By Ron
Ewart
August 7, 2013
NewsWithViews.com
August 7, 2013
NewsWithViews.com
"Non-cooperation with evil is as
much a duty, as cooperation with good." —Mahatma Gandhi
We've all been
taught to obey the law because in a nation of laws and not of men, following the
law is the strength of the nation. In a free nation, following the law is
paramount because not following the law leads to chaos and anarchy. But there is
another scenario that is not taken into account with the necessity of following
the law and that scenario occurs when those that make the law exceed their
authority for creating law, or go berserk in passing laws, as is happening
today.
All over
America, law is being created without legal authority and in violation of
constitutional limits on power, driven by an international mindset that
manifests itself in the flawed ideology of social justice and radical
environmental restrictions and limitations. This flawed ideology believes that
man is a plague on the earth and must be severely regulated. One way to regulate
the world population is to get them to believe that they are causing the pending
catastrophe of global warming and their activities need to be scaled way back,
but more particularly, American activities. The ideology also includes the
implementation by law to make all humans equal under the guise of social
justice, an impossible condition without the use of excessive government,
totalitarian force.
After
receiving an e-mail from one of our No Trespassing sign customers, expressing extreme
anger over what he was facing from the local government and reading the response
from his attorney over the situation, it occurred to us that Americans and more
particularly rural landowners, are being driven into the uncomfortable position
of either capitulating to unreasonable local government laws, or fighting the
growing aggressive law enforcement by local authorities. As the landowner will
soon learn the hard way, fighting government alone will rapidly exhaust their
monetary resources, as the law and their attorney eats up the landowner's
savings in the fight.
We are not
aware of what portion of the local code our customer violated, but the response
from his attorney laid out his rather unattractive alternatives in challenging
the code violation. We've edited the attorney's response below, but it will give
the reader a good idea of what the landowner was up against.
"1. The
County office called me. They want to schedule an inspection today or tomorrow.
As you know, I am in __________ and will not be in your County until July 24th.
So, if you want the inspection to occur in the near future, I would recommend
hiring a local attorney to be present. I can give you a referral if you need
one. Alternatively, you can hire me to call the Sheriff and attempt to schedule
an inspection while I am there. My rate is $250.00 an hour."
"2.
Unfortunately, there is nothing to prevent the county from knocking on every
door in the unincorporated areas and asking permission from the occupant of the
property to conduct compliance inspections. No knowledge of a violation is
required because supposedly the searches are administrative searches akin to
checking for Uniform Building Code violations. They are not supposed to be
intended to be utilized in any criminal investigation. (But we’ll see…) If the
occupant does not voluntarily permit an inspection the Sheriff’s office (the
agency designated by the County Board of Supervisors to conduct the compliance
searches) may obtain an inspection warrant. Once the Sheriff’s office has an
inspection warrant, the occupant may not prohibit the search. However, the
search is limited to the areas designated in the warrant. Similarly, if an
occupant allows a search, the occupant can limit the area to be searched. Ie.
Garage only."
"3. If an
occupant is cited for being in violation of the County code, they will be issued
a notice of violation. At such time, the occupant has a reasonable time to
conform with the notice or alternatively they may challenge the notice by filing
an appeal with the County Clerk. The proceeding will have the County Board of
Supervisors providing evidence of violation with a County Officer providing a
ruling. If after that proceeding is completed the occupant is not satisfied with
the results, then they may appeal to the Superior Court and make what is called
an implied challenge to the ordinance as it applies to that particular
person."
"I
understand your frustration about the scope and procedures set forth in the
County ordinance. However, those are the rules we are obligated to follow at
this time. If you would like me to represent you in regards to these issues
please let me know and I will return the Sheriff’s call and work with you to
formulate a plan."
Isn't it nice
that the attorney "understood" the landowner's frustration. At $250 per hour he
can afford to be understanding.
Unfortunately,
there is a trail of tears and lost fortunes for those who take on government
administratively or in court by themselves. Many lose their life's savings and
many more lose their property. Fighting government alone is a losing proposition
in almost all cases, even if you are wealthy. Government usually has the law on
their side, unlimited tax dollars and high paid attorneys on staff. There are
exceptions of course and some people do win. The fact is though, most
lose.
