A message from Pete
Hendrickson - August 4, 2010
The Good Folks At Wiki-Leaks: More
Grown-Ups At Work
Knowledge will forever govern
ignorance; and a people who mean to be
their own governors must arm themselves
with the power which knowledge gives.
-James Madison
People stand up, one by one, and with
each arising the institutional evil
against which they stand crumbles a
little further. Each rising up is also a
putting-down; each assertion of
individual power is a diminishment of
the power exercised against us in the
name of the collective.
Prominent in the news this week is the
2010 version of the Pentagon Papers-- a
bravely-leaked, bravely-posted
collection of documents revealing a
variety of disquieting facts about the
military aggression being conducted in
the name of the United States against
people in Iraq and Afghanistan, which
those benefiting from these aggressions
really don't want you to know. However,
since it's YOUR money being spent to pay
for these ill-mannered and deadly
bullyings, and YOU and YOUR children who
will be blamed for allowing them, YOU
need and deserve to know these things.
Now you do, because each actor involved
in the revelations had the sand to do
what's right, despite the danger in
doing so.
Make no, mistake, the leaker and poster
of these revelations risk their lives in
doing what they have done. The spin is
that these revelations will put American
soldiers in danger, but this is pure bs.
Those soldiers are already in danger,
because they have been sent to do what
they are doing. What these revelations
really threaten are the schemes of those
who send American soldiers into harm's
way in the first place, in order to
secure energy pipelines for private
interests and private benefits, to
maintain massive military contracts and
the associated quid pro quos, and to
distract and alarm the American people
into quiescence while the bonds of
permanent tyranny are fastened upon
them. These schemers leave bodies in
their wake as a matter of routine, and
would imprison or kill those behind
these inconvenient leaks, or their
posting on the internet, without a
moment's hestitation.
Nonetheless, these brave folks-- the
leaker, the poster, and anyone else who
facilitated their reveleations-- have
stood up, taken sober note of the
looming threat to individual sovereignty
and the rule of law from governmental
secrecy, arrogance and ambition, and a
widespread, carefully-cultivated sense
among too many that "resistance to the
state's lust for power is futile", and
have firmly and maturely said, "Not on
my watch!"
Bless them every one! Whether they know
it or not, these good folks are very
much part of the CtC community. They are
doing what we are all about: restoring
control over lives and property to the
individuals to whom they belong, by
fearlessly speaking truth, whether
"power" likes it or not.
This Wiki-leaks story is definitely
uplifting, and even though these heroes
probably wouldn't know me from Adam, I
thank them for acting on my behalf, just
as I thank every one who rises to
reclaim the power to dispose of his or
her own property, by virtue of which
that dollop of power won't end up being
used against me or mine. There are two
kinds of therapy for an unhealthy state:
a proper diet and plenty of sunlight.
The CtC community is already diligently
enforcing the dietary discipline
prescribed by the Founders for keeping
the republic fit and trim, and keeping
themselves and their children prosperous
and free under the rule of law. Now the
folks at WikiLeaks have poured on a lot
of sunlight.
Go, Team!
"Put not your faith in men, but
bind them down with the chains of the
constitution."
-Thomas Jefferson
-Pete Hendrickson
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