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November
03, 2008 Earlier this year, that took a very sinister turn. The thought police were out in force at both political circuses - pardon me - conventions, candidate homes or campaign stops and appearances. People were arrested and harmed by police and other government goons for what they said, wrote or even for what they MIGHT say or write, much less what they actually said or wrote. If it was critical, the boots were on their necks in record time. Those who engaged in actual destruction of private property were almost ignored while the jackboots worked hard to round up anyone foolish enough to stand in the wrong place or voice an opinion uncomplimentary to whichever dignitary they were guarding at the moment. And then, early last month, all this started getting even more bizarre and scary. Here is the story of a woman who merely answered the phone and spoke her mind to a campaign worker! If this doesn't scare the pants off you, and get your butt off the couch to go clean your guns and count your cans of emergency supplies, then I'm afraid you have been dead for a while and just forgot to fall over. This happened in Lufkin, Texas On Wednesday the 1st of October I received a call on my cell while in the car with my husband. It was a woman who identified herself as calling from the Obama Campaign. The phone # she called from was 903-798-6020 which lists as 'Obama Volunteers of Texarkana' ( Texas ). She asked if I was an Obama supporter to which I replied: 'No, I don't support him, your guy is a socialist who voted four times in the State Senate to let little babies die in hospital closets; I think you should find something better to do with your time.' I hung up. Thursday, October 2, I answered the front door to find the Secret Service. Immediately I thought of the call and was furious that apparently you are not allowed to call Obama a Socialist without the Secret Service coming to investigate. Instead, they asked me about the following comment, relayed by the Obama Volunteer of Texarkana who called me, unsolicited on my cell phone: 'I will never support Obama and he will wind up dead on a hospital floor.' My husband laughed and told them 'No, she called him a socialist but she never said a word about him dying.' I gave them my actual quote. The woman asked insolently 'Oh? Well why would she make that up?' I replied that I supposed she wasn't happy about what I said about her candidate and the Agent said 'That's right, you were rude!' The last time I checked being rude wasn't a crime in America . Luckily the big file they had gathered on me didn't indicate mental instability or a past life of stalking/crime, however they did want to know how I felt about Obama. That was my limit. I told the Agent in no uncertain terms that my thoughts were not pertinent to their investigation, that this was America and the last time I checked I was allowed to think whatever I wanted without being questioned by the Secret Service. In fact, even if I had said what she claimed, that isn't a threat. I told them (again) and my husband verified that the statement reported by Obama's volunteer was a lie. I asked them if there was a tape of the call and they said no. I said, 'So on the word of a ticked off Obama supporter you are on my porch with no other evidence and you want to question me about my THOUGHTS!?' They informed me that there was no evidence she was an Obama supporter, someone calling from his campaign. Are you kidding? I was not allowed to know the name of my accuser at which point they informed me that it wasn't like I was in a court of law, YET, as if this was a good thing. I recognized this as a veiled threat. I told them I would happily go to court since I did nothing wrong and at least then my accuser would have to face me rather than sending the thought police to my house. They then said they were trying to do me a favor, that they came to me first before 'embarrassing you by going to all your neighbors and family', another threat? I told them to be my guest and talk to whomever they wanted but they weren't going to investigate my thoughts on my porch. They also informed me that it would be easier if the next time a supporter calls me I just say 'Yeah sure count me in, or just hang up' apparently so she won't get her undies in a bundle and give them more useless trips. Yeah right. I said 'Look, someone calls me unsolicited on my cell phone to ask me to support their candidate and I can't tell them why I don't?' I said I was sorry they made a wasted trip but if they had a problem with some made up lie they needed to go talk to her about it because it wasn't my fault they had to drive from Houston for nothing. At one point I went inside and got a notepad to record their badge numbers and they refused to show me their badges. They had done the quick flip when they arrived. I asked for a card and the female Agent refused to give me one stating 'You're not going to get a card.' The male Agent gave me a card and told me I could contact Houston with any questions. The fact that the volunteer lied, the fact that the Secret Service came to my house to question me about my thoughts and feelings and threaten to embarrass me to my neighbors and go to court if I didn't cooperate is not really the tragedy here. Because that girl on the phone doesn't have the pull to send the Secret Service to my home. Someone high in the ranks of a campaign working for a man who may be the next President of the United States of America felt comfortable bringing the force of the Federal Government to bear on a private citizen on nothing but the word of a partisan volunteer. I want to file a counter complaint that false charges were made, that a false report was given to a peace officer. The Secret Service told me I cannot because they will protect the identity of the complainant. I also want the file they have on me destroyed and I want to know that my phone isn't tapped, etcetera. I am hearing a lot of 'Out of my Jurisdiction'. Do I also hear jackboots? Jessica Hughes Lufkin, Texas Note: I have contacted several news organizations, Rep Gohmert, Sen Hutchison, the Atty General, Local Police Will keep
you updated, pass it along Connie Wells, Lufkin, TX [Editor's Note: It is now Claire Wolfe time. The shooting of the bastards will commence any minute.]
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comments and feedback are welcome!
Links from the previous articles: Neither
Predator Nor Prey, by Mark Spungin Self ownership essay: http://www.mises.org/rothbard/ethics/eight.asp The Ludwig von Mises Institute: http://www.mises.org/ What about the "poor?" - Reinventing America: http://www.mises.org/freemarket_detail.asp?control=289 Advocates for Self-government: http://www.self-gov.org/home.shtml John Lott's "More Guns, Less Crime" Second Amendment Sisters -- Self defense is a basic human right. Jews For The Preservation Of Firearms Ownership -- Learn more about the real meaning of the Bill of Rights and the people who have fought to preserve it. Keep And Bear Arms -- a grassroots movement of the people, by the people, and for the people. It is a call to action, a call for self-education, and a 21 gun salute to the many good men and women who fought and died to bring America into being. Gun
Owners of America -- "Gun Owners of America was instrumental
in mobilizing the grassroots to fight the crime bill." Opencarry.org - Great forum for those who open carry. The
Cornered Cat Rosie
vs. Reality: What Every Woman Must Know These will lead you to many others. |
Open Carry - Mama's Got A (BIG) Gun! Open Carry - For Better or Worse Is WalMart The Next Disarmed Victim Zone? Open Carry, A Reader's Feedback Trusting God - No Greater Love Would Crime Cease in a Gun Free World? Why Do I Need To Defend Myself? Book Review - Neither Preditor Nor Prey Complete Archives for The Editor
[Susan Callaway is a Certified NRA instructor for handguns and Personal Protection in The Home. Classes are especially geared for the novice woman, especially those who are afraid of guns] |
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