A Legacy of Lawlessness

Why is it that officials in government can declare some laws "the immutable law of the land" while arbitrarily choosing not to enforce others?  I can't count the number of times I've heard people (not just government officials) trumpet "Obamacare is the law of the land!" with a smirk on their face.

Well, so are our immigration laws, which aren't being enforced.  Marijuana is still (erroneously) illegal, yet Attorney General Eric Holder is choosing not to pursue legal action against banks who take deposits from admitted marijuana businesspeople.

The last time I checked, it was illegal for you or I to sell firearms to known criminals, and we'd be charged as an accomplice to murder if those guns were used to kill people.  But the government doesn't even bat an eyelash at the botched Fast and Furious operation which ended up doing just that.

On a larger scale, it is illegal for me to forcibly take your money from you, yet the IRS has been directly (and illegally) taxing us into oblivion since 1913.  I would be charged with violating your God-given and Constitutionally recognized right to privacy if I were collecting all of your phone calls, social media posts, and emails, but the NSA does these things to us all.  I would be charged with false imprisonment and violating your Sixth Amendment rights if I were to lock you in a room indefinitely without giving you a jury trial, but the government claims this very "right" of indefinite detention.  What's more, the government is now claiming and has executed the "right" to assassinate any person (even American citizens), anywhere in the world, for the crime of being "suspected of terrorism."  This alone should send chills down every Freedom-loving person's spine: Either we all have the right to a trial by jury, or none of us do.  Furthermore, It is illegal for me to poison you, yet the federal government protects biotech giants like Monsanto who are doing just that.  You would be charged with counterfeiting if you printed your own money, but the Federal Reserve (private) bank has been granted this authority.

As a side note, and on the largest scale: If it is wrong for me to do "it," it is wrong for me to ask an agent of the state to do "it" for me.  This is true whether it be forced taxation (aka: theft/slavery) or holding you at gunpoint to stop you from an activity that harms no one outside yourself (such as using cannabis or growing a garden in your front yard).

Bigger picture aside, the current administration's arbitrary and unilateral decision to selectively enforce laws has set the stage for lawlessness.  And make no mistake: It may not be necessary to have a government to steal our money and start wars on our behalf, but it is important to live by rules that prohibit people from harming one another.

Related - The Non-Aggression Principle: Being the initiator of force in any situation is inherently illegitimate.

"Anarchy: Not without rules, but without rulers."

Starve the System Through Gardening

If you've been paying attention, you probably know that things in our country aren't going so great.  Mega corporations who place profit over human and environmental health are running rampant, destroying the financial, physical, and ecological health of our nation.  Monsanto, by far the largest offender, does everything they can to pump their genetically modified "foods" into our homes while blocking any attempts to so much as label their product as modified.  But what can we do about it?

The single most potent answer: Start gardening.

If you grow your own food, you do something about both greedy mega corporations and genetically damaging foods in one fell swoop.  Growing your own food is like printing your own money, and the money you grow holds actual value by its very nature, rather than because someone in power says it does and forces you to accept it as payment.  Growing your own food purchases the kind of security money cannot afford.

Growing a garden for just yourself and your family can be pretty intimidating, especially if you're short on land, but there are ways around this.  In Switzerland, communities work together so that individual families can specialize in one type of food.  Each member of the community grows one or two specific foods on all the space they have, and community members trade with one another so that everyone can get every type of food needed.  In addition to starving mega corporations and keeping GMOs out of your pantry, gardening with your neighborhood in this manner builds incredibly strong communities.

Another idea that is starting to catch in is the idea of a community garden.  Local city governments can designate otherwise unused plots of land that are repurposed to plant massive gardens.  These gardens can be voluntarily tended to by members of the community, and the food can be freely distributed to those who need it.  Any excess food can be used to barter with neighboring communities.  This fosters the same sense of community and security as coordinated neighborhood gardening, and can also help keep kids out of drug and gang activity by giving them something productive to do.  If you want this idea to catch on in your community, attend the next City Council meeting and bring it up.

Sustainable gardening is enormously beneficial.  Not only is it good for the ecosystem, it also allows people to reconnect with a basic part of the Human experience that has been largely lost to the supermarket.  Most people today have no idea where their food comes from before it is nicely packaged and put on grocery store shelves.  The loss of this connection is terrible; regaining it is fulfilling and inspirational.

