Threats to Liberty in Congress
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee has a list of some bills before Congress that affect some of our civil rights.
http://bordc.org/threats/legislation/index.php
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee has a list of some bills before Congress that affect some of our civil rights.
http://bordc.org/threats/legislation/index.php
Your letters, phone calls, and emails convinced Norment to change his mind!
"Senate Minority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. (R-James City) said today he no longer supports keeping the $1 per vehicle surcharge on annual vehicle registrations."
Full Story at: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2007/12/norment_no_longer_supports_1_c.html
Related Link:
Senator Torment on WRVA:"It's only a dollar!!!"
From Mike Eck:
You may have heard that members of the Ron Paul Meetup groups are trying to raise $10 million on one day for Ron Paul.
The day is Sunday, 16 December, anniversary of the Boston Tea Party!
Please take a look at the Ron Paul video below, and if you like what you see, click on the second link so you can donate to the cause.
Ron Paul is the last hope for America.
All the others are just typical politicians, supported by big corporations, Military Industrial complex, and big bankers. (8 minutes)
Please take a look at this 8 minute video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG2PUZoukfA
Should you get the urge to donate, click here: http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
On Thursday, December 6, 2007, Senator Thomas Tormet (R-Williamsburg), the new Senate minority leader, was interviewed by Jimmy Barrett on his WRVA morning show. After discussing the abusive driver fees, Jimmy asked Senator Torment about the $1 tax that we all pay annually on vehicle registration to subsidize the failed Jamestown celebration. This fee is set to sunset in 2008.
Senator Torment said that he wanted to keep the fee, but did not know for what use, maybe tourism. Jimmy took him to task, stating that this was reneging on a promise made when this tax was originally created for a specific purpose. You have got to listen to the rest. Go to www.WRVA.co. Type in"podcast" in the search box and you can hear the interview. Words do not do justice to what followed. The arrogance and insults are unbelievable.
Senator Torment said: "It's only a dollar." He called Jimmy cheap. He said that WRVA did not pay him enough if he could not afford a dollar tax. He offered to persoanlly send Jimmy a dollar.
The afternoon WRVA host, Doc Thompson, had talked about this tax the day before. He also could not believe the arrogant insults of Senator Torment. He started a petition for all of us to ask for their dolalr back, which will be sent to Senator Torment. You should read the comments with the petition. Go to the same WRVA web site. Click on personalities and go to DocThompson. It will lead you to the web site.
Also read the lead letter to the editor in the December 10, 2007 Times Dispatch. Senator Torment obviously cannot be embarrassed.
WizeMaxie
Ron Paul ..... 182 votes ..... 38 percent
Fred Thompson .... 112 votes .... 23 percent
Mike Huckabee .... 51 votes .... 10 percent
Mitt Romney .... 45 votes .... 9 percent
Rudy Giuliani .... 43 votes ... 9 percent
John McCain .... 23 votes .... 5 percent
Duncan Hunter .... 19 votes ... 4 percent
Tom Tancredo ..... 4 votes .... .08 percent
Hugh Cort .... 0 votes
John Cox ..... 0 votes
Full Story at http://ricksincerethoughts.blogspot.com/2007/12/ron-paul-wins-virginia-gop-straw-poll.html
Related Link:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/12/01/paul_handily_wins_virginia_str.html?hpid=topnews
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/search.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-12-02-0258.html (Note: The RTD corrected the incorrect info about busing people into the event)
From FairTax.org
By every measure, this has been a remarkable year for the FairTax. With your support, FairTax.org delivered over 140,000 faxes to Congress for Tax Day 2007 saying "Enough!" with the current tax system. We rallied thousands of supporters who marched in Columbia, SC for the GOP presidential debate and Iowa Straw Poll in Ames, and gained a record 66 Congressional co-sponsors for HR 25--the FairTax bill. But we're just getting started, and 2008 promises to be an incredible time for our historic cause. As 2007 winds down, here's a quick peek at just three of the big pieces we're planning for 2008:
Becoming THE issue in the primaries and general election
We're going to continue to make the FairTax the issue in critical states and ensure that the candidates feel the heat from our growing army of supporters. This year, we already saw the impact of our efforts: Candidates stumping everywhere were constantly having to face the FairTax question and respond to our numbers.
Tax Day 2008
Building on our success from 2007, we're going to construct from the ground up even greater awareness of the FairTax nationally on April 15, 2008 and make sure Congress knows we're coming their way.
FairTax Groups
We're energizing our grassroots leadership with new powerful online tools to help them organize and spread the word about the FairTax cause locally. Learn more about what we're doing now with online groups..
There's plenty more, but if you have an idea of something you'd like to see FairTax.org do in the coming year, let us know! We always welcome your feedback on ways to generate greater awareness and build even more support on the best tax alternative around!
