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It has become obvious that the Democrats will pass health care reform. Yes, I know about the exceedingly angry crowds at town hall meetings and the poll numbers. But these Congressional traitors, these anti-Constitutionalists do not care: They wield the power and they are going to exercise it — even if they have to use “reconciliation” … a process designed to cut off any meaningful debate, a process that avoids completely any potential for a filibuster by those who understand the disaster that will come with health care reform as proposed by the Democrats. That prospect has caused me to face squarely what may be coming. Please allow me to explain — and please forgive me if I give you a little background about me. I believe the background to be relevant in terms of establishing the fact that I do not approach these matters lightly. I am certain all of you have done as much and more than I have done: I just want you to know I am one of you.

n A History of Political Activism

I began my political activism as a 14-year-old hanging literature on door knobs for Barry Goldwater in 1964 — In every single subsequent election I have put my vote, money, and time where my mouth has been, and have done so at every level of government, nor have I ever missed an opportunity to make my feelings or opinions known in every conceivable way to anyone with whom I may have had the slightest degree of influence. Indeed, as a result, I chaired a committee that helped recall an ENTIRE five-member city council for imposing a 6-percent utility tax — the first time in California history that an entire city council had been removed from office. I subsequently ran for a city council seat and served on a city planning commission — where I continued to fight big government and bureaucratic spendthrifts. I currently serve on a personnel commission for a school district and chair a professional committee in my chosen profession.

I have been published in the local paper — in the editorial column as a guest columnist where, once again, I argued for small, efficient government. And I served on an advisory committee where I also pursued the delivery of fire and paramedic services on a smaller, more cost effective scale than was wanted by the bureaucrats, politicians, or the unions.

In addition, I have organized service projects, including projects that provided food and shelter for the homeless and single mothers with their children — all at no cost to the taxpayer.

My point is this: I am not a novice. I am a hardened activist with 45 years of experience.

n The Problem

None of us wants violence. For 45 years I have done it the right way — voting, talking, writing, volunteering, voting, talking, writing, volunteering, voting, talking, writing, volunteering … and although I made my share of mistakes along the way, I have been a model citizen in terms of my participation in the political process.

Until this point in my life, I would have NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED any act outside the system, including non-violent civil disobedience (e.g., King, Gandhi), because I believed working within the system was the only way to correct the problems — problems I saw coming when I was but 14 years old. Yes, even at that tender age I knew what was coming because I had seen Lyndon Johnson in action; my fears were only reinforced when I watched Richard Nixon impose price and wage controls and Jimmy Carter ravage an economy — so the last two decades have been no surprise to me. When, however, Reagan was elected, I was elated because I believed we were finally turning the corner; but the Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Obama presidencies and the behavior of Congress over the last 20 years have finally caused me to re-evaluate my optimism.

I will be 60 in five months; at some point I will be forced onto Medicare where my heath benefits will be rationed — even more so than they are already being rationed for current beneficiaries. (I should add this observation: The 2009 Stimulus Bill signed into law by President Obama also has a provision that rations health care.) Moreover, this so-called government continues to eat away at my Constitutional rights, even while granting Constitutional rights to enemy combatants — terrorists who want to destroy our cities and murder our women and children. And as if that were not enough, eminent domain and ballooning deficits and tax burdens continue to erode my SACRED property rights.

I will not allow my family or myself to be denied medical care. I will not continue to have the fruit of my labor stolen by socialists who think they can make better use of my property than I can. I will not continue to have my rights eroded.

n What Does the United States Declaration of Independence Say?

The Declaration of Independence makes clear the following:

"Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes."

Note, however, that the statement does not say that governments should not be changed.

"All experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."

No one who understands the Constitution, including all of you, believes our rights have been protected as envisioned by the Founders. And all of us who believe in our divinely-inspired Constitution know that we have been caused to suffer greatly, and that the prospects for suffering, absent a change, will only increase. It is also fair to say that the suffering has been "tolerable" to this point. However, that our suffering has been tolerable does not mitigate the problem — it only makes it more difficult to deal with due to the public perceptions that logically flow from such a condition. By the way, many are fond of pointing out that, as bad as it might be for us, our suffering pales by comparison to the suffering of people in other countries — and to those I would say the following: "You deserve your chains. Depart from us. You are not worthy of the company of free men because freedom is not relative. It is or it is not — period."

"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

"Evince" means to show, to demonstrate, to make clear. Tyranny need not be an established fact to justify the reclaiming of our liberties — it only needs to be apparent that tyranny is the end, the result, the design of a series of policies or acts. That forces the question, Is there any doubt about the design? Only a fool would miss the obvious. There is no doubt about the design, the objective, the purpose. Lincoln once observed that, as a nation of free men, we must live through all time or die by national suicide — a transformation that requires a purposeful, coordinated plan developed in a shroud of secrecy by powerful interests from big business, big labor, and government.

I will work within the system — for a little longer. But in the end I will reclaim my rights as acknowledged by the Founders. I will begin with non-violent civil disobedience. But make no mistake — MY RIGHTS WILL BE RECLAIMED.

