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JUST SUPPOSE
Dick Bedwell,
Southern Party of Kentucky
JUST SUPPOSE that at every ball game, graduation, prom, etc., someone who has had enough of stupid anti-historical court descisions had the guts to start reciting the Lord's Prayer loudly, and others joined in, then more, until hundreds participated.
And JUST SUPPOSE this spread all over our land until this became standard practice in hundreds of schools, then thousands, then tens of thousands.
Just what would local school boards do? Expel half the student body? They need their jobs and federal funding far too much to do that. What would a Federal district court do? Order hundreds of nonviolent, decent minors jailed? Or thousands? Just what would the Supreme Court do about it, issue more edicts? What if millions decided the Supreme Court was out of its league and said "So What?"
JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of brave school board members, local judges, prosecutors, and others, each in their own area of authority, refused to intervene, realizing that we have already tried it the other way, and the result was a modern-day Sodom and Gomorra of immorality and senseless violence.
JUST SUPPOSE this then spread next into classroom after clasroom, and either a brave student or a brave teacher started the Lord's Prayer or Psalm 100, or a Bible reading, etc.,, each morning, until hundreds of thousands stood up and did their part and stopped cowering before the destructive, God-hating secular attitudes of the pagan minority who parrot the media line.
JUST SUPPOSE every God-fearing Christian participated, peacefully, nonviolently, but firmly and continually. Where would they get enough jails to hold us all? How would they prosecute hundreds of thousands? It is far more than the government can do to even stop the flow of illegal drugs, despite their best efforts, and overcrowded jails. Hardened criminals walk after doing only half their sentence to ease jail crowding. Even if they try to pick on a handful to make examples of them, what if hundreds of thousands stood up to the tyrrany of the minority and demanded their freedom of religion back? They can't build enough jails or courts to begin to deal with such a movement.
During the Civil Rights battles of the 60's, some of the black People decided they had enough and stood up to the system, a few dozen here, a few hundred there, and eventually the whole country heard, and repented, and changed. Racial repression was an evil whose time was over. But now, there is another battle, and the stakes are even higher. The future of all children, white, black, and otherwise, is at stake. No other country on the earth allows a tiny minority of impractical anti-religious bigots to censor their people's right to free religious expresion. Even Russian public schools show videos of the life and teachings of Jesus now. We tend to get exactly the kind of government we deserve.
If you make a time line or a graph, you will see that the exponential increase in public school violence, pregnancy, and foul language all started at exactly the time the Supreme Court threw prayer and Bible reading out of the schools. We told God we didn't need Him, and the results speak for themselves.
JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of Christians passed this on to all their friends, leaders, and contacts.
JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of churches, organizations and ministries passed this message on to their constituencies with a request to reprint, repost, and repeat it wherever possible.
Once upon a time the Church was the moral conscience and spiritual lighthouse of the nation. Now, most congregations are impotent, pusillanimous minor-league social welfare agencies or mutual comfort societies with no impact on the world around their little enclave.
What do you suppose you should do?
YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, BUT KNOWING WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
YOU DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THIS? TAKE ACTION, PASS IT ON, OR JUST SIMPLY READ AND DO NOTHING! ! ! THE CHOICE IS SIMPLY YOURS.
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A Tale of Two "Hate Crimes" in South Carolina
by Steven Yates
In November there were two so-called hate crimes here in South Carolina. True, I reject the category hate crime on principle, but never mind that for the moment.
Incident (1): Late last week, someone scrawled racial epithets and vague threats at the entrance to the Spring Hill A.M.E. Church, a black church near Lexington, a town in suburban Columbia. The crime was reported to police Friday, December 1. Although police are investigating, nothing else has happened. No one has otherwise bothered the church or its members for more than a hundred years.
Incident (2): A couple of weeks earlier, on November 16, as Sons of Confederate Veterans member Phares W. "Bill" Calliham, 59, drove toward his home in northeast Columbia from a SCV meeting, a car fell in behind him. The other driver followed him through the twists and turns of his neighborhood, driving with high beams on. When Mr. Calliham arrived home, the person blocked his driveway. By this time, Mr. Calliham had emerged from his truck. Alarm bells hadn’t gone off in his head yet. He thought the driver might have gotten lost and was seeking directions.
Instead, the man demanded that Mr. Calliham remove his glasses. Before Mr. Calliham could respond, the other punched him, knocking his glasses to the ground. He was then subject to a severe beating, mostly around his head and face. The attacker fled when Mrs. Calliham rushed out of the house to aid her husband, who lay in his driveway bleeding profusely and barely conscious. Mr. Calliham had to go to the emergency room, where he learned that he had suffered a mild concussion.
Mr. Calliham reported to police that his attacker was a black male who seemed to be in his mid-30s. The man was well dressed, with a tweed jacket, brown trousers and dress shoes. The car, he was sure, was an expensive-looking black BMW with chrome wheels and four headlights. Mr. Calliham told police he didn’t think he’d ever seen the man or the car before.
The black man, though, had seen what was on the back of Mr. Calliham’s truck: a Sons of Confederate Veterans South Carolina specialty license plate, which features a version of the Confederate Battle Flag. This specialty plate, I hardly need point out, is legal in South Carolina. Mr. Calliham had broken no laws. This did not prevent him from becoming the victim of an unprovoked assault on his own property by a total stranger.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans, moreover, is hardly an organization of "extremists," despite a recent effort by the rich and leftist Southern Poverty Law Center to tar all groups associated with the Confederacy or using Confederate symbols. It is a 104-year-old civic organization whose members are proud of their ancestors who fought and died for a cause they believed in. Those I have met or interacted with over the Internet from time to time are Christians and gentlemen.
Now here is the first twenty-dollar question. Which of the above two crimes do you think was reported in Columbia’s city newspaper, The State? Which one was featured in segment on local television networks?
Of course. You’re not stupid. Anyone who has followed the spread of political correctness and its immediate offspring, mistrust of all things white and an especially blistering hatred reserved for all things Southern, knows it was not the second. Probably you didn’t have to do much homework, such as a search of the newspaper’s website, to figure that out, either. But consider this implications. An act of mere vandalism in which no one was hurt and property damage was minimal is classified as a hate crime and therefore considered newsworthy. A man whose truck bears a Confederate emblem is beaten into near-unconsciousness on his own property, and the official classification is aggravated assault: a routine matter police are treating as an example of "road rage," and not newsworthy. (Normally, however, even cases of genuine road rage get better coverage than this if someone is injured or worse.)
This is the intellectual dishonesty of our present moment. I call it dishonest, because all the standard media outlets were duly informed of the incident. The State’s editorial board knows of the assault on Mr. Calliham. At least one reporter at the newspaper knows the details and was seeking more information. How do I know this? Because the State editorial board email address was on an email that was also sent to me. To date, no story has been published. The reporter told me in response to an email that changing the classification of the crime from hate crime to aggravated assault resulted in the story’s being killed.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans has issued its own press release. The police themselves initially described the incident as a hate crime. The initial email I received contained a letter to Janet Reno from Roger W. McCredie, SCV Chief of Heritage Defense, calling for the incident to be classified "as a federal hate crime within the accepted definition as such."
Can we say for sure that the attack on Mr. Calliham can be classified as a hate crime (again, assuming we want that category in our criminological bestiary)? Of course, getting inside the head of someone who hasn’t yet been caught is fraught with hazards. But let’s employ some good old fashioned, common horse sense. Why else would a total stranger, who just happens to be black and living in a place where the Naacp and other leftist groups have demonized everyone displaying Confederate symbols, follow a man whose truck just happens to bear such a symbol and then assault him?
As McCredie writes in the above-mentioned letter, "It is reasonable to conclude…that this totally unprovoked attack on a peaceful and law-abiding citizen on his own property was connected with his Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate. Clearly Mr. Calliham was injured and his civil rights grossly violated because his vehicle displays an official South Carolina license plate which bears the logo of a nationally recognized, 104-year old civic organization of which he is a proud member."
Moreover, we know good and well what would have happened if the races had been reversed. Other things being equal, the assault would have been headline material. Federal authorities and pundits would have descended on Columbia like a swarm of vultures. Local and national media would still be cramming the case down our throats this time next year.
Thus far, for this particular black-on-white assault, complete silence from all dominant local media. I have to admit, cynic that I am about such matters, that I am not holding my breath waiting for this to change. The Justice Department has not replied to McCredie’s letter as of this writing. I doubt that our Affirmative Action Attorney General will touch this case. McCredie is about to issue a general call to the SCV membership to flood Janet Reno’s office with email, faxes and phone calls demanding a response. His campaign may include demonstrations at The State and local television stations to expose the blackout on the case by the local media.
Last year’s assault on North Charleston resident Troy Knapp by a gang of black teenagers was at least local news, as have been other deadly assaults on whites by blacks around the South during the past few year. Knapp, the last I heard, had suffered permanent brain damage from severe head injuries and still languishes in a coma. Apparently, we have now reached the point where such crimes are not to be reported by major media outlets at all. Such a policy might be described as media manipulation of public opinion by silence.
What the public doesn’t hear about, might as well not have happened, and this serves the purposes of further advancing the multiple agendas of political correctness. Were it not for the Internet, I would not have known about the Calliham case—but I would have known from reading the local newspaper that someone had painted racial epithets on the property of a black church in a Southern community.
Now, a word about so-called hate crimes, and the category hate crime. In a free society based on the rule of law, there is no such thing. There are merely crimes such as vandalism and aggravated assault. The legal system punishes criminal actions; it does not attempt to punish the motivations behind them. To do so, obviously, is to criminalize certain categories of thought—not to mention requiring a legal system that can get inside people’s heads and divine their motives. Orwell, of course, saw this over 50 years ago as integral to every dictatorship in the making. In our society today, hardly anyone with functioning brain cells thinks we still live in a free society based on the rule of law. Hence the rise of a brand of criminology that punishes people for having the wrong thoughts—often indirectly, with inconsistent reporting of certain crimes based on who is to enjoy the fruits of our political spoils system.
We have reached the point where those who display Confederate symbols or harbor the wrong ideas have to fear for their safety. Some of us were warning ten years ago that this was where political correctness and affirmative action ideology were taking us. Hardly anyone listened. Now it is getting very, very late for the rule of law in America.
I’ve never been one to put political bumperstickers or license plates on my car. But I’ve written enough politically incorrect articles that I no longer take out my garbage at night. The second twenty-dollar question: how close are we white Southern Christian males to being prisoners in our own residences while lawless thugs roam the streets, their crimes unreported?
December 9, 2000
Steven Yates has a Ph.D. in Philosophy and is the author of Civil Wrongs: What Went Wrong With Affirmative Action (ICS Press, 1994). He is at work on two manuscripts tentatively entitled View From the Gallery and The Paradox of Liberty, and also lectures occasionally. He lives, freelance writes, and is available for occasional lectures in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Below is an E-mail I received the other day. After reading this, my wife and I found that we were in such agreement, that to simply forward this to the few folks whose E-mail address we have, did this message no justice at all.
HOW TRUE THIS IS !
Makes you wonder...
Let's see.... I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare
complained that she didn't want any prayer in our schools.
And we said OK.
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Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school, the Bible
that says "thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your
neighbor as yourself."
And we said OK.
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Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they
misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might
damage their self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know what he's talking
about,
So, we won't spank them anymore.
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Then someone said our teachers and principals better not discipline
our children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said "no
faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave
because we don't want any bad publicity, and we don't want to be sued."
And we accepted their reasoning.
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Then someone said, "let's let our daughters have abortions if they
want, and they won't even have to tell their parents."
And we allowed this to happen.
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Then some wise school board member said, "since boys will be boys and
they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they
want, so they can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to
tell their parents they got them at school."
Again, we allowed this to happen.
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Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what
we do in private as long as we do our jobs.
And agreeing with them, we said,
"It doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private,
as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
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And then someone said "let's print magazines with pictures of nude
women and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the
female body."
And we said we have no problem with that.
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And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published
pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making
them available on the Internet.
And we said they're entitled to free speech.
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And the entertainment industry said, "let's make TV shows and movies
that promote profanity, violence and illicit sex. And let's produce
music that encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide and satanic themes."
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody
takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
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Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why
they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill
strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about
it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great
deal to do with...."WE REAP WHAT WE SOW." Pass this on if you think it has
merit..If not then discard it....But, if you discard this thought process,
then don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.
Voice your opinion however you can !
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why
the world is going to hell. Strange that we believe what is written in the
newspaper and question what is written in the Bible.
Funny how many want to go to heaven, provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do
anything the Bible says.
Funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still
follow Satan who, by the way, also believes in God.
Funny how quick we are to judge, and how we ourselves do not want to be judged.
Funny how we can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but
when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about
sharing.
Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through
cyberspace, but public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in the
school and the workplace.
Funny how some can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday, but
be an invisible Christian the rest of the week.
Are you laughing?
Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it
to many in your address book, because you're not sure what they believe, or
what they will think of you for sending it to them.
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of
us.
Are you thinking?
SABC Update: Requires Urgent Action
Sam's Club and Wal-Mart
attack a businessman for flying the
Confederate flag!
What started out as an attempt to open a discussion on the
proper roll of the federal government to state governments has
developed into a fight to preserve Southern heritage. Maurice
Bessinger, a South Carolina businessman, lowered the American
flag at his restaurants and raised his South Carolina State flag in
its place. He did this to focus attention on the fact that the 10th
Amendment of the Constitution clearly places the sovereignty of
state governments over that of the federal government. He was
already flying a Confederate flag at his restaurant.
This action focused attention on his flags. Then, some person
objected to the Confederate flag being flown in the town of
Lexington and the City of Lexington cited him for flying a
Confederate flag and leveled a $500 per day fine as long as he flew
it. It then became a "Confederate flag" fight rather than a
discussion point of state sovereignty.
Bessinger refused to take down the Confederate flag, saying that it was part of his basic right of free speech to fly any flag he wanted. Bessinger won that fight when the Lexington Town Council backed down and voted to
allow everyone to fly any three flags they wanted at their place of business. This courageous act by Maurice Bessinger in the face of remarkably biased efforts by the local news media resulted in a free speech victory fo
r all of us!
Now the fight has shifted. Sam's Clubs, a division of Wal-Mart, citing the "controversy," has removed Maurice's Gourmet Barbecue Sauce from all of its stores and is shipping them back to Bessinger at his expense. They
are doing this specifically because of his flying the Confederate flag. In a news story in The State newspaper published in Columbia, SC, Melissa Berryhill, spokeswoman for Sam's Club is quoted as saying, "We do all we c
an to not let controversial matters get in the way of business, we do not want to get caught up in a controversial issue." But while Sam's Club says that they do not want to get "caught up in a controversial issue," they
are the one that has taken this step to inject themselves into it.
The Confederate flag controversy at Maurice's was limited to the City of Lexington. Now Wal-Mart has taken it upon itself to try to bring economic pressure on an independent small businessman for his beliefs.
When contacted by the Southern Anti-Bigotry Coalition in Bentonville, Arkansas, a spokesman for Sam's Club said that it was his understanding that the decision was "a business decision." This is, of course, patently untr
ue. The same newspaper article that reported their purely political action also reports what everyone in South Carolina already knows, that is, Maurice's Gourmet Barbecue Sauce is the largest selling sauce in the midland
s area where it is being removed from the shelves. Plus, we have the words of their spokeswoman that their action was precipitated by what they call "the controversy."
There is no question that this action by Wal-Mart is specifically anti-Southern. They would not be taking this step if it were any flag other than the Confederate flag that has become the focus of all this media attent
ion.
If Wal-Mart gets away with doing to Maurice Bessinger what the national media did to John Rocker then you can expect it to become "open season" on all Southerners and any symbol of Southern heritage.
What you can do.
Call Sam's Clubs at 1-888-925-6278, extension 3, and tell them of your displeasure.
Go to www.walmart.com and then go to the Customer Service page and email them your thoughts on their unprovoked anti-Southern actions.
Or write them at: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 702 SW 8th Street, Bentonville, Arkansas 72716.
They told us at the Southern Anti-Bigotry Coalition that they are already keeping a tally of calls and messages. Now is the time to act!
Also.
In various towns and cites, starting on Wednesday, September 13th, people are planing to meet on the public access area in front of the entrances to Wal-Marts and Sam's Clubs carrying their Confederate flags and passing o
ut copies of Maurice Bessinger's News Release on this subject. (See below.) You can join with them at 8:30 in the morning and stay to help with this protest as long for as you can.
While people may not block the entrances to any store, they may peacefully protest in the public access areas (sidewalks) in front of any store. You should make copies of the News Release in this message and pass them ou
t in your area. You can protest with or without a Confederate flag.
You can also call your local talk shows and let your community know of this outrage.
It is up to you to let the management at Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs know that their attempts to economically cripple a Southern business because the owner is proud of his Southern heritage is going to be bad business for Wa
l-Mart.
Press Release:
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
September 12, 2000
Contact:
Maurice Bessinger
(803) 791-5887 extension 16
Maurice Charges Sam's Yielded to Tyranny
Sam's stores in Columbia South Carolina yielded to tyranny by discontinuing his barbeque sauce in its stores according to Maurice Bessinger, owner of Maurice's Barbeque.
"It's incredible that a grocery chain that started much the same way I started my business 47 years ago, has yielded to pressure from people who would destroy the God given Constitution of these United States. Surely, "B
rother Sam" is turning over in his grave at this very moment, as all of the Constitutional fathers are that gave us the blessed Constitution", Bessinger said.
"If my freedom of speech is allowed to be destroyed, then every law-abiding tax-paying citizen of these United States is likewise destroyed. Flying my State Flag and my Heritage Flag is MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH and anyone or
any group that would try to prevent me from doing so, is in fact against the Constitution and is thereby voting for tyranny. This action is un-American and if not stopped, will lead to a tyrannical government in this co
untry. I am hereby putting on notice to those who think they will force me to throw in the towel. I came into this world poor, and I may go out poor but I will not yield to those who would destroy our sacred Constitutio
n", Bessinger said.
Long live the Constitution of these United States!
Piggy Park Press Release
Posted: 09.14.00
The Southern Party of Alabama today contacted Maurices BBQ in Columbia, S.C. and confirmed that Walmart Sam's and SuperCenters has removed Maurices BBQ from their shelves for purely "politically correct" reasons. Maurice's has a statement from WalMart to that effect. The reason is that Maurices flies a memorial Confederate battle flag over his place of business.
It also appears that a third party, the NAACP, may be involved in convincing Walmart management to pull the product from its shelves, thus damaging Maurice's business. This belief is based on the fact that the NAACP has been conducting a general boycott of South Carolina, and may be amplifying the boycott to include large as well as small businesses. If the NAACP did indeed threaten Walmart with a boycott to remove the product, then a "secondary boycott" is involved which may be illegal and may subject both boycotting
parties to tremendous liability. The threat of a boycott to a third party to instigate another boycott may amount to a form of extortion.
It is nothing short of amazing that a national retail chain, Walmart, could commit such a blunder risking alienating an entire Southern culture by removing one product from its shelves for purely political reasons, much less expose itself to a legal liability that could reach Supreme court levels.
The inherent danger in allowing large retail chains, through product
discrimination, to control the personal political behavior and political
freedom of producers and manufacturers is frightening. It is a new,
dangerous, and completely unacceptable form of political control. WalMarts act may also be in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits discrimination based on national origin, creed, and race.
Maurice's stated that many lawyers have called and offered their legal services without upfront costs. That is a good sign liability is present.
It is imperative that all Southern businesses and heritage organizations support Maurice's at this critical time. Together, a responsible South that cherishes its heritage and culture can act together to reduce or eliminate any loss Maurice's may encounter because of the heinous and unfair economic action by WalMart.
I have personally used Maurice's BBQ sauce for years and can attest to its quality and superior taste. It is a gourmet product. I encourage all Southern organizations, heritage groups, and individuals to contact Maurices at the following addresses and phone numbers and support this business under siege by ordering his sauce and any other products he may offer. You will not regret it.
The addresses are:
Piggy Park Enterprises Inc
P.O. Box 6847
West Columbia, S.C. 29171
web site: http://www.mauricesbbq.com
phone no. for orders and catalog: 1 800 MAURICE
sauce price list: 18oz bottles (includes shipping)
4 bottles - $16.00
6 bottles - 22.00
12 bottles - 40.00
they will tell you the flavors. I recommend the variety flavor mix of
bottles. They are all great. I have used them for years.
Support Maurice's.
Patrick Reaves
Chairman
Southern Party of Alabama
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Below is the response from Wal-Mart/Sam's Club to my own E-Mail
From: "CUSTOMER REPLIES: WM Stores & Sam's Clubs" <[email protected]>
To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject: Response from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Ref #000000001225607)
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 13:45:39 -0500
Thank you for your message.
The decision to discontinue Maurice's barbeque sauce never had to do with
the Confederate Flag.
The decision was initially based on the fact that the supplier is the center
of a controversy and we
didn't want that to get in the way of our ability to care for our members.
After an evaluation of this supplier we decided that we do not want to
continue doing business with them.
We are in the process of removing the product from both Sams and Wal-Mart
For further correspondence regarding this issue, please reply to this email.
----Your Original Comments Were----
How dare you! Of all the unmitigated audacity! Do you people have something
against the constitutional right to free speech? How did Maurice Bessinger's
right to express his political belief come to involve Wal-mart? If some
individuals have a problem with Mr. Bessinger's political views, then they
don't have to buy his products. But what Wal-mart has done in this instance
is to become the political spokesman for these unknown invisible people (of
which I believe can probably be given the name NAACP). Gentlemen, I think
you will find you have made a grave mistake with the decision to take this
action. A sleeping giant has been awoken from a deep sleep. The southern
people are a proud peoples. We have had about all the bashing with this
politically correct BS that we are going to take. You have lost my business,
and gained a picketer outside your door. Unless there is a formal apoligy
and Mr Bessinger,s products are returned to the selves.
Dio Vindice, Resurgam
(God will vindicate, I will rise again)
Allan C. Jones & Bobbie Jean Jones
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Federal Bill Introduced to
Ban Confederate Flags
Mark Hopkins
Virginia State CofCC
Posted: 09.07.00
There is a bill that is in the house now. If this passes it will condemn all
Confederate Flags. Then likely after this is passed it will go to the senate
and then to the president to BAN ALL Confederate Flags. This is serious, so
please act now...call your representative to stop HR 466.
HR 466 was first brought out for discussion in April 2000 by 27 US House
members led by Mr. Charles Rangel-D-NY. And will be produced on the house floor for vote soon.
The HR 466 bill.....says in short....
"Whereas the Confederacy was defeated
in its attempt to destroy the United States of America by tearing the nation
apart. Now, therefore be it resolved. That the House of Representatives does
not support, condone or encourage the use or display of the first, second or
third official Confederate national flags, Confederate naval jack, Confederate
battle flag (southern cross) for any reason other than as a historic reminder
of the secession of the Confederate States, which prompted the violent, bloody and divisive Civil War and the Confederacy's flagrant disregard for the
equality of all Americans in accordance with the US Constitution and in the
eyes of God."
This must be stopped AT ALL COSTS. Enough is Enough. If anybody has
additional information on HR 466 please advise me.
To find out your congressman & e-mail them, click here:
To write to all of them by making an e-mail folder with one e-mail, click here:
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TWO CHILDREN DEAD BECAUSE OF GUN LOCKS:
Jonathon David Bruce came to kill. He didn't have a gun so he used a pitchfork. Jessica Lynne Carpenter could have stopped him cold if the guns she tried to use had not been disabled with gun locks. Jessica is 14 years old and her father taught her how to shoot. She could have blown this guy away before he could have killed anybody if the family's guns hadn't been "lawfully" disabled. But while she was calling 911 (at the neighbor's house because Bruce had cut the phone lines), he killed two of her siblings. By the time Merced County sheriff's deputies arrived, 7-year-old John William and 9-year-old Ashley Danielle were dead. (Jessica had asked the neighbor to take his gun and help, but he refused, only allowing her to use his phone to dial 911). When Bruce attacked the cops with his bloody pitchfork, they "filled him full of lead" as Jessica could have done if the guns hadn't been "lawfully" locked up.
So once again people have died before the people with usable guns arrived to kill the perpetrator. Anti-self defense laws kill! That is an unalterable fact that the anti-self defense freaks would do well to note. The blood of these two children, and of many others, is on their hands. Does anybody think this story will be "spotlighted" in the news media? I don't, because it is evidence of just the opposite thing from what they want to portray. It will be treated as a "local story" and will run for a day or so, then be forgotten --- except for people like me and news sources like "Sierra Times." I mourn these dead children as does every other person who wishes to be able to achieve self defense when people like this "come to kill," but who can't because the law only disarms the innocent. (Source: Fresno Bee, August, 2000)
IMPORTANT GUN LEGISLATION IN US SENATE MUST READ!
NOTICE!
THERE GOES THE SECOND AMENDMENT DOWN THE TOILET!
This bill if passed will require manditory registration of handguns and a tax of $50.00 on each handgun in your possesion on your next (2000) 1040 tax return!
And they weren't going to tell you until after it had been passed into law!
Write your U.S. Senator NOW and let him/her know
this will not and can not be tolerated!
AS WE SAY HERE IN SC
NO VOTES
FOR TURNCOATS!
S 2099 IS
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2099
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the registration of handguns, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 24, 2000
Mr. REED introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the registration of handguns, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Handgun Safety and Registration Act of 2000'.
SEC. 2. REGISTRATION OF HANDGUNS.
(a) HANDGUN INCLUDED IN DEFINITION OF FIREARM-
(1) IN GENERAL- Section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining firearm) is amended by striking `and (8) a destructive device' and inserting `(8) a handgun; and (9) a destructive device'.
(2) DEFINITION OF HANDGUN- Section 5845 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to definitions) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(n) HANDGUN-
`(1) IN GENERAL- The term `handgun' means any weapon (including a starter gun) which--
`(A) is designed to or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive, and
`(B) has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand.
`(2) DISASSEMBLED PARTS INCLUDED- Such term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, and any combination of parts from which a handgun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.
`(3) EXCLUSION- Such term shall not include a firearm classified as `any other weapon' under subsection (e).'.
(b) TRANSFER TAX IMPOSED ON HANDGUNS- Section 5811(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rate) is amended by inserting `or as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8)' after `section 5845(e)'.
(c) TAX ON MAKING FIREARMS IMPOSED ON HANDGUNS- Section 5821(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rate) is amended by inserting `, except, the tax on any firearm classified as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8) shall be at the rate of $50 for each such firearm made' after `firearm made'.
(d) IMPORTATION POLICY CONTINUED-
(1) IN GENERAL- Section 5844 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to importation) is amended by adding at the end the following: `This section shall not apply to any firearm classified as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8).'.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 925(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting `(without regard to paragraph (8) thereof)' after `section 5845(a)'.
(e) SHARING OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES-
(1) IN GENERAL- Section 6103(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to disclosure of returns and return information with respect to certain taxes) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(3) TAXES IMPOSED ON TRANSFER OF HANDGUNS- Returns and return information with respect to taxes imposed by part II of subchapter A of chapter 53 (relating to tax on transferring firearms) on any firearm classified as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8) shall be available in an on-line format for inspection by or disclosure to officers and employees of--
`(A) any Federal law enforcement agency, and
`(B) any State or local law enforcement agency,
whose official duties require such inspection or disclosure.'.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS- Section 6103(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking `or (o)(1)' and inserting `(o)(1), or (o)(3)(A)',
(ii) by striking `or (l)(6)' and inserting `(l)(6)',
(iii) by inserting `or (o)(3)(B),' after `(16),', and
(B) in subparagraph (F)(i)--
(i) by striking `or (l)(6)' and inserting `(l)(6)', and
(ii) by inserting `or (o)(3)(B),' after `(16),', and
(C) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by striking `or (o)(1)' and inserting `, (o)(1), or (o)(3)(A)'.
(f) TRANSITION RULE FOR NONREGISTERED HANDGUNS-
(1) IN GENERAL- Any person possessing any firearm classified as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record maintained by the Secretary of the Treasury under section 5841 of such Code shall register such handgun--
(A) within 1 year of the date of the enactment of this Act, or
(B) upon the transfer of such handgun before such 1 year anniversary date.
(2) TREATMENT OF REGISTRATION AS TRANSFER- For purposes of any tax imposed by part II of subchapter A of chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to tax on transferring firearms) on any firearm classified as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8) of such Code, any registration of such handgun under paragraph (1)(A) shall be considered a transfer of such handgun.
(3) NONAPPLICATION OF PENALTY- Section 5861(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not apply with respect to the possession of any handgun before the date of the registration of such handgun under paragraph (1).
(g) PROVISION OF REGISTRATION FORMS-
(1) AVAILABILITY- To promote and assist compliance with the handgun registration requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available such registration and fingerprint forms as may be required by the public for compliance with such requirements--
(A) to State and local law enforcement agencies and facilities of the Department of the Treasury throughout the States, the United States Postal Service, and such other agencies and departments of the Federal Government as the Secretary determines would aid in making such forms available to the public; and
(B) through the Internet in a downloadable format.
(2) SINGLE FORM- The Secretary of the Treasury shall make available registration forms that allow an individual to register the possession or transfer of more than 1 firearm classified as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on a single form.
(h) PROGRAM OF PUBLIC AWARENESS- Within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall commence a program to broaden public awareness of the handgun registration requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by this section. Such program may include voluntary cooperative efforts with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and public service announcements as deemed appropriate by the Secretary.
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the provisions of and amendments made by this Act.
(j) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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A Nation Divided
(And a message to the Enemy Camp)
By J.J. Johnson - Posted: 11.08.00
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If you're wondering what that upset feeling is in your stomach, you're not alone. In my opinion, this is the calm before the storm. Let November 7, 2000 be a red–letter day, and a black mark on American history. The only winner of this election will be the truth; the truth that this nation is more polarized and divided than it has ever been. In other countries, it's at this point that the shooting starts and the blood begins to flow in the streets. Perhaps that explains that upset feeling in your stomach today.
This is not to be interpreted to indicate that we advocate such actions, but if what I fear lies ahead, it's best that someone steps forward and explains to our posterity how and why we got to this crossroad in America. Regardless of the final result, America's choice will remain deadlocked. There will be no negotiating, as there is too much at stake. The party who is on the verge of losing all power in Washington DC has a track record of ill behavior in vote counting. There has also been a pattern for at least the last decade of violent death and destruction that takes place when their authority is threatened.
For what it's worth, the so-called "exit poll data" is telling the world who is on which side in this conflict. Rural vs Urban, Young vs Old, Black vs White, Gentile vs non-gentile, etc.
To put it simply: It's us against them.
No one wants to admit it, no one wants to say it, but that's the way it is. According to the AP there was "... the results of the U.S. presidential race was a lesson in democracy's messy glory - or proof that the political system in the world's most powerful nation might just be in need of an overhaul."
Well, to the rest of the world, the Associated Press may be right about that "overhaul." The last major overhaul of this type cost us about 600,000 lives back in the 19th century with primitive weaponry. The states where many people's ancestors fought and died for their beliefs in the Constitution led the battle of November 7, 2000 at the ballot box – showing that no matter what happens, or what you hear on CNN, that battle is not over. In fact, the next phase of this battle has just begun.
My prediction: This is GOING to get ugly.
Let us now candidly state these facts to the world:
We represent the side that has become the victim of "political correctness." We are those who have been called names for simply being who we are. We have been demonized for believing that this nation, and the way it governs, is based on certain principles. We are the ones who pay (by force) the majority of the taxes in this country. We are the ones who have placed the majority of our sons and daughters in harm's way in service of our nation. We have been all but banned from the major media, but they now know we exist. We watched as our basic freedoms were being stolen from us. We fought back. We fought hard. According to the rules that govern us, we believe we have made a major statement to the world via the ballot box.
We have been under assault. We risk losing our right of free expression, our right to own property, our rights of self-defense and preservation, our right to be governed from our states rather than a federal bureaucracy, and soon, if we do not prevail, our right to adequate representation in our own government.
Even our history and that of our ancestors is under attack. The democratic choice that has been made threatens to end (or at least halt) this downward slide. Our adversaries are on the verge of losing all the power they've held over us for the last 40 years. At this time it appears that our adversaries, like tyrants of the past, simply won't accept defeat and are preparing to take steps to take this fight to the next level.
We are truly a Nation Divided.
Citizens of the world, if our side loses this battle, many of us may not live to see what the outcome will be. We can safely predict that your nations will soon share the same attitude about this nation that many share today – that it is run by a tyrant, or a beast. You will witness the military and economic power of this nation used against you at the will of a few, not the will of the people. You will be disarmed, disenfranchised, and taught to hate one another. You will be forced to believe that the U.S. Government, and not our Creator, is your caretaker and will demand complete control over your lives. We will be vanquished.
It is for this reason, that we cannot – we shall not surrender. We represent a people who believe in a Power Greater than Ourselves. Today, we live with an unsettling fear. Not a fear of what our adversaries will do, but fear of what we may have to do to preserve, protect, and defend our principles, our beliefs, and our posterity. We do not wish this upon ourselves, but many of us fear that our opposition may have removed all other options. America has made its choice. We have chosen to have a "difference of opinion." We have chosen to be divided. For this reason, we ask for your prayers and understanding of what may befall us in the coming days.
And to our adversary – the enemy camp:
It is not the Electoral College that needs to be overhauled. If you cannot agree to the rules as they have been written and to the will of those on our side, then once again – we submit to you an offer of disillusionment. That's right – another secession. But this time, it's not just Dixie.
Over the years, those of us who have chosen to remove ourselves from the metropolitan cesspools have learned what independence means. We are those huddled masses yearning to breathe free. We submit that the state of Washington doesn't need Seattle, Illinois doesn't need Chicago, New York doesn't need New York City, etc. We submit that our children should not be forced to learn what you teach. We submit that our rights to own and defend our property are rights, not privileges. We submit that "multiculturalism" is not "tolerance", but state-sponsored bigotry against political opposition. We submit that Americans are sovereign by birthright, and that NO man shall ever take that away from us. We submit that if no peaceful solution can be reached, then at least 29 of the 50 sovereign states seek other options. You have tried to silence us, ignore us, demonize us, and even disarm us. Let November 7, 2000 be the day when you have been warned via the ballot box that WE SHALL NOT SURRENDER.
Our candidate for president may not have been our first or best choice, but we did choose NOT to be governed by the likes of our opposition. We understand that this campaign has pitted brother against brother, sister against sister, and parent against child, and still does today. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
To our adversaries: We have seen your tactics, we know your strategy. We KNOW you've attempted to deny the right of suffrage to our brethren off our nation's shores and in harm's way. We KNOW you have sought to register those who have not earned the right of suffrage in this country. Still, we prevailed. And we fear that you have little or no plan to simply walk away. If it is war that you are thinking of – if it is a war that you are planning, let it be known that you will not wage a war against the "unsuspecting." You will name the stakes. You will fire the first shot. You will make the choice.
As you have made your positions known to your leaders, we have done likewise. But unlike you, we take orders from a Higher Power, and not from corrupt men. We are as prepared as we were at the end of last year. You have heard our demand. We want our country back. Make no mistake about it - we will and shall continue to use the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and if left with no other choice, the other boxes that you seek to take away from us. As many of us today stand in fear of what may become of us, we cannot and shall not prevail until each of us looks deep within ourselves, understands the crossroad at which we stand, looks our adversaries in the eye and says without reservation or hesitation…
…You will have to kill all of us.
For God, the Constitution, and Country
J.J. Johnson
Editor & Chief – Sierra Times.com
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