Time: Sun May 25 08:03:39 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA14901 for [address in tool bar]; Sun, 25 May 1997 06:34:53 -0700 (MST) Delivered-To: liberty-and-justice-outgoing@majordomo.pobox.com Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 07:50:34 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: L&J: SLS: Dismantling the IRS: a formula for success Dear America, Here is a formula for success. How can we apply these techniques to dismantling the IRS extortion racket? Many thanks to Clifford A. Schaffer for these important insights. I am all ears. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com copy: Clifford A. Schaffer >From: "Clifford A. Schaffer" <schaffer@smartlink.net> >To: "Paul Andrew Mitchell" [address in tool bar] >Subject: Re: SLS: Arthur, can we pick your brain, please? >Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:04:01 -0700 > > >FYI, > > MAP was an outgrowth of a strategy I defined a long time ago as the >means to defeat the drug warriors. > The original elements of the strategy can be found in the Persuasive >Strategies and related materials, and the Hoover Resolution under >http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer -- Information for Activists. > > The strategy is based upon the simple realization that the drug war is >founded upon ignorance and requires ignorance to survive. The information >age will ultimately kill the drug war. > The strategy, at this point is straightforward; > > 1) build the online libraries as a resource to all those who would >help us throughout the world -- and as the "stopper" where all the >arguments are settled. > > 2) hammer the media > > The MAP program is of limited use without the available resources to >back it up. MAP only exists because we had previously created the >resources that people would come to as an organizing point. That includes: > >1) the rhetoric to make the arguments in the terms that non-believers can >understand (Persuasive Strategies), and that will allow your supporters to >win the argument when it comes up. > >2) a statement of position that can be the focus for broad-spectrum >support (The Hoover Resolution), > > Note: These first two items were important because they were what >allowed us to achieve a complete dominance of the debate forums in the >online world -- years before MAP came along. > >3) an online organization for activism (DRCNet), > >4) online resources so all your supporters everywhere can know the facts >and make the best arguments, (http://www.druglibrary.org) and finally, -- > >5) A media awareness project to bring those resources to the attention of >the media. > >The MAP project you are looking at is really the tail end of several years >of work that came before it -- laid out by yours truly. > >I would also point out that, while MAP gets a lot of letters to the editor >published, the real grunt work of changing minds is done by downloads from >the online library. A letter to the editor is really just an attention >getter and they are so short that it is difficult to make a conclusive >argument either way. To really seal the issue, you have to lead someone >into the online library where the arguments are made completely and >coherently. Most people can brush off a letter to the editor. The online >library is the real killer. The online library, at last estimate, serves >up at least half a million documents per month from my web site alone, and >much of that is copied and distributed to others off the net in great >quantities. I get logins from more than 1,000 colleges per month, for >example. > >As far as what it would take to get me to do it for another project? Lots. > I make an hourly consulting rate of 75 an hour as a computer consultant, >and I can sell every hour I have at that rate. But I am always open to >offers. > >---------- >> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] >> To: maptalk@mapinc.org >> Subject: MAP: SLS: Arthur, can we pick your brain, please? >> Date: Friday, May 23, 1997 11:23 AM >> >> Arthur, >> >> I just had a great idea. >> >> You guys in MAP are doing such a superb >> job of informing the media of the real >> WOD, it occurs to me that the rest of us >> in the freedom movement could do no better >> than to imitate your techniques, in order >> to abolish the IRS, permanently. >> >> I do mean that as a high-level compliment, >> if not THE highest! >> >> One theme I wish to repeat, until it sinks >> in, is the Grace Commission finding that >> federal income taxes do not pay for ANY >> government services. The obvious conclusion, >> then, is to abolish the federal income tax, >> and do nothing else, whereupon the American >> economy will resurge into a renaissance, and >> Congress will thereby experience a windfall >> in excise taxes from the increased economic >> activity. >> >> Another theme is the recent research which >> shows that the IRS is a three-tiered trust, >> domiciled in Puerto Rico under the Federal >> Alcohol Administration, which was declared >> unconstitutional in 1935. "IRS" is not listed >> in Title 31, United States Code, the laws >> which create the U.S. Treasury Department. >> >> So, here's the big question: what would it >> take to retain you, and others with talent(s) >> similar to yours, to educate the rest of >> us about the productive and obviously >> successful techniques you are utilizing >> in the Media Awareness Project ("MAP")? >> >> I am all ears, and eagerly await your >> careful and considerate response. >> >> I am taking the liberty of sharing this >> request far and wide, because I believe that >> you richly deserve the recognition, and I >> also believe that our paths will be crossing >> down the road apiece, because Trust #62 grew >> out of the China Trade Act, which was enacted >> to deal with opium, cocaine, and citric wines >> shipping out of China. This Act was administered >> in the Philippines by the "Bureau of Internal >> Revenue," the predecessor to the "IRS". >> >> I am standing by. If we don't hear from you >> in the very near future, I will continue to >> pound on your front door (with or without >> a warrant :) >> >> >> /s/ Paul Mitchell >> http://www.supremelaw.com >> >> p.s. "The Cooper File" is being added to our >> website as I write this. The final version >> should be available before June 1, 1997. >> Please visit the Supreme Law Library at our >> URL below my name. A test version is there >> now, for your information. >> >> ======================================================================== >> Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness >> email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU >> web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration >> ship to: c/o 2509 N. 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