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Bill Benson is a former revenue collector for the State of Illinois. Back in 1984, Benson was commissioned to conduct an investigation into the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Benson traveled to all 48 states which, had been admitted to the Union at the time of the ratification of this amendment in 1913. He spent close to a year in the bowels of these state archives collecting official documents. What Benson found according to legal researchers was nothing short of a bombshell. Details here:
Mayberry is Dead Long live Mayberry SUTTER, Calif. - The only grade school in this rural town is requiring students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can track their every move. Some parents are outraged, fearing it will take away their children's privacy. The badges introduced at Brittan Elementary School on Jan. 18 of this year rely on the same radio frequency and scanner technology that companies use to track livestock and product inventory. The system was imposed, without parental input, by the school. Principal Earnie Graham hopes to eventually add bar codes to the existing ID's and has also asked to have a chip reader installed in locker room bathrooms But some parents see a system that can monitor their children's movements on campus as something straight out of Orwell. Graham, who also serves as the superintendent of the single-school district, told the parents that their children could be disciplined for boycotting the badges. Each student is required to wear identification cards around their necks with their picture, name and grade and a wireless transmitter that beams their ID number to a teacher's handheld computer when the child passes under an antenna posted above a classroom door. In addition to privacy concerns, parents are worried that the information on and inside the badges could wind up in the wrong hands and endanger their children. Graham dismisses each objection, arguing that for now, they merely confirm that each child is in his or her classroom, rather than track them around the school like a global-positioning device. The 15-digit ID number that confirms attendance is encrypted, he said. What's more, he says that it is within his power to set rules that promote a positive school environment: If he thinks ID badges will improve things, he says, then badges there will be. Of course not everyone in this close-knit farming town northwest of Sacramento is against the system. Some said they welcomed the IDs as a security measure. "This is not Mayberry. This is Sutter, California. Bad things can happen here," said Tim Crabtree, an area parent. Edited from an article by LISA LEFF, AP
FEBRUARY 4 1836 Dade County,
Florida's 19th county, was created by the Legislature today. The
county was named in honor of Major Francis
Langhorne Dade, United States Army, who,
along with 106 men, perished today in an Seminole Indian ambush near present-day
Bushnell. Dade County is the most populous county in the state.
County Seat: Miami
FEBRUARY 6 1806 The United States Senate approved a secret appropriations of $2 million to be used for the possible purchase of Florida. FEBRUARY 7 1864 Union troops under General Truman A. Seymour landed at Jacksonville. This was the fourth occupation of the city by a Union army. The troops were to be used in a major Federal push into the center of the Sunshine State, a push that would culminate with the Battle of Olustee on February 20. Here the Confederates were victorious and the Federals were forced to retreat back to Jacksonville. FEBRUARY 8 1832 The Territorial Legislature of Florida repealed an anti-dueling law, which again made it legal for gentlemen to settle their differences through personal combat. FEBRUARY 10 1834 The Tallahassee Railroad Company was incorporated today. This railroad, utilizing "mule power," stretched from Tallahassee to Port Leon (near St. Marks), a total of 22 miles. FEBRUARY 11 1832 The City of Jacksonville was incorporated today by the Territorial Legislature. FEBRUARY 18 1842 Colonel William J. Worth reported that only 300 Seminoles were left in Florida and that it was impossible for the U.S. Army to capture or kill them all. He recommended to his superiors in the War Department that a peace treaty be made with them. They agree and Worth, on August 14, declares the Seminole War at an end. FEBRUARY 19 1821 The United States Senate gave its approval to the Adams-Onis Treaty today. Under the terms of this transcontinental treaty, Spain ceded Florida to the United States in exchange for the elimination of approximately $5 million in outstanding financial obligations. FEBRUARY 20 1864 The largest battle of the War for Southern Independence to take place in the State of Florida occurred today at Ocean Pond near Olustee. Union and Confederate forces were about evenly matched with 5,500 soldiers each. The Confederates, under the command of general Joseph J. Finegan, had prepared defenses in the area. The failure of the Union commander, General Truman Seymour, to commit his forces in concert and as a whole gave the Confederates a strategic advantage. At the end of the day, the Confederates controlled the battlefield and Federal forces were in a hasty retreat toward Jacksonville and the safety of the guns of the Union navy. Union Casualties: 203 killed, 152 wounded, 506 missing. Confederate casualties: 93 killed, 847 wounded, 6 missing. Union losses of material: 400 accouterment sets, 130,000 rounds of small arms ammunition, 1,600 small arms, five cannons. FEBRUARY 22 1959 The first "Daytona 500" race, with a purse of $19,000, was won today by Lee Petty of Randleman, N.C. Petty averaged 135.42 mph in his 1959 Oldsmobile. Johnny Beauchamp of Harlan, Iowa, finished second in a 1959 Ford Thunderbird. Petty's win was disputed as the two men finished neck-and-neck in a photo finish. The League of the South seeks to advance the cultural, social, economic, and political well-being and independence of the Southern people by all honorable means. For information on how you can help restore your freedom and responsible government, and learn the truth about the history of our country, its founders and its documents, contact the League of the South at NEFLOS@net-host.net or visit http://coolchange.net/ls/fedout.htm Get the facts they don't teach you in school