Gardening is one of the most revolutionary acts in which you can engage.  A return to gardening is one of the most effective ways we can have a true Return to Liberty.

The Many Lies of the Commander-In-Chief

I have a confession to make: In 2008, I voted for Barack Obama.  At the time, it wasn't a hard choice to make.  He was promising to deliver the "Hope and Change" America truly needed.  He was promising to bring an end to unconstitutional behavior and laws within government.  He was promising to zealously protect our rights.  He was promising an end to the death spiral our economy was in.  He told us exactly what we needed to hear after we were utterly molested by the Bush Jr. Administration.  And if we're being honest, I didn't think McCain's heart could handle the stress of a victory.  And yes - the fact that Obama is half African American also played into it: America needed a drastic change, and he was the very embodiment of this change.  So of course I believed in Obama - he promised to be everything a President was supposed to be and drastically change the direction of our country's path to destruction.

I supported Obama for a while.  After all, he'd inherited what I could only describe as a "train wreck" from Bush, and he deserved the chance to set it right.  Like most Americans, I stopped paying attention to what he was doing and went about the endless cycle of bills and trying to keep my head above water, confident that he would deliver on his promises.  At the next election, I came up for air and examined what he had actually done during his first term.  To put it simply, the Liar-in-Chief has lost every bit of support he once had from me, and my vote went to Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.  Let us count the promises Obama made and the ways in which he has broken them:

• Guantanamo Bay will be closed, unconstitutional activities like warrantless wiretapping and indefinite detention without a trial will be put to an end
• Obama has decided it is "probably impossible" to close Gitmo due to political barriers, and instead of closing it, its use has been expanded.  In signing the NDAA, Obama has expanded the practice of indefinite detention without trial of anyone (including U.S. citizens) he deems a threat.  Under Obama, use of the drone program has exploded, and drones have been used to murder American citizens without a trial, along with at least 360 innocent children overseas.  Warrantless telephone monitoring has exploded to encompass the entire country under new NSA programs, and under PRISM, all electronic communications are now monitored as well.  Tying into this: Obama has knowingly supported terrorists by sending arms and financial assistance to Syrian "rebels," who have been publicly noted as pleading allegiance to Al-Qaeda.  By Constitutional definition, this is Treason.
• The Bush era tax cuts on the wealthy will be allowed to expire
• While Obama at least appears to have put up a fight for this one, the tax cuts for the wealthy were extended under his watch.  What's worse: Due to the 2% increase in the payroll tax, the "bottom 98%" have seen a tax hike under Obama to the tune of about $1,000 per year, and that's for lower income families.
• There will be a foreclosure prevention fund established to aid people who cannot get a bank loan
• While the fund has been created (using money from the Wall Street TARP bailout fund), it has not delivered as promised.  The program was supposed to help 3 to 4 million families keep their homes, but to date, only about 500,000 mortgages have been adjusted.  Even among those "helped," this program has been a failure.
• Our immigration process will be reformed and the illegal immigrant problem will be addressed
• This one has received only token efforts.  Obama has instead opted to push all his political clout towards jamming healthcare nobody wants down everybody's throat.  The efforts that have been seen have been ridiculous at best, with the sacred "Path to Citizenship" placed far above the actual problem of people crossing our borders illegally.  In short: Obama is pushing amnesty for people who have broken our laws.
• Lobbyists will be restricted from serving in government positions
• There are currently 18 different people from Monsanto alone (let alone any other lobbying group or corporation) serving in government positions.  This helps to explain why Obama has passed legislation that prevents legal action against the GMO-Giant, even if they are proven to be committing crimes against humanity.
• The Iraq War (which was based on lies) will be ended within 16 months
• Troops were not fully withdrawn until December 2011, 35 months after Obama was sworn in. 
• I will not take your guns
• Obama has danced in the blood of the innocent Sandy Hook victims more joyously than even Dianne Feinstein.  He has led an outright assault on the Second Amendment, pushing for as much gun control as he can without crossing the dangerous line (wide-scale confiscation) that would wake the sleeping masses.  His most recent push is the signing of the U.N. Small Arms Treaty, which would grant the "legal" precident to disarm the American populace.
• Everybody will have affordable healthcare; your premiums will go down, and you can keep your current provider/doctor if you like them
• Under Obamacare, it is estimated that 30 million Americans (a full 10% of the nation) will still not be covered.  Families are seeing their premiums jump up to 72%.  We are only seeing reductions in premiums in a select few cities such as New York and Los Angeles due to their preexisting health plans.  Across the country, large insurance providers of small businesses and individuals are pulling out of the market because they cannot comply with new mandates, causing millions to lose their existing coverage.  As if this wasn't bad enough, it was decided in early August of 2013 that Congress and members of the White House will have their Obamacare premiums covered by the government, which means We the Taxpayers get to pay for the increased costs to our "leaders" as well as to ourselves.  I still cannot understand how it is legal for our government to fine us an increasing amount of money each year (starting with at least 1% of your income) for not buying something they think we should have.  I can only hope that multitudes of people do not comply with this totalitarian mandate.

