Occupy Wall Street Rap Sheet & Comparison

Occupy Wall Street Rap Sheet & Comparison

How similar are the TEA Party and Occupy Wall Street?

‘OUR RIGHTS COME FROM NATURE AND GOD, NOT GOVERNMENT’: RYAN CHANNELS JOHN LOCKE

There was a rare, pure philosophical moment in Rep. Paul Ryan’s running mate announcement speech in Norfolk, Va. Saturday that should not be overlooked. The Wisconsin congressman waxed on the natural contract between government, man and God:

“But America is more than just a place…it’s an idea. It’s the only country founded on an idea. Our rights come from nature and God, not government. We promise equal opportunity, not equal outcomes. This idea is founded on the principles of liberty, freedom, free enterprise, self-determination and government by consent of the governed.”


Ryan’s speech was a conduit to some of the essential founding principles of the nation. In particular, the comments are a direct conceptual channeling of English philosopher John Locke.

Locke argued that because governments were instituted to protect the unalienable rights of individuals, they had no power other than what was necessary to protect such rights. In other words, a free and just government was necessarily a limited government. His sentiments were devoutly believed by the Founding Fathers and are reflected in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

In Locke’s defining Second Treatise on Government, the he argued that “freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by but as freedom of nature is, to be under no other restraint but the law of nature and God.”

Locke added further weight to the argument for natural rights as he argued against the subjugation of human beings in The State of Nature:

“For men being all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infinitely wise Maker; all the servants of one Sovereign Master, sent into the world by his order and about his business, they are his property whose workmanship they are, made to last during his, not one another’s, pleasure. And being furnished with like faculties, sharing all in one community of nature, there cannot be supposed any such subordination among us that may authorize us to destroy one another, as if we were made for one another’s uses, as the inferior ranks of creatures are for ours.”


Ryan followed up his Lockean statement by adding: “This idea is founded on the principles of liberty, freedom, free enterprise, self-determination and government by consent of the governed.”

Even on the point of consent of the governed, Locke can be consulted: In his writings on The Dissoloution of Government, Locke discusses the actions a society must take when a government steps outside the “limited powers” it is entitled to in order to change the government.

“The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property; and the end while they choose and authorise a legislative is that there may be laws made, and rules set, as guards and fences to the properties of all the society, to limit the power and moderate the dominion of every part and member of the society. For since it can never be supposed to be the will of the society that the legislative should have a power to destroy that which every one designs to secure by entering into society, and for which the people submitted themselves to legislators of their own making: whenever the legislators endeavour to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any farther obedience, and are left to the common refuge which God has provided for all men against force and violence.“

Ryan’s philosophy on the social contract between man and government has a firm grounding in the natural rights principles of John Locke and ergo the American Founders. It will be highly interesting to see these concepts drawn up in the political discourse and debate of the next few months, leading up to November.

During coverage of Ryan’s first speech as the vice presidential candidate, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry added to her resume of controversial on-air remarks when she criticized Ryan for daring to quote the Declaration of Independence in his speech when declaring rights come from God and nature, and not from government.

“The thing I really have against him is actually how he and Gov. Romney have misused the Declaration of Independence,” said Harris-Perry Saturday. “I’m deeply irritated by their notion that the ‘pursuit of happiness’ means money for the richest and that we extricate the capacity of ordinary people to pursue happiness. When they say ‘God and nature give us our rights, not government,’ that is a lovely thing to say as a wealthy white man.”

Harris-Perry’s race-related criticism of Ryan for quoting a fundamental idea, upon which the entire nature of the U.S. government rests, has been met with media and public disapproval.

On “Real News From The Blaze” Tuesday, the panel was joined by Dr. Joseph Laconte of Kings College to explain why debate around this idea, that our rights are from God and nature, could spell trouble for the future of the nation should people ever see Government as the ultimate dispensor of rights.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/real-news-from-the-blaze-left-attacks-paul-ryan-for-discussing-natural-rights/

Describing Ryan’s speech, NBC White House Correspondent Andrea Mitchell lamented: “He talked about rights coming from God and they don’t come from government.”

There is dissatisfaction on the left with the Constitution, and criticism of the Romney-Ryan Recovery is based on race.

