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The link to [Cohens v. Virginia, 19 U.S. 264, 6 Wheat. 265; 5 L.Ed. 257 (1821)] is broken. This link is repeated on pp. 23,91, and 111. A corrected link is:
http://caselaw.lp.fi…ol=19&invol=264
Thanks.
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Admin,
I appreciate this article, despite the fact that I was so disgusted I had dry heaves (I guess I was feeling emotional yesterday). This article made me furious despite the fact that I have a solid understanding of political philosophy, and have seen plenty of political waste in my day. Reflecting back on the experience of reading this article, I realize that it can be an effective tool for outreach. I have decided to pass this article on to friends and family asking them if it is time to turn over the proverbial money changers tables. The hypocrites in Washington are quick to tie up large burdens for Americans and are complicit in the conspiracy against their sovereignty. While this is evil in itself, the policies of Washington which cause children (i.e. incompetents, see parens patriae) to participate in sin is the greatest evil of all. I am including the Activism url as a starting point for those who are likewise incensed by this article.
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Brian,
I understand the feelings that you have expressed. Like Admin stated, it is not advisable, nor permitted for members of the ministry to provide specific advice to you and your situation. However, it is clear that you do not have a comprehensive and coherent understanding of the material presented on the Family Guardian and SEDM websites, nor a firm foundation and a reasonable basis for claiming and defending sovereignty. It is never advisable to act in a manner which would place one in the situation of defending one's self with an inadequate understanding of the subject or relevant law. As has been suggested before, following the Path to Freedom is designed to provide the student with the background to think critically and research the basic subjects relevant to regaining sovereignty and living according to the precepts of the Lord. I do not aim to discourage you from furthering your knowledge, but warn you that those who are unprepared will be led like sheep to the slaughter in the temples of injustice. I sincerely hope that you will pray for guidance, and reevaluate your current level of understanding. My only suggestion is to commit to mastering all of the material presented in the path to freedom prior to acting from a position of ignorance and partial knowledge. If you decide to pursue this course of action, I am confident that you will be an asset to this ministry.
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Bing,
It is axiomatic that this expansion of federal power into the medical industry is not to the benefit of the people, but I am not so much afraid of the potential pitfall that this legislation presents for those who would fall for it in ignorance, but rather I am afraid that there will be no health care for those who do not enter the pitfall. With our current system of health care, all providers are licensed and acting as agents of the government, receiving “benefits and privileges” and subjecting themselves to the rules of licensure. There is currently no alternative medical establishment which is founded on the natural right to provide healing services and to recommend cures and medications. There are no alternative apothecaries and pharmacies, no alternative medicine manufacturers, no alternative hospitals. There is no viable medical ecosystem at present which is not subject to the FDA, DEA, and all the rest of the government licensure cohort. I have great hope that the number of Americans who have departed and will continue to depart the beast will grow, but at present I do not believe that we have the numbers to create a working alternative to the socialized medicine. Furthermore, any who would attempt to provide medicine outside of the license regime will spend more energy fighting the state than healing the sick. So much for the idea of “First do no harm.” We have become strangers in our own land. We must obtain medical care in foreign lands. What about those who are unable to travel for care? Must their physical infirmity or financial situation render them wards of the state?
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Interesting ideas, but whenever you are using a fractional reserve system, and the interest rates are manipulated by the political powers instead of by the interaction of savers and borrowers, the result is inevitably misallocation of resources and then a bust to liquidate the malinvestment. The desire for loose monetary policy is an irresistible force for bankers and politicians. Presently most states are limited in their spending by their ability to float bonds. Just think of the massive spending binge states like California and New York would embark upon if they could credit themselves enormous amounts of fiduciary media. Furthermore the creation by the state of fiduciary media masquerading as money is a direct violation of the gold and silver clause in the Constitution. This provides further evidence that the “States” are not original jurisdiction, but corporate entities.