And one other thought. History has shown that those with power and an intent to destroy liberty will not easily yield: Once acquired, such evil will hold on to power by whatever means necessary. Are we willing to confront that truth? And the consequences that flow from it? The facts are that evil currently has the reigns of power, and evil is proceeding according to a plan. For now we must work within the system — I accept that in spite of my belief that more will one day be required — but evil needs to know that the people are willing to rise up and reclaim, by force, that which has been stolen. I am not saying people should or need to rise up outside the system with force at this point in time, but evil must know it is possible — and probable — if our course is not reversed. Remember, the Founders believed that government not only needed to be in chains, but that the government needed to fear the people rather than the people fearing the government … which is precisely why we have the Second Amendment. If the Founders believed or knew with certainty that force would never be required in order to reclaim our God-given rights, then why did they provide us with the means to exert force? Indeed, is it an accident or coincidence that the forces of evil have arrayed themselves against the Second Amendment?

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Adobe Flash Player Adobe Reader Facebook National Archives Avalon Project Heritage Foundation Fox News Speeches for Our Time	A New American Declaration of Independence Written for Our Time Our nation is at risk — and the next four years will determine whether we survive as a nation of free men or see ourselves forcefully transformed into a third-rate, European-style socialistic nightmare that, itself, must then give way to the tyranny of fascism. Obama and his radical, leftist allies have set precisely that course and are marching swiftly toward its end. It is time to act — to stop these anti-Constitutionalist traitors. To that end I have provided A New American Declaration of Independence Written for Our Time. Please read it, print the PDF version, sign the first two pages, and send both pages to your elected representatives. You may click here or use the link in the menu bar above. And even if you don't use the tool I have provided — DO SOMETHING: Every American who loves our Constitution needs to be involved. To those who wish to remain comfortably on the sidelines while others do the heavy lifting, I offer the words of Samuel Adams: "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."	U.S. Declaration of Independence U.S. Constitution Common Sense The Law The Stimulus Bill Cap and Trade Health Care Daniel Hannan Video Clip

Nov. 22, 2009	Treason! 01 Stimulus One. 02 Cap and Tax. 03 Obamacare. Pelosicare. Reidcare. 04 Internet “Neutrality.” 05 The elimination of the secret ballot in the work place. 06 Tax increases. 07 Amnesty for illegal aliens who break the law. 08 International treaties that yield our national sovereignty to our enemies. 09 A refusal to fully develop our own energy resources. 10 Massive deficits. 11 Assaults on the First and Second Amendments. 12 The murder of the unborn. 13 The rationing of health care for seniors for the purpose of reducing the senior population. 14 A refusal to properly support our troops. 15 Abandonment of the War on Terrorism. Each one of these treacherous, wholly-corrupt, and morally bankrupt policy and legislative initiatives have been sponsored or supported by the current administration and their anti-American, anti-free market, Marxist allies, and members of the United States Congress and Senate who have eagerly sold themselves to special interests. Let me be clear: Obama, Pelosi, and Reid have committed treason by refusing to honor their oaths of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America from all enemies, foreign and domestic, and, by so doing, have given aid and comfort to our enemies. These traitors should be made to feel the full force and weight of the law.

Aug. 15, 2009	Hypocrisy on the Left — Again Posters depicting Obama as the infamous Joker began popping up throughout the Los Angeles area during the first week of August, and apparently the image is migrating rapidly throughout the nation — aided by the Web. What is interesting are the howls from the left decrying the poster as racist. These factually-challenged souls seem to forget the portrayals of George Bush as both the Joker and Adolf Hitler or, for that matter, the portrayal of Abraham Lincoln as a monkey handing the Emancipation Proclamation to a freed slave. Such portrayals are common in politics, and the objections from the left simply reveal their contempt for free speech that does not conform to their statist, classist ideology.

