From the Radio Free Michigan archives ftp://141.209.3.26/pub/patriot If you have any other files you'd like to contribute, e-mail them to bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu. ------------------------------------------------ [I scanned this in - sorry about the typos. daf] "We created the federal government: we can fire it_" Brutal police confiscation raids, unconstitutional gun seizures, retroactive tax increases, and other recent government assaults on middle-class Americans have stirred up a hornet's nest of anger directed straight at Washington, D.C. Ordinary Americans are beginning to declare their independence. There are now state sovereignty and separatist movements in Alaska, Hawaii, Ohio and dozens of other states. They are bipartisan.,.. and non-partisan. They just cut across the political spectrum. At a rally last September in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Republican state legislator Charles Duke declared: "Folks, we've got to take our country back. The federal government is our agent. We (the states] created it and we can fire it, if we wish, if it does not cease and desist with its unconstitutional mandates." Only twice before in American history has there been a public mood like this one. Once was just before the Civil War. The other time was on the eve of the American Revolution. Both were wars of ideas. With your support we will win our the war of ideas. Dear Supporter of Liberty: A new wave of outrages by the government against peaceful citizens has convinced me to pull no punches in this letter. One was a recent ABC Television News report showing a fleet of black helicopter gun-ships flying over Indiana, manned by DEA agents and active- duty army troops. They were looking for marijuana plants. Anyone found near them -- and they grow wild in much of the US -- was arrested, even if they had no connection to the plants. The ABC report was one of the first public admissions that the government is using our own military forces -- not against foreign enemies -- but against ordinary US citizens, like you and me. The military assault against US civilians in Indiana is not an isolated incident. Navy Seals and Army Rangers are now regularly used in drug raids throughout the country. I September, the National Guard permanentlv stationed troops at 56 housing projects in Puerto Rico. In Anchorage, Alaska last summer, machine gun-armed National Guard troops accompanied state police on door-to-door, warrantless gun sweeps. According to ABC News, in 1995 the Pentagon will spend $15 billion for troops, helicopter gun-ships, and weapons to use against American citizens. For the first time since the Civil War, large numbers of military troops are being used as an elite, internal police force. All of us are at risk. Ordinary, middle-class Americans like you and me will be the real victims. Under the new anti-crime law, HR-3355, President Clinton can send in BATF, DEA and FBI agents with military support to take over any "State or part of a State" he unilaterally declares a "violent crime or drug emergency area." Once sent in, these agents can confiscate anyone's home, car or business, based solely upon their susDicion of the most minor illegal activity. You can forget about trials or hearings. None are required to confiscate your property or hold you without trial for up to six months. and the new confiscation squads have every incentive to steal as much as possible. Section 180102 of the crime law says they can keep what they seize for their "agency." There is no outside oversight. If you think this could never happen in America, think again. It's already happening hundreds of times a day. One friend of mine was driving his cleaning lady back from a bus stop in San Diego when he was stopped at a police roadblock. Because she looked Hispanic, the INS claimed she could be an illegal alien. They confiscated my friend's car on the spot. He never got so much as a hearing, and the INS kept his car. Another acquaintance, Midge Durling, lives about 20 miles away in Petaluma, California. Based upon alleged illegal activity of her mother, police seized Midge's home, and the homes of her two adult children living in a different state. Midge didn't live with her mother or know anything about her alleged illegal activity. The police didn't care. A vague suspicion was all they needed to seize everything Midge and her adult children owned, without trial. Your danger of becoming a confiscation victim is about to go up 100- fold. The BATF-DEA-FBI confiscation squads called for by the new crime law are now being trained at our military bases. The government says they're being trained in "urban pacification." I call it wholesale looting. When one reporter at