Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 13:17:09 -0700 From: spooner@mail.doitnow.com (Rick Tompkins/Kathy Harrer) Subject: [lpaz-repost] The Latest From J.J. To: spooner@doitnow.com
From: Rick Tompkins/Kathy Harrer <spooner@mail.doitnow.com>
Sounds a bit like someone else I know. : - ]
>Subject: The Latest From J.J.
>
>More reasons to reconsider Census 2000. P
>http://www.SierraTimes.com/edjj031800.htm Content-Type: text/html;
> Editorial@SierraTimes.com March 18, 2000
> 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:
>Its too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the
bastards. >
>Its 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 its 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 Im 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 inteligence 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 counte. 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, lets not stop here. >
>We think there are more than enough gun laws on the books. We dont feel
>like complying with them either. Who knows, maybe by April 15th
>this trend will spread even moe. What if we just did not comply with
anything? >
>Weve read your playbook. Youll find some Leona Helmsley or Willie Nelson.
>Youll find some people to make examples out of attempting to scare all of
>us into compliance. It wont 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 leas 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 dont 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. >Lets 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 egg 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, well 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 throing Census 2000 on the ash-heap of history, the
>country you save may be your own.
>
>J.J. Johnson,
>Editor-in-Chief
>2000 SierraTimes.com - All rights Reserved
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