Congress and Obama: We Need More Innocent People in PrisonHeartland Patriot wrote:That is part of the overarching plan...to create "laws" and rules that NO ONE can help but "break"...that way EVERYONE is a criminal in some form or fashion...and they can then utilize it against you if and when they need to utilize it...the importance of the Code of Hammurabi is in the fact that it was WRITTEN DOWN so that anyone who could read could see it...well, when you create laws such as the one above, buried in thousands upon thousands of lines of Federal code, it once again becomes a HIDDEN rule like those of ancient kings and emperors...I'd really like to be a more hopeful sort...but when I read this kind of stuff, I get a really bad feeling things aren't going to be okay, maybe ever again...VMI77 wrote:Everyone should be scared if this guys is right (http://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/):
This amendment deals with illegal plants -- the primary thrust being illegal wood. Henceforth, all wood is to be a federally regulated, suspect substance. Either raw wood, lumber, or anything made of wood, from tables and chairs, to flooring, siding, particle board, to handles on knives, baskets, chopsticks, or even toothpicks has to have a label naming the genus and species of the tree that it came from and the country of origin. Incorrect labeling becomes a federal felony, and the law does not just apply to wood newly entering the country, but any wood that is in interstate commerce within the country. Here are some excerpts from a summary:
Looking around my house, not one piece of wooden furniture - either the ones I built or the ones I bought - has a label telling the genus and species it came from along with the country of origin. Certainly the toothpicks and knife handles don't. I see perhaps 2 dozen felonies within eye shot. Perhaps I should shut up about that.
Anyone who imports into the United States, or exports out of the United States, illegally harvested plants or products made from illegally harvested plants, including timber, as well as anyone who exports, transports, sells, receives, acquires or purchases such products in the United States, may be prosecuted.
Check out "honest services fraud."
http://lewrockwell.com/anderson/anderson322.html
Well, just when you thought it was safe to go back into the courtroom, the Obama administration and the U.S. Senate want to tag team in order to give federal prosecutors the power to send anyone they choose to prison, no matter if the accused has committed a crime or not. For readers who think I am exaggerating, think again. As I wrote in 2009:
You might not have robbed a bank or stolen anything, or engaged in any of the 10,000 "crimes" that federal prosecutors have in their buffet line, but I can guarantee that you are "guilty" of "honest services fraud." Have you ever taken a longer lunch break than what you are supposed to do? Have you ever made a personal phone call at work or done personal business on your employer's computer? Have you ever had a contract dispute with an employer or a client? All of those things can be criminalized by an enterprising federal prosecutor.
If you are an attorney and have signed forms even though you have not read every word in them (for example, the standard closing documents for real estate), then you have committed "honest services fraud." The list goes on and on, but most likely by now you have the picture: you are guilty even if you never are placed in the dock in federal criminal court.