Sunday, February 3, 2019
Amendment 1
The Right to Petition the Government for Redress of Grievances.
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote: "In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
Amendment 1
The Right to Petition the Government for Redress of Grievances.
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote: "In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
Amendment 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
In 2002, a group of people organized by Robert Schultz of New York calling themselves We The People Foundation and Congress created a formal highly researched Petition for Redress of Grievances. It consisted of 62 questions relating to the Federal Individual Income Tax. It was delivered to the Commissioner of the IRS, the Secretary of the Treasury, the then President of the United States George W. Bush and all 535 members of the House and Senate.
Since our Consitution, the courts have ruled on the constitutionality of the various tax laws. Even the Revenue Act of 1913 had its moments in court. "People supported the income tax because it was originally meant to impose only very low tax rates on only the highest incomes," wrote Raymond J. Keating in a 1996 article for The Freeman. "Proponents argued that the 16th amendment to the U.S. Constitution would force the so-called 'robber barons' to pay taxes. It was not supposed to provide a mechanism for Washington to reach into most Americans' pockets."
The Revenue Act of 1913 was challenged but it was found to be constitutional after the 16th Amendment was "allegedly" passed. We will entertain the controversial 16th Amendment in another post.
If you read various histories of the Federal Income tax you will find them to be very controversial. As history played out, more and more the courts ended up rubber stamping what the ruling class in America wanted; the absolute power to tax everyone and everything.
This was the reason behind creating the Petition.
Friday, March 13, 2009
A Well Regulated Militia and Free States
A well regulated Militia, being necessary for the security of a free State, .... shall not be infringed. The first portion of the 2nd Amendment is very interesting and perhaps one of the most important Amendments as it pertains to both community safety, security, defense as well as national defense.
The government wants to say the militas have been replaced by the National Guard. A militia however is not supposed to be politcally installed or controlled. It's supposed to be memebers of the community getting together and voluntarily creating local defence units and getting together with other units to strategise and create even larger defence systems all the way up to the State level and then the States working together to form even larger units and systems for national defences. What people don't know is that without militas (ground forces) and privateers (water forces), the United States most likely would not have won the Revolutionary War. Both of these groups literally just got together, with their own monies and formed very high quality offensive and defensive systems. Not much different than a company getting together and paying for security. The wealthier have the most to lose and therefore are generally willing to pay the necessary costs.
Where have the all the militia gone? With the various permitting, concealed weapons permits and anti-gun laws, the government has forced these groups underground in many instances. Therefore they cannot meet and train on a regular basis without threat of arrest, even though the Constitution calls for such a system.
Research history has shown my family that my ancestors fought at the revolutionary Battle of Benington, VT. History bears that they were well regulated militiamen and an integral part of helping to win the Revolutionary war within the militia group called the Green Mountain Boys.
A militia group bears many fruits other than safety. It brings men and their families within communities together to work for a common cause. In the State of Florida the Government is supposed to appoint the commanding office of the State Militia but I have never witnessed such an action. Not that I necessarily agree with that system. I think that the rank and file of the various statewide militias groups should elect their commanding officers from the lowest platoon commander to the State Commanding General. Their Commanding Officers should then elect their commanding officers and so on up the ladder. Since everyone is opperating on a voluntary basis and unpaid, there should be know differetial of benefits between officers and enlisted. The best commanders with be elected by their own units and no educational or other requirements should be placed on any man other then his character and abilities of being a good leader of which their can be no better judge than his peers.
Does anyone wonder why the Citizens of this country have been in either war, recession or depression for more than 50% of the time over the last 100 years. Our government has made war profitiable for some and a gratuity for others. We have made military defence a profit center for the rich through control of the military industrial contracting system where votes and policy are exchanged for campaign contributions paid for by the profits from the contracts. What a system.
Militia groups deprive the political system of this collusive activites and promote people to get in volved to accomplish a very important community function. How can that be a bad idea?
The government wants to say the militas have been replaced by the National Guard. A militia however is not supposed to be politcally installed or controlled. It's supposed to be memebers of the community getting together and voluntarily creating local defence units and getting together with other units to strategise and create even larger defence systems all the way up to the State level and then the States working together to form even larger units and systems for national defences. What people don't know is that without militas (ground forces) and privateers (water forces), the United States most likely would not have won the Revolutionary War. Both of these groups literally just got together, with their own monies and formed very high quality offensive and defensive systems. Not much different than a company getting together and paying for security. The wealthier have the most to lose and therefore are generally willing to pay the necessary costs.
Where have the all the militia gone? With the various permitting, concealed weapons permits and anti-gun laws, the government has forced these groups underground in many instances. Therefore they cannot meet and train on a regular basis without threat of arrest, even though the Constitution calls for such a system.
Research history has shown my family that my ancestors fought at the revolutionary Battle of Benington, VT. History bears that they were well regulated militiamen and an integral part of helping to win the Revolutionary war within the militia group called the Green Mountain Boys.
A militia group bears many fruits other than safety. It brings men and their families within communities together to work for a common cause. In the State of Florida the Government is supposed to appoint the commanding office of the State Militia but I have never witnessed such an action. Not that I necessarily agree with that system. I think that the rank and file of the various statewide militias groups should elect their commanding officers from the lowest platoon commander to the State Commanding General. Their Commanding Officers should then elect their commanding officers and so on up the ladder. Since everyone is opperating on a voluntary basis and unpaid, there should be know differetial of benefits between officers and enlisted. The best commanders with be elected by their own units and no educational or other requirements should be placed on any man other then his character and abilities of being a good leader of which their can be no better judge than his peers.
Does anyone wonder why the Citizens of this country have been in either war, recession or depression for more than 50% of the time over the last 100 years. Our government has made war profitiable for some and a gratuity for others. We have made military defence a profit center for the rich through control of the military industrial contracting system where votes and policy are exchanged for campaign contributions paid for by the profits from the contracts. What a system.
Militia groups deprive the political system of this collusive activites and promote people to get in volved to accomplish a very important community function. How can that be a bad idea?
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