With our Declaration of Independence, the United States of America became the first country that was founded on the principle that its government be instituted to secure the unalienable rights of its citizens. We have come a long way from a bold statement of principle to the true and practical application of this ideal, overcoming many obstacles. Just when we are able to become most free, we have lost our way. We have lost our way to freedom and liberty, as our truest wish has been to be free of responsibility, at liberty to indulge ourselves at the cost of others. We welcome in a new servant, which in the end will be our master.

Our great country has experienced the institution of slavery first hand. The humiliating degradation and subjugation of our fellow man echoes within our national conscience. The specter of shame still haunts the heirs of America, while the bitter injustice of slavery is passed down through the centuries as an inheritance. Have we unwittingly entered a new era of tyranny with another incarnation of this vile institution?

New slavers come to us today disguised as kind patrons, here to help us in our time of need, breathing sweet lies in our faces that leave us choking on their falsehood. Like the last generation of slave masters, they too are genteel, secure in their great houses where we may enter only to serve or pay homage. They see themselves as a greater sort, from the greatest halls of learning. Though having been given the admiration of many, their actions belie their words. They tell us what we most need to hear, only to slip new chains of law around our wrists and ankles, that they may soon load us onto their ship of fools that sails for Pleasure Island on the next red tide.

So we give up some freedom to our Washington betters, but like kind fathers, we can surely trust that they will keep us safe, can’t we? The wealth they redistribute will save us all, any time now. As we hear more and more about our money being used for the benefit of shadowy others, the truth comes into sharpening focus. We have been caught in a trap! We will not get anything for free, we will not be saved, and worst of all, we will not be the masters of our destiny. We will be subjects – no, we will be less; slaves. Slaves to a socialist vision of America where one is forced to fulfill the dreams of another.

The British economist and author Herbert Spencer said it well back in 1884 "All socialism involves slavery.... That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another's desires..... Oppressive taxation is a form of slavery of the individual, to the community as a whole. The essential question is - How much is he compelled to labor for benefit other than his own, and how much can he labor for his own benefit?"

Our founders considered socialist practices unconstitutional, and rightly so. While masquerading as compassionate, it is in the end parasitic. The list of nations who have learned this bitter truth is long. Webster's dictionary describes socialism as "governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods" - Consider our auto industry, our banking industry, and soon our health care and insurance industries. It is also "a system of society or group living in which there is no private property" - What property exists that will not be taken? and finally, it is "a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism."

Are we slaves yet? We are not! Not to the indolent, and not to the self serving political employees we hired who are even now dismantling this nation, dividing its people, and trampling the Constitution they swore to defend. Welcome to tyranny, and welcome to their vision for America, the very opposite of the dream of liberty our founders died for. But it is never too late. Wake up! Find out what is going on. Learn. Teach. Take action!

For if we do not repair the ramparts of our once free Republic, this usurping horde will surely own our children. -

The Mysterious Ranger - Free Range Patriots

I had heard about movie "Not Evil Just Wrong" a few months back but now I see that it is coming to Anchorage this month.  It got great reviews for exposing the myths of global warming (except of course from the MSM). Here is the movie's website:

http://www.noteviljustwrong.com/

And here is the link to the site where you can buy tickets online or get details about when/where.  I am looking forward to it!

http://www.uaacollegerepublicans.org/upcoming-events.html

Some great points made here at The American Thinker, such as, "The proper remedy for unconstitutional acts conducted by the federal government is to nullify those acts within theborders of the states finding them unconstitutional. "

Kentucky's Answer to Unconstitutional Federal Actions

    Im concerned about HB 259. This is the one to force drug testing on people reciveing puplic assistance. I worry that this is a guise to Identify how many people need more help more Detox Rehab and Counseling. Then they will be armed with numbers and prove to the public that more funds need to go to proven losers. I say NO MORE GOVERNMENT. It is not the governments job to detox rehab and counsel the very people who partied while you worked.

Does anyone know if CPG has anyone attending the National Conservative Symposium in Texas later this month?  Sounds like an excellent opportunity for us.  It is being billed as providing "training, networking and strategy sessions to attendees. . .[develop] the road map for success in the battle to restore conservative constitutional governance and fiscal responsibility to America."  Great list of speakers, too.

http://teapartysupport.com/

Senator Begich, appearing on the 650 KENI Mike Porcaro radio show 11/11/09, is now a self proclaimed moderate. At least twice in the broadcast he associated himself with individual senators who have been identified as moderates by bloggers and the main stream media.

