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LIBERTY STATEMENTS BY THE FOUNDING
FATHERS:
"Ben Franklin's
Words/Las
Palabras de Benjamin Franklin:
"Aquellos que puedan ceder libertad esencial para obtener un poco de seguridad
temporera,
no se merecen ni libertad
ni seguridad" "They that can give up
essential liberty to obtain a
little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Historical
Review of Pennsylvania
This sentence was much used in the Revolutionary period. It occurs even so early
as November,
1755, in an answer by the Assembly of Pennsylvania to the Governor, and forms
the motto
of Franklin’s “Historical Review,” 1759, appearing also in the body of the
work.—Frothingham:
Rise of the Republic of the United States, p. 413. .
Thomas
Jefferson: "A free people [claim] their rights as derived
from the
laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief
magistrate."
George
Washington upon leaving the White House: "Over grown
military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to
liberty, and are to be
regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty ... Government is not
reason. It is not
eloquence. It is a force, like fire: a dangerous servant and a terrible
master." Government
is
a terrible Master-WorldNetDaily News-Oct, 19, 2001.
"In times like these, there is
likely to be a clamor to crack down on the freedoms Americans
historically have enjoyed. Chaos always gives government an
opportunity to expand,
inevitably, at the expense of freedom. In such times, we would do well
to heed the words
of Ben Franklin: "They that can give up
essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." And,
we must know, we will get neither
Ken Connor, President-Family Research Council-Sept. 13, 2001.
"If we were going to be
absolutely safe," Rep. Frank D. Lucas, Oklahoma Republican,
"we'd have to restrict people's freedoms to the
point that it wouldn't be America anymore."
The
Washington Times/ Sept. 19, 2001.
"In announcing the
recommendations of a congressionally chartered anti-terrorism commission
Monday, Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III, stressed "the
paramount importance of preserving
our citizens' constitutional rights and civil liberties." "We
can meet this terrorist threat without
trampling the Constitution, here or at home,"
Federal
Authorities arrest terrorist planning to poison water supplies in US
WASHINGTON — Federal
officials have arrested two Al Qaeda terror suspects
in the U.S. with documents in their possession about how to poison the country's
water supplies, Fox News has learned. The first case involves James Ujaama,
36, who surrendered to the FBI last week in Denver. Sources say they found
documents about water poisoning among several other terrorism-related
documents
in his Denver residence...." Fox News-July 30, 2002.
"Operation TIPS,
administered by the U.S. Department of Justice and developed in
partnership
with several other federal agencies, is one of the five component programs of
the Citizen Corps.
Operation TIPS will be a national system for reporting suspicious, and
potentially terrorist-related
activity. The program will involve the millions of American workers who, in the
daily course of their
work, are in a unique position to see potentially unusual or suspicious activity
in public places.
The Department of Justice is discussing participation with several industry
groups whose workers
are ideally suited to help in the anti-terrorism effort because their routines
allow them to recognize
unusual events and have expressed a desire for a mechanism to report these
events to authorities.
These workers will use their common sense and knowledge of their work...."
Citizen
Corps-July 17, 2002
"The Bush Administration aims to recruit
millions of United States citizens as domestic
informants in a program likely to alarm civil liberties groups. The
Terrorism Information
and Prevention System, or TIPS, means the US will have
a higher percentage of citizen
informants than the former East Germany through the infamous Stasi secret
police. The
program would use a minimum of 4 per cent of Americans to report
"suspicious activity".
Civil liberties groups have already warned that, with the passage earlier this
year of the
Patriot Act, there is potential for abusive, large-scale investigations of US
citizens...."
SMH.com.au-July 15, 2002.
Genera Alarma aclamado
tribunal militar secreto
Washington- Varios
miembros del Congreso han solicitado audiencias inmediatas sobre el
decreto del presidente George W. Bush que instauró tribunales militares
secretos para los
extranjeros sospechosos de actividades terroristas. Mientras
tanto el gobierno, que quiere
"entrevistar" a unos 5,000 hombres que residen legalmente en Estados
Unidos y provienen
de países árabes o musulmanes, mantiene silencio sobre los m’as de 1,100
personas
detenidas en la investigación que siguió a los ataques terroristas del 11 de
septiembre.
La ampliación de poderes policiales es "literalmente,
un desmantelamiento de la justicia y
del sistema judicial como lo conocemos", dijo la
representanted Maxine Waters, demócrata
de California. El encarcelamiento por tiempo
indeterminado, en sitios no revelados, de
cientos de personas en su mayoría de países árabes o musulmanes "se
parece mucho a
una selección por rasgos étnicos", dijo la representante demócrata,
Sheila Jackson Lee,
de Texas. El representante republicano Robert
Barr, de Georgia, dijo que se oponía a la
instauración de tribunales militares "porque el presidente está
actuando sin consultar con
el Congreso y sin esperar a ver si la ampliación reciente de los poderes de
investigación
son suficientes para combatir el terrorismo" "Me
preocupan los cambios fundamentales
en las leyes y procedimientos federales", dijo Barr, un ex fiscal
federal y conservador
prominente. "El alcance de este decreto del Poder Ejecutivo le quita a uno
el aliento",
agregó. El senador Patrick Leahy,
demócrata de Vermont y presidente del Comité Judicial
del Senado, ha convocado al secretario de Justicia, John Ashcroft, para que
comparezca
el 28 de noviembre ante el comité y explique las razones y los procedimientos
de los
tribunales militares. Por su parte el
director de la Oficina Federal de Investigaciones,
Robert Muelller, dijo ayer, viernes, que se busca a cómplices a la red Al Qaida,
encabezada por el saudí Osama bin Laden, que puedan operar dentro de Estados
Unidos…. El Arecibo
Star-Domingo 18 de noviembre de 2001, pg. 16.
