American Liberty Congress

What say you, Patriots?

Are you more motivated now to stand on their steps and look them in the eye?

We are less than a week from the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Americans have been here before.

It is our turn.

Kerodin
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Get it?

Do you understand now?

For each and every one of you who have taken the position that the Supreme Court is the legitimate arbiter of what is, and what is not, Constitutional, enjoy your "Constitutional" Mandate. Now would be a very good time to start reading your Jefferson and Madison about the scope of the Judiciary. Start here at NCRenegade for some Jefferson.

An act is NOT Constitutional simply because 5 men say so.

Would it be Constitutional for the same 5 men to outlaw your handguns? Of course not.

If one million people call a Zebra a cow, the Zebra is still not a cow. The mob of 1 million people may kill you while declaring the Zebra is a cow...but even after you are dead the Zebra is still not a cow.

In this case all 3 branches of our Masters (the Mob in Mob Rule) say this is Constitutional. Now America is left with 4 options:

Option One: Accept it.

Option Two: 10th Amendment - The States refuse to comply or secede (Not going to happen)

Option Three: 9th Amendment - The Voters throw out the bad politicians who voted for ObamaCare and send people to Washington who promise to repeal. (Not going to happen)

Option Four: 2A. (Not going to happen)

What do I think will happen?

Option One. People are not going to rise up. People are not going to vote enough new politicians to repeal. People are going to accept this additional abuse, because that is what the majority of Americans are today.

Until Implosion, the enslavement continues and increases. Mob Rule will continue until the Mob is disbanded...by force.

Kerodin
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A Birthday in the timeline of the Declaration

June 28, 1776: A fair copy of the committee draft of the Declaration of Independence is read in Congress.

It would have been better if Congress left it alone, but of course they bickered and revised.

But it is still one of the most elegant documents ever produced by Man.

Have you read it recently?

Here's a rough draft, also a link to the revisions made in Congress, and of course the final draft.

Kerodin
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Benchmade Tactical Pen

Do you carry a Tactical Pen?

Benchmade sent me this one to be reviewed in our SHTF Go Bag Project. It is a Model 1100-4 in stainless. I'll provide a full review in our book, but a quick insight is warranted now.

I have carried this device for about six months now, especially when I am dressed for clients. The pen is sophisticated and attractive enough to pass in business meetings as an appropriate writing instrument for a successful businessman. You will not feel like you are pulling out a Bic when the other guy pulls a Mont Blanc.

And, it writes well, too.

Of course the business end is the tapered & rounded tip (Left side of the image). To strike the best scenario puts you in a position to hold the pen in your clenched fist, business-end jutting about 1.5 - 2 inches below the edge of your palm, with your thumb on the cap. Deploy it in a backfist or downward jab if possible. Or flip it 180 degrees and go for a side-winder jab. The sphenoid is your target unless you are certain you shouldn't kill the bastard.

It is heavy enough to whip and slap knuckles, wrist bone, elbow if you want to get his attention. A good thrust into the soft tissue around or behind the knee will work wonders. Jam it an inch or two into the neck muscle around the carotid will work, without piercing the skin. The pen is balanced very well for deploying with a single hand. There are no sharp edges or tips - it is designed to break bone or be a good tool for digging deeply into soft spots. Use the backfist or side-winder jab into the rib cage near the armpit and your bad guy will use his other arm for a while.

I have found that the pen rarely gets a second look, even from trained security.

This model retails at $153 and is worth the money. You can find it cheaper if you look. I would not trade my 3" Cold Steel Voyager, but why not carry both when possible? If I have to use the Voyager, I'll probably leave a wet mess and need a change of clothes.

You can incorporate a Tactical Pen into your CQB skillset and add a very effective tool to your kit for keeping yourself alive.

I commend it to you. Here's a link to the Benchmade site for this model.

Roger Simon: Our Supreme Court has lost its honor

The greatest power the justices have is carved into the marble of the Supreme Court Building and gilded in gold: “It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.”

These are the words of John Marshall, the fourth U.S. chief justice, written in 1803. His decision established forever that the Supreme Court had the right to uphold or strike down laws passed by Congress.

Nowhere in the Constitution is the Supreme Court given this power. The Supreme Court took it in a 4-0 decision.

This is honesty from Roger Simon, a hardcore Leftist slug.

His piece is a beautiful bit of whining about the Court. But he will not whine when the Court takes a decision of which he approves.

