July 4th and the end of America, land of the free

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July 4th and the end of America, land of the free

 

Mike Adams | July 4 2005

 

Happy July 4th. On this, the 229th birthday of our nation, we find the

very foundation of our nation in grave danger as our (elected?) leaders

continue to destroy many of the rights and freedoms our forefathers

worked so hard to put in place. It is no coincidence that, this very

week, our President has created a domestic spy service called the

National Security Service. That's the NSS, not to be confused with the SS

of Nazi Germany, which had much the same function in pre-war Germany.

 

Amendment IV: The right of the people to be secure in their persons,

houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,

shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable

cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the

place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

 

Not to be outdone in the race to a police state, the Supreme Court

lobotomized the 4th Amendment last week. There is no longer anything

resembling " private property " in this country. There is only the illusion

of ownership, as long as it is allowed by your government. At the stroke

of a pen, any government (city, state, federal) can seize your land and

your home, for any reason.

 

In other words, the State is now the true owner of all land and all

property. The very term " owner " refers to the person or organization that

controls the use of that land. If you don't control its use, you are not

the owner. The State is. You just pay rent. And if you don't cooperate

with government takeover of your land, they can always declare you a

terrorist and seize your land under The Patriot Act.

 

Speaking of The Patriot Act, this misguided act allows the U.S.

government to secretly tap your phone lines without a court order. It

also allows the feds to rifle through library records in order to spot

" terrorist readers " who apparently frequent these institutions of

knowledge. Libraries are terrorist training camps, didn't you know?

 

Amendment VI: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the

right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and

district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district

shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the

nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses

against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his

favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

 

Think the Bill of Rights still applies in this country? The 6th Amendment

has been nullified by the practices taking place at Guantanamo Bay. The

U.S. government simply kidnaps anyone they want, ships them off to Gitmo,

then leaves them there to rot, without being charged, without a trial,

and without legal representation. By calling them " enemy combatants, " the

Bush Administration seemingly avoids having to abide by the Geneva

Convention as well, which requires certain standards of treatment for

prisoners of war

 

Amendment XIV: ...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.

As the Bush Administration runs rampant over the U.S. Constitution and

the Bill of Rights, do you feel any safer from terrorists? Do you feel

like this administration is protecting your life, liberty and property?

Are you any freer or safer today than you were five years ago?

 

Of course not. We're all in far more danger, and we're all less free. Our

Constitution and its Bill of Rights lie in shambles. The very fact that

this is happening reckons back to the purpose of the Bill of Rights in

the first place: to ensure that no government tramples on its people.

 

You see, our nation's forefathers understood that the greatest threat to

freedom was not an enemy nation, but rather a nation's own government.

The Bill of Rights was created for the sole purpose of limiting the power

of government over the people. Our forefathers knew that all governments

eventually get out of control and become oppressive regimes. So they

purposefully created the Bill of Rights in an effort to guarantee that no

government could deprive its citizens of free speech, freedom to bear

arms, the right to own land, and other rights necessary for the

prosperity of a free nation.

 

That our own government is systematically destroying the Bill of Rights

is proof that our forefathers were correct.

 

I wonder: when will all the Bush-supporting people in this country

realize they're driving us head-first into a police state? No

administration in the history of this country has done more to take away

our personal freedoms than this one. And yet half the country is rallying

behind this President.

 

The people have no idea what they've done. They've sent this country

spiraling down the dark path of a police state. They've looked the other

way while our rights and freedoms were stolen. They've supported an

unjustified attack on a foreign state that will only serve to breed more

terrorists who understandably hate this country and its people. The Bush

Administration has created a terrorist breeding ground that will haunt

this nation for a hundred years or more.

 

So happy 4th of July. It's a national holiday that celebrates the

founding of a great nation. But this 4th of July, that great nation no

longer exists. Instead, we have a police state, operated under the

illusion of freedom. The illusion of Democracy. The illusion that your

vote counts. The illusion that by giving up your freedoms, you'll gain

security.

 

This July 4th, I'm not watching any fireworks displays. Why? Because I

know what they stand for, and I can't stand to witness such blatant

hypocrisy in the night sky. Don't people realize they're watching a

fireworks display that symbolizes all the very freedoms and rights that

are right now being taken away from them?

 

To watch a fireworks display and smile is to live in utter ignorance of

what is happening to our nation. It's an apt distraction, however. What

better time to pull the rug of freedom out from under peoples' feet than

to catch them staring blankly into the sky?

If you truly watch a July 4th fireworks display this year, friends, watch

it and weep. Weep for the memory of a once-great nation that used to

cherish the freedoms of its citizens. Weep for the damned souls of those

leaders who have misled us. Weep for our children who will never know a

free America.

 

Weep for the lost dreams of our forefathers who tried an experiment

called Democracy, where governments were run for the benefit of the

people; where elected leaders represented the interests and needs of the

common folk; where our rights and freedoms were guaranteed under rule of

law.

 

This July 4th, that experiment has run its course, and it has failed.

Goodbye, America, land of the free. Make way for Amerika, land of

Homeland Security.