These are the folks running the republic...

Reason with such people?

No.  They are not open to reasonable discourse.

Liberalism/Statism/Collectivism can not coexist with Liberty.

Kerodin
III

Georgia: Here's a guy for you to send to DC

I don't know anything else about the guy...but this says a lot.

He wants to get rid of Drivers Licenses in your state.  He says they are an infringement on your Right to move freely.

One of our Georgia III should consider getting in touch with the guy and see if he has any potential for DC.

Read the story here.

Kerodin
III

Kerodin.com: Treason

Today we discuss the logic that links the crime of Treason with pulling a voting booth lever for any politician who helps implement any law or policy that goes beyond the enumerated powers of the Government.

Column is here.

Kerodin
III

Benjamin Franklin's Virtues

 

 

Virtues of Benjamin Franklin

1. "TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation."
2. "SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation."
3. "ORDER. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time."
4. "RESOLUTION. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve."
5. "FRUGALITY. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing."
6. "INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions."
7. "SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly."
8. "JUSTICE. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty."
9. "MODERATION. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve."
10. "CLEANLINESS. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation."
11. "TRANQUILLITY. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable."
12. "CHASTITY. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation."
13. "HUMILITY. Imitate Jesus and Socrates."

Kerodin
III

72 Hours

UPDATE: Denninger - Click Here

Egypt is an outstanding primer on what is possible here when It happens.

I have cautioned since my earliest pieces that FreeFor can not permit the Ruckus to drag on without end.  Every advantage is held by OpFor.  Time is their ally, not on the side of Liberty.

Look now to Egypt.  The public uprising was initially a clean, pure emotional demand for more freedom and a change of direction.  (You must remember that Liberty does not mean the same thing to the Arab or Egyption as it means to the guys at the gun club).  They managed to make their point, and quickly had the Establishment over a barrel.

But it did not take long (5 days or so) for organized special interests to get into the mix and change the nature of the struggle.  Today it is factions of the Muslim Brotherhood who are throwing stones at other protesters, instigating for an Islamic power grab, and busloads of pro-Mubarek supporters bussed in to throw more stones.

In our country, you'd simply replace Muslim Brotherhood/Pro-Government with SEIU t-shirts.

There is no such thing as a successful, prolonged military operation.

Get in, get it done, didi.  72 hours.

When you leave the door open, riff-raff finds a way in...

Kerodin
III

III to Congress: Impeachment

Folks, brush up on your Impeachment thoughts.  In the next few days I'd like to throw out some hardcore thoughts on the topic for consideration.

Remember: Our enemies have no room to attack us as radicals if we stay in the footsteps of our Founders and Framers.  They'll try, but we have the moral high ground, and history on our side.

I will be walking a copy of our book to every Member of Congress, and with your help I want to rattle the foundations of Washington.  I want them to understand that we are the posterity of our Founders and Framers, and we will have Liberty...by any means necessary.

The III and the broader Hard Right will be heard through our book.

You will be heard.  Other than our blogs, I do not see our views represented anywhere. 

That's about to change.

Kerodin
III

Ruckus Considerations...

The feudal Japanese considered a man to be fully responsible for his actions somewhere between the age of 35 and 40.  Younger men were typically cut some slack in the face of transgressions, for they lacked the life experience to always take the most prudent decisions.

It is also widely accepted in serious martial arts circles that the average Warrior does not peak until he is between 48-53 years old.  This is often where two trajectories intersect: Life experience and the collection of martial skills that translate to physical prowess.  This is where your lifetime of skills blend with your lifetime of experiences to make you as dangerous an enemy as you will ever be.

At 50 you have been younger, stronger, and possessed of more stamina...but you lacked the wisdom of a 50 year old to maximize the physical skills.  At 50, the average lifetime Warrior still has considerable physical prowess, and what the years have taken in terms of a moment or two of reaction time, or a bit of strength, experience has compensated with the ability to anticipate and avoid.  The average 50 year old Warrior has seen enough that he can out-think the average 25 year old who is younger, stronger, faster.

Age & cunning will usually defeat youth and enthusiasm, as they say.  Another common saying that relays the point has something to do with the old bull schooling the young bull about the wisdom of walking down the hill as opposed to running...