I agree that there is a major problem with our current financial system, but the problem lies in the political protection granted to policies which are tantamount to fraud. The government safety nets and regulations prevent poorly run banks from being called to account, condition bank users to postpone, or ignore due diligence, and provide plausible deniability for deceitful, reckless, and fraudulent acts. The only way to reconcile liberty and banking is to eliminate government sanctioned protection of the industry and free competition among banks and bank notes. Currently bank notes are indistinguishable and so there is no feedback from note holders which would temper the expansionary desires of the banks. The threat of a bank run is minuscule, and for any real change, massive system wide bank runs would be required. However, under the present system, the bank losses would be papered over, literally. The Lord has warned us not to use a cheating scale, but that is what a fractional reserve note is. Participation in the system of systemic inflation is an abomination.
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- Quote:XI.
Canada acceding to this confederation, and adjoining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine States.
It is possible for Canada to join the United States of America if the Senate were to act as the Continental Congress. However, the chance of that happening is less than slim and close to none.
Quote:V.For the most convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislatures of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each State to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead for the remainder of the year.
No State shall be represented in Congress by less than two, nor more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees or emolument of any kind.
url=”http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/artconf.asp”]Article V – Articles of Confederation[/url
Basically, the Senate would have to voluntarily agree to term limits and accept no salary or benefit from the Senate office. So under the de-jure system, Canada will most likely not join the USA.
The Corporate government aspect is a more promising avenue for these folks, but by blatantly including Canada in the corporate US, there is the risk that the people on both sides of the border will increase the rate of their rousting from slumber. It is better to “streamline” various aspects of commerce between the two corporations than to merge them at this point. Or at least that is what I would do if I were going to be aiding and abetting these criminals.
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Admin,
I have not completed my research into this subject, but I will continue and will share my results with both ministries. I wanted to make sure I had not overlooked some other research into this aspect of the privatization of government. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Good info. I noticed the speculation about tax farming. It is one thing to have a private central bank, which the common man does not readily understand, but overt private tax collection just is not going to sit well with the American people. I doubt that the IRS is foolish and brazen enough to attempt that, but their audacity at present is rather mind blowing. I suppose if most Americans can be fooled into voluntarily assuming a tax liability, they could also be convinced that private tax collection would be a “good thing” ™. I am holding out hope in the common man.
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Frankin,
thanks for the constructive feedback on the letter. It is well advised to take your suggestions into consideration when individuals communicate with government employees in the future. It can be difficult to hold these people accountable in a letter without bruising their over inflated egos. With this in mind, it is probably more effective to write op-eds and public opinion pieces which will expose the actions of these wayward servants than to send a hard hitting address of grievances which will promptly be filed by a staffer into the nearest garbage can, lest their boss have his or her integrity called into question.
While public issues may be handled best in a public fashion, if only for educational reasons; private concerns can be handled with an indictment of a particular government employee's duty to fulfill a job and to avoid actions which exceed delegated authority or which infringe on rights. These issues are best handled by an assurance that job performance will be admissible into a Bivens action against the individual governmental employee, should that prove necessary. Those interested in holding government bureaucrats accountable are deeply indebted to the Family Guardian and SEDM ministries and particularly to the authors who have released letters like the “Passport Notice and Demand Letter”. The depth of research and the mastery of the materials presented by active contributors to these ministries is something that all can aspire to in both letters and evidence of a personal nature as well as those which have immediate public concern as well. Gaining the requisite knowledge and aptitude within the breadth of the subjects which a particular defense may require is a daunting challenge, but the reward is that the overlap of information facilitates the subsequent defense of different issues.
If we recognize the shortcomings of our own nature and our particular vices, we can work to minimize their impact on our lives and the manner in which they cripple our communication and interaction with our fellow man. We must be careful to recognize the supremacy of the Lord and not fall into the snares of pride, arrogance, or despair. Furthermore we are well advised to avoid the temptation to worship false idols. We are called to minister to the imprisoned, not to imprison ourselves, and it is best to avoid the cages of the evil media, group think and public opinion, as well as selfish actions and inactions. The roads to liberty and salvation are beset by evil for those who would try to take a short cut. Salvation is obtained only by the intervention of God, let our actions be a humble appeal for the Righteous Judge to intervene for our favor in the struggle for liberty and for just leaders.
