[ Like the Continental Congress— remember them? The British should have taken them out and shot them,
meeting in secret and all. Ridiculous. People are free to associate in a free society. ]
Conspiracy against repression and monarchy is obedience to God.
Conspiracy against the people you are supposed to represent is treason!
By your logic Several of the acts passed in the 1790’s shouldn’t have been passed like the “Logan Act”...
” The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953, enacted January 30, 1799) is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S. It was intended to prevent the undermining of the government’s position “
but hey, talking to our enemies is “freedom of association”, right?
And two jihadi-Americans talking to each other is just dandy as it is “freedom of association”....
Politicians should never belong to such “Secret Societies”...
“Secret Societies” had their place when information was suppressed by a monarchy or other totalitarian, but in a “Free Republic” such “Secret Societies” can be used to subvert the very freedom and knowledge they were originally founded to protect and safeguard.
George Washington himself warned about the subversion of secret societies in the 1790’s....
1798 book: http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/PROOFS_OF_A_CONSPIRACY_John_Robison.pdf
Enjoy: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mgw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28gw360395%29%29
Riiiiiight. Washington having belonged to a number of societies, more acceptable to the leaders of the time— about which I have NO problem either. Did you, for instance, know that Washington was the largest distiller of spirits (corn and grain alcohol) in the country, at the same time as the Whiskey Rebellion was put down by the Continental Army (Washington at the head) over.... preferential taxation extended to large producers, higher rates for the yeoman farmers, who also did not produce... wine. So— whose elite was correct in regard to the enforced taxation— to repay France? It’s always been about freedom. And ours is the best— but just saying.
There are current members of Congress who belong to foreign organizations, well identified lobbying groups who meet with them... in secret. Like cutouts for the House of Saud— do you think McCain takes their direction and money?— You bet. So does Harry Reid. Nice club, and we ain’t in it.
Used to be the FBI looked into these things. But not since Teddy went to Moscow to tell the Soviets to ignore Ronald Reagan, which was a criminal act— he should have gone to federal prison. But... not the swimmer murderer rapist son of Cutty Sark.
A private hunting society is hardly the same thing. Justice Scalia is a hunter— he wasn’t and wouldn’t be a member if asked, of St. Hubertus, but well within his personal rights to accept and invitation to a hunting preserve. Gosh, wonder if Scalia was an active member of Knights of Columbus! We are not a European monarchy, last I checked. If we could just manage everybody things would be just— perfect. Socialism plus.