Thus, the most important document to any American begins:
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish
Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general
Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and
establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
In this document, the Constitution of the united States of America, it is quite clear each state of the union is guaranteed a Republican form of government established to protect them against invasion and domestic violence.
Of course, states are made up of individuals who are common residents of a specified geographical area. Furthermore, representatives and senators, the executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and the state legislators are bound by oath or affirmation to support this constitution.
That is all well and good but who protects us against those within the system who would take any measures necessary to remove rights one by one until not much more than a semblance of a Republic remains.
Freedom, and the retention of freedom, as outlined by the Constitution is a lost cause without the willing participation of the people. Participation above all else demands the constant vigilance by people subjected to a centralized government.
George Washington knew the few who are given power often abuse the power and lose sight of the common cause and urged the people to keep constant watch over those in government.
Thomas Jefferson put it this way: “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects something that cannot be done.” We have much of our population ignorant of the Constitution, ignorant of what congresses in the past have done, and are now ignorant of what the members of the current governmental bodies are doing.
Millions of Americans now pay taxes on their personal incomes. Is that what our forefathers wrote into the Constitution? Not hardly. The government does not have any business knowing any citizen’s domestic earnings nor should they be reported by any institution, including your employer, your bank, your credit card company or any other person or business you do business with.
You see, imposing a direct tax on domestic earnings of any unprivileged citizen of the States is unconstitutional. There are no "if's", "buts", or "or's" about it. No direct tax may be imposed on a private citizen of any State and the 16th Amendment did absolutely nothing to change that.
I do not like being numbered nor does the government have the Constitutional right to do it. So, why do you have a social security number and why have you been led to believe you must have one?
Elementary. It allows for easier tracking of you. In addition, if our government gets done what it is attempting, national ID’s in the form of driver’s licenses, medical ID’s, credit cards ID’s, and even under-the-skin implants and retinal scanning will allow the government to spot you exactly where you are with your entire history electronically available to them.
As a matter of fact, developing technology will enable the government at any time of the day, no matter where you are on Earth, to observe you and to display your complete history from the time you became a numbered, marked entity until your death. With death, of course, will come freedom from their prying but that is a rather high price to pay.
Satellite and other computer technology has enabled this. Not only can the satellite spot you, it can tell who you are with and, quite possibly, exactly what you are doing.
The technology of rapid communication can detect what you spend when you spend it and what you bought whether you pay by check (computerized confirmation) or credit card. And, all before the clerk has it in the bag.
The government, no matter what it states while using its excuse of decreasing crime and taking care "dead-beat dads", does not have any business knowing where I am, what I am doing, what I own, what I have sold, or any other matter that is part of my pursuit of liberty and happiness as long as I don’t infringe upon the rights of others. I am not a criminal nor do I have any desire to be treated as if I am.
Speaking of infringing, the Second Amendment states quite clearly that the right to bear arms will never be infringed upon. However, every gun law passed has been passed in order to track who has what weapons.
The trend in government gun control is eventually to have every firearm locked up in a centralized place (government facilities, of course) rather than the individual being able to exercise his Second Amendment rights.
Of course, this is done under the semblance of deterring crimes and criminals. But, only a fool could believe that criminals will not be able to obtain firearms without the government’s knowledge. For pete’s sake, they do it daily.
Why does the government want guns taken out of the hands of citizens? Elementary, my dear fellow citizens. It is so we do not have protection against, not so much criminals as we commonly think of criminals, but, instead, the federal government. That is the basis for the amendment.
How about legal driving? The government does not have the right to prevent me from driving if I refuse to give a number, fingerprint, or picture even though it is doing so. Logically, none of those have anything whatsoever to do with my driving ability.
As a matter of fact, during the first few years of being a licensed driver, none of those were required - no picture, no fingerprint, no number other than a driver’s license number (assigned by the State of Missouri to the license itself, not to me), and my birth certificate as proof of legal age to drive.
Of course, in keeping with increased ability for government tracking, the driver's license number has now been replaced by an individual’s social security number in Missouri and probably most statess. At this time, at least fingerprints still aren’t required in Missouri. But, it is only a matter of time if we don’t take measures to stop it.
As it is right now, your privacy is infringed upon any time you apply for a job, a loan, a bank account or use of the account, enroll a child in a public school, register a vehicle, and dozens of other instances in which you have to answer personal or familial questions and/or prove your innocence of any wrong-doing.
Example of proving innocence are forced breath tests even though you may not even use alcohol, carrying insurance proof to prove you are not guilty of driving without insurance, and being stopped during spot checks on public roadways, etc.
Spot checks of any nature without probable cause should not be allowed. It smacks of “Heil, Comrade, show me your papers” and, in reality, is not any different.
As an example, when stopped and checked while driving, a person is suspect of illegal activities with Constitutional liberites ignored. Any citizen must prove themselves NOT guilty of any transgression. Thus, the presumption of guilt (otherwise, why be checked at all?) has taken over for presumption of innocence.
Addendum: Soon, you will be required to permit any law enforcement person to take your fingerprint in order to check your database. Your refusal to be submitted to the degradation of character will result in up to two years in prison.
How about your rights to privacy during computer use? I do not like the very high potential that my Internet activities are being monitored. If you don’t think your government is doing this form of spying, especially in regards to people who write against its activities, then you certainly must be living in a shell of ignorance. Not only is computer use monitored but so are phone calls and other forms of electronic communication.
Without the constant vigilance recommended by G. Washington and others, the tools for complete control and monitoring of our population have nearly all been put in place.
As it is right now, the government (meaning the people currently in control) legislate for themselves and their special interest groups. Least important are the people of this nation and support of the Constitution of the United States.
So, I ask, what will it take? What will it take before you assert your presence to the government and demand our Constitution be protected and supported as is?
What will it take for you to demand zero infringement concerning your God-given rights of liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
Just what will it take, Ladies and Gentlemen, for you to stand up and face the biggest threat to our freedom, our own government, and demand our civil servants in Washington, including members of Congress, the Judicial, and Executive branches, do exactly as the Constitution states and support it in its entirety?
It is, after all, the oath they took when assuming office.