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February 12, 1809 More so than Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt or Lyndon Johnson, Abraham Lincoln created a State that no internal component could defy. Under his rule, Americans went from a federal government that represented 1-2% of the gross domestic product to one of 20% by 1865 Okay, maybe so, but what about ending slavery? Two points among many may be considered here: There is considerable evidence that slavery was a dying institution in the upper South. Slavery needed constant governmental intervention from a Fugitive Slave Act to conscription by local militias to keep it profitable. Prominent leaders of the Confederate States believed the institution was doomed with an independent Confederacy, as fugitive slaves would fatally undermine the institution. If the "peculiar institution" would end through natural causes then was the incredibly high cost of forcibly ending it justified? Change itself is not a bad thing, but it is when mandated by State fiat. When he was alive, Lincoln burned with political ambition. He longed to be in the limelight of national politics. Lincoln used to have his own holiday and now ironically he is lumped in with a holiday for all Presidents.
February 22, 1732 "First in war, first in peace," George Washington was the author of a Farewell Address that guided our country toward a Republic and away from an Empire. Yes, he supported the awful Alien and Sedition Act and
enforced the Whiskey tax, but still, it seems almost mythic: An American
President who was trusted by all the political players because of his
honesty and integrity. An experience unhappily remote from our own.
Thoughts on Freedom "To take from one, because it is thought his own
industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare
to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and
skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the
guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits
acquired by it."
Thomas Jefferson, April
1816
Our Founding Fathers "The moment the idea is admitted into society that
property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a
force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny
commence. If 'Thou shalt not covet' and 'Thou shalt not steal' were not
commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in
every society before it can be civilized or made free."
John
Adams, 1787
We Call Them Southrons A great and learned statesman, who now reposes with his fathers once
brilliantly explained the construction the union known as the united
States. Have we, in our lifetime, been educated to these facts? "Ours is a system of governments, compounded of the separate
governments of the several States composing the Union, and of one common
government of all its members, called the Government of the United States.
The former preceded the latter, which was created by their agency. Each
was framed by written constitutions; those of the several States by the
people of each, acting separately, and in their sovereign character; and
that of the United States, by the same, acting in the same character - but
jointly instead of separately. All were formed on the same model. "[The Government of the United States] is federal, because it
is the government of States united in political union, in
contradistinction to a government of individuals socially united; that is,
by what is usually called, a social compact. "To express it more concisely, it is federal and not national,
because it is the government of a community of States, and not the
government of a single State or nation." John C. Calhoun served as U.S. senator from South Carolina, secretary
of war, secretary of state, and twice as vice-president of the United
States, and was a dominant figure, alongside such men as Henry Clay and
Daniel Webster. According to their own pamphlet circulated around 1852, the motto of the founders of a famous political party was: "Secession from the Government is a religious and political duty".
Name the political party whose organizers subscribed to this dictum.
Email your answer to NEFLOS@net-host.net.
The first correct answer will win a free Florida State Flag, suitable for
outdoor display of your patriotism.
Answer to last quiz:
There have been 43 Presidents of the United States
since the country began operation under the current Constitution but
not an equal number of inaugural addresses. Including the first by
George Washington to the last given by George W. Bush, what is
the total number of addresses given in the history of the
presidency?
Answer: There have been 55 U.S. Presidential
addresses including the latest one by two term president
George W. Bush.
Congratulations to David Johnson of Callahan who had the first
correct answer.
Rally in Jacksonville Plans are set for the Second Annual Southern Christian Memorial Day Rally to be held in honor of those brave men who fought for our independence and in defiance of federal intervention in denying states the right to govern themselves especially in such matters as acknowledging God and displaying the Ten Commandments. This important event will be held Saturday, April 16, 2005, at Hemming Plaza in the heart of Downtown Jacksonville. The rally will begin at 10:30 AM and will feature a full day of dynamic speakers, inspiring music, food and entertainment for all ages. The renewal of our Cause of freedom and independence has never been more necessary than in this time of secular revolution against our faith and liberty. Mark your calendars and plan to join us. Everyone is invited. For more information, please visit our web site. http://coolchange.net/jaxrally.
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