Here's an update on the Liberty Dollar:
"Usually at this time of the month, it is the deadline for the Liberty Dollar News, our monthly newsletter that has chronicled the Liberty Dollar for over nine years.
Of course all that came to a screeching halt when the g-boys raided the Liberty Dollar just two weeks ago on Wednesday, November 14. 2007.
So now I am running from the government, afraid for my life and trying to figure out what the hell to do next! Right? Wrong! Nothing could be further from reality. Please read these quick bulleted (no pun) items for a quick review of the latest developments"
Full Story at http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=44059
From the Ron Paul Campaign:
On Saturday, Dec. 1, the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) will sponsor a presidential straw poll in conjunction with its annual "Advance" in Arlington. Any registered Virginia voter is eligible to participate.
This will be the last state-party-sponsored straw poll before the real voting takes place in Iowa and New Hampshire in the first days of 2008. Consequently, it will prove to be an excellent opportunity to show the strength of the tremendous grassroots support for Congressman Paul in his run for the White House.
If you want to vote for Dr. Paul in the RPV Straw Poll - and if you really want to get involved with the Ron Paul movement - please attend the 24th Annual Donald Huffman Advance, which provides training opportunities for grassroots activists and a chance to meet Republican Party members and other Paul supporters from around the Commonwealth.
The Straw Poll will take place at 4:30 PM on Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington. (The hotel is Metro accessible, and on-site parking is available.)
To register in advance - which is highly recommended - please visit http://rpv.org/092007_advance.html
There will be opportunities to make the case for Dr. Paul for President and recruit new supporters at the various hospitality suites Friday night before the straw poll. The Paul campaign will be hosting hospitality suites on both Friday and Saturday night (floor and rooms to be announced at the Advance).
Please be at the hotel early to ensure your access to the voting hall.
Several Ron Paul Meetup groups are making plans to car-pool to the Straw Poll. Check with your local Meetup coordinator for more information.
Voting in the straw poll costs $35.00.
Remember, Dec. 1 will be your last chance to vote for Ron Paul until the Virginia primary election in February. Come show your support and let the world know that the Ron Paul Revolution is on the move in Virginia!
Sincerely,
Dennis Fusaro
National Field Director
Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign Committee
Thanks to Sue Walker for sending this in:
As Congress debates new rules for government eavesdropping, a top intelligence official says it is time that people in the United States change their definition of privacy.
Donald Kerr, principal deputy director of national intelligence, wants Americans to redefine privacy.
Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people's private communications and financial information.
Full Story at: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/11/terrorist.surveillance.ap/
Methinks the Bush administration has already been proceeding on this insane idea. The people Kerr wants us to trust with our identity have already proven themselves untrustworthy.
Thanks to David Lively for sending this in:
http://shawnshekari.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/15/1099546-liberty-dollar-offices-raided-by-fbi
I sincerely regret to inform you that about 8:00 this morning a dozen FBI and Secret Service agents raided the Liberty Dollar office in Evansville.
For approximately six hours they took all the gold, all the silver, all the platinum and almost two tons of Ron Paul Dollars that where just delivered last Friday. They also took all the files, all the computers and froze our bank accounts.
We have no money. We have no products. We have no records to even know what was ordered or what you are owed. We have nothing but the will to push forward and overcome this massive assault on our liberty and our right to have real money as defined by the US Constitution. We should not to be defrauded by the fake government money.
But to make matters worse, all the gold and silver that backs up the paper certificates and digital currency held in the vault at Sunshine Mint has also been confiscated. Even the dies for mint the Gold and Silver Libertys have been taken.
This in spite of the fact that Edmond C. Moy, the Director of the Mint, acknowledged in a letter to a US Senator that the paper certificates did not violate Section 486 and were not illegal. But the FBI and Services took all the paper currency too.
The possibility of such action was the reason the Liberty Dollar was designed so that the vast majority of the money was in specie form and in the people’s hands. Of the $20 million Liberty Dollars, only about a million is in paper or digital form.
I regret that if you are due an order. It may be some time until it will be filled... if ever... it now all depends on our actions.
Everyone who has an unfulfilled order or has digital or paper currency should band together for a class action suit and demand redemption. We cannot allow the government to steal our money! Please don’t let this happen!!! Many of you read the articles quoting the government and Federal Reserve officials that the Liberty Dollar was legal. You did nothing wrong. You are legally entitled to your property. Let us use this terrible act to band together and further our goal – to return America to a value based currency.
Please forward this important Alert... so everyone who possess or use the Liberty Dollar is aware of the situation. Please click HERE to sign up for the class action lawsuit and get your property back!
If the above link does not work you can access the page by copying the following into your web browser.
http://www.libertydollar.org/classaction/index.php
Thanks again for your support at this darkest time as the damn government and their dollar sinks to a new low.
Bernard von NotHaus
Monetary Architect
More info can be found at http://www.libertydollar.org/