Heads Up

A Weekly edition of News from around our country

December 13, 1996 #13

by: Doug Fiedor fiedor19@eos.net

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MALFEASANCE OR NEGLIGENCE

Is it simple misbehavior in office, or out and

out public negligence, when legislators vote to

approve a bill without first completely understanding

and agreeing to the text? We can leave the exact

terminology to the legal-eagles. But one thing most

Americans agree on: The practice is wrong!

Most of these people are lawyers and

businessmen. In civilian life, they would be quickly

sued into oblivion for such negligence. However, as

legislators, we can't touch them. They're legally

immune. And, they know that.

So, lazy legislators do it all the time.

In Ohio, the State Legislature passed a massive

sentencing bill last July, which the governor signed.

But, obviously, no one in the house, senate or governor's

office bothered to read the bill. Now, they're all upset at

things they are finding in there.

For instance, in their hurry to pass that sentencing

bill, and hence to show how tough they are on crime in

Ohio, they also approved the medical use of marijuana.

Yup. Somebody sneaked in a little something extra the

"Tough on Crime" troops didn't know about. Oops!

It was even worse with the federal government this

fall. Acting like a bunch of high school kids wanting the

hell out of there for vacation, Congress put HR-3610, the

last huge omnibus budget bill, on fast-track.

The House approved it 370-37, the Senate 84-15.

Yet, no one read it. And, with a big "to-do" about

bipartisan cooperation, Clinton signed it.

Well, as "Heads Up" readers knew back on

October 4th, every un-American socialist in Congress was

trying to sneak their favorite oppressive legislation into

that bill. And, some of them did.

Now, we pay! Here's part of that new fresh hell:

The Khol Amendment creates gun ban zones nearly

one-half mile in diameter around every school in the

country. Many who were previously able to drive freely

with guns, either in plain view or in the glove compartment,

can now be arrested by anti-gun local police and/or BATF

agents.

The Lautenberg Domestic Confiscation Amendment

bans thousands, and maybe millions, of Americans from

owning firearms for life, and orders their guns seized. The

provision would impose a lifetime gun ban on anyone who

has been convicted of "us[ing] or attempt[ing to]

use ... physical force" in a domestic situation. Of course,

this "use of force" language can cover anyone (both men

and women) who gets involved in a little spat between

spouses, roommates, lovers, etc.

Freedom hating legislators also threw in the study on

placing taggants in black and smokeless powders, a

$16 million increase in the BATF regular budget plus an

additional $66 million for anti-terrorism efforts, and a

provision to force telephone companies to retrofit existing

telephone equipment to allow Big Brother the ability to

easily wiretap citizens from the comfort of their federal

office.

And these are only the things we know about,

folks. Look for more to pop up later. Clearly, "We the

People" have a little work to do! A massive, nationwide

petition drive was suggested by one group. If that

happens, developments will be reported here as they become

available.

For more information on the anti-gun aspects of the

bill, visit the Gun Owners of America Web Page at:

http://www.gunowners.org.

LOOKS GOOD WITH YELLOW

"Those damn things are popping up like

dandelions," were the first words received on the

"Heads Up" computer one morning last week. "Yellow

looks really good over blue!" was also reported within the

text.

The writer said that he could not physically get to

the flag pole to remove the U.N. flag over a public office

building. So . . . he hit it with two yellow splat-balls.

Sounds like an interesting color scheme on this

end. . . .

BURNING BOOKS

The publisher printed nearly half a million copies

of Slick Willie's "Between Hope and History." Not many

sold, of course. Now, the publisher has to eat 350,000

copies.

Let's help them out, folks. When the price gets down

to about a buck a copy, we should all buy one or two.

They'll burn good in the fireplace, and at least we will have

some assurance that Slick's words are good for something.

STYMIEING OVERREACH

The text of a proposed Constitutional amendment is

provided for discussion below. The Liberty Amendment

was proposed in the 1970s and, they say, was approved by

five states. Because of the New World Order fears, and the

very real imposing actions of the United Nations on the

freedom of American citizens, the Liberty Amendment

should be even more interesting to Americans today.

For Tenth Amendment advocates, the Liberty

Amendment goes far in keeping the federal government out

of matters that should be solely a state's business. And,

with only a minimal change, the proposed amendment could

also be worded so as to insure that no treaty or agreement

will ever overrule anything in our Constitution.

Obviously, the Liberty Amendment will not be a

cure for all concerns citizens have with today's federal

government. It would, however, cause a lot of very

worthwhile changes. For that reason, "Heads Up" provides

the full text for your examination.

LIBERTY AMENDMENT

"Section 1. The government of the United States

shall not engage in any business, professional, commercial,

financial or industrial enterprise except as specified in the

Constitution."

The first section terminates ownership and

operation of all business-type activities currently

operated by the federal government, except those

authorized by the Constitution. Operation of the Post

Office, and certain functions Constitutionally connected

with the Armed Forces will not be affected.

"Section 2. The Constitution or laws of any

State, or the laws of the United States shall not be

subject to the terms of any foreign or domestic agreement

which would abrogate this amendment."

This section insures that the amendment's

effectiveness cannot be voided by treaties made with

another country, or the United Nations. In fact,

Section 2 will require that Congress revise or repeal

numerous laws in order to limit the federal government's

activities to the original intent of the Constitution.

"Section 3. The activities of the United States

Government which violate the intent and purpose of this

amendment shall, within a period of three years from the

date of ratification of this amendment, be liquidated and

the properties and facilities affected shall be sold."

