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THE BILL OF RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
Posted January 10, 2003
thepeoplesvoice.org
Resolution
Title: Waldo Florida
Liberty
Preservation
Resolution
Drafted by Daniel V. Dvorak
01/09/03
Summary:
Resolution to Oppose the USA Patriot Act, Homeland Security's Activation of
NORTHCOM, the Designation of the United States as a Nation under Military
Law under the NORTHCOM, and Related Unconstitutional Executive Orders and
Presidential Decision Directives.
WHEREAS,
the City of Waldo was founded and exists according to the laws of the
Florida State Constitution and the United States Constitution and Bill of
Rights, both of which guarantee the citizenry the protection of the
unalienable rights granted them by their Creator; and
WHEREAS,
the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights and the Florida State
Constitution guarantee all persons living in the United States these
inviolate rights including - freedom of speech; freedom of religion,
assembly and petition; the right of privacy under the Fourth Amendment
protecting the population from unreasonable searches and seizures; due
process and equal protection to all people; equity before the law and the
presumption of innocence; the right to hear the charges against you and to
face your accuser; access to council and judicial proceedings; and the right
to a fair, speedy and public trial; and
WHEREAS, the USA Patriot Act signed by George W. Bush on October 26,
2001 has hundreds of provisions that contradict the above mentioned rights,
and in the words of Texas' District 14 Representative in Congress, Ron Paul,
"Our forefathers would think it's time for a revolution...This is why
they revolted in the first place...They revolted against much more mild
oppression."(Ron Paul speaking about the Patriot Act in Insight
Magazine, article title: Police State published
Nov 9, 2001
); and
WHEREAS,
examples of the provisions in the USA Patriot Act, Homeland Security
NORTHCOM, Executive Orders, and Presidential Decision Directives are
designed specifically and are being implemented to violate the United States
Constitution and the Florida State Constitution as well as the rights
outlined in city charters are as listed:
-
Gives the Attorney General and Secretary of State the power to designate
domestic groups including political and religious organizations as
"terrorist organizations" under the "Enemy Combatant"
designation
-The
"Enemy Combatant" designation gives law enforcement the
unprecedented power to secretly seize citizens and non-citizens without ever
charging them with a crime, and the dictatorial elements of the Federal
Government claim the right to detain these "Enemy Combatants"
indefinitely, at secret, secure military installations inside and outside
the United States and to deny them legal representation, all of this while
never being charging them with a crime or telling them why they are being
held. The Justice Department also claims the right to execute those
designated "Enemy Combatant" in secret after a trail by secret
military tribunal.
-Grants
power to the Attorney General to subject citizens of other nations to
indefinite detention as well as transporting them to third-party countries
like
Egypt
and
Morocco
, where the Justice
Department claims they can legally be tortured
-Authorizes
total surveillance on confidential communications between attorneys and
their clients in Federal custody in terrorism and non-terrorism cases
-Limits
disclosure of public documents and records under the Freedom of Information
Act
-Changes
the definition in the
United States
code of the term
"Domestic Terrorism." In Section 802 of HR 3162, known as the USA
Patriot Act the new definition is amended to include "acts dangerous to
human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the
United States
or of any State."
Under the new definition, the violation of any Federal or State law could
generate a Justice Department designation of "Enemy Combatant" to
the accused, which would then become subject to all the dictatorial horrors
this designation brings as detailed above
-Section
213 of the USA Patriot Act allows any branch of the Federal or State
Governments to break into your home or business, to remove any items (or
place items) they wish without a warrant and without informing the person or
business of this total violation of the Fourth Amendment.
-Section
213 of the USA Patriot Act also decapitates the First Amendment protection
of Freedom of Speech by forcing silence on those victimized by their
Unconstitutional, warrantless searches.
-Section
215 of the USA Patriot Act gives law enforcement expanded authority to
obtain library and book store records (violating the Fourth Amendment) all
the while prohibiting librarians and store workers from informing patrons of
monitoring or information requests (violating the First Amendment)
-The
USA Patriot Act is the enabling legislation empowering the reorganization
from the International to the local level through the Homeland Security
enforcement mechanism. The reorganization of the government under Homeland
Security is centralized in the new North American Military Command. We are
witnessing a complete transformation of the governmental structures in
America
. The new system that is
emerging, what President George W. Bush calls "the Homeland" is
right out of a college textbook detailing the development, expansion and
maintenance of dictatorships. The Homeland Security system is the
institutionalization of a military-industrial complex dictatorship. It is
all color of law, finding its roots in Imperial Rome and fascist
Germany
.