Hugh Hewitt has written several posts discussing the “moderate” democrat senators at his blog, http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/. A recent post, and every preceding post on the subject of moderate senators, does not include Sen. Mark Begich as a senator to contact and support for their objections to nationalized health care. Quoting Hewitt from a 11/12/2009 post, “…next week's big vote in the Senate and the ability of any one of Indiana's Evan Bayh, Colorado's Michael Bennet, North Dakota's Byron Dorgan, Louisiana's Mary Landrieu, Connecticut's Joe Lieberman, Arkansas' Blanche Lincoln, or Nebraska's Ben Nelson to just say no to Obamacare and block the bill,” conspicuously does not include Alaska’s Mark Begich. Here are two links to previous posts that do not include Sen. Begich as a moderate who should be encouraged to continue the resistance.

http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/8e1c3ba7-9e26-42a3-be48-bc51ee6a63d4

and http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/b8f12489-8af4-4bd9-afd4-69f45ff98fa1.

Either Mr. Hewitt is overlooking a vital senator and should be advised of his oversight, or Mr. Begich is once again being unauthentic and dishonest with his constituents. Why would Mr. Hewitt exclude a senator who could be pivotal, if that senator was authentically a potential vote to prevent the nationalization of health care?

Interestingly, the junior senator from Alaska did not mention the Kaiser Family Foundation once in the Porcaro interview, despite the notoriety he has previously ascribed to it for informing him on health reform issues. Now he is associating himself with senators who have genuine disagreements with parts of the legislation, as if he too is an ideological moderate.

Mr. Begich is an ideologue who consistently wraps himself in sheep’s clothing. To some this unique ability is deemed to be a good political skill. It may be a skill, but saying it is a good skill is to condone behavior that is deceitful—a lie, and nothing less.

Deb Brollini, an activist Alaska Native, in a brief post at her web site, http://dbrollini.blogspot.com, does not come right out and claim that the senator is a liar. However, it is easily concluded from her post that Mr. Begich is inflating the "uninsured" in Alaska by up to 70, 000 people; and he is doing it on the backs of Alaska Natives who are "uninsured" only in a narrow definition of the word.

That is, they do not have a private company policy, ie Blue Cross, or Medicare/ Medicaid. They do however, have access to good, quality care from the village primary providers (Village Health Aids), regional hospitals, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium’s Alaska Native Medical Center, as well as contract health care for local services unavailable at ANMC and services only available Outside. A Compact with the Indian Health Service funds health services not available from within the system, and none of these health care services are included in the senator’s definition of insurance.

Let’s be honest with each other, Senator.

ric

In my thirty years on Active Duty it was frequently my honor to administer this oath to Officers, Sailors and Marines.  With one hand raised and the otherfirmly on the Bible we together recited those words spoken by those that hadgone before us. “I, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend theConstitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.   The enlisted oath differs slightly and some chose to affirm their oath, others chose another holy book but each of us swore, with Gods help, to protect the Constitution.

Shedding ones blood in protection of our Constitution must seem foolhardy to you Senators, Veteran members excepted.  The Signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor, our service men and women pledge their lives, while you put nothing at risk.  Each American who serves in the military writes a blank check payable on demand.  By your vote, the check they offer in protection of the Constitution is cashed; some for an eye, a limb, a life or simply their youth.  You have made the same oath!  Every vote that you cast on the floor of the Senate should reflect the gravity of commitment of the Signers and members of the military, bring honor upon your oath to protect that same Constitution and provide the promise of liberty to our posterity.

This evening I watched appalled as the House of Representatives passed legislation that, if allowed stand, will perpetrate anact of tyranny against the American people unseen since the imposition of the New Deal.  This bill, like many of the actions that you have voted to enact, is contrary to the Constitution you have sworn to defend. Nothing in the Constitution give you the right to buy car companies, pay off unions, or monopolize health care.  The enumerated powers clause defines the bounds of the federal government I suggest that you use it as the litmus test for even considering legislation.  Will you find the courage to honor your oath and strike it down or will you put yourself or your party above the liberty of the American people and allow this injustice to stand? 

I am sickened by the direction that you are leading this great nation.  I am ashamed by your divisiveness by party and caucus, have you forgotten that you are first an American?  We are a nation of laws but you have trampled them, we are a nation of moral people but you tolerate the amoral in our Senate, as a people we believe that God gives our liberty rights and you have pushed Him aside to appease the few.   One cannot help but assume that each of you is so covered in the fetid filth of your own corruption that you cannot censure others for fear of reprisal!  Why else would you countenance such actions?

Clean up your own house.  Honor your constitutional oath.  Follow the lead of President Washington and go home after two terms and tend your farm.

For Liberty,

Richard H. Hendren

Obama's Alaska visit will be delayed until Thursday, 11/12/09,  Due to a stop in Ft Hood !

