Title: Daryl Hannah and Elderly Land Owner Arrested for Trespassing on Land Stolen Under Eminent Domain Source:
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Actor Daryl Hannah and an elderly land owner were arrested in Texas on Thursday for criminally trespassing on land stolen under eminent domain.
From the Washington Post:
Hannah and landowner Eleanor Fairchild were standing in front of heavy equipment in an attempt to halt construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on Fairchild’s farm in Winnsboro, a town about 100 miles east of Dallas. They were arrested for criminal trespassing and taken to the Wood County Jail.
In August, a court in Paris, Texas, ruled that the Canadian energy company has the right to build a pipeline on private land despite widespread opposition by land owners. The transnational corporation is exploiting a loophole in Texas’ oil and gas regulation, according to the New York Times.
In Texas, if a company qualifies as a “common carrier” the state allows it to condemn land without the consent of land owners, a clear violation of the Fifth Amendment, which state “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
As the founders knew, property ownership is a natural and unalienable right. This is spelled out in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. In 1766, English jurist Sir William Blackstone wrote that there are three natural rights: the right to personal security, the right to personal liberty, and the right to private property. In America, circa 2012, we have mostly lost the sense of this and have allowed the state to steal our private property under “eminent domain” without much of a fuss.
As William Norman Grigg notes, the Fifth Amendment has unfortunately served as “one of several Hamiltonian-mercantilist Easter eggs covertly embedded in the Constitution…”
The familiar civics class platitude describes this provision as necessary for the construction of bridges, hospitals, and other amenities that are supposedly “public goods” only government can provide. The inescapable reality is that eminent domain is a particularly vulgar form of plunder used to enrich the political class and their corporate cronies at the expense of the rest of us.
Predictably, the state has characterized the theft of private property as job creation in order to get the commoners to accept the act of corporate rape as somehow beneficial. In April, as partisan politics played out as usual, House Speaker John Boehner lambasted Obama for his opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline.
“He should listen to the voices of the American people and unlock the project so we can get Americans working and address high gas prices,” said Boehner.
This, of course, does not include the voices of the Tar Sands Blockade carried out by a coalition of Texas and Oklahoma landowners and environmental activists opposed to TransCanada’s use of eminent domain to steal private property for the pipeline.
OK, you're right, I guess. I know what the consti-stupid "says" ... in spite of this a kazillion acts in opposition to it occur daily. (Here we go again).
Please tell me why you reference the Consti-stupid when it's all to clearly demon-strated to be of no effect.
[This is not a personal attack - I know you're a good guy even if a dreamer] The constitution has become a nullity.
Those in opposition to the Constitution are not our government or our authorities. They are interlopers, trespassers, secessionists, invading forces. Nullify their intrusions. Void their false claims to overrule the Constitution and Americans of it.
P.S. Am not a mister.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
When public benefit is interpreted to mean a "New Wal Mart" or any private for commercial purpose benefit - I protest.
Indeed you should.
This project will make some rich people richer as is always the case, however it will benefit untold millions over a very long period of time.
Example...Here untold hundreds of miles of pipeline are being laid on State and mostly private lands to gather the output of hundreds of natural gas wells,
All are connected to a thirty six inch line that is going to NYC, to benefit the twelve million people in the NYC metro area.
Because of this the millions in the Metro area were able to stop importing LNG from Qatar at twice the the price. My natural gas bill has dropped thirty per cent in the last three years.
To my knowledge, no farm owner tried to stop the project. They were all well compensated and millions of NYC residents are now happy to know they have a safe and affordable energy source, free of foreign manipulation.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
None of the articles that I've found reveal the amount of money that Mrs.Fairchild has received for this taking.
Nothing will ever return her land as it once was.
The best hope for her is a jury trial suing Keystone for her loss.
imo
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
safe and affordable energy source, free of foreign manipulation
Folks want to set their thermostats where the kids can sleep comfortably at night and want to be able to light the range so they can get their eggs in the morning. Employers and employees want the lights on the shops and offices when they get there, and people want all these things without sliding into the red at the end of the month.
One of the advantages of gas is that it can be piped everywhere from producer to consumer. For that you need a right of way. I just don't know how that can be done without eminent domain and just compensation.
How the hell else are we going to free ourselves from sources of supply in very unstable places? Remember that when you add it all up, no single nation on this earth has as much in total available hydrocarbons as does the United States. There is a faction in this country that wants to keep us welded to energy slavery to others.
