Note to all third parties: I am not the voice of the American firearm rights activist. I am the voice of myself and no one else, to take what I say as indicative of a movement or proof of danger is to ignore the reality of the situation.
We have a serious problem in these United States. The right calls it "socialism."
However, the problem is not socialism, it is simply expanded progressivist statism. Similar, but different.
The attempts to create a nanny state are not why we should be afraid. The forced redistribution of wealth and power are, however, why we should be afraid. The American peoples' apparent agreement with forced redistribution is something we should fight.
No man has claim to the fruits of any other man's labor.
The IRS, BATFE and the penal system, among other government agencies, derive their power from the barrel of a gun. To any rational person, this is the truth. The means of compliance is the threat of force. The threat of force is the threat of physical violence or unwanted taking of wealth. They threaten force not because of injustices committed but laws broken. Laws which are not concerned with justice. Laws which ignore justice.
I ask you, Americans, where the justice is in sentencing a man to jail for carrying a gun? Not for robbing someone, not for waving it around, not for shooting your dog with it, but just for being in possession of the gun.
I ask you, Americans, where the justice is in sentencing a man to jail for carrying marijuana or ecstasy? Not for selling it, not for robbing someone to finance it, but just for being in possession of the drug.
I ask you, Americans, where the justice is in forcing a man to pay a fine because he was operating a business without a license? He conducted transactions in the same manner, committed no fraud and injured no party, yet he now owes the state thousands of dollars.
Where is the injured party in each of my above examples? Where has there been any injury caused?
No injury, but met with threat of force.
Their threat of force is not in defense of rights, it rather seeks to destroy rights. To disarm those who threaten to meet force with force, to destroy destruction, is the logical progression.
Why must we continue to oppress those who are not infringing upon the rights of others? Are we, a nation with the largest prison population and highest incarceration rate in the world, doing what is right or what we are told? We are the shining beacon of the world, with the light created on the backs of 7.2 million "criminals."
Enough is enough. Our government wields the power to take away a man's freedom for life without a man ever having committed an injustice. If our government here in the state of California charges you with a crime, you have no choice but to prove yourself guilty and you have no recourse to get your life back. You cannot sue the state for a wrongful arrest and get your court fees back. You cannot sue the state for your lost pay and sleepless nights.
Isn't it scary, the power the government yields? We must counter that power.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Rand Shrugged
This post was about Atlas Shrugged. I changed my mind.
Now it's about the justice system.
How perverse it is to call this current penal system a "justice" system. How perverse it is to consider it just to imprison a man for possessing the leaves of a plant or bringing into the state or assembling within the state a firearm magazine with a capacity over 10 rounds. How perverse it is to give a person time in prison for assembling a firearm in a certain way but never taking it out of the house. How perverse it is to unlawfully arrest someone, force them to drain their life savings to fight the charges in court, then refuse to be held liable for the court costs.
There is no justice in this system. There never will be. There is just a disgusting disdain for reason and a heaping helping of non-First prior restraint.
I have no respect for ANY police officers because they work for this system. They have sworn an oath to the Constitution first, everything else last. They ALL forget it. They ALL are useless government stooges.
One cannot work for a corrupt government without becoming corrupt. All government workers, military branches especially included, are useless human beings who live on the back of others. We pay their paychecks through taxes and regulations, fees and tariffs. They are part of the leviathan, and they are part of the problem.
We should have no standing army, and the bloodthirsty imperialists who join the armed forces are useless except to kill innocents. You claim you fight for "liberty" but you work for a government who fights against it. You are not patriots. You are misguided soldiers of fortune, mindless drones who derive honor from disobeying our country's heritage and imposing the will of America on countries that are not America, don't want to be America, and will never be like America.
Now it's about the justice system.
How perverse it is to call this current penal system a "justice" system. How perverse it is to consider it just to imprison a man for possessing the leaves of a plant or bringing into the state or assembling within the state a firearm magazine with a capacity over 10 rounds. How perverse it is to give a person time in prison for assembling a firearm in a certain way but never taking it out of the house. How perverse it is to unlawfully arrest someone, force them to drain their life savings to fight the charges in court, then refuse to be held liable for the court costs.
There is no justice in this system. There never will be. There is just a disgusting disdain for reason and a heaping helping of non-First prior restraint.
I have no respect for ANY police officers because they work for this system. They have sworn an oath to the Constitution first, everything else last. They ALL forget it. They ALL are useless government stooges.
One cannot work for a corrupt government without becoming corrupt. All government workers, military branches especially included, are useless human beings who live on the back of others. We pay their paychecks through taxes and regulations, fees and tariffs. They are part of the leviathan, and they are part of the problem.
We should have no standing army, and the bloodthirsty imperialists who join the armed forces are useless except to kill innocents. You claim you fight for "liberty" but you work for a government who fights against it. You are not patriots. You are misguided soldiers of fortune, mindless drones who derive honor from disobeying our country's heritage and imposing the will of America on countries that are not America, don't want to be America, and will never be like America.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Hearts and Minds
Remember, freedom advocates, that we must win the hearts and minds of the people in order for our causes to come full circle.