Waco asked, "Is this the beginning of martial law in America?", he was immediately arrested and taken off to jail. Why haven't you heard more about use of the military against US citizens, police confiscations, and other government outrages? A major reason is the cowardly silence of our increasingly government-managed news media. Government news management was blatantly apparent durQng the Gulf War and the invasion of Panama. Reporters were herded into tightly-controlled press pools. The only news they were allowed to report came from official Pentagon press releases and carefully-orchestrated news conferences. Disturbing pictures, like scenes of injured American soldiers or dead Iraqi civilians, were banned. Reporters regarded as unsympathetic to the military were simply excluded. The few correspondents for the Washington Post, ABC, and other news services that tried to break away from the managed press pools were harassed, delayed, detained, or arrested. Their cameras were seized, often "accidentally" broken. CNN's Peter Arnett was actually threatened with prosecution for treason for bro.adcasting pictures of Iraqi residential areas hit by not-so-smart bombs. Then came Waco. Machine gun-armed BATF agents told reporters that if they tried to get any closer than two miles from the Branch Davidian compound, they would face "tragic consequences." Reporters in Waco quickly learned to ask only the right questions. When one reporter asked, "Is this the beginning of martial law in America?," he was immediately arrested and dragged off to jail. (No, this wasn't Moscow or Beijing -- it was the U.S. of A.) Mass gun confiscations have begun. And what was the FBI's justification for besieging the Branch Davidians, then shooting and gassing 96 innocent men, women, and children? Their public answer was "suspected firearms violations." That was a conscious lie. Those charges had already been investigated and rejected by Texas courts. But when Janet Reno promised many more such operations in the near future, she wasn't lying about that. They've already begun. Last spring and summer, door-to-door gun sweeps without search warrants were conducted in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Anchorage, and other cities. In Chicago, under Operation Clean Sweep, police raided hundreds of low- income apartments. Any guns they found -- legal or illegal -- were seized. Gun owners were arrested as suspected drug dealers or gang members. The government seems to be saying that if you have anything to do with guns, you must be a criminal. Don't look for help from Newt Gingrich. Clinton and the new Republican Congress may not agree about much, but they're united in their commitment to more police, more prisons, and use of the military against American citizens. Four years ago, Newt Gingrich proposed his "National Drug and Crime Emergency Act" (HR 4079). This Bill would have suspended most of our Bill of Rights. I have a copy of HR 4079 in my hands. Section 152 allows imprisonment of suspects who are not charged with any crime. Section 151 permits use of illegally-seized evidence and sanctions reopening World War II Japanese- American concentration camps. When Gingrich announced this bill, he also called for nationwide, door- to-door sweeps by police and National Guardsmen for illegal drugs and guns. Happily, Gingrich's bill didn't get anywhere back in 1990. But now that he's the Speaker of the House.-.some of HR 4079's wnrst provisions are being incorporated in the Republican's "Take Back Our Streets" Act: a vast expansion of imprisonment without trial, police use of illegally seized evidence, and conversion of military bases into prisons. Thanks to the new crime law and the Republicans' Take Back Our Streets Act, 1-3 million more Americans will be put behind bars in the next 5 years, most for offenses that weren't even crimes just 10 years ago. We must stop this insanity before we lose every shred of our liberty. I'm Vince Miller, President and Founder of the International Society for Individual Liberty. If you think just because you're an honest citizen, you're immune from police confiscations, door-to-door gun sweeps, and other government assaults on your liberty, this letter is not for you. Just toss it away. But if, like me, you're frightened by how quickly every shred of your liberty is being destroyed . . . if you want to learn what you can do to protect yourself and fight back, read on. Americans are mad as hell and starting to fight back. We are no longer alone in our struggle for liberty. In all my 56 years, I've never seen such massive popular discontent with government. A recent CNN/Time Poll found that an incredible 91% of Americans no longer believe government can solve anv social