Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 21:55:56 -0700 From: spooner@mail.doitnow.com (Rick Tompkins/Kathy Harrer) Subject: [lpaz-repost] [libertyactivists2] (Fwd) Do You Feel Like a Number Yet? To: lpaz-repost@egroups.com
>Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 21:21:21 -0400
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>Subject: [libertyactivists2] (Fwd) Do You Feel Like a Number Yet?
>
>I'm a little late sending this around....but the "compliance officers" (as
>JJ calls them) were in our neighborhood today, looking for those who had
>not sent in their form... which brought this great article to mind (BTW, we
> sent ours in, as we have in all the censuses we've partaken in (1970, 80,
>90) with the names of household residents and THAT'S ALL. We got a long
>form in 1990, sent it in with names of residents only. No one from the
>govt has ever re-contacted us. And, they've had our address wrong since
>1980...it's hand delivered (not mailed), to a mailing address that does
>not exist. We've not bothered to correct them:-) After re-reading this, I
>wish I'd taken the time to organize a local "Census Bonfire", though.
>If we're all still alive and kickin' in 2010...and not in govt camps
>somewhere...let's remember this idea...
>
>
>http://www.SierraTimes.com/edjj031800.htm
>Do You Feel Like a Number Yet?
>Editorial By : J.J. Johnson
>Posted: March 18, 2000
>
> I picked up the mail yesterday and decided to stop and smell the roses
> -
>or
>in my case, the cows. As I stopped the car, I began to open the Census
>2000 form that had come in the mail. Since I spend most of my days and
>evenings with that familiar dairy smell, I decided on that to stop and
>take a look at the cows. It was on this day I watched the dairy farm of
>2000 + head of cattle being numbered, tagged, and led to the slaughter.
>
>I watched this while holding the Census 2000 form in my hand. . .
>
>. . . Now I know how the cows feel.
>
>It was my mentor, Claire Wolfe, who made a statement that burned into the
>hearts of many Americans:
>
>"It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the
>bastards."
>
>It's time for J.J. Johnson to say:
>
>"Claire, check your watch."
>
>The Census 2000 form is so intrusive and so affronts American privacy that
>even some of the staunchest government supporters are feeling queasy about
>filling it out. The only reason most people would tolerate this is because
>they know that it's one of the few shreds of the constitution that is
>still actually practiced by the government. However, anyone with half a
>brain knows that the answers to all these questions are already in the
>hands of some government agency (county, state or federal), and only one
>mouse click away from being shared by all.
>
>I probably felt more American than I ever have before after reading the
>questions that were asked. What made me feel so good was the fact that
>many other Americans obviously feel the same way. I know the government
>reads my articles, and no doubt this will be no exception. So to those
>little federal snoops, on behalf of all the American people, I can answer
>all of your questions in just five words:
>
>None of Your Damn Business.
>
>This is how it feels to be one of 250 million dairy cows who after having
>their udders taxed for years are now being checked to see which slices of
>beef would be best to use. In other words, how much of our hides can they
>take?
>
>Think I'm exaggerating?
>
>Add this newest federal nightmare to the fact that the United States
>government is now considering firearm legislation that follows the direct
>path of the Third Reich:
>
>Background checks for all gun transactions;
>Federal identification and licensing of all handgun owners;
>Prohibition of weapons that they are granted licenses to kill us with.
>
>We pay for all of this. Now we are expected not only to pay for the
>census, but Bill Clinton and company expect us to willingly put tattoos on
>our own foreheads. To the fascists in Washington, like with your gun
>control proposals, and your health care proposals, you have again
>under-estimated the intelligence of the American public. As quickly as you
>had the forms hitting the mailboxes, Americans everywhere were developing
>ways not to answer your questions and how to respond to this affront to
>our dignity.
>
>There have been many wonderful answers all of which according to you, the
>federal government, can result in a $100 fine, $500 for fraudulent
>information, and even 60 days in jail. The Internet is awash today with
>forms people can use, with their own name and address, and send back to
>the federal government in protest. But in my opinion there is only one
>response that would be effective . . .
>
>. . . No response at all.
>
>Let the year 2000 go down in history as the year of civil disobedience,
>where we start with the census forms and practice our true American
>patriotism by simply taking it and throwing it in the garbage where it
>belongs. If we as Americans are forced to give up this much privacy then
>it simply is not worth being counted. We will not be segregated and
>numbered as mere chattel. We will not submit to you any information that
>will undoubtedly be used against the population who, if you had your way,
>would not even be able to defend itself. If you take this as a threat,
>good. While we are making these threats and ultimatums, let's not stop
>here.
>
>We think there are more than enough gun laws on the books. We don't feel
>like complying with them either. Who knows, maybe by April 15th this trend
>will spread even more. What if we just did not comply with anything?
>
>We've read your playbook. You'll find some Leona Helmsley or Willie
>Nelson. You'll find some people to make examples out of attempting to
>scare all of us into compliance. It won't work. The information we give
>you makes it easier for you to take away our freedoms than if we simply do
>not comply.
>
>I call on each and every American citizen not to bother sending in a
>response.
>If they are going to charge you with this "crime" - at least make them
>prove that you received the form.
>
>The only reason they want this information is to justify their social
>engineering and re-distribution of wealth. By not responding, you are
>telling them you don't want any. And if the result of our non-compliance
>is that they only count 30 million people, then we demand a reduction in
>the number of congress-critters. Ditto for the number of bureaucrats,
>agencies, and the number of stupid laws that you plan on passing based on
>this information. Let's give them the non-fraudulent answer they deserve:
>"Go away."
>
>Make them send their compliance officers to knock on your door for their
>30 pieces of silver. Tell them how many people are in the house, and then
>slam the door in their faces.
>
>Slam it hard.
>
>In fact, for those with the guts, who are really mad, I would encourage
>and endorse public ceremonial burnings a la draft cards, bras, etc. If you
>think we are not serious remember that. . .
>
>We showed you with tomatoes and eggs that we do not want your Health Care;
>
>We showed you in Seattle that we do not want your World Trade
>Organization;
>
>We showed you in Elko that we would not tolerate you closing our roads and
>taking our land;
>
>We showed you that we would not tolerate you snooping through our bank
>records;
>
>We showed you that we would not tolerate OSHA snooping into our homes;
>
>We showed you in Indianapolis that we would not tolerate you assaulting
>our churches;
>
>We showed you throughout the south that we would not tolerate the raping
>of our heritage and our history;
>
>And we showed you in cyberspace that we would not tolerate your control
>over the Internet.
>
>How far do you want to push this?
>
>You control the political parties. You control the money. You control the
>oil. And you control the broadcast media. You control the decisions on
>whether we live or die. But by the grace of God, we'll be damned if you
>will control us.
>
>You have seen the letters. You have gotten the phone calls. You are
>getting them now. You have seen the protest. We promise more. And if a
>Census 2000 bonfire in every city in America is what it takes to deliver
>the message, then so be it. What a wonderful use for the over-priced
>gasoline.
>
>America: Listen to me. Listen to yourself. You are not a number, and
>you do not do fascism. If you feel the form is too dangerous to fill out,
>you are not alone. By throwing Census 2000 on the ash-heap of history, the
>country you save may be your own.
>
>J.J. Johnson,
>Editor-in-Chief
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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>Liberty Activists http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/1797
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