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[TruthShallPrevail] Freedoms lost...........

 

 

 

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February 2, 2005Vol. 05, No. 32

 

 

Baldwin: Freedoms Lost Under G.W. Bush

By Chuck Baldwin

 

Chuck Baldwin

Supporters and apologists for President G.W. Bush will often assail my

assertion that the Bush administration has done more to dismantle

constitutional protections of our liberties than any president in modern

memory. It seems that these people believe that until federal Storm Troopers

knock down the doors of their homes and drag them off to the gulags, they

have lost no freedoms. Nothing could be further from the truth.

If history is any teacher, it instructs us in the incremental process that

elitists use to implement their totalitarian agenda. The first step is to

use an incessant, highly orchestrated propaganda. For all practical purposes

the major media in the United States is providing that propaganda. At the

national level, there is hardly any investigative journalism going on.

Instead, the national press corps has become little more than lazy lackeys

for the White House.

The second step is to lay the foundation for totalitarianism by passing

legislation that may later be used against the citizenry. And that is

exactly what the Bush administration has very successfully accomplished. It

very adroitly succeeded where the Clinton administration failed.

For example, most conservatives would be surprised to learn that the Patriot

Act and Department of Homeland Security was the brainchild of one William

Jefferson Clinton. However, a recalcitrant Republican Congress denied

Clinton the opportunity to implement these plans. Of course, with the

Republican, G.W. Bush, serving as President, that same Republican Congress

was all too eager to pass these bills into law.

The third step is to demonize and marginalize anyone and everyone who

opposes the government's plans and ambitions. Such opponents are

characterized as " unpatriotic, " " obstructionist, " " uncompassionate, " or even

" ungodly. " Once again, the Bush minions have very skillfully done just that.

Anyone who dares to oppose or even question Bush must be regarded as enemies

of America or even as enemies of God.

Of course, the last step is to begin using the power and force of government

to physically silence or remove those who are determined to require such

treatment. And, as Germany's National Socialists proved, by the time this

happens, there is no one around who is capable of coming to the assistance

of such people.

For those who are willing to objectively analyze Bush's actions and policies

the truth is clearly seen: this President has systematically put in place

laws, policies, and bureaucracies that can, are, and will continue to strip

the American citizenry of the constitutional protections of their liberties.

Following are examples of freedoms which President Bush and his fellow

Republicans in Congress have already expunged (as reported by the Associated

Press):

 

FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION: Government may monitor religious and political

institutions without suspecting criminal activity to assist terror

investigations.

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: Government has closed once-public immigration

hearings, has secretly detained hundreds of people without charges, and has

encouraged bureaucrats to resist public records questions.

 

FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Government may prosecute librarians or keepers of any

other records if they tell anyone that the government subpoenaed information

related to a terror investigation.

 

RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION: Government may monitor federal prison

jailhouse conversations between attorneys and clients, and deny lawyers to

Americans accused of crimes.

 

FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES: Government may search and seize

Americans' papers and effects without probable cause to assist terror

investigation.

 

RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL: Government may jail Americans

indefinitely without a trial.

 

RIGHT TO LIBERTY: Americans may be jailed without being charged or being

able to confront witnesses against them.

 

 

These rights have already been lost! Whether individual Americans have been

personally subjected to the resultant tyranny or not doesn't change the fact

that they have already lost these freedoms! This fact, alone, should be

enough for any studious lover-of-liberty to be outraged!

That good men are compliant and unconcerned regarding G.W. Bush's propensity

to trample constitutional freedoms bespeaks a great ignorance or a great

apathy, or both!

February 1, 2005

© Chuck Baldwin

Chuck Baldwin Live commentaries may not be reprinted or republished without

permission. . Published on The Federal Observer with

permission of Chuck Baldwin.

About the Author

Chuck Baldwin is Founder-Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola,

Florida. In 1985 the church was recognized by President Ronald Reagan for

its unusual growth and influence.

 

Dr. Baldwin is the host of a lively, hard-hitting syndicated radio talk show

Chuck Baldwin Live. This is a daily, one hour long call-in show in which Dr

Baldwin addresses current event topics from a conservative Christian point

of view. Pastor Baldwin writes weekly articles on the internet and

newspapers. We invite you to visit his WEB SITE.

The Chuck Baldwin Archive on The Federal Observer

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