Per ADN Sunday paper, section A-3 !

The Kaiser and Mr. Begich

Sen. Mark Begich has often cited the Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org (KFF) as his preferred resource on the subject of health care reform. On more than one occasion, and multiple times during the September town hall session, the young senator suggested a visit to KFF to those individuals who might question his judgment, or for anyone who might want to become better informed. Nearly every time the young senator mentioned the foundation he also pointed out that a link to it is available at his web site http://begich.senate.gov/public/. 

Surprisingly, despite the rhetoric touting KFF as a vital source of information, the web link to it is not as strategically positioned at the Begich web site as it is strategically positioned in his personal presentations. 

The young senator’s oft-mentioned KFF provides needed credibility to his position. Concurrently he also uses the foundation’s esteem to marginalize suggestions that he might limit reforms to specific problems and develop targeted interventions designed to remedy them. Thus, KFF is not a just a resource for the young senator, it is a tool on which the he leans to demonstrate that he is “committed to ensuring quality, affordable health care for all Alaskans” and that he “…will not allow opponents of reform and the special interests who back them to delay the health reform we all deserve.” http://begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=HealthCare  “Quality, Affordable Healthcare For All Alaskans” 

KFF supports a total overhaul of the system, and so do the young senator and his party. 

Proof of this accusation is in a 10/23/09 publication in “Pulling It Together” from KFF President Drew Altman titled “The ‘Third School’ For Controlling Health Care Costs” http://www.kff.org/pullingittogether/102909_altman.cfm. In that article Altman writes, “The President (Obama) also gave Systems Reformers a huge boost by embracing these themes until switching the emphasis more recently to ‘health insurance reform’ when it became clear that Systems Reformers resonated better with insiders and policy wonks than with the public.” (Bolded are author’s emphasis)

Altman’s article described Systems Reform in a reference to an article published 1/26/09 in The New Yorker, “Getting There from Here” by Atul Gawande: 

"In a feat never before seen in our field, Atul Gawande's wonderful New Yorker piece traveled through the White House and across Capitol Hill in about two days, not so much because the research he was describing was new (Wennberg had reported similar findings many times for thirty years) or because his analysis was so brilliantly written (which it was). The timing was right for a new strategy to bend the curve through delivery, information and payment changes that did not divide policymakers and stakeholders along the familiar ideological lines. The article also rippled through the medical profession with similar speed. For many practitioners this was health reform they could relate to; getting under the hood of medical practice and health care institutions and changing practice as well as pursuing quality improvement and cost containment in tandem. News media attention to the New Yorker piece and policymaker interest in it brought attention to Systems Reformers' ideas to new levels." 

The Altman letter leaves little doubt as to why President Obama switched emphasis from Systems Reform to Health Insurance Reform. It also explains that there is even less doubt regarding the Kaiser Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer’s position on health insurance reform, and presumably the foundation itself.  

Hence, as a result of the young senator’s strong self-affiliation with KFF, there is no doubt where the young senator from Alaska stands on health insurance reform. The young senator is not a marketeer, nor is he a regulator. He is a Systems Reformer and, since that position does not resonate well with the public, the young senator obfuscates and deflects his intentions using KFF as a smoke screen. Moreover, the young senator’s behavior demonstrates conclusively that he is not as interested in solving health care problems as he is interested in molding a far-reaching and burdensome nationalization of the entire health care delivery system. Instead of fixing the failing entitlements promised by liberals past, the young senator and his party are intent on creating an all new and improved entitlement that they can only hope will finally fulfill their ambitions for a utopia.  

Furthermore, at the Kaiser web site’s President’s Message page in an article titled “The Kaiser Family Foundation’s Role in Today’s Health Care System,” published 6/09, http://www.kff.org/about/presidentsmessage2.cfm there is a telling but subtle phrase innocuously positioned in the body of the article that provides significant insight into the philosophical and political position of the organization. According to President Altman, “the recorded intent of the donor (Henry J. Kaiser), somewhat like the U.S. Constitution, is living language that must be interpreted by successive generations of foundation executives and trustees in light of changing circumstances and opportunities.” A living and breathing will or trust is fine for a philanthropic organization, but it is a substantial point of divergence between liberals and conservatives when it is applied to the Founding Documents. (Bolded are author’s emphasis)  

President Altman described the foundation’s view of itself as a legitimate public resource, writing “We have a clear sense of our three audiences: policymakers, the media, and the general public. We work to put the fruits of health services and health policy research into formats that these three audiences can readily digest.” 

Easy to digest perhaps if the reader is a university professor, a jurist doctorate or a high school educated U.S. senator. To this average Alaskan however, an extended visit to the Kaiser Family Fund’s web site was cause for indigestion complicated by vertigo.  