The hypocrisy of the Left (and by extension, the Establishment) is fully on display in this article. As long as the Court does what he wants, it is relevant and noble. When it does not do what he wants, it is a rogue entity that artificially created the power it wields.

Mr. Simon and I agree on the fundamental point: The Court does not have the Authority under the Constitution to impose it's decision upon either the Executive or Legislative.

"Checks and Balances" is not what you learned in Civics class. "Checks & Balances" is not the power to force the other branches to yield.

Checks and Balances is the power of each branch to decide for itself what is and is not Constitutional, and to act according to its own decision within that sphere of influence. If the People disagree, we can vote out the politicians with whom we disagree. If We the People disagree with the Judiciary, we have the Right to nullify and we have the Right to demand Impeachment.

But never in a million years in a billion parallel universes did our Framers ever intend that the few Members of the Court would have final power to decide what the rest of us must do...hence the Ninth & Tenth Amendments. Hence, Impeachment. Hence, Treason.

Judicial Review is a stolen power, a facade that benefits our Masters, with minor inconveniences from time to time. They permit the fallacy to exist, so that the illusion of legitimacy is accepted by most of your Countrymen.

And, it works.

Think about it.

Here is the entire Roger Simon piece.

UPDATE: I think some people grasp concepts best when analogies are used. So, try this one: Our Governance under the Constitution, in the spirit of the DoI and with the expressly forbidden acts articulated in the BoR, was never meant to be an absolutely rigid construct.

Think of a racetrack. There are hard barriers and all racers must stay in-bounds. In our governance these bounds are drawn by the express powers granted in the Constitution and the express acts that are forbidden in the Bill of Rights.

But within these boundaries, the individual cars (or boats if you prefer) have room to move, to even skid across the water or roadway from time to time, to bump into one another. In governance this "skidding" and movement is the mechanics of governing, where rubber meets the road, if you will. It is not precise. It was known by our Framers that precision was unattainable, since the Nature of Man was involved.

Get it?

Kerodin
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The EBT Cycle

Most folks fail to connect the dots between Government handout programs, EBT cards, active marketing to increase EBT users, and the food industry, which directly benefits from the free money...which then donates to the politicians who hand out the EBT cards.

Get it?

Now you know why Government will never willingly end welfare (it puts money in their re-election coffers and voters in the booth) and will never willingly restrict people from using EBTs to buy soda, snacks, et cetera.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
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36 hours and counting...

Within 36 hours we will know more about ObamaCare and Contempt of Congress charges for Attorney General Holder.

Don't get excited.

ObamaCare: No matter what decision comes down from the Court, remember this fact - if you take the position that they have the authority to kill it, you take the position that they have the authority to impose it.

Beyond that premise, which you know I reject, there are political realities. Most importantly the Republicans are not going to kick Healthcare out of the Federal basket. They have no intention of surrendering power of such a huge percentage of the GDP. The Republican call is "Repeal & Replace" if SCOTUS upholds any part of ObamaCare. No matter what happens, not one politician in power or running for office is taking the Constitutionally-correct position that FedGov has ZERO role in American healthcare.

Holder: This one is going to upset a big chunk of our community, as well as the NRA crowd. (Have you noticed that even segments of the NRA crowd have taken issue with Suarez?)

There are many variables regarding the Contempt vote tomorrow. It could be cancelled or "delayed" by last minute games from either side. It could go to the Floor and be voted down. It could go to the Floor and be approved.

I'll address the potential of the vote passing. If the Attorney General is held in Contempt for not producing documents that POTUS has declared off-limits, you have a headline-making bit of political theatre that will help the D's talk about issues other than the economy. In fact, from the D perspective, you'll hear many arguments about how unreasonable this Republican House has been, thwarting POTUS at every turn, blah blah.

Simple truth: A Contempt citation does not upset the D's at all. They may be hoping for it.

Second consideration: If the Attorney General is held in Contempt, why would he and POTUS not decide this is the best time for him to take the sting and step down? Think about that for a moment. If Holder steps down, POTUS has to find, nominate, and then get through the Senate another AG - a process that will drag beyond the election cycle. And you can be certain there will be no document release until the new AG "...has a chance to get settled into office and review all GunWalker information..."

So folks, no matter what happens tomorrow regarding the Contempt vote, don't expect anything close to "Victory" for the R's. It ain't gonna happen.

Even if they do a document dump to take the vote off the table, the documents will prove generally useless.

Politically, there is no downside for the D's tomorrow regarding the Contempt vote.

