On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:30:59 -0500, Lady Liberty
<LadyLiberty@NOSPAMPlanetaryBillOfRights.org> wrote:
I knew that once they had infringed the 2nd amendment, they'd go
for the 1st too. I warned the liberals years ago!:
Rights that can be regulated, can be regulated away. They must be
inalienable or they cease to be rights and become mere privileges
bestowed by the government, or taken away at any whim.
Absolutely correct. When the harmless exercise of a Right is
encumbered by government, you finally see the TRUE nature of
government.
Human Rights, by unavoidable definition, MUST be the unrestricted
freedom to perform ANY HARMLESS ACT! If it is NOT that, then the
entire concept represented by the string of symbols: "R I G H T", is
meaningless in ANY context that matters.
"A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people
constituting a government; and government without a constitution is
power without a right. All power exercised over a nation, must have
some beginning. It must be either delegated, or assumed. There are
no other sources. All delegated power is trust, and all assumed power
is usurpation. Time does not alter the nature and quality of either."
-- Thomas Paine
Free, decent people have a moral duty to resist government liens
against their Rights by ANY means that will protect them.
On 4 Apr 2006 at 16:01, Scott Darby wrote:
Gun Owners of America
<Gun_Owners_of_America@capwiz.mailmanager.net> wrote:
To: "Scott Darby" <darby700@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 18:12:46 -0400 (EDT)
House To Vote This Week On Further Limiting Free Speech
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Remember the Swift Boat Veterans?
After a presidential election which was determined by fewer
than
120,000 Ohio voters, it is clear that George Bush is president
of the
United States -- rather than John Kerry -- because of the swift
boat
veterans and because of pro-gun support.
For their part, the swift boat veterans formed a political
organization under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code --
and
their organization was therefore called a "527."
Shortly, the House of Representatives will consider legislation
(HR
513) which would regulate "527 organizations" -- like the
Swift Boat
Veterans -- as severely as the most heavily regulated political
groups in the country. The result could be to effectively
eliminate
organizations like the Swift Boat Veterans.
It is clear that the enemies of Free Speech are choosing their
targets strategically. First, Senators like John McCain
regulated
(in 2002) the ability of groups such as GOA to use radio and TV
to
criticize any candidate before an election.
Then, earlier this year, McCain & Co. wanted to further
regulate GOA
and similar organizations by requiring them to register their
"grassroots" communications with their members and to file
twice as
many frivolous reports.
Now, this new legislation (HR 513) would try to strengthen the
Anti-Free Speech beachhead to limit even more avenues to free
speech.
The restrictions on our liberties need to end here.
Really, this battle is similar to the battle to preserve our
gun
rights. Anti-gunners have fought a guerilla type of warfare,
chipping away at our gun rights with piecemeal legislation.
Some gun
owners -- who didn't own ranch rifles or AR-15s or other so-
called
assault weapons -- were lulled to sleep for a time and thought
that
the anti's weren't really interested in their hunting shotguns
or
rifles.
They soon found out they were mistaken. And it just shows, once
again, that when the anti's get a beachhead, they don't stop
there.
They keep coming and coming.
That's why we must now fight this battle to preserve another
bastion
of Free Speech. It is our constitutional right -- it is not a
"privilege" to be expanded or contracted based on the impact on
the
party in power.
ACTION: Please use the pre-written letter below to help direct
your
comments to your representative. Ask him to oppose H.R. 513
which
would limit the constitutional Free Speech of "527
organizations"
like the Swift Boat Veterans.
You can visit the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your
Representatives a
pre-written e-mail message such as the one below.
And, you can call your Representative toll-free at 1-877-762-
8762.
----- Pre-written letter -----
Dear Representative:
The House will soon consider legislation (HR 513) which would
regulate "527 organizations" -- like the Swift Boat Veterans --
as
severely as the most heavily regulated political groups in the
country. The result could be to effectively eliminate
organizations
like the Swift Boat Veterans.
I would urge you to oppose that legislation.
Free Speech is a constitutional right -- not a "privilege" to
be
expanded or contracted based on the impact on the party in
power.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
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