Politics is the game the enemies of freedom play, so it is politics we should play. Remind those who are willing to listen that freedom is not blue or red, freedom doesn't have an animal representing it (except, perhaps, the rattlesnake) and that liberal or conservative are labels which need not apply. Liberty is colorblind and should have no party affiliation.
We must get the word out, be it through fliers or posters or t-shirts, or community forums. We must let the people know what is going on and how to stop it. We must rally, we must create numbers which were previously only a dream for the movement of liberty.
What do we tell them? We tell them the story of freedom, how the government encroaches upon it every day, we tell them how their tax dollars are squandered and their lives are affected. Though the Constitution does need a reworking to be a stronger document, we should encourage them to read the Bill of Rights and utilize their reason to become better citizens. Emotion is used by politicians, so we must ignore the emotional arguments and go straight for the left side of the brain, so that when we're done, the right side puts it all together and understands the big picture.
When we have the necessary support, it is time to rebel. There is no time better than now, with the government (state and federal) hurting for revenue. I advocate using your 5th Amendment protections at all times when dealing with government agents, to let them know that we will not be intimidated.
It is time for a tax rebellion. Do not pay, do not let the government collect anything from you, the unrepresented. We will be fined, we will be threatened with jail, but do not waver, friends of liberty.
The government will realize its mistakes and it will change. When enough of its stalwarts are ousted and blacklisted by the public, it will understand, and it will change.
Time to study for my Japanese midterm.
Politics is the game the enemies of freedom play, so it is politics we should play. Remind those who are willing to listen that freedom is not blue or red, freedom doesn't have an animal representing it (except, perhaps, the rattlesnake) and that liberal or conservative are labels which need not apply. Liberty is colorblind and should have no party affiliation.
We must get the word out, be it through fliers or posters or t-shirts, or community forums. We must let the people know what is going on and how to stop it. We must rally, we must create numbers which were previously only a dream for the movement of liberty.
What do we tell them? We tell them the story of freedom, how the government encroaches upon it every day, we tell them how their tax dollars are squandered and their lives are affected. Though the Constitution does need a reworking to be a stronger document, we should encourage them to read the Bill of Rights and utilize their reason to become better citizens. Emotion is used by politicians, so we must ignore the emotional arguments and go straight for the left side of the brain, so that when we're done, the right side puts it all together and understands the big picture.
When we have the necessary support, it is time to rebel. There is no time better than now, with the government (state and federal) hurting for revenue. I advocate using your 5th Amendment protections at all times when dealing with government agents, to let them know that we will not be intimidated.
It is time for a tax rebellion. Do not pay, do not let the government collect anything from you, the unrepresented. We will be fined, we will be threatened with jail, but do not waver, friends of liberty.
The government will realize its mistakes and it will change. When enough of its stalwarts are ousted and blacklisted by the public, it will understand, and it will change.
Time to study for my Japanese midterm.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
One Post More than a Year Ago?
Yikes.
I'm just not a prolific writer as far as blogging goes.
Since the last post, the TLR has been de-TLR'd and equipped with a bullet button. I've put a few hundred more rounds down the pipe but other than being broken in, it's bone stock with the exception of a CAA grip.
I also bought a Sig-Sauer P226 DA/SA chambered in .40S&W, which had a few problems that required it being shipped back to Sig. They fixed and returned it in one business day, by the way.
I carried it openly at the last OC event down in San Diego in a Blackhawk! holster with a double magazine holster on my weak side. It wasn't nearly as obtrusive as I had feared.
On the whole burning rubber front, nothing doing. I haven't been to the track in forever and I almost forget what a decent ~7-degree-slip-angle drift feels like. On the plus side, I've acquired some 16x12 Dymags from the Nissan GTP ZX-T team and some BBS wheels from the Nissan P35 and GTP-90 teams that I'm trying to sell to cover the cost of finishing my Koni 8611/custom housings/custom sleeves/custom springs setup.
It's funny how one's interests change so rapidly sometimes. I still love my Nissan and cars in general, but I feel the need to stock up on firearms and learn more about the financial conditions to combat the rise of idiocracy.
I'm just not a prolific writer as far as blogging goes.
Since the last post, the TLR has been de-TLR'd and equipped with a bullet button. I've put a few hundred more rounds down the pipe but other than being broken in, it's bone stock with the exception of a CAA grip.
I also bought a Sig-Sauer P226 DA/SA chambered in .40S&W, which had a few problems that required it being shipped back to Sig. They fixed and returned it in one business day, by the way.
I carried it openly at the last OC event down in San Diego in a Blackhawk! holster with a double magazine holster on my weak side. It wasn't nearly as obtrusive as I had feared.
On the whole burning rubber front, nothing doing. I haven't been to the track in forever and I almost forget what a decent ~7-degree-slip-angle drift feels like. On the plus side, I've acquired some 16x12 Dymags from the Nissan GTP ZX-T team and some BBS wheels from the Nissan P35 and GTP-90 teams that I'm trying to sell to cover the cost of finishing my Koni 8611/custom housings/custom sleeves/custom springs setup.
It's funny how one's interests change so rapidly sometimes. I still love my Nissan and cars in general, but I feel the need to stock up on firearms and learn more about the financial conditions to combat the rise of idiocracy.
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