the Democrat congressman who voted against the latest oppressive usurpation of freedom and abuse of power favored by the Left? The Party Bosses called him psychotic and delusional, the congressman was quoted as saying, "THE PEOPLE made me do it". Poor Guy. Sad.

 

                                                                                Terri’s Death Spectacle

 

                I've heard mention that Terri Schivao was being deprived of her Right's under the 14th Amendment. This is TRUE, that is, "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities (i.e. Rights) of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Also, may I submit that Terri Schiavo’s (and any other United States citizens) Rights are protected by the 5th & 6th Amendments. The applicable portion of the 5th says, "nor shall [any Person] be compelled in any criminal case (any cause of action, which by its resolution will deprive any person of Life, Liberty, or Property is a criminal case or prosecution) to be a witness against himself [herself], nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;" the text does not mention physical or mental condition of the citizen. Terri's apparent debilitated physical and mental condition was used as the most powerful witness against herself, when it should have been the most effective witness in her favor. The applicable portion of the 6th says, "In all criminal prosecutions (any cause of action!), the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime (any cause of action!) shall have been committed, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation (in this case a court appointed advocate for Terri’s direct interest); to be confronted with the witnesses against him [her]; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his [her] favor; and to have the assistance of counsel (as above a court appointed advocate for Terri’s direct interest) for his [her] defense.” These Amendments provide, permit, and demand Federal intervention in any state whether by the Executive, Legislative, or Judicial, when a citizen's Rights are being infringed.

                Terri’s crime was that she was apparently incapable of self-sustaining life functions, and this health condition was used as an accusation, but she was denied advocacy, trial by jury, though her trial was speedy it was not public, a trial by jury is by definition- public.

                The Congress may prohibit further Judicial review, state or federal, except to convene a Trial by Jury. In this affair the “Rule of Law” was circumvented in favor of a political agenda, and a belief system anti-constitutional in nature. Any contention that the “Rule of Law” was a matter of state or federal statute law is erroneous, without a Trial by Jury. The matter was of United States Constitutional jurisdiction. Aside from the moral, ethical, and common sense reasons for intervention, the Federal Executive, Legislative, and/or the Judicial Branches had Constitutional authority and duty to intervene on the citizens behalf.

                Let us 1st interpret the references to criminal causes of actions referred to in the 5^th & 6^th Amendments. The Founders could never have imagined this sort of cause of action where an innocent and helpless citizen might be deprived of life without having been alleged and having been indicted of having committed a Capital crime, nor would they have imagined a case where medical science could prolong the life of an innocent unable to defend or fend for oneself, or even provide nourishment other than orally where a person would have to be somewhat aware of their surroundings. To my knowledge, no such inability was ever demonstrably proven and any attempt to demonstrate an ability of Terri to lick, chew, or swallow food placed on tongue or lips was prohibited by the spouse and backed by order of a state court Judge. The Founders were aware of an innocent and helpless infants inability to feed oneself and their dependence on their parents to do so, Terri’s parents and her siblings were willing to take this responsibility for feeding this innocent and seemingly helpless adult.

                Terri Schiavo was not capable of confronting those witnesses instigating this cause of action against her life, nor was she capable of understanding the cause of action against her life. And she was definitely not allowed any private Counsel appointed by the Courts to argue exclusively on her behalf, and the entreaties of Counsel for her Parents and Siblings was given little standing in the Federal or State Court hearings, but was weighted in favor of her husband who was unable to produce any Living Will or other written proof of Terri Schivao’s wishes should she be incapacitated and unable to express her intent in regard to her care in a state of near total or total incapability. It is customary for those accused of criminal and especially Capital offenses who the Criminal Court determines to be incapable of understanding the cause of action or of confronting hostile witnesses to be granted a stay of action until such time as they may be capable.

                The Constitutional principle is clear: no citizen may be deprived of life without due process. What is the definition of this due process in the Constitution? A Trial by Jury of peers, not of a Judge, a succession of Judges, or a panel of Judges. It is the duty of any officer of the Court to protect the defendant and/or the rights of the accused, whether they be innocent or guilty. Terri Schivao was the defendant in a cause of action, but was denied her right to a Trial by Jury, with her Life in the balance. The initial proceedings against any defendant must be tried by a Jury of twelve disinterested, impartial, and non-political Layman citizen jurors when the deprivation of Life may result. The fate of any citizen must be decided by direct representatives of the sovereign People, a Jury chosen from a Jury pool randomly called to service. This fundamental Constitutional Right is enshrined to protect all citizens from the overwhelming power of our governments: Federal, State, or Local; to limit government options, and foremost to keep those officials honest who depend upon the state for their livelihood. This principle is especially important now that such Federal and state programs, as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security disability, and other programs utilizing taxpayer funds now pay for the care of the indigent and incapable. Leaving the decision to a paid Federal or state employee (judge, a succession of judges, or a panel of judges) to make a life and death decision concerning the care and maintenance of a helpless is tantamount to allowing euthanasia as a de facto government policy. This must not be permitted so justice may be obtained by the least One of us, any of the We the People referred to in the Preamble of the Constitution.