July 24, 2009	Democrats Rush Toward Socialized Medicine It has become obvious that the Democrats will pass health care reform. Yes, I know about the exceedingly angry crowds at town hall meetings and the poll numbers. But these Congressional traitors, these anti-Constitutionalists do not care: They wield the power and they are going to exercise it — even if they have to use “reconciliation” … a process designed to cut off any meaningful debate, a process that avoids completely any potential for a filibuster by those who understand the disaster that will come with health care reform as proposed by the Democrats. That prospect has caused me to face squarely what may be coming. Please allow me to explain — and please forgive me if I give you a little background about me. I believe the background to be relevant in terms of establishing the fact that I do not approach these matters lightly. I am certain all of you have done as much and more than I have done: I just want you to know I am one of you. n A History of Political Activism I began my political activism as a 14-year-old hanging literature on door knobs for Barry Goldwater in 1964 — In every single subsequent election I have put my vote, money, and time where my mouth has been, and have done so at every level of government, nor have I ever missed an opportunity to make my feelings or opinions known in every conceivable way to anyone with whom I may have had the slightest degree of influence. Indeed, as a result, I chaired a committee that helped recall an ENTIRE five-member city council for imposing a 6-percent utility tax — the first time in California history that an entire city council had been removed from office. I subsequently ran for a city council seat and served on a city planning commission — where I continued to fight big government and bureaucratic spendthrifts. I currently serve on a personnel commission for a school district and chair a professional committee in my chosen profession. I have been published in the local paper — in the editorial column as a guest columnist where, once again, I argued for small, efficient government. And I served on an advisory committee where I also pursued the delivery of fire and paramedic services on a smaller, more cost effective scale than was wanted by the bureaucrats, politicians, or the unions. In addition, I have organized service projects, including projects that provided food and shelter for the homeless and single mothers with their children — all at no cost to the taxpayer. My point is this: I am not a novice. I am a hardened activist with 45 years of experience. n The Problem None of us wants violence. For 45 years I have done it the right way — voting, talking, writing, volunteering, voting, talking, writing, volunteering, voting, talking, writing, volunteering … and although I made my share of mistakes along the way, I have been a model citizen in terms of my participation in the political process. Until this point in my life, I would have NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED any act outside the system, including non-violent civil disobedience (e.g., King, Gandhi), because I believed working within the system was the only way to correct the problems — problems I saw coming when I was but 14 years old. Yes, even at that tender age I knew what was coming because I had seen Lyndon Johnson in action; my fears were only reinforced when I watched Richard Nixon impose price and wage controls and Jimmy Carter ravage an economy — so the last two decades have been no surprise to me. When, however, Reagan was elected, I was elated because I believed we were finally turning the corner; but the Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Obama presidencies and the behavior of Congress over the last 20 years have finally caused me to re-evaluate my optimism. I will be 60 in five months; at some point I will be forced onto Medicare where my heath benefits will be rationed — even more so than they are already being rationed for current beneficiaries. (I should add this observation: The 2009 Stimulus Bill signed into law by President Obama also has a provision that rations health care.) Moreover, this so-called government continues to eat away at my Constitutional rights, even while granting Constitutional rights to enemy combatants — terrorists who want to destroy our cities and murder our women and children. And as if that were not enough, eminent domain and ballooning deficits and tax burdens continue to erode my SACRED property rights. I will not allow my family or myself to be denied medical care. I will not continue to have the fruit of my labor stolen by socialists who think they can make better use of my property than I can. I will not continue to have my rights eroded. n What Does the United States Declaration of Independence Say? The Declaration of Independence makes clear the following: "Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes." Note, however, that the statement does not say that governments should not be changed. "All experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed." No one who understands the Constitution, including all of you, believes our rights have been protected as envisioned by the Founders. And all of us who believe in our divinely-inspired Constitution know that we have been caused to suffer greatly, and that the prospects for suffering, absent a change, will only increase. It is also fair to say that the suffering has been "tolerable" to this point. However, that our suffering has been tolerable does not mitigate the problem — it only makes it more difficult to deal with due to the public perceptions that logically flow from such a condition. By the way, many are fond of pointing out that, as bad as it might be for us, our suffering pales by comparison to the suffering of people in other countries — and to those I would say the following: "You deserve your chains. Depart from us. You are not worthy of the company of free men because freedom is not relative. It is or it is not — period." "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." "Evince" means to show, to demonstrate, to make clear. Tyranny need not be an established fact to justify the reclaiming of our liberties — it only needs to be apparent that tyranny is the end, the result, the design of a series of policies or acts. That forces the question, Is there any doubt about the design? Only a fool would miss the obvious. There is no doubt about the design, the objective, the purpose. Lincoln once observed that, as a nation of free men, we must live through all time or die by national suicide — a transformation that requires a purposeful, coordinated plan developed in a shroud of secrecy by powerful interests from big business, big labor, and government. I will work within the system — for a little longer. But in the end I will reclaim my rights as acknowledged by the Founders. I will begin with non-violent civil disobedience. But make no mistake — MY RIGHTS WILL BE RECLAIMED. And one other thought. History has shown that those with power and an intent to destroy liberty will not easily yield: Once acquired, such evil will hold on to power by whatever means necessary. Are we willing to confront that truth? And the consequences that flow from it? The facts are that evil currently has the reigns of power, and evil is proceeding according to a plan. For now we must work within the system — I accept that in spite of my belief that more will one day be required — but evil needs to know that the people are willing to rise up and reclaim, by force, that which has been stolen. I am not saying people should or need to rise up outside the system with force at this point in time, but evil must know it is possible — and probable — if our course is not reversed. Remember, the Founders believed that government not only needed to be in chains, but that the government needed to fear the people rather than the people fearing the government … which is precisely why we have the Second Amendment. If the Founders believed or knew with certainty that force would never be required in order to reclaim our God-given rights, then why did they provide us with the means to exert force? Indeed, is it an accident or coincidence that the forces of evil have arrayed themselves against the Second Amendment?	Not all the pirates are in Somalia — about 600 of them are in Washington!

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