September 25, 2003
Sitka, AK
September 23, 2003
San Jose, CA
September 23, 2003
Idaho County, ID*
September 22, 2003
Durham County, NC
September 22, 2003
Wilmington, DE
September 22, 2003
Bethany, CT
September 18, 2003
New Shoreham, RI
September 17, 2003
Las Vegas, NM
September 17, 2003
Mountain View, CA
September 16, 2003
Meridian Township, MI
September 16, 2003
Canton, NY
September 15, 2003
Albuquerque, NM
September 15, 2003
San Rafael, CA
September 15, 2003
Oberlin, OH
September 15, 2003
Willingboro, NJ
September 9, 2003
St. Lawrence County, NY
September 8, 2003
Snoqualmie, WA
September 8, 2003
Syracuse, NY
September 8, 2003
Saratoga, CA
September 3, 2003
Sunset Valley, TX
September 2, 2003
Porterville, CA
September 2, 2003
Bozeman, MT
September 2, 2003
Santa Barbara, CA
August 26, 2003
Pacific Grove, CA
August 20, 2003
Farmingon, NM
August 20, 2003
Oxford, OH
August 20, 2003
Santa Clara County, CA
August 19, 2003
Astoria, OR
August 18, 2003
Jerome, AZ
August 12, 2003
Schenectady City, NY
August 11, 2003
Dacono, CO
August 11, 2003
Newton, MA
August 11, 2003
Pleasanton, CA
August 5, 2003
Livermore, CA
July 28, 2003
Hayward, CA
July 23, 2003
Charlottesville, VA
July 21, 2003
South Pasadena, CA
July 16, 2003
Anchorage, AK
July 15, 2003
Duluth, MN
July 14, 2003
Lake County, CA
July 8, 2003
Ann Arbor, MI
July 7, 2003
Honolulu, HI
July 2, 2003
Lane County, OR
July 1, 2003
Durango, CO
July 1, 2003
Bloomington, IN
June 26, 2003
Soldotna, AK
June 25, 2003
Ashfield, MA
June 21, 2003
Tehama County, CA
June 17, 2003
Taos, NM
June 17, 2003
Aztec, NM
June 17, 2003
Monte Sereno, CA
June 17, 2003
Port Townsend, WA
June 16, 2003
San Juan County, WA
June 11, 2003
Riverside, WA
June 10, 2003
Arlington, MA
June 11, 2003
Palo Alto, CA
June 9, 2003
Jefferson County, WA
June 9, 2003
Skagway, AK
June 5, 2003
Contra Costa County, CA
June 3, 2003
Brookline, MA
May 30, 2003
Philadelphia, PA
May 29, 2003
Wendell, MA
May 29, 2003
State of Vermont
May 28, 2003
Bainbridge Island, WA
May 28, 2003
Shutesbery, MA
May 27, 2003
State of Alaska
May 21, 2003
Lansdowne, PA
May 21, 2003
Oroville, WA
May 20, 2003
Kenai, AK
May 20, 2003
Greensboro, NC
May 20, 2003
Orange County, NC
May 20, 2003
Evanston, IL
May 19, 2003
Albany, NY
May 19, 2003
Baltimore, MD
May 19, 2003
Douglas County, WI
May 15, 2003
Hartford, CT
May 15, 2003
Salinas, CA
May 13, 2003
Orleans, MA
May 13, 2003
Homer, AK
May 12,2003
Emeryville, CA
May 6, 2003
Sausalito, CA
May 6, 2003
San Mateo County, CA
May 6, 2003
Marin County, CA
May 6, 2003
Broward County, FL
May 6, 2003
Eastham, MA
May 5, 2003
Tucson, AZ
May 5, 2003
Santa Cruz County, CA
April 30, 2003
Wellfleet, MA
April 29, 2003
Beaverhead County, MT
April 28, 2003
Reading, PA
April 28, 2003
Juneau, AK
April 28, 2003
State of Hawaii
April 25, 2003
Mendocino County, CA
April 22, 2003
North Pole, AK
April 21, 2003
Albany, CA
April 21, 2003
Corvallis, OR
April 21, 2003
Dublin, CA
April 16, 2003
Dillon, MT
April 16, 2003
Rio Arriba County, NM
April 10, 2003
Provincetown, MA
April 9, 2003
Gaston, OR
April 9, 2003
