Government Claims to Own All Private Property … For Life

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Gary D. Barnett

The co-founder of Facebook, Eduardo Saverin, renounced his U.S. citizenship last year in anticipation that the U.S. government would soon be stealing tens of millions of his dollars. He was of course right in his thinking.

Because of this one incident, Chuck Schumer, democratic senator from New York, and Bob Casey, democratic senator from Pennsylvania, are attempting to pass legislation that would allow the government to tax those (steal their assets) who are no longer citizens of the U.S. They also want to tax the capital gains of anyone renouncing their citizenship at a 30% rate. In addition, this plan would bar any like Saverin from ever returning to the U.S.

This act is called: “Ex-PATRIOT” – “Expatriation Prevention by Abolishing Tax-Related Incentives for Offshore Tenancy.” It should be titled: “Schumer Lusts for all Assets and Valuables of Everyone,” or SLAVE  Act.

To be serious, this is more troubling than most realize. Many will clammer on and on about “paying your fair share,” whatever the hell that means, but this type of legislation has very serious implications that are far reaching and tyrannical.

Schumer’s proposal rests on the premise that all property belongs to the state, and that the lowly citizen might be allowed to retain a small portion of that community property if permission is granted by government. In addition, Schumer wants to control the laws of other countries, and other country’s citizens. This is arrogance beyond imagination, and makes the statement that all are slaves to the state!

Some would argue that those who have left this country in order to gain more freedom elsewhere will not be affected by this because they live under another country’s laws. I would not accept this explanation too quickly. The U.S. government has threatened many countries in the past with sanctions and worse if they did not cooperate with the IRS. They will do so again, and it is difficult for smaller countries to buck the powerful U.S. government, especially when that government can harm economically almost any country that stands in its way.

All this said, the most troubling aspect of this legislation is that it assumes that all earnings and savings of Americans are the property of the state, not the individual. It also assumes that once a citizen, always a citizen, whether one likes it or not. No other country on earth takes this position. The idea that America is the freest country on earth is nothing more than a joke. Without the right to private property, no freedom exists.

By threatening any who choose voluntarily to leave this country with massive theft is akin to keeping them in a cage. By threatening any who choose to voluntarily leave this country with banning them forever from returning is also a type of imprisonment. The only reason for this new law is that government holds the position that all private property belongs to the state, and therefore all who live here are slaves to the state.

The options left are becoming more clear. Either leave the United States as quickly as possible, never to return, or eliminate entirely the very corrupt government that is attempting to control all!

 

 

 

 

 

Posted in Fascism, Politics, Tyranny |

Plan to Attack Iran Ready!

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Gary D. Barnett

Daniel Shaprio, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, said that the United States is completely prepared for a military strike of Iran. And I thought wars were supposed to happen for self defense after an aggressive attack. Planning to attack another country that has not attacked anyone must now be the new U.S. mission, because every single war is unnecessary and unwarranted.

Supposedly, Shaprio’s comments were not to be released, but if that were the case, why did he say them to the press in the first place?

The U.S. and Israel are now planning military exercises (war games) on U.S. soil. They are also slated to do major air “defense” drills in Israel in preparation for a massive attack. In reality, the only massive attack will come from the U.S. and Israel or both, not the other way around. The Israeli exercises according to EUCOM spokesman Air Force Capt. John Ross: “It’s a classified exercise, and we can’t release even small details about it.” In other words, these military plans meant to start a major war are none of our business.

In a fit of contradiction, the U.S. will supply Israel with bunker-busting bombs and refueling planes in return for delaying an attack against Iran until the end of the year.

My bet is that if Obama’s poll numbers are low or too close for comfort, an attack on Iran will happen before the election. If he feels like he will get a solid victory, the attack would most likely come soon after the election. What kind of president, or country for that matter, would purposely plan to murder thousands or hundreds of thousands of innocent Iranians simply to attempt to secure an election? What kind of power lust could drive such evil?

