You can, however, chop the string into short, seperate pieces. Alternately, the string can be braided with others like it to form a rope. And ropes can be very useful in such times.
Posted on 06/30/2005 8:33:04 AM PDT by Georgia_JimD
"Those who profess to favor freedom, yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." – Frederick Douglass
While this June has been filled with many “one brick short of a full load” Supreme Court decisions, clearly Kelo v. New London takes the cake. As readers of this website are already acutely aware, the Supreme Court decided to disregard basic property rights in favor of powerful special interest groups. Now is time to do something about it.
On June 15, 1215 A.D., in Runnymede, England, a piece of parchment was signed called Magna Carta – a crucial document which limited the power of the monarchy and affirmed the basic rights of the people in England. This one piece of paper is perhaps the most important single influence to the Constitution of the United States.
Article 39 of Magna Carta read, “No free man shall be taken, imprisoned, disseised, banished nor shall we proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers and by the law of the land.”
The pertinent word in the sentence above is ‘disseise’, which is defined in this manner, “To put out of actual seisin or possession; to dispossess (a person) of his estates, etc., usually wrongfully or by force; to oust.”
From this, the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment of our Constitution was derived. It reads, “[No person shall] …be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
With five swift strokes of their collectivist pens, the Supreme Court overturned nearly a millennium of tradition and common law with respect to private property ownership. In Kelo v. New London, the justices decided that not only may the government apply eminent domain in order to construct government roads and buildings, but they may now boot you out of your house if Wal-Mart or the local land developer wants your property.
In so doing, they have granted special status to the feudal lords of the 21st century, namely major corporations, development companies and local government fiefdoms – reverting our system of property ownership back to the dark ages.
Our Constitution is essentially the contract between the people and our government. While the government frequently reneges on this trust, this is perhaps the most egregious case since the birth of our nation. Many are already stating that the decision in Kelo renders the contract null and void.
Henry David Thoreau wrote, “Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men, generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? Why does it not encourage its citizens to put out its faults, and do better than it would have them? Why does it always crucify Christ and excommunicate Copernicus and Luther, and pronounce Washington and Franklin rebels?”
In this spirit, his and our predecessors dumped tea in the Boston Harbor. Already, many are calling for civil disobedience. One man is attempting to use this decision to force Justice David Souter from his home -- so that he may establish the "The Lost Liberty Hotel" and "Just Desserts Café" in its place.
All of us may not have the opportunity to dispossess the Supremes of their fine homes. While humorous, some of us may even have moral qualms about the stealing part – even if it is from the enemy.
However, we have the opportunity to act in a totally moral and lawful manner in order to express our discontent. Let’s throw some serious sand into the gears of the government machine. They have asked for real property, so let us send it to them.
Real property (land) is composed primarily of dirt. The entire incident in Kelo is over who possesses a bunch of dirt.
The people in the area in which I live are proud of their soil – as is the case in most other places. Perhaps this eminent domain issue may be remedied by providing the landgrabbers a lot of dirt – enough dirt so they won’t have to steal it from the poor and the elderly again.
Radio talk show host Neal Boortz recently stated, “All property isn't dirt”. However, in this case, it is. Let’s give ’em some!
Some addresses to which you may mail your dirt are:
Dave Goebel Chief Operating Officer New London Development Corporation 165 State Street, Suite 313 New London, CT 06320
Richard M. Brown City Manager City of New London 181 State Street New London, CT 06320
Justice John Paul Stevens One First Street N.E. Washington, DC 20543
Justice David H. Souter One First Street N.E. Washington, DC 20543
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg One First Street N.E. Washington, DC 20543
Justice Stephen G. Breyer One First Street N.E. Washington, DC 20543
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy One First Street N.E. Washington, DC 20543
Stephen P. Gordon is a communications consultant specializing in political, public education, media relations and fundraising campaigns. He is the founder and President of Alabamians for Compassionate Use and the Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Alabama. He recently served as Communications Director for the Badnarik/Campagna 2004 campaign.
You can, however, chop the string into short, seperate pieces. Alternately, the string can be braided with others like it to form a rope. And ropes can be very useful in such times.
We all know what happens to those who disagree with our "masters." Let's just hope that the next folks that do so, decide that it isn't the wisest idea to have a "discussion" with the paid servants of the "masters," but instead decide to talk things over with the "masters" themselves. Such discussions, if entered into persuasively enough by sufficient numbers of "servants," should serve to persuade the "masters" to significantly reduce the number of property seizures and other unconstitutional acts that the servants will have to endure in the future.
Your example of a few pieces of string has proven over a long period of time to be an indispensible aid in persuading people to do the right thing.
Only by a much HIGHER Judge. Trampling on the peons only gets them in trouble. Our Supremes in black think they ARE that judge. What an awakening awaits.
-Men(ace) in Black? SCOTUS goes Rogue...--
-Useless Eaters vs The Death Cult--
-Thunder on the Border-- (Minuteman Project)--
1- an unaccountable Judiciary.
2- whose life is it, anyway? Yours, or someone else's?
3- whose Country is it?
There are other vital issues, of course- but these three will determine just who we really are as a nation.
I have updated my FMCDH (From My Cold Dead Hands) sign-off with the addition of (BITS).....Blood In The Streets, which I foresee coming soon, due to the enormous increase of the Marxist progressive movement being shoved down the throat of this failing REPUBLIC through the Judicial tyranny of fiat law, the passing of unconstitutional laws by the Legislative and Executive branches of our government and the enormous tax burden placed upon the average American to support unconstitutional programs put forth by Marxist ideology.
I do not advocate revolution. I only think of what I foresee.
FMCDH(BITS)
Agree - we are living in Abe Lincoln's vision of America-not the founding fathers. If the south had won we would either have two countries or very different rules to live by.
L
"Article II. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.
Article III. The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
Article IV. The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively, provided that such restrictions shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property imported into any State, to any other State, of which the owner is an inhabitant; provided also that no imposition, duties or restriction shall be laid by any State, on the property of the United States, or either of them.
If any person guilty of, or charged with, treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the Governor or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offense."
mark
They made my wife cry.
You have no idea how much that pissed me off.
Waiting...
Better question is how many guns do you have?
Rice, dried beans, fresh game (depending where you live) and a stock of water are all good things to have, no matter what.
Where I'm at, we get water from a well. Electric goes out, we can hand pump, plus there's a creek about 100 yards away.
Good luck.
FMCDH(BITS)
You have no idea how much that pissed me off.
I do. Anyone makes my wife cry, they suffer.
Good luck in the coming CW2.
FMCDH(BITS)
Enough. We have had a "bug out" plan since moving and can get to a safe place relatively quickly if the need comes.
God bless and keep your powder dry.
FMCDH(BITS)
Ready.
Waiting...
So, do we HAVE to listen to them? IF they're not supposed to make law, and they have no authority to do so, who says we have to follow what they say?
I and mine also.
These new unconstitutional land grabs authorized by "the supreme court" may be the straw. I've read so many threads here that address the thoughts of many people...most say (paraphrase) "over my dead body".
The marxist push is on right here in the good'ol USofA. I'm looking forward to "see what happens" in connecthedots, texas and illinois with the increasing "eminent domain" crap since the USSC decision.
At the very least, it will be interesting. Possibly deadly.
God bless.
FMCDH(BITS)
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