But here is the unavoidable point: If we conclude that a Ruckus is inevitable you may never be better physically prepared than you are right now.  In my case I am only 43, but I have beaten my body to pieces several times over in dojo's across the country since I was too young to drive and in places outside the dojo where those skills earned me a paycheck.  My body aches most days, and new discomforts arrive routinely.

The clock is ticking against me.  If the Ruckus starts in 20 years, I won't have as much to contribute as I could today.  I think most guys who are passing into their thirties understand what I mean - your body is notably different than when you were in your twenties.  And 40 is a world away from 30!  If you have been a softie for many years, you are behind the curve.  By the time you start looking hard at 50, you have to understand that the body can take unexpected turns, such as heart issues and other medical realities that affect your ability to wade into melee.

CA has posted several times recently about getting yourself in shape, and it is seriously good advice, even if we never have to take the field.  Personally, I have never gone to the gym or worked on free weights or machines.  Throwing your own body weight (and another persons body weight) against gravity is a very effective workout.  Combined with proper sleep and eating habits, you'll reach the best fighting condition you can expect relatively quickly.

But remember, adjust your plans for the Ruckus based on the realistic expectations of your physical abilities.

Your body gets older and degrades every day, and it takes effort to counter the realities of life.  The best you can hope for is to slow the inevitable.

I don't care if you are wheelchair bound, or so overweight you start to wheeze just by looking at a flight of steps in a magazine, you can still be a useful member of FreeFor.  But be realistic and build your plans around reality...and work every day to maintain or improve your physical condition.

Kerodin
III

Left and Right Side by Side

I recently reached out to a few folks and asked for names of Banksters.  I probably have little in common with the author of this information, but on this topic we are on the same side of the issue:  Banksters are mortal enemies of the republic.  Mary is often published on HuffPo, and here is this piece that matters to Patriots.

A beginners list:

BIG BANKS SETTLEMENTS

The Firm:
1. The Company/Subsidiary: Goldman Sachs/Litton Loan Servicing LP
The Settlement Amount: $60 million
The Settlement date: May 10, 2009
The Court or Federal Agency: The Massachusetts attorney general's office
The Complaint: Goldman paid the fine to end the Massachusetts AG's investigation into allegations that it engaged in predatory lending practices in the state. The settlement will be used to reduce the mortgage payments of 714 Massachusetts residents who had secured subprime mortgages funded by Goldman Sachs.
Source: Wayne Leslie, "Goldman Pays to End State Inquiry Into Loans," The New York Times, May 11, 2009.

2. The Company/Subsidiary: Goldman Sachs
The Settlement Amount: $550 million ($300 million to the U.S. government and $250 million to investors
The Settlement date: July 15, 2010
The Court or Federal Agency: The Securities and Exchange Commission
The Complaint: In April 2010, the bank was accused of securities fraud in a civil suit by the SEC that claimed the bank had created and sold mortgage investments that were secretly devised to fail. Though Goldman did not formally admit to the SEC's allegations, it agreed to a judicial order barring it from committing intentional fraud in the future under federal securities laws.
Source: Gretchen Morgensen, "SEC Accuses Goldman of Mortgage Fraud,"The New York Times, April 16, 2010.

The Firm:
1. The Company/Subsidiary: Wells Fargo
The Settlement Amount: $1.4 billion
The Settlement date: November 18, 2009
The Court or Federal Agency: California's attorney general
The Complaint: "The brokerage arm of the bank marketed the securities, which resemble corporate debt and whose interest rates were regularly reset by auctions, as an alternative to cash for years, even after analysts warned that the market could freeze up. In February 2008, banks stopped participating in the auctions and effectively locked up investors' cash. Under the terms of the settlement, Wells Fargo agreed to buy back at par value by April 2010 all auction-rate securities bought through its brokerage unit by investors before the market froze up."
Source: Cyrus Sanati, "Wells Fargo to Repurchase $1.4 Billion of Securities," The New York Times, November 18, 2009.

2. The Company/Subsidiary: Wells Fargo/Wachovia Bank
The Settlement Amount: $160 million
The Settlement date: March 17, 2010
The Court or Federal Agency: The United States District Court for Southern District of Florida
The Complaint: Under the agreement, Wachovia will forfeit $110 million, representing the proceeds of illegal narcotics sales that were laundered through the bank, the United States attorney's office in the Southern District of Florida said. The bank will pay an additional $50 million fine to the Treasury. A deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department resolved charges that the bank had willfully failed to establish a program to guard against money laundering. It also resolved Wachovia's admitted failure to identify, detect and report suspicious transactions in third-party payment processor accounts.
Source: REUTERS, "Wachovia and U.S. Settle a Money Laundering Case," The New York Times, March, 17, 2010.