                If found innocent in any case, the 5th Amendment again applies, "nor shall any person be subject ... to be twice put in jeopardy of life". Only if Terri were found “guilty” should we have had to appeal her sentence under separate provisions of the statute law.

            There are some, especially those on the Left of the political spectrum, who advocated in favor of the husband, Michael Schivao, that Terri be deprived of her Life, by introducing the argument that the Congress had no authority to pass a “personal bill of attainder” in this case. This Legislative act was not a “personal bill of attainder”. calling for a Federal review of Terri’s case. Some who supposed the Congressional resolution to be a “bill of attainder” should actually read the Constitution, but that would prove the invalidity of their agenda. Congress routinely passes personal bills and resolutions. As examples: any appointments to Constitutional and subordinate offices, or civil or military promotions of rank by the President submitted for advice and consent to the Senate whether submitted individually or on a list are personal bills as they effect individuals.

                A Bill of Attainder was prohibited to Congress from practicing the same instrument of vengeance that the English Parliament had used several times in history to destroy perceived enemies of the Crown or Parliament. Attainder comes from the root word, attaint, meaning to poison or corrupt, and alludes not inclusively to the alleged criminal offender but to the bloodline or family (including some or all relatives- the original genocide) of the individual who was attainted by the alleged criminal or treasonous act. The judgment of the Bill of Attainder ignored Trial or other due process against the alleged perpetrator. The lives of himself, his family, both immediate and extended, may also have been forfeit. Congress was Constitutionally prohibited from this practice as it bypassed due process or Trial by Jury to condemn a Person and it unjustly may include others in its condemnation. Congress was prohibited from arbitrarily issuing a Death Warrant to take a life or lives for reason of revenge. A Bill of Attainder was used to take, not to defend Life. Our judicial tradition has always maintained that only the perpetrators of a crime are responsible for its consequences and subject to punishment.

                So in the dispute between the husband versus the parents and siblings of Terri Schivao, the Congress and the President were correct in passing and signing a resolution calling for a Federal judicial review of her case, which was refused by Federal judges and kicked back into Florida state courts. The shameful fact is our elected and appointed officials haven’t read the Constitution in so long as to have been unable to articulate the lawful basis of their actions, and were vilified by the forces of the culture of death saturating our society. It is almost certain that no official sworn “to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution”, on whichever side of this question, has read the Constitution within the living memory of anyone now alive.

 