Tonasket, WA
April 8, 2003
Mill Valley, CA
April 7, 2003
Lincoln, MA
April 5, 2003
Minneapolis, MN*
April 4, 2003
Ukiah, CA
April 2, 2003
Talent, OR
April 2, 2003
Pinole, CA
April 1, 2003
Fort Collins, CO
March 26, 2003
Watsonville, CA
March 25, 2003
Bellingham, WA
March 24, 2003
Woodstock, NY
March 18, 2003
Benton County, OR
March 18, 2003
Los Gatos, CA
March 17, 2003
El Cerrito, CA
March 17, 2003
Socorro, NM
March 17, 2003
Petersborough, NH
March 15, 2003
Rosendale, NY
March 12, 2003
Marlborough, NH
March 11, 2003
Union City, CA
March 11, 2003
Sonoma, CA
March 5, 2003
Telluride, CO
March 4, 2003
Waitsfield, VT
March 4, 2003
Westminster, VT
March 4, 2003
Windham, VT
March 4, 2003
Putney, VT
March 4, 2003
Newfane, VT
March 4, 2003
Marlboro, VT
March 4, 2003
Jamaica, VT
March 4, 2003
Guilford, VT
March 4, 2003
Dummerston, VT
March 4, 2003
Athens, VT
March 4, 2003
Warren, VT
March 4, 2003
Blount County, TN
February 27, 2003
Town of New Paltz, NY
February 27, 2003
Cotati, CA
February 26, 2003
Richmond, CA
February 25, 2003
Crestone, CO
February 24, 2003
Missoula, MT
February 24, 2003
York, PA
February 19, 2003
Castle Valley, UT
February 19, 2003
Rockingham, VT
February 18, 2003
Seattle, WA
February 18, 2003
Ashland, OR
February 18, 2003
Vashon-Maury Island, WA
February 17, 2003
Gustavus, AK
February 13, 2003
Ridgway, CO
February 12, 2003
Davis, CA
February 12, 2003
San Anselmo, CA
February 12, 2003
Village of New Paltz, NY
February 12, 2003
Claremont, CA
February 11, 2003
Santa Monica, CA
February 11, 2003
University City, MO
February 10, 2003
Ithaca, NY
February 5, 2003
Brattleboro, VT
February 4, 2003
Point Arena, CA
January 28, 2003
Yolo County, CA
January 28, 2003
West Hollywood, CA
January 21, 2003
San Francisco, CA
January 21, 2003
Arcata, CA*
January 15, 2003
Mansfield, CT
January 13, 2003
Montpelier, VT
January 10, 2003
Fairfax, CA
January 7, 2003
Fairbanks, AK
January 6, 2003
Flagstaff, AZ
December 17, 2002
Oakland, CA
December 17, 2002
Detroit, MI
December 6, 2002
Sebastapol, CA
December 3, 2002
Burlington, VT
December 2, 2002
New Haven, CT
December 2, 2002
Eugene, OR
November 25, 2002
Santa Cruz, CA
November 12, 2002
Santa Fe, NM
October 30, 2002
Takoma Park, MD
October 28, 2002
Alachua County, FL
October 22, 2002
Berkeley, CA
October 22, 2002
Madison, WI
October 15, 2002
Boulder, CO
July 23, 2002
Carrboro, NC
June 25, 2002
Cambridge, MA
June 17, 2002
San Miguel County, CO
May 20, 2002
Northampton, MA
May 2, 2002
Leverett, MA
April 27, 2002
Amherst, MA
April 24, 2002
Denver, CO
March 18, 2002
Ann Arbor, MI
January 7, 2002
* These communities have passed ordinances in versions derived from the text of the Arcata Ordinance, the Minneapolis Ordinance, the Idaho County Ordinance, and the Huntington Ordinance.
Source: ACLU netsite see:
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=11294&c=207
Now John Ashcroft is asking Congress to pass even more violations of civil rights in the form of Patriot II. The following is some clarification on this repressive Act of fascistic inspiration.
Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 (AKA PATRIOT II)
Provisions in the Attorney General’s bill would allow the government to strip citizenship from any American who provides support for a group designated by the federal government as a "terrorist organization" (section 501). Significantly, the USA PATRIOT Act broadened the definition of groups that could be so designated to potentially include domestic protest organizations such as Operation Rescue or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Also included are provisions permitting -- without court order and at the sole discretion of the Attorney General -- wiretapping of Americans for 15 days (sections 103, 104) without a declaration of war by Congress, if the Executive Branch decides unilaterally that an attack has created an emergency. While the Justice Department would have to check in with a judge after the 15 days
Other contentious proposals in the draft legislation include statutory authority for secret detentions and the termination of court-approved limits on police spying, because of the redefinition of domestic terrorism in USA PATRIOT, could sweep in protest tactics that "involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life." Under the law, the ACLU said, if an anti-war protestor broke the law during a demonstration and someone died as a result, the protestor could be subject to the death penalty. (Section 411) the ACLU said. Specifically, the bill, if signed into law, would also:
Make it easier for the government to initiate surveillance and wiretapping of U.S. citizens under the shadowy, top-secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. (Sections 101, 102 and 107)
Shelter federal agents engaged in illegal surveillance without a court order from criminal prosecution if they are following orders of high Executive Branch officials. (Section 106)
Authorize, in statute, the Department of Justice’s campaign of secret detentions by including a provision that would preempt federal litigation challenging non-disclosure of basic information about detainees. (Section 201)
Threaten public health by severely restricting access to crucial information about environmental health risks posed by facilities that use dangerous chemicals. (Section 202)
Harm Americans’ ability to receive a fair trial by limiting defense attorneys from challenging the use of secret evidence. (Section 204)
Reduce the ability of grand jury witnesses in terrorism investigations to defend themselves against public accusations by gagging them from discussing their testimony with the media or the general public. (Section 206)
Allow for the sampling and cataloguing of innocent Americans’ genetic information without court order and without consent. (Sections 301-306)
Permit, without any connection to anti-terrorism efforts, sensitive personal information about U.S. citizens to be shared with local and state law enforcement. (Section 311)
Undercut trust between police departments and immigrant communities by opening sensitive visa files to local police for the enforcement of complex immigration laws. (Section 311)
Terminate court-approved limits on police spying, which were initially put in place to prevent McCarthy-style law enforcement persecution based on political or religious affiliation. (Section 312)
Provide an incentive for neighbor to spy on neighbor and pose problems similar to those inherent in Attorney General Ashcroft’s "Operation TIPS" by granting blanket immunity to businesses that phone in false terrorism tips, even if their actions are taken with reckless disregard for the truth. (Section 313)
Further criminalize association -- without any intent to commit acts of terrorism -- with unpopular organizations labeled as terrorist by our government. (Section 402)
Under the pretext of fighting terrorism, unfairly target undocumented workers with extended jail terms for common immigration offenses. (Section 502)
Provide for summary deportations without evidence of crime or criminal intent, even of lawful permanent residents, whom the Attorney General says are a threat to national security. (Section 503)
Abolish fair hearings for lawful permanent residents convicted of criminal offenses through an "expedited removal" procedure, and prevent any court from questioning the government’s unlawful actions by explicitly exempting these cases from habeas corpus. Congress has not exempted any person from habeas corpus -- a protection guaranteed by the Constitution -- since the Civil War. (Section 504)
VICTORY ACT
Ashcroft will be pushing for passage of the Victory Act which stands for the Vital Interdiction of Criminal Terrorist Organizations Act.
Senators Hatch (R-UT), Sessions (R-AL), Kyl (R-AZ), Graham (R-SC), and Cornryn (R-TX) have drafted the Vital Interdiction of Criminal Terrorist Organizations (VICTORY) Act. The legislation would make drug possession a terrorist offense and increases the threshold for rejecting illegal wiretaps.
For more information, see the following:
August 27, 2003, Charles Levendosky, Casper (WY) Star-Tribune, Victory Act No Victory for Public
August 21, 2003, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, GOP Bill Would Add Anti-Terror Powers
August 21, 2003, Ryan Singel, Wired News, Patriot Act II Resurrected?
August 20, 2003, Dean Schabner, ABC News, Target: 'Narco-Terror'
August 2003, CNS News, Beware of Victory Act, Privacy Group Warns
Subject: Just Imagine what could happen to a regular bloke
The Patriot Act and the Patriot Act II, as well as the Victory Act
It breaks the political backs of the judiciary and legislative branches of government.
