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Discussion thread for FR poll question regarding calling up the militia to defend the borders
Free Republic Poll Question ^ | June 3, 2005 | By YOUGOTIT

Posted on 06/04/2005 2:45:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

The Constitution says in Article I, Section 8, "The Congress shall have the power.... To provide for the calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and Repel Invasions;..." Since we are being invaded and the laws of the Union are being violated should the Militia be called up and placed on the borders to protect the laws and the American people?

Yes

No

Undecided

Pass

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=102


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: aliens; border
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To: Peach
There he goes again, Senator Alan Spector, he is going to hold hearings on the captured held in Cuba and Iraq.
41 posted on 06/04/2005 4:07:31 AM PDT by gulfcoast6 (GOD can help us with anything.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I answered "yes" without going into the fine points of what the militia is and the Second Amendment questions, visa overstays, etc., in order to indicate my very strong opinion that serious and effective measures must be taken.I want every politician who intones that we are a nation of laws to immediately be asked how this squares with illegal aliens.I'm sure I will enjoy reading the discussion.


42 posted on 06/04/2005 4:10:20 AM PDT by Bahbah (Something wicked this way comes)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

The Swiss are absolutely brilliant in their military philosophy, as it relates to the average citizen. I was there last summer. We could learn a lot, but we have to deal with the silly dependency class of Americans first.

Those are not the folks to trust with laoded automatic weapons in their homes. They have been deprived of any sense of civic responsibility.

Restore that, and you have a society that will work together, instead af against one another.


43 posted on 06/04/2005 4:13:52 AM PDT by ovrtaxt (...a sheep in wolf's clothing)
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To: ovrtaxt

Well said!!


44 posted on 06/04/2005 4:16:07 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (Orwellian Relativism: All philosophies are equal, but some philosophies are more equal than others.)
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To: Bahbah

I think the politicians are not giving this a lot of thought and of course, giving it no action. This could be the most important problem that is gong to face them this next election because the citizens, most anyhow, are not going to put up with them not acting on this invasion.


45 posted on 06/04/2005 4:16:43 AM PDT by gulfcoast6 (GOD can help us with anything.)
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To: rdb3
If a large enough number of Reserve or NG soldiers are placed on our southern border, do you think China will fail to take notice and then snatch Taiwan?

Do you really think our ground troops in any way, shape or form are a deterrent to China invading Taiwan?

46 posted on 06/04/2005 4:18:53 AM PDT by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: gulfcoast6

Aaargh. It's unimaginable this happening during WWII...


47 posted on 06/04/2005 4:19:10 AM PDT by Peach
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To: gulfcoast6
the citizens, most anyhow, are not going to put up with them not acting on this invasion.

I agree. I listen carefully to what is being said by those in government, as do most others here, and I have not heard one single reason why what is being done, or not being done, is a good idea. I don't buy the "doing the jobs that Americans (even blacks per Vicente Fox) won't do. I would like a list of those jobs.

48 posted on 06/04/2005 4:22:07 AM PDT by Bahbah (Something wicked this way comes)
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To: Peach

It would have never happened back then. For the sake of this nation something is going to have to be down, now, not later. We don't need to 'study' or 'have hearings' on this problem, it needs fixing now.


49 posted on 06/04/2005 4:23:15 AM PDT by gulfcoast6 (GOD can help us with anything.)
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To: Bahbah
From the numbers coming across it does not make any difference what kind of jobs they are talking about, there will not be ANY jobs available anywhere of any kind.
50 posted on 06/04/2005 4:26:04 AM PDT by gulfcoast6 (GOD can help us with anything.)
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To: varon
Do you really think our ground troops in any way, shape or form are a deterrent to China invading Taiwan?

I know it's a part of it. Boots on the ground are very important. Naval action will be more important, but soldiers are indispensable.


51 posted on 06/04/2005 4:27:11 AM PDT by rdb3 (Yeah, but what's it spelled backwards?)
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To: gulfcoast6
The politicians can only see 'potential voters' coming across, they won't do anything about it and that is where we come in, no action by them, no vote for them.

In addition to 'potential voters' they are immediate consumers of low priced Chinese goods from mass merchandisers and keep junk cars on the road instead of being relegated to the junk yard.

