I do find what has been emerging in the USA is a paramilitary
build up under almost any obscure government agency and the inevitable mindset
that goes with it. Just what the hell
are they thinking? This cannot have a happy
ending.
Worse they are all in love with toys and the paraphernalia and
really fake a serious event. Then they
are all called out to confront a few cows breaking the law. Is it no surprise that we are now getting a
flood of undisciplined cop on innocent shootings as trigger happy fools try to
make sense out of the chaos of the event/?
At the same time, the whole primary economic driver behind our
culture of criminality is beginning to collapse under its own contradictions as
the drug war is unwinding.
I sincerely hope it does not take a massacre of armed civilians
confronting one of these so called paramilitary groups to bring everyone to
their senses once and for all. All I
know for sure is that any one of tarted up armies could be mucked out in
minutes by a squad of veterans so let us end the nonsense.
Thursday,
10 April 2014 06:51 Brandon Smith
Despite
popular belief, every culture of every nation draws a line in the sand against
government tyranny. The problem is, many draw this line so close to total
defeat that it rarely matters. For the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto, for instance,
it wasn't until the Germans had already herded millions onto railroad cars
destined for death camps and cornered the rest into dilapidated central housing
that the ZOB resistance was formed, only to be wiped out a month later. Perhaps
hindsight is 20/20, but clearly too many freedom movements throughout history
waited too long to respond to the trespasses of oligarchs.
The
Founding Fathers frequently struggled with the proper measure of resistance.
Many colonials wanted vengeance on the British after the Boston Massacre in
March of 1770, but patriots knew that the timing was not right. The battle to
rally citizens to the cause and to educate the masses as much as possible on
the facts took precedence over the desire to enter conflict. The Founders
endured five more years of British government criminality until nearly 80
farmers and militiamen stood outnumbered on Lexington Green on April 19th,
1775 to confront an army of 700 British regulars on a mission to capture rebel
leaders and destroy weapons caches. No one knew at the time that the war would
be sparked that day, but everyone knew that a fight was inevitable and near.
I
believe the same feeling hangs in the air of modern America for REAL Americans,
and by “real”, I mean those who actually support and defend the constitutional
values and principles that lay at the foundation of our society. We sense that
something is coming; a great change, or an unstoppable reckoning.
The
question of when to strike back is pivotal to any resistance movement. Turn to
violence too soon or without proper cause in the eyes of the public, and the
rebellion may lose the moral high ground and the support of the populace. Wait
too long, and the totalitarian hordes may be too far entrenched, forcing the
rebellion to fight from a position of strategic weakness.
There
are those who might argue that America crossed the “red line” long ago and now
our society is simply rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic while arguing
over futile semantics. In certain respects, I can see their point. The U.S.
political system is utterly lost. Anyone who still has faith in the Left/Right
paradigm after two terms of George W. Bush and nearly two terms of Barack Obama
is either insane, or mentally challenged. It should be obvious to Republicans
and Democrats alike that our government does NOT represent the average man, and
our election process is a sham. Democrats in particular should be equally
furious and ashamed as the candidate they blindly worshiped to the point of
cultism has now forsaken every value they thought he represented.
The
legal apparatus of the U.S. is also beyond repair. Those in the mainstream who
argue that grievances with government should be addressed by the courts instead
of independent action obviously have not considered that the courts
continuously uphold and defend legislation like that contained within the NDAA,
which allows for rendition, torture, and even assassination of American
citizens without trial or due process. And where are the prosecutions of Constitutional
violations by the NSA? Why aren't men like James Clapper in prison for lying
directly to Congress. Why hasn't Eric Holder been slapped in irons for his
involvement with “Fast and Furious”? And what about the international
financiers who back these politicians? How many of them have been prosecuted
for their involvement in the toxic derivatives scandals that are destroying our
economy to this day?
No, we
lost the courts a long time ago. They will do nothing to save this country. But
is the fight already over? I think not.
Nihilism
is tempting for those people who are lazy and frightened and looking for a
philosophical excuse to run away from making a stand. Claiming the fight is
lost before it has truly begun is a longstanding tradition amongst millions
upon millions of cowards through history. Every freedom fighter in every great
revolution for liberty has heard the same arguments that we hear today – “It's
too late to change things. The enemy is too powerful and you will be crushed.
The nail that sticks up will eventually be hammered down. Your movement is a
minority on the fringe and no one will support you. None of you have the guts
to really follow through...”