Politically, Boehner is correct: There is nothing but Loser headlines for the R's, no matter what happens.

And make no mistake, folks, nothing about GunWalker is now about "Justice", it is all about Politics from both sides. Even Chairman Issa is on a political hunt. He's looking for a D takedown of any sort he can put in his resume for 2016 or 2020...

One final note: Not one American of the Leftist persuasion devotes 2 seconds a day thinking about Gunwalker. They don't care. It is the same for the average R voter and non-voter. They don't care.

GunWalker only matters Inside the Beltway and in the politically hard-Right part of the spectrum. And I can tell you first-hand: Inside the Beltway this issue is not significant. It is not an issue that keeps D's or R's awake at night. It is political noise, and nothing else.

For 99.9% of America, GunWalker is a non-issue.

Sorry for the Reality.

Kerodin
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If you pick up a cat by the tail you will learn things you cannot learn any other way

Our republic was once populated by a vast majority of people who understood such basic common sense. Indeed, just to survive many days those who came before us had to hold the cat by the tail and hope for the best.

Just something to think about.

The quote is Mark Twain's.

Kerodin
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Kerodin Examiner: Gerrymandering in Maryland

Gerrymandering is nothing new, and it is done by both sides of the Establishment.

That doesn't make it right.

If you respect our Founding Ideals, all such political games should offend.

Here's the piece.

If you are in Maryland, consider MarylandPatriots.org, here.

Kerodin
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Black Panthers and the RNC: They are ready to hunt...

Brock has the story, here.

Kerodin
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TL: Are you ready for Thursday?

TL asks bluntly: Where do we jump off? I suppose as long as life is tolerable we will continue along, waiting for that moment, which I hold has come and gone, easily managed by the politicians of the day.

Curtis observes: Deja vu...

One of the discussions front and center again over at CA's place is the Moral High Ground. This goes to Curtis' point - that topic has come around at least 4 times in my 2 years online. Many of the same people weigh in, many of the same arguments, one or two people change or nuance their position, and we are all 2 years older while OpFor is 2 more years along with their plan.

Bill posted today about the fact that the war is well underway. For those critics of mine that will state the contrary in regards to already being at war… strap on your heater and walk down town and wait for it. You can't defeat that logic so don't even try, at least not with me.

The beat-downs are all one-sided at the moment. The deaths are all in FreeFor or the genuine non-combatant ranks. The attackers are all in Government, and supported by overwhelming numbers of your neighbors - yes, even you folks who live in the Red states. How many politicians at any level of Government, or even running for office, would you put in the III/Constitutionalist/genuine Liberty camp?

Yes, I will vote. No, it will not matter in our efforts to restore Liberty. Voting is simply my way of paying respect to those who have fought, killed, suffered and died to provide me the opportunity. If I give up the franchise, they have all sacrificed in vain.

So, when do we step off? When do you step off? Who is and who is not on your Enemies List? Who is and who is not on your Shoot/No Shoot list? These questions are many, and everyone needs to answer them in their own hearts.

The Enemies of Liberty offend more and more people every day. They bump uglies at every airport in the nation. They drop Grandpa's ashes on the floor, they kill dogs and people with impunity. Of the money you make every year, they get more of it than do you (look at hidden taxes). But will they ever annoy enough people at the same time, sufficiently, that our goal of genuine Liberty will be supported by the majority?

Hell no.

I know I am already on many OpFor lists. I know I will probably die with help before the end of my natural life. I know where I stand on every important issue facing this counter-revolution. I know I am most useful to the pursuit of Liberty by standing in public, running my mouth, working to build our numbers, build morale and cohesion, challenge what needs to be challenged, even amongst our own, and every single day taking some positive, tangible action beyond the words I speak or write.

Do your best to work out your place in this aspect of life, and then do something about it.

Don't be one of those guys caught in the loop and never taking any real-world steps to advancing a solution.

Remember why we know John Parker's name...because he did more than count angels on the head of a pin and worry about what might happen to him.

TL here.

Curtis here.

Bill here.

CA here.

Kerodin
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Ohio 9th: Joe the Plumber

You folks in the Ohio 9th have Joe Wurzelbacher on the ballot against Marcie Kaptur. Joe is worth going to the polls, even if it is a Necessary Fail.

I met Joe twice, though he wouldn't know me. He was meeting thousands of people at the time, every day. He may not be everything you want, but in the Ohio 9th you are not choosing simply between lesser evils. He struck me as humble and honest.