3. The Company: Wells Fargo
The Settlement Amount: $1.5 million
The Settlement Date: July 21, 2010
The Court or Federal Agency: The United States District Court, AZ
The Complaint: Surprise alleged that the financial institution invested the city's money in a risky, off-shore company backed by subprime mortgages and home-equity loans. Surprise officials last week said Wells Fargo Bank would pay $1.5 million in a settlement agreement to the city.
Source: "Surprise City Council accepts Wells Fargo's Offer on Settlement," The Arizona Republic, July 28, 2010.

4. The Company/Subsidiary: Wells Fargo
The Settlement Amount: $203 million
The Settlement date: August 10, 2010
The Court or Federal Agency: The United States District Court for the Northern District of California
The Complaint: "A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Wells Fargo to pay California customers in restitution for claims that it had manipulated transactions to maximize the overdraft fees it charged. Instead of processing transactions in the order in which they were received, Wells Fargo put through the largest to smallest. In a stinging 90-page opinion, United States District Judge William Alsup wrote that the practice was unfair and deceptive."
Source: Andrew Martin and Ron Lieber, "Wells Fargo Loses Ruling on Overdraft Fees," August 10, 2010.


The Firm:
1. The Company Subsidiary: JP Morgan Chase/Bear Stearns Companies
The Settlement Amount: $28 million
The Settlement date: September 9, 2008
The Court or Federal Agency: Federal Trade Commission
The Complaint: The Bear Stearns Companies and its mortgage servicing unit agreed to pay $28 million to settle federal charges it had deceived subprime borrowers and had engaged in abusive loan practices before the investment bank's collapse.
Source: "Bear to Pay $28 Million to Settle Loan Complaint," The New York Times, September 9, 2008.
2. The Company/Subsidiary: JP Morgan Securities Inc.
The Settlement Amount: will pay a penalty of $25 million, make a payment of $50 million to Jefferson County, and forfeit more than $647 million in claimed termination fees.
The Settlement date: November 4, 2009
The Court or Federal Agency: The Securities and Exchange Commission
The Complaint: "JP Morgan Securities Inc. settled charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission for two former managing directors' alleged roles in an unlawful payment scheme that enabled them to win business involving municipal-bond offerings and swap-agreement transactions with Jefferson County, Ala."
Source: Fawn Johnson and Michael Aneiro, "J.P. Morgan Unit Settles Alabama Case," November 5, 2009.
The Firm:
1. The Company/Subsidiary: Morgan Stanley
The Settlement Amount: $7.2 million
The Settlement date: March 25, 2009
The Court or Agency: FINRA
The Complaint: Morgan Stanley & Co. will pay more than $7 million to resolve allegations of misconduct by two former brokers accused of misleading Rochester, N.Y., area employees of Eastman Kodak Co. and Xerox Corp. to take early retirement and invest retirement assets with them.
Source: "Settlement for Morgan Stanley," Crain's New York Business, March 25, 2009.

2. The Company/Subsidiary: Morgan Stanley
The Settlement Amount: $102 million
The Settlement date: June 23, 2010
The Court or Federal Agency: Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Complaint: Morgan Stanley will pay $58 million to affected Massachusetts borrowers and $23 million to the state's pension fund to make up for the investment losses it suffered, and will return $19.5 million to the state's taxpayers.
Source: REUTERS, "Morgan Stanley to Settle Case Over Subprime Loans," The New York Times, June 24, 2010.
The Firm:
1. The Company/Subsidiary: Bank of America
The Settlement Amount: $4.7 billion
The Settlement date: October 9, 2008
The Court or Federal Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York attorney general
The Complaint: "The Bank of America Corporation has agreed to buy back as much as $4.7 billion in auction-rate securities to settle charges that it misled thousands of customers about the risky investments, federal and New York state regulators said Wednesday."
Source: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, "Bank of America Agrees to Buy Back Auction-Rate Securities," The New York Times, October 9, 2008.