I find that ninety nine percent of the time, whenever actors or other artists demonstrate for some cause, that cause is in the long run contrary to the general welfare.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Those in opposition to the Constitution are not our government or our authorities.
Bullshit. Do you have a Social(ist) Security Account Number ? If so, you are one of those in opposition to the Constitution "just like them" !
Every license, permit or contractual agreement you share with that govt makes you a "partner" pard. Not only that but each time any of us signs on to a program of the government we are in effect condoning their authority.
(P.S. Am not a mister.)
OK, that's good to know.
"In an unjust society, the only place for a just man is prison."
Contracts in violation of the Constitution don't supercede it and Unconstitutional "laws" aren't valid. I'm guessing you don't want to discuss Constitutional enforcement.
Edited for spelling.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
Contracts in violation of the Constitution don't supercede it
You're in error.
The contract clause of the Constitution [ No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
You can contract away the constitution if you choose. Involuntary servitude is unconstitutional - voluntary servitude isn't.
"In an unjust society, the only place for a just man is prison."
For the good of the many vs the detriment of the few.
There is no other way.
This I do not accept. IT is not what is going on here in this situation. With better fuels and better engines, and better industrial innovations in transportation and power productions......
OIL IS ON ITS WAY OUT!
Do yall really believe there have been no innovations in power production and transportation in the last 100 years? that oil is all we can use forever? Because such is not so. What is so is that rich old oil men are evil fucks that set themselves up into government power over 50 years ago. These same oil men and oil families have used their public offices they subverted to increase their own profits and protect their monopolies.
That pipeline is not necessary. The theft is not necessary ... rich oil men are just not used to be told no. Like their muslim sheik buddies in sudia arabia... the trash thinks it owns the world.
If I got the chance... I wouldn;t stand in front of the bull dozers, I'd sugar their tanks at night... If the tanks were locked I'd dip their dip sticks in sugar... I would destroy their tools of destruction... I hope others do in my stead.
____________________________________________________________ . . . The US government has declared civil war on itself. Its lust for war grew so great... Liberty before death. We run , we live, We fight again, till we win. We did not start this fight. We damn sure did not willingly pay our taxes to buy the bullets and drones that shall be used to kill us. We will correct the violations of this rogue nation....our rogue nation. We will fix this because nobody else can. You will work to help me help us all to fix this failure. After you're done educating yourself, Action!!!
The contract clause of the Constitution [ No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
You can contract away the constitution if you choose. Involuntary servitude is unconstitutional - voluntary servitude isn't.
I disagree that there is any valid Obligation of Contracts under duress or without informed consent. State and Federal force cannot legitimately be used to impair the Constitution.
...No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
The 2nd Amendment provides for Constitutional enforcement.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
I disagree that there is any valid Obligation of Contracts under duress or without informed consent. State and Federal force cannot legitimately be used to impair the Constitution.
In a tyranny it really doesn't matter whether you had informed consent or not and it matters even less if you were coerced "in a blatant dictatorship."
America is a very short distance from being a full blown tyranny so the "laws" starting with the Constitution are elastic and mean whatever some corrupted judge says they mean. The whole idea being to keep the idiots believing in the constitutional fairytale in order to maintain control. In this way, the judge is able to "instruct" the mullets on every jury as to what the law is (despite desparate attempts to enter jury nullification) and the couch potatoes on the jury like all clapping seals give the prosecutor his victory 98% of the time.
The 2nd Amendment provides for Constitutional enforcement.
I disagree. The 2nd Amendment provides a gun in a free state. What people do with those guns is up to them.
I'll conclude with this statement and I think we can agree on some things. Our Constitution is only as valid as our ability and willingness to enforce it.
Currently, we're living in a police state wherein the Constitution is just a "G.D. piece of paper." Of course, much adoration and tribute is paid the Constitution by the scumbags holding offices of trust because they don't have another choice other than all out civil strife. They'd prefer to limit the strife to a few "tin foil hat" wearing patriots, and they do that by placating folks like you with a lot of patriotic fairytales and other nonsense that causes good folks to spend countless hours researching and preparing cases for court that have NO MERIT, and that get good (but stupid) folks put into prisons or to death.
I think we'd also agree that we're not going to escape violent revolution before we return Constitutional Government. In the mean time we should admit at least to ourselves that we live in a (virtual) democratic dictatorship not a democratic republic.
"In an unjust society, the only place for a just man is prison."
