ETERNAL VIGILANCE

PATRIOT REVOLT GROWS

50 million Americans want freedom from tyranny

By John Tiffany

The 9-11 attack has allowed the Bush administration to seize unprecedented powers. Congress ratified the so-called “Patriot Acts,” which purport to override many protections of the Bill of Rights. While Americans fight and die in Iraq, allegedly to impose “democracy,” democracy has been drifting away in the United States.

However, determined and knowledgeable patriots throughout America are fighting against these unprecedented power grabs and are determined to take the republic back one town at a time—and they are making solid headway.

A nationwide umbrella group called the Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC), with numerous local chapters, says there are four states and 364 local governments that have already passed resolutions, ordinances and ballot initiatives against the Patriot Acts.

Together these “safe zones” boast a population of 56,077,539 people. The newest “safe zones” are Pontiac, Mich., which joined the patriot rebellion on Dec. 16, 2004, and Multnomah County, Oreg., which signed up on Dec. 9.

Some of the other recent “safe zones” are: El Paso, Texas; St. Petersburg, Florida; Jacksonville, Mississippi; Albany County, New York; Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky; Placer County, California; Des Moines, Iowa; Glendale, California; Mercer County, New Jersey; Lincoln, Nebraska; Huntington, New York; Westchester County, New York; and Passaic County, New jersey—to list only the largest ones.

A total of 66 municipalities have signed up since Pittsburgh first took action on April 26, 2004, which AFP reported on May 10, 2004.

If your town or city or county has not yet joined the ranks of Americans who say “Yes” to liberty under law and “No” to federal tyranny, visit the web site of the BORDC at bordc.org, write 241 King St., Suite 216 Northampton, Mass. 01060 or call (413) 582-0110.
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Rights Resolution

The following contains excerpts from a model resolution to preserve Americans’ constitutional rights provided by the Bill of Rights Defense Committee.

RESOLVED by [Adopting Body] of [Location] that:

1. [Location] affirms its strong opposition to terrorism, but also affirms that any actions to end terrorism must not be waged at the expense of the fundamental civil liberties, rights, and freedoms of the people of [Location], the United States, or the world;

2. [Location] and its employees and instrumentalities shall continue to preserve residents’ freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and privacy; the right to counsel and due process in judicial proceedings; and protection from unreasonable searches and seizures; without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender, economic status, marital status, citizenship status, or disability;

3. To the extent legally possible, no [Location] resources, including law enforcement funds and educational administrative resources, will be used for unconstitutional activities in whatever manner or under whatever circumstances they may be presented;

4. [Location] urges our state representatives and senators, and United States representative and senators to monitor the continuing implementation of the USA Patriot Act, the Homeland Security Act, and related subsequent legislation, executive orders, and Department of Justice regulations, and actively work for the repeal of those provisions that are found to unlawfully infringe on civil rights and liberties;

5. Any new security measures of [Location] should be carefully designed and employed to enhance public safety without infringing on the civil liberties and rights of [Location] citizens; AND

6. Copies of this resolution shall be sent to the president of the United States; the attorney general of the United States; the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; the governor of [State]; and to each member of the [State] delegation in Congress.
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Editor's comment: This article is reprinted from the January 24, 2005 issue of American Free Press.

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