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Acknowledgments •My thanks to Shirley, of Urbana, Illinois, for her frequent support of this newsletter. •My thanks to Sir Donald the Elusive for paying the production costs of this newsletter and for his ongoing editorial assistance. •My thanks to Sir James the Bold for his ongoing editorial assistance. •My thanks to Lady Jan the Voluptuous for her ongoing editorial assistance and for her countless other efforts in support of this newsletter and of its editor. •My thanks to Steve, of Fremont, California, and to Sir John the Generous, for their crucial support during my confrontation with the despots in Santa Clara County, California. — editor
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agendas. Many such cases are not publicized
due to incentives against mainstream media reporting them. The incidence
of such abuse is on the rise and will continue to increase as long as power
lusting officials are allowed to abuse fellow citizens with impunity.
The way to reverse this trend is to quickly weed out the officials responsible
whenever a case of abuse comes to light. In present day America most
officials with authority to remove wayward government employees lack the
honesty, the courage, and the incentive to exercise this authority;
and the procedures involved are always ridiculously cumbersome.
The judge in Hal's case is still in power, dispensing life ruining decisions according to her personal whim. His prosecutor undoubtedly received quite a status boost from her unexpected courtroom victory. We can expect to hear much more from this dynamic duo in future years.
A Police State Ron Paul Centralizing power and consistently expanding the role of government require an army of bureaucrats and a taxing authority upon which a police state thrives. There are over 100 laws on the books permitting private property seizure without due process of law. We have made it easy to seize any property by absurdly claiming the property itself committed the crime. The RICO mentality relating to law enforcement permits even the casual bystander to suffer severely from the police state mentality. The drug war hysteria and the war on gun ownership, started by Roosevelt in 1934, have expanded federal police power to the point that more than 10% of all our police are federal. The Constitution names but three federal crimes, so where is the justification? Talk about "swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance!" We have hovering over us daily the federal police from: EPA, OSHA, FBI, CIA, DEA, EEOC, ADA, F&WL, INS, BATF, and worst of all, the IRS. Even criticizing the IRS makes me cringe that it might precipitate an audit. It seems that all administrations, to some degree, used the power of the agencies to reward or punish financial backers or political enemies. As so much that had its origin in the 1930's, it was then that the FBI's role changed from friendly investigator helping local authorities to that of national police force. Now their claim to fame is the Waco slaughter, all over a $200 unpaid federal fee. We live in an age where the fear of an IRS registered letter bearing news of an audit surpasses the fear of a street mugging. The police are our friend and the federal government a guarantor of our liberties. Ask the blacks in the inner-city of Los Angeles if they trust the police and revere the FBI and CIA. We should not have to cringe when a federal agent appears at the door of our business. We should not even see them there. A Congress sworn to uphold the Constitution ought to be protecting our right to our property, not confiscating it. Congress ought to protect our right to own a weapon of self defense, not systematically and viciously attack that right. Congress ought to guarantee all voluntary associations, not regulate every economic transaction. We should not allow Congress to give credence to inane politically correct rules generated by egalitarian misfits. Setting quotas ought to insult each of us. We need no more centralized police efforts. We need no more wiretaps that have become epidemic in the last decade. We have had enough Wacos and Ruby Ridges!
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sam The number of editorial comments in "The Frontiersman" is becoming excessive. You have to give your readers credit for having some brains. — Donald; Santa Clara, California
Dear Sam It's very kind of you to say the truth is within me. I try to be informed — correctly. There's a lot of misinformation floating around, mostly the product of our media. Consummate liars, determined to wreck us. Obviously they expect to escape our disasters. But I stick by my story. The country is bankrupt. The dollar is therefore worthless. The day this is admitted expect those Islamics who hate Great Satan 1) to laugh and 2) to bomb. When & where, alas, I do not know. Now, do you still say the truth is in me? — Shirley, Urbana Illinois
Yes. — editor
Dear Sam Today, March 25, 1997, I saw a news item on the state of Wisconsin going to the supreme court to get permission to have in drug cases the right to knock down doors without a search warrant. This sounds to me just like Nazi Germany in the 1930's. Next they will knock down your door because you hit your wife or you hit your husband. They will knock down your door because you have a ticket for parking on the wrong side of the street or a ticket for speeding. Then they will knock down your door because they don't like the color of your skin or the color of your car. It will be all the same to them in the end. Do we as citizens of a so called free America want to live like they did in Germany in the 1930's and 1940's or do we want to live in the U S A the way it used to be. — Jan; Firth, Idaho
This writer recalls to mind Niemoeller's observation, which I have printed below just in case there's anybody left who hasn't seen it yet. Finally, I just couldn't resist the temptation to speculate: in America, they came first .... — editor
Buck Hunter Shoots Off His Mouth Dear Buck My hair is beginning to fall out. Can you suggest something to keep it in? — Worried Boomer
Dear Worried Boomer
Maybe a paper bag or an empty coffee can? On the Road with Buffalo Hunter
— Buff's adoring little sister, Doe
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