We talk of waypoints. Let's get closer to our goal, one step at a time.

I do not think Joe is an Allen West. I may be wrong. I know Joe is not a hardcore Constitutionalist, but I know on a checklist of my goals he marks waypoints I'd like to hit.

And my argument remains sound: During Implosion, I'd rather have Joe in a bunker shot-calling for folks in Northern Ohio than Marcie Kaptur.

Here is his campaign website.

Kerodin
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III Gear Update

Hi folks,

I have a large order of Condor due into my shop today or tomorrow, same with our branded KA-BARs and the Cold Steel large folders. I rec'd a large order of promotional material yesterday (business cards, et cetera). I've been sitting on shipping a few orders until I get most of your order ready to go.

I won't be waiting on our clothing printer. I gave them a massive order with many variations, so if you have ordered shirts/hoodies/et cetera I'll ship the rest of your order then follow up with the clothing when it arrives to me. So if you open your box and find no shirt, you'll know your size was out of stock and I'll send as soon as I receive.

Most of you have noticed I have not been pushing the 527 for a while. The reason is simply the KA-BAR's (KA-BAR took FOREVER to set up our account, but I give them props after that was done, everything moved professionally with no backorders) and other items that have put us behind the curve. I do not like having folks waiting on gear while still waving the "Donate" banners. Once we get to a place in our order stream I can live with, I'll unveil our next round of fundraising.

We have several very cool items to raffle off, and I am looking into more.

Quick note on ALC: The Willard Hotel is very close to the Capitol. It is my first choice for our November 2 meetings and as our muster point on November 3. But much depends on how many Patriots we have committed to attending. Don't worry, I'm not going to ask anyone to make a hard commitment yet, I just want you to understand why I have not nailed down the venue yet. BTW, a room at the Willard for the night is big bucks, at least for my budget ($400/night+) So once I have a better count on our numbers, I'll float a group pricing option to all of the downtown hotels.

Kerodin
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Who's on your Enemies List?

This picture is getting a lot of airtime this week.

The FBI quickly began rounding up any and all "suspicious" Japanese for internment. None was ever charged with any crime. Almost all were simply Japanese community leaders, Buddhist or Shinto priests, newspaper editors, language or Judo instructors, or labor organizers. The Japanese community leadership was liquidated in one quick operation. [Emphasis mine - K]

Men were taken away without notice. Most families knew nothing about why their men had suddenly disappeared, to where they were taken, or when they would be released. Some arrestees were soon let free, but most were secretly shipped to internment camps around the country. Some families learned what had happened to their men only several years later. The action also included the freezing of bank accounts, seizure of contraband, drastic limitation on travel, curfew and other severely restrictive measures. But this FBI operation merely set the stage for the mass evacuation to come.

The Enemies of Liberty have a plan.

Guess where you fit into that plan.

The people writing that plan are not soldiers or LEO carrying weapons. The architects of the plan are wearing suits & ties, have law degrees, and are probably not armed.

Your neighbors vote for the politicians who enact the plan. Your neighbors send money to groups that influence the plan. Your neighbors are the people who See Something & Say Something. Your neighbors will support the enactors of the plan (LEO).

Who is on your list? Make it count, you may not survive the first wave, and if you do, you'll still be on a list for collection...

Objective One: Fuck up their ability to carry out the plan.

Objective Two: Fuck up everyone responsible for the plan.

This is not a game. This is not an academic exercise.

This is Liberty, Slavery or Death.

You are already on a list. Trainer is, too.

Here's the link, posted here by CA.

Kerodin
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Not Our Blood: New Blog!

Welcome to another Patriot who has decided to add his voice to our community!

The more who dare to stand on the ridge, the more our enemies will consider...

Drop by his place, folks.

Here.

Kerodin
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Sovereign States?

Governor Jan Brewer has the opportunity not found in every generation, an opportunity to earn a place in American History aside Founders and Framers.

Is the Governor the highest elected official in a Sovereign State, or not?

Is she willing to risk Federal wrath by ignoring the Court and the Executive?

Is she willing to do the job she was elected to do by the people of Arizona?

Is she willing to put her Guard and Troopers at entry-points to the State and deny access by Feds? Is she willing to shut down Fed offices by posting a Trooper at the door? Is she ready to issue an eviction notice to all FedGov employees?

Is she ready to order illegals marched over her Southern border whence they came?

Is she ready to defend her State?

If so, I'll be there.

