Posted on 05/31/2002 3:22:41 AM PDT by LibertyRocks
THE WAR ON PRIVACY
by Rick Stanley
The spin doctors are at it again.
Figuring out that the FBI's recently announced "War on
Terrorism" is really a War on Privacy is hardly rocket
science. Anybody with a little common sense can see
that. Just look at the government's previous record with
the "wars" they have already declared on America's social
problems.
-- During the Great Depression, Roosevelt's "War on
Unemployment" quickly became a war on sound money, a war
on the supreme Court, and a war on the system of checks
and balances. The New Deal had very little real effect on
unemployment in America. It took a real war -- World War
II -- to snap America out of the economic doldrums. But
the New Deal did concentrate a great quantity of totally
unconstitutional power in the office of the president.
-- Lyndon Johnson introduced us to the "War on Poverty."
Anyone with a little common sense saw through that one
right away. In truth it has always been a war on your
pocketbook, and a war on the independent practice of
medicine. Thirty-five years later poverty in America is
just as widespread as it ever was, and the Medicare
program has driven the quality of medical care down while
simultaneously driving the price through the roof.
-- Tricky Dick Nixon introduced America to the "War on
Drugs," another unconstitutional exercise of governmental
power designed to control the citizenry. And what is that
war really all about? It's about stealing billions of
dollars of private property via unconstitutional "asset
forfeiture" actions. It's about keeping the price of
certain drugs unnaturally high so that the foreign
interests who smuggle the drugs can reap immense profits.
And it's about treating the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth,
Seventh, and Eighth Amendments as if they were so much
toilet paper.
Now George W. Bush and Robert Mueller are introducing us
to a brave new "War on Terrorism." Is it any wonder that
thoughtful American patriots fear these two, and their
latest unconsti- tutional power grab, more than we fear
al Qaida? Isn't it perfectly obvious? This isn't a war on
terrorism. It's another war against the Constitution.
It's another assault on your unalienable rights.
When the FBI was first created, there were grave doubts
about the constitutionality of a federal police force.
When Tricky Dick Nixon used the FBI to investigate his
political enemies the resulting hue and cry eventually
forced him to resign his office. Yesterday the director
of the FBI announced that the agency's mission has been
altered.
It's not a law enforcement agency any longer. Now it's a
domestic spy agency. It will poke and pry its way through
America's mail -- and e-mail, and phone calls -- without
even the semblance of probable cause and without a
judicial warrant.
Have you seen the FBI's definition of a "domestic
terrorist"? They published it
four years ago - click here to read the brochure. It's
already been widely publicized. It says that people who
"defend" the Constitution are domestic terrorists. It
says that people who ask questions when they're stopped
by the police fit the profile. It even says that "lone
individuals" are probably domestic terrorists.
That description fits nearly every citizen of the United
States. Think about it. Have you ever been a "lone
individual"? Have you ever asked a traffic cop why he
pulled you over? If so, then you fit the profile. You
are a suspect. You are now under investigation as a
"domestic terrorist."
The FBI's "War on Terrorism" is not what it claims to be.
It is another monstrous fraud on the American public. It
is just the latest in a long train of usurpations and
abuses pursuing invariably the same object: to reduce
you, and me, and every other freedom-loving American
under absolute despotism.
Enough is enough. It's time to call a halt. We must stop
the runaway "War on Terrorism" before it destroys our
beloved country. It's time to identify the Senators and
Representatives who have sold us out as the traitors that
they truly are.
It's time to take our country back.
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Rick Stanley is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate
from Colorado (www.stanley2002.org). Stanley is a Denver
businessman with 27 years' experience serving the
construction, plant maintenance and fleet maintenance
industries. He is currently the owner and CEO of Stanley
Fasteners and Shop Supply.
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