problem. Seven states have recently passed sovereignty resolutions, declaring federal mandates null and void if they violate state law. Several states are now seriously considering tax strikes against Washington, D.C. And at the grass roots, hundreds of armed citizen militias have spontaneously been created from coast-to-coast. My estimate is at least 200,000 people have joined. We can turn this growing public outrage at government into an effective grass-roots movement to reclaim our heritage of liberty. That's precisely what my organization, the International Society for Individual Liberty, is doing: Providing people across the country with the information, ideas, tools, and contacts they need to stop Big Brother. We're converting vague popular discontent and misdirected anger into a successful movement to reclaim our heritage of liberty. 3,127 calls, letters and faxes in two weeks. Last spring one of our ISIL directors was on the nationally-broadcast Gene Burns radio program for 90 minutes, exposing the details of Hillary's health care plan. He spoke right after Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, who claimed it was a "private plan" that would reduce government control of health care! Our director demolished Shalala's lies by reading directly from Hillary's Health Security Act. In the Act's own words, millions of radio listeners learned how Hillary's plan created dozens of health care crimes, with criminal penalties of up to 15 years in prison for both doctors and patients. Our Director went on to quote from pages 952 and 953 which state that doctors can have all of their assets confiscated and be imprisoned for life if they followed their own judgment rather than the decrees of health care bureaucrats! (Funny, Donna never mentioned that.) At ISIL, our phones immediately starting ringing off the hook. In just a few weeks, we received 3,127 calls, letters, and faxes from outraged listeners. Many people ordered hundreds of copies of our issue papers on Hillary's plan (some ordered thousands of copies). That broadcast and several follow-ups, along with our pamphlets, alerted literally millions of Americans that Hillary's plan would have created medical police state in America. They helped stop the plan cold. Five million Americans hear one of our directors on a national C-SPAN broadcast. Other examples of ISIL success in building an effective liberty movement: -- Rolling back draconian asset forfeiture laws. We've distributed over 200,000 copies of our "Looting of America" issue paper on asset forfeiture laws. This highly effective pamphlet has been used in state and federal congressional testimony and at jury trials. Thanks in part to this ISIL issue paper, several states, including California and New Jersey have repealed outrageous asset forfeiture laws. -- Reaching millions of Americans through TV and radio. Another one of our directors has appeared on dozens of local and national radio and TV programs in the last six manths,she has also appeared before dozens of professional conferences, libertarian groups, and before a United Nations committee in Canada. Her quiet, low-keyed approach has informed millions of the FDA's attempts to ban vitamins, built opposition to the government takeover of your health care, and clearly explained the libertarian alternative to the welfare state. ISIL is the "Johnny Appleseed" of the liberty movement. For 25 years, ISIL has been spreading ideas both in the US and throughout the world, turning isolated individuals into effective activists and powerful networks. Our Johnny Appleseed strategy has helped the liberty movement bloom in the U.S. and has created liberty movements in countries no one would have dreamed of 20 years ago: Russia, Romania, Poland, Lithuania, and Nigeria. There are now ISIL members and representatives in over 80 countries. Some are affecting the course of nations. In South Africa, advisory board member Leon Louw has taught over 1.5 million South Africans about free market economics through his "With Justice For All" seminars. He and his wife, Frances Kendall, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for their plan to defuse ethnic and racial conflicts through decentralizing power. ISIL created the first pan-European liberty movement -- a network of free market foundations, educational groups and decentralist projects. In both the US and throughout the world, ISIL's "Johnny Appleseed" strategy is changing the course of human events. Join an effective liberty movement and get six benefitts you can use Immediately. As an ISIL member, you'll keep informed of threats to your liberty, and receive these six benefits you can use immediately: MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT #1: A free