As we were
reading the attorney's response to the landowner, the light of inspiration
started to grow brighter. If a landowner objects to an inspection, the county
will issue an inspection warrant that the sheriff must serve. What
would happen if all of the landowners in the entire area where the county was
inspecting just objected to any inspection by any government
official? The government would then have to issue inspection
warrants for all of the landowners and the sheriff, the poor sheriff, would have
to serve them all. He wouldn't have the time or the manpower to serve those
warrants if enough landowners in the area rose up against the county in a
peaceful demonstration of massive disobedience. One or two landowners wouldn't
do the trick. It has to be a large number of 50 to 100 or more. 1,000 people
disobeying the mandates of government would be much more effective. What can the
government do when a thousand people say ..... "No
more?" Will the government arrest and throw a thousand people in
jail? Not likely! However, they may very well consider revising the law that
created the disobedience. We know because we have witnessed government backing
up when challenged by a large group of angry people.
Unfortunately,
there is a rub to this scenario. Most people are predisposed to following the
law, as we mentioned in the opening of this article. They just give in when the
government applies pressure under the law. They don't even consider that there
is an alternative that uses the power of the people to overcome the power of the
government by sheer numbers, because the government is exceeding its
constitutional authority, or has gone berserk in passing law after
law.
The sad truth
is, most people are cowards. They would rather knuckle under than risk a
confrontation with government even though a confrontation with government is
what it will take to preserve their freedom. The government uses this cowardice
against the people. They keep "pushing" the people with law after law to see how
much they will take. A death by a thousand cuts. They use and exploit the
people's unwillingness to challenge authority ..... out of fear of government.
And we call ourselves Americans, as if that is supposed to mean something? Maybe
once it did.
Being an
American used to mean being self-reliant, independent, a free thinker,
courageous and individually responsible. Unfortunately, the irrational fear of
government that we see in the eyes of Americans today, is hardly what we
consider being an American. Acting as our own attorney, we have challenged a
multi-national corporation in court and won. We have challenged the IRS twice
and won. We are challenging them a third time and we expect to win. We have
challenged a local court over a small infraction and we expect to win there too
..... because we do not fear government. We use the law against them, even
though we are fully aware that at any time of their choosing, they have the
power to unilaterally "bury" us.
Politicians,
at all levels, have created a rogue, out-of-control government that fully
intends to regulate us to death and steal our freedom, right in front of our
eyes while we watch, cowering in a corner. They would have us live as serfs,
rather than proud Americans we have every right to be. We are not alarmists that
cry wolf like the environmentalists and politicians do. We are realists and we
have a crystal clear vision of the "clear and present
danger" that faces all Americans, urban or rural.
If we do not
organize, without a doubt, the Republic that we know and what the founding
fathers envisioned, is going to die a slow, agonizing and wrenching death. It's
already showing tell tale signs. If we do not come together in a cohesive
fighting unit, our freedoms and liberty will fade into the dark chasm of
socialism, radical environmentalism and one-world government. If we will not
come together and be willing to join with those of us who are fighting this WAR
against government excesses, our children and grand children will have to live
in the invisible chains of the New World Order, perpetrated on us by
internationalists who want our money, our guns and our freedom.
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Make no
mistake, they are well on their way to getting all three. Are you going to stop
them, or are you going to just sit there and let them do it? If you are not
willing to fight to save this Republic, then suffer the consequences and don't
complain when you come face-to-face with the government you allowed to exist
..... then wave goodbye to freedom, liberty and our once proud nation of "WE THE
PEOPLE."
Ladies and
gentlemen, Americans either rise up together against tyranny in a show of
massive civil disobedience, or be buried in the mass graves destined for slaves.
One-man armies do not win battles, much less wars. If no one comes forward to
lead your neighbors in civil disobedience, then become the leader. Get your
neighbors fired up to take action. Leaders aren't born they rise to the
occasion.
If the
American people do not learn and soon, that the only truly effective weapon
against rising government tyranny is massive disobedience, both locally and on a
grand scale, they will have forsaken their birthright of freedom and will
deserve the consequences. Either confront the government en masse, or be content
to be government's slave. If fear is what motivates us, then fear is our
master.
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