Most of these tie into the biggest broken promise of all: Obama's Oath of Office.  He did not vow to eradicate terrorism.  He did not vow to keep us safe.  He did not vow to provide healthcare for all.  He vowed to protect, defend, and preserve one thing: The Constitution of the United States of America.  This is Obama's charge, and he has failed.

I don't know about you, but I'm done blaming Bush for Obama's shortcomings.  It's time to accept that Obama is not the man he promised us he would be.  No amount of elaborate speeches are going to change that fact.  It's time to hold the right President's feet to the fire.  It's time for We the People to create the Hope and Change our dying nation so desperately needs.

Is Your Representative Representing YOU?

When the Amash amendment to defund unconstitutional activity in the NSA came up in the House of Representatives, I was disappointed to learn that my representative, Luke Messer, voted against it.  I took this as a direct vote against the Constitution, and so, a direct violation of his Oath of Office.  And I informed him as such.  But that got me thinking: If he would willfully violate his Oath in this circumstance, where else might I find unsavory activity?  So I did some digging.


The websites I used for my research were The U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call Votes and Luke Messer on the Issues (can search a different candidate), among others.  Here is what I found:

• 2011-2012 campaign funds: http://www.fec.gov/disclosurehs/HSCandList.do - a total of $745,068 personally contributed, or nearly 75% of his total campaign fund.  This alone demonstrates that Mr. Messer is not just another rank-and-file citizen, and further demonstrates the fact that our government is no longer "Of the People."
• 3/6/2013: Messer voted "Yea" on H.R. 933, which included a provision that has come to be known as the "Monsanto Protection Act."  This act has shielded the GMO-giant Monsanto from any legal action that would prevent them from producing and distributing their genetically modified foods, even if it is found that these "foods" cause harm to humans.
• 4/12/2013: On unanimous consent (Including Messer): S.716 (introduced by harry Reid) was passed.  This legislation removed the barriers to insider trading in Congress, which places all elected representatives above the law in terms of making a profit from the stock market.  They can now freely trade on insider information, and as such, their stock portfolios tend to outperform any in the private sector.
• 7/25/2013: Vote results for Amash Amendment to defund NSA wholesale violation of 4th Amendment: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll412.xml.  Messer voted against this amendment.  This demonstrates a clear lack of reverence for his Oath of Office, in which he swore to protect, defend, and preserve the Constitution of the United States of America.  Meanwhile, Mr. Messer says he supports protecting the Constitution (http://www.ontheissues.org/IN/Luke_Messer_Government_Reform.htm).  Which is it, sir?  You cannot have it both ways, and your actions thus far have spoken louder than your words.
• Once again ignoring our Fourth Amendment rights, Luke voted YES on CISPA (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll117.xml)
• Mr. Messer opposes same-sex marriage as well as pro-choice policies.  As for me, I would not personally choose to get married to a man, nor would I push a woman to get an abortion in the case of an unwanted pregnancy.  In the pregnancy case, I would suggest she give the child up for adoption.  However, it’s none of my business how someone else chooses to live their life – it is not fair of me to deprive another of their right to live as they choose.  For this reason, I am both pro-choice (before the first trimester is over) and pro-same sex marriage.
• As a positive note, Mr. Messer supports gun owners (http://www.ontheissues.org/IN/Luke_Messer_Gun_Control.htm).  While it is great that he supports at least some parts of the Constitution, his Oath does not permit him to choose not to abide by the Fourth Amendment.  His Oath omitted the words “The parts of the Constitution which I deem relevant.”
• He has no declared stance on Social Security, which is an issue of National importance.  As for me: I know SS is completely bankrupt, and it’s because our leaders borrowed every single penny from the Trust Fund that was supposed to last until 2036.  The program is broken and is further bankrupting our country.  This must be addressed, and a neutral stance on the issue is not productive.