Quote:And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.— KJV Luke 18:26
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Good finds franklin. I wrote a little more about Pelosi and her fellow Congressional leadership in this post. The more that these cretins openly flaunt their ignorance and smug sense of superiority, the more Americans will realize they have been deceived by charlatans and mountebanks and poisoned by a complicit media. Keep it up Pelosi, you make our work easier.
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Typically it is the case where if the trustee and beneficiary are the same natural persons, the trust is deemed collapsed. Basically it is my understanding that a trust in which the trustee is the beneficiary, removes the irrevocable nature of a trust. The courts look at such trusts as a dba or alter-ego of the trustee/beneficiary. As such trusts which have this flaw are not viable asset protection devices.
originalintent.org has some more background on these trusts in an easy to understand format. Caveat emptor: they have misguided ideas about citizenship and nationality.
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Admin,
I have attached a PDF version of the document to this post, but I also have a copy of this in openoffice format. I can provide that if it is at all useful. Additionally I have an updated version of the certificate of service which takes into account the page counts for this document as well as some of the sedm enclosures which have been lengthened and enhanced by that ministry.
Please note that I give all credit for this work to the contributors who have created and enhanced the original document at sedm.org. With this in mind, this document should be used in accordance with the member agreement and any restrictions placed on sedm materials.
Hopefully this will be useful to those readers who may have received unnecessary requests for ID in attempts to link that reader to a government franchise and especially the socialist security nexus.
I attempted to mechanically create a comprehensive list of changes between this document and the sedm original, but I ran into difficulty in extracting the text from that work (namely many words had extraneous spaces inserted). If someone is able to provide a plain text version I could attempt again to determine the significant changes and post them here. In any event, readers are advised to perform their own due diligence to determine if this example letter is applicable to their situation. The reader should verify that this letter is consistent with applicable law and court rulings and does not contain anything which is false. The actions of the State Department indicate that this is indeed the case, but the reader would be ill advised to submit this letter if he/she is not intimately familiar with its contents and the contents of the supplementary enclosures.
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As you are well aware, most churches are creatures of the state and serving their true master. To campaign against this perversion would be to participate in political speech which is forbidden for those holding 501©3 status. Although placing this status in jeopardy if not rejecting it all together would be the best action that the churches could make, I do not foresee the lust for tithes to be overcome by obedience to the Lord. I am disgusted by this hypocrisy on the part of these “churches.” It has been said that we must remove the plank from our own eye before we can flush the speck from our neighbors. I believe that this is a call for us to get our own house into order.
If we are to claim that our house is dedicated to the Lord, then we must live that truthfully starting by eliminating the duplicity inherent in serving the government first. We must strive to prevent the house of the Lord from being turned into a den of thieves. Where this perversion is already the case, we must follow the example of Jesus and overturn the tables and afflict the comfortable. I think that a greater understanding of the bible and in particular Romans 13 would convince the pastors and benefactors of churches to rethink their decision to serve mammon and to violate the first commandment and the express admonitions of Jesus with respect to serving more than one master.
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I was reading the rather interesting discussion and clarification on passports and nationality in this post in the issues and research forum, and it brought up the subject of endorsements. With great celerity I was issued a passport once I utilized a version of the Passport Notice and Demand letter which was modified for the variant of the form letters the state department was using to delay issuance. I can verify that there is no visible endorsement specifying national status. With this in mind, I am planning on requesting a certified copy of the application and records. As others may be interested in this aspect, is it best to wait to request the records until the period for rebuttal as defined in the letter of notice and demand and provided for in Fed.R. Civ.P. 8(b) (6) has expired?
I can provide my modifications to the Passport Letter of Notice and Demand if they may be useful for members who may be getting delayed for requests for additional (read franchise related) ID. It may be redundant as my previous post offered some suggested additions. My rebuttal for these additional requests focused on the fact that by singling me out for these requests, the agent has in effect issued an unlawful bill of attainder because I am a national and that he/she could not selectively enforce 22 C.F.R. 51.23 (c ) without violating equal protection which as a national, I had not surrendered by engaging in contracts with the government. I emphasized these in the burden of proof section and included them in the compliance questionnaire.
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Thanks for the pointers Bing, I haven't had time to research this aspect of federal law as well as I would like. I have only briefly investigated this subject, but it appears that I may have to increase my focus on this area of legislation.
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