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Rahami Ordered To Attack non-Believers: I Told You So

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

Posted by perrinlovett in News and Notes

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America, civilization, crime, crimes, riots, terrorism, The West

That didn’t take long. Two days ago I predicted Rahami the dumpster bomber would admit two motives behind his attacks. He already has.

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Two things:

  • U.S. meddling in the Middle East begets terrorism;
  • Radical Islam is incompatible with Western Civilization.

The fixes here are really very easy.

A related story of domestic terrorism came last night from Charlotte. Again, the solutions to some of these problems are pretty simple. Consider this picture:

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The 18-wheeler that was looted and burned on I-85 was on the front line and not behind stopped vehicles. In fact there were four or five trucks up front. That’s something like 10,000 foot-pounds of torque. That amount of force could have cleared the Interstate in a few seconds.

The physical solutions are so plain and clear the issue really becomes whether Americans are even interested in civilization anymore.

On The Legal Front

02 Thursday Jun 2016

Posted by perrinlovett in Legal/Political Columns, News and Notes

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The Cigar Industry vs. The Empire

A week or so back I noted the federal government’s considerable efforts to destroy the premium cigar industry in America. I’m planning a major story on the subject. Fortunately, I will be able to add this part – the industry strikes back:

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Here’s the LAWSUIT.

I have glanced over the complaint. While it is not as extreme as I would like, it is a good start. We cannot take this or any other government abuse lying down. Hats off to Enrique and Co.

Divorce is Murder

What’s worse than a divorce? A divorce that ends in homicide. This is a case of that anti-family law I wrote about hating several years ago.

TALLAHASSEE — The shooting of a Florida State University law professor in his upscale neighborhood two years ago was part of a murder-for-hire scheme that may have been set in motion by a bitter divorce between Daniel Markel and his ex-wife, according to court records released Thursday.

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Markel and his wife divorced in 2013, but before it was finalized court records show that the two fought over Wendi Adelson’s push to move her two small children to South Florida to be closer to her family. At the time of Markel’s death, the records show, the two were battling over money, with Adelson contending that Markel did not pay her as much as he was supposed to under their divorce agreement. Markel also complained that his mother-in-law was disparaging him and wanted the court to prohibit her from having unsupervised visits with his children.

  • Tampa Bay Times, June 2, 2016.

Sometimes one part just can’t rely on the system alone – hit-men make things a little easier and faster. A death in such a case is usually the man. (Men, like this poor fellow, only receive justice from the system once they are dead – if at all). Make of this case what you will.

More Proof From the District of Corruption

John W. Whitehead again does a masterful job pointing out the incomprehensible evil that flows out of D.C.

Writing for the New Yorker, investigative reporter Maria Bustillos concludes, “the machinery of our government seems to have taken on an irrational life of its own. We live in a surreal world in which a ‘transparent’ government insists on the need for secret courts; our President prosecutes whistle-blowers and maintains a secret ‘kill list’; and private information is collected in secret and stored indefinitely by intelligence agencies.”

It’s no coincidence that almost exactly three years after Snowden began his steady campaign to leak documents about the government’s illegal surveillance program, Congress is preparing to adopt legislation containing a secret provision that would expand the FBI’s powers to secretly read Americans’ emails without a court order.

Yes, you read that correctly.

The government is planning to push through secret legislation that would magnify its ability to secretly spy on us without a warrant.

After three years of lying to us about the real nature of the government’s spying program, feigning ignorance, dissembling, and playing at enacting real reforms, it turns out that what the government really wants is more power, more control, and more surveillance.

A secret provision tacked onto the 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act will actually make it easier for the government to spy on Americans’ emails as well as their phone calls.

If enacted, this law would build upon the Patriot Act’s authorization of National Security Letters (NSL) which allows the FBI to secretly demand—without prior approval from a judge and under a gag order that carries the penalty of a prison sentence—that banks, phone companies, and other businesses provide them with customer information and not disclose the demands to the person being investigated or even indicate that they have been subjected to an NSL.

You can read more about the Intelligence Authorization Act, S.B. 1705, HERE.

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None of this, none of it, surprises me. Everything that comes from the government is as toxic as mercury. You may not care about cigars, murder, or being spied on but, rest assured, big brother will eventually do something that will concern you. If you keep on voting for this band of criminals, you deserve what you get.

Piracy, Counterfeiting, and Treason

23 Monday Nov 2015

Posted by perrinlovett in Legal/Political Columns

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This article was featured on The Perrin Lovett Show (with usual amateur production, etc.).