When they say ‘God and nature give us our rights, not government,’ that is a lovely thing to say as a wealthy white man.”

MICHIGAN SCHOOL DISTRICT SOLD SCHOOL TO JIHAD-LINKED GROUP IN SWEETHEART DEAL

CITIZENS: PROBE SECRET DEAL WITH ISLAMISTS

In a statement of allegations, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) has exposed criminal corruption and cover‐up by a Michigan public school district in its no‐bid sale of a school to the Islamic Cultural Association (ICA), which is linked to terrorist supporting organizations.

Obama's Weakness Forces Israel's Hand

NETANYAHU HAS ‘ALMOST FINALLY’ MADE DECISION TO ATTACK IRAN NUKE PLANTS

The Great Liberal Lie: Jonah Goldberg on the Left's War on Words

World History I: Renaissance, A comparison of 3 City-States during the renaissance, Venice, Florence and Genoa.

Renaissance Worldview on Prezi

Scientific Blunders in the Quran

Economics: Thomas Sowell: Washington's Meddling Wrecking Economy

Economics: Thomas Sowell: Washington's Meddling Wrecking Economy

Sowell on Economy

Paul Ryan took apart Obama and Obamacare -- in 6 minutes!

Ryan has "written two budgets, both of them passed by the House but never acted on by the Senate, that would have kept tax rates low while deeply slashing spending, including making major changes to entitlement programs."

His budget spends 15 percent less than Obama would over the next decade, and he would rack up $3.1 trillion in cumulative new deficits during that time, which is less than half of the deficits the White House says Obama’s budget would produce.

Over the long run Mr. Ryan’s budget would cap taxes at 19 percent of gross domestic product — slightly higher than the post-World War II average — but would bring spending down to 16 percent of GDP by 2050, which would mean cutting about 40 cents out of every dollar spent if it were to happen today.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/11/obama-and-ryan-have-tangled-repeatedly/

"The idea of “premium support” for Medicare, which would change the program’s one-size-fits-all policy to a private-insurance model with public options, was endorsed by a bipartisan commission appointed by Bill Clinton back in the 1990s. Late last year, Ryan announced a new version of his proposal with a new partner signing on: Democratic senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, who first achieved political prominence as an advocate for seniors."

Cf. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/313732/smart-democrats-should-be-worried-john-fund

RACHEL MADDOW & NATIONAL REVIEW‘S RICH LOWRY BATTLE OVER RYAN’S BUDGET PLAN

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Obama Campaign Defends Obama's $700 Billion Cuts to Medicare

Obama cuts Medicare, lamestream media journalist deflects

PAUL RYAN LAUGHS AT DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ DURING CNN TAKEDOWN

Another Ramadan Slaughter of American Troops in Afghanistan

3 US troops gunned down by Afghan soldier they were training.

CAPTAIN INSISTED THAT HIS MARINES OBSERVE RAMADAN CUSTOMS

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=8769951

BIG SIS FAVORED GAL PALS, lawsuit filed

The gal pal "enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the secretary. The suit doesn’t detail the nature of their relationship."

Military Trains to Fight TEA Party

U.S. military officers are told to plan and fight Americans.

Cf. Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A “Vision” of the Future, Kevin Benson and Jennifer Weber

Benson, Ret., of the Army's University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Jennifer Weber.

The article posits an “extremist militia motivated by the goals of the ‘tea party’ movement.”

A professor at the Joint Forces Staff College was relieved of duty in June for uttering the heresy that the United States is at war with Islam. The Obama administration contended the professor had to be relieved because what he was teaching was not U.S. policy. Because there is no disclaimer attached to the Small Wars piece, it is fair to ask, at least in Col. Benson’s case, whether his views reflect official policy regarding the use of U.S. military force against American citizens.

In the comments about the article, the "Son of Freedom" added a worthwhile comment.

In the closing days prior to the 2012 election, sensing a resounding defeat, the incumbent president seeks to hold onto supreme executive power at any cost. While watching the election returns from Chicago, a small tactical nuclear weapon is detonated in Washington, DC. The president quickly appears before the nation on live TV to declare that a state of national emergency exists, and is therefore cancelling the general election until “the situation can be stabilized.”

