Just some friction in The Machine |
Friday, November 14, 2003
Posted
7:58 PM
by Gerald Klaas
"One good thing did come out of the hearing, or so I thought," said Evans, "The judge instructed the Department of Justice to provide me with answers to my interrogatories. It's in the record. So, I thought to myself, 'Great! I can finally get something in writing from the government about the proper application of Section 861.' I even filed a motion to compel an answer to the interrogatories. The court accepted my written motion, which I also provided to the DOJ, but for some unknown reason, it mysteriously never showed up on the docket."How long will it be before the critical mass of citizens demand an answer? I personally talk to a lot of people, it's one of the advantages (and sometime curses) of having run for public office. People know I'm interested in politics, so they always want to share their views. I have personally introduced the issue of the IRS/DOJ/Federallies dodging the 861 question to literally hundreds of people. I have yet to have a single person, not even the most liberal among them think that it is acceptable for the government to NOT answer this question. They may not be as passionate about it as I am, but the opinion is out there, the government's position is untenable. Just like with medical marijuana, the public opinion has turned. It's only a matter of time before the Feds lose both battles. Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Posted
7:27 AM
by Gerald Klaas
Monday, November 10, 2003
Posted
9:40 PM
by Gerald Klaas
Sunday, November 09, 2003
Posted
1:40 PM
by Gerald Klaas
Behind the Federal Reserve's decision last week to make no change in monetary policy were two momentous developments inside this most secretive government institution.While calling the Federal Reserve a "government institution" would not surprise me in a New York Times piece by David Cay Johnston, surely this cannot be the case for this piece by Robert Novak on CNN? Novak has been a political reporter since 1958, surely he knows better. How will citizens ever learn the truth about this parasitic private corporation if even our most trusted reporters refuse to see it first?
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Gerald Klaas
I'm trying to follow the ideals of Henry David Thoreau, in his essay On Civil Disobedience. Thoreau refused to cooperate with The Machine of oppressive government and encouraged all moral people to do the same. He referred to this "civil disobedience" as creating friction in the machine. Given enough friction for a long enough period of time, the machine will break.
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