Should the people in this country go along with this abomination, they will have been complicit in the slaughter of innocent human beings in Iran. But Americans would die as well, but their lives will have been sacrificed in order to strengthen and expand the power of government and the “elite” controllers of that government; nothing more.

 

 

Posted in Imperialism, Politics, War |

Drones, Drones, and More Drones

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Gary D. Barnett

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Monday that law enforcement would be able to “streamline” the authorization process to allow them to deploy drones for domestic use. This attitude is not new, but the continuation of speeding up approvals for drone use by police is troubling.

In addition to the FAA’s speeding up approvals, they are also allowing for the use of larger drones. This new process is just a two step ordeal, once an organization shows proficiency in flying drones, it will receive an operational Certificate of Authorization or COA. This authorization allows any approved agency to use national airspace. This is simply an advance approval of spying on citizens or worse.

This is all happening due to a federal mandate for the FAA to expedite drone authorization, which will in turn cause increased use of these spying and killing machines. Any approved agency, law enforcement or not, will now be able to fly drones for a longer period as well; actually twice as long as in the past without seeking new approval.

Of course, there is even a faster track method to approve drone use due to this new FAA ruling. That is for so-called emergencies. Any who pay attention already know that the government can announce an emergency situation for almost anything from a rainstorm, snowstorm, tornado, hurricane, civil disturbance, health scare, or false flag terrorist activity. This sets the stage for immediate approval of large numbers of drones should that be the government’s desire.

Later this year, it is expected that the FAA will approve the use of small drones for a large number of UAS users. This will open up the market for both civil and commercial operations. What this means is that any individual privacy will have disappeared.

The skies will soon be filled with surveillance aircraft from the size of an insect to much larger killer drones with murderous capabilities. The worse the economic and social situation becomes, the more surveillance that will be evident; or more likely, not so evident.

This is what fear has brought us. This is what apathy by the masses brings to the table. We now have an all consuming and all knowing government apparatus that is constantly spying on everything we do. The consequences of this will be devastating to liberty, and will allow for a kept society. None will be free in the future until this idiocy is stopped!

The FAA also says it has a new online application process and a way of fast-tracking drone authorization for emergencies:

“The agency also developed an automated, web-based process to streamline steps and ensure a COA application is complete and ready for review. The agency already has expedited procedures in place to grant one-time COAs for time-sensitive emergency missions such as disaster relief and humanitarian efforts.”

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Crooked “Psychiatrists” Teaming Up With Government and Pharmaceutical Companies

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Gary D. Barnett

Psychiatrists and other so-called “specialists” in concert with government and the pharmaceutical industry,  are concocting a new manual that will vastly increase addiction diagnoses. By revising the definition (making up something else) of addiction, 20,000,000 more people could be diagnosed as addicts.

This manual is a product of the American Psychiatric Association, and supposedly defines what are non-existent “diseases” and “mental disorders.” It is called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or D.S.M.

The very calculating and sorry lot that produces this garbage wants to now include gambling as an addiction, and also wants to have a “catchall category” called “behavioral addiction.” This idiocy could be used to diagnose “addictions” to shopping, Internet play, sex, and a myriad of other fake illnesses.

As stated in this New York Times article, this manual has been embraced by government and industry, the courts, and pharmaceutical companies use it to guide their research. Just imagine, 20,000,000 so-called new addicts as defined by these conniving manipulators are suddenly new customers for the pharmaceutical companies. Happenstance? Not on your life!

This manual is written in secrecy. It is put together by 162 so-called specialists, but their only specialty is fraud. It will impact millions upon millions of unsuspecting people, and in many cases could destroy lives. All this is for the sake of government power, and for huge profits for those in the psychiatric and pharmaceutical fields. All comments on these proposed changes are hidden from the public, and the American Psychiatry Association will continue to earn about $5,000,000.00 annually for this bogus publication.

