Documenting the Collection of this Planet's Souls .... Still Counting?
| . Those who know are now many, those who don't become few. We are the last immortal guardians of Good vs Evil |
bg=ffffff
What if Freedom Were Temporary?
by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
December 9, 2011
What if our rights didn't come from God or from our humanity, but from the government? What if the government really thinks we're not unique individuals with immortal souls,
but just public property? What if we were only entitled to our natural rights if it pleased the government? What if our rights could be stripped away whenever the government
considers us to be its enemy?
What if this could all be accomplished with the consent of the people? What if the people's own representatives subverted the Constitution? What if the people were so afraid
that they accepted the subversion? What if the government demonizes an external enemy and uses fear of that enemy to suppress our freedoms? What if people are afraid
to protest?
What if the government knows this, and thus chooses enemies that are easily demonized, whether they pose real threats or not? What if threats become imminent dangers
precisely because the government allowed them to happen? What if government scapegoating of an external enemy is as old as the government itself? What if the
government has used scapegoating again and again to scare people into giving up their freedoms voluntarily? What if the government has relied on this to perform the same
magical disappearing-freedom act time and again throughout history?
What if the government could lock you up and throw you in jail indefinitely? What if that jail was in Cuba? What if the government has written laws to let it keep you detained
forever without letting you see a lawyer or a judge? What if you were just speaking out against the government and it came to silence you? What if the government could
declare you its enemy and then kill you? What if your elected representatives did nothing to stop the government from doing this? What if the government claimed that your
words made you a warrior, even though there never were any armed hostilities in your neighborhood and you never threatened anyone? What if the government could classify
the entire country as a battlefield and, ultimately, a prison? What if the government's goal was to be rid of all who disagreed with it?
What if the real war was a war of misinformation? What if the government constructs its own reality in order to suit its own agenda? What if civil liberties don't mean anything
to the government? What if the government just chooses to allow you to exercise them freely because you don't threaten it at the moment? What if the government released
a report calling you a domestic terror threat, just because you disagreed with the government? What if the government coaxed crazy people into acting like terrorists, just to
keep you afraid? What if the government persuaded you to believe that the greatest threat to your freedom is an impoverished and uneducated Third World population 10,000
miles away? What if the real threat to your freedom is a rich, powerful and all-seeing government? What if that government thinks it can write any law, regulate any behavior
and tax any event no matter what the Constitution says?
What if the government is always the greatest threat to freedom because only the government can constitute a monopoly on the use of force? What if, in fact, at its essence,
government is simply a monopoly of force? What if, in fact, at its essence, government is simply the negation of freedom? What if the government monopoly incubated, aided
and abetted enemies' freedoms? What if, when the danger got more threatening, the government told you to sacrifice more of your liberties for safety? What if you fell for
that?
What if those who traded liberty for safety ended up in internment camps? What if the greatest threat to freedom was not any outfit of thugs in some cave in a far-off land, but
an organized force here at home? What if that organized force broke its own laws? What if that organized force did the very same things to those it hates and fears that it
prosecutes people for doing to it? What if I'm right and the government's wrong? What if it's dangerous to be right when the government is wrong? What if government is
essentially wrong and always dangerous?
What if these weren't just hypothetical or rhetorical questions? What if this is actually happening to us? What if the ultimate target in the government's war on terror is all
who believe in personal freedom? What if that includes YOU? What do we do about it?
by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
December 9, 2011
What if our rights didn't come from God or from our humanity, but from the government? What if the government really thinks we're not unique individuals with immortal souls,
but just public property? What if we were only entitled to our natural rights if it pleased the government? What if our rights could be stripped away whenever the government
considers us to be its enemy?
What if this could all be accomplished with the consent of the people? What if the people's own representatives subverted the Constitution? What if the people were so afraid
that they accepted the subversion? What if the government demonizes an external enemy and uses fear of that enemy to suppress our freedoms? What if people are afraid
to protest?