One other thing I want to mention is that FEDERAL doesn't mean national. Since the enactment of the FEDERAL RESERVE ACT and the resulting bankruptcy of the U.S. the FEDERAL GOVT is whatever the (receiver) bankers say it is.
Do we have a right to revolt ? You betcha ! Will we ? As long as people continue to believe in fairytales like we live in a constitutional democratic republic I tend to doubt it.
"In an unjust society, the only place for a just man is prison."
Like Adm.Yamamoto, the bankers will not attempt a full-frontal assault here, it will be despotism by increments; and most will never really notice.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
I've made a few posts around this place to try and resolve the misperceptions. Used to be more diligent about that years ago. At some point, it got to be like a speedbump that slowed things down or a windshield that might interfere with others speaking their mind exactly. This time I decided to add Constitutionalist Female to my Homepage option here for clarification and as a time conserving template. :)
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
How can you be arrested for "trespassing" on your own land? Well, anything can happen when a multinational corporation comes in and expropriates your farm for their profit.
That's why actress and activist Daryl Hannah has joined forces with East Texas ranch owner Eleanor Fairchild, 78, to stage a protest against Keystone XL construction on Mrs. Fairchild's farm. The actress is intent on defending Mrs. Fairchild's home and business, Fairchild Farms, a portion of which has been expropriated by TransCanada, for its toxic tar sands pipeline. The duo claim their action is inspired by our ongoing tree blockade happening on a neighboring property.
On Thursday afternoon, Hannah marched across Fairchild Farms with the ranch owner to block bulldozers from continuing to clear large swaths of Mrs. Fairchild's land along the toxic tar sands pipeline's route. Keystone XL will permanently bisect Mrs. Fairchild's 300 acre ranch, which includes undeveloped wetland areas and natural springs producing over 400 gallons of fresh water per minute from her property. Hannah, whose outspoken anti-Tar Sands position dates back many years, expressed pride to be able to stand with Mrs. Fairchild who is watching her home and its delicate ecosystems be destroyed in front of her eyes.
Edited to add this comment excerpt from the YouTube site:
My property I have in Arizona , my water rights stripped temporary they said because the neighbors who are Chinese corporation need the water. thanks to the left my business closed, lost my income because of this and even though the area is on a class action law suit we just cant do anything as now I been shipping my business overseas to get out of this communist country.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
If I got the chance... I wouldn;t stand in front of the bull dozers, I'd sugar their tanks at night... If the tanks were locked I'd dip their dip sticks in sugar... I would destroy their tools of destruction... I hope others do in my stead.
I prefer the sugar idea. And yes, I'd do it too.
We send our men and women overseas to fight for oil, gas and poppy crops in Afganistan. Now we have to fight to keep our land from being exploited for gas pipelines.
I wonder if Eleanor was given constructive legal notice prior to this Canadian Oil Company taken the move to bulldoze on their land. They do have to give the landowner notice before doing such a deed. If no notice was given, I think Eleanor should have a trial by jury to decide the facts and evidence of this case. And I believe she would prevail.
Do we have a right to revolt ? You betcha ! Will we ? As long as people continue to believe in fairytales like we live in a constitutional democratic republic I tend to doubt it.
There are in fact two kinds of patriotism: the concrete, and the imagined. Many Americans fall haphazardly into the fantasy of being patriotic. They define patriotism upon the exploits of the mainstream and of the government in control at the time. They become cheerleaders for the establishment instead of stalwart champions of their country’s founding principles. In fact, true patriotism is NOT about blindly defending one’s nation or leadership regardless of its trespasses; true patriotism is about defending the philosophy that made one’s nation possible and prosperous in the first place — even if that means standing against the power structure in place today.
I have to laugh every time I hear someone attack “capitalism” and free markets as the source of all our ills. America has not had the pleasure of free markets for at least 100 years (since the construction of the private Federal Reserve, a collusion between banking and government interests). No one alive today has ever seen an actual American “free market” beyond community barter, so to blame free markets for our modern failings is rather thoughtless. To summarize, the U.S. economy is nothing like what the founders envisioned and fought for.
I have heard the argument that America is meant to be a kind of chameleon built to change its stripes and adapt to the demands of the era. I have heard it argued that the Constitution and the principles of the Founding Fathers are outdated and inadequate for our new age of technological wizardry and terrorist ideologies. This is pure intellectual idiocy. The principles of freedom never expire. Individual liberty is inherent and eternal. It is the driving force of every great accomplishment in the history of mankind. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights embody the spirit of that eternal battle of individual liberty. There is no adaptation. There is only freedom or tyranny.