If not, you folks in Arizona know you need a new Governor.

Kerodin
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CDP: Redcoats doing their job

A man who will not question his orders is not a Patriot, he is filth.

Why always matters.

Evil done, whether by choice or by oath or by simple command, is Evil done.

Here's CDP's piece.

Kerodin
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Consider: Simple Brain Food

Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. - Jeff Cooper

The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny. In fact, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized. - Jeff Cooper

Life, or not life. - A real Warrior who taught me much, and shall remain nameless.

Kerodin
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Cooper is to Suarez as Jefferson is to Marx

Col. Cooper: Let us reflect upon the fact that a man who covers his face shows reason to be ashamed of what he is doing. A man who takes it upon himself to shed blood while concealing his identity is a revolting perversion of the warrior ethic. It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view. [Emphasis mine - K]

By contrast, here is a bit of Gabe Suarez ideology: When I was on SWAT our view is that "We will always win....even if we have to burn down your entire house by bombing it....we will win". Period.

Followed by this gem from Gabe: Notice that I have not even gotten into the "right or wrong" discussion. Why not? Because it is not relevant.

This Suarez topic has many in our community growling. I think this is because Gabe's recent posts wonderfully articulate the differences between Patriots who genuinely love Liberty and our Countrymen who cherish the coin of the King and choose to feed Ego at the expense of innocents. Gabe helps put a face on one aspect of our national shame.

Here's a piece by Ursus Minor that articulates the conversation well.

And here is a piece sent to me by The Great and Wonderful Zoomie that fits nicely with our topic.

Stand and be counted, folks. Silence is now consent. Do not let any insult to your Liberty pass without protest, even if your only protest is on a blog or the ballot box. We must raise the volume on our discontent.

We are all in that time when we shall choose to be Free men at Liberty or forever crouch to lick the hands that feed us.

Kerodin
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What to do with the King's Men

I have stated and stand by my position regarding the King's Men among us, the Loyalists, the Establishment, those who work for Government, those of the FSA, everyone who stands against Rightful Liberty: They may sit down and STFU and stop undermining the Founding Principles and Founding Documents of the republic and remain in peace among us, or they may leave of their own free will, or they may be forced to leave our borders.

For those who refuse to stand down and go away, they may be tried by Patriots under Article III Section III of the Constitution for having waged war upon the republic by actively working to overthrow the Constitution. See the picture above.

My position is not arbitrary. I did not pull it from my bum. I did not simply come up with the idea and proclaim it to be "The Patriots Battle Plan" and advocate it as our path forward.

I looked to our Founders.

Here is a quote from a wiki on the period: By July 4, 1776 the Patriots had gained control of virtually all territory in the 13 colonies, and expelled all royal officials. No one who openly proclaimed their loyalty to the Crown was allowed to remain, so for the moment, Loyalists fled or kept quiet. Some of those who remained later gave aid to invading British armies or joined uniformed Loyalist regiments. [Emphasis mine - K]

At this moment I consider Patriots to be in the same phase our Founders occupied immediately prior to the Sons of Liberty being unleashed to Tar & Feather, to torch Loyalist homes, to host real Tea Parties in Boston Harbor, to shut down Loyalist businesses, and to generally take steps to make Loyalists STFU. Today we stand at that line, and circumstances will, in our very near future, lead a Patriot, or a small group of Patriots, somewhere in this great republic, to take a modern Sons of Liberty action. Someone is going to step off the porch.

Please don't quibble with my use of the word republic. We may not be functioning as a republic, but it is our hearts, and it is a waypoint in our journey. We will be there again, or we will all be dead. And I know Patriots do not have control of the Colonies at the moment - that will take work. You didn't think Liberty would be easy, did you?

I consider the American Liberty Congress to be a patriotic and noble event. We will demonstrate that we are not afraid. We will demonstrate that we come in peace to demand our Liberties be unencumbered. A Declaration was good enough for men like Jefferson and Franklin, it is damned well good enough for us.

The next move will be left to those who continue to infringe our Liberties.

We have our roadmap to Liberty. Our Founders did this once, and documented it for us, should we ever need to repeat the process.

The years and tasks before us, folks, are nothing more than maintenance of Liberty.

Spring Cleaning. Out with the detritus and parasites that have been allowed to collect for too long. Once we clean house, we and our posterity can relax...until next time.

Here's the wiki link, which I found via Rich's place.

Recovering Liberty is simple, folks: The King's Men simply have to go.

Kerodin
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