The bottom line is that two thirds of the panel members involved in writing these changes have ties to the pharmaceutical industry. The head of the addiction working group, a Dr. O’Brien, has been involved with Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi-Aventis, all of which make drugs marketed to combat addiction. His presence is not coincidental!

According to the same New York Times article, O’Brien “has also worked extensively as a paid consultant for Alkermes, a pharmaceutical company, studying a drug, Vivitrol, that combats alcohol and heroin addiction by preventing craving. He was the driving force behind adding “craving” to the new manual’s list of recognized symptoms of addiction.”

The entire field of psychiatry is suspect at best, but this collusion is criminal to say the least. These trimmers hold in their hands a set of rules that will allow the government to control many more lives based simply on these false diagnoses. It will allow many more taxpayer dollars and false profits to flow into the pockets of “doctors” and pharmaceutical companies. It will destroy lives by arbitrarily diagnosing “mental disorders;” disorders that do not even exist!

It has happened before, but with these new mental criteria, how many will be hauled off to mental hospitals by force? How many will be detained indefinitely by so-called mental institutions funded by the state? How many will lose their jobs? How many lives and families will be irreparably damaged due to this fakery and bogus science? Are you one of the new 20 million?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted in "Healthcare", Tyranny |

“Stop, Question, and Frisk:” All Without Cause

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Gary D. Barnett

The New York City Police are all of a sudden bragging about low crime numbers, while crediting their rights destroying policy of “stop, question, and frisk” for that improvement. I do still have ocean front property in Montana for sale for any who believe that these numbers are accurate, or that this kind of behavior is justifiable.

What was not discussed was the absolute destruction of any rule of proper law due to this illegal policy. The New York police claim the “right” to stop anyone they choose to, question and frisk them, and without any cause whatsoever. In addition, they face no repercussion for their aggressive and invasive actions.

From the CNN story:

“The continuing murder decline in New York is vindication of the NYPD’s policy of engagement, which includes Operation Impact, police stop and questioning and use of the Real Time Crime Center to get timely information into detectives’ hands as quickly as possible,” New York police said in their statement Sunday.

The above statement by the New York Police Department could have simply said that the ends justifies the means. Even then, one would have to believe that the numbers sited by the police were accurate. The chances of that are slim to none. They have to justify this anti-liberty behavior by claiming how much good they’re doing to protect the lowly citizens. My belief is that any scrutiny of their numbers would expose their lies, but even if the numbers are correct, the policy is an abomination against freedom.

Once again, those in New York are giving up freedom for a so-called higher degree of safety. In this case they are not being asked to do so, but forced to do so at the point of a gun. When the state uses aggressive measures to threaten and physically harm the citizens in order to supposedly protect them, while at the same time destroying their freedoms, what have the citizens become other than slaves?

Any continuation or spread of these heinous policies will only serve to create a dictatorial state; a state bent on total control of all. In that state, no liberty can exist, and only serfdom will survive!

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Drones in America

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Gary D. Barnett

It is no secret that drones will be spying on Americans without warrant and without cause. While it may still be said to be “illegal,” to do so, an Air Force document called The instruction states that “nonconsensual surveillance” collected by drones can be stored and analyzed for up to 90 days. This was exposed in a recent story by Steve Watson of Infowars. This is an obvious contradiction.

“Collected imagery may incidentally include US persons or private property without consent,” the instruction states. The Air Force says that it has the right to decide whether any spied upon, (accidentally of course) are thought to be involved in international terrorism or international narcotics activities.

This would be a purposeful activity by the Air Force to police domestically. Yes, we all know this is going on, but domestic military policing by illegal spying is very much akin to the communist Russia of old. It is tyranny!

The Pentagon also claims the right to share any information it collects with any other government agencies, including those “intelligence” services. This is an untenable situation.

