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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: SNET: OUR NATION HAS BEEN WOUNDED! (fwd)


>Organization: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government
>To: snetnews@world.std.com
>Subject: SNET: OUR NATION HAS BEEN WOUNDED!
>
>
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>Peter L. Sroufe wrote:
>> 
>> --
>> =======================================================
>> Never Forget:  Kent State 4, Ruby Ridge 2 plus dog,
>>                            WACO 82, including 2 unborn babies.
>> =======================================================
>> 
>>     ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>> INSTRUCTIONS TO recipients:  The following article presents the essence
>>         of "where we are today".  I urge all readers to carefully
>>         digest what Mr. Reese has to offer.  If you're in substantial
>>         agreement with his views of our present predicament, then I
>>         urge you to mount your horse (computer), as did
>>         Paul Revere, and spread the word.  It is absolutely essential
>>         that all you take the time to distribute this article to
>>         every e-mail address in your Address Book.  By doing this, it
>>         is my opinion, you will be making a major contribution to the
>>         education of those who are wondering, "What the Hell Happened
>>         to Our Great Nation".  It is our duty to protect the
>>         Constitution, which contains "our" Bill of Rights.  Without
>>         the Constitution we no longer have a Nation.  We must fight
>>         for it's preservation and let the thugs in the federal
>>         government and controlling interests of the Eastern Seaboard
>>         know that we mean to reverse the current trend toward loosing
>>         our Rights forever.  Also print copies and distribute them
>>         freely to your friends in the workplace, in houses of worship,
>>         and to members of organizations to which you belong.
>>                 Warm regards, Peter
>> >
>> > VIEWPOINT of Charley Reese in the Current Edition of
>> >         the "Middle American News"-
>> >
>> > We Must Protect the Constitution Because it Protects our Rights!
>> >
>> > I have a hunch that sometime in the near future a lot of Americans are
>> > going to get shocked out of their complacency.
>> >
>> > I have a hunch that more and more Americans are going to face a question
>> > none of us would like to face.
>> >
>> > The question is:  What do you do when you discover your own government
>> > no longer reflects or respects your values and deepest beliefs?
>> >
>> > It's not a fun question.  One of the more unpleasant experiences a
>> > human can have is to find himself in opposition to something as
>> > powerful and as ruthless as a government.
>> >
>> > Americans have been spared this unpleasantness for the past 137 years.
>> >
>> > In this century most Americans have happily rocked along more or less
>> > in synchronization with the government.
>> >
>> > Policy and partisan differences are just the give-and-take of living in
>> > a democratic society.  Sometimes your ideas prevail, and sometimes they
>> > don't.  Sometimes your favorite party wins, and sometimes the other
>> > guy's favorite party wins.
>> >
>> > These kinds of differences are not a cause for concern.  They can be
>> > resolved by persistent work in the democratic process.  Compromise on
>> > policies is always possible as long as all differences remain under the
>> > umbrella of the Constitution and all sides are loyal to the
>> > Constitution.
>> >
>> > That's the key to our country.
>> >
>> > The Constitution sets the boundaries.  As long as we all stay within
>> > those boundaries, then we can live with our differences.
>> >
>> > BUT suppose one day we find ourselves face to face with a government
>> > that has effectively discarded those constitutional bounds?
>> >
>> > Suppose the day comes when the government no longer respects the
>> > Bill of Rights and begins to
>> >         deny free speech,
>> >         interfere in religion,
>> >         confiscate private firearms,
>> >         confiscate property without compensation or public purpose,
>> >         deny people due process, and
>> >         pass ex post facto laws (making something retroactively
>> >           illegal).
>> >
>> > Suppose the day comes when the government
>> >
>> >         will search people and their homes without a warrant and
>> >         convict them of crimes on the basis of hearsay testimony,
>> >
>> >         denies people the right to trial by a jury of their peers, and
>> >
>> >         criminalizes speech of which it doesn't approve.
>> >
>> > Well, folks, that's when we as a people and the government have a
>> > serious disagreement.
>> >
>> > That's when we discover that all the easy choices and easy solutions
>> > have been squandered and are no longer options.
>> >
>> > I am emphatically not saying that we are at that point now, but I am
>> > saying that there are several dangerous trends in the direction of
>> > effectively scrapping the Constitution.
>> >
>> > Under the guise of protecting the environment, some people are having
>> > their land taken without compensation.  Many serious charges, such as
>> > being accused of racial bias, and handled by governmental
>> > administrative processes.  The jury process is being threatened by the
>> > practice of moving trials away from the scene of the crime and picking
>> > the dumbest, most ignorant jurors available.
>> >
>> > The Constitution is being eroded by judges who assert that it means
>> > whatever they want it to mean without regard for either the text of the
>> > historical record.  Under the guise of combating prejudice, some forms
>> > of speech are being criminalized.
>> >
>> > Speech - even wrong, obnoxious speech - should never be criminalized.
>> > Slander and libel laws are more that sufficient to protect
>> > individuals.  If you allow the government, however, to make it a
>> > felony to say something of which it doesn't approve, then you have
>> > effectively killed the First Amendment and fatally wounded a free
>> > society.
>> >
>> > Whatever else we are, whatever other beliefs we may have, we must all
>> > be civil libertarians who fiercely defend the Constitution.
>> >
>> > That's the bond that holds us together as nation.
>> >
>> > Once broken, the nation is broken.
>> 
>> --
>> =======================================================
>> Never Forget:  Kent State 4, Ruby Ridge 2 plus dog,
>>                            WACO 82, including 2 unborn babies.
>> =======================================================
>
>-- 
>=======================================================
>Never Forget:  Kent State 4, Ruby Ridge 2 plus dog,
>			   WACO 82, including 2 unborn babies.
>=======================================================
>
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