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Breaking: Ron Paul introduces Marque and Reprisal Bills in House
Ron Paul | 10/10/01 | demidog

Posted on 10/10/2001 12:44:32 PM PDT by Demidog

I just received a call from my contact at Ron Paul's office.

Ron Paul today introduced two bills into the House of Representatives which would authorize the State Department to issue letters of Marque authorizing privateers to attack and collect assets from terrorists who commit hostile acts against the U.S.

This means that you (yes you personallywould be able to help to bring down the rogue and nationless enemies of the United States provided you meet a few requirements.

The precendence for this bill is based on specific Constitutional powers and was seen as a remedy by our founders for those nationaless terrorists who committed acts against U.S. merchant ships on the high seas. We're dealing with Pirates here and a significant effort has been made by Ron Paul's team to create a legal definition for "Air Piracy" which would include hijackings.

The text of the Bills have not been published yet but I will update everyone the moment the text becomes available.

The Bills are: H.R. 3074 and H.R. 3076

Please call your congressman and tell him that you want them to either sponsor or support this bill.


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The Genisis for this idea happened at FR.

Uriel1975 initiated it on the following threads and engaged Murray Sabrin to give us a bit of a push.

CAPITALISM AT ITS FINEST... A Modest Proposal for Citizen's War

A Modest Proposal for Citizen's War... Mobilizing the Forces (MARQUE & REPRISAL UPDATE)

Please read there for an excellent discussion of the issues.

21 posted on 10/10/2001 12:57:42 PM PDT by Demidog
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To: vollmond
This is the coolest thing I've heard. Long live the Constitution!
22 posted on 10/10/2001 12:58:56 PM PDT by vollmond
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To: Demidog
I like it. Add me to your bump list on this topic if you would, Sir.
23 posted on 10/10/2001 12:59:39 PM PDT by the crow
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To: Dane
Maybe you could take a course in history. But that might interfere with the ignorance of your rants. You might be forced to actually KNOW things instead of make them up out of whole cloth. Or vapor or whatever you use as a source of the "facts" you use.
24 posted on 10/10/2001 12:59:39 PM PDT by dcwusmc
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To: Demidog
This is going to be the turning point in the war. I just hope we get it passed in time!
25 posted on 10/10/2001 1:01:35 PM PDT by Huck
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To: Dane
Maybe you wouldn't look like such a putz if you studied a bit of history. A quick Google search would yield you quite a bit of good information about what a privateer is and what they were authorized to do in the name of the U.S. government.

I don't mind explaining to folks about the nuances of privateers, pirates and bucaneers but this is important news and we can discuss the details without all of the inuendo and character assasination don't you think?

By the way, do you realize we've scooped all major media and networks with this story. That's a good thing in case you haven't figured it out yet.

26 posted on 10/10/2001 1:02:33 PM PDT by Demidog
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To: Demidog; Uriel1975
The menu you provided looks appetizing! Thanks.
27 posted on 10/10/2001 1:02:52 PM PDT by 2Trievers
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To: Huck
I'll take this to mean you support it and will be calling your congress critter to get on this bandwagon.

Do you remember what our President said about this war on terrorism? It will be prolonged and will involve many different nations. There is no chance that the war will be over before this bill is passed.

29 posted on 10/10/2001 1:04:58 PM PDT by Demidog
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To: Demidog
This is a great idea.
30 posted on 10/10/2001 1:05:50 PM PDT by B-Chan
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To: dcwusmc
Maybe you could take a course in history. But that might interfere with the ignorance of your rants. You might be forced to actually KNOW things instead of make them up out of whole cloth. Or vapor or whatever you use as a source of the "facts" you use

Maybe you should take a course in actually answering a question as was posed in reply #11.

What exactly is a "privateer"? Is that a modern day "mercenary"?

Oops I forgot, asking Libertarians a question is verboten(I guess it invades on Libertarian reality).

Please forgive me all knowing one, the high and mighty, dcwusmc.

31 posted on 10/10/2001 1:06:07 PM PDT by Dane
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To: Dog Gone
One is our federal (public) US military, the other is private citizens. Big difference
32 posted on 10/10/2001 1:06:28 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: nunyabidness;JohnHuang2;AKBear;Myneself;twodees;just deserts;Anthem;Howlin;Justin Raimondo;
bump
34 posted on 10/10/2001 1:07:42 PM PDT by Demidog
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To: Demidog
bump for the only 100% prinicipled man in congress!
35 posted on 10/10/2001 1:08:23 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: Demidog
Interesting article at FOX which mentions the subject :HERE
36 posted on 10/10/2001 1:09:37 PM PDT by NY.SS-Bar9
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To: PRND21
provided you meet a few requirements.

Do you know what the requirements are? I like the Pirate angle.

The rules are likely to be similar to those that apply to bounty hunters. And you will most likely have to be a US citizen, and post a bond of somekind.

38 posted on 10/10/2001 1:11:48 PM PDT by Eagle74
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To: Demidog
Good grief, TWO POSITIVE POSTS IN A ROW from Demidog. What to think!
39 posted on 10/10/2001 1:12:02 PM PDT by Illbay
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To: Dane
Hi Dane... you moved me to pick up a dictionary:

privateer n. 1. a privately owned and manned armed ship commissioned by a government in a war to attack and capture enemy ships, esp. merchant ships. 2. a commander or crew member of a privateer.

Now, if you care to update "privateer" word for modern usage it can easily be applied to bounty hunters and hackers.

mercenary adj. 1. working or done for payment only; motivated by a desire for money or other gain; venal;greedy --n 1.a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army 2 any person who will do anything for money; hireling

Now, to me it seems these have two distinct definitions. A mercenary is hired assuming payment, where a privateer is responsible for collecting his own rewards, hence the stress on merchant traffic. Reading the second noun definition of "mercenary" it seems that any job could label someone as a mercenary.

These defs came from Webster's New World Dictionary.
Anyway...fun with words time over.

40 posted on 10/10/2001 1:12:05 PM PDT by awestk
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