| Hello all, | | | | government, and constant dead-ends, the |
| My name is Jason Bradshaw, and I am writing you | | | | Canadian Government told the State Department |
| today to try to shed some light on the | | | | that Mr. Loper had denied his right to consulate, |
| darksituation that we are facing as a society. | | | | but could not produce a signed |
| First, I would like to make this clear I am not an | | | | document7â . The Canadian |
| anarchist. | | | | Government was caught in a lie. Finally our |
| I believe in order for a society to function | | | | government had enough evidence to defend Mr. |
| properly there must be laws. However, I do not | | | | Loper, but the best they could tell him was to go |
| believe the government does everything for the | | | | back to Canada and fight the Canadian |
| right reasons. I would like everyone to take one | | | | Government on their turf.8â Not a |
| second and think of where our government | | | | smart idea in any since of the word. Could this be |
| exercises their powers today as opposed to a | | | | our government protecting their plan for the |
| decade ago. | | | | North American Union? Who would vote to |
| First, lets take a look at the USA Patriot act of | | | | become a permanent room mate with a |
| 2001. This Bill was signed into law on October 26, | | | | government if all the cover ups are exposed? |
| 2001, just a mere month and a half after | | | | Coming through the education system, everything |
| September 11, 2001.1â The purpose | | | | I was told about the UN lead me to believe it is a |
| of the law was to aid the US law enforcement | | | | good thing. They are an organization that believes |
| agencies in fighting terrorism. The government | | | | in international peace and security. What I was not |
| procured our approval to tap telephone and, | | | | taught was the UN charter goes completely |
| e-mail conversations as well as go through our | | | | against our constitution. If you read the UN |
| private documents such as financial and medical | | | | charter you will find our constitution and the UN |
| records by telling us it was for our own good. We | | | | charter cannot coexist. The United Nations is |
| were assured this would only be exorcised on | | | | comprised of two decision making organs, the |
| terrorists or potential terrorist, but if you look at | | | | Security Council, General Assembly, and other |
| how the government defines a | | | | organs that work as its tools.9â The |
| terrorist2â , you will also see a | | | | group of members called the Security Council |
| vagueness in the term potential terrorist. You can | | | | makes the final decisions in the organization. The |
| see how easy it would be for the government to | | | | Security Council consists of 15 PERMANENT |
| invade the privacy of people who are exercising | | | | members and ten members elected by the |
| their God given right to free speech, or speak | | | | General Assembly. It doesn't take much of an |
| against the government. If we allow this type of | | | | imagination to see how unconstitutional this is, or |
| invasion of an American's privacy, who is to say | | | | the explosive power this type of leadership |
| we will not give up other rights when the | | | | contains. |
| government claims its for our safety. Our | | | | Yet our government leads us to the belief this is |
| government should be of the people, for the | | | | all for our own good, but who is the government |
| people, by the people. So why are we letting our | | | | to tell us what is for our own good. It is time for |
| politicians play out their personal agendas? | | | | people to realize the problems are not getting any |
| I cannot think of a better example of a personal | | | | better. Our liberties are being taken away, and |
| agenda then the 2004 Republican National | | | | the government is selling us on this by telling us its |
| Convention. Not only was the 2004 RNC an | | | | for our safety. The USA Patriot act is the worst |
| untactful attempt to raise George Bush's ratings, | | | | attack on our freedom, and we let it happen. Our |
| but it is believed to be a showing of the | | | | for fathers wrote in the Declaration of |
| Governments police-state dream world. New York | | | | Independence, "whenever any Form of |
| employed more then 10,000 police officers in full | | | | Government becomes destructive of these ends, |
| riot gear armed with submachine guns and rifles | | | | it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish |
| for security reasons3â . The | | | | it, and to institute new Government, laying its |
| Government unlawfully detained 1800 peace full | | | | foundation on such principles and organizing its |
| protesters and held them in a condemned building | | | | powers in such form, as to them shall seem most |
| on the Hudson River, many "prisoners" reported | | | | likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." So |
| overcrowding, contamination with oil and asbestos, | | | | how many rights must we have taken away |
| and some have even reported chemical burns | | | | from us before we say enough is enough? Is it |
| from their stay at the "Guantanamo on the | | | | not obvious that we should fix the problem now |
| Hudson."4â Yet, Mayor Giuliani claimed | | | | before it gets to the point of no return? Should |
| the assault on our right to free speech was to | | | | we give up all of our liberties for supposed |
| protect us from another terrorist attack? Since | | | | safety? These are the questions everyone should |
| when did censorship become a protection | | | | be asking themselves, because before to long |
| measure? | | | | these decisions will have to be made. |
| Yet another horror story about our Government's | | | | References |
| inability to protect American citizens. Scott Loper | | | | 1. "USA PATRIOT Act (H.R. 3162)," "USA |
| is a American Citizen and a former New Jersey | | | | PATRIOT Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia," |
| police officer who was living in Canada. Loper was | | | | |
| on the verge of exposing a narcotic ring run by | | | | 2. "Definition of terrorism - Wikipedia, the free |
| the police in Durham, Ontario, when was | | | | encyclopedia," "USA PATRIOT Act - Wikipedia, |
| discovered by the ring imprisoned and tortured | | | | the free encyclopedia"; "USA PATRIOT Act (H.R. |
| for four years on trumped-up | | | | 3162)." |
| charges.5â When the nightmare was | | | | 3. "2004 Republican National Convention protest |
| over Scott went to the US Government with a | | | | activity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia," |
| hope of justice. At that time the Canadian | | | | 4. Ibid. |
| Government denied any record of the incident or | | | | 5. "The Scott Loper Story," |
| even his residency in Canada.6â After | | | | 6. Ibid. |
| years of harassing phone calls from our | | | | |