Although this article documents some specific philosophical and political implications found at the KFF web site, reading the site was an exercise in futility in an attempt to evaluate the myriad proposals and bills to reform health care insurance. Moreover, using the side-by-side comparison tool was a journey to nowhere, with one major exception. 

Of particular interest in a side-by-side comparison of the four primary plans now before congress, three of them begin with the word “REQUIRE,” as in require individuals or require most U.S citizens. Paraphrasing a great president from the old Democratic Party, it appears as though the American people will soon decide if we question not what the federal government requires of you, but question what you require of your federal government. 

It is unfortunate that those people who seek radical changes in health care delivery are less than candid in the process that they have engaged to implement the changes. This lack of candor raises the suspicions of the average citizen and further enables the antagonists. Statements and decisions attributed to the highest office in the land suggesting the use of focus groups to determine the terminology (System Reform or Health Insurance Reform) best suited to sell an important policy is extremely unhelpful. 

On the other hand, honest and forthright presentations of a politician’s goals, if they are noble to begin with, would be a helpful choice. Otherwise, assertions such as “If radical System Reformers succeed in nationalizing health care, then say good bye to liberty as it is currently known” can flourish in the suspicious environment produced by the lack of candor and perceived ignobility.  

Moreover, while most System Reformer antagonists claim that people will become fearful to speak out against a government that has the power to grant or withhold health care services, not much has been mentioned of the propensity for countless many Americans who will avoid accessing care for fear of being labeled an abuser of the system or, worse yet, a malingerer or a mental case. Labels such as these can easily be generated by undesirable government officials.  

Imagine then, Mrs. Jones, who just received a letter from the Office of the Secretary, National Health Services, informing her that any future visits to the clinic will have to be pre-approved by the Secretary.

Now imagine what behavioral changes that letter, and many others like it, will have on all of Mrs. Jones’ friends and neighbors. Big brother doesn’t have to watch everyone now, does he?  

Ultimately, everyone will question what they demand of their government.  

ric

Who is Bill Benson?  He's a mild-mannered retired State of Illinois tax investigator who became intrigued by evidence that seemed to indicate that the Sixteenth Amendment was never ratified.  What he discovered amazed Bill and it will amaze you, too.  He travelled to all then-48 states and compiled more than 17,000 certified public documents to prove his point--that the 16th Amendment was NOT ratified in 1913 and still hasn't been ratified today.  

Nobody who has examined his evidence has ever disagreed with his conclusions.  The problem?  The courts are refusing to allow him to present his evidence in his own defense in criminal proceedings brought against him by the government.  Read that again---the courts are refusing to allow him to present evidence in his own behalf in criminal procedings in a US Court. 

If they can silence Bill Benson and quash his right to free speech and protection under the law, they can do it to any one of us.  For that reason, it is imperative for all Americans to wake up and take a stand with Bill Benson.  Follow this link to read his full story, examine all the information for yourself, and then spread the word like Paul Revere.  Sign his petition to Congress and make a donation, realizing that he is standing up for the basic rights of all Americans now and in the future.

Please send this to everyone! 

Jeffrey A. Dickstein

Attorney at Law

500 W. Bradley Rd., C-208

Fox Point, WI 53217

(414) 446-4264

jdlaw@wi.rr.com

http://jeffdickstein.com

CRITICAL ACTION ALERT

AMERICA IN CRISIS

Federal Court Totally Eliminates Free Speech and Right to Defend

William J. Benson uncovered a massive government fraud and publicized his findings. The federal government accused him of making false statements.

Benson attempted to defend by submitting evidence of the truth of what he was saying. That evidence consisted of official, certified, government documents he personally obtained by visiting Washington, D.C., and the capitols of all forty-eight states. Unable to contest this evidence, a federal district court judge threw out the evidence and found Benson guilty.

Such conduct is prohibited by the First and Fifth Amendments which preclude the government from:

No. 1 - Acting as invincible tyrants who can censor and punish speech because it proves wholesale government theft; and No. 2 - Charging someone with illegal conduct and refusing them the right to defend against those charges. 

Benson's case is now before the United States Supreme Court.

We must let government know we will not tolerate being accused of lying about government misconduct and denied the right to prove our innocence. We must protect our right to freedom of speech and we must protect our right to defend in court.

We've made it fast, safe and free to let your voice be heard. Just click here. In a few seconds you can send an e-mail to local and national TV and Radio Stations, to Congress, and sign a petition for Redress of Grievance.  FightBackNow.US

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a communist;

Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist;

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist;

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew;

Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak out for me.

--Pastor Martin Niemoller