2. The Company/Subsidiary: Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
The Settlement Amount: $26.5 Million
The Settlement date: September 9, 2009
The Court or Federal Agency: Texas State Securities Commissioner
The Complaint: "Merrill Lynch & Co. agreed to pay $26.5 million in a national settlement stemming from Texas's claims that the brokerage firm allowed sales assistants to sell securities without being properly registered."
Source: Kevin Kingsbury, "Merrill to Pay $26.5 Million to Settle Sales-Practice Probe," Wall Street Journal, September 9, 2009.

3. The Company/Subsidiary: Bank of America/Countrywide Financial Corp.
The Settlement Amount: $108 million
The Settlement date: June 6, 2010
The Court or Federal Agency: Federal Trade Commission
The Complaint: "Bank of America Corp. agreed Monday to pay $108 million to settle U.S. claims that Countrywide, the mortgage lender it acquired two years ago, cheated hundreds of thousands of customers facing foreclosure on their homes."
Source: Thomas Catan, "BofA to Pay $108 Million in FTC Case," Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2010.
4. The Company/Subsidiary: Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
The Settlement Amount: $150 million
The Settlement date: February 22, 2010
The Court or Federal Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York attorney general
The Complaint: Southern District of New York Judge Jed S. Rakoff "reluctantly" gave his conditional approval Monday morning to a $150 million agreement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp. to settle allegations that the bank failed to make required disclosures relating the $3.8 billion dollar bonus package paid to Merrill Lynch executives when BofA took over the investment firm in 2008. The Judge succeeded in getting the settlement raised from $33 million to $150 million.
Source: "Judge approves SEC Deal with Bank of America,"New York Times, February 22, 2010.



The Firm:
1. The Company/Subsidiary: Citigroup Inc.
The Settlement Amount: $7 billion
The Settlement date: Dec. 11, 2008
The Court or Federal Agency: the Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and state securities regulators
The Complaint: Under final settlements announced Thursday with regulators that include the Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and state securities regulators, the two banks agreed to buy back billions of dollars of illiquid auction-rate securities from hundreds of customers. Those customers have been unable to sell the securities, which they thought were as good as cash.
Source: Liz Rappaport, "CitiGroup, UBS Settle Deal on Payback," Wall Street Journal, Dec 12, 2008.
2.The Company/Subsidiary: Citigroup
The Settlement Amount: $75 million
The Settlement date: July 29, 2010
The Court or Federal Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
The Complaint: "Citigroup agreed on Thursday to pay $75 million to settle federal claims that it failed to disclose vast holdings of subprime mortgage investments that were deteriorating during the financial crisis and ultimately crippled the bank. The commission singled out two Citigroup executives-- Mr. Crittenden agreed to pay a $100,000 fine; Mr. Tildesley will pay $80,000."
Source: Eric Dash and Louise Story, "Citigroup Pays $75 Million to Settle Subprime Claims," The New York Times, July 29, 2010.

Citigroup

Bank of America

Morgan Stanley

JP Morgan Chase

Wells Fargo

Goldman Sachs

A Letter to Governor Brewer

Folks, recently Arctic Patriot dug up the two gems USC 18 § 241 & § 242.  One of our fellow Patriots (I won't identify him as he has not given me permission to do so) emailed and pointed out that Mayor Bloomberg is most certainly in violation of § 241.

Below is the heads-up I sent to Governor Brewer of Arizona on behalf of all 2A advocates.  Perhaps she can have a chat with one of her local US Attorney's, or otherwise use the information.  The woman is doing her best to challenge FedGov, and getting beaten up for her efforts. 

~~

Governor Brewer,

The recent disclosure that Mayor Bloomberg of New York City is financing undercover Sting Operations in Arizona in an effort to undermine Second Amendment Rights is disappointing, as explored in this story: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110201/D9L3MSSO0.html

A very smart series of Patriots direct your attention to US Code 18 Section 421 & 422, which may be of practical use in this circumstance, and if employed at your direction, would certainly serve as a great morale boost for the Liberty-loving Americans who care about what happens in Arizona and across the republic.

Here is the text of USC 18 Section 421: 

UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 13 - CIVIL RIGHTS           § 241. Conspiracy against rights
If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or

If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured -

They shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results, they shall be subject to imprisonment for any term of years or for life.

Yours in Liberty,
Kerodin & Friends

Judicial Review...or what?