You can contact Brandon Smith at: brandon@alt-market.com
alt-market.com is a project that offers some alternatives to the Fed Res Tyranny.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
true patriotism is about defending the philosophy that made one’s nation possible and prosperous in the first place — even if that means standing against the power structure in place today.
Absolutely!
I have heard it argued that the Constitution and the principles of the Founding Fathers are outdated and inadequate for our new age of technological wizardry and terrorist ideologies. This is pure intellectual idiocy. The principles of freedom never expire. Individual liberty is inherent and eternal. It is the driving force of every great accomplishment in the history of mankind. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights embody the spirit of that eternal battle of individual liberty. There is no adaptation. There is only freedom or tyranny.
The Constitution is not outdated but to the corporate capitalists who desire to maintain the status quo in the business sector they view the Constitution as outdated and simply in their way of future progress to pave their desired de facto government to which they push onto the us. As a result, expect the "great unwashed" to become more educated on what is really on and as a result revolt by standing up against the foes. Right now these elite capitalists really desire that we continue to keep busy as worker bees while they continue to plunder us and lie to us more. The more educated and informed we become, the more they begin to worry because then they have to worry about clashing up against us! They do not want us here. They rip us off with high oil prices, steal our land and have us killed while serving in combat. They don't care about us. They want us gone so that they can have full access to the natural resources of the Earth because in their minds the Earth belongs to them.
Me: The 2nd Amendment provides for Constitutional enforcement.
You: I disagree. The 2nd Amendment provides a gun in a free state. What people do with those guns is up to them.
I'll conclude with this statement and I think we can agree on some things. Our Constitution is only as valid as our ability and willingness to enforce it.
Don't forget the first part:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
You might recall me telling you some time ago about the removal of Benjamin Franklin's son from office by his State's Militia.
America's Secret Army: "if you are an adult American male between the ages of 17 and 45 [My note: between meaning 18-44], you are part of the militia, whether you knew it or not, whether or not you want to be, and whether or not you are armed. Just so you know."
Chap. XXX III.—An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defence by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States.[1]
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That each and every free able- bodied white male citizen of the respective states, resident therein, who is or shall be of the age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years (except as is herein after excepted) shall severally and respectively be enrolled in the militia by the captain or commanding officer of the company, within whose bounds such citizen shall reside, and that within twelve months after the passing of this act. And it shall at all times hereafter be the duty of every such captain or commanding officer of a company to enrol every such citizen, as aforesaid, and also those who shall, from time to time, arrive at the age of eighteen years, or being of the age of eighteen years and under the age of forty-five years (except as before excepted) shall come to reside within his bounds; and shall without delay notify such citizen of the said enrolment, by a proper non-commissioned officer of the company, by whom such notice may be proved. [cont.]
Edit to add that I don't think it's a racially prohibitive law anymore since the Post Civil War Reconstruction era and such.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
Congress quickly passed the Militia Act of 1795, which made the provisions of the 1792 act permanent.
These Militia Acts were amended by the Militia Act of 1862, which allowed African-Americans to serve in the militias of the United States.
Some people confuse State Militias with the National Guards but the National Guards are an expected quota of volunteers from State Militias for dual service at the Federal level as well as in their State.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
America's Secret Army: "if you are an adult American male between the ages of 17 and 45 [My note: between meaning 18-44], you are part of the militia, whether you knew it or not, whether or not you want to be, and whether or not you are armed. Just so you know."
I remember pointing out that we are the militia in a classroom taught by a stalinist teacher. They would tell us "the law does not imply American citizens the right to keep and bear arms." They further stated, regarding the militia, that "they were afraid of us Americans with guns." It was then that I shot up my hand and stated for the record that we are the militia according to State law consonant with Title 10 USC Section 311 regarding classifications of the militia and non-professional armies. When I pointed out to this traitor that we do have the right to keep and bear arms and that we are the militia, they composed a vendetta against me. I had the statute right in my hands and they couldn't stand it at all. I busted their ass!
The Constitution is not outdated but to the corporate capitalists who desire to maintain the status quo in the business sector they view the Constitution as outdated and simply in their way of future progress to pave their desired de facto government to which they push onto the us. As a result, expect the "great unwashed" to become more educated on what is really on and as a result revolt by standing up against the foes. Right now these elite capitalists really desire that we continue to keep busy as worker bees while they continue to plunder us and lie to us more. The more educated and informed we become, the more they begin to worry because then they have to worry about clashing up against us! They do not want us here. They rip us off with high oil prices, steal our land and have us killed while serving in combat. They don't care about us. They want us gone so that they can have full access to the natural resources of the Earth because in their minds the Earth belongs to them.