• What about his opinion on free trade?  On this, he is also undeclared.  Free trade has led to the mass exportation of jobs from the U.S. overseas, which has been one of the leading causes of the decline of our country.  We must eliminate Free Trade Agreements and once again institute tariffs on imports; this would both incentivize the USA to produce more than it consumes as well as provide an additional revenue stream to fund government.
• Messer is neutral on maintaining US sovereignty from the United Nations.  This is directly contradictory to Messer’s stance on guns when you consider the U.N. small arms treaty.  While he was with the unanimous vote against funding for this treaty, he needs to take an official stance on U.S. sovereignty from the U.N.
• Messer seems to support expansion of the Military Industrial Complex.  He supports this expansion under the name of “giving the military what they need to keep America safe.”  The US military spending dwarfs all other countries’ spending combined.  To keep the U.S. safe, we would only need to bring all our troops home and deploy them to defend our own borders.  We need to get out of undeclared illegal wars in countries where we have no business.
• Messer has not publicly taken a stance on staying out of Iran.  He needs to do this: Remaining complicit in the U.S. involvement in Syria will allow us to be led into World War 3.  Mr. Messer – where do you stand?
• On green energy: While it’s true we should continue to use coal and domestic oil, it is folly not to at least look into alternative energies.  On the surface, Luke seems to completely oppose looking into green energy.
• 8/2/2013: It is agreed that Congress will have 75% of the cost of their Obamacare covered by the federal government.  In other words, We the Taxpayers (including businesses) get to cover the increased cost for Congress in addition to the 72% increased cost to ourselves.  This does not seem like equal application of the law, and I am curious to get Mr. Messer's feelings on the matter.

This is what I found about my representative.  He looks great on the surface, but underneath it, I do not feel he has my best interests at heart, nor can he really connect with his constituents on a personal or financial level.  As such, until he changes his stances or publicly declares stances on the above issues, I would not vote for him.

So what can you find out about your representative?

A Message To My Senators Regarding Egyptian Aid

Dear Senator Coats/Donnelly,

I was very disappointed to learn that you voted to table the Rand Paul amendment that would have stopped the U.S. from sending aid to the Egyptian military.  It is United States Law that we do not send aid to a government that has been removed via military coup, and this is exactly what has happened in Egypt.  The military is still as involved as ever in the process to elect new leadership, and the leadership that is installed will have been heavily influenced by them, just like the last time.  Hence: This was not an overthrow by the People of Egypt, but rather the military stepping in before they completely lost control of the situation.

America has no place in the dealings of Egypt's government: They should be left to live by the system and leaders the People of their nation so choose.  Continuing to send aid to the military further bolsters their ability to control the situation and install the leadership desired, not by the people, but by the military.  I sincerely hope you will reconsider your position on America's place in foreign affairs in the future.

Sincerely,

Jordan Suwinski

On the Edge of World War 3

While the propaganda machine churns out nothing but George Zimmermans, Royal Babies, and desperate cries for attention by Miley Cyrus, there has been a dark and terrible storm brewing.  It is intertwined with the approaching currency collapse.  The only brief whispers that have gotten through have mentioned Syrian rebels rising up against an oppressive dictator, and more recently Obama promising retribution on incomplete information that appears to be based on lies..  "Seems like pretty standard stuff," the average American might say.  "Other countries pretty much suck.  Now how about some more Justice for Trayvon?! 'Murica!"

