TOTAL REVOLT!

This article is not directly about gold or economic matters, but in a very real and immediate sense its subject affects all gold/free market advocates and their readers more than any other subject. For, gold is “the ultimate political metal” as Bill Buckler of The Privateer so aptly states. Because of that, writing about gold is probably the most political of all types of speech.

I am talking about the Federal Election Commission’s attempts to stifle free speech on the Internet.

There may not be much that Americans living today can agree upon. America has become an almost fatally wounded and fractured society, where group is pitted against group in one seemingly mortal battle after another, about issues as varied as race baiting, religious vs. atheist, male vs. female, rich vs. poor, haves vs. have-nots, left vs. right, etc., etc., ad nauseam.

But there is one thing that all of us, all of the above groups and often bitterly warring factions, agree upon with total unison and without reservation, and that is our right to think - and the right to say and write whatever we think.

That right cannot, must not - ever - be allowed to be curtailed.

Not by Congress, not by the president, not by judges, and most certainly not by some unelected goof-ball administrators of a faceless government commission - a commission the constitutionality of which is more than just questionable, a commission whose members think it is their job to tell you and me what we can say concerning political issues, when we can say it - and where we can say it.

To save space and to make sure that no vital issues and facts get lost in vain attempts to summarize the problem, I am referring all interested readers to the web site of DownsizeDC.org.

Lawyers in their self-importance may have succeeded over the years, decades, and centuries to obfuscate pretty much everything connected to the interpretation of our Constitution. And, maybe, too many of us have acquiesced to this ongoing effort, in too many instances, for far too long.

But there is one thing, one single overarching principle, one most foundational of all fundamental rights, that the founders tried to secure to us by writing the Constitution. That right is so utterly beyond dispute, so immediate in its clarity, so sacred to all Americans, that no dissension on it exists - even in today’s insane world.

And that one thing is the right to speak your mind.

Leftists value it. Conservatives value it. Rich value it. Poor value it. The religious and the atheist alike value it. There is only one class of people who do not value it, and that is the class of those who covet the power to control others’ lives.

They are found on both sides of the political aisles.

When it comes down to it, there is only one true battle raging in American history, past present, and future, and that is the battle between those who want to restrict people’s rights on the one hand - and the People themselves on the other.

It is time to remind those of the former group that they are not only numerically in a minority, but that they are also totally, utterly, and eternally on the wrong side of the fence.

It s time to remind them that they, whoever they are, enjoy their little rule-making powers only at the good graces of We the People. And “We the People” are now finally fed up.

Their attempts to fracture us into ever-warring interest and splinter groups may have succeeded to some extent in the past, but they have now finally found that one, incomparably focal, vital to the core, hot-button issue that has the power to turn all of the normally splintered factions against them in a unanimity that they cannot fathom.

They have finally found that one major hot-button – and they have 'stepped in it' all the way.

What is currently going on in the blog-spots on the internet, what is now in the early stages of a nuclear fission-like process of building to a mind-deafening crescendo, is the battle cry of an entire nation, a nation that happens to be the most powerful nation on earth for a reason.

And that 'reason' is not the political and administrator class.

That reason is the American People - of all persuasions - and our undying love of freedom.

And our roaring battle-cry to those who would steal our freedom is:

WE’VE HAD IT WITH YOU !!!

If you like your little power position - however you may have obtained it - stop now.

Or else, you will be removed.

This message goes out to politicians, administrators, executives, and judges alike - and to those who finance them.

Do not deceive yourselves into believing that you can pull the wool over our eyes about our right of free speech.

Do not think you can tell us that the words “Congress shall make no law ...” mean anything other than what they say.

The first Article of the Bill of Rights begins that way - in case you have forgotten. It states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the right of free speech ...”

Notice to the Supreme Court: McCain-Feingold is a law of Congress abridging the right of free speech. There are no "concerns" that outweigh this right, Justice O’Connor.

This is an appropriate time to re-introduce the concept of nullification to the American people.

Nullification is the right of the People, collectively, to simply nullify any law (or judicial ruling) which is in violation of the Constitution.

The founders strongly believed in it.

Our entire Constitution is founded on it.

We have not forgotten it.

We do not need your opinion, Mrs. O’Connor (and those esteemed justices who voted with her in the McCain-Feingold case), to tell us what is “constitutional.” We can (still?) read - despite decades of government re-education.

A law that restricts the right of ANYONE, at any time, at any place or in any venue, to voice their true and considered opinion, especially about political matters, is an abridgement of the right of free speech!

A government commission whose job it is - whether under the cover of an unconstitutional judicial fiat or without it - to tell any American or even any alien who is here legally what we can say about political matters - or any other matter - and when, and where we can say it is abridging the right of free speech!

We acknowledge that the right of free speech does not extend to the intentional incitement of violence or physical harm against others - but that’s where the restrictions end.

Yes, Americans are law-abiding. But we abide by a higher law than those of Congress - or the mere opinions of a group of judges, or the political goals of any president.

We abide by the law that created Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary, the same law that you must abide by (and to which you have sworn allegiance, remember?) but which you have now broken.

There is an overseer of legislative and judicial power, and that overseer is us, We the People, who created your positions of power. We the People, who gave you the power you are now illegally attempting to wield against us.

We hope you can see the futility of this.

If you cannot, you are asking for total revolt.

What can you and the likes of you do - if all of the People ignore your unconstitutional, un-American laws, pronouncements and regulations?

Remember who you are - and remember who made you what you are.

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Alex Wallenwein Editor, Publisher The EURO vs DOLLAR MONITOR What is your investing style? Is it "Constantly-monitor, fret, and-sweat-bullets"? Or is it "Watch-your-wealth-grow, kick back - and RELAX !!" If it's the latter, "The Monitor" is for you. Free Report: currencywar@getresponse.com