The Constitution, U.S. Government and Thomas Jefferson

"No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms.
The strongest reason for the people
to retain their right to keep and bear arms
is as a last resort to protect themselves
against tyranny in government."
-- Thomas Jefferson

...And what country can preserve

its liberties, if it's rulers are not warned from time

to time,that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? 

Let them take arms.The remedy is to set them right as to the 

facts, pardon and pacify them.What signify a few lives lost 

in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from 

time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure."

-- Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
Source: November 13, 1787, letter to William S. Smith, quoted in Padover's Jefferson On Democracy

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Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

  This is a sneaky bill brought forth by a Democrat ( Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36] ) and this bill did not get much debate in The House. It was pretty much a " here it is, now let's vote on it " kind of setting.

Oct 23, 2007: This bill passed in the House of Representatives by roll call vote. The vote was held under a suspension of the rules to cut debate short and pass the bill, needing a two-thirds majority. The totals were 404 Ayes, 6 Nays, 22 Present/Not Voting. govtrack.us

  If you wish to see who voted and how they voted, then may I suggest that you go here and check out your Representatives.

  Funny thing is that more Democrats ( 219 ) voted " yes " for this bill than did Republicans ( 185 ). Only 6 members voted against this bill, 3 from each party and my hat goes off to them because they apparently have seen that this bill could be more problems to us citizens as far as our eroding rights are concerned.

Arizona- Flake, Jeff [R],California- Rohrabacher, Dana [R],Hawaii- Abercrombie, Neil [D],Illinois- Costello, Jerry [D],Ohio- Kucinich, Dennis [D],Tennessee- Duncan, John [R] 

   It is in your best interest to contact you Senators to let them know that this bill is no good and that it needs to be dropped. On the surface, fighting homegrown terrorism is a great idea. It is the " other purposes " of this bill which you should be more than worried about. All of those " other purposes " in a vaguely worded bill can cover a lot of areas that should be left alone.

   I don't know about you, but I don't like dictators up in the White House in my United States. It is my United States. It is your United States also.

                       We, the People...

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