While many cry out "Skittles!!!" they fail to realize that we are rapidly approaching World War 3.  Unless we stand up and do something, history will remember Syria as Ground Zero, and the American people will not be remembered at all.  "Why?" is the next logical question.  It all comes down to one thing: The Petrodollar.  "Petrodollar" is a term used to describe an oil-backed dollar.  In recent history (since World War 2), the U.S. offered all the major oil producing countries military protection of their oil fields if they would agree to sell oil in nothing but dollars.   It is the Petrodollar that has allowed America to grow so lavishly rich and live so far beyond her means for so long.  It is the Petrodollar which caused the 2003 invasion of Iraq.  It is the Petrodollar that has Obama's attention locked in on escalating aggression in Syria.  And it is the Petrodollar that keeps the Federal Reserve Note plugged into life support, a plug which Iraq once tried to pull and Iran is now tugging on.

The brutality of the man behind the curtain knows no bounds.  You may recall Operation Desert Storm, one of the many illegal wars since World War 2, from 1990.  The United States led a war against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.  Incidentally, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait was green-lit by Bush Sr. one week before Saddam made his move.  After crushing Iraq, the U.S. imposed sanctions so severe, Iraq was not able to rebuild or adequately feed its population.  These sanctions went on from the end of the Bush Sr. era through the entire Clinton administration (all the way until about 2003).  During those years, it is estimated that more than 500,000 Iraqi children died as a result of the sanctions.  In an interview on 60 minutes, then-Secretary of State Madeline Albright was asked: "We have heard that half a million children have died.  I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima.  And, you know, is the price worth it?"  To this, Mrs. Albright responded: "It's a tough choice to make, but the price, we think, is worth it."  The lives of 500,000 children are "worth it?"  For what?  For teaching the country's leadership a lesson?  This is a horrifying statement and appalling position, but at the very least, Operation Desert Storm had a credible motive.

Fast forward to October of 2000.  Iraq made the decision to stop selling their oil in dollars, and switched to only dealing in Euros for the black gold.  Iraq hosts the largest oil deposit in the world, and this action was a direct threat to the Petrodollar.  Immediately, the U.S. propaganda machine spun up and began pushing the narrative of Iraq possessing and preparing to use weapons of mass destruction (which were never found or proven to have ever existed).  Barely a year later, on September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center was attacked, apparently by Al Qaeda extremists out of Iraq, and 3,000 Americans were killed.  If you still believe the official story, please watch this film and do any additional research you need to accept the truth of what happened that day.  The WMD and 9/11 false narratives were used as reasons to invade Iraq in 2003.  Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, it is estimated that over one million Iraqi citizens have been killed as a result of the conflict, and more are killed every day.  Immediately upon taking control of the country, oil sales were quietly switch back into dollars.  From a business perspective, this switch made no sense: It caused an instant 15% loss of profit due to the value of the dollar against the euro.  But it re-solidified the Petrodollar standard.

Fast forward to today.  The stories in the news briefly - and I mean briefly - mention a "rebel" uprising in Syria attempting to overthrow their dictatorial leader.  What the news fails to mention is that 70% of Syria's population actually supports Assad, a claim that makes the United States government green with envy.  Despite this - and despite public facts showing the "rebels" in Syria are actually led by our supposed sworn enemy, Al Qaeda - President Obama is doing everything he can to send military support to the "rebels" to aid in their conquest.  He is doing this to opposition from both parties in the Senate and with full knowledge that he is attempting to arm Al Qaeda terrorists.

But why would Obama do this?  For over a year, Iran (which has the world's 3rd largest oil reserve) has been working towards trading oil in currencies other than the dollar.  When they do this, other countries are likely to follow suit, and the Petrodollar will cease to exist.  The Petrodollar is all that keeps the Federal Reserve Note's status as the world Reserve Currency.  Another important piece of information the news conveniently forgets is that Russia, China, and - surprise - Iran are in a mutual defense agreement with Syria, and any attack on Syria is met with aid from these nations.  Again, Obama is arming Syria's attackers and even considering directly mobilizing U.S. troops against Assad.  Outwardly, there is absolutely no reason for America to get involved in the Syrian conflict.  It will not benefit us in any way Obama would admit to.  One inescapable conclusion can be drawn from these facts: Obama is attempting to draw Iran into a war to give America an excuse to invade and seize control of the region's oil production.  China and Russia are not blind to this.  They know that if America takes control of Iran's oil, they will never be able to escape the (now toxic) dollar.  If Obama continues down this path, it will mean the start of World War 3.  It is almost an absolute certainty that this war will go nuclear.