-There
are 1016 sections to the USA Patriot Act. It significantly expands the
government's ability to access sensitive medical, mental health, financial,
and educational records about individuals. It removes any burden of proof
required to conduct telephone and Internet surveillance.
-The
Office of Homeland Security and its Department of Total Information
Awareness Network, run by convicted felon Admiral John Poindexter has
proudly announced that every phone call we make, fax we send, letter we
mail, and magazine we subscribe to will be carefully scrutinized.
-The
Office of Homeland Security has also stated that it will contract with
private corporations to carry out warrant less surveillance and data
collection against the American people, creating a seamless web of Big
Brother tyranny.
-The
United States
military is being
authorized to designate American citizens "Enemy Combatants" and
is being given the job to patrol
America
internally, in complete
violation of the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act that strictly forbids military
forces engaging in search and seizure operations inside the
United States
.
-The
Pentagon has announced its wish to put 356,000 troops on the streets of
America
to engage in law
enforcement activities. The Pentagon has stated that their mission of
fighting terrorism includes fighting crime of all types.
-The
Pentagon has also signed agreements with
Canada
and
Mexico
to bring foreign armies
into the continental
United States
for "peacekeeping
and anti-terror operations."
WHEREAS,
the President and his allied agencies are using the crisis of September 11th
to attack the bedrock freedoms that are the birth right of all Americans and
that our Veterans have fought and died to preserve and protect; and
WHEREAS,
over thirty cities in the United Sates have passed similar resolutions
condemning the wholesale dismantling of our
Constitutional
Republic
; and
RESOLVED
that the City of Waldo affirms its strong opposition to terrorism, but also
affirms that any efforts to end terrorism not be used as a pretext to
destroy the fundamental rights and liberties of the people of Waldo, Florida
the United States and the world; and be it
FURTHER
RESOLVED that
the actions of the USA Patriot Act, Homeland Security's Activation of
NORTHCOM, the Designation of the United States as a Nation under Military
Law under the NORTHCOM, and Related Unconstitutional Executive Orders and
Presidential Decision Directives are aiding, by their bad example, the
spread of a world-wide governmental movement in which this model for total
dictatorship is duplicated to the detriment of the human condition; and be
it
FURTHER
RESOLVED that
the City of
Waldo
,
Florida
affirms the rights of
all people, including
United States
citizens and citizens
of other nations living within the City in accordance with the Bill of
Rights and the Declaration of Independence; and be it
FURTHER
RESOLVED
that, to the extent legally possible, no City employee or department shall
assist or voluntarily cooperate with investigations, interrogations, or
arrest procedures, public or clandestine, that are in violation of
individuals' God-given rights that are simply enumerated by the first ten
amendments to the United States Constitution; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Waldo City Council calls upon all private citizens
and organizations including residents, employers, educators, and business
owners to protect and defend the United States Constitution from enemies
foreign and domestic and to demonstrate outspoken respect for the rights
that have been paid for with so much blood by veterans and patriots
throughout time, and to study the Bill of Rights so that they can recognize
and resist attempts to undermine our Constitutional Republic and the system
that has brought our civilization so much success; and be it
FURTHER
RESOLVED that
the City of Waldo call on our United States Representatives and Senators to
monitor the implementation of the USA Patriot Act, Homeland Security's
Activation of NORTHCOM, the Designation of the United States as a Nation
under Military Law under the NORTHCOM, and Related Unconstitutional
Executive Orders and Presidential Decision Directives cited herein and to
actively work for the repeal of them as well as the repeal of all
Unconstitutional laws that violate the fundamental rights and liberties as
stated in the United States Constitution and its amendments.
Introduced
for the people of North Central Florida's consideration by Daniel V. Dvorak
Note:
Resolutions similar to this one have passed in at least 30 other cities
across
America
, with hundreds of other
city and county governments considering passage of similar resolutions. As
news spreads of what Homeland Security is really doing to our beloved
American system, resistance will only spread. This document is an adaptation
of resolutions passed in other cities. The writer felt it was vitally
important to add more detail and to expose the role of Homeland Security and
NORTHCOM if this scientifically-crafted takeover is to be stopped.
It
is so important to
America
's future that cities or
counties considering this resolution research the facts contained in this
declaration. If our local governments are made up of good men and women,
then they will have no other choice but to pass this or a similar resolution
and to carry it out for the welfare of the citizenry.
Liberty
should not be a
left-right issue. No matter what area of the political spectrum you see
yourself occupying, you need to know that we all lose under Homeland
Security.
Original source of this information by Alex Jones
http://www.infowars.com/resolution_resist_tyranny.html
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