The United States Constitution sets forth a very few enumerated powers for the federal government – 18 to 30 or so, depending on how one reads the text.Several others could be imagined given a certain degree of lucidity. The modern law and political crowd obviously has a very vivid imaginations.

“Our” government now involves itself in literally everything. The pretense of following the Constitution was long ago dropped in favor of a do-all, end-all, all things for all people nanny state. This proves, as Lysander Spooner noted toward the end of the 19th Century, the abject failure of the Constitution. Either it enabled the growth and development of the current system or it was powerless to prevent it. Either way a lost cause for the liberty-minded.

Amongst those few, ancient powers were the prohibition and prosecution of but three specific crimes. Others, a few, could, again, be imagined based on the surrounding text.

Insanity, rather than imagination, best describes the current vast expanse of federal criminal “justice.” Today there are something like 10,000 crimes in the federal code – not all of them are even contained in Title 18, criminal laws. If you have a system where laws escape their designated place, you then have a problem. Worse, the various federal administrative agencies – none of which are found in the Constitution – write a bazillion regulations every year. Many of these carry quasi-criminal penalties.

One gets the idea that any and everything is illegal in America. It is. Possessing a “short” lobster is illegal. Owning a flower banned by a foreign government is illegal. Installing a toilet with a decent sized water tank is illegal.

Few of these laws were enacted to preserve order or to protect the public. Rather, they are intended to promote the government’s over the populace. The people seem to approve. That is, until they find themselves on the wrong side of a federal courtroom.

The average American commits three felonies a day – usually with no intent. Most of these go unprosecuted. Most are never known. Even if a violation is disclosed it is rarely acted upon. It would be impossible to persecute 300 million citizens on a regular basis. Unnecessary too. Prosecution is selective at best. It’s designed to make examples to keep the people in line.

Again, it started out with but three crimes. All the rest were left to the states for enforcement by statute or under our English heritage of common law. While a few cases of the three original varieties occasionally come up, these crimes are almost completely committed, these days by the government itself.

Counterfeiting

“The Congress shall have the power …To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States.” U.S. Const., Art. I, Section 8.

You, dear reader, must be familiar with the concept of the counterfeiter. It’s some dude in a basement with a press and green ink or a high-end color copier, who manufactures fake twenties for use at the supermarket. This does happen. However, it is dwarfed by the scheme enacted by the government in 1913 through the Federal Reserve Act.

That Act created the modern central banking system. One of those thirty or so enumerated powers in the old parchment authorized only Congress to create currency. Said currency was to be based only upon the determined value of gold or silver. It was thus real money, linked to something of intrinsic value.

Via the Act Congress abdicated its authority to a private banking cabal. They were literally given a monopoly to print money. A tenuous link was, then, in place which, on the surface, to the Constitution and the gold standard. The Act’s original language stated the new federal reserve notes could be redeemed at any time for either “lawful currency” or precious metals. It was a sly admission the new notes were something other than lawful. Funny almost but deadly.

This cozy arrangement allows the government an endless supply of debt by which to prop up its income tax scheme and bottomless spending. The tax also, conveniently, came along in 1913. Like a plan or something.

The cabal benefits by being able to loan themselves and their friends an infinite amount of money. You may read all about this process, dubbed the “Mandrake Mechanism” in G. Edward Griffin’s The Creature from Jekyll Island.

The downsides for you are several. First, you endure the loss of Constitutional government – lost to a despicable gang of criminals. Second, you loss buying power to inflation. The more of something there is, the less each individual unit is worth. The more money the Fed prints, the less the money you have buys. Prices rise accordingly. Incomes are always the last to increase; they are perpetually behind the curve.

The Treasury still has the ability to print real money in addition to the Fed’s funny notes. The last time it did so was in the 1960s in a bid to boost currency circulation. The gold link was weakened during the great depression (by a Democrat administration) and severed entirely in the early 70s by Richard Nixon (a Republican) (2 parties, remember…).

Piracy

“The Congress shall have the power … To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations…” U.S. Const., Art.I, Section 8.

This was a serious issue for the young Republic, being tied to European trade. It’s still an important issue. Ask Captain Phillips about piracy in the 21st Century. Again, however, the actions of the central government eclipse anything done by the hook and parrot set.

The government does not roam the seas looking for vessels to raid. Well, actually, they do. Most of their pillaging and plundering is conducted on land though. Piracy is synonymous with stealing. What doesn’t the government steal?