That about sums it up in a nutshell, for sure. There's a long story I could tell here about a Committee of Safety Patriot named Walter Reddy and a turncoat provocateur named Mike Vanderboegh. FOX News is partial to Vanderboegh. The short story is that Mike Vanderboegh wrote a book titled "Absolved", which I haven't read except for a quick random scan but did find a section at Chapter 24 to be alarming and indicative of under-preparedness. Here's the link and an excerpt:
Even the bodies of their fallen had been policed up.
Laidlaw watched the chopper circle ineffectually through 7x50 binoculars from a distant tree line. He turned to the young and old men and women (no boys and girls now) who were nearby and ordered, "Move out."
One thing was certain. There was going to be a lot more training in their future.
A whole lot more.
Edited for spelling and grammar.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
I remember pointing out that we are the militia in a classroom taught by a stalinist teacher. They would tell us "the law does not imply American citizens the right to keep and bear arms." They further stated, regarding the militia, that "they were afraid of us Americans with guns." It was then that I shot up my hand and stated for the record that we are the militia according to State law consonant with Title 10 USC Section 311 regarding classifications of the militia and non-professional armies. When I pointed out to this traitor that we do have the right to keep and bear arms and that we are the militia, they composed a vendetta against me. I had the statute right in my hands and they couldn't stand it at all. I busted their ass!
Bravo, purplerose! Wouldn't surprise me if that Stalinist was from New York. I read an article some hours ago that they're even afraid of raccoons there now.
I agree but think women in combat zones jeopardize the safety of men.
Umm, I think you're referring to the professional standing army. The other militia (Title 10 USC Sec 311 (section b)) refers to the non-professional able-bodied men and women. See here ; http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C13.txt This is the very same statute I read to that teacher whom afterwards attacked my character. These fellow travelers are working tirelessly in our American classrooms paid by our state taxpayers to foment uprisings and undermine our laws and Constitutions by making such blatant subversive statements in the classroom like that which are not protected by the First Amendment.
I agree but think women in combat zones jeopardize the safety of men.
Umm, I think you're referring to the professional standing army. The other militia (Title 10 USC Sec 311 (section b)) refers to the non-professional able- bodied men and women. See here ; http://uscode.house.gov/do wn load/pls/10C13.txt This is the very same statute I read to that teacher whom afterwards attacked my character. These fellow travelers are working tirelessly in our American classrooms paid by our state taxpayers to foment uprisings and undermine our laws and Constitutions by making such blatant subversive statements in the classroom like that which are not protected by the First Amendment.
Read through the link, thanks. I agree that women are to be included as drafted into their Constitutional State Militias. My objection is to their presence inserted in combat zones rather than some other capacity, the same as I object to that within the regular Military. If they happen to come under attack in the course of their non-combat duties, of course they should be capably trained to defend themselves and others in the vicinity, just as the males are trained. However, standards have been lowered to "gender equalize" fitness, which means the men are undertrained and, as if that's not bad enough, women have been allowed to walk instead of run obstacle courses if they wanted to. After a while, I noticed there was a change from boot camp action videos to photo format footage of that so it wasn't as obvious that's what was happening. No amount of training or ego can redefine women as just a somewhat smaller version of males physically with monthly concerns. A male serviceman down who can't be pulled to safety quick enough by a female serviceperson could be the difference between whether he lives or not and her too if targeted in the process, especially in hand to hand combat. There are a number of other problems such as not having the upper body strength to throw a grenade far enough that they and others around them won't get blown up or hit by the shrapnel. One of the worst Naval ship disasters was a female jet pilot that crashed. That sort of thing. Not saying at all that women shouldn't be in the Military or the Militias -- just not attached to Combat Arms Units, for the safety of our men as well as theirs. Would like to address a section at your link in another post...
Edited to activate link and to add the word "jet".