While
there is certainly much to despair in the state of our nation, I find the notion
that Americans will do nothing in response misplaced and ignorant. From what I
have observed, it is not a question of “if” citizens snap, but when.
With
objective eyes one could easily see it during the last attempts by the federal
government to pass anti-gun legislation that would have led to confiscation. Pro-2nd Amendment
protests erupted all over the country (though the MSM mostly ignored them) with
participants far outnumbering the miniscule groups in support of gun control.
The sentiment amongst millions of gun owners and millions of Liberty Movement
proponents was that we were not going to allow government enforcement of new
gun laws. Period. If that meant we had to start using those same guns to put an
end to government, then that was exactly what we would do. The feds, of course,
buckled.
Rather
than take the more dangerous and unifying direct route of federal legislation,
gun grabbers have shifted strategies, isolating and targeting specific states
they believe will be more pliable and easier to conquer. Connecticut and parts
of New York, however, have shown that even people in the most socialist of
states have no intention of complying with gun registration or confiscation. In
Connecticut, only 38,000 high capacity magazines were registered according to
the new gun laws, while approximately 2.4 million purchased through retail
remain unaccounted for. Only 50,000 “assault weapons” were registered, while at
least 300,000 remain unaccounted for. A sizable number of police are also
refusing to enforce registration measures (some out of constitutional loyalty,
and some out of a desire for self preservation), causing the state of Connecticut to back off of its hard
line rhetoric.
I can
say with full confidence that the conditions within Connecticut alone would
lead to an open shooting war if officials actually attempt to enforce
registration and confiscation. If Safe Act-style legislation or executive orders are ever enforced at a
national level, I have no doubt revolution would follow.
The
latest hotbed I have witnessed is the Bureau of Land Management attack on a
cattle farm in Clark County, Nevada owned by Cliven Bundy. The BLM has so far
stolen over 500 cattle from Bundy on the grounds that the federal government
owns the land his family has been using for grazing pasture for generations.
The confiscation was implemented under the auspices of “protection for
endangered species”. The species in this instance being a desert tortoise.
The
methods used by the BLM resemble a militant raid, with hundreds of agents,
helicopters, and even snipers at their disposal. Adding insult to injury and
making the issue a national concern, the feds have also staged “First Amendment
Zones” miles away from their activities to keep protestors out.
This
may seem like a minor event, a tiff over cattle grazing or possibly property
rights, but there is much more going on here.
Tyranny
leaves lasting scars, and each tyrannical act results in an accumulation of
wounds on the public psyche that do not heal. In the end, a single event can
become a trigger to unleash a torrent of rage pent up in a population for years
or decades. The fight for Cliven Bundy's farm has the potential to become such
a trigger.
So far,
federal abuses have been primarily toward Bundy's cattle, with confiscation
ongoing and suspicions that a number of the cows are being killed. Here,
protestors try to stop a truck from leaving the area which they believed might
be carrying dead animals. Agents respond with dogs and tasers.
However,
I believe that if this situation escalates into a Waco or Ruby Ridge brand of
event, not only Liberty Movement residents of Nevada, but Liberty Movement
champions across the nation will indeed finally throw down the gauntlet. What
does that mean? It means they are going to start shooting. Opposing
groups can debate whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, but the reality
is that one way or another, it is going to happen.
Discussions
within the movement are far from apathetic. Hundreds of thousands if not
millions of eyes are watching every move of the BLM right now, and they should
be taking this fact very seriously.
The
naysayers will claim that we don't have the will to take action. They are
welcome to think whatever they like. But mark my words, Constitutionally minded
Americans are not going to stand by and watch another massacre, nor a loss of
gun rights, nor will we be entertaining violations of our freedoms for much
longer. This society is on the edge of something. It's kinetic, or electric. It
is not yet quite visible but it is there, reverberating in the atmosphere. My
suggestion to our federal bureaucracy would be to do what they did during the
gun debate, and quickly back away.
Of
course, we all know they won't.
Do the
elites want to stir up insurgency in order to give pretense for a larger
crackdown? They very well might. But it is transparent in the way they try to
mitigate dissent and offer placation that they do not want a rebellion larger
than they can manage. I think it is far too late for that. I think they've
pissed off too many people, instead of just enough people. I think that though
most pretend-Americans will do nothing but watch in horror or hide in their
hovels, the size of resistance to the tides of despotism is growing far beyond
common realizations. And, when this resistance erupts, it will shock even those
who fully expect it.
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