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                                       An ALleGORical TalE & Parallel Parable for These Perilous Times
   Now there hath arisen a new President over the Nation who is abhorrent to the Nation’s heritage, and doth yearn for the People’s grant of regal respect, noble title, and legendary legacy. We The People, bestow that which IS deserved. This Fetid ignores GOD; like unto a King of an olden time who said, “Who is this LORD GOD that I shouldst be mindful of HIM and obey HIS Ten Commandments?” Now This Despot haughtily saith, “only Ten Commandments? When I have imposed tens of hundreds, even tens of thousands! Who, then, is the mightier?”
   This Pustule knows neither John or Samuel of the Adams’s, nor Franklin, Hamilton, or Henry; not Jefferson, Jay, nor Madison, Hancock, or Paine, and though he reigns in Washington; the namesake city, This Pollutant Reveres not the Nation’s Father, nor any other Founder or Framer. This Oppressor ignores The Holy Bible, and knows not The Magna Charta, nor The Common Sense, or The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, or The Federalist Papers, neither The Constitution of The United States, nor The Bill of Rights, and not any other founding document: except to fold, spindle, and mutilate their meaning to his own ends.
   This Infestation is infamous for his cunning and excuse, and he is able to fool Some of the people All of the time; these being The Fools, perhaps they shall never know they are the cheerful Slaves of This Overseer, having sold their Blessings of Liberty for a pittance. And he is able to fool Many of the people Most of the time. And he is able to fool Most of the people Some of the time. And he is able to fool a small Portion of the people Little of the time. But he is able to fool a select Few of the people None of the time; these are the Individuals, the Free People, and All people are Free when they are not fooled, which fills with dread This Cheater’s heart.
   So This Corruption spake unto his Cabinet, his Faction, his Appointees, his Cronies, his Servants, and The Fools, and unto those playing The Fool. Hence, This Squalid saith, “Lo and Behold! The Free People art numerous and are comforted by their Posterity, their Prosperity, and their Possessions. So let us place Agencies and Bureaus with Tax Collectors and Taskmasters over the Free People. Thus, we mayest complicate and enlarge their labours, and squander their sustenance, so as to sap their strength and lay waste their spirit, reducing them to live upon alms, lest they attain more belongings and increase, therewith to challenge our political Privileges and pillage. We shall say we do it ‘to make a better world for the children,’ and if the Free People doth protest, saying, ‘Set We The People Free,’ those persons shall be vilified. And our Cronies shall accuse them of Extremism, and of Prejudice against Wherever we Want, and our Faction shall inflict them with Plagues of Procedures upon their Property.”
   So it came to pass that propaganda flooded The Nation, and The Fools were as a Swarm of devouring Locusts, and the Wail of Fools was heard all over The Nation, for more Laws for Plunder wrested from the Free People, and it came to Pass, these Laws.
   Yet, the Free People prospered in The Nation, and brought forth wealth and begat children in abundance. So This Putrid coveted the treasure of the Free People. Thence, This Stench spake again unto his Cabinet, his Faction, his Appointees, his Cronies, his Servants, and The Fools, and unto those behaving Foolishly. Wherefore, This Canker saith, “Verily, we hath passed stringent new Laws to discomfort and molest the Free People, and hath made Unlawful even to Think ill of those I favour. Yet, it is needful to make more and still harsher Laws, and so we shall. But, my Favourites and I shall be above all Laws. So we must disarm the Free People to render them harmless, lest they defend their Life, Liberty, and Property from our pilferage; and imperil our political Prerogatives and pomp. We shall say we do it ‘to make a safer world for the children,’ and if the Free People dare complain; saying, ‘Set We The People Free,’ those people shall be ostracized. And our Servants shall charge them with Intolerance, and of Hatred against Whatever we Wish, and our Appointees shall afflict their Liberty with Punishments of Prosecution.”
   So it came to pass that propaganda inundated The Nation, and The Fools were as Vultures upon Carrion, and the Cry of Fools was heard all over The Nation, for more Laws for Plunder looted from the Free People, and these Laws came to Pass.
   Still, the Individuals thrived in The Nation, achieving more assets and were plentiful. And This Scavenger cringed in awe and was vexed by the courage of the Free People. So This Malignancy spake anew unto his Cabinet, his Faction, his Appointees, his Cronies, his Servants, and The Fools, and unto those acting as Fools. Thusly, This Decay saith, “It is Incorrect to Speak against my governance, or to Write fondly of The Nation’s founding, or to Teach of The Nation’s history and heroes, and still these troublesome stiff-necked Free People believe in their myths of an Almighty Divinity and Inalienable Individual Rights! So we shall mock them in their beliefs and forbade the Free People to Praise their LORD GOD, or to Shew HIM reverence. Let us demand they accept our ways, sacrificing merit and morals, and to worship at the altar of our Idols: Celebrity, Diversity, and Depravity, Perversity, Profanity, and Promiscuity. Shouldst any of the Free People not obey these edicts; else, they doth question our heresies, accuse us of betrayal, reveal my guilt, or lament freedoms lost; they shall be ridiculed without mercy, and their most worthy shall be maliciously menaced. Wouldst they mention virtue, or pronounce truth, or plead justice, or debate issues, we shall all say together; ‘let us moveon,’ or, ‘let us leave this behind us,’ or ‘get over it!’ Our Village shall take their children unto our bosom to nurture and teach them of our ways, to hide their birthright from them; and to cleave their houses, for a house divided shall not stand. We shall say we do it ‘to make a special world for the children,’ and if any of the Free People doth object, saying, ‘Set We The People Free,’ we shall hold their children hostage to quell dissent. We must subdue those who censure our actions, so our laws shall work them until they are weary, thence the weary shall have no rest. We shall invoke new measures, where to obey one will violate another; thus, further encumbering and confusing their efforts. Lest they endanger our political Power and policies, we must keep the Free People in continual toil to pay us tribute and the debts we hath made for them unto generations. Like unto War, we shall send forth the full weight of our Wrath upon the Free People with reprimands, reprisals, and retribution for the slightest indiscretions and disrespect, so as to destroy their Pursuit of Happiness. And we shall Smite them with: Liens and Audits, and Writs and Subpoena, to increase their Uncertainty. And we shall Torment them with evermore: Lawyers and Arrests, and Warrants and Searches, to cause them Fear of our Supremacy; for I am a Vindictive Ruler.”
   So it came to pass that encroachments and usurpations engulfed The Nation, and The Fools were as Swine supping upon Swill, and the Squeal of Fools was heard throughout The Nation, for more laws for Plunder coerced from the Free People, and these Laws came to Pass.
   Even so, the Free People did not succumb nor yield, earning riches and honors, and were exceedingly fruitful and multiplied. So This Ulcer, summoning all of his guile, tried once again to place heavy burdens and bitter bondage upon the Free People. Nay, This Excretion couldst not speak candidly of his intrigues to those whom art being Foolish, for they wilt surely see his exact nature and withdraw their countenance from upon him, nor mayest he speak with candor of his plot unto The Fools for even they mayest see the transgressions of This Hypocrite and his House. Hence, once more didst This Malevolence speak unto his Cabinet, his Faction, his Appointees, his Cronies, and his Servants. In Secret didst This Corrosive saith unto his most fervent petty tyrants, “Hearken, let us speak subtly as The Serpent in The Garden spake, using their own language of freedom and words of independence against the Free People who still dwell amongst us; else, they mayest continue to grow evermore numerous and affluent, hindering our political Prowess and pogroms. We must deal shrewdly with them, telling them once, twice, thrice, and more; it is ‘thine Right to chose‘, or tis ‘a matter of choice,’ or tis ‘a lifestyle option,’ or it is ‘to make a perfect world for the children.’ Whence our lies be believed, we mayest Sway them to readily Slay their First Born Child, and perhaps more from the Womb. So their numbers, and their Votes shall be diminished. They wilt be as mute strangers in their own Nation, and to us they wilt vow and Bow. Forevermore, their lot ought be meager beggary. So shouldst our Pretense be clever and Life be devalued amongst all of the people; we mayest declare the fates of the old, the ill, the infirm, the depressed, the defective, the rich, the poor, the different, the same, the incorrect who oppose us, and many others upon our notion, no cause nor reason need be cited. Yea, Anyone, even all of the Free People, lest we mayest have need of these Human Resources for our own purposes, for they are Ours. Wouldst any persons speak the truth of our motives, they shall be denounced as liars, or wouldst they dispute our dogma, we shall brand them as partisan. Thence, they and their family shall be intimidated and my Cabinet shall indict them of Zealotry, and of Bigotry against Whomever we Whim. So The Fools shall harass them with many Pestilence of Persecution, and threaten their very Lives, and shouldst anymore be slain, having lived or yet unborn, it matters not, for our schemes art well served by: Falsity and Fallacy, Fear and Fraud, Force and Violence, and even Death. My Servants shall place all blame for all vile words and deeds at the feet of the Free People, and I shall wash my hands of all shed Blood and misdeeds, proclaiming my innocence in the face of all evidence, proof, and Truth. My followers shall forgive my wickedness and defend me in all I do, as will my Fools, whilst seeking my favour, and a paltry portion of purloined political Plunder.”
   So it came to pass that falsehoods deluged The Nation, and The Fools were as ravening Wolves, and the Howl of Fools was heard all over The Nation, for more Laws for Plunder forced from the Free People, and these Laws mayest come to Pass.
   But the Free People will not submit to compulsion, nor believe the lies, nor compromise with evil, nor relinquish their rights. And the Free People raise up their Voices, and as necessary to the security of a free state, wilt lift up their Arms against seizure of chattels, imprisonment, slavery, tyranny, or death of the innocent and vulnerable, and For the Inalienable Rights given by the LORD GOD to We The People.                                                    2/29/2000 by Wayne L. Andrews

