- Wally Conger recently reminded us to remember the FBI
murders at Ruby Ridge on its tenth anniversary, August 21. Less well known,
we can also remember the first anniversary of the FBI murders at Vandelia,
Michigan, where they shot and killed Tom Crosslin at his private campground
(Keyword: Crosslin) on September 3 and his friend Rolland Rohm on September
4. Both events were similar in set-up, stand-off, and sniping, except in
speed of execution; evidently the FBI had learned that time was of the
essence, and there was no messy media event at Vandelia. These murders,
as well as the ones at Waco and Wounded Knee, make me doubt the wisdom
of private citizens staging an armed confrontation with the professional
killers employed by the State.
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- People should own guns for self-defense. The Second Amendment
was clearly aimed at private defense against tyrannical government, but
in those days it was most likely to be muskets versus muskets, not deer
rifles versus assault weapons and precision sniper rifles, not to mention
tanks. Nor was it likely that a state militia in those days was any better
trained in killing than the average settler, they were one and the same,
while today the trained killer has spent hundreds of paid hours practicing
his trade. To put it bluntly, those who believe that Americans could successfully
rise up in arms against tyranny are dreaming.
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- Since WWII there have been innumerable civilian revolts
against governments around the world, but the spontaneous eruption of people
with arms against armored troop carriers and tanks and Apache helicopters
has only been useful for clips and bites on the evening news, while the
people have been slaughtered, and their property destroyed. Moreover, our
government has been planning for this contingency since the violent anti-war
protests thirty years ago, and they have held military training in the
streets of our cities. There is more than ample evidence to prove that
this is not the way to go.
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- I am a good listener. I hear what people are saying at
work, at the supermarket, in the malls, and what I hear is suspicion of
State propaganda and anger at the outright lies fed to us by the media.
Americans are not ignorant, they're just busy, but once the word about
THE DRAFT escapes from the dustbins of newspaper editors and television
producers, I believe that Americans will find the time to speak loud enough
for all to hear. (And did not whispers of the draft stop the Bush I and
the Clinton thrust for power?) Nobody likes a trap, and the trap is set.
Speak up, and speak out.
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- The political-military-industrial complex relies as heavily
on information technology as business and industry in general, and nearly
all of us as individuals. Once again, I urge IT professionals to think
about what they are doing. Is your work promoting liberty, or is your work
promoting slavery? For this is the history of political government repeating
itself, and we can easily look to the past to foresee the future. Upon
your decision the fate of mankind may hang in the balance.
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- Whereas I would like to ignore the State altogether and
get on with my own business, I admit that since 9/11 my cause has shifted
somewhat to stop our political government's plunge into tyranny, but that
is not a call to arms. American college students are not going to like
being drafted again, and I encourage them to resist and to protest. I likewise
encourage their parents to resist and to protest American Imperialism,
and to regain our Bill Of Rights. Repeal the Patriot Act. Repeal ALL Executive
Orders, and forbid that tyrannical practice. Given that much, while we
would still be saddled with massive government theft and interference with
our lives, we could still have some confidence in our continuing existence,
and not the growing uncertainty about our future.
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- The time to stop the tyranny is NOW.
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- Robert Klassen [send him mail] is a medical technician
and writer.
- Here's his web site.
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- Copyright 2002 Robert Klassen
- http://www.lewrockwell.com/klassen/klassen29.html
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