I Might Be A Domestic Terrorist!
MIAC report
If you haven’t heard by now, the Missouri Information Analysis
Center issued a no-longer-secret report about what it considers
to be signs of a suspected domestic terrorist.
I actually heard about this document two weeks ago, but it looks
like the mainstream media finally picked it up. Page 6 of the
report states:
“Federal Reserve Banks: Members of the militia movement are
strongly against the FRS and see it as a mechanism of the elitist
New World Order. In November End the Fed protests were held
nationwide at Federal Reserve Banks in opposition to the FRS.
Many right-wing extremists oppose the FRS and propose a system
backed by gold. Federal Reserve banks may also draw attention
from anti bailout protestors and activists.”
Well, I’m not in a militia, but I’m strongly against the Federal
Reserve System (the root cause of the boom/bust cycle) and I
actually had plans to attend the Dallas End the Fed protest a few
months ago. I didn’t go because my friends I was going with
chickened out. Well, one of them chickened out and the other had
to respect his decision. Anyway, I also believe a gold or silver
backed currency is essential in order for us to have sound money.
Apparently this is an extremist view and I should be approached
with caution. The document goes on to say:
“Militia members most commonly associate with 3rd party political
groups. It is not uncommon for militia members to display
Constitution Party, Campaign for Liberty, or Libertarian
material. These members are usually supporters of former
Presidential candidate: Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr.”
Well, I’m an avid supporter of Ron Paul, and I voted for Chuck
Baldwin in our recent election. Bob Barr is a neocon trying to
pass himself off as a Libertarian. Once again, please use caution
when approaching me.
Regarding anti-government propaganda the document says: “Militia
members commonly display picture, cartoons, bumper stickers that
contain anti-government rhetoric. Most of this material will
depict the FRS, IRS, FBI, ATF, CIA, UN, law enforcement, and the
New World Order in a derogatory manner.”
I’ve got four stickers on the back of my car. They are:
1. Ron Paul campaign sticker
2. Spoof of Geico commercial saying “Good news! I just saved a
bunch of money by switching to Ron Paul!”
3. A quotation of economist Murray Rothbard saying “The State is
the organization of robbery writ large”.
4. A sticker depicting the inevitable result of paper money:
Paper money>Bubble>Recession>Stimulus>Inflation>Price
Controls>Shortages>Riots>Troops on your streets.
These stickers each in some way speak to the issues quoted above.
If you find yourself behind me at a stop light in town and you
see these stickers, it might be advisable to call law enforcement
officials immediately because I may be a domestic terrorist.
Treasury Secretary Geithner got grilled yesterday on Capitol
Hill, and here’s an exchange between he and Rep. Michelle
Bachmann (Youtube Clip). You’ll notice that she asks him where
in the Constititution does it give him the power to do what he is
doing, and he keeps saying Congress gives him the power. I wish
you could have seen the look on his face when she kept asking
him. He looked so confused. He doesn’t realize that Congress
passes unconstitutional legislation all the time. He seems to
think that anything Congress passes is ok, that there is no
chance it could be unconstitutional. Geithner himself took an
oath of office, and in that oath he is sworn to protect and
defend the Constitution. He doesn’t realize he actually serves
as a check against unconstitutional legislation from Congress
pertaining to his department and its powers.
AIG’s bonuses to execs have been in the news this week because
the source of the funds for the bonuses came from the taxpayers.
Now Congress wants to come up with an unconstitutional tax scheme
in order to “take back” that bonus money. What Congress fails to
realize is that it is their fault AIG is using taxpayer dollars
to do this. When they bailed them out multiple times, they
created moral hazard. When you pump money into a failed
institution, you allow that institution to continue to function
rather normally. That means when it is time to pay out bonuses,
they are going to pay those bonuses because the money for it is
there now. If AIG had been allowed to fail, no moral hazard would
exist. If there were any real assets, they would have been
snatched up by private enterprise, and all the bad assets would
have been liquidated. No bonuses would have been paid, because
the funds would not have been there. But since the government has
meddled and created the moral hazard, they want to now meddle in
private contracts, a practice the Constitution forbids. They will
likely get their way because of the public outcry, and in doing
so they will open the door for more contract nullification in the
future, and who knows where their power will stop. I think it
will be best if the bonuses are left alone and Congress upholds
those payment contracts. Anyway, all this hubub about the AIG
bonuses was simply a smokescreen to distract people from the real
news, that the Fed is going to buy over a trillion in US
Treasuries. This will flood the credit markets with cash, and I
guess they hope this will re-inflate the housing bubble. These
days, the government doesn’t pay attention to what they are
allowed to do; their only concern is what they can get away with.
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