Let's face it, we as a nation are whores for money and will push the envelope as long as there is a profit involved. This not only applies to the business community but to the general population as well.

52 posted on 06/04/2005 4:28:22 AM PDT by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: gulfcoast6

I agree with you, gulfcoast. Previously, I'd considered it an unfixable problem, but the success of the Minutemen and the subsequent articles I've read have changed my mind.


53 posted on 06/04/2005 4:29:21 AM PDT by Peach
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To: Jim Robinson; All

What I'd like to see is a more secured social security card system, with scannable and verifiable cardholder info for employers and a grace period whereby all employers who are willing to come clean may report or "unhire" the illegal alien.

Beyond that deadline, for those still intent on breaking the law, seizure of assets and closure of those businesses much like other felons' assets acquired in the commission of criminal activity wouldn't be out of the question.

I'd also like to see a bounty program for information leading to the arrest and convictions of illegal aliens and their felon aids after the grace period expires.

Militarization of the border is needed NOW. With 2500 miles of a new barrier constructed over five years at a cost of $15 million per mile it would only cost the US taxpayer one fifth the illegal aliens' $41 billion annual burden to taxpayers and would reduce the future need of a heavily militarized border.

We also need to seek the dismantling of any organization intent to undermine US laws and decrease apprehension to deportation time to ten days or less. Any appeal of a deportation order should be handled through the Consulars' offices of the alien's native country, not our court system.


54 posted on 06/04/2005 4:39:53 AM PDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: Jim Robinson
Perhaps, we should consider what some of our Founders said about militias.

George Mason, of Virginia:

"[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them; but that they should not do it openly, but weaken them, and let them sink gradually.". . .

I ask, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers." -- Virginia's U.S. Constitution ratification convention, 1788

"That the People have a right to keep and bear Arms; that a well regulated Militia, composed of the Body of the People, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe Defence of a free state." -- Within Mason's declaration of "the essential and unalienable Rights of the People," -- later adopted by the Virginia ratification convention, 1788

Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia:

"A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves . . . and include all men capable of bearing arms. . . To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms... The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle." -- Additional Letters From The Federal Farmer, 1788

Tench Coxe, of Pennsylvania:

"The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unnecessary. They will form a powerful check upon the regular troops, and will generally be sufficient to over-awe them." -- An American Citizen, Oct. 21, 1787

"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American . . . . The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." -- The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788

"As the military forces which must occasionally be raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow citizens, the people are confirmed by the next article (of amendment) in their right to keep and bear their private arms." -- Federal Gazette, June 18, 1789

55 posted on 06/04/2005 5:06:50 AM PDT by mommadooo3
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To: Jim Robinson

Considering the lack of will from the top and after watching the wave of invaders grow every day, if we don't move to defend the border we will soon be defending our homes all over the interior.

If the militia is to be raised in these times, it will have to raise itself. We must all turn "Vigilante" or our nation will dissapear.


56 posted on 06/04/2005 5:18:07 AM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com
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To: tort_feasor
This WAS supposed to be taught in school to every citizen:

US Code 10311

311. Militia: composition and classes

(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
57 posted on 06/04/2005 5:26:19 AM PDT by Abogado (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt)
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To: Jim Robinson
The militia is We The People. To the extent that We The People must be "called out" before we are "allowed" to take up arms in the defense of the homeland, it's waaaaay overdue IMNHO.

How many days since 9/11/01? That overdue.

58 posted on 06/04/2005 5:32:38 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (Large coffee, please. Black.)
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To: raybbr
The Militia Defined: United States Code, Title 10, Section 311

The Militia is We The People. I joined the Militia in 1999 by the simple act of receiving my military discharge.

In all likelihood, you are part of the Militia.

Rag-Taggery is highly subjective :)

59 posted on 06/04/2005 5:41:28 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (Large coffee, please. Black.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I'm very much against illegal immigration, but our military, including the national guard is stretched way too thin and overworked to handle border duty. W needs to hire the extra 2,000 agents congress authorized.


60 posted on 06/04/2005 5:42:03 AM PDT by GarySpFc (Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
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