The president calls out the Department of Homeland Security, which responds with amazingly fast mobilization of their new armored vehicles and “defensive” para-military equipment. All Military personnel are placed on alert, and National Guard units are federalized and mobilized.

In the following days, the bomb fragments and analysis of the bomb material is determined to have come from Iran. The great bulk of the American Military is sent into harm’s way towards Iran. The president then declares that DHS and FEMA are the new “guardians” of the homeland.

Soon after, isolated incidents of DHS and FEMA personnel are found to have been shot while “ensuring domestic tranquility.” This leads to a de facto and official revocation of the 2nd and 4th Amendments, all in the name of “security.” Soon enough, hundreds of reports of citizens resisting DHS security forces flow in, causing the president to use remaining Military forces to “pacify” the embattled areas.

Now to point out a couple of glaring errors in your fictional study. First of all, as an Active Duty Soldier, I can say with some degree of certainty that I, nor those with whom I work each day would NOT turn our weapons on other American citizens, especially those in our own communities. Secondly, activating a National Guard unit in the area where there is an incident such as the one you propose would be inviting desertion. Those men and women would no sooner hunt down and maim or kill their own neighbors than the mailman would. Thirdly, you assume that no one on the outside of the suggested “tightening noose” would assist the rebels. Darlington is close to the ocean. I-95 is already a smuggling highway, both literally and figuratively. Thus you would have to bring in the Navy and/or the Coast Guard in order to blockade the South Carolina coast. Even then, smugglers would get through. That is assuming the USN and/or USCG would cooperate fully (see my first reason).

Facts: DHS has been wargaming the detonation of a small tac-nuke in Washington D.C. The Department of Homeland Security has purchased over 450 Million rounds of .40 caliber hollow-point rounds, and has been buying up 5.56mm (NATO standard round) ammunition as well. The DHS has no foreign warfighting mission or capability. 450 Million rounds is excessive for any agency to claim for training purposes. This essay only serves to provide another “dot” to connect.

Live Tea or Die? Is the US Military Preparing To Quell the Tea Party?

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Cf. http://www.infowars.com/us-army-tactical-manuals-describe-how-to-control-domestic-insurrection/

GRAY STATE Official Concept Trailer #1

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GRAY STATE SYNOPSIS
The world reels with the turmoil of war, geological disaster, and economic collapse, while Americans continue to submerge themselves in illusions of safety and immunity. While rights are sold for security, the federal government, swollen with power, begins a systematic takeover of liberty in order to bring about a New World Order.

Americans, quarantined to militarized districts, become a population ripe for tyrannical control.

Fearmongering, terrorism, police state, martial law, war, arrest, internment, hunger, oppression, violence, resistance -- these are the new terms by which Americans define their existence. Neighbor is turned against neighbor as the value of the dollar plunges to zero, food supplies are depleted, and everyone is a terror suspect. There are arrests. Disappearances. Bio attacks. Public executions of those even suspected of dissent. Even rumors of concentration camps on American soil.

This is the backdrop to an unfolding story of resistance. American militias prepare for guerilla warfare. There are mass defections from the military as true Patriots attempt to rally around the Constitution and defend liberty, preparing a national insurgency against federal forces, knowing full well this will be the last time in history the oppressed will be capable of organized resistance.

It is a time of transition, of shifting alliance, of mass awakening and mass execution. It is an impending storm, an iron-gray morning that puts into effect decades of over-comfort and complacency, and Americans wake up to an occupied homeland. It is a time of lists -- black list, white list, and those still caught in the middle, those who risk physical death for their free will and those who sell their souls to maintain their idle thoughts and easy comforts. It is in this Gray State that the perpetuation of human freedom will be contested, or crushed.

Is it the near future, or is it the present? The Gray State is coming - by consent or conquest. This is battlefield USA.

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DO D.C. POLICE LICENSE PLATE READERS LEAD TO A ‘SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY’?

DO D.C. POLICE LICENSE PLATE READERS LEAD TO A ‘SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY’?

Police License Plate Scanner

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Catholic Bishop's "social justice" charitable ministry and Saul Alinksy

Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Saul Alinsky

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