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The late President Ronald
Reagan said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from
extinction.” He went on to say that we must fight for and protect our
freedoms or we will be telling our children and grandchildren what it was
like to truly be a free United States citizen. This has never been more
true than it is right now. Our freedoms are being stripped from us by the
very people we have elected and, incidentally pay, to protect them, and we
are not fighting back. Our country’s founding documents lead us in the
right and true path “…That whenever any Form of
Government becomes
destructive to these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to
abolish it, and institute new Government…” and yet we sit on our hands and
allow our freedoms to be taken. The documentary, “One Nation Under Siege,”
gives a compelling synopsis of the intrusion by our elected officials, the
U.S. government, into our lives, under the pretext of protecting us from our
enemies. With the renewal of the
USA PATRIOT Act, in March of 2006, there have been many impositions upon our
inalienable rights. Our Freedom of Speech has been highly jeopardized by
the fact that we can now be labeled as domestic terrorists if we protest or
speak out against the current administration. The protection against rights
to unreasonable search and seizure have been threatened by programs like
ECHELON, which, according to Dr. Stan Monteith of Radio Liberty, allow the
government to listen in on all telephone conversations, read all e-mails and
faxes and record them. This is done by computer and the messages can be
kept indefinitely. William Lewis, independent film producer, says it is
legal, since the USA PATRIOT Act, for law enforcement officers to enter your
home, without your knowledge or consent, to conduct sneak and peak
searches. Lewis also comments on the flagrant disregard for our right of
due process when he states that suspects can now be held indefinitely,
without access to phone calls or attorneys. Charlotte Iserbyt, Education
Activist, asks the questions we all should ask, “How did you let this
happen” and “Don’t you care?” While United States
citizens are being told Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tags are for tagging
merchandise in retail outlets, RFID experts Liz McIntyre and
Katherine Albrecht have discovered some truly
disturbing documents. When conducting research for their book, “Spy Chips,”
they found that IBM holds a patent titled “Identification and Tracking of
persons using RFID-tagged items” (Patent Application 20020165758). McIntyre
tells us that, in this patent, IBM describes the government using something
called a “Person Tracking Unit” to track individuals in public places.
Add to this the appalling disclosures in
the document “The Revolution in Military Affairs and Conflict Short of War”
concerning what is called an Individual Position Locator Device (IPLD).
Power Hour Radio co-host Joyce Riley
reveals that IPLD’s are designed for permanent implantation under the skin
and are being recommended for EVERY AMERICAN. The only question still open
for debate is whether these implantable microchips will be voluntary or
enforced through some arm of Homeland Security. Either way, the
introduction of these devices into the lives of U.S. citizens can be summed
up in three simple words… (1) spying; (2) tracking; (3) control.
By the year 2008, state issued drivers licenses
or ID cards will not be accepted by any Federal agency unless they comply
with the new rules and regulations as set forth in the Real ID Act of 2005
(HR 415). While the “minimum document requirements” of this act seem
harmless enough, there are two troubling requirements: the “physical
security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or
duplication of the document for fraudulent purposes” and “common
machine-readable technology, with defined minimum data elements.” What will
those “physical security features” and “data elements” be? With the passage
of this piece of legislation, United States citizens are being treated as
criminals. What happened to our assumption of innocence until proven guilty
in a court of law, otherwise known as “due process”? The USDA has begun
implementation of the first segment of the National Animal Identification
System (NAIS): premise registration. Registration is conducted through the
individual states or tribes, and, while the USDA has stated that premise
registration is voluntary on the national level, it will be left up to the
individual states to determine whether or not registration should be
mandatory. This is an inescapable loophole for the USDA and NAIS, as they
will not be the ones “mandating” the registration, they can continue to
promote it as voluntary. As of now, Wisconsin and Indiana are the only
states that have mandated premise registration, and Michigan has implemented
mandatory RFID tagging (the second and third segments of the NAIS) of all
cattle that would be removed from the birth premises, for any reason.
Several states mention in their documentation that, while the program is
voluntary, they expect it to become mandatory in the future. The Presidential
Elections are looming around the corner for the United States. There are
checks and balances in place for a corrupt government: Impeachment.
Several Democrats, as well as anti-war, anti-Bush groups, pushed for a
Democratic take-over of the Congress during the past midterm elections, in
hopes that the impeachment of President Bush would be the first order of
business. The Democrats did, indeed, “take back” Congress, but it’s been
business as usual. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, said impeachment
wasn’t even on the table. The Honorable John Conyers has been a staunch
supporter of the removal of the Bush regime, but has stated recently that
the Democrats cannot push for impeachment until all the facts were
gathered. Outgoing Representative Cynthia McKinney did the legwork for the
Democrats and presented Articles of Impeachment against Bush, giving hope to
the many who voted the Democrats into office to get just those results.
While the Democratic Party has no control over its supporters, it is clear
that the very people who put them in office are not being represented. What actions, then, can
be taken to return our country to “We the People” and, in turn, regain our
rights and freedoms? A few brilliant suggestions have been put forth.
Riley advocates our return to a true “Constitutional” form of government,
that our government has “run amuck” and there is no accountability. Dr.
Monteith advises that we all need to become active participants in the
political process. While realizing that this political process has been
corrupted through both media and voting machines, he suggests the
implementation of the paper ballot and local counting of these ballots. Dr.
Sherri Tenpenny has, by far, the most unique, yet most obvious, solution of
all, “There are two hundred million adults in this country…Why we are
letting them (our elected officials) get away with what they are, why we’re
not marching in the streets, why we are not actually down there, physically
extracting them from their offices and firing them?” That’s a good
question, Dr. Tenpenny. Our Founding Fathers
prepared documents for our future as a country in anticipation of the
usurpation of our rights and freedoms by our government. The Constitution
of the United States of America and the Declaration of Independence are as
essential today as they were when they were written. Power Hour Radio
co-host Dave vonKleist tells us that our founding fathers “pledged their
lives and their fortunes and their sacred honor.” Major General Albert
Stubblebine asks the timely question, “Why are we beginning to tread on our
Constitutional Rights?” We must now stand up, protect and fight for our
freedoms or we are going to loose the very freedoms for which our country
was founded. By idling sitting by and expecting someone else to do this for
us, we will get the government we deserve. Benjamin Franklin summed it up
nicely when he said; “Those that can give up essential
liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor
safety.” For more information, please visit
www.bridgestonemediagroup.com Debbie Lewis is a freelance writer, researcher, truth seeker and mother of two. After doing many different things for years, she is dedicating her life to finding the truth in all things, and passing it on to all who will listen in an effort to make the world a more peaceful place for her children and grandchildren.
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