Petition for Proposed Constitutional Amendment

Term Limits and Office Tenure- Hear Ye and Pray Adapt Our Petition,

READ and Copy this proposal, then on back: sign your name once on one copy. Print full name, date, city, state, and zip. Give to another citizen and voter. Last signee; please mail to your Governor, Representative, or one of your Senators.

                We The People of the United States of America,… is the beginning phrase of the Constitution of the United States, announcing that, as individual citizens, we are all in this together, this life, this liberty, this pursuit of happiness, this nation - together. Specifically in the context of, Benjamin Franklin’s quote to the delegates of the Continental Congress at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, “We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately”. Our Constitutional Officers should always be mindful of this phrase, for it also means that; as a democratic popular plurality, the combined populations of the other several states must have a passive veto over the populations of each one of the other states, in both the immediate sense, at every election of the President by the people’s election of the Electoral College, so also over the Congressional delegations of the several states, with limits upon office tenure, and over all other of the Constitutional Officers, by amending the Constitution to include a prohibition against the whole state or a district within that state, continuing to send the same Person as Senator or Representative. Thus Amended, to inhibit power concentrating into the hands of the Few, to keep the Few from holding office indefinitely and wielding undue influence over national legislation beyond an approximate time frame of One generation, and impose limits upon all Federal employment to insure civil servants probably will work in the private sector a portion of their careers. These things to further guard against oligarchic tendencies of human nature, or the schemes of designing men and help curtail despotic familial political dynasties. To achieve these imperative goals, it is essential to the well-being of the American Republic that term limits as well as office and employment tenure be Amended for every Federal employee, especially the Constitutional Officers: President, Senators, Representatives, the Justices and Federal Judges, Secretaries of the Departments, Consuls and Ambassadors, and commissioned military officers, and all other lesser officers and hired workers.                                                                       Proposed Amendment as follows:

                The Person, a Citizen, whether being; Elected, Appointed, or Commissioned; such that each of these officers, not elsewhere provided for in this Constitution, shall have been a Citizen of the United States seven years; and Cadre or hired civil servants shall be a Citizen. These Persons upon candidacy and/or nomination for office, and before sworn or affirmed to office, to prove literacy and to Know Thine Oath, shall read aloud and whole, in English, henceforth the official language of the Land, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States; before a random Jury of one hundred peers of the vicinage of the Person, empowered to annul such candidacy and/or nomination by three-fourths majority. No one Person shall be an employee of the United States as any Officer or subordinate- receiving an emolument or profit, for a span longer than forty years. A Citizen shall vote in the vicinage of the state wherein they reside nine months of twelve, for elective offices and/or issues in federal, state, or local elections or referendums within the United States or jurisdiction thereof, and the Will of the People as determined by vote tally shall not be challenged or overturned, by any Person, or judicial court, unless the resultant margin be less than one percentile. And no Justice, Judge, judicial or constitutional officer shall cite any other source, decision, or precedent save this Constitution and its antecedents to decide the Constitutionality and meaning of the Laws of the Land, or to make judgment of any legal cause of action under the jurisdiction of the United States or of any of the several states.

                The President; -he, in the event of a vacancy of Office not elsewhere provided for in this Constitution, shall appoint Constitutional Officers and other inferior officers made by Congress, to take office with the advise and consent of the Senate; such that all terms of appointees or commissioned begin upon the day of Senate consent. Each Person appointed to be twice eligible for appointment of the same Office, except military officers thrice eligible for appointment. So -he shall appoint Supreme Court Justices; and of the inferior courts made by Congress, Judges to the bench, to a term of eleven years. -He shall appoint Secretaries, generals, counselors, chairmen, directors, ad-ministers, and other officers of the Departments to one term concurrent with his own term; and subject to his forbearance as chief executive. And -he shall appoint to a term of seven years, Flag-officers of the military, though these be subject to his forbearance as commander-in-chief; and -he shall appoint Ambassadors and Consuls to a term of five years, subject to his forbearance as the President, head of state; with Senate consent to recall from abroad or remove from office; -or to relieve of command unless imminent danger will not admit of delay.

                Each of the several states shall be entitled to three Representatives, and no more than fifty-three Representatives, one of which shall be elected by the general electors of the whole state, as the Chair of the state delegation which shall meet once weekly during each session; the remaining Representatives allotted per the Census, shall be elected within a district made by the state legislature. Each Representative shall be elected by the general electors of the state such that each Citizen Person shall vote election of two representatives. The Representative shall have a term of two years, and be nine times eligible for election, no more than eighteen years. In the event of a vacancy of office, the Governing executive of the state, with the consent of the state legislature, shall appoint a Representative for the remainder of the vacant term, and No Representative elected from one state or district within that state shall be elected a Representative by any other of the several states. The members of the House of Representatives shall number no more than four hundred thirty five Persons.

                Each Senator shall be elected by the general electors of the whole state; such that each Citizen Person shall vote election of two Senators, upon different years. The Senator shall have a term of six years and be thrice eligible for re-election no more than twenty-four years. In the event of a vacancy of Office, the Governing executive of the state, with the consent of the state legislature, shall appoint a Senator for the remainder of the vacant term, and No Senator elected from one state shall be elected a Senator by any other of the several states.