They get your money through taxes, fees, and insidious inflation. They get your flowers, short lobsters, milk, and produce. They get your arms, legs an lives through their endless wars. They get your children with their mandatory non-education system. They get it all. Pipe up too loudly about this theft and they bring out the guns – piracy. Everything, everywhere, everyday.

Treason

“Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason…” U.S. Const., Art. III, Section 3.

With the exception of the “Civil” war the government does not conduct military operations against itself. Sometimes one wishes the opposite. They do occasionally make war on us: whiskey tax protesters, poor coal miners, displaced veterans, Indians, those of Japanese ancestry, churches, etc.

The real crime they commit – constantly – is giving aid to our enemies. Any enemy they can find so long as the free people suffer. Piracy and counterfeiting (see above) are two good examples. Another example is the absolute infidelity to the limits of the Constitution. Yet again, the majority of the people seem okay with the ridiculous overextension of state authority – so long as they get (or are at least promised) some goodies.

A great example from the news of late is the American warfare/welfare policy concerning Islamic terrorism. The military trots around the globe in search of crazed radicals. Rather than defeating them, they stir the boiling pot. This allows for wholesale spending of the fiat money. It also gives them graft to loot. It also angers the hell out of already dangerous peoples.

As if that isn’t bad enough Washington then imports as many “refugees” to the States as it can locate. Screening be damned, they have a Civilization to wreck.

If any outsider attempted such unimaginable terror, it would be considered an act of war. As is, I view it as an act of Treason. The people may not go along with this one much longer. Not when Paris-style theater and sporting outings become the norm. Not when Sharia law emerges from the 7th century into places like Dearborn and Omaha.

What if anything can be done? I think reform is not an option. Many of my conservative friends want a “return to the Constitution.” That means going back to a document that was roundly ignored the first time. At best, it would reset the clock. This time around there’s no assurance the demise (eternal) would take so long to happen. They could just use history as a blueprint.

Congress, the President (any President), and their friends in beaurocracy and banking are non to eager to give up all that power and fun. The Courts have long since rubber stamped the insanity. It’s all okay because of the Necessary and Proper Clause, or the Welfare Clause, or the Santa Clause, or … Just because it just is.

Years ago, during a federal firearms case, I asserted the government’s lack of authority over firearms law as a defense for my client. I moved the court to dismiss the charges for lack of standing. I reminded the judge about Article One enumeration. I waived a copy of the parchment around like a fan. As I spoke there was a stunned silence. Attorneys are not supposed to uphold the law as I did literally.

My motion was denied instantly. My client took a plea deal and voided any chance of an appeal. Any appeal would have failed anyway. Law and order minus the law part.

These are not only my experience. Ted Cruz, whom I’m told is running for President, accessed the White House of ‘Counterfeiting Immigration Documents’

Given what we know about government, they probably did. They’re obviously getting away with it. This was a story about immigration too. Perhaps the merging of Treason and counterfeiting.

Speaking to Fox News following a federal judge’s decision to temporarily halt President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration, the potential Republican presidential contender said the commander in chief is ignoring federal law.

“One of the things it points out is the president has claimed, rather absurdly, that the basis of his authority is ‘prosecutorial discretion.’ That he’s simply choosing not to prosecute 4.5 million people here illegally,” Cruz told Fox News. “But what the district court concluded, quite rightly, is they’re doing far more than that. The administration is printing work authorizations. It is affirmatively acting in contravention of federal law. Basically, what its doing is counterfeiting immigration documents, because the work authorizations its printing are directly contrary to the text of federal law. It is dangerous when the president ignores federal law.

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“We’re not going to disregard this federal court ruling,” Obama said, but he added that administration officials would continue to prepare to roll out the program.

We’re not going to ignore the law, we’ll just not abide by it. To hell with it… That, in a nutshell, is the government. What can be done? Not much right now. For starters though we could all cease to hold the state up on a pedestal of honor. The gallows would be more appropriate. Stop legitimizing the monsters. Shun the long enough and maybe they will go away.

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Arrrrrrr. Ye taxes and short lobsters I shall have! Disney.

Don’t Make A Federal Case Out Of It!

23 Saturday Feb 2013

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The title of this column is a common phrase, the equivalent of “don’t make a mountain out of a mole-hill.”  It is an admonishment to not blow things out of proportion.  I use it, here, as a legitiment plea.  Too many cases, particularly criminal cases, go through the federal court system.  “The more laws, the less justice!” remarked, Cicero, perhaps ancient Rome’s ultimate statesman.  I echo his sentiment as one of my favorite quotes of all time.