BUSH PUTS SHADOW GOVERNMENT IN FRAMEWORK OF
"CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT"
"In response to a question based on newspaper
stories March 1 about "a shadow government"
having been setup in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks, Bush said, "we
take the
continuity-of-government issue very seriously, because our nation was under
attack. And I
still take the threats that we receive from al Qaeda killers and terrorists very
seriously. I have
an obligation as the President, and my administration has an obligation to the
American people
to provide -- put measures in place that, should somebody be successful in
attacking
Washington, D.C., there's an ongoing government. That's one reason why the Vice
President
was going to undisclosed locations. This is serious business, and we take it
seriously...."
White House Report, March 1, 2002: Terrorism, Shadow
Government, Yemen
Bush defends shadow government
President George W Bush has acknowledged taking
measures to ensure continuity of government
in the event of another large-scale terrorist attack on the United States.
"This is serious business,
"he said of the plan during a trip to Iowa, following reports on Friday
that he had set up an emergency
parallel administration.....plan for a shadow
government has been implemented because of heightened
fears that Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network might obtain a portable nuclear
weapon. An unnamed
senior official told Associated Press news agency that, while US intelligence
had no specific knowledge
of such a weapon, the risk was great enough to warrant activation of the plan. Other
officials said the
back-up government consisted of anything from 70 to 150 people at two principal
locations on the
East Coast...." BBC News March 2, 2002.
Who
gave your rights away?
"Many conservatives, liberals and libertarians
are protesting the numerous
invasions of your liberty that Congress and the Bush administration have
imposed
during the past two months. But without
realizing it, many of the protestors brought
these invasions on themselves....This is America? I do share their
concerns, however.
First, Congress rammed
through an "anti-terrorism" bill that violates
the civil liberties
of all Americans, not just terrorists...."
Assault on Liberty
Abandoning the
Constitution to Military Tribunals
".... George W. Bush made it clear that he was
dangerously
ignorant of the Constitution—not only denying due process to the record number
of people he
executed but also refusing effective counsel to indigent inmates of Texas
prisons.
But as president, Bush, terrorized by the terrorists, is abandoning more and
more of the
fundamental rights and liberties that he—and his unquestioning
subordinates—assured
us they were fighting to preserve..." Voice
Nov. 21-27, 2001
ASHINGTON
-- Misadvised by a frustrated and panic-stricken attorney general, a
president of the United States has just assumed what amounts to dictatorial
power
to jail or execute aliens. Intimidated by terrorists and inflamed by a passion
for rough justice,
we are letting George W. Bush get away with the replacement of the American rule
of law with
military kangaroo courts. In his
infamous emergency order, Bush admits to dismissing
"the principles of law and the rules of evidence" that undergird
America's system of justice.
He seizes the power to circumvent the courts and set up his own drumhead
tribunals —
panels of officers who will sit in judgment of non-citizens who the president
need only
claim "reason to believe" are members of terrorist
organizations...." The New
York Time,
Bush
Military Tribunal
[WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- House Judiciary
Committee Ranking Member John Conyers,
D-Mich., said Wednesday a decision by President George
W. Bush that terrorist suspects
might face a military tribunal adds to questions about civil liberties.
In a Nov. 14 letter to
Committee Chairman Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., Conyers
called for hearings on civil liberties, including an administration plan to
monitor
some defendants' communication with their lawyers, and the status of
suspects detained
in the government's investigations of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Conyers
said Bush's
Tuesday decision to establish military tribunals run by
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
only adds to his concern...." United
States.com Nov. 15, 2001
He
who decides the meaning of the word is a master (Tom Ridge's comments)
When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in a
rather scornful tone, “it means just what I
choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said
Alice, “whether
you can make words mean different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty
Dumpty,
“which is to be master – that’s all.”.... Do we know what this thing
called “terrorism” is,
this thing that all the police and military might of the United States is
attacking? You might
have thought so, but in steps Tom Ridge, the
Director of the new Office of Homeland Security.
The anti-terrorism czar. Not long ago, he said
something truly frightening. Referring to
Americans who “lash out” at people who dress differently or practice a
different religion,
he said “we have a word for that: terrorism.....” Press
Office- Free Congress Foundation
By Thomas L. Jipping
November 13, 2001
Thomas
Legislation Information on the Internet
New World Order
doublespeak redefines terrorism - a subtle attack on freedom of speech
The US government launched a new White House Office
to deal with internal security called
the "Office of Homeland Security". Tom Ridge, the Gov. of Pennsylvania
was appointed as
Director of the that office. On Monday Oct. the 8th, 2001., Gov. Ridge's
farewell address to
the State Legislature said: "To those Americans
who would lash out at your fellow citizens,
simply because they worship differently, or dress differently, or look
differently than you,
there is one word for such behavior: terrorism." So we have now
a new definition of
terrorism. This sounds very much like the language used in Hate legislation
where the
concept of hate seems to have been re-defined in many instances. This looks like
a
subtle attack on the freedom of speech. Time will tell.......
Model
health law empowers states-Drugs,
quarantine could be forced
By Bloomberg News, 10/31/2001
WASHINGTON - States would be able to force patients to
take medication under model
legislation outlining when and how governors can use emergency powers to
address
public health crises such as recent anthrax attacks. The model law,
commissioned by the
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also would give people the right
to
appeal states' decisions to quarantine or isolate them. Individuals with
contagious diseases,
such as smallpox, wouldn't be able to appeal orders for treatment or vaccination
under
the law...Lawrence Gostin, chief author of the
model law and a professor at Georgetown
University Law Center, said the academic panel that drafted the proposal tried
to balance
the need to control disease with individuals' civil rights -
something he said isn't done
under many current state laws. ''We felt if we were too Draconian and didn't
respect
people's rights, that meant the terrorists would win,'' Gostin said. Emergency
powers
allow governors to suspend normal government temporarily, letting
states swiftly
address disease epidemics or natural disasters such as earthquakes...."
The Boston Globe-Oct. 31, 2001.
Secrecy
on arrests...concern for civil liberties
Government
is a Terrible Master
"Over grown military establishments
are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty,
and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty ...
Government is not reason. It is not
eloquence. It is a force, like fire: a dangerous servant and a terrible
master." Government
is
a terrible Master-WorldNetDaily News-Oct, 19, 2001.
The
end of an unserious decade
The president has
moved with great prudence in the Afghan war.
Let us go in, get them, get out and go home – and let the Arab and Islamic
world work out its
own destiny. But of this we may be sure: History will hold the globalists and
latter-day imperialists
of left and right accountable. Their epitaph is already written: "On
the altar of global empire,
they sacrificed their country" Patrick
J. Buchanan-WorldNetDaily News-Oct. 19, 2001.
Is
freedom the next casualty of Terrorism?
"Freedom itself was attacked this
morning," President Bush declared on September 11.
Many have echoed him in the weeks since then, arguing that the terrorists behind
the attacks
despise our way of life, which they seek to disrupt by inciting fear. Their
success hinges not
only on how we respond as individuals--whether we go about our business
undeterred--but
on how our government responds. If it rushes
to adopt authoritarian measures in the name of
fighting terrorism, "freedom itself" could be
added to the list of casualties....It
seems doubtful
that every senator who voted for this expanded authority carefully weighed the
loss of privacy
it would entail and decided the sacrifice was justified. Despite its reputation
as a less deliberate
body, the House has proved more cautious about trading civil liberties for
promises of greater
security.....The most widely criticized element of the legislation would
authorize indefinite
detention of noncitizens whom the attorney general
deems "a threat to national security." But
the bill also contains less obvious threats to civil liberties, including
wiretap provisions similar
to those approved by the Senate.....In circumstances such as these, skeptics of
state power
ike to haul out a famous remark by Benjamin Franklin: "They
that can give up essential liberty
to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." When
it comes to deciding
which measures will enhance safety and which aspects of liberty are
"essential," of course,
there is room for debate. At least, there ought to be."
Lawmakers
vow to protect liberties in USA
"Protecting the twin towers of personal
liberties and domestic security is the most challenging
task the nation faces, lawmakers and others across the ideological
spectrum say "It is key "
balancing act we have to engage in as a nation right now," said Rep. Bob
Barr, Georgia
Republican. "It would be very easy to forget about
personal liberties and worry only about
the national security. I don't want to do that. Rep. Brad
Carson, Oklahoma Democrat, warned
against making the Constitution "the first casualty" of the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks ......"
The Washington Times/ Sept. 19, 2001.
Honoring
Liberty
"Two days ago, my husband learned that he lost
one of his U.S. Naval Academy classmates to
the terror that struck our country last week. Like so many others at the
Pentagon, this fine Navy
officer died in defense of freedom.....From Jerry Falwell's
well-publicized opinions about the
role immorality played in the big picture of this attack, to Bill Maher's
off-the-cuff statements
about military actions, to Anthony LoBaido's column on his religious views, freedom-loving
Americans are actually labeling other freedom-loving Americans as
"un-American" simply
because they disagree.
Do I think Dr. Falwell and Bill Maher and Anthony
LoBaido were tasteless and insensitive
in their recent remarks? Absolutely! But do I question their loyalty to
our Constitution and
our country? Absolutely not!....the notion of being
able to speak one's religious and
political views, has been something worth sacrificing for. Yet, some
of us are beginning
to do what the terrorists could not do last week: intimidate others into
silence.
Rebecca Hageling. WorldNetDaily News/Sept. 21, 2001.
