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![5x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/5x5_Page_Background.gif) For Mrs. Dudek, Wherever She Is Sam Aurelius Milam III
I began school in Boldtville, Texas, in a situation that resembled the proverbial one room schoolhouse. Actually, the Boldtville school had two small wooden buildings. I attended classes in one of them which, as I recall, housed both the first and second grades, taught simultaneously by Mrs. Dudek.
Most of us remember things that we learned from our first and second grade
teachers, but only in the sense that those things formed the foundation for
much of what we learned later. However, I remember some very specific things that Mrs. Dudek told us. I remember how shocked we were when she explained to us that we had lost the Civil War. It's easy for me,
now, to understand why our parents might not have mentioned it to us. Mrs. Dudek also taught that, in America, you can't legally be punished for
anything that you believe, say, or advocate, but only if you actually do
something that causes harm. She explained that the FBI had originally been a purely an investigative agency. Its agents couldn't enforce anything,
arrest anybody, or even carry weapons. Only local law enforcement agencies
could exercise those powers. And, she recalled, one of the evils of
the Nazi regime had been that the Nazi government had the power to arrest
and imprison anyone who didn't posses government ID and show it upon demand.
In America, she said, such a requirement was impossible. At the time,
I viewed Mrs. Dudek as just another old farm woman who happened to have found
a job as a teacher. Now, I can see that she was much more than that.
Whether or not her statements were completely accurate, she helped provide
a standard of liberty with which I've evaluated government through all the
following years.
Today, I can be imprisoned for conspiring, advising, advocating, or planning
something, without ever actually harming anyone. The FBI can conduct
a trumped-up gestapo-style raid, based on concocted allegations. The
survivors of the raid (if any) can be imprisoned. The perpetrators
might receive letters of censure in their personnel files. Today, I'm
excluded from almost everything unless I have government-sanctioned ID.
I can be arrested if I refuse to provide it upon demand.
Hitler would be envious of what the USA has become — a repressive police
state populated by nitwits too ignorant or too brainwashed to have even noticed the transition, or too complacent to even care. And where is Mrs. Dudek?
I don't know. If she's still alive, I wonder what she thinks of it
all. If she's dead, I expect that she's probably turning over in her
grave. In either case, I offer to her my respect and my gratitude for
the standards and expectations that she helped to teach me when I was a child.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif) ![Gun](../../Images/Gun.gif)
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. — South African activist Steve Biko
When we all think alike, no one is thinking very much.
— Walter Lippmann |
Notice Sam Aurelius Milam III
John Webster expects to go on trial in the near future. You can review his situation at http://www.jwebster.com/ and contact him at jwebster@ix.netcom.com or 408 972-2963.
Mr. Webster needs $25,000 "up front" for his lawyer. Contributions
or loans would be greatly appreciated.
Mr. Webster has promised that, in the event that he receives over half a
million dollars in compensation for the violation of his rights, money loaned
to his legal fund at this time will be paid back at twice the amount and
money donated will be paid back at three times the amount. If he doesn't receive compensation he will still make every attempt to pay back loans at
face value.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif) ![Gun](../../Images/Gun.gif)
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