In general, in Amerika today, too many things are against the law.  In the old days you have to harm someone or actually threaten them with harm to find yourself in court.  Now, any excuse will do for a persecution .. prosecution, rather.   Owning certain plants is illegal, and not only the ones some people smoke to get high.  “Short” lobsters are illegal.  Not reading a contract in full is illegal.  Everything is illegal.  By the way, I write “Amerika (with a “K”),” like many commentators, to lament the decline of my country, America.  I have watched it change completely during my life, I’m sure you’ve noticed it too.

Back to federal criminal laws.  There are somewhere on the order of 10,000 criminal laws inside and outside of Title 18 of the U.S. Code.  Add to that the innumerable regulations which carry criminal-like penalties and the ways to criminally control and extort the people are almost limitless.

Remember that old rag called the Constitution?  It seems most people have forgotten it, especially those charged with defending and upholding it.  I am one such sworn defender who keeps it in mind more than most. 

Stock Photo of the Consitution of the United States and Feather Quill

(Birth of a government… Source: Google Images).

Oddly, I am not the greatest fan of the Constitution.  This shocks many people who know me as an ardent proponent of the document.  The Constitution was drafted for one reason – to create a new government.  Not being a fan of government, and not being able to find sufficient fault with the previous version under the Articles of Confederation, I view the Constitution and its child as unnecessary, dangerous even.  However, since we have it, one would assume we should use it.  The problem is we don’t.  “We” is misplaced.  The problem is the government’s complete abdication of the limits placed on it by the Constitution.

Lysander Spooner observed, over 100 years ago, “whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it.  In either case, it is unfit to exist.”  And, that was before the exponential growth of the present government. 

As is, I have sworn several oaths to support and defend the Constitution; therefore, I do so.  I read the Constitution literally (adhering to the “strict construction” view) and only put credence in what is actually listed therein, no more.

Back to federal criminal laws, again.  Do you know how many crimes are designated for federal prosecution?  The number is a little less than 10,000.  The Constitution authorized congress to make and allow prosecution of THREE crimes!  Those, all found under Article I, are: 1) counterfeiting money; 2) piracy and; 3) treason.  Most of these are almost exclusively committed by the government these days. They obviously don’t prosecute themselves absent exigent circumstances (political payback, etc.). 

Actually, there are other crimes acceptable as federal crimes.  The great Ron Paul, speaking in the House Floor, noted four federal crimes.  I would not dare dispute the Honorable Doctor.  Thus, I defer to his number, though I will question exactly what the fourth crime is.  There are a few possibilities.  I do not read expansively, as some do, that the other legitimate functions of the government authorized in the Constitution might lead to hypothetical or extrapolated crimes.  That reading is how we got to our present state of insanity.

The Constitution authorizes punishment for violation of the “law of nations.”  I’m not sure what that means but it is written.  The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery (I have a new series coming on the subject!) and provides for punishment.  That would be a federal crime.  It’s possible there are others but the number thereof is very short.

All other crimes, legitimate crimes, are left for state or local prosecution.  That’s what the Constitution says.  You can read the whole thing here and I recommend you do, frequently: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html.

The federal government was never intended to be all-powerful, though it has assumed that god-like position.  Blasphemy, I say!  I have never thought of any easy way to reverse the course of tragedy in our laws.  Therefore, I have resolved myself to faithfully do what I can, individually, to maintain true allegiance to the Constitution, flawed though it may be.  I have met with little success.

Over my professional legal career I have undertaking criminal defense matters with great enthusiasm.  I have worked and tried many cases, including many in federal courts.  During my tenure I have never defended anyone charged with piracy, counterfeiting, treason, or slavery.  One client was close to counterfeiting – accused of identity theft which robbed people and banks of money, kind of like printing the stuff from scratch – like the Federal Reserve does with Congress’s illegal blessing.

Most of my clients were charged with any and everything else, though usually the cases involved firearms and narcotics.  Most of these defendants chose to enter pleas in exchange for reduced sentences.  Most (like 97%) of federal defendants do this.  This is a sad statistic.  Very few cases go to trial and the government wins most of those by a similar margin.  I have successfully had cases dismissed outright.  That is rare in any court system.  I also negotiated better than most attorneys for my clients and any reduction in punishment they might receive.  I am not really proud of that last part and I have found it difficult to accept.  The lesser of two evils is still evil.  I don’t like evil.