But why?  Nobody in his own country seems to want this, and Obama's tenure as the "leader of the Free World" is limited, so what does he have to gain?  In short: Obama has nothing to gain.  But his puppet masters have everything to lose.

We have now come full-circle: The man behind the curtain.  The man who stands to lose the most power - the unrestricted ability to create money out of nothing - when the dollar goes under.  The man who pressed our leaders to trick our allies into giving us an excuse to invade their country.  The man who sponsored a false-flag operation that killed 3,000 Americans to justify a war that has killed a million more. The man who will start World War 3 and take as many lives as is necessary to retain his power.  The true owner of the United States of America: The owners of the Federal Reserve Bank.

They will not stop.  They will take this as far as we allow them to.  Start fighting back.  The odds don't matter anymore.

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Immigration

Author's Note:

My views have evolved since I wrote this.  I'm going to leave the original article, but it no longer fully reflects my perception.  Now, it is clear to me that this is a private property issue.  Human beings should never be restricted from moving freely across this leafy space ship.  Develop some land.  Make it yours.  And then you set the rules about who you want using what you have built.  Who you want building alongside you.  That choice was yours once before, and it should be yours once again.

Immigration is a wonderful thing.  Freeloading on the work of others is not.

America has many problems on her hands, but certainly one of the most pressing is illegal immigration.  While the laws we have on the books would handle the situation about as well as it could be handled, those laws are not being enforced.  Border patrol agents are being threatened by Homeland Security with their jobs for attempting to stop illegal immigration.  The Department of Justice is coming down on states like Texas for trying to keep illegal residents from voting, which is already against the law.  Here's the problem: Doing nothing about the state of illegal immigration is granting de facto amnesty to illegal immigrants.  Ironically, securing our borders is one of the very few powers enumerated to our government by the Constitution, and they have failed miserably in this charge.

Obama wants to pass a new immigration reform bill that would legalize 11 million people who are here illegally.  Doing so would send a clear message to the world: If you break U.S. laws, you will be rewarded.  If you follow U.S. laws, you will be punished.  The system already implement enforces illegal activity with free food, free housing, free healthcare, free education, and a free cell phone.  At the same time, it punishes law-abiding hard work with excessive taxes, fees, and regulations.  Legalizing 11 million immigrants would be a demoralizing slap in the face to those who wait as long as 25 years to enter America legally.

Lets look at the current situation.  To put it into analogy: An intruder breaks into your house.  You find them in your house, and you demand they leave.  "But," they reason, "I've cleaned your floors, scrubbed your toilets, and made your bed!  I deserve to stay here!  I'm a good, honest person...except for when I broke into your house."  You go to your local government to try and get them to evict your new resident, but they reason the same: "They've made your bed, cleaned your floors, folded your laundry, and scrubbed your toilet.  They have a basic human right to stay in your home.  After all, they're a good and honest person...except for when they broke into your house."  But paying for their housing is not all you have to do.  "It's only fair," your government says, "that you also pay for their food, education, healthcare, and ability to communicate with others.  After all, those are basic human rights."  So now, by mandate of your authorities, you are paying for the housing, food, education, clothing, healthcare, and cell phone of someone who contributes only a fraction of the costs of their upkeep.  But this is only right - after all, they're good, honest people, except for...well, you know.

America cannot keep this up.  As a nation, we are bankrupt.  We have a growing national debt that will never be repaid.  Cities across the country are declaring bankruptcy.  Poverty is exploding.  We cannot even afford to pay for our troops to eat properly.  The very last thing we should be doing is rewarding illegal activity, especially when it is to our own detriment. The presence of tens of millions of illegal immigrants drives wages down for existing American citizens.  We are finding it impossible to employ even the people who already live here.  So far, the costs of providing a side "path to citizenship" come to $3.8 trillion, and that number is only going to grow.  The only course of action that makes sense for America is to properly secure her borders and enforce the laws already in existence.  Once we do this, we can start looking into simplifying the current immigration process.

The bottom line is this: Absolutely no amnesty.  Period.

Author's Note: This article assumes the USA continues to exist in its current state.