For the record, I want to state that I am not writing this blog in order to take a stance politically. I don't support Obama nor did I support Bush. I don't see taking a side or attacking either side directly is really going prove or improve anything.
The basis of this country, our constitution, and the idea of a government based on the ideals of freedom of all man and the pursuit of that freedom is what I believe in. The point that is not really understood by most Americans is that we have complete and total freedom to live our lives as we see fit unless we violate the freedom of others. Our government is based on the people, not on popular opinion. We are a Republic not a Democracy. We are in charge, plain and simple.
We have the right to voice our opinion, we have the right to establish a militia and the police do not have the right to impose on our freedom through a police state. Plain and simple...right? No! Over the last 85 years or so our freedoms have been slowly and insidiously taken away from us. It is being done so slowly and methodically that most of us don't even see what is happening even though the proof is in the pudding.
Take free speech zones. The first amendment states, "
Congress shall make no law... abridging... the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Yet a free speech zone is justified with language like this "The stated purpose of free speech zones is to protect the safety of those attending the political gathering, or for the safety of the protesters themselves." Is to protect the safety of those attending the political gathering or the protesters themselves? Is this to imply that there is going to be violence because there is a protest? Does this mean that protesters are all political and violent or violence can ensue because of the mere idea that someone has a different opinion?
How about gun legislation? The second amendment states, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." If we read this it states that we have the right to bear Arms, please note that Arms is capitalized! Yet there is constant ban on guns, you need to have a permit to own a gun and you need to have a background check in order to purchase a gun. See here is the most obvious way that our freedoms are being removed and regulated. There is not a direct ban on guns, simply a control on guns. No one is going to out right just say that guns are not allowed, just that we are going to regulate who owns guns or what kind of guns can be purchased. This way the government is not coming out and saying the second amendment is being abolished.
My point here, and what I said earlier about people not seeing what is happening, is this: when you control guns or regulate free speech or allow the DOD to just tap our phones without warrants, the constitution is being ignored, it is that simple.
I know that this sounds completely and utterly stupid, the fact remains that this is what is happening in our country today. Look at the Brady law, man is protecting the President and is shot by this whack job, John Hinkely Jr, so now we need to make sure that we protect people from getting shot again by whack jobs so we have a 7 day waiting list for someone to get a background check before purchasing a gun so this never happens again. Who controls the information in your background check? No seriously, who controls this information?
9-11 is really the base of all of this. From that the Patriot Act was put in to place by the Bush administration. This act was suppose to protect the American people against another attack yet who is really being protected? Look for your self at this country to see who is really being protected because it is not the American people. Look at our economy, look at the budget of the military, look at the level of rights that have been slowly taken away from us since this was implemented.
But you really need to look at this for yourself. Stop taking what the mass media tells you everyday as simple fact and learn how to read what is being said. Perfect example from the NY Times, headline today, "OBAMA ENLISTED BREAD CONSENSUS OF FINANCE" subhead line, "Fed and F.D.I.C. to Gain Wide Authority Over Ailing Institutions". So what is this saying? The Federal Reserve, a private Central Bank that produces our currency without any regulation from Congress, which per the Constitution states is the responsibility of Congress, is going to be given more control over banks. Banks are a private institution (meaning that they are not owned by the government, technically they are a public company because of the fact of shareholders)they are owned by shareholders and run by a Board. They are regulated by the government only to not completely rip off the public. The idea here is that we put our money in to the bank and use this bank to pay our bills, save our money and pay us interest. Our money is suppose to be safe from the failure of the bank hence the F.D.I.C. Some of us borrow money from the bank to purchase something or expand our business. Simple, right? Well these days, thanks to the removal of certain regulations, banks can now invest our money in to the stock and bond market, putting our money at risk. They can also lend out more money than they have. In other words, they used to be able to lend out at the rate of 12 to 1. Meaning that they have 1 dollar, they can take and lend out $12. Now a days they can lend out as much as $30 for every $1 that they have. Hence you have the mess that we are in now. Yet it was the Federal Reserve that has allowed this to happen, in fact they encourage the banks to do so and Obama is now asking for more regulatory power to be given to the Federal Reserve.
Did you know that the Inspector General of the Federal Reserve told Congress that they could not account for over 1.2 trillion dollars that was lent to banks or spent by the Fed since September 2008. See for yourself!
I can almost 100% guarranty that 85% of Amercians do not know that the Federal Reserve is a private bank that is not regulated by the Congress. Now those of you that pull the Federal Reserve act of 1913 that says that it is suppose to be controlled by Congress hold your breath, if it was regulated by Congress then
HR 1207 asking for an audit of the Federal Reserve would not be needed!
My overall point to this whole thing here is this, we need to better educate ourselves as to what is happening in this country. We need to trust just a little less what apprears to be happening around us with the ideal of being done in our best interest, a statement that along rips apart our Constitution. Our best interest is to become involved. Our best interest is to ask "why" when you see headlines like above or you hear about a peaceful protester riding his bike down Broadway in NYC and getting tackled by a police officer for no reason. You need to step up and tell your Congressman or Senator that you disagree with a bill that you heard about at the water cooler. You have a god given AND constitutional right to step up and question our leaders and ask them to be accountable for their mistakes. Stop allowing people to run your life and take some responsibilty for yourself and your fellow Americans and do something!
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I was walking out of Penn Station yesterday heading up town to go to work yesterday. I crossed over 7th Ave heading to 33rd St and I see this great new bulletin board. I pulled out my phone and took this picture.
