Remember, Remember the Fifth of November!!

"Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it." - Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,

The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,

I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason

Should ever be forgot!!

Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent

To blow up the King and Parli'ment.

Three-score barrels of powder below

To prove old England's overthrow!!!

On the Fifth of November, 1605, a group of Catholic freedom fighters, or terrorists from the monarch's perspective, attempted to blow up the aristocratic House of Lords and King James I due to relentless religious persecution. Guy Fawkes, a former soldier and demolition expert, was caught below Parliament with 800 kilograms (1760 pounds) of gunpowder. Guy was tortured for days to divulge the names of his other conspirators, then sentenced to be hanged, then drawn and quartered.  Rather than suffer the ripping apart of his body by horses, Fawkes jumped into the air and snapped his neck.

The King ordered that every year thereafter dolls of Fawkes were to be burned in effigy as a reminder to all to never commit treason against the State. In fact, the term "guy" used in speech for a person originated from this effigy of Fawkes, which was called a "Guy."  In 2006, the movie V for Vendetta starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving was released based on a graphic novel set in the future with a mysterious man wearing a mask who endeavors to free the people from an oppressive police state.

While I advocate a peaceful revolution in people's minds, many challenge me, claiming that the United States of America is not a totalitarian regime. I certainly agree we do not live in Maoist China, but we are on a far more slippery slope than many believe, due in great part to the ineptitude of the mainstream media.

Many Americans do not realize that an impeachment hearing was held in 2008 for then-President George Bush II due to the war and soldier deaths in Iraq.

Many Americans do not realize that Iraq veterans peacefully marched on the last McBama presidential debate last fall and were attacked by mounted police, and one veteran had his skull crunched and could have died.

Many Americans do not realize that the right requiring warrants before your home and belongings are searched has been violated countless times, as evidenced by this assault on an innocent Maryland mayor's home and surveillance cameras in residential areas in Lancaster, PA.

As I listed in an August speech, many Americans do not know:

• With the passing of the USA PATRIOT Act after 9/11, any financial transaction over $10,000 is reported to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a sub-branch of the Treasury Department, as possible criminal or terrorist activity.

• Section 6050 of HR 3221, passed in 2008, authorizes the IRS to view every single credit card transaction made by every single individual in the United States without a warrant or informing the individual.

• In 2008, Republican President George Bush signed into law HR 6304. Title 8, Section 801 of this bill gave private companies legal immunity to commit warrantless wiretapping on any phone or email communication from any American citizen. As a result, everyone is a criminal suspect without probable cause or warrant issued by a court of law.

• In February 2009, Democrat President Barack Obama signed into law HR 1, otherwise known as the Obama Stimulus Plan. Sub Title A Section 3001 commits the federal government to keeping full electronic medical record of each individual by 2014 where it may be accessed from any government computer terminal of many federal departments, even including the FDIC which insures bank deposits. Do you want your private health history information on a bad heart, psychological records, medication records viewable to any government bureaucrat? This is a massive violation of patient privacy!

As Jefferson wrote, for these violations and countless more, We the People must struggle against this collection of bureaucrat rogues who have demonstrated no desire to have a constitutional republic based on the rule of law. The mental misfits of Congress who award bailout after bailout and are willing sponsors of state-sponsored corporatism must be removed from power.

The lawless House Speaker who verbally defecates on the Constitution by proclaiming the Commerce Clause enables Congress to exercise unlimited economic central planning authority must be removed.

The reckless spending of the stimulus plan must be halted.

Two years ago this November 5th, a brave man running for President proclaimed to the nation, "Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected, once it is realized that our Liberties and our Wealth are in Jeopardy."  He went on to raise $4.2 million from 35,000 donors in a single day, setting a fundraising record. Efforts by Establishment candidates Obama, Huckabee, McCain and others to copy this event failed miserably. One month later, the same man raised over $6 million from 58,407 donors in a single day, shattering his own record.

Just as Dr. Ron Paul did, I peacefully rise and say that I too object to this monstrous federal government that fritters away our civil liberties as it they were garbaged, has engaged in multiple preemptive, undeclared wars of aggression, and debased the nation's currency by the insidious acts of the Federal Reserve.

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For the Republic!

Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution

November 3, 2009