The Congress of the United States has already passed legislation to allow 30,000 drones to patrol the skies of America by the year 2020, but this criminal activity is already happening.

Whether or not any activity is considered legal or illegal, this government is doing anything it chooses to, including indefinite detention and assassination of American citizens, all without any due process. If the government can “legally” detain indefinitely or murder at will Americans, no limit whatsoever exists to stop them from doing anything.

Every limit on government has been removed, and every method of spying on and controlling all of us is now in play. This government is completely out of control, and we all will pay the price if we don’t stop this madness, and stop it now!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Another U.S. Military Assault on a Major City: This Time Miami!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Gary D. Barnett

I have reported recently about the U.S. military conducting what it calls “training exercises” in cities and residential neighborhoods across the country. I wrote about this happening in Chicago and also in Crookston, Minnesota, but it is happening all around the U.S..

The latest military assault on an urban area occurred recently in Miami, Florida, in the early hours on Tuesday morning. Residents were awakened by the sound of low flying helicopters and explosions, and were obviously shocked and frightened.

This “exercise” was held in the area of the abandoned Grand Bay Hotel. Just as happened in Chicago and Los Angeles, heavily armed soldiers dropping out of helicopters on tethers to the roof of the hotel, shot flares into windows, and used so-called simulated explosions and heavy gunfire while storming the building. This was a very aggressive show of force!

There were 100 military personnel involved in this mostly secret raid on the city of Miami. The local police were told to keep quiet about this exercise, and of course they followed orders.

“It was the federal government’s call on what was being done. We were courteously advised,” Miami commissioner Marc Sarnoff said.

The military response was that they needed to train in a realistic environment, and given that this training is happening in our streets and neighborhoods, that must mean that we in this country will be the future targets of the government and its agents of force in the military.

These training exercises are meant to first intimidate, and then habituate the citizenry into accepting this kind of behavior as normal activity done in order to prepare for terrorism. But in fact, these operations are actual training exercises meant to prepare the military for occupying, and controlling the streets of America in a brutal undertaking of Martial Law.

Civil unrest due to economic collapse, austerity programs, or worse are becoming more likely every day, and the military and police are preparing for that time. They will shoot American citizens if this civil unrest happens, and they are ordered to do so. Anyone doubting this is more apathetic and gullible than I can imagine.

As far as I know, not one city or state has stopped this insanity from happening. That is telling, because when things worsen, and the heavily armed soldiers take to our streets, we will be the enemy, and we will be the ones being attacked. This attack will be at the hands the U.S. government, not monsters from afar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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U.S. Worried That Israel Will Now Attack Iran?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Gary D. Barnett

Israeli News is reporting today that the U.S. is “concerned” that Netanyahu and Mofaz may attack Iran at any given moment. This kind of statement may or may not mean what it says, depending on the intent of those involved.

Both the U.S. and Israel have been threatening to bomb Iran for a long time. In my opinion, all this talk is meant to set the stage for future events, but at some point, I expect an aggressive attack to take place. If any report accusing Iran of firing the first shot is released, that will signal that a war is imminent. My belief is that anything of this nature will either be a pure false flag event staged by the U.S. or Israel, or will have been an antagonistic effort by the U.S. or Israel to force that first shot. Either way, I doubt that Iran would ever intentionally start a war that would probably lead to World War III.

Of course the rant is still about Iran producing nuclear weapons, something it has every right to do in my opinion, but no evidence exists to support the claim that it is doing so.

This situation should never be taken lightly. Any attack against Iran could quickly turn into a monstrous war; one that could involve that entire region, and the U.S. and NATO. In addition, it could affect relations with China, Russia, and India at the least, or actually cause those countries to get involved. With much of the world affected by such an endeavor, including many nations with nuclear weapons, the risk is massive and dangerous.

All efforts should be implemented to stop the murderous game being played by the U.S. and Israel. Time is running short!