The last case I tried to a jury involved charges of terroristic threats against a government agency.  Such vague “threats” as they were probably would not have supported a prosecution had they been leveled at me or you.  Directed towards the government they were unforgivable.  The nefarious methods employed by the government to obtain an indictment and a conviction were similarly outrageous. 

The jury did not hesitate to convict my client, a truly helpless man who had done harm to no-one.  He was released with “time served” with the government’s blessing.  Frequently, they just like to remind people they are in charge, and no more.  I must admit most of the local officials I deal with are more honest and compassionate than the average.  Still, that does not change the system.  My client declined my suggestion of an appeal and even my offer to seek a Presidential pardon (those of usually reserved for “buddies” and campaign contributors).  My guy just wanted to get back to life as normal.  I understand his plight and decisions.

During the trial, before the jury was sent to deliberate the case, I made a legal motion to have the case dismissed for purely legal reasons.  Juries consider all facts in conjunction with the law.  Judges consider matter purely legal in nature.  My motion was three parts, the last being reference to the lack of Constitutional authorization for the charged offense.  The motion was denied completely.  The denial would have survived appellate review.  The courts have consented to Congress’s massive expansion of the criminal laws and the President’s prosecution thereof.  So much for separation of powers.

I have made the same argument before.  To my knowledge I am the only attorney in the area (maybe the nation) who still dares to do so.  I care not for erroneous appellate decisions.  Recall, if you will, that once the Supreme Court said slavery was a-ok.  It never was.  Likewise, honesty and justice compel me to recite the legal truth about law, Natural and statutory, over and over regardless of the ultimate outcome.  When I make such arguments the Courtroom usually goes dead silent and I have gotten used to icy stares.  I have also learned not to push my luck and that these arguments do not work.  Making a simple point is enough, I never argue to the point of being held in contempt.  I have heard others have done that.  I am too much of a coward to risk jail over moot points.   

Some have told me these concerns are better taken up with Congress.  All things being equal, that is correct.  Congress is supposed to be there to hear grievances.  Have you tried communicating with Congress lately?  It was largely a pointless endeavor in days past; almost no members of the assembly cared for truth.  With the departure of Dr. Paul, there is no point now. 

We have lost the greatest champion of Liberty since the passing of the Founders.  We have lost truth and justice.  At least we have 10,000 criminal laws to comfort us.  Enjoy!

Droning On and On

15 Friday Feb 2013

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Suddenly, in the midst of the deprivations of the Imperial police state, a controversy has arisen!  I imagine it will die down (literally perhaps).  The same neo-con nuts who gleefully embraced preemptive war, torture, and summary execution of “fara-ners” with rabid, Ares-worshipping lust have suddenly found a reason to be concerned about similar tactics.  Apparently, these Jacobin decepticons were previously unaware of the prolific and deadly use of armed, un-maned drones in the War on Freedo..er..Terror. 

Now there is a great uproar over President Sotoro’s claim, cleared legally by the Just-Us department, unopposed by the loyal and useless opposition in Congress, and unaddressed by Federal Courts, to have the unilateral authority to kill any American citizen by drone strike anywhere, at any time, and for any reason or for no reason. 

You may recall the Obama’s warning to his daughter’s potential suitors: “I have two words for you — predator drones.”  See the Emperor in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWKG6ZmgAX4. We all laughed.  Hahahahuuuuuh….  The man was serious it seems.  Now it appears that these flying hunter-killers are intended to quell any Amerikans out of line, not merely stupid teenage boys who hit on the wrong girls.

By Executive Order (an act of Congress without an act of Congress) the President has established a “kill list” of suspects, terrorists, others (political dissenters??), the occupants of which may be targeted for death by Hellfire missile at the President’s individual whim.  Hitler is probably kicking himself in hell for not thinking of something similar.  Americans are not exempted from the list.  No need to trouble a grand jury, the police, or the Courts!  No need for antiquated concepts like Due Process or Equal Protection.  Just press a button and … BOOM!  Problem solved.  All of this takes place in secret as to protect us serfs.

The New york Times has warned that 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue may be engaging in a “‘Whac-A-Mole’ approach to counterterrorism”  (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0).  Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, does it not?  Silly old Jimmy Carter was laughed at for once stating he sought nuclear policy advice from his daughter.  Now we have a deadly serious policy operating on the principles of a carnival game. 

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(This thing may be coming for you, Amerika.  Source – Google Images, fair use.)