The federal government will be allowed three years

to divest itself of hundreds of businesses and other

functions not authorized by the Constitution. This will

also include such things as returning national forests and

mineral rights back to the states. Again, those

properties -- Post Offices, office buildings, military

bases, etc. -- used for Constitutionally authorized

functions, will not be affected.

"Section 4. Three years after the ratification of

this amendment the sixteenth article of amendments to

the Constitution of the United States shall stand

repealed and thereafter Congress shall not levy taxes on

personal incomes, estates, and/or gifts."

This section effectively scraps the Sixteenth

Amendment, and hence the IRS and the whole income tax

system. This also means that every taxpayer in the

country will suddenly realize at least a 20% increase in

take home pay.

YEAR OF THE CHILD

It looks like next year will become the year of the

child -- politically, that is. The unions are planning

to spend many millions in support of big government

socialism. The gimmie groups are gearing up to fight

for more, and more permanent, welfare and medical care.

And the teacher's unions are going to taunt everyone in

the country into contributing more money (taxes) to their

favorite cause -- themselves.

This massive campaign, of course, will all be

planned and headed up by Hillary. That is, if she's a

good girl, and gets her pardon. . . .

Look for the central theme of all this to be the

children. The children need more medical attention. The

children need free baby-sitters. The children need more

food. The children need better housing. And, of course,

the children need better schools.

In other words, they are going to pump up the same

old hackneyed scam they have pushed for years. Except,

this year you will not see adults mentioned very often.

They will try to pull a tear-jerker on us and push the

kids up front.

So, when they start that, mention the word

"responsibility" and watch them go ballistic! Because,

the health care is there. The food is there (if someone

cooks it). And the schools get tons of money.

The problem is, no one takes the "responsibility"

to make these things work properly. Contrary to what you

will be told, giving more money is not the answer. We

tried that for decades. So far, the bill to the taxpayer

is more than one-Trillion dollars -- about a $9,000

contribution from every taxpayer in the country -- with

no results in sight yet.

In other words, throwing money at the situation

doesn't work. Leadership is the answer. But there is

none.

Look closely and you'll find that the poverty

pimps -- like Jessie "where's the camera?"

Jackson -- who scream the loudest in support of more

government handouts for the poor, are also the ones who

have became wealthy supporting this cause. Like other

limousine liberals, these type of people do not support

the poor personally. They only act when there is

something in it for them -- power, money, fame, or

whatever.

Any benefits they bring to the truly needy are

minimal. And often, they do much more harm than good

by providing a false sense of security.

USE THE PROPER TERM

An organized group of women were selling their

time to businessmen in Las Vegas last month. No big

deal, it happens all the time there. Right?

Yeah. But they were charging from $2,500 to

$30,000 an hour. Heck, that's almost enough to rent the

Lincoln Bedroom for a night from Slick Willie.

In fact, this group of women must have been

taking fund raising lessons from the boy from Dogpatch

because, like the Clinton Administration, their commodity

was access (no pun intended). The ladies are legislators.

The National Foundation for Women Legislators

decided to turn their November meeting into a fund raiser

by allowing more than 40 businesses and special interest

groups to give presentations for a price. They figured

they would have to hear all of these presentations sooner

or later anyway, so they might as well make a little

money while listening.

Yup, the distaff legislators from the states are now

in the same message for money business as their federal

brothers and sisters. The more money you pay them, the

more seriously they listen to your message.

AMERICA UNDER SIEGE

American cities are under armed attack by

military forces. Sure, it's only a few squads of

military at a time doing the attacking. And, usually

only one city is invaded at a time, and then only for a

few days.

But, like prostitution, it is not the amount that

is important to define the action. You either are, or

you are not. And, in this case, there most definitely

are armed combat troops attacking American metropolitan

areas.

To date, areas of Chicago, Pittsburgh,

Memphis, New Orleans, Houston, Dallas, Detroit,

and Los Angeles have all been attacked in the dead of

night by armed uniformed military forces. An attack

was also planned for Ft. Lauderdale, but a coalition of

concerned citizens ran the culprits off.

Usually, they come as a sneak attack, by

helicopter. The choppers lay a cover of automatic

gunfire, while the attacking squads repel from the

aircraft to rooftops or the ground. They use standard

combat practices, and fire off a variety of weapons and

grenades to "sterilize the area" for the invading troops.

In other words, standard invasion techniques are

used to "kill a civilian area." . . . In American cities.

Where American citizens live. While the American

people are still living there. . . . And Washington

encourages this!?

A report from an eye witness with years of

military experience said that there were also European

troops intermixed with the United States forces. The man

is fluent in Slavic languages, and reports that he distinctly

heard foreign troops making very disparaging remarks

about the concerns of American civilians during a

midnight attack.

What the hell is going on here, people?

If we have American military personnel with so

little personal honor that they will prepare for attack on

American citizens . . . well . . . it appears that we are

going to have one hell of a bumpy ride down that road

to tyranny!

These military miscreants need to be stopped,

and pronto! Don't ask -- demand -- that your Members

of Congress put an end to this. For, it was Congress,

after all, that funded the attacks.

STUPID LAWS

Last month, Colorado voters approved amending

their state constitution to outlaw leg-hold and body-hold

traps to control wild animals. This makes Colorado the

first state in the country to make the use of the common

mouse trap a prisonable offense.

Homeowners can still use a shotgun to control

pests. Just not a mouse trap.

Good one, folks! Constitutional rights for rodents.

That action must have required a good bit of forethought.

BACK ISSUES

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