Of Course You Realize This Means War

Responding to questions from Sen. Arlen Specter at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 18, Gonzales argued that the Constitution doesn'’t explicitly bestow habeas corpus rights; it merely says when the so-called Great Writ can be suspended.

"There is no expressed grant of habeas in the Constitution; there's a prohibition against taking it away,"” Gonzales said.

Where this idiot thinks the right came from in order that it could be taken away is a mystery.

Still, why the hell not amputate another obsolete legal appendage from another time? We can toss it into the dumpster of history with all the other useless relics.

After all, there's no First Amendment any more, what with "Campaign Finance Reform," FCC censorship, proposals to force political commentators to register with the government they're supposed to be critical of, censorship of "adult content" (and lest you think the people of the Founding era only meant to protect political and religious freedom, follow the link on my Jan. 19 "This Day in History" post), "hate speech" edicts, restrictions on freedom of assembly, laws forbidding the public expression of religion, etc.

And it's not like there's any recognized Second Amendment. Hell, the Bush administration just issued new FAA regs where they openly declare it to be a "collective right," and federal prosecutors are doing their utmost to destroy Wayne Fincher, while a federal judge greases the skids. Hell, according to him, there's not even a Constitution--at least one you can mention in his courtroom.

It's not like there's any Fourth Amendment, what with warrantless searches--yeah, they're just against "terrorists," that is, until We the People who believe in the Citizen Militia of the Constitution are classified as such, as an Arizona representathing is proposing. Besides, who needs a warrant when you can simply phone in an anonymous tip to a snitch line claiming an enemy has a gun and the authorities need to respond NOW!

It's not like there's a Sixth Amendment, what with the trial by jury subverted via judicial instructions that the judge, not the jury, is the most powerful authority in the court. Oh, and the anonymous tipsters mentioned above? So much for your right to face your accuser.

The Fifth and Eighth Amendments? Don't worry, "waterboarding" and other delights are just for terrorists. You know, like those militia freaks I mentioned a couple paragraphs back. Now wear your dog collar, get back in that pyramid and smile...

Ninth and Tenth Amendments? Ha. The whole damned country is ramped up for the War on Drugs with federal authority nowhere delegated in the Constitution, along with the federal hand in everything from education to health care to labor laws to environmentalcase activism to...besides which, all the neocon establishment opinionmakers will tell you there is no right to privacy (back to Amendment IV, I see)...

The evisceration of the Bill of Rights is damned near complete. Rulers so treasonous they behave as if following a demonic playbook are so blatant in their tyranny it's a wonder their horns aren't visible.

Hush now. Nothing to see here. There will be no war, even though one has been declared on us that would have spurred our forebears to storm the citadel in fury. Most of our countrymen will never miss what they never knew they had--until, of course, it's too late.

Honey, get me a beer? Hey--it's Saturday. Is there anything good on tonight?

[Via John Perna. Also thanks to US Citizen for calling my attention to the "Minuteman" story]

This is Not America

Does the Bill of Rights still serve as a guarantee of God-given rights against arbitrary abuses of government power? Or is it just a 215-year-old piece of paper that can be disregarded at the whim the authorities?

Doug Newman illustrates "What the Hollis Wayne Fincher Case Means to You."

[More about Wayne Fincher via WarOnGuns]

New WarOnGuns Poll: Should Released Felons Get Their "Gun Rights" Back?

Your choices are:

__YES-They have paid their debt to society
__NO-They've proven they can't be trusted
__MAYBE-NO for violent crimes, YES for nonviolent or unconstitutional convictions like "gun law" violations
__If they're still violently dangerous, why are they being let go?

Take the new poll in the left margin of this page. This one is supposed to let you give multiple answers.

Many thanks to 1894C for suggesting this topic.

Here are the results of the last poll, "Wayne Fincher Should Receive :"

We're the Only Ones Understanding the Seriousness Enough

Seven weapons, including two submachine guns, were stolen last weekend from an FBI agent's vehicle in Southwest Washington, the agency said yesterday.

Also taken were ammunition, a police radio, bullet-resistant vests, body armor and photography equipment, the FBI said.

Well, the feds steal our weapons all the time--seems turnabout's fair play. At least the thieves didn't burn down their headquarters and massacre their women and children.

Their guy left that stuff in an unattended vehicle. I'm sure glad "The Only Ones" are so much more capable of keeping weapons out of "the wrong hands" than we ordinary mortals.

Oh, and WaPo "Authorized Journalists"--what was the agent's name again? I didn't quite catch that while you were acting in your capacity as government watchdog...

[Via Kurt Hofmann, who also titled this post, and K-Romulus]

Second Amendment Carnival VIII

Stan, over at Free Constitution, is once more "providing the best 2nd Amendment coverage the blogosphere has to offer." Go check it out.

The Next Waco?

There is a situation that is taking place in Concord, N.H. that merits the attention of all those concerned with the Rights of We The People.

E. David Quammen calls our attention to the plight of Ed Brown, a citizen in New Hampshire who is putting his life on the line to defy federal authority.

I've been following the thread over at The Claire Files on this to learn more.

A Woman's Touch

In order to right this perceived injustice they have decided to treat boys in school as if they were defective girls...

Another area of attack in the schools has been the zero tolerance of guns. Up to 25 or 30 years ago, kids took guns to school and left them in their cars or in cloak rooms. Now, boys have been suspended for using their thumb and forefinger to visualize their "Bang! Bang!" Classes of little children are led in chants of: "I will never use a gun." This dangerous fruit of feminism is both anti-gun and anti-self defense.

Kudos, Larry Pratt for not being afraid to dive into the roiling waters of political correctness. And applause for Kate O'Beirne--I'm going to buy her book today.

I've noticed women getting much more enthused about firearms and self defense when taught by other women--it's an approach and confidence thing that men are often insensitive to. That's why groups like Liberty Belles and Armed Females of America can be so important.

[Via Skip]

No Insult Meant to Whorehouses at Low Tide...

"Welcome to Chicago," says the cop played by Sean Connery to FBI agent Elliot Ness in the 1987 gangster-era film "The Untouchables."

"This town stinks like a whorehouse at low tide."

I.Carry.org presents a trifecta of corruption. These are the vile criminal plunderers who disarm you and me under force of law.


[Via HZ]

This Day in History: January 20

On this day in 1777, Brigadier General Philemon Dickinson leads 400 “raw” men from the New Jersey militia and 50 Pennsylvania riflemen under Captain Robert Durkee in an attack against a group of 500 British soldiers foraging for food led by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Abercromby near Van Nest’s Mills in Millstone, New Jersey.