Many ordinary citizens, when confronted with such awful reality often retort, “It can’t happen here!”  Sadly, while not necessarily occurring on American soil, it has already happened to three Americans overseas.  Samir Khan and Anwar al-Awlaki along with Awlaki’s 16-year-old son were blasted by a missile from a drone. (http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/05/16856963-american-drone-deaths-highlight-controversy?lite).  These individuals were allegedly involved in some sort of terrorist activity in Yemen.  Details are scarce in this case, absent altogether really.  Per the President’s Order the public (and Congress, etc.) need not know any reasons behind such actions.  Tyrants usually do not to explain themselves.

This is the current poster case of drone abuse.  Considering the government goes to extraordinary lengths to keep its criminal activities secret, there may be other incidents of extra-legal drone killings (murder).  I have friends in and out of the legal community who defend such actions as warranted under the “War” on terror.  Can you recall when Congress declared war on terror?  They did not.  They did authorize President Bush to use force in Iraq and Afghanistan based on numerous lies concocted by the previous administration.  I suppose this “War” extends to Yemen and, now, world-wide.  The most Honorable Ron Paul objected to this carte blanche authority and urged his lower-IQ colleagues in the House to consider a Declaration of War, as mandated by the Constitution.  Remember the Constitution?  Congress has not declared war since 1941 and probably never will again.  Rules are so hard to follow; sworn oaths be damned.

Reports have been issued that these mechanical terror birds are currently in use over the good old U.S.A. for domestic surveillance purposes.  The details, again, are scant at best.  A rumour floated around the newsrooms that drones were used to hunt accused criminal Christopher Dorner in California.  Is it possible the fire which killed Dorner might have been started by a warhead detonation rather than the (constantly shifting) reasons given by the authorities involved in the case?  Dorner was described as a “domestic terrorist” after all by L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck.  (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/10/ex-cop-manhunt-continues/1906999/).  Perhaps Beck made a phone call to the White House.  I speculate wildly and perhaps without cause.

On Wednesday the Federal Aviation Administration assured the shepple that there will never be any armed drones over Amerikan soil.  See here: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/13/faa-official-no-armed-drones-us/.  Some, like Kentucky Senator, Rand Paul, Dr. Ron Paul’s son, fear the President might someday use armed drones to kill more citizens here at home.  Now we know we are safe – the government told us so.  This would be the same government that told us income tax withholding would cease just as soon as Hitler and Tojo were licked.  The same government that told us about the great naval battle in the Gulf of Token, the evil of the Waco TX Seventh Day Adventists, and the collapse of World Trade Center Number 7.  We have nothing to worry about!  Really!

I can sense, telepathically, that you don’t believe this latest lie.  You may recall that on the same day they “pulled” WTC No. 7, the FAA temporarily lost control of the nation’s airspace to the Imperial military.  Your flights were cancelled and all.  It’s the same military that will dispatch the armed drones to engage all of you “domestic tarr-ists” whether the FAA likes it or not.  The FAA answers to Little Barry and when (if) he tells them to step aside, they will without a word of protest.

A long, long time ago, back when America more resembled a free country, Congress took up the subject of lower tech military threats against Americans in America.  The result was the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibited the use of military troops or assets in domestic law enforcement.  For years this law sat on a shelf in Washington until it was completely covered with dust.  By strange chance a night cleaning crew uncovered it while trying to tidy up after Watergate.  The law was promptly re-addressed by the Congress and essentially nullified.  It’s still on the books though it has never been used – ever.  Rarely does a federal law go unused.  I am (or was) an expert on this little gem of legal security and you can look for a near future discussion of the same at this site. 

There are many potential solutions to this quandary: impeachment, nullification, Congressional oversight, etc.  You can (and should) write your representative in Mordor to recommend and demand such action; do not expect results.  Reinvigorating and strengthening (and applying) the Posse Comitatus Act might be a way to solve the neo-cons’ worries.  Oh, I almost forgot about them.  They do tend to be annoyingly forgettable, don’t they?  I think their concern stems from the party association of this particular President rather than his policies. 

The ever-wafting neo-fascists were enthusiastic, as noted above, when a Republican president used similar heavy handed measures.  “D” and “R” convey tremendous power.  Last year, as in 2008, the RepunliCONS had a good chance to stand behind a man who would have never allowed such atrocities to befall the American people.  At the time, though, the nuts declared Dr. Ron Paul to be an isolationist and a wachco.  Would they agree now that a wacho beats a dictator?

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