subscription to our popular FREEDOM NETWORK NEWS newsletter (a S35 value). In upcoming issues, you'll learn about . . . -- The deployment of military forces against American citizens. You get the latest on the federalization of the National Guard for use in drug and gun confiscation raids. You'll also learn about joint Russian-American military training exercises -- Operation Peacekeeper II -- scheduled for the US this coming summer. -- The assault on our children. In FREEDOM NETWORK NEWS you'll learn how Outcome Based Education substitutes conformance to the politically- correct government line for academic skills. You'll also read about proposals now being discussed in Washington to license parents. - Bringing the KGB to America. Learn the real purpose of FBI Director Louis Freeh's recent trips to Moscow, and how he wants to "harmonize" US and Russian laws by vastly increasing the power and reach of agencies like the FBI. -- The formation of popular citizens' militias in Montana, California, Texas, Michigan and many other states, and how their mere existence may deter arrogant bureaucrats. -- How government property confiscations are killing people. In a recent issue of our newsletter, readers learned how 18 elderlv neonle died after the IRS seized their Ohio nursing home in the dead of winter and forcibly evicted all residents. (This is the type of story you just don't see in the New York Times.) When Senator Howard Metzenbaum demanded an explanation, the IRS responded: it was an "extremely routine" seizure. -- How to protect your privacy and assets from grasping IRS agents, police confiscation squads, sue-happy lawyers, and other snoops. ISIL's Financial Privacy expert, Mike Ketcher, shows you how in his FREEDOM NETWORK NEWS "Privacy Defender" column. You'll learn about computer encryption so good even the CIA can't break it . . . how to buy gold and silver stored in Switzerland with no IRS reporting requirement . . . how to protect your car, bank account and business from police confiscations . . . and many other effective privacy strategies. Following just one suggestion from our Privacy Defender column could save you 10-times the cost of an ISIL membership. -- The federal government's insane plan to poison all the fish in Catron Country. Countv. Catron County, New Mexico has been in near revolt against the federal government for several years because of EPA regulations that are preventing people from farming their own land. In FREEDOM NETWORK NEWS you'll learn residents' response to Forest Service plans to poison all the fish in County creeks, ostensibly to replace them later with an endangered species. -- California's new car confiscation law -- how 2 million Californians are now in danger of losing their cars for good, without any trial, for such offenses as driving on an expired license tag. -- What's worse than a national ID card? Try an irremovable electronic ID microchip injected in your body. Science fiction? Wild paranoia? These biochips already exist, and their uses are growing. Sematech of Austin, Texas has a new computer chip 1/200th the size of a human hair. American Veterinary Identification Devices and two other companies are now marketing injectable ID chips for pets for $20 to $35. The Colorado State Judicial System is now investigating injecting prisoners and parolees. A system called "KIDSCAN," using satellite monitoring to locate injected children, is being developed by an Arizona company. You'll learn much more about this frightening new technology in an upcoming issue of Freedom Network News. HENEFIT #2: A comDlete set of all 30 ISIL Issue Papers plus new titles as they are issued. You will receive Jacob Hornberger's stirring case for keeping gun ownership legal -- "Gun Control, Patriotism, and Civil Disobedience," Dr. Mary Ruwart's explanation of how we can reconcile individual liberty and environmental concerns in "The Pollution Solution," and Jarret Wollstein's shocking expose' on how police can now confiscate anyone's home, bank accounts, or business without trial, "The Looting of America." ISIL issue papers give you the information you need to win arguments with your liberal friends, write effective letters to the editor, and explain the ideas of liberty -- quickly and easily. HENEFIT #3:Our ISIL-Net Computer Bulletin Board. Participate in liberty debates with people around the world. Download our Constitutional research library. Access the latest news bulletins on pending legislation in Congress, police confiscation raids, and growing grassroots resistance. Call up electronic copies of ISIL's US publications and hundreds of articles from the British Libertarian Alliance and Groundswell South Africa. BENEFIT #4: Our exclusive "Index On