What if the government knows this, and thus chooses enemies that are easily demonized, whether they pose real threats or not? What if threats become imminent dangers
precisely because the government allowed them to happen? What if government scapegoating of an external enemy is as old as the government itself? What if the
government has used scapegoating again and again to scare people into giving up their freedoms voluntarily? What if the government has relied on this to perform the same
magical disappearing-freedom act time and again throughout history?
What if the government could lock you up and throw you in jail indefinitely? What if that jail was in Cuba? What if the government has written laws to let it keep you detained
forever without letting you see a lawyer or a judge? What if you were just speaking out against the government and it came to silence you? What if the government could
declare you its enemy and then kill you? What if your elected representatives did nothing to stop the government from doing this? What if the government claimed that your
words made you a warrior, even though there never were any armed hostilities in your neighborhood and you never threatened anyone? What if the government could classify
the entire country as a battlefield and, ultimately, a prison? What if the government's goal was to be rid of all who disagreed with it?
What if the real war was a war of misinformation? What if the government constructs its own reality in order to suit its own agenda? What if civil liberties don't mean anything
to the government? What if the government just chooses to allow you to exercise them freely because you don't threaten it at the moment? What if the government released
a report calling you a domestic terror threat, just because you disagreed with the government? What if the government coaxed crazy people into acting like terrorists, just to
keep you afraid? What if the government persuaded you to believe that the greatest threat to your freedom is an impoverished and uneducated Third World population 10,000
miles away? What if the real threat to your freedom is a rich, powerful and all-seeing government? What if that government thinks it can write any law, regulate any behavior
and tax any event no matter what the Constitution says?
What if the government is always the greatest threat to freedom because only the government can constitute a monopoly on the use of force? What if, in fact, at its essence,
government is simply a monopoly of force? What if, in fact, at its essence, government is simply the negation of freedom? What if the government monopoly incubated, aided
and abetted enemies' freedoms? What if, when the danger got more threatening, the government told you to sacrifice more of your liberties for safety? What if you fell for
that?
What if those who traded liberty for safety ended up in internment camps? What if the greatest threat to freedom was not any outfit of thugs in some cave in a far-off land, but
an organized force here at home? What if that organized force broke its own laws? What if that organized force did the very same things to those it hates and fears that it
prosecutes people for doing to it? What if I'm right and the government's wrong? What if it's dangerous to be right when the government is wrong? What if government is
essentially wrong and always dangerous?
What if these weren't just hypothetical or rhetorical questions? What if this is actually happening to us? What if the ultimate target in the government's war on terror is all
who believe in personal freedom? What if that includes YOU? What do we do about it?
| Seek and You shall find |
| JFK • RFK • MLK • TONKIN • USS LIBERTY • WATERGATE • DRUG WAR ON AMERICANS • OCTOBER SURPRISE • IRAN CONTRA • COG SHADOW GOVERNMENT • CIA COKE • MEDIA PROPAGANDA • MENA • WHITEWATER • RUBY RIDGE • WACO • OKLAHOMA CITY • WTC 93 • MILITARIZED POLICE STATE • CORPORATE PRISONS • VOTE THEFT • MISSING DOD TRILLIONS • ~9/11 DEMOLITION~ • NO PLANES • MILITARY ANTHRAX • PATRIOT ACT • HOMELAND SECURITY • TSA MOLESTATION • 935 WMD LIES • IRAQ • CIA POPPY • TORTURE • FAKE BIN LADEN • FEMA CAMPS • DRONE ASSASSINATION • FED WEALTH TRANSFER • STIMULUS WEALTH TRANSFER • MISSING NUKES • PHOTOSHOP BIRTH CERTIFICATES • CORPORATE PERSONHOOD • PLANNED ECONOMIC IMPLOSION • CHEMTRAILS • REAL ID • FORCED MEDICAL • SWAT MURDERS • DOMESTIC BATTLEFIELD • EXECUTIVE DETENTION & ASSASSINATION |
| IF YOU ARE COMPLACENT, YOU ARE COMPLICIT FIND ONE HONEST MAN FOR PRESIDENT |