The judge said he didn't believe an injunction to stop the health overhaul was appropriate, because it is generally understood that the executive branch will obey a federal court. The government, however, doesn't believe the ruling requires it to stop implementing the overhaul.

What happens if you or I don't believe a ruling from a Federal Judge means anything?

They'll try to kill us.

Our we write a new chapter for America...

Kerodin
III

Kerodin.com: He Needed Killin'

Hi folks,

Over at Kerodin.com I have listed a piece of language for an Amendment offered by CA.  Read it and consider.

I am personally in the process of moving offices, so I'll catch up on the email you've been sending over the next few days.  We are leaving our corporate offices (been there almost 6 years) for cheaper digs.  Since we let our employees go, we simply don't need to carry the overhead...and if you know anything about DC area corporate real estate rates, you know we can add a lot of prep every month instead of covering that note.

I'll be online here and there, but don't look for any answers for a few days.

Best,

Sam
III

Gun Dems shut down at Judiciary

R's not interested in Hearings...here.

The rabid Left will never stop, of course.  They'll look for a workaround.

Sam
III

Kerodin.com: Meat of the Book

Several items of our Platform are being discussed, with feedback requested by Patriots.

Help craft our message.

Sam
III

Great link in Kentucky from Reg T

This man understands.  Good work, Reg.

Sam
III

LEO bails & Gangs own the Streets...

Drudges top two links from Egypt offer a crystal ball.  It took how many days in Egypt before LEO found holes in which to hide, and gangs with machete's started claiming the ground?

How long would it take here?  Of course, our gangs would not use machete's, except in our South of the Border neighborhoods.

Sam
III

WRSA & Walter Williams

I wish our first black President had been Williams.  What a different world we would live in today.

I recommend you read his latest, but go through Concerned Americans place to get there.  Read CA's thoughts, because they matter.  Whatever you are doing in the political realm toward the goal of Restoration, Prep should not take a back seat.  I'll work to the last moment in the political as well, but I have not neglected Prep, nor should you. 

Sam
III

TL Davis: Courtly Kings & Queens

Read TL's piece.

We do have the power to Impeach, if we redefine what is ...legitimate political discourse... and what are unacceptable interpretations of the Constitution.

But for generations we have allowed others to define the paradigm.  We have not tarred and feathered anyone in many generations.  We have not raised a Ruckus over Constitutional issues since 1860. 

Until we do it, the Status Quo will remain in place.

Sam
III

III: Message to Congress

There is no national candidate who advocates III or Hard Right principles on every issue.

Even Ron Paul fails on 2A issues, unless we grade on a curve.  When given the chance (twice) to advocate for Repeal of all bans and measures that restrict law-abiding citizens from owning legally-obtained firearms  on a 2008 questionnaire, Paul opted in both cases for the more PC answer.

The point is not that we should bash Ron Paul.  Instead, we must understand that on the political field of battle we will have to select the least evil candidate.  All things considered, we could do much worse than Ron Paul in the Oval Office...and we will probably do exactly that.

One thing I hope to accomplish when we send our book to Members of Congress is to give Congressman Paul and maybe a few others the room to move Right on their 2A positions. 

What I would prefer is that we find at least one III candidate among us who will step forward and run for the House.  Just one, with the courage to advocate our principles, without PC positions designed to appeal to the broadest base. 

If you are out there, even if you live in a District that is guaranteed to go Blue, I hope you will step forward and accept the burden to run on the III Platform.  You'll be eaten alive by the press and the Establishment.  They will come at you from everywhere, with every weapon they can find.  You'll lose and you will have to run your entire campaign on a shoestring budget, because aside from the folks who visit our few III blogs, you won't get many donations.

It won't be pretty.

But it would be awfully damned patriotic.

Sam
III

Will Egypt fall to harder Muslims?

"Do you see what Mubarak has been reduced to?" said a young man, coughing into the scarf his face was wrapped in. "Today's the beginning of a new Egypt, a free Egypt."

The sad thing is that a free Egypt will probably mean the freedom of harder Islam...

Drudge has an outstanding collection of links, as usual.

Sam
III

Kerodin.com: Item C & Paradigms II

Today at Kerodin.com we consider the 4A portion of the Platform, and also look again at our paradigms as related to Rights.  We accept many infringements sometimes only because we have never known any other world.

Sam
III