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.
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.
All units fully integrated, gender equal, luck of the draw. No powder rooms in the jungle or the outback, no privacy, kill or be killed, "every person on their own".
A nation that sends its women to war has become quite rotten inside. A very large tree, hollowed out by disease and vermin, will collapse in even the slightest wind.
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner. My Man Godfrey (1936)
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.
I say we waive discriminatory age-limit barriers too so that she and others like her in the overage bracket can be treated fairly and equally to actual combat frontline duty.
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.
I agree up to and including heavy lifting. I think I know what you mean by the rest of your statement...like no specially comfortable quarters and such. If so, I agree on that too. If they and their egos don't get in the way of our men and their Military performance by "PC" propulsion, that would be more as it should be, imo.
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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
All units fully integrated, gender equal, luck of the draw. No powder rooms in the jungle or the outback, no privacy, kill or be killed, "every person on their own".
Be reasonable, Cyni. No women attached to male Combat Arms Units.
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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
Be reasonable, Cyni. No women attached to male Combat Arms Units.
But that is where the marxists and moral reductionists are taking us.
I for one wish that we were less concerned with the practical consequences of waging perpetual war sponsored by a State consumed by fanatical egalitarianism. If we put down the damned gun and got back to inventing things and letting folks get back to the business of making life better for themselves, I'd be fine with it, and so would a lot of other people that I know.
But no, we'll have no suck luck. We are and have for quite a damned long while been in the merciless hands of Wilsonian crackpots who want us to march around the planet blowing up stuff and making the world free for what it is I'm not quite sure.
Very difficult to be reasonable with the PC feminism onslaught going on.
It shames me personally, being from the olde school, when I check the number of young girls that have been killed in the Middle East.
The last time I checked, there were sixty or more that have died for nothing.
There is a reason the government hides such figures as much as possible. If NO YOUNG GIRLS JOINED THE MILITARY, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DRAFT FOR MEN OR WITHDRAW FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.
Each Navy carrier that sails usually has a female compliment of at least ten percent, that is over 600 young girls. If one does the math, the military has, there is no way they could sail without the females.
Being from the olde school, it makes me sick. If we are to wage endless war, at least do it with men.
"...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."
No it does not specify a more disciplined level of training. That is why Title 10 U.S.C. Sec. 311 part (b) exist. See here:
Title 10 USC Sec 311
(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.
The reason it exist is because too many lawyers, and even some Supreme Court Justices have either tried to omit this law or were unaware it ever existed or feigned ignorance of this statute. The reason the part (b) exist as it does is to reinforce the reader of those inalienable Constitutionally protected rights.
Remember that regimented militias go in the same category as the National Guard which is the real legal professional standing army under the control of the State Governor. And regimented militias can be infiltrated by traitors. You are aware of this I am sure. Remember Ruby Ridge and Waco as the example of why I stress this so well. Both were infiltrated by people working within the government who wanted to destroy these militias and religious groups. Militias are lawful and legal but there are always hostile elements working tirelessly withing our government who strongly desire to dismantle the Second Amendment altogether. And they dismantle it by playing semantic games with peoples minds because they think we are too damn stupid to figure it out. To them, if we don't know our rights then we don't have any and they ain't gonna tell us what they are either.
And when you become part of that group of "disciplined" level of training, you are always setting yourself up for betrayal by those you'd least expect in your group. Some of those members live a double life and they are not loyal to your cause or to the United States of America at all. They are loyal to their handlers and to the Intelligence community that they are prostituted to.
The only things that we're free of are peace, prosperity, and freedom itself.
“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
Each Navy carrier that sails usually has a female compliment of at least ten percent, that is over 600 young girls. If one does the math, the military has, there is no way they could sail without the females.
They also admit that over ten percent of the young ladies will become pregnant during the six months at sea. So many that the Navy medical corp is now prepared for childbirth, if need be, while at sea.
Some admit to getting pregnant so they will be taken off ship and flown home.
It's not that I'm not willing to defer to your expertise on the matter. You probably do know more overall about the subject than me. First of all, though -- without getting into a debate about Ruby Ridge and Waco particularly -- Constitutional State Militias are legitimate State Citizen Defense Forces and not just at the National Guard level. It should be considered a Treasonous Act of War to infilitrate them through subversions to undermine, weaken, and fragment State Defenses, imo. Some stand alone, ad hoc paramilitary groups might proclaim themselves Militias of their State or independent/anarchal Militias that aren't encumbered by law in their opinion, but protection of their State and citizen safety or Freedoms isn't necessarily always their agenda, as I think you know. Edit to add: Not to say that some aren't genuinely motivated patriotically to be their State's Militia guardians, sparse in ranks though they may be since the Clinton era of Militia villifications.
Next, on the Militia Acts of law -- I think prior to those, all able bodied [free] male citizens of a State were expected to be armed and well trained regularly and on call. The general, able bodied citizen population of a State (now not on call with regularity for training or duty except if an attack is immenent or in process somewhere within the State or there's a State crisis) are still of the State's Militia but my reading is that the Militia Draft concerns a certain age- bracket of the citizenry automatically for more regimented training to effectively secure the State and that the National Guard are an expected quota of those from that group (or even the population at large if qualified by age- waiver, for example) who Volunteer (are not automatically assigned) for regimented dual service at the Federal level too.
So, there is a more Unorganized group that is the unregimented general population of able bodied State citizens, a Drafted age-bracket group of regimented training for effective State security and a Volunteer group of regimented training for effective State and intra-National security that is comprised of those who may or may not be of the Drafted age- bracket group. Then there's also the matter to consider that the States have the power to go to War to protect themselves against invaders and the problem of who would be left as regimentally trained well enough to defend the State and citizenry if the National Guard is the only group of the Militia expected to be drafted into regimental training but the National Guard units happen to get downsized, duplicitously or not, by a Federal duties call up to somewhere else in-country that leaves the State more vulnerable to harm or a takeover. The National Guard are supposed to be like Joint Task Force Volunteer Units, not just Drafted by age as if such.
If I'm wrong in your estimations about any of that, please let me know. I can't say that I've studied as much as I should of Dr. Edwin Vieira's works on the topic of Constitutional State Militias but that's my basic understanding of it at this point on those distinctions.
Edited for an addition at the end of paragraph 1 for claity, bracketed insert and rewording at paragraph 2, rewording of the 3rd, and a grammar insert + punctuation at the 4th.
This has been a lengthy work-in-process that I hope is clear enough and do think is actually done now. Thanks for reading the revised editions.
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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
“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
“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