Posted in Imperialism, War |

U.S. Military Murders More Afghan Civilians … Including 5 Children

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Gary D. Barnett

Obama has only been out of Afghanistan for about a week, and the killing of Afghan civilians has continued unabated. What an absolute travesty, but few in this country have any sympathy for those falsely targeted or rage toward a U.S. government that slaughters the innocent, including  children, in the Middle East.

Glenn Greenwald of Salon, wrote a great article today about a recent NATO bombing, supposedly accidental, that killed as many as 20 more Afghan civilians. A mother and her 5 children were among those murdered!

The U.S. (meaning those responsible) accepted responsibility and made apologies for the deaths of these innocents, but they care not about the lives of those they continuously slaughter, nor do they intend to stop this madness. These atrocities happen constantly, and barely a peep comes from the government or its complicit media. In fact, the general population in America considers this horror as part of the game, mere collateral  damage, and nothing to be concerned about. That tune would dramatically change if it were their families and kids, instead of those far away.

From Glenn’s article:

“This is the message sent over and over by the U.S. media: we are the victims of heinous, frightening violence; our government must do more, must bomb more, must surveil more, to Keep Us Safe; we do nothing similar to this kind of violence because we are Good and Civilized. This is how our Objective, Viewpoint-Free journalistic outlets continuously propagandize: by fixating on the violence done by others while justifying — or, more often, ignoring — the more far-reaching and substantial violence perpetrated by the U.S.”

(3) “If one of the relatives of the children just killed in Afghanistan decided to attack the U.S. — or if one of the people involved in this Yemen-originating plot were a relative of one of the dozens of civilians killed by Obama’s 2009 cluster bomb strike — what would they be called by the U.S. media? Terrorists. Primitive, irrational, religious fanatics beyond human decency.”

 

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The Abhorrent Brutality of Police!

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Gary D. Barnett

Not a day goes by that another gang beating or shooting by police against the innocent doesn’t take place. The brutality of police across the country has become commonplace; not just brutality, but murderous brutality!

Will Grigg published this article with video (graphic) on Lew Rockwell’s blogpost today about Fullerton County, California police officers literally beating a small man to death. One of the low-life cretins, Manuel Ramos, actually put on latex gloves in preparation of the beating. That is a premeditated action, and one that tells a tale of purposeful murder.

From Will Grigg’s post:

Professional photographer and civil liberties activist Carlos Miller narrates what follows:

Thomas is standing while Ramos is ordering him to get on his “f*cking knees,” Fullerton cop Joseph Wolfe, who is not charged in the case, walks up and starts beating his legs with a baton.

Then Ramos gets into the act and Thomas takes off running, moving out of the frame of the camera.

The camera, operated by a dispatcher at the station, then moves toward the beating, showing Ramos and Fullerton cop Jay Cicinelli on top of Thomas as Thomas repeatedly apologizes and telling them he is unable to breathe.

The cops keep telling him to put his hands behind his back and lay on his stomach, but they are both laying on top of him, making it impossible to even breathe, much less move.

As the video continues, one of the cops can be seen kneeing him.

“Please, I can’t breathe,” Thomas pleads as the officers keep telling him to put his hands behind his “f*cking back.”

The cops keep telling him to “relax” to which he responds, “I can’t, dude.”

More cops eventually arrive and a little more than four minutes into the video, they start tasing him.”

As many as nine officers were on the scene, and not one of them stepped in to stop these bloodthirsty scum from pummeling this poor man to death. At times there were six different officers simultaneously beating Kelly Thomas.

After they beat him unmercifully, they chatted while Thomas lay in a pool of his own blood dying. No one attempted to protect or help this poor man.

These vile pieces of garbage should be treated no better (actually worse due to their position) than hardened criminals, and no one should allow this kind of thing to happen. If we don’t defend ourselves and our neighbors from these assaults, they will increase in number and severity. That should never be permitted! There are many more of us than there are of  the them.

 

 

 

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