It allows random arrests and detention without hearings or trials for anyone or any group designated by the President.
It allows the concealment of Presidential records.
It permits secret "Military Tribunals" for presidentially-designated "terrorists".
It legalizes "sneak-n-peek" searches and seizures.
It allows the unlawful infiltration and surveillance of legal, domestic religious, labor and political organizations.
It allows the wholesale surveillance of private citizens, records and other materials without proof of probable cause.
It destroys all e-mail and internet privacy... get this my friend - here is the scene:
You score some smoke. Innocent little transgression? - not any more. Now the special police can come and wisk you away in full swat, put you on a plane declaring you a "stateless person" and as soon as the plane lands in a Coalition Country the local law immediately arrests you as a suspected terrorist, since you have no papers. At the behest of the local CIA their Israeli trained interrogators can put the thumb screws to you. You didn't even get to call your wife or kiss your kids. There was never any accusation, formal arrest and detainment, bail out and wait and then the instrument of justice proceeds and you pay to play as the lawyers rub their hands together. Not even a phone call and your friends just think you disappeared. Weeks later you turn up dead in a distant country assuming anyone gets to find out. Seems they filled out the paper work for you, filed it with the judge, got the conviction and executed you in advance just to make sure. This happened in Operation Condor in Chile during Allendes overthrow and the rise of Pinochet's CIA sponsored state genocide of the socialist leftist students. The US Government allowed US corporations to go in and assist in the political repression against many innocent dissidents and students, as well as innocent Americans caught in the crossfire. Henry Kissinger is wanted for human rights abuses there for his role in assisting the MaClarty Group in support of the Pinochet regime. Governor Richardson, governor of New Mexico and himself a democratic centrist, used to work for the McClarty Group around the same era - I have not verified at this time if he had any role in Chile. It is sufficiently significant that he did work for a Corporation which was cited for human rights violations at that time of employment and that he had the singular talent of speaking spanish. If he fulfilled a covert role with the CIA we will probably never know as the Official Secrets Act will keep us in the dark for as long as it takes our memory to die.
10,000 students were killed and floated down the rivers to terrorize the citizenry into not opposing the regime that had just deposed a popular president. They called them "the disappeared - los desaparecidos". Our leaders have decided to act opportunistically and with great guile targeting our most precious liberties and our most innocent transgression as a moralistic justification for mass victimization.
Each person that is disappeared out of the neighborhood only meets with whispered mutterings of an otherwise terrified citizenry cowering to not be the one destroyed. Only a madman could think this would be a moral lesson for Americans and an acceptable tactic. It is the hand of Terror and the embodiment of the Great Terrorist - the shadow government that will surely evolve out of this matrix of doubt and fear.
Replacing society and civics without a bloodbath will be impossible and the very government will be acting to promote the free fall of law and order as any of us has ever known it.
Only by imposing this upon our selves, suffering under the illusion that we could somehow profit by it ourselves and be spared, could we ever be called upon to witness such a time. Only if we chose to act with guile and wanton ignorance could we overthrow the great system of checks and balances that is the wisdom of our Bill of Rights and Constitution.
This is the most critical test of our times, because old jealous orders stand face to face in an OK Corral - Secular orders on one side and Pluralist orders on the other in a War for the Human Spirit. Do we have the collective courage to step into the Aquarian future and vision our own future for ourselves? Or do we need a guide. a scripted role and and a foregone conclusion that we are superior as a prophetic backdrop like a guarantee by the author of the very movie were in! Can we see a future at all outside the lies we've been weaned on. Can we even remantle our foreign policy from one based on a real estate contract from God? Could we recognize the truth if we saw it or would we cover it with our preconceptions and be right back in our special hell? If money is how we define success, then how do we quantify the value of humanity and an unencumbered future free of the debts of our fathers? When will we as a society ever get to these deeper considerations in our political conception of the world? How then can we define Patriot I and II or the Victory Act as tenants of a free and democratic government?
We must rally at the local level at every level of our local and state government and eventually overwhelm the deviousness sown in a criminal Congress captive of the corporate culture and the rampant greed devouring the sane values of our great country. That is the way we can turn our government around and restore the people's will.
STOP THE PATRIOT ACT - REAFFIRM THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW BY RESPECTING THE CONSTITUTION AND SUPPORTING A RESOLUTION IN YOUR TOWN.
