black@pundit.DEC (Don Black DTN 261-2739 MS: NIO/N9 Loc: Pole B6) (06/18/85)
Just when you thought it was safe--- Sorry about that, boys and girls. I've been absent from these pages due to an unfortunate occurrence last April. I had a collision with a planet that got in my way. Anyway, I see a few of my detractors are having a field day. Oh, well. The right of free speech, etc. So here goes. Regarding my submission about Memorial Day---many, many Vietnam veterans share my sentiments. A sizable number of us have started schools which teach the fundamentals of survival and warfare. Witness the large popularity of magazines such as Gung-Ho, Soldier of Fortune, American Survival Guide, etc. Do you think we're only playing games with paint guns? If paramilitary groups were not a threat to the status quo, why then are states attempting to pass laws prohibiting firearms training? Somebody out there feels threatened. Now, about taxes. The trial of the test case, US vs Ferguson, took place in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 14-15 January 1985, in a non-jury trial before Judge Noland. The 15,000 pages of evidence was admitted without objection by the federal prosecutor. On a motion to dismiss, Judge Noland stated that the question of ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment was political and he could not rule on it. He allowed the trial to proceed. Naturally, the next step is to bring the case up through the courts. Now, for those of you who think this is a Big Lie, I believe the transcript of the case is a public record available from the court. And in a previous submission I gave the name and publisher of the book that contains the major documents of the case. I'm sure the open-minded people on the net might want to check this out for themselves. Any good library should be able to locate a copy of the book, if one doesn't want to purchase it. After all, I just might be right. Just think, if we didn't have income taxes, the IRS wouldn't be able to spy on the American people or redistribute our wealth. If we take a look at where our income tax money goes, every dime of it goes as either interest on the public debt (to the Rockefeller/Rothschild banking leeches) or to the "Entitlement" programs (the welfare/AFDC leeches). So the rich gets richer, the poor get poorer, and the workin' stiff is caught between a rock and a hard place. Speaking about terrorists, The J.D.L. is still at it in California. Last month they firebombed the house of an official of the Institute for Historical Review, the revisionist library, and on 5 June they fire- bombed the headquarters of a German-American club near Los Angeles. I guess it's allright for ethnic groups to form clubs so long as you aren't German. And while we're on the subject, I see our buddies the Shiites are having a real party in Beirut. This is a case of a group of cornered animals lashing out in desparation at anybody they can grab. In this instance, it's a bunch of innocent bystander Americans. Can we blame them, really? Let's examine a couple of points. The Israeli army invaded Lebanon, flattened their villages, destroyed their goods, arrested the menfolk, and caused at least one instance of the massacre of women and children. The US entered the war on the side of the Israelis, shelling targets with 16-inch cannonfire, and bombing and strafing by air. What do we expect the Arabs to do? This is another example of American politicians causing the unnecessary deaths of American people in a war that really isn't ours. I say we ought to back out gracefully while we still have the chance. I noticed a couple of the Libertarians on the net are submitting some pretty good commentary. Keep it up, guys. (And the racial descendancy of Christ is a topic for net.religion, not net.politics.) --Don Black