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able- bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b) The classes of the militia are - (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
So, it sounds there like females are exempted from being drafted into the national Militia forces of the United States comprised of "the several (50) States" unless they have already volunteered for dual Federal service in the National Guard of their State, all of which can be called up/drafted at the Federal level for duty in-country here -- not for foreign duty, as is the popular misinterpretation. I don't think that means females are exempt from being drafted into their Constitutional State Militias. On the in-country duty issue of State/National Guard Militias, during the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson ordered 3 Militiamen to be executed for refusing to cross into Canadian territory. They were right to refuse -- that being a Standing Regular Army matter of soveriegnty vs. jurisdictional Military actions and not theirs. He was terribly wrong.
To clarify the difference above between what is meant by the Federal definition of "organized militia" and "unorganized militia", that doesn't mean that the State Militias should be unorganized, just that the Non-National Guard State Militias are regional and separate from the organization of the United States Military forces.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
We are the militia, Grey Lmist. We don't need to be registered with some infantry to be recognized as one. It the same thing as saying we have the right to keep and bear arms. The "we" refers to the John Q. Public. And you don't need to register your firearms. If you do, then you deserve to have yours confiscated.
As for the militia, we citizens are that militia. And the reason why we are the militia is to prevent professional standing armies from taking their position at your doorstep which violates the Fourth Amendment. The right to keep and bear arms was intended for this purpose and had nothing to do with squirrel hunting. The right to keep and bear arms is what keeps an able-bodied citizenry from being attacked by an enemy government. A government that no citizen should EVER put their trust in at all. A citizen should be very vigilant and WATCH what those people in D.C. are doing. That is the reason why we are the militia and is the reason why that cockroach of a teacher is afraid of an armed citizenry.
No amount of training or ego can redefine women as just a somewhat smaller version of males physically with monthly concerns. A male serviceman down who can't be pulled to safety quick enough by a female serviceperson could be the difference between whether he lives or not and her too if targeted in the process, especially in hand to hand combat. There are a number of other problems such as not having the upper body strength to throw a grenade far enough that they and others around them won't get blown up or hit by the shrapnel.
Then females should NOT benefit from Affirmative Action for promotions in the DOD or municipal gov't services like fire or police, etc - all of which - have a pre-requisite of physical strength and prowess.
Tell that to Sandra O'Connor and hear her (personal AA benefited) response.
I'm a woman and frankly all this "sisters B.S." bugs me bigtime. If my "sisters" want to benefit from AA than they need to put their asses at risk, on the line- what have you- to earn their promotions over their brothers. Otherwise, step aside, and let real men earn their stripes by putting their lives at risk for others.
We are the militia, Grey Lmist. We don't need to be registered with some infantry to be recognized as one. It the same thing as saying we have the right to keep and bear arms. The "we" refers to the John Q. Public. And you don't need to register your firearms. If you do, then you deserve to have yours confiscated.
As for the militia, we citizens are that militia. And the reason why we are the militia is to prevent professional standing armies from taking their position at your doorstep which violates the Fourth Amendment. The right to keep and bear arms was intended for this purpose and had nothing to do with squirrel hunting. The right to keep and bear arms is what keeps an able-bodied citizenry from being attacked by an enemy government. A government that no citizen should EVER put their trust in at all. A citizen should be very vigilant and WATCH what those people in D.C. are doing. That is the reason why we are the militia and is the reason why that cockroach of a teacher is afraid of an armed citizenry.
I agree with your views there and I'd like to say absolutely. I should clarify that being drafted by law into State Militias doesn't mean that everybody of age would be forced to muster against their will for organization and regulated training in what the Federal government refers to as the unorganized Militias of the States (for its purposes of distinguishing between State-level and National Guard-level Militia forces). I don't see much of an opt-out problem with those of the State Militias who prefer to stay unregimented. I think they'd still be considered as part of the Militia, just as before and after age-bracket call ups, of course, but the Constitution does formally specify a more disciplined level of training, imo, as being necessary to effectively secure a free State. Am open to hearing other thoughts about it, though, from you and others.
Edited for spelling and highlighting for clarification.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
Standing ovation and applause! If Sandra Day O'Conner and NOW, et al. Feminazis really think they're physical equals with men or better in combat zones, they should be in favor of women on the frontlines with no male backup.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
they should be in favor of women on the frontlines with no male backup.
Indeed!
Unfortunately, Sandra Day O'Connor mistakenly believes that sitting in the SC court room today and glaring at the SC Justices as the University of Texas affirmative action policy is debated constitutes "enough" front line battle as her AA selected SC self can handle.
AA for the female gender should include Selective Service sign up. "Equality" should not be a one way street to success - some heavy lifting and SACRIFICE are in order as well.