Liberty" international directory of libertarian organizations and publications (a $15 value). BENEFIT #5: 10-50% discounts on books and tapes ordered from our exclusive Freedom's Forum book catalogs. BENEFIT #6: Discounts on all ISIL US & International Conferences. Save $50 each on our Financial Privacy Conference in San Francisco this June, and our International Libertarian Conference in Athens, Greece in October 1995. Free bonus video tape set: "Waco, The Big Lie," " ,i (A $40 value.) Using footage taken directly from satellite feeds and eyewitness accounts you'll see for yourself how 96 innocent men, women and children were deliberately murdered in Waco -- and learn the shocking reasons why. You'll see dozens of armed BATF and FBI agents firing machine guns into buildings filled with women and children. You'll see an unarmed Branch Davidian shot in the back when he tries to enter the compound. And you'l1 see how the fire at the compound really started. These tapes are not merely disturbing, but utterly terrifying. They can help rouse your friends and neighbors out of complacency. They could even help prevent your family from being the next BATF victims. Save S91 when vou join ISIL now The total value of the membership benefits listed above -- the FREEDOM NETWORK NEWS subscription, complete set of 30 ISIL issue papers, discounts at our US and international conventions, computer bulletin board access code, 10-50% book and tape discounts, our Index On Liberty directory, and all the other membership benefits -- is at least $175. But when you join ISIL now, in celebration of our 25th Anniversary, vour cost is iust S84 for evervthina -- you save $91. Your ISIL membership is also tax-deductible. ISIL is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. The IRS will give you a $25 rebate. What a pleasure. You help rid the country of these parasites, and they pay you to do it! Joining ISIL is easy. Just pick up the telephone and call Susan at (415) 864-0952, Monday through Saturday, 10 am until 7 pm, PDT, or charge your membership on your VISA or MasterCard by faxing (415) 864-7506 anytime. You can also drop the enclosed order form in the mail. As soon as I receive your order, I'll rush your new member packet to you, with your first issue of FREEDOM NETWORK NEWS, 30 ISIL issue papers, and computer access code, and the bonus Waco video tapes. Help us convert massive popular discontent with government into an effective force for liberty. Learn how to protect yourself. Help us stop the government's outrageous assaults on our property and lives, while we still can. Pick up the phone and join ISIL now. Sincerely yours, . Vincent Miller, Founder and President International Society for Individual Liberty P.S. Would you like to learn how to place your assets out of reach of the government's arsenal of confiscation laws? How to store valuables in a way that makes them nearly invisible to the IRS, sue-happy lawyers, and robbers? How to legally buy gold and silver stored in Switzerland that has no U.S. reporting requirement? Discover low-profile alternatives to your checking and savings accounts? How to protect the privacy of your telephone and fax calls? You'll learn all of these techniques and hundreds more in "The Closing Door: The end of financial privacy in America and how to protect yourself" by Mike Ketcher, Editor of the Financial Privacy Report. This $68, 262-page financial privacy manual is yours free if you join ISIL for two vears under this 25th Anniversary Membership offer. When you join for two years, you will also receive all of the other membership benefits listed in this letter for two full years. That's a 5350 value, for just $156. You save 5194. International Society for Individual Liberty 1800 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone (415) 864-0952 Fax (415) 864-7506 -- Dave Feustel N9MYI Internet: 219-483-1857 Compuserve:<73532,1747> Has anyone noticed that NEITHER the Republicans NOR the Democrats have displayed ANY interest in repealing EITHER the [unconstitutional] Martial Law or Search & Seizure provisions of the 1993 Crime Bill? -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.i mQCNAi8AaLkAAAEEALHM18C3fz+/2kHIW8un9iUqWxF6Sleb7L/v93md8pH/susy QZHmgC/IlGM9H9WZ1ws60Lhta/WTzIde7WZxSZyGOuS55EZKp1WN8K3MLAHgbFTR uCuVomwiI1hD3MJo2OAdF6YtMkNT3NubCXNuP1OMBK5TPUR6TkOLEx9jxnkZAAUR tCJEYXZpZCBGZXVzdGVsIDxmZXVzdGVsQG5ldGNvbS5jb20+ =/ZuU -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- ------------------------------------------------ (This file was found elsewhere on the Internet and uploaded to the Radio Free Michigan archives by the archive maintainer. All files are ZIP archives for fast download. E-mail bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu)