“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”

George Washington

THE QUESTION

There has been a whirlwind of legislation in America over the past ten years; statutes which both add to and convolute our already oppressive society. So, I figured a little insight into living under these laws might be timely. There are so many, so I’ll just address what I think are the most pointed.

After September 11th, pretty much that hallmark date that the government chose to institute such sweeping change, the right to speak out against government pretty much equated to speaking for terrorism. I mean come on now. Don’t you see the nexus?  Homeland Security does!

Then with this Patriot Act (Can’t imagine why they chose that name!) privacy and the law to document ‘probable cause,’ that bare minimum of evidence of a crime, went right out the window. Those Justice and Homeland Security officials know what they’re doing. If they say they need to monitor all phone calls, e-mails, bank accounts and commercial travel, there must be a good reason. And they really don’t need to be bothered with those pesky little rules designed to keep government honest. Honestly, if your banker or grocery store clerk didn’t have any one looking over their shoulders or have to keep a ledger, you could trust them, right?

And since the government’s dealing with all these nefarious types, the likes of which have been around since the beginning of time, like people who decide that they have the right to attack those who never attacked them (Iraq!), then what’s the big deal if we just put them in a prison and not allow them: to know what it is they’re being held for; face their accusers; seek counsel; have their day in court; or even let anyone see, let alone know they’re alive?

Now that we’ve come that far, what’s wrong with letting the government, that body of fellow citizens which generally falls a few degrees south of the moral center, apply a little creative interrogation? After all, how can you expect them to bring the proper charges if they don’t know what the guilty party did? Just because we say we’re going to kill them, murder their wives or rape their daughters, it’s not as if we’re really going to go through with it!

Oh OK, so a few died; what’s the big deal. If they hadn’t been so strong willed they’d probably still be alive. Besides, they were more than likely guilty of something anyway. At least that’s what the CIA said after they destroyed the tapes, that is!

So, here’s my question:

If you were to be approached by any number of our pervasive federal law-enforcement community today, be it FBI, CIA, DHS, NSA, DEA, ATF, IRS, CBP, INS, USMS, SS (Secret Service), EPA (Yeah, they carry guns!), Blackwater (Contractors count too!), etc., and were ‘requested’ to accompany them for reasons stated or not and you believed that you had done nothing to deserve such attention, then what would you do?

Here’s a little something to consider before you answer:

Once in the custody of said supposed law-enforcement officers, you may not be afforded any opportunity to: know what it is you allegedly did or were thinking of doing; be allowed to face your accusers; have legal counsel; permitted a court; or even let anyone in the outside world know that you’re alive. If you’re thinking that the odds of this are so miniscule as to not even rate, then I must inform you that where the odds may be in your favor, a number of fellow citizens whom have done nothing wrong either have suffered this precise fate. Oh, that’s right, I forgot. You probably didn’t hear about most of them because if they talked they would be subject to Part Deux.

The Patriot Act permits the government to threaten and prosecute anyone who divulges anything that may pertain to national security. Well, if you were the agents or Justice (Gulp!) officials who thought they could get away with prosecuting someone just because they looked like a bad guy, you’d invoke national security too. They’re one in the same you know. National Police = National Security!

And here’s the icing on the cake. Once you’ve ‘consented’ to go along with these alleged law-enforcement officials, you have given up any and all rights that you thought you had; because, ignorance of the law is no excuse. If you are a citizen of this nation today, then unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past decade, then there is no plausible rational, let alone excuse, for not knowing what the law of the land is. What with all the press and hype regarding rendition (unlawful kidnapping or extradition), denial of due-process and torture, not to mention, summary executions, or accidental death depending on how you look at it, no citizen today can say that they didn’t know that this could happen to them. This takes us back to my question; which I’ll rephrase.

If you knew that you could lose all rights, to include the right to live, would you willfully, consent to accompany those who are not held to any standard of accountability or law? Would you be willing to subject yourself to strip searches in front of others, to include the opposite sex? Would you give up your right to counsel? Would you give up the most basic of human decency, of being permitted to inform your loved ones of your whereabouts? And quite naturally, your loved ones right to know your whereabouts? Would you agree to being slapped silly for over thirty minutes and slammed into a wall? Would you consent to be placed naked in a cell, have hypothermia induced and be sleep deprived? Would you willfully consent to a mock drowning; which as it turns out, may become your last cognizant experience on this earth? Only for those who subjected you to such inhumane treatment to be afforded all rights and protections, that you were denied? We don’t see any of them being prosecuted now do we?

Or would you stand up as a free man, denounce these perversions of law, and fight for your very life? Here’s a little hint. It’s a trick question.

You see, if you’re waiting for that knock at the door to answer the question, it’s too late. You’ve already given your tacit consent; because while you stood silently when they took away your fellow man, your fellow countrymen even, you made such perversions of law, lawful! By and through the removal of your First Amendment Right, which you have acquiesced to, you gave your tacit (silent) consent to such inhumane treatment by those you entrusted with your very freedoms; namely the federal government. No? Well, when all this came to light, did you write, do or document anything to apprise your government that these horrors were not only done contrary to the Supreme Law of the Land (Constitution), but that you demand that these crimes and criminals be prosecuted? Well? Because if you didn’t, then you did then and do now approve!

Today, that’s the world most Americans have heretofore consented to.

So, the question is: What are you going to do now?

Brian Kilcullen
Enemies in War,

NON-CONSENT

The word freedom, for all it conveys, is a much misunderstood concept. It is touted as the ability to think or do what you want, but rarely is it fully explained. How can you do what you want if you don’t have what you need to do it with? How can you have what you need if you don’t work for it? You see, if you take what you need from another without working for it, then you have violated the very foundation of Natural Law upon which this nation was founded. That being that all men are created equal, and as such are entitled to their respective inalienable rights; and no one else’s.

Obviously, if one man can take something of value from another to exercise his free-will then men would no longer be equal, as one has only obtained freedom by virtue of the one deprived. Clearly one, by fraud or force, is entitling himself to more than his birth right; and in the same instant denying another his birth right. That is, as long as there is someone else with something of value to deprive.

As such, freedom for all its decrees is yours only if you work for it. It’s not an entitlement. It can’t be given. It certainly can’t be legislated. It must be earned. Until you come to a cohesive understanding of this absolute, freedom will be as elusive as it is overrated.

This brings us to another powerful, but much overlooked concept; Consent. Simple in definition, but having a far greater reach rarely acknowledged, consent is the consummation of your freedom. After all, you can’t be said to have acted of your own free will, unless you have acted on your own volition; consented as it were. And acting on one’s own volition, implies that one could just as easily not have acted at all. As to be free to choose, means one is free not to choose. Simply stated, consent cannot be forced, because if your agreement has been obtained by coercion, then it was not given of your own free will, but extorted; the exact opposite of consent. Not to mention, the antithesis of freedom.

More notably, your consent cannot have been obtained by fraud either, because if your consent has only been obtained by outright deception or surreptitious means then common sense, not to mention the Law, says that you have not truly consented at all. Why? Because, you really didn’t know to what you had agreed.

Therefore, in order to exercise free will, you must not only feel free to not consent, but if to consent, have a reasonable understanding of what you are in fact, agreeing to. Then and only then can it be said that you are truly free. Which begs the question: Are we Americans free today? Before you jump to answer, remember that you must act on your own volition and know to what you have actually agreed.

Today though, I watch my fellow Americans pay blind subservience to a morally and financially bankrupt government; a fictitious entity that only exists by and through our collective consent. After all, governments are nothing, have nothing and can do nothing but by the will of the governed; the People. Makes you think, doesn’t it?

At present, our nation is on the brink of insolvency. Our standing in the world, under any number of dynamics is falling. Our government officials violate our nation’s constitutional agreement and our trust on almost a daily basis; with impunity. We are subject to an ever increasing tax-burden with no regard to our assent. By any measure, most of us don’t even trust, let alone believe our government any longer. Leaving me to wonder why any American would consent to its governance at all. Could it be that many of us only consent out of sheer ignorance? Perhaps we think that we can appease a thief, whether armed with a gun or dressed in a suit, by handing over just one more dollar? Or, dare I say, do we only consent under duress, coercion? If so, then that is not consent at all; but madness!

Yet, still consenting to such insanity, we profess to be the freest people in history. I put to you, that there is a misstatement here. And I see no mistake or illogic in my thinking, because you see, I know to what I consent; or more appropriately, what I no longer consent to. You see, I have studied what the Law is and from where Law in this nation derives; or should I say, from where it is supposed to derive. Where the illogical comes in, is that our government today is not following any Law at all; neither the Law to which they swore an oath (Constitution), nor the laws they themselves implement. And therein lays the key. Why should they? If we, a free people, and yes we are free, choose by ignorance, apathy or subservience, to consent to such lawlessness, than why would we expect anything different from those in our government. After all, if we don’t care to what we consent, why should they care to what they abide?

I put to my fellow Americans that we, as a nation, are no longer free. That we have, out of our own ignorance and apathy, willfully given up our freedoms. There is no other explanation. Free men are free to do whatever they wish and if my fellow Americans choose to give up their freedoms, who am I to tell them otherwise? I can and will however, tell them that their course is a path of self destruction. That this nation, ship-of-state as it were, is sinking into a sea of depravity, debt and lawlessness. And there exists no person or thing to change its course, because without the true power of a nation, the people, to alter it, history will relegate this nation, this silent tyranny, and us, to the annihilation that it has so historically exacted throughout time.

For those Americans who would truly wish to stand up and re-claim their liberties, I must apprise you that time is short. And the path dangerous, because where once upon a time, a minor correction may have altered our course, today it will amount to retaking the ship. You see, our ship has been hijacked. Yes, just like those aircraft on September 11th. And just like that day, the hijackers will not give up their control easily.

The only question you need to ask yourself, if you wish to reclaim what is rightfully yours, is do you know to what a citizen of the United States consents? Since it is blatantly apparent that most of you do not, I will tell you.

Study, understand and be prepared to fight for those inalienable rights and protections so well articulated in this nation’s former Bill of Rights. No matter what you’ve heard as to the Constitution being antiquated, no matter who has attacked and degraded it, your liberties as a free people and your salvation as a just nation, lie in its words and nowhere else.

Until you have come to an understanding of Constitution, Law and what it means to be a citizen, then and only then can you reap the true value of your consent; or more significantly, your non-consent. Because as long as we consent to the aberration, the unlawful, the federal government as it stands today, you are feeding the aberrant; the tyrants. There is no middle ground here. They are the antithesis of the United States of America. They don’t want to adhere to or uphold the laws of these United States. They seek to enslave you; and use your own free will, your consent with which to bind you.

So decide fellow Americans. Decide your future. It’s in your hands and your hands alone. Continue to feed the depraved, the fraud and the criminal or reclaim your freedom by removing from this aberrant government what is essential to its continued existence and ultimately, our demise; your consent. That being every man’s inherent right to NON-CONSENT!

Brian Kilcullen
Enemies in War,

THE TWO MOST COSTLY UNSPOKEN WORDS OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2009

Last night, we listened to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of this nation layout his strategy for Afghanistan. I wish I could tell you that I held great prospects for his plan. I really, really do. Unfortunately, like so many things this government does today, I see nothing but further costs; both in dollars and blood.

After some months of whirlwind world travels for the likes of the theoretical global-warming disaster, Nobel Peace prize and Olympic city tryouts, the President and all his minions have essentially drafted what can only be described as a failed compromise. Although sending 30,000 more troops (not to mention billions of dollars) to Afghanistan is what the military wants, he will not send quite as many as requested. Though we keep hearing that we can’t leave until we finish the fight and win, wining was not articulated. Although Mr. Obama, acknowledged that these never-ending-wars are costing this nation dearly, he nevertheless states that we will continue to fight and pay for them for at least another year and a half.

Contrary to his speech’s assertions: This nation was founded as a constitutional Republic, not a democracy. Afghanistan is another Vietnam (undeclared war). Pakistan, our renewed partner, is the enemy. The Afghanis, not to be confused with that Vietnam-era like puppet, Karzai, do not want our help. This Bush-era debacle with no clear plan or attainable goal leaves nothing to win. This continued idiocy does not make our nation safer. And for God’s sake, NO, we don’t need more Homeland Security; as those treasonous bastards (Customs) were the ones who were too busy stealing from the Treasury to stop the September 11th terrorists in the first place.

Most notably throughout this one hour decree, was not what was said though. You see, we have been told for over eight years that Osama bin Laden was the criminal mastermind behind 9/11. But did we hear his name mentioned once last night? No! How can the most heinous criminal in this nation’s history not merit even so much as an honorable mention when it comes to the war we are told he started; the war, that according to Mr. Obama, is going to cost us, yet more monies and more blood? Are they afraid that if we kill, or dare I say, capture Osama, that the war will end? I mean come on now. How many Afghanis do we have to kill before we recognize that you can’t tell a goat-herder who doesn’t much care for a foreign military presence in his backyard, from a Taliban-al Qaeda-Insurgent?

Furthermore, all the patriotic words, phraseology and pandering put forth brought nothing new to this soon-to-be Vietnam-long war. Yes, Vietnam was the ten year war. And in 2011, Afghanistan will have reached the ten year milestone. More troops, more blood, more money, more I-know-what-I’m-doing neophytes hasn’t changed the outcome one iota so far. What makes these people think that more of same will make a difference this time around? Or, are they trying to change anything at all?

If anyone in the District of Columbia, let alone a supposed constitutional scholar, would bother to read, understand and adhere to that other word never mentioned last night, the Constitution, they might see that it would show them a way out of this mess. You see, the Constitution does not allow for un-declared foreign wars. And even if Congress should decide to adhere to the Constitution, they would need to articulate which nation we are at war with. Point being, we are not at war with any nation. We are at war with criminals. We are at war with ourselves; primarily, because we no longer adhere to that most basic core set of principles and laws upon which this nation was founded. Without our Constitution, we are a nation adrift. And these security-hyped nation-building invasions are nothing more than our government capitalizing on undeclared, undefined, patriotic-painted ruses to seize liberties and monies that are not theirs to seize.

All that had to be said last night was that the Constitution of the United States does not permit undeclared foreign wars and therefore he would bring an end to these illegal debacles post haste. Then, as originally directed by the Congress in 2001, use all “necessary and appropriate force” against those who “planned, authorized, committed or aided” the September 11th attacks.

This language does not in any way infer that our troops will be spreading good cheer or billions of US dollars. Nor that we would be paving roads, building bridges, putting in schools or propping up puppets with our families’ blood. The original language quite succinctly states that our troops will be tasked to kill; Osama or anyone who gets in their way. That’s what military force is for. Period! If these nations did not want to suffer the brunt of military force then they should not have aided and abetted these criminals in the first place.

If these self-appointed demigods in DC would just stick to their oaths and stop thinking that they are the means to an end, then we citizens and our troops would fair far better. We really need to ask ourselves: Who or what do these people serve; and who or what are they really trying to get? Because they’re certainly not serving our Constitution or trying to get Osama bin Laden. Otherwise, we would have heard those words last night!

Brian Kilcullen
Enemies in War,