Posted on 02/11/2012 9:58:03 PM PST by SaveOurRepublicFromTyranny
Just when we thought the US could not sink any further in its usurpation of civil rights, here comes the FBI to advise all those who tend to think that the broken economic model of the past century is the cause for the global insolvency, that wanton fiat diluation and reckless debt issuance does not 'fix' the problem of uber-leverage, and that the gold standard is the proper way to return to monetary stability, will henceforth be considered extremists. From Reuters: "Anti-government extremists opposed to taxes and regulations pose a growing threat to local law enforcement officers in the United States, the FBI warned on Monday. These extremists, sometimes known as "sovereign citizens," believe they can live outside any type of government authority, FBI agents said at a news conference." And the most epic line ever written: "The extremists may refuse to pay taxes, defy government environmental regulations and believe the United States went bankrupt by going off the gold standard."
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
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And the Khmer Rouge went after all the people they thought were intelligent.
The trick may be, to be so smart, they actually think, you are stupid. Worked real well with Global Warming. They ended up calling us skeptics, idiots. And I guess we were, just too stupid, to see their brilliance.
Mixing a political view of any kind in with conduct that has been banned by law, is the very sign of a witch and warlock hunt. What crime, even the most technical and controversial one, is constituted by a political view? This pronouncement appears to be full of Rat droppings.
Wow so the FBI is targeting people for having a different political opinions....
Just as the Founding Fathers envisioned. (sarcasm off)
Not enough on Zero Hedge...
The government has grown menacing and paranoid like it’s Kenyan leader. We need a new President badly. The DOJ needs a big house cleaning.
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It did. By design.
And certainly almost no one who voted in November, 1932 for a sound gold standard money according to the Glass money plank in the platform could have believed that less than a year later, in a radio address reviewing the extraordinary monetary acts of the New Deal, the President would be saying: "We are thus continuing to move toward a managed currency."(snip)
The third step was a decree by the President requiring all persons and corporations whatever to divest themselves of gold and hand it over to the government. The law authorizing him to do that had fixed the penalty of non-compliance at a fine equal to twice the value of the gold. The executive decree added the penalty of imprisonment.
In view of further intentions not yet disclosed it was imperative for the government to get possession of all the gold. With a lot of gold in private hands its control of money, banking, and credit could have been seriously challenged. All that the government asked for at first was possession of the gold, as if it were a trust. For their gold as they gave it up people received paper money, but this paper money was still gold standard money — that is to say, it had always been exchangeable for gold dollar for dollar, and people supposed that it would be so again, when the crisis passed. Not a word had yet been said about devaluing the dollar or repudiating the gold standard. The idea held out was that a: people surrendered their gold they were supporting the nation's credit.
This decree calling in the gold was put forth or April 5. There was then an awkward interlude. The Treasury was empty. It had to sell some bonds. If people knew what was going to happen they might hesitate to buy new Treasury bonds. Knowing that it was going to devalue the dollar, knowing that it was going to repudiate the gold redemption clause in its bonds, even while it was writing the law of repudiation, the government nevertheless issued and sold to the people bonds engraved as usual, that is, with the promise of the United States Government to pay the interest and redeem the principal "in United States gold coin of the present standard of value."
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The fifth step was the act of repudiation. By resolution June 5, 1933, the Congress repudiated the gold redemption clause in all government obligations, saying they should be payable when due in any kind of money the government might see fit to provide; and, going further, it declared that the same traditional redemption clause in all private contracts, such, for example, as railroad and other corporation bonds, was contrary to public policy and therefore invalid.
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When by the Inflation Amendment the dollar was cut loose from gold it did not immediately fall. That was because, in spite of everything, it was the best piece of money in the whole world. Well then, when the dollar did not fall headlong of its own weight the government began to club it down, and the club it used to beat it with was gold. In the President's words the procedure was like this: "I am authorizing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to buy newly mined gold in the United States at prices to be determined from time to time after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the President. Whenever necessary to the end in view we shall also buy or sell gold in the world market. My aim in taking this step is to establish and maintain continuous control. This is a policy and not an expedient."
The same feudal ideas run through all their jurisprudence, and constantly remind us of the distinction between the Prince and the subject. No such ideas obtain here; at the Revolution, the sovereignty devolved on the people; and they are truly the sovereigns of the country, but they are sovereigns without subjects (unless the African slaves among us may be so called) and have none to govern but themselves; the citizens of America are equal as fellow citizens, and as joint tenants in the sovereignty.
United States Supreme Court
2 Dall 419
decided 1793
You’re being reported to Attack Watch.
/sarc
LOL! If you are like me, you’ll be posting excerpts from that old thread for quite awhile - it is ALL so relevant to today!
I seriously doubt the agencies are a problem. It’s the Admin that usually cultivates the hostility.
I’m fairly outspoken about the dumb asses that freely unload their nastiness and weapons on citizens and animals, but there’s a larger network that I’m confident is doing its best to “Live Free or Die” — the humble patriots that go unnoticed. And sadly, they’re hardly recognized. They are in prayers, however, along with the troops, and the unborn, etc.
No mention of suicide bombers, Islam or self-aware suicidal airliners?
Government as God runs through all government agencies.
Democrats probably win 90 of 100 civilian government employment votes in a bad year.
Before long I may have specific excerpts, with supporting links, drafted into a word doc with the HTML for repeated posting.
It's a great read. A history lesson for those who didn't live through the era and potentially enlightening even for those who did.
No doubt, but I’m not referring to the administrators and bureaucrats.
Hey, if it were up to me, I’d triple pay the best and fire the rest. I think security is serious business, and only the best should be empowered with the responsibility. BTW, the consequences for Constitutional violations would be steep.
And some folks just want to do their job without the political flak. We should be smart about the ball busting.
The FBI wants his own “I’m a WACO victim too” welfare paycheck. But real injustice against Christians is a threat to their livelyhood. It’s all too obvious the communists have gotten this country into a spiral of finger pointing, tax avoidance, joblessness, benefits looking retiring bureaucrates of crap and gayness.
So austerity and the gold standard is now equated with tax avoidance? Oh, really. Who is the job thief and avoider and tax evader here? Benefit seekers and victimhood seekers.
This justice system is corrupt politically. It is a wussy country incapable of tolerating criticizing Zero the leader... yep.
What a freaking mess of losers.
But watch them and their arrogance fail them and then they will cower around tail between legs. LOOOOSERS!!!
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